
Date of issue: 31.12.2004
Record label: Rivel
Song language: English
The Cold Grip of Terror |
I carry my sword, my emblem of victory, |
in this chaos I flourish… |
I believe. |
My dream is the loveliest dream. |
Just the wish to have it fulfilled is enough. |
I watched my step when I entered the narrow path. |
I saw and I understood… |
Its goal lies beyond the black fog, beyond the cold grip of terror. |
To reach the goal I have to walk a long way, |
have to tear my flesh on the sharpest thorns, |
have to squeeze my staff so my hand gets cramped… |
Through weird depths of bloody tranquility, |
through darkness, pain and chaos. |
through still, serene silence… |
through the lashings of icy rains… |
Suffering… Is it a challenge, a divine trumpet? |
Day and night I lay there knocked to the ground. |
Scars and wounds were my constant company… |
The taste of cold blood woke me up from my restless sleep. |
The heat of fire burnt my hands, stiff with cold, |
when I tried to make them warm. |
Sackcloth covers my body |
And I’ve had to lower my horn in the dust. |
My face is flaming red with tears, |
and death has painted my eyelids shadowy black. |
And this although my hands are free from violence |
and my prayer is pure |
My days are gone, my plans are shattered, |
gone what was once my heart’s desire. |
I wish to change night for day. |
Daylight would be near now when darkness breaks in. |
No, I know Thou will carry me, |
Thy presence is greater than the darkest agony. |
Thou, the only one. |
My fortress. |
Thou alone are immortal… |
Covered in glorious majesty |
Thou alone are the Lord’s anointed. |
The darkness recedes, cause the true light is already shining… |
Name | Year |
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Contemplations Along the Way | 2004 |
Eternal Emperor | 2002 |
Illusion Was True Beauty | 2004 |
My Grief, My Remembrance | 2004 |
The Echoes of Thought | 2004 |
Embraced by the Beauty of Cold | 2004 |
Painful Mind Contradiction | 2004 |
A Thorn in My Heart | 2002 |
From Death to Life | 2002 |
Reflections Upon the Distress and Agony of Faith | 2004 |
Where Darkness Cannot Reach | 2002 |
The Final Battle | 2002 |
Intimations of Everlasting Constancy | 2004 |
The Pilgrimage | 2002 |
A Painting in Dark | 2002 |
Eyes of Beauty | 2002 |
Thy Wilderness | 2002 |
Path of Pain | 2002 |
Mist of the Spiritual Dimension | 2002 |