The Odyssey
Album - 4 novembre 2002 - Debaser id 40192

Alone I traveled through the mountains
Led by a star fading west
When I came upon an ancient ruin of a church
And it was there I stopped to rest

Then the black and gloomy night
That chased my footsteps
Crashed down on me like a wave
Whispering through the trees
An eerie breeze
Carried a voice beckoning me to be her slave

In a whisper she said...

Burn forever
Leave never from my arms
Embrace the night

From the black and twisting shadows rose a woman
Beauty alluring to the eye
Oh, her devilish grin, her moonlit skin
And long dark hair flowing down around her thighs

As she approached I felt the evil growing stronger
I waltz with the wicked within
Frozen in my place, she kissed my face
And in a storm of passion bathed me in sin

In the madness, she said...

Burn forever
Leave never from my arms
Embrace the night

Then she weaved a mist
And cast me into the shadows


Come with me, love eternally, forever mine

Set me free, in death we'll dance eternally
Forever and ever...

And so the light, cast down from the heavens
Washed over me like wave
I awoke, it seemed from some crazy dream
Only to find I was standing at her grave

In my nightmare, she said...

Burn forever
Leave never from my arms
Embrace the night

Burn forever
Leave never from my arms
Don't ever leave me, never leave me!

Burn forever
Leave never from my arms
Embrace the night

Through eerie reach of ancient woods
where lumbering mists arise
I journey for nine moons of the year
to where a land of legend lies

Deep within a stony lamp-lit hall
under falling grains of sand
Magic eyes glance magic pages
turned by magic hands

And as he spoke I watched in awe
A God's aura in his eyes
Master of all

Darkness fall - Spirits arise
Lord of Storms - Blacken the skies

With heavy breath, I break the seal
howls echo through the room
Blood lettings of a black Raven's heart
Conjure up the wraiths of doom

I cannot heed my Master's call
Lakes of Fire - writhe and swell
Foolish eyes - while spying Prophet's pages
unleash Barons of Hell

And as they rose I watched in awe
A God's aura in my eyes
Master of all

Darkness fall - Spirits arise
Lord of Storms - Blacken the skies

On a cold and misty night,
A ring of torches light the hallowed ground
Where his father's laid to rest

In the reflection of a sword
He sees his destiny and he swears up to the sky,
You will not have died in vain

On the field, with sword and shield
Amidst the din of dying man's wails
War is waged and the battle will rage
Until only the righteous prevail

From the shadows comes a man,
Returning to his land
The winds of change
Taint the sweet smell of home

And all around him, he can see
The pain and misery
This tyrant's reign is through
I will stand and fight, will you?

A heart of gold pumps within his metal skin
A noble line he carries on

On the field, with sword and shield
Amidst the din of dying man's wails
War is waged and the battle will rage
Until only the righteous prevail

I wish to stay, to be here with you
You were my strength, how can I go on?

On the field, with sword and shield
Amidst the din of dying man's wails
War is waged and the battle will rage
Until only the righteous
Only the righteous
Only the righteous prevail!

I awake - without the sun
encased in walls of steel
terror so real - it blinds me

Rancid darkness steals my breath
The Pit - on the edge of death
The wells of Hell know not my name

I slip away...into black I fade away

Terrified - to the left and to the right
Spirits of the Damned, iron shadows cast
Hear my desperate cries
Shrieking demon - far and wide
praying for this breath to be my last

Awake again - paralyzed
I'm shackled to this alter
sacrificed to their God

'Inch by Inch and Line by Line'
The Blade - descending lost in time
The fiends of Doom they call my name

I slip away... into black I fade away

Terrified - to the left and to the right
Spirits of the Damned, iron shadows cast
Hear my desperate cries
Shrieking demon - far and wide
praying for this breath to be my last

"The Inquisitorial vengeance
had been hurried by my two-fold escape,
and there was to be no more dallying
with the King of Terrors..."
[Edgar Allan Poe - The Pit and the Pendulum]

Terrified - to the left and to the right
Spirits of the Damned, iron shadows cast
Hear my desperate cries
Shrieking demon - far and wide
praying for this breath to be my last

Lurking out of sight
Night shall fall and feed my frenzy
Beneath an eerie moon a change comes over me

Eyes glow by candlelight
A face divided in the mirror
My psyche ripped by daggers of my alchemy

Side by side with myself again
As midnight's curse descends on trembling hands

Oh, Save my soul
Losing control when the bells toll

Savage on the prowl
In the lamplight's glow, nocturnal
My breath hangs
Like ghosts in the evening air

This ill effect
A vile creation
Of my design
Abomination
The madness rages on and on and on and on

Side by side with myself again
As midnight's curse descends on trembling hands

Oh, Save my soul
Losing control
When the bells toll

Oh, Feed my soul
I'm in control
When the bells toll

Oh, Save my soul
Losing control
When the bells toll

Oh, Feed my soul
I'm in control
When the bells toll

Needless to say, another day has passed away
Yet everything, and nothing, has changed
Awake I lie, my thoughts get lost up in the sky
Needless to say, nothing will change

Maybe a mystic with fortunes to tell
Surrender my coin at the old wishing well
Maybe the stars will align in the night
To show me the path that is right

Would've been's and could've been's
They waste my days away
The colors of my life dissolve and fade to gray

So many paths of promise
Indecision poisons my mind
If only I had seen the signs, so blind
Ohh, so blind

Oh oh
Yet I must journey on
On and on

A haunting vision torments me
It smothers and steals my dreams
I see an old man in the mirror
Cold and bitter starring back at me

Here I am
At the crossing of life I stand
On my own
Looking down the road
Hear my cry
Answer me
Still I'm searching
Yet the truth is unknown
Though the night is cold
I walk the road alone

Here I am
At the crossing of life I stand
On my own
Looking down the road
Hear my cry
Answer me
Still I'm searching
Yet the truth is unknown
Though the night is cold
I walk the road alone

Yes I walk
I walk the road alone

[Part I Odysseus' Theme / Overture]

[instrumental]

[Part II - Journey to Ithaca]

To the one that I love, my journey has begun
When our eyes meet once more there will me peace
The taste of your lips the warmth of your touch
Again, forever, two souls as one

Seems like forever that my eyes have been denied
Home, I'm dreaming of home
I've been twenty years away from all I ever knew
To return would make my dreams come true

Seasons of sorrow have stolen all my years
I miss the rolling hills of Ithaca
I've been through battles and cried a sea of tears
but the tide is changing, and with it all my fears

Yeaaaah
I will return

Seems like forever that my eyes have been denied
Home, I'm dreaming of home
I've been twenty years away from all I ever knew
To return would make my dreams come true

Behold the sea and winds of Jove
We set sail guided by the stars above
The ports of Troy escape our view
A cold and stormy fate awaits our rendezvous

Onward we ride into the raging fury
Setting our course by the moon and sun
We forge ahead seeking glory
Yet the journey has just begun

Onward we ride
Nine days we brave her might
We are (we are we are we are we are we are ) coming home...

[Part III - The Eye]

Awakened at dawn
Land dead ahead with the winds of the morning we change course
No remorse, a place forbidden to all

Search all the grounds
Find food and water
Yet journey not into the Cave of Woe
Long ago
A legend spoke of a beast

A thousand riches
Hidden deep within the stone
A thousand nightmares
Mortal's blood forever flows

Mountainous black
Engulfed in a shadow
A bone chilling growl and an Eye of Hate
A ghastly fate, held prisoner by the Eye

Yet he must sleep
As the daylight fades
We focus our senses and sharpen the blade
We take aim
In silence we strike

A thousand riches
Hidden deep within the stone
A thousand nightmares
Blood runs forever
From the Eye...

[Part IV - Circe (Daughter of the Sun)]

We sit adrift on the open sea
The gift of wind, by Zeus, concealed
So carelessly
We break the waves on a course untrue
Across the endless plain of blue
A new coast in view

We carouse with the maiden beneath her eyes the madness lies... in mystery

I (I) drink deep from the chalice of gold and jade
My senses fade... I'm mesmerized ohhh

Stay, like those before I condemn you all, from walk to crawl... metamorphasized

No, my will it defies her
speak the verse - lift the curse... she's mesmerized

Am I asleep?
Tell me
Daughter of the Sun
There's vengeance in the air and all things all things must be undone

[Part V - Sirens]

Dire warnings
Told by the sorceress in white
'false bringers of love' - Sirens
Echoing songs from above

Wings flowing
Floating on Sea of Lies, I defy
Their vision
Elysium swallows my cries

Embracing
Maidens of lust stimulate and manipulate
My senses
I welcome a watery grave

Tied steadfast
To the mast tragedy awaits me
I'm falling
Victim betrayed by the sea

[Part VI - Scylla and Charybdis]

[a) Gulf of Doom]
[b) Drifting Home]

[instrumental]

[Part VII - The Fate of the Suitors / Champion of Ithaca]

So this is home...
In the guise of a beggar
Minerva guides my way
I find my kingdom in jeopardy

Vengeance it swells within me
As I spy
So many who eye my Queen
I'll make them pay for this blasphemy... All will see

Triumphant Champion of Ithaca
I will right all the wrongs
Let the Gods sing my song
Triumphant Champion of Ithaca
Let a new life begin my journey has come to and end

A contest of valor
"to pierce the twelve rings in a single arrow's flight"
Yet, not a one can string the bow

My veil of silence lifted
All is revealed
Revenge burns in my heart
Thrashing and slashing down all my foes... to claim the throne

Triumphant Champion of Ithaca
I will right all the wrongs
Let the Gods sing my song
Triumphant Champion of Ithaca
Let a new life begin this is the end of my Odyssey

Seems like forever that my eyes have been denied
Home, I'm finally home
I've been twenty years away from all I ever knew
I have returned to make my dream come true