Gates Of Ishtar At Dusk and Forever 1. Wounds Time, What is time?, the tale of pain and death, those moments of our lives Pain never dies, you only suffer more when death stares into your eyes Wounds never heal, the scars are there to stay as the memory remains Lost never found, your soul is led astray when your body fades away Never the same again, scarred by the years of pain Never the fool again, scarred by the years of pain To be dead is to always live in their memories and walk alone on the path of grief To be dead is to always scream at the silence forever trapped in a place of pain Pain, what is pain?, the tales are the pain, the moments never die Dead are the lies, the truth is here to stay as the liars fades away Lost, never found, souls are led astray, their words to be slain Pain never dies, you only suffer more when death stares into your eyes 2. At Dusk And Forever Follow me to the place eternal, full of pain, pleasure and sin Come with me to a place nocturnal... After dawn there's an open gateway, to the place beyond and far After light comes the dusk forever, ripping chains tears your soul apart At dusk and forever - eternal pain in the darkest of domains At dusk and forever - after dawn only shadows remains Walk with me through the darkest wastelands, where nothing grows but your own fear Come with me into oblivion... After dawn there's an open gateway, to the place beyond and far Follow me into oblivion, through the gates of pain and grief... 3. The Nightfall Dusk, embrace me, enter the kingdom of light Night, surround me, cover the sky with your might Thunder, caress me, slap my face with delight Storm, revocate me, as I scream in your eye As I scream in your eye, revocate me! Come, join me, enter domains of night Lust and pain, taste the devils vine Thunder, caress me, slap my face with delight Storm, revocate me, as I scream in your eye When you call upon me, with a voice of sorrow and tears I'll be there to guide you, through the dusk and nightfall... Now the time has come, join my kingdom, taste the vine Feel the might of eternal nightfall ! Now the time has come, join my kingdom, taste the vine Solitude in eternal nighfall ! 4. Battles To Come When the night is there to stay after daylight has faded away On a path blacked by pain I'm waiting for battles to come When the moon is cold and pale and the forest whispers my name I?m cold but warmed by faith that you?ll join me, and. . . Ride with me tonight ! Guide me through the battles with glory and pride Stand by me tonight ! Raise your sword and join me in battle with light When we've slaughtered the fools of light we shall tear down the portals of might When their lies are dead and destroyed we shall build up our kingdom once more When your sword no longer shines and your armor is covered with blood You'll be king until the day when I call you to. . . 5. The Burning Sky Words, never thought for a long time never spoken, crawling in my mind Brought to life by their own demise, their feeble lies I remember those days when truth were the way Remember those days, it's never the same again Hate, I feel the demon growing strong inside and vengeance is screaming in my blood Like thunder roaring in the sky the burning sky. . . 6. Never Alone Again View my secrets, crawl inside, taste and feel all my pain Stand beside me all for one, never leave me again Help me find the truth beyond, words buried by dust Open up the slanderer's den, tear and slaughter their lies Come with me, take my hand far away from the promised land Face your fears, as one we stand never alone again Close the chapters and set things straight, fools guided by christ Cross our path and you're bound to die, come, join us tonight Tear your blindfold, cleanse your mind, lost, setting the way Find the one of darkness spawned, kill, enlightened assay... 7. Always I remember a time when temptation was mine when salvation was blind, divine The came the lies, and the truth were denied so I lost the faith, escaped Thats why I'm never going home never ever going back where I belong Always running on the same trail of pain never ever turning back to be the same.. Facts: All words written by Mikael Sandorf in feb'98. GATES OF ISHTAR "At Dusk and Forever" Every word written by Mikael Sandorf in feb?98.