Embraced Within (2000) 1. Solitude Of My Own Years have passed now It's another time and another world Yet still it's all the same Nothing ever seems to change Dark powers manifest Malignant horrors in my mind Constant voices, sung by the damned Crying out unhallowed, thoughts in my head I have trusted and I have believed I have pledged and I have sacrificed My blood and mind, body and soul Ravished and ruined after all I have done My heart has turned to stone in this godforsaken world My mind so I'm pure by all the filth It is constantly exposed to Greed, lies, betrayal is tragic But, oh so very dominant In the nature of creatures that are surrounding me I now find my only shelter In the solitude of my own A small flame of hope Lit somewhere out in the endless dark Yet it's still all the same Will it ever change ? Fallen from grace Surely I must be lost My mind grows darker As the time shows no changes Creating venomous acts Of emotional rejection Deprivation of all levels What have I done to deserve A life so incomplete All my dreams erased by fools Broken promises, one after one There can be no trust anymore I feel the end is near I dont have the strength To cut me loose I am falling apart emotionally A soul in solitude lost forever In the greatest of all suffering, madness and sorrow Elements of which no euphemistic words Can ever alleviate 2. Within Me Lost in myself thoughts goes around Floats in a mind hard to understand Paralyzed by dreams impossible to reach Far away but yet so near A burning light far within me I want to burn but it might die Disappointed at life I struggle on I reach out far, as far as I can get I want to get up start burning again Somewhere far away it's still glowing But the fire that once burned Is now cold and dead I have to bring it back to life Get a grip climb up again A burning light far within me I want to burn but it might die Disappointed at life I struggle on I reach out far, as far as I can get I tumble in the dark, trying to get a grip A grip of life, I want to turn right A burning light far within me I want to burn but it might die Disappointed at life I struggle on I reach out far, as far as I can get 3. The Fallen It was a glorius kingdom Where life a long time ago was lived in total harmonius serenity Wings spread wide open Carried by the wind over oceans wide A timeless journey in the endless light Brought to another dimension Escaping from the thoughts of a blackened wind My dreams are captured Imprisoned to die and be forever forgotten Tears are falling from my eyes Carving rivers down my cheek Turning cold and hard as ice Crumbling into the sea of lies Running in circles, screaming in vain Eternal suffering, eternal pain Forever lost my faith in all Forever found my darkest call Spreading my wings once again in the sky Disappear like an arrow shot in the dark Screaming for vengeance, a shadow no more Hunting the angels of my past Vanished... the angels came Heading back towards a forgotten paradise Once magnificent before the angels came An almost forgotten place from an ancient era Lies silence filled with dredful memories Returning to cast upon them revenge And tear their souls apart My tears are gone Yet the pain inside wont leave me alone I came to sense in dismay Awakened by years of hate This dismal era Has got to face it's final apocalypse Wings spread wide open Carried by the wind over oceans wide A timeless journey in the endless light Brought to another dimension Escaping from the thoughts of a blackened wind My dreams are captured Imprisoned to die and be forever forgotten Forever forgotten... 4. Putrefaction Putrefaction, hurry oh beloved bride To establish our lonely camp Rejected by the world, rejected by god My hope, lies in you Take my paining body into the wonder of you Smother my pain in your embrace Worms devour thought and feeling Take my paining body into the wonder of you Smother my pain in your embrace Worms devour thought and feeling Hasten, decorate our chamber For on a scootblack bier the silent lover your dwelling shall reach So hasten, prepare our bridal bed Which shall sow with carnactions To wonderful gratification, stifling bewitchment Us black attired comrades followeth Our wedding march ringeth from iron bells And shrouds of green draperies hideth us When storms ravish the worldly seas When atrocities reign on the bloodfilled earth When feuds are raging, we slumber thou and I In contented peace Take my paining body into the wonder of you Smother my pain in your embrace Worms devour thought and feeling Take my paining body into the wonder of you Smother my pain in your embrace Worms devour thought and feeling To ash in my ravished heart Oh rich are you, wench, whom I dowry Giveth me the great, the flourishing earth Up here, do I suffer, though happines overcomes me In the nether with you 5. Era Of Changes I am the beholder Of what the future might bring Have no longer a part in The belief of our blood divine No matter what choices I make They are now a part in my life Dark impressions surrounding my mind As they enter in my subconscious It feels like I am cursed and sentenced Banished away from this realm They stole what was left of me Rang the curfew of life I asked for answers But all I got was lies Perhaps they didnt mean it that way But still... Frightened by their presence Denied their existance for years But as my knowledge grew older I realised they have examined me piece by piece In this era of changes I cannot remember my past My dreams and memories An essenial part of me Years of struggling To figure out when they arrived I found the horrible truth In this era of changes I smell the brimstone I can see the owl They are all around me Watching every step I take My mind rejects the scenario Overwhelmed by fear Too vast for me to grip or handle My mind chooses the easy way out "They have been here for centuries, perhaps since The beginning of time, and have in silence been manipulating the genetic evolution of our breed. Documents of their presence, their part in The scientific revolution found as way back as in the time of the ancient sumerians." I can't take no more I can't handle the truth I'm losing controll I'm losing my mind In this era of changes I cannot remember my past My dreams and memories An essenial part of me Years of struggling To figure out when they arrived I found the horrible truth In this era of changes 6. Nighttime Drama In the dead of the night Where the tides of exsistence Silently seems to float away She appears again my queen of beauty She is the one in my dreams Who lights my burning desires She is the one in my dreams With whom I share My carnal lust And all my sinful desires She is the one in my dreams Who I am ready to die for The bringer of passion And the bringer of my destiny It's a nighttime drama Of beauty and passion Dreams and desires Yet so fatal and tragic In the dead of the night Where the tides of exsistence Seems to float away My queen and I are soon together as one It's a nighttime drama Of beauty and passion Dreams and desires Yet so fatal and tragic A moment of pure divinity Sweeps over my body and soul But as I reach out to touch her The spell is broken and I see her face Seduced by evil Disguised in beauty My soul is now forever forlorn My journey has reached its fatal end Cold, bitter darkness Surrounds me as I lay down to sleep Eternally... And so it's written The final chapter Of a nighttime drama So fatal and tragic The bringer of passion And the bringer of my destiny It's a nighttime drama Of beauty and passion Dreams and desires Yet so fatal and tragic 7. Sacred Tears Hear the raven calling the final hour has struck The blackclothed bride facing destiny without fear Far at last she is to begin her own requiem The utter ceremony of the last ones Forever trapped in the grey mist of misery Fragmenst of the past flashing before her eyes As she enters the century gates The old candles are burning in the vault The smell of dying flowers and rotten flesh Surrounds her has she finds her way among the coffins In the amber light of the candlelight She sees the silhoutte of the altar of a thousand roses Fallen beyond all grace deeper and deeper The sound of her own blood dripping Like sacred tears from a bleeding rose An amorous requiem where she cries her sacred tears Until she reaches the other side Caressed by the morning wind as it gently touches And undresses her shivering body With gloomy eyes she invokes the other side And wraps her existence in oblivion The wine in her veins has become sour But still it hurts for her to drain her heart And sacrifise the most sacred tears of them all A scream of pain and pleasure makes her body turn into colvulsions As the cold steel of the blade cuts deep into her flesh Fallen beyond all grace... Hear the raven calling, the final hour has struck For on the altar of a thousand roses Lies the dying bride Awaiting the demons arrival In the sign of the pentagram Invoking the deamons to rise And take her to the other side As the night falls the ritual ends her heart is now empty she is almost asleep her sacred tears are forever lost The wind has stopped mourning And the raven is gone Her soul is no longer condemned To everlasting pain Fallen beyond all grace... In the amber light of the candlelight The ground is turning red her naked body now lies pale on the altar And as she closes her eyes She sighs and falls asleep 8. Blessed Are Those When I feel the things I feel I do not understand What in life is real reach out and touch my hand Visions from the future Like whipsers from the dead Manipulated machines Screams inside my head I can hear the laughter And I can hear the cries The lonesome child screaming In a world of lies Blessed are those who do not know Who cannot see or hear Blessed are those who cannot see Or taste the vicous fear Blessed are those who do not know That nothing is for real Blessed are those who do not know That there's nothing left to feel Evil resurrected Forever to survive Demons walk beside us Dead but still alive Diabolic creatures Infects humanity No hope for the living Blind by greed eyes cannot see Praying for salvation We fall down on the ground regrets for our own living When dreams cannot be found Blessed are those who do not know Who cannot see or hear Blessed are tose who cannot see Or taste the vicious fear When dreams turn into anquish The withering begins Like autumn leaves we fall down No redemption for our sins Paranoid illusions In a mind of decay Artificial living Death comes our way