Therion
Leviathan
1. The Leaf on the Oak of Far
On the plains, pointing to the heavens
On the wind horns of the bull play
To the world send the mighty screams!
The warpipes of rising suns –
The Celtic formed pantheon
We hail O thee great Camulus! (Forever!)
The leaf on the oak of far!
We hail O thee great Camulus!
The God of the ram and war!
Chorus of courage praise your victory
Riding the highlands and the low!
Sent from the Remi comes the tribal God!
Carved into history and stone!
Across the fields you roam
Battlefield open to be conquered
To the wilds of northern Gauls
You remain powerful and strong!
In the night – hear us calling!
In the dawn – shape salvation!
In the day – fight and triumph bring!
Now hear the returning sound
Expanding 'cross Britain's bounds!
We hail O thee great Camulus! (Forever!)
The leaf on the oak of far!
We hail O thee great Camulus!
The God of the ram and war!
Wielding your secret sword, invincible
Ares you'll soon be striking down!
Victims of Celtic spirits turn to run
Facing destruction unconstrained!
Master to us all
Master to us all
Master to us all
Master to us all
Master to us all
Master to us all
2. Tuonela
Breathing the nightsky all alone
On through the darksome desert I roam
Last of the hidden steps of life –
Trembling I cross it – what will I find...?
As the lonely shades of you –
A descend so crystalline –
If I were a soul I'd speak your name and fly
Never have no spirits been
Flowing back to wonder fields
As the starlight and the dewdrops fade away, to be...
(Tuoni open up)
In the eye of wisdom
(Tuoni open up)
Under ground and sea –
(Tuoni open up)
Kingdom of forever!
(Tuoni open up)
Through the eye of wisdom
(Tuoni open up)
Tell me, will I see
(Tuoni open up)
Every souls endeavor?
Plains deserted – do I dream?
Woeful island, endless streams
Truth transcending into the flow
Turns to dust the waves I know
In the distance you behold
From the east, a gliding swan
On its face of blue the river veils the dawn
For the past within your chest
Will no more your heart caress
And encircled by the darkness you now touch the depths...
(Tuoni open up)
In the eye of wisdom
(Tuoni open up)
Under ground and sea –
(Tuoni open up)
Kingdom of forever!
Kingdom forever!
(Tuoni open up)
Through the eye of wisdom
(Tuoni open up)
Tell me, will I see
(Tuoni open up)
Every souls endeavor
Every souls endeavor?
3. Leviathan
The Mediterranean
Down where chaos reign
One Great Leviathan!
Behold the hand of God
Through forgotten rain
You shall his sword defy!
New day arrives
Turn to cherish the past
Coiling viper of sin
Whisper tales of the war of gods
And whom our triumph will bring
Dragon of the sea in the wide and dark deep
From west of Eden conjure up the truth
May it travel far like a choir of the stars
May night of constellations
Serpent of the void in the ocean of our souls
Illuminating powers burn supreme
Dwelling in the myth of the watery abyss
Your eyelids of the morning shine through me
Soon drifting into time
Mirror of your face
Reflection of Lotan
Stirred is the Human mind
Glorious the rage that slumber in Jordan
New day arrives
Turn to cherish the past
Coiling viper of sin
Whisper tales of the war of gods
And whom our triumph will bring
Dragon of the sea in the wide and dark deep
From west of Eden conjure up the truth
May it travel far like a choir of the stars
May night of constellations
Serpent of the void in the ocean of our souls
Illuminating powers burn supreme
Dwelling in the myth of the watery abyss
Your eyelids of the morning shine through me
4. Die Wellen der Zeit
Red – the colour of blood begins to boil
Tree of life, the bowl and womb
Black – the colour of earth and ancient soil
Tree of life, the roots...
In an echo that returns
I can hear your voice...
Komm' mit mir und reise für immer auf den Wellen der Zeit
Nimm mich auf, große Mutter, dein Traum
Fliehe vor dem Tod und zu Nerthus
Siehe in mir dein Leben, meinen Raum
Forest old in the dawn of human mind
Does surround Nerthus, so pure
And will always, until the end of time
True remain, endure
In the echo that returns
I can hear your voice...
Komm' mit mir und reise für immer auf den Wellen der Zeit
Nimm mich auf, große Mutter, dein Traum
Fliehe vor dem Tod und zu Nerthus
Siehe in mir dein Leben, meinen Raum
5. Aži Dahāka
Two snakes from his shoulders
Springing black through night
And their shadows lengthen
Sweeping past his eyes
Born a failed creation
Outcast down below –
Time his only witness –
Light the lunar torch!
Down where fate abandoned you
In grief alone
Chained you are before the wall
Of mountain and of stone
(Underneath Mount Damāvand)
The Draconic vulcan
Ashes black of life
Shall erupt in triumph
Covering the sky
(Tied to nails of a thousand years)
End of days arriving –
Empty are his chains
Horns of war are sounding –
May he reign again!
Down where fate abandoned you
In grief alone
Chained you are before the wall
Of mountain and of stone
Hear –
Hear and rise once more!
6. Eye of Algol
Sail across the stellar sea
As gates of wisdom lies ahead
Where Medusa's every dream
Depict the snakes upon her head
Algol, your eye
Gorgon of Perseus
The demon star
ראש השטן אתה
Through you I see
To fathom and receive
Heights of the sun
The depth of moonlight dark
Crown upon the black of stars
By you I now invoke the eye!
Come by Sitra Ahra forth
In constellation open up!
Roots of the forbidden tree
Are stretching deep inside your mind
Where the plant of dragon seed –
Our gate to wisdom we will find
Algol, your eye
Gorgon of Perseus
The demon star
ראש השטן אתה
Through you I see
To fathom and receive
Heights of the sun
The depth of moonlight dark
Algol, your eye
Gorgon of Perseus
The demon star
ראש השטן אתה
Through you I see
To fathom and receive
Heights of the sun
The depth of moonlight
O zazas, zazas, nasatanada zazas! Open up!
7. Nocturnal Light
Nocturnal light – ah
Goddess Inanna, the beauty of Venus, you travel our minds and the sky
Ruler of heavens, on ground of Eanna be praised!
Mighty Inanna, the spirit of warfare, to Babylon open your gate
Fruits of your wisdom – seeds will bring birth to this day
Where there was nothing, kingdom of the void
Threshold to forever awaits and will unfold
Nocturnal light – dark empress keep
It flowing through your secret womb
Nocturnal light – bury the ashes of time
Where the angels in silence divine
Face the dawn, so nocturnal and bright
Down to your sister Ereshkigals kingdom, the netherworld, you now descend
Gates there are seven and stripped of your power you dwell
Saved by your husband with sister beside him, they will now be taking your place
Granting you freedom, sharing the months of the year
Nocturnal light – dark empress keep
It flowing through your secret womb
Nocturnal light – bury the ashes of time
Where the angels in silence divine
Face the dawn, so nocturnal and bright
Deep in the darkness, your husband Dumuzi, the God of what flourish above
Now all in his absence has turned into winter and summer will mark his return
Nocturnal light!
Nocturnal light – dark empress keep
It flowing through your secret womb
Nocturnal light – bring back your time
The fall of night – Inanna rise!
Nocturnal light – flow from your lust to the seas
Of every man –
Inanna rise!
8. Great Marquis of Hell
From the abyss hear the howling
Bringing a dark serenade
Formed with the tail of a serpent –
Mist of the wolf starts to fade
Aamon, your splendor forever
Both the future and past will foretell
40 legions commanded
When the demons call on the Great Marquis of Hell!
Great Marquis of Hell!
Thorns on a rose made in heaven –
Flames spitting out – soon they will
Poison the garden of Eden
Turning the time moving still
Aamon, your splendor forever
Both the future and past will foretell
40 legions commanded
When the demons call on the Great Marquis of Hell!
Aamon, your splendor forever
Both the future and past will foretell
40 legions commanded
When the demons call on the Great Marquis of Hell!
Great Marquis of Hell!
9. Psalm of Retribution
ממשכן אף אל
חשכת מקדשך
בקליפת הצל
בשנית שמע האות
אוותי תדע
התרומם בספירות
עולם (ה)עשיה
Spread out your wings, enter our side!
Shadow of Sephiroth
Raven of dispersion
From the volcanos mouth
Break on though to sphere of Man
Hear my call and devotion
Assignation brought to pass
Once again fate's in your hand
Wretches thrived in the East
Trod on sacred waters
Reft the spark of a soul
Dedicated to your Lord
Hear my call out for justness
Reckoning the wretched souls
Who called upon the wrath of mine
Seek the truth
Gorarah
Swing your sword
(Invocating A'arab Zaraq, force of Qliphoth manifest the retribution)
Gorarah
(Invocating through the tunnel Qulielfi, Nashimiron open up!)
Undivine is your shrines
Spawn of A'arab Zaraq
The Fouled Substance of God
Demon-headed ravens fly
From the mouths of volcanoes
The tree of Knowledge's forces rise
To avenge their ally's loss
Designate who is damned
The forfeit upon them
Who deny the redress
Place the vengeance upon men
Who deserves execration
So imprecate with wrath those souls
Who merit vengeance from your hand
Seek the truth
Gorarah
Swing your sword
Gorarah
Shadow of Sephiroth
Raven of dispersion
From the volcanoes mouth
Break on though to sphere of Man
Hear my call and devotion
Assignation brought to pass
Once again fate's in your hand
Wretches thrived in the East
Trod on sacred waters
Reft the spark of a soul
Dedicated to your Lord
Hear my call out for justness
Reckoning the wretched souls
Who called upon the wrath of mine
10. El Primer Sol
Smoke from the mirror and the feathers on you head
Unfolds the temple and eighty steps will lead us...
Follow the movement – (turn with the sun)
Stripes black and yellow behold
Bring forth the sun and conquer
The one you must dethrone – Quetzalcoatl!
El primer sol!
Escucha las trompetas
El primer sol!
Desnudo me paro ante ti
O el primer sol!
Señor estoy ciego
El primer sol!
Soy yo el indicado?
Master of the night
Master of creation
Master of the sky
Master of the wind of silence
Master of the night
Master of creation
Master of the sky
Master of the wind of silence
El primer sol!
Escucha las trompetas
El primer sol!
Desnudo me paro ante ti
O el primer sol!
Señor estoy ciego
El primer sol!
Soy yo el indicado?
Willingly I offer as sacrifice
My body, myself with dignity and with pride
Oh, Tezcatlipoca –
Come forth, hear me!
El primer sol!
Escucha las trompetas
El primer sol!
Desnudo me paro ante ti
O el primer sol!
Señor estoy ciego
El primer sol!
Soy yo el indicado?
O el primer sol!
Señor estoy ciego
El primer sol!
Soy yo el indicado?
11. Ten Courts of Diyu
A maze of dark existence – chambers subterranean
Ten are the courts of Diyu at the edge of night and mind
Beneath the kings of Yama – atonement send forth their eyes
And judgement from their wisdom brings your punishment to light
Where our universe expands the afterlife
Crossing the belief of every sinner blind
Left behind – brought again down to where fortune lies
While souls are passing slowly, courts of Diyu open up
All sins they have committed dress in rain the eastern sun
Beneath the kings of Yama – atonement send forth their eyes
And judgement from their wisdom brings your punishment to light
Where our universe expands the afterlife
Crossing the belief of every sinner blind
Left behind – brought again down to where fortune lies
Incarnation – to return and to be reborn again –
May no voice remain unheard as in silence you repent
To the courts of Diyu send
To the courts of Diyu send
Where our universe expands the afterlife
Crossing the belief of every sinner blind
Left behind – brought again down to where fortune lies
Where our universe expands the afterlife
Crossing the belief of every sinner blind
Left behind – brought again down to where fortune lies
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