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1.Structure

(Intstrumental)


2.Requiem Qcn

Quis contra nos?
Statutum et ordina
Tum est
Juro ego
Si spiritus pro nobis
Quis contra nos?


3.Prelude


4.Serial Code

作詞:Ronan Harris

Take a look at what you've done
And gaze upon what you've become
Father help me to bring his end
Then to hell his soul we'll send

The Devil take you for his needs
While children stab you and make you bleed
You'll repent for what you've done
For raping my daughter, raping my son


5.Lastlight

作詞:Ronan Harris

At first light lay proud foundations
Sense the greatness that before you unfolds
Seek no more for hollow answers
Answers that lay within you all along

Farewell to dawns seen through saddened eyes
Farewell to pasts to sorrows chained
Forget your fears and want no more
You will be strong and want no more

You'll be adored, you will have everything
You will be strong and want no more
Forget your fears, you will have everything
And want no more


6.Afterfire

作詞:Ronan Harris

We have been waiting for you, anticipating you
We shall not lose faith in all that is heaven
And Heaven is such a small place

Seconds to minutes to hours to days
Screaming for something that's something I will never hold
All around you is tinder for the Gods

Seconds to minutes to hours to days
Screaming for something that's something I will never hold
All around you is tinder for the Gods

Storms across the battlements
The afterfire
Storms across the battlements
The afterfire


7.Frika

作詞:Ronan Harris

Over time desire shall fall and lie and fade
Await unequaled thought and virtuosity
Desire lies in wait, a precious cup, a stone or some such
Absent moments, ones which raised the heart to stand so great

Cannot choose not to deny, blame falls easy silently
Darkness preferable, comfort found again
In solitude, a door into an empty room, a door to familiar
desolation
The spoils of past years lost for reason lost for some notions
of new days

Inside there is gentleness
Calm preceding tears
Cry again, cry again
Moment of toil

Call the Gods to answer me
Hear me say, 'Hear my pain'
Call the Gods to answer me
Frika come! Frika come!

Promise and enlightenment abounded
Felled like trees the pillars that held me high
Running blind, running blind
On stony ground I stumble and vow return

Inside there is gentleness
Calm preceding tears
Cry again, cry again
Moment of toil

Call the Gods to answer me
Hear me say, 'Hear my pain'
Call the Gods to answer me
Frika come! Frika come!

Inside there is anger now
Calm precedes the rage
Cry again, cry again
Moment of toil

Call the Gods to answer me
Hear me say, 'Hear my pain'
All the Gods to answer me
Frika come! Frika come!


8.Homeward

作詞:Ronan Harris

The hallowed lands so far behind
As fleeting dreams still linger
Like distant voices through the rain
Like grains of sand cast from my hands

I never thought I'd go this far
Without a star to cross the seas
So far from shores I'd left behind
Still far from shores I've yet to reach

I try to find the strength I need
To calm the doubts in my belief
With the will, I know my heart won't break

And if I have strength, then I've belief
If I have love, my heart still beats
Here under stars far from home

I try to find the strength I need
To calm the doubts in my belief
With the will, I know my heart won't break

And if I have strength, then I've belief
If I have love, my heart still beats
Here under stars far from home

The picture fades, the light recedes
The sound is lost in whispers
My recollections once clear and pure
Now distant lights that dim with time

I never thought I'd go this far
Without a star to cross the seas
So far from shores I'd left behind
Still far from shores I've yet to reach

I try to find the strength I need
To calm the doubts in my belief
With the will, I know my heart won't break

And if I have strength, then I've belief
If I have love, my heart still beats
Here under stars far from home

I try to find the strength I need
To calm the doubts in my belief
With the will, I know my heart won't break

And if I have strength, then I've belief
If I have love, my heart still beats
Here under stars far from home


9.Further

作詞:Ronan Harris

At the end of days, at the end of time
When the sun burns out, will any of this matter?
Who will be there to remember who we were?
Who will be there to know that any of this had meaning for us?

And in retrospect I'll say we've done no wrong
Who are we to judge what's right and what has purpose for us?
With designs upon ourselves to do no wrong
Running wild unaware of what might come of us

The sun was born and so it shall die so only shadows comfort me
I know in darkness I will find you giving up inside like me
Each day shall end as it begins and though you're far away from
me
I know in darkness I will find you giving up inside like me

Without a thought I will see everything eternal
Forget that once we were just dust from heavens far
As we were forged to shall return, perhaps some day
I will remember us and wonder who we were

The sun was born and so it shall die so only shadows comfort me
I know in darkness I will find you giving up inside like me
Each day shall end as it begins and though you're far away from
me
I know in darkness I will find you giving up inside like me


10.Outremer

作詞:Ronan Harris

Thus to holy war, our songs that turned to roar
Onward in our cause, we judged by holy laws
Hailed the sacred creed, fell on bended knee
Death that filled our wake, blood that stained our hands

Thus we reached the land, sacred man beheld
Vessel of a sin, none shall call him king
Thorns were always gold, blood that never flowed
Death lay in his wake, blood that stained his hands

Thorns were always gold, blood that never flowed
Death lay in his wake, blood that stained his hands

Take away his shield
Tear apart his standard
Shouting, sanctify this holy lie

Wash your face with tears
Wash your hands with soil
Wash away this holy lie

Down across the land, return to ancient creed
Mother, father, child, now and ever be
Praise the wind and rain, praise the joy and pain
Never havoc cry nor lose the dogs of war


11.Honor

作詞:Ronan Harris

Passive field, January two thousand and twelve
A nation that stands alone
Cold voices, faces pale, gathered unto their judgment day

Such pride remains unbroken
Such words remain unspoken
Just mothers to stand in vain and cry
Tears and medals in the rain

Shall I recall when justice did prevail?
No reason to be found why reason did fail
The all clear resounding
The way was clear to rebuild this land

Shall I call on you to guide me well
To see our hopes and dreams fulfilled?
On this day of our ascension

Stand your ground, this is what we are fighting for
For our spirit and laws and ways
Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war
For heaven or hell we shall not wait

Shall I think of honour as lies
Or lament it's aged slow demise?
Shall I stand as a total stranger
On this day in this stone chamber?

The all clear resounding
The way was clear to rebuild this land

Shall I call on you to guide me well
To see our hopes and dreams fulfilled?
On this day of our ascension
On this day we praise the fallen

Stand your ground, this is what we are fighting for
For our spirit and laws and ways
Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war
For heaven or hell we shall not wait

Shall I think of honour as lies
Or lament it's aged slow demise?
Shall I stand as a total stranger
On this day in this stone chamber?

Stand your ground, this is what we are fighting for
For our spirit and laws and ways
Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war
For heaven or hell we shall not wait

Shall I think of honour as lies
Or lament it's aged slow demise?
Shall I stand as a total stranger
On this day in this stone chamber?

Stand your ground, this is what we are fighting for
For our spirit and laws and ways
Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war
For heaven or hell we shall not wait

Shall I think of honour as lies
Or lament it's aged slow demise?
Shall I stand as a total stranger
On this day in this stone chamber?


12.Momentum

作詞:Ronan Harris

Beginning to move, slowly changing
Cells connect, the sum of the parts
The process quickens, continues to grow
Never ceasing, getting stronger
Getting louder, the pulse of life

The heart beating, quantum motion
Power taking over, energy flowing
Gaining momentum, like the beat of drums

Slowly decreasing, decelerating
Slowing down, losing momentum
Losing momentum, stop!


13.Secluded Spaces

作詞:Ronan Harris

It seems so long ago now
That I was sitting here
Taking in everything

I stopped to look around me
As far as I could see
'Cross this precious land
Shadows painted by the sun

I don't think I remember
How long I waited here
Watching everything

My thoughts began to wander
Then I realized
Every moment I had lived
Everything that I had seen

Pass like this moment now
As clear to me as now
Is the moment when I knew
That I can let go
It's time to let it go

With it came the feeling
Strange, I'd waited for it
I think all my life
A thousand words burst forward
From my very soul
I didn't feel alone


14.Sentinal

作詞:Ronan Harris

Can we say that we are free? Our hands are bound and voices
silent
I'm sure it's not a dream, I am awake, my eyes are open
I can't accept and won't concede in aftermath we find redemption
The causes that are seized and disguised as revolution

Quell the rage that deeply seethes the extremes of these
devotions
Dismantle a machine, the device of their creation
I can't accept and won't concede that this is who we are
The conflict that is seized and disguised as greater notions

To the songs that sing of glory and the brave
Are we dreaming there are better days to come?
When will the banners and the victory parades
Celebrate the day a better world is won?
On the day the storm has just begun
I will still hope there are better days to come

In the face of what I say my words would turn to anger
Malevolence in need cannot provide direction
I won't accept this thought that this is who we are
Positions never change, losing all forward motion

Hamper that which deeply seethes, temper your devotion
Dismantle the machine, the device of your convictions
Can't accept and won't concede that this is who we are
The conflict that is seized and disguised as greater notions

To the songs that sing of glory and the brave
Are we dreaming there are better days to come?
When will the banners and the victory parades
Celebrate the day a better world is won?

To the songs that sing of glory and the brave
Are we dreaming there are better days to come?
When will the banners and the victory parades
Celebrate the day a better world was won?

On the day the storm has just begun
I will still hope there are better days to come
On the day the storm has just begun
I will still hope there are better days to come


15.Foreword

作詞:Ronan Harris

This is your world
These are your people
You can live for yourself today
Or help build tomorrow for everyone


16.Darkangel

作詞:Harris Ronan

In your dream you see me clear
I have no restraint, no fear
Powerless, I watched from faces I'd assumed
My purpose set, my will defined
Caress the air, embrace the skies
Escape the sorrow and restraint of mortal cities

Give me time, I will be clear
Given time, you'll understand
What possesses me to right what you have suffered
I'm in this mood because of scorn
I'm in a mood for total war
To the darkened skies once more and ever onward

So many years, I stood among the thoughts
And tears of those I served
Among my own, I was alone through my own doing
All the years I walked unknown
Behind the faces I assumed
Powerless to clear your mind of what you'd suffered

They fall again
They fall again

Give me time I will be clear
Given time you'll understand
What possesses me to right what you have suffered
I'm in this mood because of scorn
I'm in a mood for total war
To the darkened skies once more and ever onward

There is no faith in which to hide
Even truth is filled with lies
Doubting angels fall to walk among the living
I'm in this mood because of scorn
I'm in a mood for total war
To the darkened skies once more and ever onward

I'd only come here seeking peace
I'd only come here seeking me

It seems I came to leave


17.Serial Killer

作詞:Ronan Harris

In a face, a view through eyes this world collides
I am voiceless in my angst and nothing can take us
Back to innocence, short, sharp, blood lust reality
In despair I reach for night, in water purity reigns to be
resolute

As a land we clean our minds
Reap our belongings, sow our angers and our strengths
All to obsessed by weakness
We have brought ourselves to meaninglessness

So easy to control, bring to harm
A gathering of fools unjustified, on a mountain
I collect my thoughts and I rise above all that despises me
Comprehend the ways of man

And under a flag we salute or burn
There is blood on both shores
With hardened mind I traveled, with hardened heart I conquered
A freedom so ironic, so despicable, so hypocritical

There is anger resolute
Rears its familiar head on the TV screen
In a dozen bags, a life was placed
In a breath, he smiled and waved

Five minutes at a time the power held true
Without consternation our laws are lost
Lost to butchers, lost to child killers
Lost to narcotic ritual

Another tag, another headline, another smiling face
Shall stay 10 winters long forever
And where are the angels to guard? Where is the God of men and
children?
He is stalking the minds of dark poor souls

I know it's right and I know it's time for freedom
To kill another and to kill another and to kill another child
Of the flag till there are none left
Another and to kill another and to kill another


18.Beloved

作詞:Ronan Harris

It's colder than before
The seasons took all they had come for
Now winter dances here it seems so fitting don't you think
To dress the ground in white and gray

It's so quiet I can hear
My thoughts touching every second that I spent, waiting for you
Circumstances afford me, no second chance to tell you
How much I've missed you

My beloved do you know, when the warm wind comes again
Another year will start to pass
And please don't ask me why I'm here
Something deeper brought me than I need to remember

We were once young and blessed with wings
No heights could keep us from their reach
No sacred place we did not soar
Still greater things burned within us
I don't regret the choices that I've made, I know you feel the
same

My beloved do you know how many times I stared at clouds
Thinking that I saw you there
These are feelings that do not pass so easily
I can't forget what we claimed is ours

Moments lost and time remains I am so proud of what we were
No pain remains, no feeling, eternity awaits
Grant me wings that I might fly, my restless soul is longing
No pain remains, no feeling, eternity awaits

My beloved do you know, when the warm wind comes again
Another year will start to pass
And please don't ask me why I'm here
Something deeper brought me than I need to remember

My beloved do you know, how many times I stared at clouds
Thinking that I saw you there
These are feelings that do not pass so easily
I can't forget what we claimed is ours

Moments lost and time remains, I am so proud of what we were
No pain remains no feeling, eternity awaits
Grant me wings that I might fly, my restless soul is longing
No pain remains, no feeling, eternity awaits

Moments lost and time remains when I am so proud of what we were
No pain remains, no feeling, eternity awaits
Grant me wings that I might fly, my restless soul is longing
No pain remains, no feeling, eternity awaits

Moments lost and time remains, I am so proud of what we were
No pain remains no feeling, eternity awaits
Grant me wings that I might fly, my restless soul is longing
No pain remains, no feeling, eternity awaits


19.Genesis (Single Version)

作詞:Ronan Harris

Breathing an air permeated
Soaked in darkness
Emanating from within
Resonating like a scream no one can hear

I wear this chaos well
Though none should save me
Desperation keeps me here
My need for innocence
The place where I began

The abyss becomes me
I wear this chaos well

Are these not words of heresy
A venom on my lips, a poison?
My spirit impurified
In everything I choose to say

With you I stand in hope
That God will save us from ourselves
Every cry a wasted moment
Until another day is lost

Even lands we once called home
Lie undiscovered and unknown
Only Heaven's silence for an answer

And did our laughter, did our tears
Have some purpose after all?
Did we toil in vain, in hope
That wisdom came from what we'd done?

Even lands we once called home
Lie undiscovered and unknown
Only Heaven's silence for an answer

Undiscovered

Are these not words of heresy
A venom on my lips, a poison?
My spirit impurified
In everything I choose to say

If I would shed my skin, the layers left
But not the lessons learned
Would not undo what I have done
Or grant forgiveness in some better days

With you I stand in hope
That God will save us from ourselves
Every cry a wasted moment
Until another day is lost

Even lands we once called home
Lie undiscovered and unknown
Only Heaven's silence for an answer

And did our laughter, did our tears
Have some purpose after all?
Did we toil in vain, in hope
That wisdom came from what we'd done?

Even lands we once called home
Lie undiscovered and unknown
Only Heaven's silence for an answer


20.Kingdom

作詞:Ronan Harris

Our domain, this kingdom come
Now godless lands whose ways are lost
Without the strength to carry on
All values lost, all virtue gone

Did you think that you would be saved
By burning flags to cleanse yourselves of shame?
Or are you afraid, are you afraid
As you stare back at your face?

Or are you ashamed, are you afraid
By destroying what the gods once made?
Do you think that you would be saved?
Do you think that you would be saved?

I believe that we'll conceive
To make in hell for us a heaven
A brave new world, a promised land
A fortitude of hearts and minds

Until I see this kingdom is mine
I'll turn the darkness into light
I'll guide the blind, my will be done until the day
I see our kingdom has been won

No more the servants of the weak
Devoid of thought or light to seek
I'll leave no walls, no stone unturned
Every tower must be razed to the dust from which it came
And none will be spared, no remnant saved

And are you ashamed, are you afraid
Of the gods and idols that you have made?
Do you think you would be saved
By the gods and idols that you have made?

None will be saved
None will be saved


21.Second Skin

作詞:Ronan Harris

The sound of words I longed for said
So far pleasure undenied
Just the bloodless touch of skin
Close your eyes and turn

The storm, the fray persists
Columns form in endless rain
No loss of courage or the will
No dignity in staying

There is no love that can endure
Envelop or protect you
Forward go to open seas
The quest it is your master

No time for you to heal yourself
I wish there'd been another way
In time I hope you'll see me as
The one who held you above the waves

Your hope becomes your second skin
To envelop and protect you
The joys were never undeserved
The greatness hid no doubt

So much that you denied yourself
And so much that you never knew
Long realized, the only choice
The empty streets in rain


22.Descent

作詞:Ronan Harris

All God's children would have cause
To think the Devil now walks this realm
A place dispossessed of any sanity
Edification of a scene from hell

Man made prophecies serve to vindicate
All sides who claim themselves
Worthy servants obedient to the same God
A God who commands them not to kill

These faithful in lines that number thousands
Bring perdition throughout the land
As though the angel of death himself had been unleashed
To exact a punishment upon this world

Across this cursed place rage the fires
Where the innocent are burned
On a thousand funeral pyres
In anguish parted from this world

Does the need for the belief in the Devil
Serve to palliate and forgive our sins
In the abandonment of reason and delivery unto hell

Limitless are the ways of mankind in its virulent capacities
Ironic it may seem, through this a chance exists to see
In us also lies the capacity to transcend


23.Forsaken

作詞:Ronan Harris

When I have nothing left to feel
When I have nothing left to say
I'll just let this slip away

I feel these engines power down
I feel this heart begin to bleed
As I turn this burning page

Please forgive me if I bleed
Please forgive me if I breathe
I have words I need to say
Oh, so very much to say

And whose life do I lead?
And whose blood do I bleed?
Whose air do I breathe?
With whose skin now do I feel?

I'm supposed to walk away from here
I'm supposed to walk away from here

And whose life do I lead?
Whose blood do I bleed?
Whose air do I now breathe?
I'm convinced there's nothing more

The day you died I lost my way
The day you died I lost my mind

What am I supposed to do?
Is there something more?

The engines power down
Like a soldier to his end I go
Because I'm convinced
That there is nothing more

And whose life do I lead
And whose air do I breathe?
With whose skin and whose blood do I feel?

What happens now?
Have I done something wrong?

Forgive my need to bleed right now
Please forgive my need to breathe
But I've so much to say
And it wouldn't matter anyway

You're not here to hear
These words that I must say
And I'm convinced inside
That there is nothing more

Whose life do I lead?
Whose air do I breathe
Whose blood do I now bleed?
With whose skin now do I feel?

I have nothing left to say
I have nothing left to feel
Am I supposed to let this go now
Let darkness come and take you away?


24.Arclight

作詞:Harris Ronan

Forget your fears and want no more
Forget your fears and want no more

At first light lay proud foundations
Sense the greatness that before you unfolds
Seek no more for hollow answers
Answers that lay within you all along

Farewell to dawns seen through saddened eyes
Farewell to pasts, to sorrows chained
Forget your fears and want no more
You will be strong and want no more

You'll be adored, you will have everything
You will be strong and want no more
Forget your fears, you will have everything
And want no more


25.Standing

作詞:Ronan Harris

Eyes betray the soul and bare its thinking
Beyond words they say so many things to me
A stranger here reborn, it seems
Awaking wonders deep in me
If nothing's ventured, nothing's gained
So I must seize the day

And fighting time, so hard I pray
That this moment lasts forever
And will the world stay standing still at least for me?
Through my eyes stare into me
I bare my heart for all to see
With my face turned to the sun there ever standing still

It wasn't you, it wasn't me, it wasn't anything
It was a day so long awaited and a chance to be as me
I let the wind run through my hands
As I turned to walk away
In distant days I long to sense it all so clear

And fighting time so hard I pray
That this moment lasts forever
And will the world stay standing still at least for me?
Through my eyes stare into me
I bear my heart for all to see
With my face turned to the sun there ever standing still

And fighting time so much I ask
Will this moment last forever?
Though seasons change and things come to pass
Remain inside of me and fighting time so hard I pray
That this moment lasts forever
And will the world stay standing still at least for me?

I had no faith before that time in any vow or deed
Days followed days and years were meaningless
Despite the wisdom of defeat
I bore my heart for all to see the wonders I'd seen


26.Voice

作詞:Ronan Harris

We are not the same
I am just one voice

We are not the same
You will hear my voice

We are not the same
I am just one voice

We are not the same
I am not your God


27.Left Behind

作詞:Ronan Harris

So afraid to open your eyes
You know too well that which awaits you
Something undefined there in the half light
The demon without

The demon inside to plague and torment you
Feeling so sure, feeling so uncertain
That something is wrong
Everyone's gone and you have been left behind
Everyone left the demon inside

Do you still hear their laughter?
So hard to describe
You never forget the faces that haunt you
Awake or asleep, I know you can't tell

Unable to sleep, unable to fight
Unwilling to wake to open your eyes
To face your oppressor
Still you go on convinced it will end

Can you remember
A day when it was not, not like this?
Unsure of yourself, unsure of your thoughts
Unable to know if what you think
Is right or wrong

Still you go on convinced it will end
Like someone pushes a blade through your mind
There on the edge where no one will find you
Still hearing them laugh
Is there no light at the end for you?

Why is everything wrong?

Here I am
Here I am with these words
Trying to say something I can't
Something I can't tell you

Nothing is wrong
The demons they have left you
You were not left behind
You were not left behind

So open your eyes
So open your eyes

Unable to sleep, unable to fight
Unwilling to wake, please open your eyes
For here I stand
Unable to tell you what I am trying to say

Nothing is wrong
Please open your eyes
Nothing is wrong
You were not left behind


28.Circling Overland

1-1-2029, the stars are shining bright

Nerves connected to the center
We are tied to the machine
Invisible and silent, circling overland

The plane makers designed us
To out turn and outmaneuver
Intruders in the skies, intruders in our skies

1-1-2029, tonight the stars are shining bright

Backbone of the fighter force
Of the defense industry
Devoted tools of the power
Warrants of the order

1-1-2029, tonight the stars are shining bright

Invisible and silent
We are circling overland
Circling overland
Circling overland

Silicon advisers leading the way
We reach our cruising altitude

1-1-2029, West Europe, midnight
Invisible and silent, circling overland
Scanning, taping, filing, instantly checking
Every human, car and plane of the quarters we survey

Circling overland
Circling overland