For Eternal Glory

What is a man but his sense of purpose What can you do except go all the way No fear means no regrets If I don't live to fight another day I look into the night See stars I've never seen before A fleeting glimpse, the dream is alive I know that there is something more The gnashing fangs don't frighten me No wounds can keep me down Because a thousand swords may pierce me But you shall never break my crown Esoteric spells are cast Great portals split the sky I surrender to my spirit And a thousand dragons fly The gnashing fangs don't frighten me No wounds can keep me down Because a thousand swords may pierce me But you shall never break my crown

Five nights ago Three after the attack They found me in the forest The Black Hand's dagger in my back I see you've met them too Judging from your scars Cloaked in crimson, speaking in tongues Servants of the stars I would offer water but my hands are bound And I would save your soul But the Gods are nowhere to be found De grootse macht des onheils Verstoort ons nu niet meer De nacht breekt open En het sterrenvuur stort neer Geesten van ons bloed Rijzen naar de rode maan De ondergrondse wereld Zal in de sterren staan Begrijpen zullen ze nooit is Maar dat is niet hun schuld De magie van de nacht Blijft voor hun verhuld And I would offer water but my hands are bound And I would save your soul But the Gods are nowhere to be found Begrijpen zullen ze nooit is Maar dat is niet hun schuld De magie van de nacht Blijft voor hun verhuld

Where can you go What do you know Ready for a battle A thousand leagues from home Riding through the forest Moonlight guides your path Can't you feel that strange power clawing at your feet Who wants to be a hero A dog's death for endless fame You'll be known a thousand years from now If only by name Nothing changed in all that time Ghosts and ghouls can't get through Still too blind to see There are millions just like you Riding through the forest Moonlight guides your path Can't you feel that strange power clawing at your feet Who wants to be a hero A dog's death for endless fame You'll be known a thousand years from now If only by name So who wants to be a hero A dog's death for endless fame You'll be known a thousand years from now If only by name Do you remember what they fought for Why they gave their life Tell me why all of them had to die

Can you feel it yet Fury screaming in your heart For the ecstasy of battle With glory as reward Now all that keeps us company Is drink and ancient melodies Stories of wars from long ago Immortal heroes that we all know So tonight we drink And tomorrow we die But we'll all meet again In the great hall in the sky We sing the songs of old They'll write ones for us, we're told But we know songs are for dead And there'll be no funeral for us, no!

Blades trembling in the hand, deaf and blind we attack Waves of shells and ghosts who are never coming back A great empty scream rips through the fabric of my mind But resonates so gently in this doom we were assigned Stumbling through the fog of war, you are never coming back And your love will spend a lifetime dressed in black No amount of glory could wipe this pain away But that old myth was shattered on the first of a thousand days I've seen what they buy with their freedom, now I see the cost And they'll forget it all again, for nothing we are lost Stumbling through the fog of war, we're never coming back And our loves will spend a lifetime dressed in black There'll be no funeral for us There'll be no funeral for us There'll be no funeral for us There'll be no funeral for us

Once more we travel through these desolate nights Through wartorn lands and broken dreams we ride I know that I'll defend your life with mine Till sacred silence takes us, darkness so divine If I put my life in your hands Oh would you put your life in mine Will you be there till the end If I put my life in your hands And you would put your life in mine There'll be no storm we can't withstand Sharp steel is shining in the moon's silver light Demonic incantations in the night And maybe this is who we're meant to be Our perseverance sets us free If I put my life in your hands Oh would you put your life in mine Will you be there till the end If I put my life in your hands And you would put your life in mine There'll be no storm we can't withstand

Monoliths glow in the purple fire Somehow I feel I've seen this all before Me marching past the black stone spires But the spirits don't follow anymore The dead still standing Staring through my soul Ghosts in the corner of my eyes Forever cursed, never whole Drifting out of orbit No spells can help me now The sky is turning black again The stars disappear somehow The dead still standing Staring through my soul Ghosts in the corner of my eyes Forever cursed, never whole Hoe lang het nog duurt Niemand zal het weten Deze wereld in een oogwenk Door iedereen vergeten The dead still standing Staring through my soul Ghosts in the corner of my eyes Forever cursed, never whole

Born in the darkest corner of this world Of course I crossed the line Don't care how many cities bear your name You've run out of time No wards can stop me Not scared of writings on the wall In the night I strike again And I want it all Ready for anything Got a little black book and axe in hand Nobody sees Like a wolf in the night I roam the land No wards can stop me Not scared of writings on the wall In the night I strike again And I want it all Niemand die hier binnen treedt Verlaat dit domein Tot tijd en licht vergaan Zult gij mijn dienaar zijn Duizend jaren na mijn dood Rijs ik uit het graf Mijn heilig bloed op jouw handen De zondenaar gestraft Met één gebaar vervloek ik jou Vluchten heeft geen zin Maar dit is niet het einde Dit is slechts het begin

I sense the winds are changing I hear the roaring sound Of a war being waged In a world underground Black scales clad in iron Dominate the sky The dragonriders fly again The heathen angels die Justice is swift The fire cleanses all No pride or anger As the blood is drained and axes fall The banishment completed The prophecy comes true No one is alone And we all need something to cling to Black scales clad in iron Dominate the sky The dragonriders fly again The heathen angels die

Another day of war In the empire of my mind Ghosts become our gods and galaxies collide Don't know who my demons are Or what I am to find When I take it so the edge and let the stars decide Kill Kill Kill All I ever hear When the wolf is at their door It's the only thing they fear Another night of wicked dreams Of war and peace they speak Their word is my command Say sacrifices must be made Will the truth ever come to light When the hand of doom Spreads terror across the land Kill Kill Kill All I ever hear When the wolf is at their door It's the only thing they fear We can't change who we are Only who we pretend to be There's nothing you can do All things shall pass until then we are free Kill Kill Kill All I ever hear When the wolf is at their door It's the only thing they fear

15 leagues until the skyway Lightning 9 leagues to the east Burning steel, frantic gallop Killer instinct from the beast Purple ghosts flit from the mountains The prophecy shall be fulfilled Resurrected for the last time You know it's kill or be killed We ride through the endless night You reap what you have sown We ride through the endless night And you'll die on your throne Thunder deafens, lightning blinds you Now the liar pays the price And the nails shall go through YOUR hands And the ashes burn your eyes 30 moons since coronation Will it break or will burn Arcane spells and desperate pleas To dust you shall return We ride through the endless night You reap what you ha ve sown We ride through the endless night And you'll die on your throne We ride through the endless night And you'll reap what you've sown We ride through the endless night And we are not alone