Nyktophobia Fate of Atlantis 1. Ballad of Neptune "when the world was divided by lot in three i, neptune the second son received the vast open sea foriam the ruler of oceans and streams, shaker of the earth resident in halls below the waves far in the deep places where mortals cannot breathe no other god had ever seen belong to my flooded realm deep in the heart of the sea down below i, neptune keep secrets unseen resting in oblivion for they never shall be revealed "they never shall be revealed" mysteries dark, secrets unseen unbearable horrors beyond all believes slumber in utter lightless halls feared and denied by the gods "foriam the keeper of the cosmic spawn the chaos once arrived from the void overlong bound by timeless chains the true cause of persistent fear of the sea" when the world was divided by lot in three even the gods forgot elder forces existing deep in the sea 2. Lost Kingdom primordial visions alone i dream in grief of nameless wonders (and) lurking shadows beneath eldest times i witnessed eons unthinkable far away weird and dire i only hope nothing but dust has remained lost kingdom timeless and damned lost kingdom below the desolate sands carved in stone inscriptions confirm my fever dreams i saw their ruins a kingdom's atrocious remains monoliths towering high of abhorrent size observed me architecture horrid as great colossal temples of idolatry forgotten remains entombed in desert sand in a dead-less dormancy since the dawn of man existence beyond creation in a foreign nameless reptilian shape a prehistoric shadowing nightmare obsesses me when will i awake? uncharted perception devours my sanity for some eldest secrets shall forever be buried in their abysmal graves lost kingdom timeless and damned lost kingdom below the desolate sands 3. Radiant Crown across the sky four horses ride called by fiery names commanded by a titan's son on a chariot build of flames crowned by the shining aureole of the sun a realm once strong rises again the unconquered sun enlightens the dark empires new dawn-under the radiant crown the all-seeing is watching, sensed the rise and fall of men realms and kingdoms long forgotten nreverence once praised his many names a new dawn is rising to end this feeble age of decay legions are marching emblazed by divine seven rays usurpers shall vanish no damn rebel shall remain restoration has begun in reverence of sol's mighty name the all-seeing is watching, sensed the rise and fall of men empire's unity enforced under the radiant crown realms and kingdoms long forgotten in reverence once praised his many names 4. Taken by Storm beyond the pillars on the fathomless ground deep in the waters forever drowned ruins lie hidden since olden days a fallen utopia buried by waves the trembling earth-unleashed the sea all atlantean pride-taken by storm the ancient world knew arealm of the seas once mighty and proud due to its legacy island of atlas reigned by divine blood but greed and decay provoked the wrath of the gods the trembling earth-unleashed the sea all atlantean pride-taken by storm a single day an unfortunate night was enough to tore down its might a single day an unfortunate night was enough for the gods to tore down its might "this realm is depraved no glory is left atlantis shall fall judged the court of the gods lost in the distance lost island forlorn for the afterworld in a single day-an unfortunate night and atlantis fell-taken by storm beyond the pillars on the fathomless ground deep in the waters forever drowned atlantis lies dead in ruins and decay a fallen utopia buried by waves 5. Pillars of Hercules sun slowly fades, dyes the white rock into red bloodred reminding the mortal of old glory this stone broken atwain, this stone has remained a last witness of repentance marks the border between reality and myth nothing further beyond at the edge of the world nothing further beyond where stonelike pillars eternally withstand legends tell of anguish, bloodguiltiness and hate alcmene's son neither man nor god afflicted by remorse opened this gate selene up high dyes the rock in silver white engrossed in old memories of agony and pain she remembers the curse of fate, she remembers hera's hate when lunacy gave birth to guilt salvation never granted until the end on the way to sunset-lands he raised the pillar-gate monuments towering high, silent watchers who kept his way of fate beyond the gate the open sea where sunken realms once reigned cities forlorn since centuries long turned to legends in their submerged grave skyward pillars reaching high formed by the mortal god no one knows what lies behind, beyond the pillars holding up the sky beyond the gate the open sea where sunken realms once mighty and proud reigned nothing further beyond at the edge of the world nothing further beyond where stonelike pillars eternally withstand 6. Fate of Atlantis where did they go? where has it been? why can't we see? the lost continent twelve thousand years in search for existence long lost before civilization's ascent onward marching unable to see seduced to perdition a punitive fate vanity the engine of consistent decay the garden of eden lost in disgrace the fate of atlantis devoured by the sea ("scream") the fate of atlantis demise of our kind one baleful day no bird dared to sing the last scarlet sunset in a longtime drowned land atlas the first, his statue of might, broken asunder, corroded by time sacriface altars of ancient dead gods, purged by the waters from olden spilled blood jewels sank worthless with idols of gold, knowledge forgotten once and for all in a longtime drowned land no man, no woman, no child should survive still the bloodline lives on where did they go? where has it been? why can't we see? the lost continent twelve thousand years there's no turning back nothing remained but the blood lives on the fate of atlantis our own destiny 7. Riders of the Surging Billows 8. Trident of Doom for ten years raged the war no battle brought defeat a never ending siege till they prevailed by his deceit but victory was stale accursed by his own sins another ten long years he shouldn't see his kin "thou shall forever wander the capricious open sea never finding peace, destination, nor way home" "never finding home again" thus spoke the vengeful god the high lord of the sea the blinding of his one-eyed son awakened godly hate his trident strikes the ground the waters boil in rage for those who dare to offend the gods a damnation awaits everlasting fight against the winds and the waves hopeless struggle for homecoming, odyssey into the grave "no giants we have feared no sirens kept us back in the end we'll reach familiar shores homewards brothers we will never bend "poseidon's trident scattered us far to weird uncharted lands but one day we'll reach our home shores our odyssey will end "when i was young i challenged my fate i, once a hero on the battlefield, now old, weak and grayed my voyage took my youth my love, my life, my friends the trident of doom sealed my mortal fate" 9. Realms of Hades moaning, despair, all hope dies down in the inner dark where the shadows lie between life and death a river floats whose water's dyed in black through depths and caverns no living has seen beneath our world a gateway to the realm of the dead on the bank shadows wait for their passage across the stream recently wretched departed souls not just yet condemned moaning, despair, all hope dies at the realm of hades in absence of life from the limbo a skiff arrives-the ferryman of the dead but those not able to pay his price are damned to wait eternally welcome to the dominion of the dead beyond the streama three-way-gate a giant guard ahead three-headed beast in a serpent fur-no living shall pass, no dead escape most deceased remain in the meadows, elysium for the brave for those who sinned in blasphemy tartaros awaits for all sinners against the gods tartaros awaits upon his throne an old man sternly sits his kinglike sight cold and grim by ages in the depths eldest of cronus' sons no altar worships him to rule upon the lower world was his thankless fate moaning, despair, all hope dies at the realm of hades in absence of life