NAGLFAR LYRICS Vittra (1995) 1. As The Twilight Gave Birth To The Night 2. Enslave The Astral Fortress 3. Through The Midnight Spheres 4. The Eclipse Of Infernal Storms 5. Emerging From Her Weepings 6. Failing Wings 7. Vittra 8. Sunless Dawn 9. Exalted Above Thrones 1. As The Twilight Gave Birth To The Night As the twilight gave birth to the night I walked into the forest The twisted trees clawing at the skies These are my true domimions The mist glows red and ablaze the sky and the funeral wind blows cold This is where I shall sacrifice Here I will end my mortal life Seduced by the October moon drowning in it's frozen grace Tempting my nocturnal lusts Bathing my pale cold face These dark forests are singing to me In tongues it cries my name Bidding me into it's deep dark womb where my spirit forever shall dwell And a cold wind of evil whispers my name in the forest, I dance with witches and trolls As the twilight gave birth to the night I am here... Forever My burial place will be the mountains, the forests and the seas And so my name shall be remembered for all eternity And still it cold wind of evil whispers my name in the forest as my spirit dance with witches and trolls Their hymns are praising me For I am heir newborn king... Forever These dark surroundings are mine, from smallest slone to the tallest tree And so I will to be ruler of this night I will reign in divinity 2. Enslave The Astral Fortress The slench in the air is cold as a winter night The loss of my inner guest The fallen star faded away... Deeper, deeper I sink into the embrace of sorrow The winds of liars caresses me Down here in the crying valley of the dreamers Detest and yearning tears me apart I can see the thousand points of light up in the burning sky And I knew: it has to be done... The salt of anquish fills my bleeding veins My heart is pierced by it's falseness Darkness... The pride is defeated once again as I rise I stand under a flaming sky Deeper, deeper I sink in hope to find the fallen star and the secrets of the northern lights Aurora Borealis, Stellae Trajectio take me Never again... Nothing forever... I can see the thousand points of light up in the burning sky And I knew: it had to be done... And it seems like I'm swallowed by it's mass of oblivion and forever to be in flames... 3. Through The Midnight Spheres Among evil gods I sleep Their ancient hymns were my dreams But the vast and cold forest beckons So I rose with the funeral moon From my coffin of blackest slone From the crypts which for aeons embraced me Through the portals and into the frozen night It's calling for me... In darkness reborned Through the midnight spheres I dance Spreading my wings Caressing the black infernal night "From a timeless past I have risen to rule this kingdom of mine" The eye of the wolves will guide me through landscapes of ancient black I am eternal, I am supreme I ride the nocturnal winds Thy cry of ravens will carry me Forth dimensions unknown by mortals I am eternal, I am supreme The nocturnal winds are mine I descend into forests long forgotten The naked trees united in perfect melancholy And I saw spirits dancing, swirling insane The knowledge revealed to me In darkness reborned Through midnight spheres I dance Spreading my wings In the forest of pernicious black Night is eternal The sun is forever consumed Embraced by the beautiful blackness So sombre, so pure... 4. The Eclipse Of Infernal Storms The gate rose before him In stood there open wide A bloodstained portal of might His travel to the land unknown I awakened from this dismal dream the same as thousand times before This sight is so impure So filled with mourning and with grace It cries a message to me of which I cannot ever grip A man and this enermous gate with his name on it written in blood... I fall to me kness Spelling my name to be unleashed, and ever blessed The great beyond lies open in front of me I could see the gate rise before my eyes With a freezing smile I entered the reign of death I could see the truth like an open book And then I knew what I had become I awakened from the dismal dream The threshold to the dead I've passed this enormous gate with my name on it written in blood... In blood... I fall to me knees Spelling my name to be unleashed, and ever blessed The great beyond lies open in front of me 5. Emerging From Her Weepings Crawling in grief Across the distant fields I am the desire of which engrawed thee... The formation was set An enormous storm arose As the thirleenth night ablazed with it's web of obscurity Oh you glorious blackened, infernal screaming belle Reveal the name, unleash the path of bereavement I have found the key, the key to the ancient flame Awaiting the sight to dwell in mournful immortality Like a breeze I levetate, only lead by the owl's wisdom We followed her misantropic sleep so majestic and delight Her weeping - touched me caressed me Her weeping - screamed and longed for me Her weeping - gave me all her might Her weeping - her weepings enthroned me I am the desire of which branded you... Into the glowing mist Her moanings tore my cloak. Out from her empty veins I emerged with wrath and lust My blood in her mouth, I saw the passion The cold passion to become what she became Her weeping - touched me caressed me Her weeping - screamed and longed for me Her weeping - gave me all her might Her weeping - her weepings enthroned me I shall remain, forced to meet the dawn Bleeding widow, I belong to her The clouds were black as the starless night For sunset I yearn, dusk you mysterious... 6. Failing Wings There will be no beauty The secrets of the unborn An angel's cries with it's shattered wings The holy blood is spilled I fell from grace, I fell into the deepest abyss The evocations wrath hit me like a fist To burst out in scars of distant grief The August flames swallowed me with it's kiss Never to be found is the key to purgatory I felt the winds of death and it's fury They approached from the halls of sacred duty The fall of daylight has begun From the ruins of my domain They gathered with a pagan oath to reign these walls for aeons Hungry for the bewinged The fullmoon I adore and it's victory I raise my hand with their blood in me As blasphemy rains over me.... [Repeat second verse] Fullmoon... 7. Vittra And then she came forth, the forest goddess Her crying hymns were calling for me I followed her through the eternal vast forest And so, so I found myself lost there in... 8. Sunless Dawn Hear the howlings in the night I'm one with it's might Enchanted by the calling cries As I gaze into the sombre skies Awaiting the shining, the fire neverseen Waiting for the darkened path which'll lead me straight to the one who dance in my dreams In surrounding flames I must be wrapped Wolves run by my side As I walk towards eternity In hate they'll gather with my shadows as the moon arise A scent of twilight Into fading woods I march I glimmer a shyness in the red In eternal dreams I drown... As the children of Fenris sang their fullmoon serenade I made love to the midnight winds The forest embraced me with it's impurity In ecstasy my tears fell like autumn silver rain Now I stand above the human race I've solved it all, the mystery of night It's revealed to me With a smile I see These stars (unseen) formalion that breeds my sunless dawn 9. Exalted Above Thrones Oh queen of the night, hear my call I raised my sword as many times before Calling for the empress to return Opening my veins releasing my blood And with the burning midnight mist she came, pale white skin and eyes of blackest flames Nocturnal goddess of the deep Mistress of the ancient dark I fell into her cold embrace The enchantress of the stars Giving her what was hers Pain sweet as silver thorns Feeling exalted above thrones Her vision were now mine As if the sun were neverborn we played among the stars Drinking the light of the goatmoon, the universe was ours With the purity in her kisses I fell through the blackened skies Promising life everlasting As a king and queen we'd rule And in dreams eternal we met Dancing through this hellish night Floating through worlds beyond cosmos Giving her what was hers Pain sweet as silver thorns Feeling exalted above thrones Her vision were now mine I felt exalted above all thrones Love me - destroy me - suck my dry But dawn came as it always does Fading away she left me crying With the loss of my betrothed burning I left my shell and this mortal world to receive life everlasting... Jens Ryden - vocals Morgan Hansson - guitar Kristoffer Olivins - bass & backing vocals Andreas Nilsson - guitar Recorded at Abyss Studio in July - 95 Engineered by Peter Tagtgren Coverphoto by Kenneth Johansson using Nasselblad equipment Covermodel: Malin Svensson Bandphoto by Kalle Lidstrom Logo by Jens Ryden All lyrics by Jens Ryden, Andreas Nilsson & Kristoffer Olivius All music by Naglfar. Drums on this recording by Matte Nolmgren. Keyboards played and arranged by Jens Ryden & Andreas Nilsson. Accoustic guitars performed by Andreas Nilsson. Guest backing vocals an "Throught The Midnight Spheres", "Emerging From Her Weepings" & "Vittra" by Peter Tagtgren