Dark Funeral
We Are the Apocalypse
1. Nightfall
Seven witches waiting when bleak death is near in silent grace
Conjuring the damned while opening the gates of Hell
Goddess, as your raging hand shall strike your spear and pierce the land
Accept my sacrifice and take my soul to realms beyond
Nightfall!
Reap, oh great Death, with your fleshless womb
When night falls again, so falls the world
See them run from your eyeless skull
Nightfall!
Cloak their hearts, let them fear the night
When life fade, the abyss will thrive
For when she rise, there's no turning back
Even in my deepest, darkest dreams, it's all I see and all I feel
I gaze upon a silent world where all is black and dark
Nightfall!
Reap, oh great Death, with your fleshless womb
When night rules again, we shall destroy
Watch them flee from our ruthless force
Nightfall!
Burn their shrines, make them fear the night
When hope dies, the abyss will thrive
Swallow the light, let the sky turn black
She who lit the black infernal blaze that shall devour all that remains
From ancient lands, a burning greed to kill and to consume
"The children of the light shall feed the insatiable lust of the one with seven names
And we who stand with her names as our own shall conquer the thrones of humanity with force
Her wings spread out wide to cover the sun and to strip the world of all happiness and warmth
Rise from the abyss, oh servants of the great beasts and let us rule for all eternity"
Nightfall!
Reap, oh great Death, with your fleshless womb
When night falls again, so does the world
See them run from your eyeless skull
Nightfall!
Cloak their hearts, let them fear our might
And from the depths of Hell, we climb
To bring the night, there's no turning back
She who lit the black eternal flame that shall absorb all that remains
From ancient lands, a burning will to crush and to consume
Nightfall!
Reap, oh great Death, with your fleshless womb
When night rules again, we shall destroy
Watch them flee from our ruthless force
Nightfall!
Burn their shrines, make them fear the night
When hope dies, the abyss will thrive
Swallow the light, let the sun turn black
Nightfall!
2. Let the Devil In
I take a deep, good look inside myself
I open up the gates to let the Devil in
He's riding on the shadow of my soul
And everywhere I go, he'll be there walking beside me
The bringer of chaos
Through my eyes he sees the world
And the voices, they are guiding my hands
I open up the throat to sacrifice the lamb of God
And let the warm and flowing blood
Fulfill my emptiness and let the Devil hear
The futile, painful, soundless screams
He's riding on the shadow of my soul
I open wide the chest to feast upon the beating heart
And let the pulse arouse my flesh
And our eyes can see, so deep within the dark
When all is black we're marching on
We wander through the flaming pits of Hell
Where hungry beasts have waited since the birth of time
Of fire born and eager to consume
To scorch the earth, to burn the world
To cleanse the filth and drown it all in blood
The bringer of chaos
Through my eyes he sees the world
And my hands are no longer my own
I open up the throat to sacrifice the lamb of God
And let the warm and flowing blood
Fulfill my emptiness and let the Devil hear
The futile, painful, soundless screams
I open wide the chest to feast upon the beating heart
And let the pulse arouse my flesh
And our eyes can see so deep within the dark
When all is black and all is gone
3. When Our Vengeance Is Done
Servants of God and the cross and the lamb
A gathering of fools
One by one they will crawl through the mud
To bow their heads to the Beast
They gather in flocks and they pray on guilt and innocence
While they are hiding their lies
In temples and convents they're lurking, oh so prominent
They reach beyond every aspect of life till they die
We shall invoke the ancient, raging evil
Comе let us feast upon the priest and drink their holy blood
We will reclaim the throne and banish all the filthy scum
And cut the tongues out from their mouths, and see the life escape their eyes
They gather like crows when they think they've found the weakest ones
While they are masking the truth
They hide behind virtue and guilt while making promises
If you see right through their veil, they hide a hive full of worms
They think they are wolves but they fear what's hiding deep inside
For we can see through their lies, and it is time to wage war
We're calling forth the end, the Antichrist
And let us feast like hungry beasts and share it with the dogs
We will inflict the wounds that rids the world of their decay
And push the spears right through their hearts to see their eyes devoid of light
They're screaming like pigs as we strike the match to burn them down
While they are joining their hands
They hide behind shame and regret, but we'll show them none
And when our vengeance is done, they will forever be gone
4. Nosferatu
Far beyond the shrouded gates
At dawn I rest on ancient soil
And through the endless halls then stray
'Til darkness rules the world again
I roam the misty roads at night
I am the dream that made you fear the dark
I am the wolf you'll never see
When you wake up you'll be damned just like me
While spreading my wings to hunt where there is no light
I am the mist and the worms in your grave
I am the terminal breath upon your neck
And in your dreams you will be dead like me
I am giving you death
Your blood's my life
I am the bringer of the disease
The Nosferatu
The mind will drift between the worlds
And be released from dismay and grief
Then as the lungs no longer breathe
And when the soul is detached from the heart
Feasting upon your sapid blood
I am a wraith that haunts your very soul
I am your darkest fantasies
If you survive, you'll be damned just like me
I'm sinking my teeth to feed, and blood gives me life
I offer death and the end of your strife
I am a merciless ghoul, a sinful beast
And in your dreams you will be dead like me
I am giving you death
Your blood's my life
I am the bringer of the disease
The Nosferatu
From the ghastly grave and the tenebrous mist
We maketh our glorious arrival
For we are the superior seed of Belial
From battlefields from beyond
From the fields of the great Black Death
From the greed of a scorched earth
For the blood in your pulsating veins
We have come to rule the moonlit night
5. When I'm Gone
I know today will be the day that I die
Haunted by the winds and the gloom is unending
My death shall liberate me as I thirst for the night
I'm here alone while waiting for my grave
When I'm gone
No gods can stop me as I plunge into the shadows
I'm torn apart from this world
When I'm gone
I'll be the whisper in the night, I'll walk beside you
Till we're united once more
Until the Stygian bleakness of time
I'm dressed up in my coffin, and the soil is cold
My hands are in necrosis, and my eyes, they are blind
I'm here alone, just waiting for my grave
When I'm gone
No gods can stop me as I dive into the shadows
I'm torn apart from it all
When I'm gone
I'll be a whisper in the night, I'll walk beside you
Till we unite in the dark
When I'm gone
I will be gone until you join me in the shadows
And we're apart from this world
When I'm gone
We will be whispers in the night, we will be echoes
When we're united at last
Let my demise and ruination fade
I've waited too long for this moment
And now, I'm leaving these realms
My thousand screams were not in vain
I know today will be the day that I die
Scattered by the breeze and the night is eternal
My death shall liberate me as I thirst for the dark
I'll wait for you each night in our grave
When I'm gone
When I'm gone
When I'm gone
6. Beyond the Grave
From the graves of the damned who has left this world
And from the ashes of their thoughts
We shall rise above with our blackened souls
And steal the beat of every heart
Like a silenced drum on a starless night
That is what they will all become
Under clouded skies runs a river deep
Into the shadows of my mind
Where I stand I can see the horizon aflame
Black clouds are rising so high
And the sun will not give any warmth to those
Fearful and crying
From a world full of hope there is nothing to see
Mountains collapse into nameless graves
And I rule over desolate landscapes so torn
Their temples shall fall
Into ruins forlorn all enwrapped in mist
And through the echoes of the past
I will lay my soul to eternal rest
And from my coffin made of stone
I will see decay, I will know the end
And I am waiting for my time
In the great abyss, in the precipice
Is where the throne of hell is mine
When the river of blood's running down your neck
And when your wrists are open wide
You will lay your soul in a pitch black hole
That's just as dark and cold as mine
You will smell the earth with your fading breath
As you are drained and fade away
To the other side of the veil of life
To where the shadows now are mine
From the depths of your grave you will finally feel
How all your chains are breaking
And the burdens of life are being lifted off
So walk with the shadows
For the world that you shunned is so hopelessly lost
And now forever broken
With a merciless heart they'll be left there to die
They are doomed forever
As they stand against the grains of time
They surely know what is to come
And from the shadowside we're watching
Indifferent and detached
From beyond we can hear all the cries and the screams
Dark days are filled with murder
And the moon shall rejoice in the sight of those
Searching for shelter
In a world full of pain there is nowhere to hide
Nowhere to run to take cover
And we rule over desolate landscapes so scorned
The circle is broken
7. A Beast to Praise
In solitude I am talking to ghosts
And while the netherworld is being ripped open wide
My human flesh is still keeping me
Between these walls, and I am eager to die
I am creating all these fantasies
With all those filthy claws reaching out
My dreams are dark and they are not my own
I hear the devil call, he's crying out for blood
His crimson eye is watching from the depths of the night
I am forsaken and my sanity's abandoned me
My hands are cold, I have a strength that's beyond my fading flesh
I am becoming what I knew I would bе
The beast of hate
The killer's knife, the murderer of gods
Inside my head I am feeding my thoughts
And as the darkness falls I stand strong and proud
My serpent skin is still cold and sleek
I am sublime and I am ready to die
The evil one is watching from the depths of the dark
I am alone and driven by my murder fantasies
My thoughts are vile, I have an urge to destroy my human mold
I am becoming what I always have been
A beast so great
The stabbing knife, deliverer of death
My eyes turn black, I have a drive that's too strong to comprehend
I am the fallen one that conquers the night
A beast to praise
To fear and awe, I am the king of the damned
In loneliness I am ruling the world
And now my kingdom reaches so far and wide
My flesh and bones were just keeping me
Confined and chained, but I am finally dead
My hands are strong, I have the brawn to destroy my mortal cage
I am more vicious than I ever have been
A beast from hell
A ruthless force, the bearer of the flame
My eyes are black, I have a lust that's too strong to hold against
I shall bring slaughter and erase the light
A beast to praise
To fear and awe, the bringer of the end
8. Leviathan
Along the mountains lie, like mirrors in the dark
Worlds of endless depths drowned in waves
Under the light of the moon
Across the raging sea the giant serpent crawl
Through the night, far below the surface
Like a raving echo from the past
The great Leviathan rise
Rise!
For where he roam there is no peace, no stone will ever stand
The end is nigh and day becomes a memory to slowly fade
When he rise from the abyss, to slowly drag us down
To tear apart what we have built and show us all the end of the world
The great Leviathan!
In from the west he strikes and sink his teeth into the hands
And mind and soul and memories of fading hopes and futile dreams
As he rise from the abyss, constricting every man
To swallow whole our hearts and souls and bring us to our destiny
The great Leviathan!
"Great guardian of the void, ascend from the pitch black sea."
"Below the fading moon and the sky, the winding of time and space desists
And the light horizon is transformed, by the blackness of our hearts"
And from the big black hole that holds the dark of every man
The precipice, the dark abyss, the well we have been drinking from
We arise anew to face a day devoid of light
To moult our skin and rip to shreds the things that we are leaving behind
The great Leviathan!
9. We Are the Apocalypse
When the crowned great sovereign of night is reborn
The seal in white is shattered in a million pieces
The Antichrist will claim allegiance to the throne
And the lamb shall be devoured for we shall feast on his soul
For we shall feast on his soul
Over seas of agony and oceans of despair
A never ending stream of grief, of molten stone and painful death
Among the dead, cursed the pyres reach towards the sacred skies
Through the blood red mist we march with death and fire riding by our side
When the second seal has been crushed
He'll lead us unto war
When the third seal from the deep Abyss is torn
And the black death sweeps the land, cast upon the weakest
Disease and torment strips the bodies from their souls
And the scourge shall linger on, and leave but ashes and bones
When the fourth seal has been erased
He'll lead us into death
Riders of the great beast
Come reap and let's destroy
The earth and set fire to the sky
Over seas of agony and oceans of despair
A never ending stream of grief, of molten stone and painful death
Among the dead and cursed the pyres reach towards the sacred skies
Through the gates of Hell we march with all demonic forces by our side
We are the Apocalypse
Apocalypse
We are the Apocalypse
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