01 SHEPHERD OF FIRE

(5:24)

Let's take a moment and break the ice
So my intentions are known
See I have pity in watching you suffer
I know the feeling of being damned alone
I've got a storybook of my own

Don't you see I am your pride
Agent of wealth, bearer of needs
And you know it's right
I am your war, arming the strong, aiding the weak
Know me by name
Shepherd of fire

Well I can promise you paradise
No need to serve on your knees
And when you're lost in the darkest of hours
Take a moment and tell me who you see
Won't tell you who not to be

Now you know I am your pride
Agent of wealth, bearer of needs
And you know it's right
I am your war, arming the strong, aiding the weak
Know me by name
Shepherd of fire

Disciple of the cross and champion in the suffering
Immerse yourself into the kingdom of redemption
Harden your mind through the chains of the divine
Make way for the shepherd of fire

Through the ages of time
I've been known for my hate
But I'm a dealer of simple choices
For me it's never too late

I am your pride
Agent of wealth, bearer of needs
And you know it's right
I am your war, arming the strong, aiding the weak

I am your wrath, I am your guilt, I am your lust
And you know it's right
I am your law, I am your star, I am your trust
Know me by name
Shepherd of fire

02 HAIL TO THE KING

(5:05)

Watch your tongue or have it cut from your head
Save your life by keeping whispers unsaid
Children roam the streets, now orphans of war
Bodies hanging in the streets to adore

Royal flames will carve a path in chaos
Bringing daylight to the night
Death is riding into town with armor
They've come to take all your rights

Hail to the king, hail to the one
Kneel to the crown, stand in the sun
Hail to the king

Hail, hail, hail
The King

Blood is spilt while holding keys to the throne
Born again, but it's too late to atone
No mercy from the edge of the blade
Dare escape and learn the price to be paid

Let the water flow with shades of red now
Arrows black out all the light light
Death is riding into town with armor
They've come to grant you your rights

Hail to the king, hail to the one
Kneel to the crown, stand in the sun
Hail to the king

Hail, hail, hail
The King

There's a taste of fear hail, hail, hail
When the henchmen call hail, hail, hail
Iron fist to tame the land hail, hail, hail
Iron fist to claim it all

Hail to the king, hail to the one
Kneel to the crown, stand in the sun

Hail to the king, hail to the one
Kneel to the crown, stand in the sun
Hail to the king
Hail, hail, hail

03 DOING TIME

(3:27)

Hahahahahaha

The lives of some men
If walls could talk to spill the lies
We'd see the world through devil's eyes

I maintain an addiction
Been known to take it too high
I got an itch with a loaded hair trigger
And a one way ticket to fly

When there's no writing on the wall
I see the lifeless devils start to crawl
And I don't need no lessons
After all
Everybody's doin their time

Caught your eye in the corner
Don't you look at me wrong
Fucked up and thrown into the gutter
Gotta fix what don't belong

I see the writing on the wall
I see the lifeless devils start to crawl
And I don't need no lessons
After all
Everybody's doin their time

That's just the price to play
So tell me what you like
Gotta hand on the kerosene match tonight
Right

Had enough of opinions
I got enough on my mind
Sell your soul for approval and a dollar
Got a pretty little body to grind

I see your number on the wall
I see the lifeless devils start to crawl
I don't need no lessons
Watch the fall
You lost my attention
After all
Everybody's doin their time

Time

04 THIS MEANS WAR

(6:09)

Hide my face again, harbor in the shadows
Feel this weight of sin hammering away
Die, with the guilt of a thousand AWOL soldiers
Die, watch the scythe usher me astray

I can't go on this way
Not as I am today
The ugly side of me is strong

Take aim, a loaded gun
Pull back on all who run
A coward's truth inside the wrong

This means war
This means war
This means war

Lash your tongue of bane, carry me to nowhere
Mental holocaust, battle never ends
Lie, mask the pain of a child who's forsaken
Lie, to myself, praise the new regime

I left me long ago
Reasons you'll never know
No one to miss me when I'm gone
With no more words to say
No argument to stay
Another post I don't belong

This means war
This means war
This means war
This means war
This means war

No home to call my own
No finding someone new
No one to break the fall
No one to see me through
No name to carry on
No promise for today
No one to hear the call
No tattered flag to raise

Walk the razor's edge, cut into the madness
Question all you trust, buy into the fear
I see the man ripping at my soul now
I, I know the man, I know him all too well

There's nothing here for free
Lost who I want to be
My serpent blood can strike so cold
On any given day
I'll take it all away
Another thought I can't control

This means war
This means war
This means war
This means war
This means war

05 REQUIEM

(4:24)

Prodigia comploratus
Silens, oro
Regnet exitium

Days of warning
Night brings mourning
My prayers wordless
Heaven is burning down

I walk stricken
Pitch-black vision
Oh one, save me
Caress my weary eyes

Darkest Lord, your mercy shall I gain
Strike the match, engulf the earth in flames
In flames, in flames, in flames

Nature quaking
Prophets aching
I kneel faithful
Damnation cracks the sky

My heart fiction
Superstition
Your grace deathless
Give life to my last breath

Darkest Lord, your mercy shall I gain
Strike the match, engulf the earth in flames
In flames, in flames, in flames

Grant them eternal rest, oh Lord
Embrace them into your army of undead
Strike with vengeance those who oppose your will
And lay waste to all those who shall be sent before you
Walk with them and shield them from the blinding light of servitude
And devastate your enemies as they die by your hand
Amen

Prodigia comploratus
Silens, oro
Regnet exitium

Rise from ashes
Violent clashes
My soul, vacant
Cleanse me of all this sin

I stand guilty
I bleed filthy
Born of fire
Savor this final hour

Darkest Lord, your mercy shall I gain
Strike the match, engulf the earth in flames
In flames, in flames, in flames

06 CRIMSON DAY

(4:57)

Dark years, brought endless rain
Out in the cold I lost my way
But storms won't last, they clear the air
For something new
The sun came out and brought you through
A lifetime full of words to say
A hope that time will slow the passing day

I've been wrong times over
And I've been shamed with no words to find
But if the sun will rise, bring us tomorrow
Walk with me, crimson day

Don't speak, no use for words
Lie in my arms, sleep secure
I wonder what you're dreaming of, lands rare and far
A timeless flight to reach the stars
A lifetime full of words to say
A hope that time will slow the passing day

I've been wrong times over
And I've been shamed, with no words to find
But if the sun will rise, bring us tomorrow
Walk with me, crimson day

I've come so far to meet you here
To share this life with one I hold so dear
And I won't speak but what is true
The world outside created just for you
It's for you, for you

I've been wrong times over
And I've been shamed with no words to find
But if the sun will rise, bring us tomorrow
Walk with me crimson day

07 HERETIC

(4:55)

As they search for blood
All eyes descend on one
Honest man in chains
But that don't matter anyway
My judgement day

My flesh will feed the demon
No trial, no case for reason
I've been chosen to pay with my life
Mad men define what mad is
Turning witches and saints to ashes
Rising masses marching to find
Heretic blood

Impose your will on me
Til fire sets me free
The flames of hell burn bright
My fate decided by their lies
Final demise

My flesh will feed the demon
No trial, no case for reason
I've been chosen to pay with my life
Mad men define what mad is
Turning witches and saints to ashes
Rising masses marching to find
Heretic
Heretic blood

Please don't leave me
Please don't leave me like this
I've walked a fragile line and I've fallen down
Please don't leave me

My flesh will feed the demon
No trial, no case for reason
I've been chosen to pay with my life
Mad men define what mad is
Turning witches and saints to ashes
Rising masses marching to find
Heretic
Heretic blood

08 COMING HOME

(6:26)

I've been away
Searching for a reason
Another purpose to find
I've sailed the seas
Fought my many demons
I've looked to gods in the skies

I've stood in hell
Where many had to suffer
I stared the devil in the eyes
Walked many roads to witness ancient idols
And found the great gates of fire

Had many storms question my conviction
Gave armies reason to rise
The hangman's searching for bones he can borrow
While I escaped in the night
Fight or flight

Live again, all roads end
I'll be coming home
Tend your light cause on this night
I'll be coming home

Escaped the hail of calculated mortars
Then drank the blood of a king
The desert rain has washed away direction
Had angels looking after me
So it seems

Live again, all roads end
I'll be coming home
Tend your light cause on this night
I'll be coming home

My story ends not far from where it started
My weary limbs have grown old
I've seen the world through the eyes of a nomad
Home is where the heart is I've been told
So I go

Live again, all roads end
I'll be coming home
Tend your light cause on this night
I'll be coming home

I'm coming home
I'm coming home
I'm coming home
I'm coming home

09 PLANETS

(5:56)

Godless, meteoric war
Anger, our existence nevermore
You awoke the giants who were dormant in the sky
Comets raining death from a fiery eye

Mother of all, your time is coming
One with eternity
When planets collide
Planets collide

Damage, galaxy destruct
Endless, celestial orbit corrupt
You will be forgotten like the others lost in time
Dead civilization left behind

Mother of all, your time is coming
One with eternity
When planets collide
Planets collide

Take heed, the violent march is closing in
You can't defeat them on your own
Weapons are loaded for the final stand
And they're all aimed at you from heaven

Planets collide
Planets collide
Planets collide
Planets collide

You will be forgotten like the others lost in time
Dead civilization left behind

Mother of all, your time is coming
One with eternity
When planets collide
Planets collide

10 ACID RAIN

(6:41)

Our day has come
It's drawn in the sky
So don't shed a tear now
Be thankful for the time

Life wouldn't be so precious dear
If there never was an end

Children still play in the garden
Dance as the sun slips away

We stand on the edge now
We've come so far
Through all the dust it becomes clear
You will always be my heart

There's no death, no end of time
When I'm facing it with you

Children still play in the garden
Dance as the sun slips away
Not even stars last forever
Cleanse us acid rain

Stand near to me
Don't look, be brave
Over the blackened moon
I'll carry you away
Through the planets we fly

Children still play in the garden
Dance as the sun slips away
Not even stars last forever
Cleanse us Acid rain

Send us home
Send us home
Send us home
Send us home

11 ST. JAMES

(5:01)

This is the story of a man
Who conquered life drink in hand
Ship unmanned
Marked by genius, channelled good
By some a bit misunderstood
They'd been wrong many times before

Some times our saints are sinners
They blur the lines and lead the way
Their way
Raise hell and a glass in reverence
The fearless lives of our great saints
Our saints

Never a stranger to late nights Snake bite, fist fights and empty pints
Unrivaled heights
He led with songs, they sang along
Created bonds that held so strong
Some were right and some were wrong

Some times our saints are sinners
They blur the lines and lead the way
Their ay
Raise hell and a glass in reverence
The fearless lives of our great saints
Our saints

It's by the sea and at nights end
That's when the sin and swill begin
That's when he had that certain light inside his head
For every whisper he would scream
For every drought he shared a drink
For every sorrow there is a light from our St. James

On the sea by the cliff he watches
He waits the night to see the day
His way
Last call will find us all
But there's a light that leads the way
Our way

Some times our saints are sinners
They blur the lines and lead the way
Their way
Raise hell and a glass in reverence
The fearless lives of our great saints
Our saints