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KAMELOT LYRICS
"The Black Halo" (2005)
1. March of Mephisto
2. When the Lights Are Down
3. The Haunting (Somewhere in Time)
4. Soul Society
5. Interlude I: Dei Gratia
6. Abandoned
7. This Pain
8. Moonlight
9. Interlude II: Un Assassinio Molto Silenzioso
10. The Black Halo
11. Nothing Ever Dies
12. Memento Mori
13. Interlude III: Midnight / Twelve Tolls for a New Day
14. Serenade
1. March of Mephisto
ASPIRAT PRIMO FONTUNA LABORI
ME DUCE TUTUS ERIS
VOX POPULI VOX DEI
AD MAIOREM DEI GLORIAM...
AD INFINITUM
You know just who I am
Don't be so distant
Cause when you're lost
I am solely there to share your grief
Wailing your sorrow
Is my only way to comfort you
Reminders of innocent youth
Waiting for morrow you're lonely
I name your solitude
I speaketh the truth
Now tell me all about your pain
Down to the detail
Don't say it's love
Your fragile heart feeds my contempt
Wailing your sorrow
Is my only way to comfort you
Reminders of innocent youth
Waiting for morrow you're lonely
I name your solitude
I speaketh the truth
Chase the heathen call
We belong... you and I
Unison in all you deny
I am the thorn in your side
That seeks accomplishment
Reminding the mortal of death
I am the spore of your pride
An angel heavensent
The master of all
I am the urge of the flesh
2. When the Lights Are Down
Rules Without exceptions last eternally
Every move you make creates your destiny
I've come to soak my sorrow in halo black
As black as the seal on my soul
Cause when the lights are down
There's no more to say
Love is the real pain
An internal revolution in our minds
And when the lights are down
You're so far away
Tell me your real name
In the silence of the darkness we unite
[Rules without exceptions last eternally
Every move you make creates your destiny]
What can protect me from the past
And all the things that I have done
She told me and then she was gone
But when the lights are down
There's no more to say
Deep in the shadows
Where the last of my delusions made a stand
Cause when the lights are down
She'll take me away
Tell me her real name
And in death we'll live the love we never had
Come all ye faithful beneath the moon
Into the void as one
Marching on
3. The Haunting (Somewhere in Time)
Maybe the sound of your voice
Made me believe that that you were her
Just like the river disturbs
My inner peace
Once I believed I could find
Just a trace of her beloved soul
Once I believed she was all
Then she smothered my beliefs
One cold winter's night
I may follow her voice to the river
Leave me for now and forever
Leave what you can
Somewhere in time I will find you and haunt you again
Like the wind sweeps the earth
Somewhere in time when no virtues are left to defend
You've fallen deep
I was a liar in every debate
I drew the forces that fueled your hate
When the cold in my heart leaves it comes to an end
Quietly now go to sleep
How could that first time recur
When memories linger on and on
What made me think you were her
Helena is dead to all dead to all
Nothing can bring her to life
Don't pretend that I've been loving you
Once I believed she was gone
I corrupted from within
Leave leave me for now and forever
Leave what you can
Somewhere in time I will find you and haunt you again
Like the wind sweeps the earth
Somewhere in time when no virtues are left to defend
You've fallen deep
I was a liar in every debate
I drew the forces that fueled your hate
When the cold in my heart leaves it comes to an end
Quietly now go to sleep
Follow me into the light
Dance on a lake of tears
I'll take you through
Or leave me tonight
I've gone too far to begin all anew
With someone like you
Somewhere in time I will find you and love you again
Like the wind sweeps the earth
Somewhere in time when no virtues are left to defend
You've fallen deep
I was a liar in every debate
I drew the forces that fueled your hate
When the cold in my heart leaves it comes to an end
Quietly I'll go to sleep
4. Soul Society
If my soul could revive
From my carnal remains
What does it matter to me
If it all fades to black
If I'm born once again
There's no-one really is free
How could I be condemned
For the things I've done
If my intentions were good
I guess I'll never know
Some things under the sun
Can never be understood
How can we believe in heaven
Human reason counters all
Ideas of a soul society
My life is just a fragment
Of the universe and all
There must be more than I can see
In the dark we're the same
In the concept of time
We're like a grain in the sand
And we strive for the flame
As if death was our aim
Cause we cannot understand
How I wish there was heaven
All for one and one for all
A flawless soul society
Our lives are just a fragment
Of the universe and all
There may be more than we can see
5. Interlude I: Dei Gratia
Sub sola nihil novi este
Adha spera bella spera
Quiri te prima regnomdae
Antebellum memento mori
6. Abandoned
Once my life was plain and clear
I recall
Once my ignorance was bliss
Nightfall came
Like a serpent's kiss
To my troubled mind
Why my God
Have you abandoned me
In my sobriety
Behind the old facade
I'm your bewildered child
So take me cross the river wide
Binding promises were made
On my soul
Grand illusions lead astray
Ice cold winds swept my heart away
Bring me back to you
[Helena]
I remember a song
Like in a dream
Where September was long
And winter unreal
Why my God above
Have you abandoned me
In my sobriety
Behind the old facade
I'm your bewildered child
So take me cross the river wide
7. This Pain
Pushing for the limit of sanity
Pushing for the surface
...so I can breathe
Dark is the night for us all, but some days
I feel the light crawling down these jagged walls
Blessed sunlight
Some of this pain is sole subjected
But what was I to do
Some of this pain will always say
Deep and true
I left her with a warning... without protection
The human nature has it's way with lust
With her back against the wall she crumbled
Just a minute more would have saved her life
And even so... part of me
Blessed sunlight
Some of this pain is sole subjected
But what was I to do
Some of this pain will always say
Deep and true
I see her shame in my desire
It all took place too soon
Some of these wounds will always bleed
Over you
8. Moonlight
I have never craved the system's sympathy
I get restless over pity smiles
Some precaution wouldn't harm my history
If I had the will to wait a little while
You cut the silence like a knife
You know I can't repent for
Moonlight falling over me
Sail on where the shadows hide
Moonlight crawling down on me
Just like you could not compete with my pride
Compensation for a misconducted life
Is it way too much to ask
Hard to wake up with your heart and soul deprived
When the morning comes to second to your last
You cut the silence like a knife
Like the edge of my last defenses
You cut the silence like a knife
You know I won't repent for
Moonlight falling over me
Sail on where the shadows hide
Moonlight crawling down on me
Just like you could not compete with my pride
Shine on silver
From the sky into the night
Guide on shivers
And I need your bleeding light
Moonlight falling over me
Sail on where the shadows hide
Moonlight crawling down on me
Just like you could not compete with my pride
Moonlight falling over me
Sail on where the shadows hide
Moonlight crawling down on me
Just like you could not compete with the pride
9. Interlude II: Un Assassinio Molto Silenzioso
C'era una volta un uomo
Con gli occhi verso la luna
E si chiedeva:
"Verrà presto l'amore?"
E che altro esiste
In un cuore gelato?
Tranne il pensiero
Di un assassinio molto silenzioso
TRANSLATION
Once upon a time there was a man
With his eyes towards the moon
And he wonder to himself:
"Will love come soon?"
And does something else exist
In a frozen heart?
Except the thought of a
Very silent murder
10. The Black Halo
Come wind come snow come winter land
I have resigned myself to death
Come will to show the heathen hand
So I can draw my final breath
You could take me higher
So you said I trusted you
I may be a liar
But betrayal lies on you
I could feel where the journey ends
Final cough of a last defense
Darkness come tonight
I have no fear of what you hold
Darkness come alive
You are the stories I've been told
I possess a power
Of survival in the cold
Life is like a flower
As it stumbles out of fold
We all know when the time has come
This is where I will linger on
Darkness come tonight
I have no fear of what you hold
Darkness come alive
You are the stories I've been told
Darkness come tonight
Nothing can take my faith away
Darkness come alive
Life turns to black from silver gray
Darkness come tonight
I have no fear of what you hold
Darkness come alive
You are the stories I've been told
Darkness come tonight
Nothing can take my faith away
Darkness come alive
Life turns to black from silver gray
11. Nothing Ever Dies
Here we are
Under the same old sun
All alone
Yet somehow bound and unify
Dust to dust
Ashes to ashes won't take long
The search for the harbor
For somewhere to belong
They say that faith is all you need
To stay forever young
What you sold is what you read
Our sins can be undone
There is a garden
In society
So right is wrong but wrong is right
No one can be sure
But still we are certain
Of what we know is truth
The only truth
We're building our temples taller
They say that faith is all you need
To stay forever young
What you sold is what you read
Our sins can be undone
How can we trust that once again
But you still tell us lies
And their voices will sustain
'Cause nothing ever dies
Love
Love is the only truth
Pure as the will of youth
Until it breaks your heart
You took me higher
Than the mountains I have climbed
You
You waited all your life for me
You
Left me all alone behind
But we'll meet again
We will meet again
All alone
Stuck without you
They say that faith is all you need
To stay forever young
What you sold is what you read
Our sins can be undone
How can we trust that once again
But you still tell us lies
And their voices will sustain
'Cause nothing ever dies
12. Memento Mori
Who wants to separate
The world we know for our beliefs
And who sees only black and white
Distinguish loss from sacrifice
Some day we must come to peace
With the world within ourselves
And I will await you
Until I close my eyes
When your time has come
You know you'll be lonely once again
And the final winter comes to us all
Life is treacherous
But you're not the only one who must pretend
We're a second in time
We're the last in line
Of the prey that walks the earth
Good and evil combined
I am the god in my own history
The master of the game
I may believe if she would come to me
And whisper out my name
Sometimes I wonder where the wind has gone
If life has ever been
Sometimes I wonder how belief alone
Can cut me free from sin
When you close your eyes
Mementos of summer retrieves your mind
Like a drizzle after noon clears the air
When the winter blows
You're glad you remember you really tried
And it all comes to an end
Even winter... like fall
And we all have our beliefs
Pray for mercy for all
I am a man without a mystery
The deal is done within
I will embrace the coldest winter breeze
And pay for every sin
[Helena]
VICTORIA, NON PRAEDA
MEMENTO MORI
[Mephisto]
UNA VOCE... VOLO, NON VALEO
DULCE ET DECORUM EST
PRO PATRIA MORI
MEMENTO MORI
[Ariel]
So subservient in your embrace
No more denial
No run away
This is the final
My last recall
And that's the price for what we learn
The more we know the more we yearn
Cause we're so alone
I am a man without a mystery
The deal is done within
I will embrace the coldest winter breeze
The journey can begin
I'm still the god in my own history
I still believe that she will come to me
And whisper out my name
Some day we may come to peace
And reach beyond behind the lies
And I will await you
Until I close my eyes...
13. Interlude III: Midnight / Twelve Tolls for a New Day
"...life has never been better than it is right now, (Happy new year!)
and finally, while I still have your attention,
I want to wish you all a happy new year"
(applause)
Happy new year
14. Serenade
Songs of pain and soothing lullabies
Songs of happiness and some that make us cry
One song we share
The cross we all bear
Onee that segregates
One that unifies
All we wonder
No one ever denies
If once given life we must die
So bow down with me
Where summer fades into fall
And leave your hatchets of hate
Bow down with me
And sing the saddest of all
The song we all serenade
The more we know
The less we understand
Life... eternity
The savagery of man
We want it all
Aimed at the fall
What is destiny within the masterplan
Hold on now
Don't leave don't let it go
Dance away with the waltz of life
Right or wrong
The seed we never sow
That's our loss
Our sacrifice
What does the winter bring
If not yet another spring
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