On Thorns I Lay On Thorns I Lay 1. Fallen from Grace Dark sun is rising Our lives revising Is this the end? Are we condemned? Arrogant uprising The signs despising Held on a lie We're destined to die Ride For a sacred march Rise To the marble arch Breaths life in to our fears The silence ages descend Reliance forced us to bend Forsaken in our own land Ill-fated by an idle command Ride For a sacred march Rise To the marble arch No coffin No penance, no grave To reach the halls of light we crave No coffin No penance, no grave To reach the halls of light we crave Altars scorned and razed The sick, the frail ablazed Hatred dictates Damnation awaits Blinded, abused, abducted Genocide conducted Torture and pain Spirits in chains No coffin No penance, no grave To reach the halls of light we crave No coffin No penance, no grave To reach the halls of light we crave 2. Newborn Skies Where I stand in my own aisle Where I left my mellow childhood dreams Lost in abstinence, denial Filled with thunderous but silent screams The guilt of years so aimless The thoughts of yearning choices left undone The fear of ending up nameless The need to leave behind the strain and run Shade the sun, light the dark Bright the grey inside the black Close your eyes, soul to rise Float on dazzling newborn skies Clear the way, blight the clay Wash it all away The sins, the lies, no compromise Crave for newborn skies Newborn skies I'm floating Newborn skies I storm the gale, I sail to life The one I let to pass me by A twisting knife, the fortune's strife I stay on low or flying high Beyond the pale I grow and thrive Once I forgot, now I'm alive Newborn skies I'm floating On newborn skies Newborn skies 3. Crestfallen Ire Our land forlorn and defiled In mire Our dreams, there's nowhere to hide Sirens Echo the sound of demise Tyrants Coercive saviors disguise Empty-handed and crestfallen Where will I go in the dark by moonlight? The joy, the laughter, now stolen Walking to unknown with hazard in fright A voice like thunder, for help calling Breaking the silence of ebony skies My soul in slumber, raw hauling Nobody cares that my spirit now dies Stranded, I perish, alas Memories under the ash The path in front of me so vast Slipping in my future past Where I could be free as a nightbird Eager to fly high Where I could sing melodies unheard With no need to sigh But I'm awake, breathing my nightmare Derided the turn of the tide Bringers of pain, despoilers of my lair Taken our being, not our pride I used to be free as a nightbird (nightbird) Tearing the clouds, flying high I used to sing melodies unheard Delighted without a sigh I was awake lingering my dreams Riding the wind and the tide Bringers of pain, despoilers of my lair Taken our being, not our pride 4. Among the Wolves A child that flowers among the wolves Solely oblivious, the serpent's moves With thorns embracing sanctity of youth Blackness impending, unveiling the dreadful truth Alone, I roam beneath twilight No face to soothe me No arms to hide No arms to hide Nobody's watching, nobody cares Where are you now to shelter me from the snares? Caress my breath and erase my fears Whisper me words to rescue me, dry my tears Alone, I roam beneath twilight No face to soothe me No arms to hide No arms to hide A liar, a pervert A savior that push me to follow Gehenna, a nightmare In places so dark and hollow A demon in man shape Imposing with rape, there's no escape I'm falling down No arms to hide Wake I cry Wake Horizon My screams are silent Can you hear me? I'm still so bright inside Can you believe me? My wings are torn but I will fly If you believe- If you believe in me (in me) 5. Raise Empires I am the truth, eerie 'n' haunting A salvation through pain I'm but a lie, tempting, lurking For your soul to enchain I am the sun, raise empires Light the path to enslave I am the dark that ignites holy pyres Lead the will to the grave Aim Aim the fragile Cast a mist on their gaze Tame Tame the futile With spiritually daze Born to arise through fear of unknown Revelation or taint? Deep in the shades, slowly I've grown Watched your moral to fade Pain, cries Remnants of war in the name of sublime lies Apprize lives Destiny calls you to crawl as disciple of unwise Disciples of unwise Disciples of unwise Blinded Follow Words so hollow Words so hollow Words so hollow I am a saint, holy fire Bringer of light and breath I am a beast, ruthless ire An archangel of death Aim Aim the fragile Cast a mist on their gaze Tame Tame the futile With spiritually daze Follow the cry of mankind Follow the cry of mankind (follow the cry) Follow the cry of mankind Follow the cry of mankind (follow the cry) 6. Thorns of Fire The flames are rising The sky is veiled The screams so haunting, our future is unveiled We slay the nature Defy its way Irreverence, will only bring us pain Revoking the Gaia's ire Oblivious and obscene Repentance through cleansing fire Present original sin Nowhere to run to No one to aid The smoke around us, a suffocating shade The trees, the rivers Dominant veins Givers of life, now our binding chains Corrosion of public sires Arrogant minds so bleak The vanity, the one's desires Condemning strong and weak Weaving our darkest hour The point of no return The seeds of life we devour We're guided to crash n' burn Drought Fire Flood Ceased respire Hush Hear the call of the wild Resonating under the ash, defiled And we cry For the loss and the why For the fallen, the abandoned dreams The life we said goodbye A fight From the dawn 'til the night We are waiting for catharsis, afraid 'Cause we owe it To our children to thrive Feel the water, the wind to blow, the chance, the chance to be alive