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One of man's darkest chapter, it has just begun
In the sign of the cross they rise
It's the epoch of the inquisition
Too many brothers and sisters have died...
Left with no life inside to be awakened
They will never see the morning sun again
Hypocrisy killed the forsakened
Who thought, faith would be their only friend
Faith would be their only friend
The scenery shows the ashes of some who tried to refuse
Rising smoke becomes one with the dim light of the pale and lurid moon
Can dark clouds hide the hidden from the mighty eye of god?
Using his name on the pretext of deciding who's allowed to live... and
who's not!
(It's a very dark night, nobody outside...
Silence wrapps up the land, as suddenly
Hoof beats destroy all sleep
In a very dark night...)
Who's allowed to live... and who's not!
From high above the Lord silently watches and grieves
And sadness rises from his inner deep
"For thou, my son hath been crucified..."
All the angels laid down their trumpets and cried
"One shalt be sent to foresee mankind's death!
Rain shalt be my tears and thunder my wrath!"
Sitting on his throne, left of all hope he once kept
On the day, as heaven wept
As heaven wept
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As dawn is weaving between fallen autumn leaves
The poor ones gather under naked trees
Asking how to survive, 'cause the winter breaks
And medieval coldness now from a deep sleep awakes
Libera me domine de morte, aetema in die illa tremenda
It's December, 14th 1503, as the ones above stop their mourning
As the one arrived - selected to foresee -
somethinmg changed without a warning!
Es ward geboren in des Christengottes Zeit
Ein Bub - so die Legende - mit des Schöpfer's Fähigkeit
Zu sehen, was sein wird, im verborgenen, unerkannt
Denn der mit dem Leumund des Ketzers ward öffentlich verbrannt
Die Hand, die - geifend nach dem Schönen - blutet von der Rose Dorn
Der Trieb der Menschen Habgier, bestraft durch Gottes Zorn
Er, der Spiegel eurer Seele, spürt die Trauer, Kummer, Gram
Er, der Träger dieses Namens: Michael de Notre Dame
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Hostem repellas eternus
Pacemque dones et protinus
Ductore sic de praevio
Vitemus omne noxium
A sream deep in the night
As the firstborn awakes with the sign
A little dreamer... but are dreams always to define?
"Do not fear, my son! Awake the dragon inside
For he may guide you, being the worlds hidden eye
Through a dark time, when mankind is bleeding within
Oh little dreamer..."
Hostem repellas eternus
Pacemque dones et protinus
Ductore sic de praevio
Vitemus omne noxium
Analyzing the midnight sky
And in the early morninglight
He just feels the warming heart
Beating in his head
To declare the reasen why
Should I survive this sadness
"God reality back in my mind" - beating in his head
It's a very dark night
Nobody outside
Silence wraps up the land as suddenly:
Hoof beats destroy all sleep
And a wooden coach loaded with innocent ones
Accused and sentenced, their end has begun
And their eyes can't cover their fear... can't cover their fear
And he thinks he must be dreaming
Lifts up his head, sees the sky is gleaming
Heaven burns as red as blood
And all they have caught, they won't return
The sky reflects, from superstition they burn
When will they ever learn... They never return!
Ein drohendes Pochen in tiefschwarzer Nacht
In Träumen geseh'n und nun wahr gemacht
Die Diener der Kirche sind hier, sie zu holen
"Brennen sollst du mein Kind! - Der Herr hat's befohlen!"
Do not fear my son! Awake the dragon inside
For he may guide you, being the worlds hidden eye
Als am Pfahl sie brennt, nun schwarz ist ihr rotes Haar
Niemand mehr zweifelt, dab des Teufel's Weib sie war
Geschlagen, getreten, bespuckt und belacht
Die Flammen dem Leiden ein Ende gemacht
A scream deep in the night
As the firstborn awakes with the sign
A little dreamer... but are dreams always to define?
Die Flammen dem Leiden ein Ende gemacht
Ein Ende gemacht
Und wieder pocht es in tiefschwarzer Nacht...
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Born through astral constellation
Those pictures are now getting clearer
inside his head
And sent by the highest god
They start to rise from the deepest depth
My King - dead - no!
Dying by the lance... so slow...
He wipes the tears
Away, and tries to think
As clear as the falling rain
but his hope begins to sink...
...down to this point
Do you fear? Yes you do, and you allways will!
the bleeding of another part
crawls into your mind and still...
Es kam zu erinnern
An des Menschen Buße
Die Maske des Vogels
Nickt höhnisch zum Gruße
In Schwarz gehüllt
Auf schwarzem Rosse getragen
Die Menschheit zu knechten
Kam der Herr der Plagen
Pest regiert mit strafender Hand
und Leichen bedecken das Land... das Land
Out of the sorcerer's chamber?
Or do they come straight from the hands of the goat?
This roses' leaves seem to be magic
And saved all the poor population below
My wife . . . sons. . . no!
Diphteria creeps, and no one knows...
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Running away in the autumn rain
Did you ever see a little child sleeping?
"To be near them will my sorrow drain..."
Suddenly I stopped, their bodies weren't breathing anymore
And I couln't help!
They captured my heart with their sorrow... it grows
Due to the ones who fear
Dance in the morninglight
Due to the ones who fear
Slaves to this innocent might
Due to the ones who fear
Dance in the morning light
Due to the ones who fear
Slaves to this innocent might
Carrying away the ones I love
Folden hands, they have been blessed
Now I feel angry 'bout the ones above
Just no warning, no sign
Hey, yes, I fear!
And I just really feel darkness inside
Lost without a chance to hide
Due to the ones who fear
Dance in the morning light
Due to the ones who fear
Slaves to this innocent might
See me down
Down on the ground
Hoping that nobody hears
The sound of these falling tears
Endless bleeding
Hoping that nobody sees
What you did to me!
Endless weeping
Hoping that nobody hears
The sound of these falling tears
Endless mourning
hoping that nobody knows
These feelings below
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Haggard CD - And Thou Shalt Trust... The Seer
Label: Nattvind Records
Recorded in: 1997
Tracklist:
1: "Chapter 1: The Day as Heaven Wept" - 5:46
2: "Chapter 2a: Origin of a Crystal Soul" - 5:55
3: "Chapter 2b: Requiem in D-Minor" - 2:08
4: "Chapter 3a: In a Pale Moon's Shadow" - 9:38
5: "Chapter 3b: Cantus Firmus in A-Minor" - 2:32
6: "Chapter 4: De la Morte Noire" - 8:02
7: "Chapter 5: Lost (Robin's Song)" - 4:25
8: "Outro: A Midnight Gathering" - 2:59
released February 22, 2018
(C) 2008 by Nattvind Records
