1. SKYBREAKER

Rise
From your sins
Rise
Break the sky

The time will come when words have died
Weeping has been in vain
When love is written in lies
And feelings growing weaker every day

‘Cause history is filled with deceit
Nothing left to lose
Within your woe illusions arose
You have gone astray

Until today
It’s not too late
To stop the tears running down your face

Rise
Like an angel from darkness into light
(…into light)
Like a blackbird high above the shattered sky
From the eerie ground
Far beyond the stars
At last we will now be redeemed

Lost in the depths of your labyrinth
Distant frozen hearts
Emotions lost in the wind
An empty shell is what you have become

Your shelters have been burned to the ground
No place left to hide
Once on top, now vagabond
Searching for your home

Until today
When you turned away
From the sorrow of forsaken fates

Rise
Like an angel from darkness into light
(…into light)
Like a blackbird high above the shattered sky
Far beyond the moonlight
Far beyond the stars
Beyond the dark horizon
In everlasting contempt we depart

2. ILLUSION & INFINITY

I hear the sound of dead cries unbound in my dreams
I say goodbye to the silver sky and the sun

And the blackest eclipse stole the light
Where’s my guide when my eyes turn blind
Perished are the colors of the mountains and trees
Everything is merging into grey

Seconds of ravage
Ages of pain
Everything’s fading away

When the saddest nocturne’s bringing anguish
Losing myself in dirges so calm
Residing in the coldness of deserted dreams
Illusions of another life beyond

Life torn to blackness
Aeons are gone
Illusions of a dying man alone

My wishes won’t come true
Is someone out there to answer my call?
The wishes of a failure
Perdition is my home

Hear the sound of dead cries unbound in my dreams
Say goodbye to the silver sky and the sun

But a distant light engulfs me
The nighttime will break
Come take my hand now
And lead me away

The distant light is fading
Dissolving to grey
Infinite blackness
Forced me to stay

3. THE FINAL HOURS

The moon is rising
Time is standing still
When nihilistic views
Are breaking my will

Are breaking my will…

Beyond mortality
Salvation I may find
My thoughts rise to the stars
Nothing left to leave behind

So I close my eyes
Soon I will depart
And I take one last breath
With the last beat of my dying heart

And the world is burning down
(…burning down)
All my love brought to the ground
(…to the ground)
Stealing the life out of my soul
(…of my soul)
As the shade tries to take all my hope

One last tear drops from my eye
(…from my eye)
In these hours that fly by
(…that fly by)
Carry this burden on my own
(…on my own)
I shall bear this fate alone

The sun is dying
Lingering at distant shores
The winds caress my skin
Telling me to let it all go

To let it all go…

Where only silence lasts
Solitude consumes my mind
A gentle choir sounds
Amidst this lonely night

I look at the crimson sky
Where the birds fly free
I watch as the clouds float by
And gaze into eternity

Out of my lungs leaks one last cry
(…one last cry)
In these corners I won’t hide
(…I won’t hide)
Take my spirit, take my soul
(…take my soul)
But my pride is mine alone

I don’t fear you anymore
(…anymore)
This is the day I am reborn
(…I am reborn)
Cast my demons to the sea
(…to the sea)
Set me free

4. EVOLUTION'S END

Tides
So powerful
Unmerciful
The instance we breathe to live again

The order died
So new ways can rise
The moment we can’t recall our past

This frozen hell
(It) Bids us farewell
We’re bound to a force we can’t conceive

Crystallized
Immortalized
The world is not what we believed

With every loss the pain subsides
Into the past - we belong
As fortune’s touch became so cold
We turn to stone

This is the dawn
To give up our reign
This is our fall
Revolution! Evolution’s End

The smell of death
Lies in the air
Forever cursed in nature’s spell

Aphelion
Oblivion
In a dead man’s lunacy we dwell

Riots lay waste over towns
Sweeping the seas and the skies
Monuments reduced to rubble and ash
And requiems are sung for the dead
Sing for me – Cry for me
Pray for me – Die for me

Wars/Chaos might reign
Brothers may die
Hope might cease
Others may come
And we strive for justice
And we strive for peace
But
In the end
We won’t
Prevail

The End will come for us
So tenacious
If you lose your trust
Don’t be anxious

When there is no choice
Hush your inner voice
You’ll be born again
Evolution’s End

5. SINGULARITY

All the constants are defined
Elliptic arcs have been shaped
This is the point of no return
We saw the fabric of the stars

Following the void to the ends of time and space
Perspectives shifted thousand fold
– thousand fold!
There are no choices left to make
For we are only grains in endless shores
– in endless shores!
Elements fall prey to the bitterness of time
A cosmic catastrophe draws near
– it draws near!
The quasar glow invisible henceforth
Our limit inevitably reached
– it has been breached!

Even if all the centuries fade away
Even if all the worlds become one in shadows and dust
We remain the same

(As we) Turn Into one
One We become

Scattered worlds are longing for unity once more
Their solitary paths won't find an end
– there’s no end!
When blind submission gains control
And countless roads are leading them astray
– they’re astray!
Powerless we drift into the eye of the storm
The spiral’s endless thirst cannot be quenched
- it can’t be quenched!
When novas will illuminate the night
History repeats itself again – and again!

Unite – Face your fears - No regret – No empathy
Give in – To gravity – No pain – No Agony

And this never ending path becomes clear
Even though we tremble in fear
We will not walk away from fate
We crossed the line this time, in darkness we unite
We fell from grace this time a phantom sacrifice

All – Ceased – All – Burned
All – Gone – All – All is one!
Singularity! x4

6. DESCENDING

Noise so paralyzing
Trapped and stunned by fear
It’s like gravity is hindering me to walk
Morbid holocaust - fills the sight
The whole landscape - to ignite
What kind of trial is this
I’ve to face alone
Is my sanity betraying my own eyes
Every soul has died
No one spared
All I had
All I cared

If it’s my call and…
This is my role then…
I take the fall and…
So be it!

Oooh This world is falling apart
Glimmers of hope and memories of love
Everything lies in the past

Pain so agonizing
Left my heart so cold
Is this lunacy betraying my own mind
Into murkiness – I descent
Only blackness – to augment
Feels like insanity
Is my closest friend
Darkest fantasies trying to break my will
Every soul has died
No one spared
All I had
All I cared

Into the/Followed by darkness
I head relentless
Towards the abyss
So be it! (reinfaden lassen)

Oooh This world is falling apart
Glimmers of hope and memories of love
Everything lies in the past

If it’s my call and…
This is my role then…
I take the fall and…
Here I am crawling…
Into the/Followed by darkness
I head relentless
Towards the abyss
So be it!

Oooh This world is falling apart
Glimmers of hope and memories of love
Everything lies in the past

Everything lies in the past

Everything dies in the…

In the past!

7. A SACRIFICE DIVINE

Our scream breaks the sky
See the rain turn into flame(s)
Come watch this kingdom burn
A sacrifice divine

To the land – we glanced
To the moon – we cried
To the dead – we wept
All alone – we died

Ooaah We - curse - these - lands 2x

We embody justice
We are heavensent
We shall be your masters
In these lands

We embody vengeance
We deny this end
We shall be transcendent
In these lands

Sovereigns have to fall
Years of pain will end today
All demons fall asleep
The crown will learn to crawl

Reunite - stand strong
Realize - the pain
Redefine - what's wrong
Reco(g)nize - our reign

Ooaah Our - grace - has - died 2x

We embody justice
We are heavensent
We shall be your masters
In these lands

We embody vengeance
We deny this end
We shall be transcendent
In these lands

Our scream breaks the sky
See the rain turn into flame(s)
Come watch this kingdom burn
A sacrifice divine

Sovereigns have to fall
Years of pain will end today
All demons fall asleep
The crown will learn to crawl

8. RUINS & REVERIES

In vanity lies pain
A matter of time
Till the dying sun makes him realize
All the paths of destiny have been carved in stone
The prayers of a dying man ignored

Seconds of ravage
Decades of pain
Ages in silence
Aeons to change

The wishes won’t come true
There is no maker to answer the call
The wishes of a failure
The silence of the gods

The sow that has been reaped
Bears sorrow and despair
All the dreams were broken in a blink of an eye
Destiny is walking in mysterious ways
Nothing ever can stand against his will

Seconds of ravage
Decades of pain
Ages in silence
Aeons to change

The wishes won’t come true
There is no maker to answer the call
The wishes of a failure
The silence of the gods

A new age has begun
The chapter yet unstained
Moonlight, smoke and fire are fading away
Monuments of solitude are the last remains
Ruins bury the stories of the past

Pre-Chorus:
Seconds of ravage
Decades of pain
Ages in silence
Aeons to change

The wishes won’t come true
There is no maker to answer the call
The wishes of a failure
The silence of the gods

The sow that has been reaped
Bears sorrow and despair
The dreams were broken/shattered
The dreams are lost

9. AD ASTRA

Throughout the time
You shall remain my angel
Deep down
In my heart

Despite all signs
Haven't you seen the rapture?
Sealed away
In - my - soul

Brighter than the sun - is the soul - once undone
Farewell - for my heart - now belongs - to the stars

"Why have all the dreams left me?
Wandering the stars"

I will not fall
You shall remain my angel
Locked up
In my heart

Behind the wall
Haven't you seen the rapture?
Closed tight
In - my - soul

Tonight you will see - what it means - to be free
Farewell - dearest love - I shall wait - high above

"Why have all the dreams left me
Wandering the stars"

Throughout the time
You shall remain my angel
Deep down
In my heart

Despite all signs
Haven't you seen the rapture?
Sealed away
In - my - soul

"Why have all the dreams left me
Wandering the stars"

I will not fall
You shall remain my angel
Locked up
In my heart

Behind the wall
Haven't you seen the rapture?
Closed tight
In - my - soul

Throughout the time
You shall remain my angel
Deep Down
In my heart

Despite all signs
Haven't you seen the rapture?
Sealed away
In - my - soul

10. FROM BEYOND

Suddenly death appears in your sight
A thousand soulless shadows
Writhing through the night
An evil awakening your deepest fears
No time for prayers, for cries or for tears

There are no hearts beating
In the cold metal flesh
They will know no mercy
No respite no regrets

Cold like ice
Feel the breath of the damned
Back again from ancient tombs
(To) bring death upon our world
Feel the heat
One by one we fall
Tonight the ancient gods
Will feast on our souls

Feel the pain flowing through your nerves
Watch immortal fire burn black scars into the earth
Everything you’ve known and loved has turned to dust
As the war scythe strikes-you-and-your blood is mixed with the rust

Now you lie on the (battle) field
Of a once prosperous world
And the last sight of your dying eyes (are)
Dead bodies in the dirt

Cold like ice
Feel the breath of the damned
Back again from ancient tombs
(To) bring death upon our world
Feel the heat
One by one we fall
Tonight the ancient gods
Will feast on our souls

Shadows of a world beyond
Grasping for your life
Slumber in eternal sleep
Rest your tired eyes

Another world has fallen
As your sight turns to black
The nightmares start to vanish
But they’ll be back

Cold like ice
Feel the breath of the damned
Back again from ancient tombs
(To) bring death upon our world
Feel the heat
One by one we fall
Tonight the ancient gods
Will feast on our souls
2x

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