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DANSE MACABRE LYRICS
"Totentanz" (1998)
1. Dust Of Centuries
2. Totentanz
3. Death In Midsummer
4. Gott Ist Tot
5. Jester's Farewell (Solitude)
6. Decline Of Romanticism
7. Tristesse
8. Ignorance Is Bliss
9. Overture To The Sun
10. Megalomania
11. Psychopompos
12. Dream Within A Dream
1. Dust Of Centuries
Like a forgotten paradise
As if refused by father time
My land can be found
Under a clouded grey sky
Walking the eternal landscapes
As painted by our Flemish masters
I hear the music
Created centuries ago
I listen to the northwind
Losing myself in childlike dreams
Watch the eternal rivers flow, they flow
Maybe they understand
My already lost quest
For no one can travel
Travel back in time
For no one can travel
Travel back in time
Like a forgotten paradise
A dream of perfect bliss
Dust of centuries
Yet I can touch the cities
Build by my forefathers
Yet I see the banners
Of long forgotten pride
And watch the eternal rivers flow
Like a forgotten paradise
As if refused by father time
My land can be found
Under a clouded grey sky
Walking the eternal landscapes
As painted by our masters
I hear the music
Created centuries ago
I want to see a bright blue sky
Or feel the rain of our darkest clouds
Want to smell flowers now long withered
Witness the people now long buried
Wish to dwell in places forever lost
Castles buried by time time and dust
Hold a bride so pale and pure
Hear the stories of friends
I never knew
Lost in time
Lost in time
Yet I can touch the cities
Build by my forefathers
Yet I see the banners
Of long forgotten pride
Walking the eternal Landscapes
As painted by our masters
I hear the music
Created centuries ago
Lost in time
2. Totentanz
Danse Danse Danse Macabre
Danse Danse Danse Macabre
Danse Danse Danse Macabre
Danse!
Oh King, your power has come to an end
I wish to invite you for a dance
Amongst our deceased brothers
For also Death has a crown to offer
Noble Lady, danse as you please
Until the flute has the right tone
For she deceived many a lady
Who all have danced
The Dance Of Death
Danse Danse Danse Macabre
Danse Danse Danse Macabre
Danse Danse Danse Macabre
Danse!
Oh King, your power has come to an end
I wish to invite you for a dance
Amongst our deceased brothers
For also Death has a crown to offer
Noble Lady, danse as you please
Oh King, your power has come to an end
I wish to invite you for a dance
Amongst our deceased brothers
For also Death has a crown to offer
Noble Lady, - hah -danse as you please
Danse Danse Danse Macabre
Danse Danse Danse Macabre
Danse Danse Danse Macabre
Danse! Totentanz
3. Death In Midsummer
Death in midsummer
There is true beauty in all that dies
Nothing lasts forever...I know
Dreams, hopes, life itself
Slipping through my fingers
Slipping through my fingers
Like a sand on beaches
I used to know
So many people came and went
As years go by
Their faces fade like a song
In vain I try to hold on
To the humble knowledge
I gathered
Death in midsummer
Death in Midsummer
So much still to learn
To discover, to feel
Yet I sense
My earthly and only existence
Fade away
No light at the end of the tunnel
No God to save one's soul
The atheist's curse
The atheist curse
Life never seemed precious to me
But now...
It is so cruel to die
In the middle of summer
In the middle of summer
4. Gott Ist Tot
Where faith has failed
Men's mind has travelled
Throughout of space
His wings might fly
No borders for human's
restless desires
Since science killed faith
God even may die
Our dying pride kneeling
In front of the unknown
Where faith has failed
Gott Ist Tot
Where science prevailed
Gott Ist Tot
In front of the immensity
And grace of a universe
With well hidden secrets
That no one has known
With secrets protecting a cosmic curse
When truth seems a lie
And reality a vision
Where faith has failed
Gott Ist Tot
Where science prevailed
Gott Ist Tot
Where faith has failed
Gott Ist Tot
The lights and the colours of planets and stars
Cannot be revealed with simple human's mind
We might step foot on the ground of Mars
But order in chaos we never provide
We might step foot on the ground of Mars
But order in chaos we never provide
Where faith has failed
Gott Ist Tot
Where science prevailed
Gott Ist Tot
Where faith has failed
Gott Ist Tot
Where science prevailed
Gott Ist Tot - God is dead
Where faith has failed
Gott Ist Tot - God is dood
Where science prevailed
Gott Ist Tot - God is dead
Gott Ist Tot!
5. Jester's Farewell (Solitude)
All who still remain
Are leaving their shelter
One by one
The King leads his court
The sun seeks it's own reflection
On their clothes that shine like Gold
I speak the language of the colourless present
My words do not reach their ears anymore
A quest in vain
Trying to hold on to my youth
But still I remember those princes and wenches
He tries to tell me reality took over my soul
The walls behind which I wish to dream
Are coming down
Those princes and wenches
Visiting the castle
Represented my infant years
They flee into eternal woods
Only the jester turns around
One last time
Now I recognise my sad companion
Who kept me company
Countless times
The Jester kept me company countless times
In hours that seemed darker than these
He tries to tell me reality took over my soul
The walls behind which I wish to dream
Are coming down
He tries to tell me reality took over my soul
The walls behind which I wish to dream
Are coming down down down!
6. Decline Of Romanticism
Decline of Romantiticism
Where will be the border?
And who will draw your line?
In your life there is no order
You just lost track of time
This is your direction
You will never have satisfaction
Intentions, although they were noble
Dreams however, could not be shared
The only choice left
Is to turn away...
Will you ever have enough?
How to explain
It is purity I seek?
In a life with no emotion?
But one has to realise
I need to hang on to a dream
With no emotion
Is this your direction?
You will never have satisfaction
Will you never ever have enough
In a life
With no emotion
- So much for this love
With no emotion
- So much for this love
How will you get further?
For you there is no way,
Is this the way
You want to die tonight?
Our feelings and words
Never meant the same
Where will be your border?
And who will draw your line?
In your life there is no order
You just lost track of time
Time, never was on my side
How to explain
It is purity I seek?
Is this the way you want to die?
7. Tristesse
Blood red skies like a messenger of doom
Skeletons on parade in villages on fire
Divine maidens suffering from the plague
Apocalypse my friend put these cities into dust
Dust on coffin lits
Tales never told
Citizens living in cages of glass
Writing poetry in the fields of bretagne
But hear the cries of a distant battle
Cardinals in decay and Gods who failed everywhere
Nero's fiddle distuned, Rome into flames
With wings wide spread I wish to fly
Like an eagle embracing the sky
Dying during a final flight
Oh deliver me from life
Plundering savages drunk with bloodlust
Knights in armour now long vanished
Jesters holding the crown
Noblesse fading away
Noblesses fading
Blood red skies like a messenger of doom
Skeletons on parade in villages on fire
Divine maidens suffering from the plague
Apocalypse my friend put these cities into dust
Dust on coffin lits
Tales never told
Citizens living in cages of glass
Writing poetry in the fields of Bretagne
But hear the cries of a distant battle
Cardinals in decay
Gods who failed everywhere
Gods who failed...
TRISTESSE!
8. Ignorance Is Bliss
It is so amusing
To see you clap your hands
To some else's tune
So pleasant to hear you speak
Words created by others
Quite easy to follow
Another person's steps
Convenient to walk a path
Secured by others
Ever thought about finding your own?
What about integrity?
Where did you hide your soul?
What about finding your own?
Individuality?
Where did you hide your soul?
Your eyes are red
Your voice is rough
But is it your song
You are chanting?
Speaking way too loud
Slogans I have heard before
Tapping your foot
To someone else's tune?
Where did you hide your soul?
9. Overture To The Sun
10. Megalomania
As we march through the cities
of conquered lands
A feeling of power
Takes over our minds
When we see the enemies' fate
Upon our hands
So difficult to keep control
Rage and insanity
Fill our hearts
Are we but animals?
Years of warfare
Exterminated ideals
All that is left
Are animal instincts
Control Control, we must control!
Control Control, we must control!
Control Control, we must control!
Control Control, we must control!
Rage and insanity
Fill our hearts
We feel like animals
We march! We march! We march!
Megalomania
We are God!
11. Psychopompos
12. Dream Within A Dream
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