Emerald

Every day I wake up lying on the floor I know it will be a day like all my days were before I am alone but there is a dark something in me A thronging voice, and it won't leave me be I curse these shadows that are clutching at my heart But I am too weak no...

The wind was blowing The crew prepared for a new adventure The "Crusader" a royal frigate Was ready to leave the port So they sailed away With hope and pride In the front the sunrise And in the back the wind Across the sea There are forces we'll never know Whe...

In the first centuries There were cavemen They were real barbarians Didn't fear anything Then the great vikings came They crossed the seven seas To take it up with everyone In search of new loot Today's our turn No, we don't wanna fight But nevertheless We're...

From our birth until our death We are constrained to adapt the dogmas of society We must exploit our life And burst our chains of duty Let us break out! Forget all expectations We are free and here to live and experience Your life will turn Your world will...

In our modern society In the 21st century We do believe We have all the theories We can explain all mysteries There are many who live a lie The truth is hidden or they deny The verity There is more than what you see Be aware of eternity! Man. why oh w...

Last night I had a dream Where every step I used to take Lead a second back in time I knew it was not real But now, now that I'm awake I'm not so sure anymore When I think of how I felt before... I was sick, my body frail But now I'm hale! No one has seen...

Never been in the hell before Now I'm falling, falling Heaven's behind the door And they're calling me again Hidden beyond the light And the darkness finds me Help me escape tonight Oh, I must find Azrael... I am the darkness Hiding within your mind Walking...

Once upon a time When heroes walked the earth Bards were singing aloud Of deeds so proud and fine A young singer rose To the bard that the king chose Engaged for telling lies The sinister he denies Bard of the king He's cursed to sing Lies about tales 'cause...

He thinks he's sweet and kind He's in everybody's mind Spends all his money for drugs, it ain't funny He thinks he's the king of the world He tries to influence little children He makes them gifts They’re happy with Yeah, they think That he is their hero But...

I watch the lines of our enemies Bathed in cold sweat I am So afraid to meet the kiss of steel I don't want to die, I don't want to die The first crash is made By the power of hate Many men are dead The ground is gleaming red We stand as one And as one we will...

Darkness turns the light on all my fears My silent cry, it hides all my tears Speaking the truth is easier in the dark No one can see me, no one can hear me Hiding behind my wall I close my eyes and picture a world Raise my head and stand tall So...

I stand there beyond the shore Glittering stars above I close my eyes and you are here Right in my arms where you belong And you stay by my side And we watched the stars so bright You make my heart glow You touched my soul Hold me my love Never let me go We w...

Dark clouds are hanging over the shore Thundering and lightning Heaven in rage Evil is lurking The good has to fall One lonely rider standing 'gainst all Hero draw your blade It's long-foretold fate Ride towards your enemy Fight evil eternally Feared by his en...

Heading north through the winterstorm Ice and snow surround us To a wasteland beyond the storm Searching for the unknown We follow the indications To find the mystic ones They're afraid of the light They live beneath the black ice in the cold Something is her...

Ignoring danger, they see no threat We're strolling on the path of death Exploiting nature, a wreckful progress But still they make us believe that we are blessed Blessed by the light When nuclides unite Blessed by the light Posterity in blight Blessed...

Reincarnated souls without memory Running around in search for sense Everything has been prepared for you Just listen and follow the blind They teach, they preach and you’re just nodding They cloak our history and cipher the truth Bread and circuses to distra...

Do you think we are evil? Premature figure of disease You don't look proud enough to us Do you think we are guilty? Just because we don't look like you There is one way and it's down for your Bright stars, breaking apart As you're blinded by the noise True sol...

Pastor, you have sinned your appetite out of control, you stole my life I was so young, advantage you took, damage is done, for you hell awaits You say a man of god, not flesh and blood Speech is silver, silence ain't gold (story is told) I fit roc...

Now our time has come to pay The eagle will lead our way Let the crusade for metal begin With "The Emerald" as our sign we'll win We're brothers bound by our desire Our swords are made out of fire A metalfire we will ignite To bring glory to metal we fight Hai...

Take a look around and breathe deep the dark Stop for an instant, observe your busy life Something is wrong on this planet But for millions life just goes on Time is running, faster and faster Efficient production, only importance Best benefit, all that count...

Faceless stereotypes Hidden within the crowd Stuck like rats in a maze Uniqueness not allowed They are too scared to escape the race And show their face They are too scared to break out And be free Why do they follow A leader they don't know? So weak, so hol...

For centuries we were sleepwalking - Without light Guided by fear - So much sorrow and misery We were lost - Our time had not come Kings and emperors in the palm of their hand - Without fear Religion in control of all the world - Acting under orders But mo...

I ask myself about the oil disaster Are we so blind that we cannot see? I ask myself about the financial crisis Are we all fools that ignore the truth? If you wanna see the truth F T.M. If you wanna look behind the lies F.T.M. Always the same names At the...

He is a neighbour, a nice guy it seems No one knows of his sick fantasies Mothers and fathers would cry as they'd see All his pictures stored on PC The devil hides his face Living in disgrace He works in subtle ways She is a housewife, a good spouse they...

(Narrator:) Thus ends the story of the Burgundian house. The forth duke who nearly became king, led his house instead into his doom. Died with no son, his land scattered amongst allies and enemies. But his great-grandson Charles V., who was named after him, ac...

Evil Priests are hiding Behind the shadow wall Expecting us to fail But no one breaks our will You cannot conquer greatness Immortality at last Your brotherhood is black Unwanted spells are cast We are united in the end Steel Vultures on our side Carrying our...

You came into my life Like a bolt from the blue I'll never forget the day When we met the first time A fire flamed up in my heart Forever will I love you Forever will I stay at your side Forever will I honour you Forever... You're all I need to live When I loo...

It's time for a change Let my dream come true If we don't take it now It will be too late Starting the engine Gasoline is in the air The wheels starts burning Far away thunder is rising So take my hand And we ride into the sunset Our hearts will burn like fir...

Memory Melodies Silent cries Shame on the world Your made me grow up in all that you give Now, I can't erase my mind A sign of the stars, point me To what there is to live for Can't stare into the moving circles Making me forget, what I can't stop thinking abo...

I am the creature, that doesn't exist I have no history, I am like mist No evidence and no prove there is For my existence, and yet I live Hear my music, hear my song And you know where you belong I am the Harleking Wild and free Free as a man can be Lou...

Commercial suicide Worn out to the core Mindless consumption No values anymore Heartless puppet masters Trying to rule the game Producing cheap disasters Right for the wall of shame But corruption's for the weak And we are built to resist As one united leagu...

Turn up the volume to ten A guitar starts to scream Pounding drums, pumping bass And a scream in the night Hot girls in leather, ready for action Banging metal maniacs raising their fists Chains and leather, skulls and beasts This is what heavy metal needs S...

A scream in the night Another innocent child bestial killed Satisfaction in his eyes With an unquenched lust for blood They put him into psychiatry Where they tried to heal him For thousands of dollars And 10 years later, he leaves the institute as a "healthy...

I'm sitting in this bar A beer in front of me She's talking about a lot of things But I'm absorbed in thought Former we were here At the same fuckin' place Yeah we had a lot of fun together We didn't care about anything I know that it's a long time ago But t...

You close the door with that feeling inside you, Something is happening tonight You bought a ticket that cost you a week pay You’re fool your old man says (fool) [Chorus] It’s like the beating of the hammer on the anvil Iron on iron. On iron It’s like...

With horses on fire we ride to defend our land Evil has taken the world in its mighty hand The fight has begun, we're pulling our swords made of steel Cannot protect your family, this threat is for real The men are forced to fight by their honour and pride Bu...

Unconcluded days of old Don't come back, the story's told Still they stay in my life Like a part made to fit The spirit has survived And returns to come alive Are we bound by our desire? Can the spark revive the fire? We might fail in the end And would have...

I see an earth that's totally destroyed Machines took over command and ruined the world The forces of money playing a game We cannot stop them, this planet won't be the same It's ugly, war, is all about money, religion and greed it's evil, the playe...

(Narrator:) Charles the Bold. A name that terrified people and nations. An army to conquer Europe. But one small confederation stood against him and led him into his doom. Let us undertake an expedition into the mist of the past. Let us be witness of the strug...

Darkness swaps over our ship The night falls and replaces the whip Tyranny is the captain's name Torture is his favourite game But I won't close my eyes no longer I won't close my eyes no longer Quick wake our men and tell them to Fight with us or die with th...

You You look at me I don't look like you And I don’t act like you My hair is long Blood and monsters on my shirt And the war I talk makes you feel like something better But you must know But you must know that I... I don't wanna be like you I don't wanna li...

Me and you We could have had the paradise on earth Every single day was like a gift from above Our hearts were connected Together as one You told me lies It hurts me like a thorn in my eyes A thorn in my eyes You won't believe it But it does Never fall in lo...

Wandering through Athens, but something feels weird Silence, it kills, it tortures my ears There's something wrong, the laughter is gone I see the strong arm, it's crowding the streets I smell a gas that's burning my tears Don't lose control over b...

Committing acts of cruelty In the name of a higher power Riding on insanity Towards the final hour Brainwashed fools Blinded by the lies It's time to wake up And realize... There's no light at the end of your tunnel Because you're dead! No forgiveness for al...

Welcome to the nightmare down in a basement A young girl captured, savaged against her will She's easing the pain with memories stuck in her head Somewhere a child is crying and no one will hear She's a victim of madness, losing her life to fear Te...

By night they came Brought fire and pain Murdered and plundered And vanished in haze Fathers and sons Sworn to fight And to resist with all their might For our descendants will be free We will hold on Pipes are calling Summoning us to war The blare of battl...

Following the system Doin' as they please Working from 9 to 5 This isn't our life No Way! They want us to obey We've got to play their game They say, if we give way All's gonna stay the same Fuck You! The State is hunting you Like a goddamn dog You'll never...

(Charles:) Now the day has come I am well prepared Down with all this scum No one shall be spared Look now as they kneel Begging from afar They're not worth to deal with Let's show them who we are March formation! (Charles:) A hedgehog made of spikes 8000 in...

(Charles) Hear my oath, almighty lord! No reputation I'll rebuild I'll scatter this peasant horde Or leave my body on this field Adrian, why is it you my friend Commanding the defense Here you will find your end If you're not coming to your senses (Bubenberg:...

Brothers, we were, blood that bounds Until the death of our father The king is dead, long live the king But which one is stronger Twins are evil, not divine Locked me into the dungeon So many years I stopped counting But I won't wait, no longer No longer Bec...

More than a decade, far from home A crusader returns to holy ground Condemned to live outside the law Defending the weak against the strong He did not know where he was going But he knows where he has been Betrayed by the noble, he mounted his hor...

Black smoke, fire And screams of pain The smell of death is everywhere Cold blood floating in the rain Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide From the raging evil Shots from behind The time is up We are all dying For too long we were walking Blindfolded through tim...

You should be afraid of terrorism and extremists A permanent danger - New pandemics Misery and distress in the third world countries The climate change, the world's new worries „Dear citizen of this free country We have fantastic solutions for all your proble...

Evil forces have bounded together Soldiers of the rainbow fight forever Armies of skeletons, armed and poisonous Demons and sorcerers are against us Our stone towers crumbled and fell Warriors died, on earth there is hell Shadows appear, where's the helping ha...

(The Grand Bastard:) Two months of siege along these cold winter days We've had many losses in many different ways Our remaining men are freezing to their death They won't fight for you until their last breath (The Grand Bastard:) Please my lord, there's stil...

Last day on earth The sun has gone Darkness and evil rising from the dawn I'm alone, I'm on my own I feel the evil in the night Looking at me, trying to rob my soul Eyes are glancing at me Trying to rob my soul I'm afraid of the night There's something in the...

When the times are dark And the evil's strong When it seems that all is lost Give up your honour Give up your pride But never give up your hope Then... There are marching men Brave and firm Fighting for the land As long as they stand together Always will be ho...

Standing alone against a wall, barely alive My head is spinning around Life stops at the end of a needle Hell starts when it's done This life has been a mess Now it's over, no more wasted tears, Now it's over, no more wasted tears Poison controllin...

In the early morning, the 5th of July We heard soldiers coming, ready to fight They came from over the hills raising clouds of dust Being pressed by time, and they had no rush Ride soldiers with swords of death Shout the battle cry for freedom Ride...

Standing above you with his sword of steel Looks in your eyes, the blade in the sun And you know what you're going to feel The pain of the sacrificed one Tears of a warrior When life is lost, the final cost Tears of a warrior The only time to cry, is when you...

We were raised as warriors Our descent is vast We will come to chime the judgement bell We were born prepared Holy blood in our veins We will return to break with the past Blood is on our flag, Reduced to ash In the fading light All our heroes have died Rev...

Forces of doom Turned our world into ash An empire of endless gloom Heading for the final clash Seeking for the one Who divides the dark from the light Even though all hope had gone His presence expels the fright Drums of doom awaiting the hour To herald the...

We have been arguing for the umpteenth time I have deceived you, I chocked on my lies I can't understand why I did what I did I still can't believe I'm a fool of regrets The tears in your eyes are killing me, no turning back, I'll have to leave Th...

I've been wandering for all my life Through this vale of pain and strife I've seen ages passing by And men always tried to find The sense in their life, a way to survive The days here on earth in times of woe and dearth They try and try until the day they die...

Dark clouds brought the rain As the world was turning upside down Falling tears and endless pain Fear splitting my life apart Walking beyond the river Lost in silence and poring over my fate Suffering and seeking For answers and salvation Turning fear into f...

Father, it's your fifth son calling, I know it's long ago Since we spoke and that we said goodbye Still I see your face before me, though I'm holding strong But inside I feel lonely, I could die When I'm looking into the mirror, see I'm getting old Fe...

Standing by the glass looking out for what could be Dark clouds are looming blue skies seem so far away (so fragile) I don't know, I'm so confused, lights went out when I heard the news Lips trembled when you talked, tears did flow and they took a p...

(Charles:) I am Charles the Bold Burgundy I hold Dreaded I command A terrible army at my hand The Swiss have massacred Our people in the Vaud As they have challenged me They'll pay now for that fault No mercy, I swear This burden I'll gladly bear Grandson wil...

Who gives you the right to decide upon life and death Some government put you in charge, civilians now you can spare For our country, forcing others to do the dirty work Megalomaniac greed from your so called leaders Sitting on your seat commanding, blinding,...

Lies of oppressing masses How long will I stand Can I live on In this factory-made land I'm hearing the call, freedom belongs It's time to unite March forward brave one Crushing the emperors - the emperors rite Fight for honour A soldier of fortune is sharing...

I remember bygone days Dreams were blooming like an aster in the haze In the springtide of my life There was convincement my desires all would thrive Then the winds were getting bleaker But my hopes didn't wither away Seas may roar And storms may scourge the...

Since your birth Everybody wants to control your life You have to do this and you don't have to do this Everybody has expections for your future But no one knows your own desires Your parents want only the best for you They make plans for your whole life And s...

We shall rise... to the heavens, in the epoch of steel Hide... from the evil, tempting with might Fight… against the forces, holding us back Feel… the powers awakened in us We shall rise… by the strength within our own Command... the forms of inner control Ru...

"Kneel down and pray Kneel down and do what we say For remission of sins, subscribe and pay You'd better follow the rules or hell awaits" You always live in anxiety To comply with the orders of a church decree Never ask who wrote these rules for men Never ask...

The day when we met I'll never forget Silent snow was falling My broken heart was calling You were the colour in my life You gave me warmth, love and hope Now that you're gone My life turned back to black Will you ever return again? From these wars, battles...

A fierce force took possession of my mind Letting in all the wicked thoughts and greed Keeping out all the signals of warning Subconsciously I stay forever in her need Oh... Oh.... Caught in Witches Tower Oh... Oh.... Subdue to her power Oh... Oh... Lost in w...

Then I heard a loud voice from the temple Saying "Go, pour out the seven bowls of God's wrath on the earth" [Rev 16:1] Noon is near No sun appeared There's something going on The water is red Bugs crawling everywhere Is this the end of all we know? Tidal wa...

I didn't think about Finding to your heart and soul Because you seemed unreachable Unreachable for my love You changed my life so much I really care about tomorrow Can we exist, you and I Without pain, without sorrow Even when you're old I'll always take car...

How can I stop that burning fire deep inside I can feel that it's searching it's way out How shall I show you my feelings I use to hide They won't turn out - alone I have to find a way to confess my love to you I think I cannot stand it any longer Must o...