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HILASTHERION LYRICS
"Taken From Darkness" (2007)
1. Taken From Darkness
2. See The Pain In His Face
3. Jesus Rules
4. Why (song of despair)
5. A Sinner's Song Of Desperation
6. Battle Of The Flesh
7. The End Is Not The End
8. Save My Soul
9. Sick And Rotten World
10. Judgement Day
11. A Fallen One
12. Story Of John
1. Taken From Darkness
Part I - The misery
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What happened to my life?
I gave you everything and still I got nothing
You said “you’ll be fine”
When I drank from your wine
But what did I receive?
Just emptiness and misbelieve
NOW I'M SITTING HERE ALL ALONE
KNOWING THAT THIS IS THE END
WANTING TO END THIS MISERY
WITH THIS KNIFE I WANT TO CUT MY PAIN AWAY
I followed the way you showed
Through drugs, music and sex shows
But it did not fill this hole in my soul
Why, oh why did I believe your lies?
NOW I'M SITTING HERE ALL ALONE
KNOWING THAT THIS IS THE END
WANTING TO END THIS MISERY
WITH THIS KNIFE I WANT TO CUT MY PAIN AWAY
Part II - A glimpse of hope
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Narrative:
"Just when I was thinking it was the end
A glimpse of hope appeared
A book was given to me
They said it contained the light of Him
When I started to read the book from ancient times
Small streams of lights started to fill my inside"
WHAT'S HAPPENING TO ME?
A CHANGE THAT I NEVER THOUGHT COULD BE
FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME IN MY ENTIRY HISTORY
I FEEL REAL LOVE INSTEAD OF MISERY
Part III - The change
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I cannot really tell
How this burden from my back faded away
Tears began running from my eyes
When I saw Him and received His eternal love
TAKEN FROM DARKNESS INTO THE LIGHT
BECAUSE JESUS HAS WON MY FIGHT
NOT BECAUSE OF WHAT I'VE DONE
IT'S BECAUSE GOD GAVE US HIS ONLY SON
NOW I WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW
THAT JESUS CHRIST'S LOVE IS FOR EVERYONE
PLEASE DON'T WAIT ANOTHER DAY
RECEIVE HIM TODAY!
2. See The Pain In His Face
We all have times of misery
When we ask God why do we go through this all
But we know one man that has suffered more
His name is Jesus and He suffered for you and me
SEE THE PAIN IN JESUS' FACE
WHEN THEY PIERCE HIS HAND
SEE THE PAIN IN JESUS' FACE
WHEN THEY PIERCE HIS FEET
SEE THE PAIN IN JESUS' FACE
WHEN HE TAKE THE SINS FROM US AWAY
We always blame God for things that happend
And we seem to forget the deeds He did for us
When He chose to go to Calvary
And took all of our shame away
SEE THE PAIN IN JESUS' FACE
WHEN THEY PIERCE HIS HAND
SEE THE PAIN IN JESUS' FACE
WHEN THEY PIERCE HIS FEET
SEE THE PAIN IN JESUS' FACE
WHEN HE TAKE THE SINS FROM US AWAY
3. Jesus Rules
Hear me all you people
I have something to tell you
There is a man that have changed the course of history
His name is Jesus and He loves you
He was ,He is and He always will be
Jesus is His name
And He always will be, Jesus is His name
The saviour of mankind
JESUS RULES
AND HE WANTS TO RULE YOUR LIFE AS WELL
JESUS RULES
AND HE WANTS TO RULE YOUR LIFE AS WELL
JESUS RULES
AND HE WANTS TO RULE YOUR LIFE AS WELL
JESUS RULES
AND HE WANTS TO RULE YOUR LIFE AS WELL
Even if you reject Jesus
He'll love you anyway
But don't expect ending up in Heaven
If you don't want to be with Him today
He was ,He is and He always will be
Jesus is His name
And He always will be, Jesus is His name
The saviour of mankind
JESUS RULES
AND HE WANTS TO RULE YOUR LIFE AS WELL
JESUS RULES
AND HE WANTS TO RULE YOUR LIFE AS WELL
JESUS RULES
AND HE WANTS TO RULE YOUR LIFE AS WELL
JESUS RULES
AND HE WANTS TO RULE YOUR LIFE AS WELL
4. Why (song of despair)
Why Oh, Lord does the world seem so dark?
Why does it get worse everyday that passes by?
Why are people suffering until the day they die?
Why can’t you come down and undo it all?
There are so many questions
But so few answers
We lift our heads up in agony
Cursing the day we were born
LORD, I DEMAND ANSWERS!
I CANNOT TAKE THIS ANYMORE
I AM LOST AND HOPELESS
I CRY OUT TO THE UNKNOWN GOD
LORD, I DEMAND ANSWERS!
I CANNOT TAKE THIS ANYMORE
I AM LOST AND HOPELESS
I CRY OUT TO THE UNKNOWN GOD
Why did my classmates turn my world to hell?
Why did they pick on me every single day?
Why did my life turn from heaven to disaster?
Why do you let this happen, I’m just an innocent man!
There are so many questions
But so few answers
I lift my head up in agony
Cursing the day I was born
LORD, I DEMAND ANSWERS!
I CANNOT TAKE THIS ANYMORE
I AM LOST AND HOPELESS
I CRY OUT TO THE UNKNOWN GOD
LORD, I DEMAND ANSWERS!
I CANNOT TAKE THIS ANYMORE
I AM LOST AND HOPELESS
I CRY OUT TO THE UNKNOWN GOD
Perhaps one day I’ll finally understand
Why you let me go through this all
But now I cannot see it clear
But I hope one day my blindfold will be taken away!!!!!
5. A Sinner's Song Of Desperation
I confess that I was wrong all the time
I thought I was the number one
The superior, all should bow for me
A holy man, God’s favourite child
I showed no weakness, only strength
Everyone thought I was the one that couldn’t fall
I blamed man’s sin, while struggling with my own
I became my own god, judging them all
PLEASE HEAR A SINNER'S SONG OF DESPERATION
HEAR MY CRY FROM MY ROTTEN INSIDE
I THOUGHT I WAS THE CHOSEN ONE
BUT NOW I SEE HOW EVERYTHING HAS FALLEN DOWN
I lay burdens on people’s back
And their wealth I took to feed my desires
I said “God needs your money”
But not a penny did He receive from me
I showed no weakness, only strength
Everyone thought I was the one that couldn’t fall
I blamed man’s sin, while struggling with my own
I became my own god, judging them all
PLEASE HEAR A SINNER'S SONG OF DESPERATION
HEAR MY CRY FROM MY ROTTEN INSIDE
I THOUGHT I WAS THE CHOSEN ONE
BUT NOW I SEE HOW EVERYTHING HAS FALLEN DOWN
I showed no weakness, only strength
Everyone thought I was the one that couldn’t fall
I blamed man’s sin, while struggling with my own
I became my own god, judging them all
PLEASE HEAR A SINNER'S SONG OF DESPERATION
HEAR MY CRY FROM MY ROTTEN INSIDE
I THOUGHT I WAS THE CHOSEN ONE
BUT NOW I SEE HOW EVERYTHING HAS FALLEN DOWN
6. Battle Of The Flesh
As I look at the naked ladies I feel ashamed
I remember the preachings and I feel blamed
They told me porno is the devil’s maid
But how to gain freedom none was said
The battle is forever raging on
Everyday all my failures are shown
My desires are screaming for more
Oh, how my soul is feeling sore
MY BODY IS SCREAMING FOR A SEXUAL RELIEF
STILL I KNOW IT'S AGAINST MY PERSONAL BELIEF
THE RULES OF THIS GAME ARE NOT FAIR
I CRY OUT FOR HELT TO END THIS NIGHTMARE
I have lost count on how many times I’ve said I’m sorry
How to end this lifelong misery is a daily worry
I try to find strength in the encouraging book
That Jesus all my sins on a wooden cross took
The battle is forever raging on
Everyday all my failures are shown
My desires are screaming for more
Oh, how my soul are feeling sore
MY BODY IS SCREAMING FOR A SEXUAL RELIEF
STILL I KNOW IT'S AGAINST MY PERSONAL BELIEF
THE RULES OF THIS GAME ARE NOT FAIR
I CRY OUT FOR HELT TO END THIS NIGHTMARE
BUT IN THE END IT'S NOT MY DEEDS THAT COUNT
JESUS CHRIST HAS GIVEN ME GRACE IN LARGE AMOUNT
I KNOW NOW THAT I'LL BE SET FREE
AND THAT IS NOT THANKS TO ME
7. The End Is Not The End
You find your life exciting
Parties all night long
You say that you don't need a God
'cause You've found your own way
You say that you know there is a God
But you do want to care anyway
You just want to live for the moment
Not think about the time you waste away
What if the end is not the end?
What if a new era then begins?
What if the things you've been ignoring are true?
HOW MANY THINGS DO YOU NEED TO HEAR?
HOW MANY SIGNS DO YOU NEED TO SEE?
IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND
HOW LONG WILL YOU KEEP ON REJECTING HIM
PLEASE DON'T WASTE YOUR LIFE AWAY
One night stands to keep you happy
Filling you with excitement
saying "even if today was the last day
I have lived my life in a happy way"
You say you don't want to live forever
80 years is all you need
But what will be your choosen destination
If the end is not the end?
What if the end is not the end?
What if a new era then begins?
What if the things you've been ignoring are true?
HOW MANY THINGS DO YOU NEED TO HEAR?
HOW MANY SIGNS DO YOU NEED TO SEE?
IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND
HOW LONG WILL YOU KEEP ON REJECTING HIM
PLEASE DON'T WASTE YOUR LIFE AWAY
Let me tell you one thing
The end is not the end
There is place made for you in heaven
A reservation made for you
When Jesus died that friday day
He said "I make a room for you"
And since He was risen from the dead
He's been waiting for you
What if the end is not the end?
What if a new era then begins?
What if the things you've been ignoring are true?
HOW MANY THINGS DO YOU NEED TO HEAR?
HOW MANY SIGNS DO YOU NEED TO SEE?
IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND
HOW LONG WILL YOU KEEP ON REJECTING HIM
PLEASE DON'T WASTE YOUR LIFE AWAY
If you confess with your mouth
That Jesus is Lord
And believe in your heart
That God raised him from the dead
You will be saved!
8. Save My Soul
I walk on a lonely road called life
It feels so cold and empty
Sometimes I don't know what to do
I just wanna fall down and cry
JESUS, DO YOU HEAR MY CRIES?
DO YOU FEEL THE PAIN THAT I FEEL?
IF YOU CAN HEAR ME NOW
PLEASE LET ME KNOW HOW TO END THIS PAIN
I know I've done stupid things
I've filled my life with lie upon lie
But what shall I do now?
Should I give up everything and run to you?
JESUS, DO YOU HEAR MY CRIES?
DO YOU FEEL THE PAIN THAT I FEEL?
IF YOU CAN HEAR ME NOW
PLEASE LET ME KNOW HOW TO END THIS PAIN
As I walk through this valley of darkness
I suddenly hear a distant voice
Telling me to carry on
To carry on...
I CONTINUE WALKING AND SUDDENLY I SEE
A LIGHT STREAMING DOWN FROM HEAVEN
ALL MY PAIN FADES AWAY
AND I BECOME A DIFFERENT MAN
9. Sick And Rotten World
Reading the paper about a young girl being raped
It says she tried to convince them that she is a virgin girl
But they’re deaf because of their perverted desires
Blinded by their lust they destroy all that she'd become
IT'S A SICK AND ROTTEN WORLD
IT SEEMS SO DEAD TO ME
FILLED WITH HATE, GREED AND PAIN
HOW CAN I CHANGE THE WORLD
I AM JUST A MAN
I CANNOT PROVIDE SHELTER FROM THE STORM!
But in all this utter darkness I felt
A friend of my came by and saw my pain
He told me about the greatest One
He who was and is and forever will be
IT'S A SICK AND ROTTEN WORLD
IT SEEMS SO DEAD TO ME
FILLED WITH HATE, GREED AND PAIN
BUT I KNOW I CAN CHANGE THE WORLD
BECAUSE THE ONE IN ME
IS BIGGER THAN HE WHO IS IN THE WORLD
10. Judgement Day
Another day on mother earth
A million babies are given birth
But to what future will they come?
To starvation, poverty and crime
We have gone so freaking blind
We talk about Jesus love
But we cannot reach out a helping hand
To all those people needing one
WHEN THE JUDGEMENT DAY COMES
WILL YOU BE ABLE TO STARE IN TO JESUS' EYES?
WHEN HE ASKS: "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?"
“TO ALL THOSE PEOPLE I LOVE LIKE MY OWN SON”
People live their lives in world given peace
But the suffering man nobody sees
What have become of our human race?
It’s like we’re spitting right in to Jesus’ face
We have gone so freaking blind
We talk about Jesus love
But we cannot reach out a helping hand
To all those people needing one
WHEN THE JUDGEMENT DAY COMES
WILL YOU BE ABLE TO STARE IN TO JESUS' EYES?
WHEN HE ASKS: "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?"
“TO ALL THOSE PEOPLE I LOVE LIKE MY OWN SON”
(Matthew 25:41-43):
"Then he will say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, you who are cursed,
Into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink,
I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me,
I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.'”
WHEN THE JUDGEMENT DAY COMES
WILL YOU BE ABLE TO STARE IN TO JESUS' EYES?
WHEN HE ASKS: "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?"
“TO ALL THOSE PEOPLE I LOVE LIKE MY OWN SON”
11. A Fallen One
Darkness, into it's very abyss I fall
Visions of terrible pain and despair
And then I saw the ludicrous smile
At another one that had to leave the earth
Why is the world so unfair,
That the evil still live and the good die young ?
When is all this gonna end?
Oh Lord how I long for your majestic return
YET ANOTHER POOR SOUL
HAS LOST THE SANCTITY OF LIFE
A FALLEN ONE THAT WAS MY FRIEND
GONE TO ETERNITY NEVER TO RETURN
MY HEART CRIES OUT IN PAIN
OF YOUR SUDDEN AND TERRIBLE END
I ONLY PRAY THAT YOU BELIEVED IN THE ONE
HE WHO POSSESSES THE KEY FOR OUR SALVATION
Blackness, seems to be neverending
I can't image an eternity without you my God
From the deepest bottom of my soul I pray,
That the ones who still lives, shall repent to undo their sins
Please don't go to hell
'cause from there, there is no return
Please understand that Jesus loves you still
And only he can set you free
YET ANOTHER POOR SOUL
HAS LOST THE SANCTITY OF LIFE
A FALLEN ONE THAT WAS MY FRIEND
GONE TO ETERNITY NEVER TO RETURN
MY HEART CRIES OUT IN PAIN
OF YOUR SUDDEN AND TERRIBLE END
I ONLY PRAY THAT YOU BELIEVED IN THE ONE
HE WHO POSSESSES THE KEY FOR OUR SALVATION
Please don't go to hell
'cause from there, there is no return
Please understand that Jesus loves you still
And only he can set you free
Set you free...
12. Story Of John
PART 1:
On a one night’s stand it happened
A new life started
It wasn’t meant to be
It was a child that was not meant to be
An unwanted child’s innocent soul
Became the centre for people’s rage and hate
LITTLE JOHN WHY ARE YOU BORN
THERE SEEMS TO BE NO REASON TO LIVE AT ALL
HATED AND REJECTED BY THE WORLD
A LIFE THAT HAD BETTER BEEN LEFT UNHEARD
PART 2:
He struggled through the first grades of school
Tried to get friends and get accepted there
But no one wanted to know an unwanted child
He became the centre of people’s rage and hate
Approaching the age fifteen
His life has turned its wheel
He tried to find truth but failed
Like every other dream he had made
LITTLE JOHN WHY ARE YOU BORN
THERE SEEMS TO BE NO REASON TO LIVE AT ALL
HATED AND REJECTED BY THE WORLD
A LIFE THAT HAD BETTER BEEN LEFT UNHEARD
LITTLE JOHN WHY ARE YOU BORN
THERE SEEMS TO BE NO REASON TO LIVE AT ALL
HATED AND REJECTED BY THE WORLD
A LIFE THAT HAD BETTER BEEN LEFT UNHEARD
He began to commit crimes to get rid of the life’s pollution
It gave him kicks and he thought this might the solution
Everything seemed to turn alright
He felt strength and great might
Suddenly he became king in his hood
And for the first time he felt in good mood
Could this be the turning point?
After seventeen years of living hell
Could this be the answer of his wishing well?
But one day all the hell broke loose
He was doing one of his raids
When all of a sudden he was discovered by a young maid
Frightened to death he screamed to her “don’t move”!
But she answered with a horrifying yell
John pulled the trigger and took an innocent life away
Just nineteen years old
His life was to the prison sold
15 years was the time they said
That was the price of that young maid
But he felt that his life was already dead
Since the beginning they had said
You’re not wanted here
There’s nobody who for you want to care
LITTLE JOHN WHY ARE YOU BORN
THERE SEEMS TO BE NO REASON TO LIVE AT ALL
HATED AND REJECTED BY THE WORLD
A LIFE THAT HAD BETTER BEEN LEFT UNHEARD
PART 3:
A couple of years came and went
It was a living hell for John to see
So when he got a rope he thought it was heaven sent
Now he could end a life that was not meant to be
As he attached the rope around his head
He heard a heavenly voice who said
“You are loved by me my boy
Come to my open arms and I’ll give you joy
Without knowing what that meant
John took off his rope and knelt to the ground
He felt for the very first time that he has found
A love so great and real
A never ending journey started
All that was in the past faded away
JOHN YOU WERE BORN FOR A REASON
BECAUSE I LOVED YOU FROM THE START
I WANT TO WASH YOUR PAIN AWAY
BECAUSE WITH ME YOU'RE ALWAYS ACCEPTED
John had never felt this loved before
And even if some troubles on his way still occurred
He was now a different man
And lived his life to spread the love to his fellow man
After five years he was from prison released
Became a preacher and from the bible he preached
"YOU WERE BORN FOR A REASON
BECAUSE GOD LOVED YOU FROM THE START
HE WANTS TO WASH YOUR PAIN AWAY
BECAUSE WITH HIM YOU'RE ALWAYS ACCEPTED"
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