Manticora

["Through a slow and painfull awakening"] ...They met on the captain's dining platform. Seven pilgrims with different stories, But neverless with equal main factor - the mystery of the Chrome bladed creature ... the Beast Each one carrying the hope of being...

Another soul departed today A grieving fact that I have grown used to Ashes to ashes and dust to what? A ticket to oblivion when your dear ones follow you Sickness drained the lake inside me That I used to shed my tears Sorrow and sadness in abundance...

["I instantly knew by the beauty of the young man that I'd experience a special case"] A murder without death,just one minute of complete disconnection Loss of aeons of time, loss of mass amount of information Left outside the web, with 5 days unaccouted for...

Not a single trace, everything is gone, the circus has disappeared Cool morning air, the dawn will come soon, the end of a night so weird Walking purposeless, watching horrified, the bodies left all around With the rotting smell of blood your last hope dies,...

["Everything changes tonight"] Finally arriving at the keep Reaching safety - the child asleep Altars of atonement aqainst the walls Whispering echoes in the endless halls rough carved corridors painted blood red Sparks of explosion from the distant bloodshe...

There he stands, silent and proud Doing his worst to please you, the crowd Dressed to seduce, in living ropes Surrounded by an aura of dreams and hopes Vivid colours in a beautiful blur Weird shapes to trick your minds Twisting in and out of form Reflecting i...

I eager for knowledge And the power to travel beyond It's the soul within i'm after to journey with you is my bond Towards Algol - The demonstar We fly above valleys so deep In the shining mists of Orion's sword We'll meet beyond the walls of sleep More than...

["I'll write the story of the world"] In cryogenic sleep I lost my sense, I lost my soul Experiencing craziness has made my heart turn cold For centuries and more, I've searched my head for perfect words I'll take my chance or live forever in a world of hurt...

Through the portrait you paint, you become the creator, you can destroy at will The claustrophobic sensation increases My freedom of speech has been sentenced to death Before we know it, the sword comes out of its sheath By the sculpture you mould, you be...

But there was always something missing out there There was always something I couldn't put my finger on The driving force behind me wanting to be number one Whatever it was, it is now gone I have come to the ultimate understanding That this one also has...

"The issue of beauty lies in the eye of the beholder" Future bright, now another dimension Wrapped up in endless tension In my blurry haze, I see no tomorrow I'll drag you in coz'I'm crippled by sorrow Downwards in a spiral I fall Sentenced by my own pathetic...

I see no sense in what's going on U sense no meaning, I see no light for us all Cold chill in spine shows me no future There's no safety around us - no protection, no wall Blind ignorance throuth generations It's hidden black on white, I turn to stare There's...

so what if your mind's messed up I don't care if you live or die you can tell me all your philosophies all I see is one hell of a lie you're a dead man in disguise you're weak as time it flies I am the snake in paradise I'll be your hatred mountainsiz...

My friend, The ceiling of the tent is sparkling with diamonds and pearls, which seems unnatural but explains the visions of another world through the piercing flash of light that hits me in the eye. I was afraid, but was told "no one’s here tonight to die." I...

Standing at the crossroad watching men in armour fighting The fog is lying thick, the ground is shrouded in the dark The battle for the throne increases as it's done forever A dragon in disquise will send a knight to make its mark Fly away on the dragon's mis...

You've betrayed the men by your side People with hopes and with longing Hopes of an endless Utopia Now you see that a new plague is coming ...a new plague is coming now you see that a new plague is coming..... Take a look at your burning lands You convinced...

Adrenaline rushing in to keep me strong All strung up, standing in the dark The tension in the air is indescribable Pure destruction of life on my mark Your silent screaming leaves a permanent sight I shall never forget until I die Your body broken and...

My friend, As you visit the mindbender he presents his show in an extraordinary fashion. "Welcome to my charming stage, feel free to volunteer. Spectacular hypnosis all for you who are gathered here. So don't be afraid my friend, all I can steal is your mind....

Psycho's, freaks, beggars and thieves The circus comes to town Ugly sick and unclean; Pretending That it is your own Silently withering from disease In arrogance I watch you struggle on your knees So, go back to the cardboard city To the gutter and to your se...

Dear Friend, I have finally found my call. I shall tour in these landscapes with a circus of old times. A carnival that belongs to the ancient travelling people of the old continent. I would like to write and bid you welcome to the show – it is nothing like y...

Time has passed since my crusade began The hours that fled my mind are gone Still I recognize the feelings that I had A selfish ignorant me undone And as I fall from grace Trapped from time and space Can't remember the days The light on your pretty fac...

[Saga Of The Exiles Part 3] "Abbaddon, the angel of the abys & king Aiken Lugonn, the lord of misrule" The timegate remains closed... Silence approach the many coloured land The domination is broken Power is for the jester to grasp Believing the daemon...

["In the Blazing Sunlight , the priest unveiled his horrid tale..."] I travelled on through the swamplands , sailed up the river damp To bring back the church from its state of oblivion A mission to the land of the long gone retired tribe The inbred people on...

My dearest friend, Standing in the middle of the playground site you see the giant carousel with a sign saying children come to me. Awe striking and full of life it surges through the air, one of many things you'll find to thrill you at this fare. As electric...

My dear friend, I have visited the freakshow in the circus. I am appalled at what I saw but at the same time it attracts me and makes me wonder who is the freak between the spectators and the sad souls performing. Some of them are amputated, some are mutilate...

Tired of pulling knifes out of my back They say you reap what you sow But where along the road did I do wrong I guess I really just don't know A boy, made man by lines - trenches that deepen day by day In the dreamland between sleep and reality On the...

Two times twelve is twenty-four - add the offspring then Twelve times seven is eighty-four - add the offspring then Thirty pairs times five amount of twice of seven score ten - oh really then? Overpopulating our only home All together multiplying - comple...

As you enjoy the show we stealthily sneak around Behind the rows of spectators we empty your pockets If your eyeballs were purely made of gold We'd rip them out of their filthy bleeding sockets With the secret skills that no one master better We make your dea...

While the gypsies dance around on the fairground’s down trod grass they grin, and I can hear their music coming from everywhere as if born from the wind. Nothing can take away the arousing energy – the men resemble, nor the beauty of their women, clad in dress...

"...Branded deep inside with the mark of melancholy" It hurts so much inside, like a lethal chill down my spine The destruction of my pride strangled this heart of mine I have to live with this tragedy, get used to everybody's stare A wilted flower inside of...

what you get is what you see stick around in the infinity killing among our breed you know on our lives you feed you're to me - misery I can't see (I can't see no mercy for your soul) - no mercy all for nothing once again that's nothing at all - dead...

[Intro] Caught in the afterlife, or in limbo... Who can tell Save me from the everlasting grief that they call hell Eight internal bleedings; Stigmata - 1 per sin I conmited all of them; My cleansing can begin "Blood preasure weak... Broken and torn A sinner...

[Outro] Did I really sin? Should I suffer these bleedings within? All of my body lying stigmatised Beneath my skin - A flood oversized Baptised - Sacrificed - Cannibalised! I know now that every man has his deadly sins Based on the scale of his own hollow co...

why do I see you when you're not there I can't believe the things you said about the stairs a long climb, a long walk for no reason at all your empty eyes of dying pride forcing you to fall away - in silence away - in silence to stay - in silence...

I wish I could free myself Of the arrogance I had when I was younger But the knowledge does not make up for the pain For all the pain that I suffer Nothing really works anymore This proud machine is falling apart in decay And the disparaging eyes that st...

I lack the courage of youth the power to struggle and fight not ever achieving my lying dreams not solving my problems right a victim of passivity and indolence I cast twisted shadows on your openminded sense guess I have to scream it out things they d...

I stare at the sky and see What i've tried to see so many years the purity of space and time To see it all through intoxicated tears Cratinf a trip through hexagonal space Im fighting the laws of gravity Burning my eyes to understand blind agitation 'gainst m...

I have an urge to destroy this abomination that is. Oh, I don't even dare write the names... they are simply too foul. And our acceptance has come sweet. Your desires will be fulfilled, but you have to follow the right path How did I become like those around...

Left behind, pushed aside Alone with my confusion In sickness, in health, 'till death do us 'part It was all an illusion After dark, dressed in black Still my presence is unknown Watching you, with raging eyes A side of me I've never shown The deceit of my t...

Day of confirmation Or day of opposition to be precise Smiling faces in excess And spirits high - you can see it in their eyes Tales of old and tales of new All of what was, and what's to happen then An artifact presented to start up the madness Awaken...

Awakening from the dampness that covers the land Moist to the brink of madness, intolerable heat The young commander rises from his bed And stumbles to his faltering, stinking feet Stirring up the dust of the dried out road Soldiers on the verge of colla...

["In love and dreams she comes to me... The Keeper of Time"] Life as a soldier was all to easy for me - To eradicate and annihilate fit my identity Raised as a fighting machine, to destroy the enemy threat Suddenly and with no sense you came with the bloodshe...

[Going back] [Instrumental part] Can I cover your eyes with my hands? Can I make you walk in my darkened lands? A pawn to move around in my game of chess Feeling down? Come to me child and confess Oh what I'd give to be able to see Your shameless mirrored r...

Sinners on their chance to strike. willing to let die To reap the harvest of one's work, now it's time to crucify Crawling under lines of blama, in their hands they've got your fate Now we've lost the game of man, misjudged by laws we hate Shout, let me hear...

["From true love only pain emerges, and yet the universe becomes one"] We floated on the oceans in hazy dreams of love Living life to the full, sun blazing from above Strangers from different worlds Yet oh so much the same Dearest - I'll never forget your nam...

Waiting for you in a garden of hope Where the fountain of dying light shines Taking a stroll through a pleasure plane Soon my idea of joy redefines "Silence falls upon me Silence fills my mind Images awaken Misery underlined" Watching for you in a garden of...

Once upon a time you were gonna live forever But that was another fairytale, dad You warned me Oh, how you warned me But how can you ever warn a person against something like that And I keep pretending that it's all ok - I'm OK now But we all know it's...

(The timegate is opened...) I'll desecrate your weak beliefs You must feel so old Went out to see another world And found that it had turned so cold Stranded in unknown sourroundings In a place where time has no meaning Cant seem to find my way out of here T...

Like a vampire, living beneath the stars - I feel burned by the sun Alive for a single purpose, to bring back the rulers - to bring back the one Finally, I found my call, my self has returned - I'm free, I am strong And will my faith restored in an entiny - I'...

["Approaching the storm"] ...and on they sail without water Overwhelmed by sudden emotions Looking at the sky (they'll see) Luminescence from vast explosions So we're finally leaving the ship Haunted by the stench of death Watching destruction sweep the sky...

["infinitely picturesque"] Night fell upon the pilgrims While sailing on the sea of grass Through the infinite horizon The wooden ship sails by the wind to the pass They'll journey on awaiting doom Talling their stories in the gloom Disrupted by his baby's...

One hour ago - a step back in time The season drew the pupils in my eyes When the water turned to blood It turned my guilt into the lies Gold is the metal of purity My body has turned in for good Every crawling corner in my mind Changing the things i understo...

And I stand there like a King Confronting you all, a hall of condemned Almost like silent puppets on a string You dance by my hands into the shadows of death Your pathetic life means nothing to me Random killings just for my exquisite pleasure A violent game...

Standing up - I'm looking down at the ground below Can't change my situation by execution How can it be my life it means so much to me? I'm doomed anyway - my friend can't you see? There's no god to save me From this private hell No angel of mercy Comes to m...

["The loss of a day, through the length of a night"] Come child join me, now thatthe whiskey Has turned me into another man We'll talk and we'll laugh like old times And we'll try to understand As I see your face, pale and terrified It's a nightmare coming t...

[Part one] [ETERNITY] [instrumental] [PART TWO] [ROOTS] I can't see whether it's me or my blood that drags me down thoughts in my head tell me i'm not even around I can't see no solution to the suffering of the weakest creature of all One for me is the ro...

[Searching] So the search went on to find where the essence of things lay Always on the prowl to discover the light of day Somebody once told me that all good comes to he who waits Hard to believe when the lung of life deflates The only thing worse than...

In my room burns a single flame And night has come, so nothing looks the same Shadows on the floor,shadows on the wall So alive, you can almost hear them call I start to sleep, but my eyes still see I've taken the bait and now my mind has been set free As the...

I never thought it'd come to this The day when freedom was raped and torn Burned into a cinder And cast away for us all to mourn ...and if I disconnect sometimes Just leave me be If I should disconnect Just plug me in and see Freedom - Freedom - Free...

I saw the fluttering worn-out flags in the wind, torn by weather and time, belonging to the travelling circus situated on a hill in the countryside. It is calling to me with a silent chime. The circus is simple in its construction, without a trace of silver an...

The hunter,the dark one is craving your mind Malicious,your dreaming is seen as a sign Your breath is burning,in a throat full of scream No fear,you don't have to die in a dream Twisted, distorted. out of proportions The eyes and the mouths are placed in rand...

One father, one daughter Both left alone here on Earth One man with rage in his eyes Takes the job for what it's worth No words said - See the indifference? Ground Blood-red - No chance of self-defense She was fragile, she was pure To the point of emin...

(Sweden, somewhere around Jönköping, Misery loves company and hope turns into annihilation of an entire family). Hope turned to dust, in the blink of eye Women and children, screaming in a horrid cry Fleeing from the sight, the view of the graveyards I'll...

(The timegate is closed...) (They came from a galaxy far away to fight their holy war in The pliocene world called Terra The manycolored land) They take a sadistic delight of destroying In a world of coercive power and might breeding a new type of hyprid chi...

[Saga Of The Exiles Part 4] The timegate reopens... Subsuming the minds of the traitors made me crazy Insomnia's their way of paying back My powers are lost, I'm calling the Grand Master Hidin'in her shelter at Black Crag The longlasting winter, the fall of...

["A long awaited journey. Now we're finally on the way. We leave behind the comfort of the poet's town..."] Beautiful this broken town , even though it's fled by man White doves flying in the sun , above desert sands Where the city stood , now ruins stands S...

a cluster of rain in the sky took my bnreath from me turned my quest to impossibility made me no longer wanna see and time it continues again and again aging my body and mind repulsive eruption of outrage my selfish way to unwind see the dark side of...

A hundred lightyears away, lies a hidden heart Made up for a purpose, I can't tell A bridge so insane, it tears my soul apart Made up for a reason I can't tell I can't remember my own name I look around, am I insane? Eternity is lost, and I am turnin' upside...

Dawn of time, the first-born am I I will be the last one to die Guardian of the Earth, protector of the sea To it all I hold the master key I can tell the faith of mortal men I can tell you how you die and when When I'm looking deep into your mind I can see y...

Today the sky is gray gray as the thoughts in my head And i have been down for so long always endless trails i tread I've climbed the highest mountains But I still can't reach the top Looking at a wasteland That just never seems to stop Come walk with me the...

Grotesquely intense To kill without conscience So intense - It doesn't make any sense So out of this world To butcher you without conscience So intense - To see that your life ends Now watch me take an eye for an eye Tell the world you knew, goodbye...

Blindfold - drunk on killers of pain Deprived of senses Scared to death - not aware of reasons Stripped of ability to move In this sterile landscape of tiles of white I'll teach you the meaning of pure and unrelenting spite Torture - Cellar, experiencin...

Now that everything is lost my colours they are slowly fading I cast no shadow but another level is waiting Journey through the black abyss is only in my fevered mind Even time and space have gone - impossible to find From far beyond the nothingness - the end...

SILENCE...! All the sounds have faded, everyone holds their breath Suddenly aware of the heavy smell of death Countless bodies shattered, like confetti on the floor A single voice in the corner whispers "no more" Entering the stage, floating like on shiny mi...

In the presence of a young and mysterious, attractive fortune-teller I had my future laid out before me in detailed descriptions. The wind was howling outside, but I felt safe and warm – on this night. Her emerald eyes shone directly through me when she said:...