Emperor - IX Equilibrium
Original Version Digipack Version Picture LP Version 1. Curse you all men! 4:41 1. Curse you all men! 4:41 1. Curse you all men! 4:41 2. Decrystallizing reason 6:23 2. Decrystallizing reason 6:23 2. Decrystallizing reason 6:23 3. An elegy of icaros 6:39 3. An elegy of icaros 6:39 3. An elegy of icaros 6:39 4. The source of icon E 3:43 4. The source of icon E 3:43 4. The source of icon E 3:43 5. Sworn 4:30 5. Sworn 4:30 5. Sworn 4:30 6. Nonus aequilibrium 5:49 6. Nonus aequilibrium 5:49 6. Nonus aequilibrium 5:49 7. The warriors of modern death 5:00 7. The warriors of modern death 5:00 7. The warriors of modern death 5:00 8. Of blindness & subsequent seers 6:48 8. Of blindness & subsequent seers 6:48 8. Of blindness & subsequent seers 6:48 9. ... 0:28 9. ... 0:28 10. Curse you all men (live at the Astoria - London July 1999) 4:34 11. Sworn (revamped by Ulver at Endless Studios) 5:39 total time 44:01 total time 54:09 total time 43:33 Box set Version Picture LP Rerelease Version 1. Curse you all men! 4:41 1. Curse you all men! 4:41 2. Decrystallizing reason 6:23 2. Decrystallizing reason 6:23 3. An elegy of icaros 6:39 3. An elegy of icaros 6:39 4. The source of icon E 3:43 4. The source of icon E 3:43 5. Sworn 4:30 5. Sworn 4:30 6. Nonus aequilibrium 5:49 6. Nonus aequilibrium 5:49 7. The warriors of modern death 5:00 7. The warriors of modern death 5:00 8. Of blindness & subsequent seers 6:48 8. Of blindness & subsequent seers 6:48 9. ... 0:28 10. Curse you all men (live at the Astoria - London July 1999) 4:34 11. Sworn (revamped by Ulver at Endless Studios) 5:39 12. Live performances from No Mercy, American tour and Mystic Festival (video) 10:30 total time 64:39 total time 43:33
Curse You All Men! (Music: Ihsahn, Samoth, lyrics: Ihsahn) Curse you all men whose coil is strong I recognise the sparrow's heart beneath the theatre of misery Disbelievers shalt by dawn be forced to forever mourn Curse you all men that resent my empire Cause I have risen again, at war this time The truth I speak is your decease My word is your defeat And thou shalt not be able to hide anymore The prophecy will conquer at last your sense of reality with mission to kill the theatre of misery He has risen again, armed with the source of sin And as humans shalt fade he shalt inherit their strength Men of the damned; you will reluctantly secure his eternal victory Decrystallizing Reason (Music: Ihsahn, Samoth, lyrics: Ihsahn) Reason, this demigod unto which you cluster Sacrilege You sacrifice the purity of the air beneath your wings A slow and painful ritual to burn the youth you lost Demigod Blasphemers walk among your flock Despite your blindfold Proudly you carry the stone on your back Disillusioned You plant your feet safely to the ground Demigod Blasphemers walk among your flock As the stone you have become Not once did you cry for the lost ones of your world Your care is limited To this demigod unto which you cluster Reason Decrystallize me Demigod I do blaspheme The fallen you condemn Your heart even free of hate Yet, scared to death by their disbelief To ordinary common sense And with autumn closing in Forcing life away No mercy will impale your sin Dead are your tears An Elegy Of Icaros (Music: Ihsahn, lyrics: Ihsahn) Icaros, I dare you For I possess the wings of faith Though, heavy on my shoulders (No measurement can prove their weight) Still, a burden they are not to me I am the challenger of gravity The fear is not the fate I seek My destiny will build upon the mighty turbulence beyond If I fall, I will rise again Some of envy Some of fear Admonish by the graves of those who fell Praise the fool that pure of heart leaps off your finger Into grace Icaros, your voice once melted Into the choir of the fallen ones I have heard, I have seen the purity of their song Icaros Your fate embrace A manifold of angels I summon thee from shattered graves And call upon the wind Receive my bow of reverence Then spread your wings and fly into oblivion The Source Of Icon E (Music: Ihsahn, Samoth, lyrics: Ihsahn) The land was created In the name of the chosen And the waves thrown for men to see The one who made men To be Prevailed from the source of Icon E The waves of fury Prevailed from the source of Icon E Were mine to be Ordered to destroy and bury No remorse! The destiny of the wave was not to be found Nor was I travelling the deadly sea alone The sun never rose And my rose was not to be For what purpose I gave my return Is still standing alone And as the raven dropped a feather on me I was again to be the chosen one... Sworn (Music: Ihsahn, Samoth, lyrics: Ihsahn) Four eyes as two in one The forward circular view that never ends An orbital voyage throughout this endless sphere of all Where time is lost and everything transcends A graceful presence At stolen time As ghosts to the world Ghosts to the world For ice, outside, are we apart As cold and eerie mist to the hand Ever floating on its coarse towards the heights of shadowland Thus appear the truly sworn To be seen To be feared Yet, not to be reached Four eyes as two in one (Thus appear the truly sworn) As ghosts to the world (Thus appear the truly sworn) For ice, outside, are we apart (Thus appear the truly sworn) Cold and eerie mist, burning (Thus appear the truly sworn) A graceful presence At stolen time Thus appear the truly sworn Nonus Aequilibrium (Music: Ihsahn, lyrics: Ihsahn) Hark For I speak of purity I am unconquerable in my worship I am invincible on my crusade However hard the strikes may be However deep the wounds This blood immortal bleeds for Thee Blessed was I with the consecration to indomitable dedication In every breath I hear the silent whisper of Your name In every harmony, in every thought You make my water into wine Remember I am ever Thine Blessed was I with the consecration to indomitable dedication Two bound as one In a trinity where I comprise infinite forms of unity In unity reborn To a state where all past burdens no longer shall be worn I pledge to perfection No compromise can touch my woe Nor questions reach my faith in immortality In the name of Nonus Aequilibrium I am Thine IX times IX... The Warriors Of Modern Death (Music: Ihsahn, lyrics: Ihsahn) All raised to be men Given image and path Supreme Idolised warriors Bright steel, burning rage Never too late to try Stand tall Never plead Live and let die I see the spirit of these ancestors And reconsider the faith A primitive sword can not win my war Could fury Flaring eyes Calculated verbal gun My pride, justified Spiritual steel shines bright beyond the sun The pride of the warrior Is far from dead The colours of Death are still black and red Though modernised Blood will be shed Of Blindness & Subsequent Seers (Music: Ihsahn, Samoth, lyrics: Ihsahn) Ever behind me Rise a shadow Taller than I Yet, with a certain resemblance How many times do I have to contemplate my own reflection And say: I have been blind? I have been blind Yet, I saw the search and dreams of my rejection walking behind me Every time I am bound to have been granted the gift of better sight But my anxiety built one more brick Fearing again to choose the wrong step Vaguely I remember The blurred eyes of someone small These strangers often come as blind A troubled mind I left behind Yet, was it I or my shadow Walking in the past? Lyrics in plain text format