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ELEFTHERIA LYRICS
"Legends Of Old" (2004)
1. The Siren Song
2. The Wrath
3. The Promise
4. The Ride
5. The Flight Of The Raven
6. Fire & Sword
7. Skybreaker
8. The Final Legacy
9. Of Lost A love
10. The Thunder Of Doom
11. An Oath We Swore
12. Iron Eyes
13. A Bond Of Blood
14. The Warrior's Lament
15. Eleftheria I Thanatos
1. The Siren Song
A salt and morning odour
Stings softly on my skin
Soon shall fade to vapour
In the evening of my sin
Keep me safe now in your haven
From storm and wave and time
Keep me free now as the raven
Amidst the wreckage of my crime
Feed me freedom in a chalice
Made of gold and silver sin
And shield me from my malice
That my life may thus begin
For aeons and through ages
Still a song is sung
About the Sirens and the wages
Those pay whence wrath has sprung
From the chaos of creation, I roamed the seven seas
Seven winds and seven tidings, seven wings were my release
And how I still adore you, my brazen mournful gift
And through all tide and twilight, my heart shall never shift
Have not seen you in my eye
Not heard your tempting cry
But felt forever, in a moment
When seagulls brought about your sigh
For aeons and through ages
Still a song is sung
About the Sirens and the wages
Those pay whence wrath has sprung
From the chaos of creation, I roamed the seven seas
Seven winds and seven tidings, seven wings were my release
And how I still adore you, my brazen mournful gift
And through all tide and twilight my heart shall never shift
Raise it now, and cast it far
My heart above both moon and star
So that not fear, nor doubt or stain
Your face could ever mar
On your rocks beguiling
On your shores as heaven smiling
Sit and sing still to the sea
Of all the lives that envy thee
For aeons and through ages
Still a song is sung
About the Sirens and the wages
Those pay whence wrath has sprung
From the chaos of creation, I roamed the seven seas
Seven winds and seven tidings, seven wings were my release
And how I still adore you, my brazen wounded gift
And through all tide and twilight my heart shall never shift
2. The Wrath
When we dream
There's a path
There's a way that always seems to long for us
Still we walk
Through the dark
In the hope that we will someday overcome our fear
Of the difference and diversity
Betrayed in our honesty
And our liberty
And we doubt
And we fear
For our lives and souls that are at stake tonight
And we march
To our doom
To our darkness and the darkness that we bring ourselves
To the ones we fear and don't understand
A veil upon the sombre land
Afraid to comprehend
And then the fire falls on the barren land
And the keeper will open the gate
The vision blurs between foe and friend
And all hours are late
Who holds his heart in the stare of the eye of the ebony death?
Who stills his hands at the quake of the thunderous air-slicing breath?
And in the hour of falling oblivion,
When the bell tolls for this day to end
When four horsemen saddle for riding tonight,
There's a chill, and a devil that laughs -
We are the wrath!
In the night
Left alone
A vísion then is planted in our hearts
And we see
We're the wrath
We're the shadow in the shadow and the endless night
Erynies on a vengeful flight
And we'll always dread the light
And its forsaken sight
And then the fire falls on the barren land
And the keeper will open the gate
The vision blurs between foe and friend
And all hours are late
Who holds his heart in the stare of the eye of the ivory death?
Who stills his hands at the quake of the thunderous air-slicing breath?
And in the hour of falling oblivion,
When the bell tolls for this day to end
When four horsemen saddle for riding tonight,
There's a chill, and a devil that laughs -
We are the wrath!
3. The Promise
Long have you doubted, and long have you swayed
Long have the wages of sin been unpaid
Through all the darkness I'll guide your way;
I crown you my holy Queen.
For so long I've seen the fields all alone
For so many days I've been on my own
For all the times we will fight side by side;
You'll be my honoured king.
Soon, the dark will be over
So do not look behind
The night is torn open, the morning
Is there for us to find...
Here we stand, born to be kings
Of the lands and the hills, and the valleys far away
Here we are, long live the kings
Of the live and the fallen, of the night and of the day.
This is the promise that I will now swear
This is the promise that my heart will bear
This is the vow that forever we'll share
You'll be my truest friend.
Though the night may seem too darkened at times
Though the storm may leave the broken behind
The tempest can never betray our bond,
The promise will hold 'til the end.
Soon, the dark will be over
So do not look behind
The night is torn open, the morning
Is there for us to find
Here we stand, born to be kings
Of the lands and the hills, and the valleys far away
Here we are, long live the kings
Of the live and the fallen, of the night and of the day.
4. The Ride
The hooves are pounding and the horns are howling
And this darkness rips through the night!
The hearts are racing and the veins are bursting
Riding at the speed of light!
Horses snorting and the muscles are aching
And the sweat is running in their face!
Hatred is boiling and the world is turning
Faster and faster goes their race!
And out of the shadows and out of the shades
From night to day and back again
The forests behold the riders of Hades
And their unholy Crusades!
HOO! The irons high!
And the thunder be our guide!
And the water be our sanctuary
And the wind be on our side!
Bones are breaking and the shadows mourning
And will is broken by baking heat!
Wind is their food and rain is their drink
And pure fury their bloody meat!
And the hooves are pounding the echoes screaming
And the cries fading in the dark!
And dust is twisting and the fires gleaming
As the riders on their wicked ride embark!
HOO! The irons high!
And the thunder be our guide!
And the water be our sanctuary
And the wind be on our side!
5. The Flight Of The Raven
For ages you’ve lived
And can’t remember the time
When this still was a gift
And living no crime
But seasons will turn,
And hours will fly
And desire will burn
Your love to a lie
Your time here is passing
And no more you’ll stay
The soft breeze’s caressing
Your cloak where it may
And longing for shelter
In the heavenly gusts
Of a summery swelter
And a tempting lust
Once again
Rise up high and fly
Once again – to the sky!
Once again
Break the chains and rise
Once again – to the skies!
Fly!
Spread your wings as a shadow
And soar over barrens and sands!
Rise!
Over mountain and meadow
And leave forever these lands!
Fly!
Rise away from all of your sorrow
And conquer the heavens divine!
Rise!
Find the gates of tomorrow
And claim them righteously thine!
And soaring again
You’re feeling alive
Away from the pain
And back to your life!
And be once again
What you always should be
And remember the name
Of the friend that was me
And as you feel the wind
As you feel the breeze
You can sense the sin
As it pain decrees
And from the falling snow
To the desert sand
Forever go!
To the promised land!
Fly!...
6. Fire & Sword
A day is thus upon us all
Where mankind’s rise and final fall
Be decided in a single strife
Between torment, pain and death and life
To the heroes of the ages cry
In times where hope and love will die
And pray for them to guide our way
Through twilight, night and back to day!
A far star is shining
Upon the earthen crying face
And a judgement bell is chiming
To herald our final days
To fall through fire and sword
By the grace of the gods
By the stride of the falling star!
To hear the song of our lords
Our heroes of old
Calling to us from afar!
Caught between the shores of night
And day and in the twilight’s fright
We shan’t go back and not return
For fear and death is what we earn
And for strength from our fathers pray
And lead us through this dreadful day
Ere shadows of a darkness fall
And for a last time our horns may call!
7. Skybreaker
Rising high into the night
Shining silver, star and light
In the shadow of a day
Pray for the Light to Stay
You will strike the angels
And you’ll strike the beasts
With scornful dread and vengeance
For all that hate decrees!
“Sky--- Breaker!”
Cast into the skies
Sewn into a sheet of clouds
“Sky---- Breaker!”
Cutting through the lies
And hear them cry aloud!
“Sky---- Breaker!”
Slicing through the cries
And see them gather ‘round
“Sky---- Breaker!”
Sever all the ties
From heaven high to holy ground
Skybreaker!
Soultaker!
Vanished as you came!
Skybreaker!
Forsaker!
Skybreaker!
Oh sword of wizards, sword of kings!
What is that thy lust demands?
Oh can all hear the verse it sings?
A song to shake the skies and lands!
A curse from the heavens, a curse from the skies
A haunting fiend of groans and sighs;
A schism of power, between heaven and hell
A struggle of giants, for stories to tell
8. The Final Legacy
Remains of past a time
Lost long reason and rhyme
Hear tales of bloodshed, pain and war
And songs from days of yore
Awaken dreams of savage kings
Of fame and fortune now it sings
My sword of freedom, and of steel
My blade of honour now you’ll feel
Faithless strangers, fallen sods
No belief in love and gods
This remains of our song
Even when we are long gone
It is our destiny,
faith and truth and history!
It’s our curse and our trust
Our heart and our lust!
These tunes of battle, tunes of old
Now awaken, so behold!
The knights of honour, knights of light
Riding through an endless night!
It’s our destiny,
faith and truth and history!
So be still now and you’ll see
We’re the Final Legacy!
Our time is over, yet we’re still near
Through time and future, always here
Living always in our song
Been there always, all along
Don’t you miss us, don’t you sigh
For our time is drawing nigh
Again we’ll sing, again we’ll reign
Our kingdom come again!
Faithless strangers, fallen sods
No belief in love and gods
This remains of our song
Even when we are long gone
It is our destiny,
faith and truth and history!
It’s our curse and our trust
Our heart and our lust!
These tunes of battle, tunes of old
Now awaken, so behold!
The knights of honour, knights of light
Riding through an endless night!
It’s our destiny,
faith and truth and history!
So be still now and you’ll see
We’re the Final Legacy!
9. Of Lost A love
In triumph or tragedy
Find my child of agony
Never, we won’t be free
Cry my love in misery
Within you, or within me
There’s that spark that we might see
If only, only it was me
And not my friend of misery.
Who slaughters, and who slays?
Who is the one that life betrays?
Who blinds my eyes with gleaming rays
Of dark a sun and a world of clay?
Who rips my life, who tears my love?
Who devours heavens high above?
Who challenges me with this black glove
And kills the world’s lost white dove?
Of lost a love we sing
And to the tyrants of the world
Light of day we’ll never bring
When all in silence, all in dark shall fall
Of lost a love we sing
And to the angels up on high
A better day we’ll bring
When silence and darkness draw nigh
Oh never be this wound a scar
Forever bleed my heart, afar
No longer in my chest doth pound
Lie buried now in sacred ground
Bewitched be now, forsaken sod
Of blackened blood and cursed God
A haunted name forevermore
From now until the days of yore!
Of lost a love we sing,
And to the Tyrants of the World
Light of day we’ll never bring
When all in silence, all in dark shall fall.
Of lost a love we sing,
And to the Angels up on high
A better day we'll bring
When silence and darkness draw nigh
Never be this sin forgotten
Never be this child alone
Here in soil and earth so rotten
Be her hair and skin and bone
But be she ever, be she always
In our hearts and in our souls
And be she sacred our goddess
A saint in a hellish role
10. The Thunder Of Doom
Whenever hatred reigns triumph within a man’s soul
Over love, faith and truth;
Whenever the burden of pain and grief drives a man
To exert the same pain and grief on another man’s heart
And whenever all belief in any good is lost
Then the drums roll a thunder of doom
Announce the arrival of one black master of fate
And this master is called war.
Through the fields of fire
Ride those sworn to blood
For vengeance their desire
Of destruction be their flood
Led by those who wandered
Through darkness and through hell
Led by those who lingered
In dreams of those who fell
In the night remember
The vows upon the wind
The last one dying ember
On this night we sinned
Ride the darkness, mourning
On wings of storm arrive
And face the dreadful morning
Where blood and hatred thrive
Signs in the air
Signs on the wind
Cries of despair
For the slain kin
The Thunder of Doom hails to the end of all the times
With screams of torture and pain
And love is deceived by hatred divine
And blood be freedom’s stain.
The Thunder of Doom sheds the blood of your heart
Outward and inwards the same
And sadness enshrouds all that which should have been
Honor, Glory, Fame
With all vows now broken
And a doomed soul's saddened howl
Of your hatred leave a token
As through the night you prowl
Shatter dreams and ravage lives
Be victims to the flame
Break the promise to love and life
And see them all aflame
Of lost a love you all will sing
And yearn for vengeance reaped
But only pain the morn' shall bring
And unheard a plea
Harken cries of angels lost,
Fallen and decayed
See the wound in thy father’s eyes
Impaled and betrayed
Signs in the dust
Signs of the dawn
"Vengeance!" they cry
Their eternal yawn
The Thunder of Doom hails to the end of all the times
With screams of torture and pain
And love is deceived by hatred divine
And blood be freedom’s stain.
The Thunder of Doom sheds the blood of your heart
Outward and inwards the same
And sadness enshrouds all that which should have been
Honor and Glory and Fame
Ride! Ride!
Ride through the thunder,
Ride through the rain
Onwards to slaughter
Onwards to pain!
Kill! Kill!
Kill all that's me
Kill all that's true
Kill all of them
And then kill you!
So when the doomed thunder's roars
And the hellish lightnig's ray
Are heard and seen on distant shores
Be sure to hide and pray
And once you tell them of this tale
Be sure to tell it true
For if you don't the thunder'll hail
And roll all over you
11. An Oath We Swore
Cry! To the world of hate in her eye!
Cry! To the truth of revenge in her lie!
Bring on the fire and bring on the wind
Bring on the slaughter and bring on the sin
For this is an oath we swore!
Stand! For the pride in our life!
Stand! With the sword and the knife!
Bring on the fury and a fiery rain
Bring on the wicked and the blood of the slain
For this is an oath we swore!
By my blood, by my love, by my honor!
For truth and for reason and light!
For all that we cherish inside us,
I will raise a hellish night!
From darkness and madness and sorrow
From iron and fire and steel
We know that there'll be no tomorrow
And before us the sinner shall kneel!
Slice! The flesh of the sinners!
Slice! The hatred within us!
Sever the winds holy as time
Sever the ties to hope divine
For this is the oath we swore!
Pierce! The heavens and all that’s hell!
Pierce! For the love and dreams that fell!
Scream in this silence that bloodshed here tore
Scream through the darkness and night before
We fulfil this oath that we swore!
By my blood, by my love, by my honor!
For truth and for reason and light!
For all that we cherish inside us,
I will raise a hellish night!
From darkness and madness and sorrow
From iron and fire and steel
We know that there'll be no tomorrow
And before us the sinner shall kneel!
12. Iron Eyes
Telling tales to my face
That no glimpse of truth nor wisdom did ever share;
And claim that this race
Is but a burden and a load for us to bear?
And try to ignore
The wisdom that your heart would speak to you
Like once before
When hatred overcame all the love you ever knew
Don’t believe – no more
Don’t listen to the lies of yore
Don’t hate – those who
Are different from you
In shadows you forge
Old alliances that once were, now anew
And bring forth again to light
What never really should have spawned in you!
Spread your fury over lands
In rains of fire and of glass you let it fall
And through all your pale blue eyes
You see but lies and hear but drums of hatred roll
But change your course, it’s not too late
You are the masters of your fate
Set the sails to distant shore
And wear your woeful sign no more
My Iron Eyes!
See the truth behind your lies
My Iron Eyes!
Will reveal your shattered lives
My Iron Eyes!
Defy the tempting of your feign
My Iron Eyes! Will see your cross as stain
My Iron Eyes!
Send a prayer to skies
That Gods and Angels still show their grace to you
And not to pay too high a price
For shouting and singing hymns that were not true
And on the Day of Reckoning
When standing before Lords and Creatures high
Beg that they ain’t beckoning
Your soul to hell and the fires drawning nigh
13. A Bond Of Blood
In my dreams I was alone
But you awoke me
I thought that I was made of stone
But you broke me
In my fury I was torn
But you condoned me
In my fears I was forlon
But you lit the path
In the dark you were the light
In my dusk and in my night
But all that’s light must sometimes fade
To hatred black and envy jade
A bond of blood was woven
A tie of friendship true
Yet this bond was cloven
By your deed in two
A bond of blood was tried
By doom and hatred foul
That bond was now denied
By the pallid wolfen howl
I never saw it coming
You’d foray me
I never thought you longing
To betray me
I loved you like a brother
And you forsake me
Your true heart you did smother
And you reaped our bond
In my heart I never knew
What could spawn in friendship true
That this shadow born from light
Could turn my day to blackest night
A bond of blood was woven
A tie of friendship true
Yet this bond was cloven
By your deed in two
A bond of blood was tried
By doom and hatred foul
That bond was now denied
By the pallid wolfen howl
A bond of blood is broken
By deeds of hellish will
The devil leaves his token
It is our blood you spill
A bond of blood forsaken
For a vain and empty lore
A final step now taken
This blade in back now bore
14. The Warrior's Lament
Can you hear the morning? Can you feel the sin?
As the night enshrouds us, and the shadows fall,
I’m once again in doubt about all that I’ve come through, and about all the paths I still have to walk.
Will I see the dawn again? Or will I fall this day and face my doom now?
Come, come sweet morning, that bears all my fears. Bring me sweet slumber… or bring me tears.
Can you save me in your dreams?
Is all that is all as it seems?
If my eyes could pierce the veil
Would we stumble, would we fail?
What will the fateful morning hold?
What truths of war shall then be told?
What will await me behind gates
Of broken vows when dreams are sold?
See the dawn…
My time…
Fall!
March…
To destruction…
Die!
When the day comes, will we rise?
When the earth shakes, as the skies;
When the rivers turn to black
With that shiver on my back
Can I save all that is dear
And then defeat my inner fear
And so protect all that I love
When battle dawns and hell is near
Is the right I do
Enough to justify the wrong?
Is this dream of doom
Truly where I do belong?
I was forged to kill
A sword for life to spill
And so I am the lost;
A hero at high cost…
Now the dawn breaks, as before
And I can not see any more
I now just have to face death
And the most intimate last breath
In the end a sun may rise
Still to blind my sore old eyes
But can I see this blinding light
Before a night falls on my sight?
15. Eleftheria I Thanatos
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