1. Burn The Sky

Hear! The brazen bells
Break the quiet of the night
And wake you with a start
You're too scared to speak
You can only cry and shriek
The anguish in your heart
Appeal to mercy for your soul
Before the Devil strike his toll
And burn the sky
Burn the sky
Burn the sky
Oohh, through the storm!
Through the storm

Hear the tolling bells!
In the silence of the night
You shiver with affright
Every sound that floats
From the rust within their throats
Is a deadly sign
Appeal to mercy for your soul
Before the Devil strike his toll
And burn the sky
Burn the sky
Burn the sky
Oohh, through the storm!
Through the storm

Hear the tolling bells!
In the silence of the night
You shiver with affright
Every sound that floats
From the rust within their throats
Is a deadly sign
Appeal to mercy for your soul
Before the Devil strike his toll
And burn the sky
Burn the sky
Burn the sky
Oohh, through the storm!
Through the storm

2. Time Stood Still

Oooohhhh!
Down dropped the wind, the sails dropped down
'Twas sad as sad could it be
Unbroken silence around
Only the calm on the sea
Above the mast, standing over the ocean
A cold bloody sun did not shine
Day after day we struck, nor breath
Nor motion
No good wind blowing behind
Oohh!
Could you believe? Time
Even time stood still!

Time stood still
Like a spell on the sea
Time stood still
Oohh!

Within the shade of the ship
We saw the wild water-snakes
An elfish light, as in sleep
Fell off in white shinin' flakes
Above the mast, standing over the ocean
A cold bloody sun did not shine
Day after day we stuck, nor breath
Nor motion
No good wind blowing behind
Oohh!
Could you believe? Time
Even time stood still!

Time stood still
Like a spell on the sea
Time stood still
Oohh!

Even time stood still
Time stood still
Like a spell on the sea
Time stood still
Oohh!
Time stood still
We can never be free
Time stood still
Oohh! Time stood still

3. Crown Of Thorns

Like fallen eagles we look at the sky
But our spirit is sick and a shadow, oohh
Clouds the morning's eye
The bell is tolling melancholy 'round
Calling the people to some other
prayers, oohh
To the sermon's sound
And the dream of flying disappears
As the end of time is coming near

Like fallen eagles we lie on the ground
Cryin' alone in the still of a desert, oohh
Where no life is found
It's like a sleep, and it must be profound
No voice is heard, no bell tolls and no
Prayer, oohh
Spreading sound around
And the dreams of flying disappear
As the end of time is coming near

Like a crown of thorns
Every night, every day's gonna hurt you
Just a crown of thorns
You got blood on your head, on your soul
Like a crown of thorns
And the heat of the sun's gonna burn you
Just a crown of thorns
You'll be living your life in a storm for evermore
Crown of thorns

Oohh! Like a crown of thorns
Every night, every day's gonna hurt you
Just a crown of thorns
You got blood on your head, on your soul
Like a crown of thorns
And the heat of the sun's gonna burn you
Just a crown of thorns
You'll be living your life in a storm
Like a crown of thorns
Every day is gonna hurt you
Just a crown of thorns
On and on and on and on and on
Like a crown of thorns
And the sun is gonna burn you
Just a crown of thorns
You'll be living your life in a storm for evermore
Crown of thorns

4. Holy Thursday

Hear the melody for which your soul did pine
In your mind you see a fountain and shrine
'Twas a dream just too bright to last
A star that did arise just to be overcast!

"Can be, can be this a holy thing to see?
In lands so rich that more could never be
Lots of people reduced to live in misery
So many children that curse their destiny?
And all good people are happy and dance and sing
Sated with praising their Lord, his priest and king!
Oohh, damn it all!"

The priest sat by and could hear the child
His heart flared up an' he felt running wild
He led the kid on by his curly hair
And everybody admired the priestly care
And standing solemn up on the altar high
"look, what a fiend," said, "the worst that
you could find!
One who set reason and thinking up for judge
Of Holy Heaven, owing God a grudge!
Unholy child!"

The child wept out an excuse unheard
His kit and kin cried out in vain
They stripped him of his clothes and little shirt
And bound him tightly in an iron chain
And led him away to suffer at the stake
They burnt him to death, oh, in a holy place
Where many others, yes, had been burnt before:
A holy Thursday just as many more
As many more

5. Victory In Black

Our port is near, the band we hear
The scary trip is done
See the people crowding all around
The ship has weather'd every tempest
and the prize we sought is won
Bugles trilling out a joyful sound
But I see my captain
And the dripping drops of red
Where my captain lies
Staring at the sky
With wide-open eyes
Victory in black

Now the ship is anchor'd safely
Our heavy duty's done
Flags and flowers, people sing and shout
From the wearing trip the victor ship
Comes in with object won
They celebrate and call the sailors out
But I see my captain
And the dripping drops of red
Where my captain lies
Staring at the sky
With wide-open eyes
Victory in black
Victory in black

Oohh! Now the ship is anchor'd safely
Our heavy duty's done
Flags and flowers, people sing and shout
From the wearing trip the victor ship
Comes in with object won
They celebrate and call the sailors out
But I see my captain
And the dripping drops of red
Where my captain lies
Staring at the sky
With wide-open eyes
Victory in black
Victory in black

Victory in black, yeah!

6. Nevermore

Midnight dreary, where's my forgotten lore?
Crazy shadows that move upon the floor
Dancing with the flames of fire I'm gazing alone
How much time spent just waiting for your call!
Can't you see, girl, my back's against the wall

There's no meaning in my life, no
Since you've been gone
Oh! Such a feeling I've never felt before
Won't you come back? Forgiveness I implore
But my heart into the storm feels that you will not
Oh baby, can't you see?
See my soul lost in darkness
Wandering from the nightly shore
'Cause my eyes cannot see your smile
Won't see you back at my door, oh no
No, nevermore

How much longer have I to feel this way?
Pain grows stronger, hope's dying day by day
There's no reason for me now, no, to carry on
I remember my days when sun did shine
Now I spend them just waiting for a sign
But the morrow never comes for those who stay alone
Oh! Love is broken, an echo murmurs back
Words unspoken, like blind men in the black
Through my loneliness I feel my life going away
Oh baby, can't you see?
See my soul lost in darkness
Wandering form the nightly shore
'Cause my eyes cannot see your smile
Won't see you back at my door, oh no, no, no

See my soul lost in darkness
Wandering form the nightly shore
'Cause my eyes cannot see your smile
Won't see you back at my door, oh no
No nevermore

7. Call To Roll

Misty vapours falling
Dripping, drop by drop
Steal over the city lying alone
Far down in the dim west
Where the good and bad
Have got down from their eternal throne
From each idol's charming eye
A chain is thrown
Irons cast in gold
Call to roll
See the flashing bolt
Call to roll
For the sale of souls

No rays from sun come down
On that rotting town
Only light from out a lurid sea
A wilderness of people
Scream and shout and run
And everybody says that's to be free
From each idol's shining eye
A chain is thrown
Irons cast in gold
Call to roll
See the flashing bolt
Call to roll
For the sale of souls

Irons cast in gold
Call to roll
See the flashing bolt
Call to roll
Wheels of fire turning on
Call to roll
For the sale of souls
Call to roll
Call to roll!

8. Lord Of The Flies

Oohh! Listen
Rumbles of thunder, storm over the ground
Rain squalls
Anger that spreads all around
Oppressive horizons
A scream of hate is rising
Obsession, frustration
Words of fire
Oohh! Breeding

Wicked desires inside of your mind
Leaving
Only destruction behind
And feeling for thrilling
Unholy love for killing
Temptation, damnation
Open fire
Lord of the flies
Master of lies
Lord of the flies

Oohh! Breeding
Wicked desires inside of your mind
Leaving
Only destruction behind
And feeling for thrilling
Unholy love for killing
Temptation, damnation
Open fire
Lord of the flies
Master of lies
Lord of the flies
Master of lies

9. Evening Star

Hear! A voice from out my spirit cries
From the place where my soul lies to hide
Off the light of day so vain to me
As to a lonely thunder-blasted tree

Can the stricken eagle soar?
Can the dying lion roar?
I will never see you sine
But take away the sorrow from my mind
Evening star
Evening star

From a fate unwilling and unfair
Winds of pain are spreading through the air
In my days and in my sleepless nights
Nothing changes, nothing can be right
Can the stricken eagle soar?
Can the dying lion roar?
I will never see you shine
But take away the sorrow from my mind
Evening star
Evening star

Oohh! Am I losing my mind?
I've been gazing for a while
On your shining smile
But so far is the light of my star!

From a fate unwilling and unfair
Winds of pain are spreading through the air
In my days and in my sleepless nights
Nothing changes, nothing can be right
Can the stricken eagle soar?
Can the dying lion roar?
I will never see you shine

But take away the sorrow from my mind
Evening star
Evening star
Evening star
Oohh! Shining evening star

10. As Darkness Falls

Usque ad sidera et inferos
Omnia regit fatum tenebrarum
Ooohhh ooohhh ooohhh

From the dark in the depth of the waters
Where there's silence and the wave has no sound
To the rock and the ice of the mountains
Where the avalanche comes running down
From the place where the wind is a stranger
Where's the desert and the sand lies down still
To the woods under misty horizons
Where the light of the day's but a dream
The power of my spell
Like rumbling earthquake comes boiling higher

I'm the Storm maker
Hurricanes and bolts I leave behind
Soul stirrer
Spreading sorrow everywhere around
As darkness falls

Oohh oohh oohh oohh!
Storm maker
Hurricanes and bolts I leave behind
Soul stirrer
Spreading sorrow everywhere around
Storm maker
Hurricanes and bolts I leave behind
Soul stirrer
Spreading sorrow everywhere around
As darkness falls
Ooohhh ooohhh ooohh ooohhh

11. Afterlude In D

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