HAGGARD "AND THOU SHALT TRUST... THE SEER" (CD 1997) CHAPTER I: THE DAY AS HEAVEN WEPT CHAPTER II: ORIGIN OF A CRYSTAL SOUL REQUIEM IN D-MINOR (Instrumental) CHAPTER III: IN A PALE MOON'S SHADOW CANTUS FIRMUS IN A-MINOR (Instrumental) CHAPTER IV: DE LA MORTE NOIRE CHAPTER V: LOST (ROBIN'S SONG) OUTRO: A MIDNIGHT GATHERING THE DAY AS HEAVEN WEPT One of man's darkest chapter, it has just begun In the sign of the cross they rise It's the epoch of the inquisition Too many brothers and sisters have died... - ...left with no life inside to be awakened They will never see the morning sun again Hypocrisy killed the forsakened Who thought, faith would be their only friend Faith would be their only friend - The scenery shows the ashes of some who tried to refuse Rising smoke becomes one with the dim light of the pale and lurid moon Can dark clouds hide the hidden from the mighty eye of god? Using his name on the pretext of deciding who's allowed to live... and who's not! (It's a very dark night, nobody outside... Silence wrapps up the land, as suddenly Hoof beats destroy all sleep In a very dark night...) - Who's allowed to live... and who's not! - From high above the Lord silently watches and grieves And sadness rises from his inner deep "For thou, my son hath been crucified..." All the angels laid down their trumpets and cried - "One shalt be sent to foresee mankind's death! Rain shalt be my tears and thunder my wrath!" Sitting on his throne, left of all hope he once kept On the day, as heaven wept - As heaven wept ORIGIN OF A CRYSTAL SOUL As dawn is weaving between fallen autumn leaves The poor ones gather under naked trees Asking how to survive, 'cause the winter breaks And medieval coldness now from a deep sleep awakes - Libera me domine de morte, aetema in die illa tremenda - It's December, 14th 1503, as the ones above stop their mourning As the one arrived - selected to foresee - somethinmg changed without a warning! (Libera me domine de morte, aetema in die illa tremenda) - Es ward geboren in des Christengottes Zeit Ein Bub - so die Legende - mit des Schöpfer's Fähigkeit Zu sehen, was sein wird, im verborgenen, unerkannt Denn der mit dem Leumund des Ketzers würd öffentlich verbrannt - Die Hand, die - geifend nach dem Schönen - blutet von der Rose Dorn Der Trieb der Menschen Habgier, bestraft durch Gottes Zorn Er, der Spiegel eurer Seele, spürt die Trauer, Kummer, Gram Er, der Träger dieses Namens: Michael de Notre Dame A PALE MOON'S SHADOW Hostem repellas eternus Pacemque dones et protinus Ductore sic de praevio Vitemus omne noxium - Hostem repellas eternus Pacemque dones et protinus Ductore sic de praevio Vitemus omne noxium - A sream deep in the night As the firstborn awakes with the sign A little dreamer... but are dreams always to define? - "Do not fear, my son! Awake the dragon inside For he may guide you, being the worlds hidden eye Through a dark time, when mankind is bleeding within Oh little dreamer..." - Hostem repellas eternus Pacemque dones et protinus Ductore sic de praevio Vitemus omne noxium - Analyzing the midnight sky And in the early morninglight He just feels the warming heart Beating in his head - To declare the reasen why Should I survive this sadness "God reality back in my mind" - beating in his head - It's a very dark night Nobody outside Silence wraps up the land as suddenly: Hoof beats destroy all sleep - And a wooden coach loaded with innocent ones Accused and sentenced, their end has begun And their eyes can't cover their fear... can't cover their fear - And he thinks he must be dreaming Lifts up his head, sees the sky is gleaming Heaven burns as red as blood - And all they have caught, they won't return The sky reflects, from superstition they burn When will they ever learn... They never return! - Ein drohendes Pochen in tiefschwarzer Nacht In Träumen geseh'n und nun wahrgemacht Die Diener der Kirche sind hier, sie zu holen "Brennen sollst du mein Kind! - Der Herr hat's befohlen!" - Do not fear my son! Awake the dragon inside For he may guide you, being the worlds hidden eye - Als am Pfahl sie brennt, nun schwarz ist ihr rotes Haar Niemand mehr zweifelt, daß des Teufel's Weib sie war Geschlagen, getreten, bespuckt und belacht Die Flammen dem Leiden ein Ende gemacht - A scream deep in the night As the firstborn awakes with the sign A little dreamer... but are dreams always to define? - Die Flammen dem Leiden ein Ende gemacht Die Flammen dem Leiden ein Ende gemacht Ein Ende gemacht Und wieder pocht es in tiefschwarzer Nacht... DE LA MORTE NOIRE Born through astral constellation Those pictures are now getting clearer Inside his head And sent by the highest god They start to rise from the deepest depth - "My King - dead - no!!!!! Dying by the lance... so slow..." - He wipes the tears Away, and tries to think As clear as the falling rain But his hope begins to sink But his hope begins to sink... - ... down to this point Do you fear? Yes you do, and you always will! The bleeding of another part Crawls into your mind and still... - Es kam zu erinnern An des Menschen Buße Die Maske des Vogels Nickt höhnisch zum Gruße In Schwarz gehüllt Auf schwarzem Rosse getragen Die Menschheit zu knechten Kam der Herr der Plagen Pest regiert mit strafender Hand und Leichen bedecken das Land... das Land - Es kam zu erinnern An des Menschen Buße Die Maske des Vogels Nickt höhnisch zum Gruße In Schwarz gehüllt Auf schwarzem Rosse getragen Die Menschheit zu knechten Kam der Herr der Plagen Pest regiert mit strafender Hand und Leichen bedecken das Land... das Land - Out of the sorcerer's chamber? Or do they come straight from the hands of the goal? This roses' leaves seem to be magic And saved all the poor population below "My wife... sons... no!!!!! Diphteria creeps, and no one knows..." LOST (ROBIN'S SONG) Running away in the autumn rain Did you ever see a little child sleeping? "To be near them will my sorrow drain..." Suddenly I stocked, their bodies weren't breathing anymore And I couln't help! They captured my heart with their sorrow... it grows - Due to the ones who fear Dance in the morninglight Due to the ones who fear Slaves to this innocent might - Due to the ones who fear Dance in the morninglight Due to the ones who fear Slaves to this innocent might - Carrying away the ones I love Folden hands, they have been blessed Now I feel angry 'bout the ones above Just no warning, no sign Hey, yes, I fear! And I just really feel darkness inside Lost without a chance to hide - Due to the ones who fear Dance in the morninglight Due to the ones who fear Slaves to this innocent might - See me down Down on the ground Hoping that nobody hears The sound of this falling tears - Endless bleeding Hoping that nobody sees What you did to me! - Endless weeping Hoping that nobody hears The sound of this falling tears - Endless mourning hoping that nobody knows This feeling below A MIDNIGHT GATHERING In the woods we met you, stranger And though we don't know your face Taken your fiddle, come on over Sit down 'round the fireplace - Watch the flames are dancing higher They are longing for the sky heroes now will be awaken Elder stories let their spirits fly - Watch the flames are dancing higher They are longing for the sky heroes now will be awaken Elder stories let their spirits fly - In the woods we met you, stranger Now it's time to say goodbye Like all the stars that lead the blind We're hiding with the morningrise Hiding with the morningrise Hiding with the morningrise