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from Epica - The Phantom Agony (2003)
O nate vulnerate
Cito veni ad me Te amplectar et vulnera tua lingam Utinam te haberem, mi amor caelestis |
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from Epica - The Phantom Agony (2003)
Chance doesn't exist
But the path of life is not totally so predestined And time and chronology show us how all should be In the ways of existence To find out why we are here Being consciousness is a torment The more we learn is the less we get Every answer contains a new quest A quest to non existence, a journey with no end No one surveys the whole, focus on things so small But life's objective is to make it meaningful Searching only for this That which doesn't exist Although our ability to relativize remains unclear I'm not afraid to die I'm afraid to be alive without being aware of it I'm so afraid to, I couldn't stand to Waste all my energy on things That do not matter anymore Our future has already been written by us alone But we don't grasp the meaning Of our programmed course of life Our future has already been wasted by us alone And we just let it happen and do not worry at all We only fear what comes And smell death every day Search for the answers that lie beyond |
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from Epica - The Phantom Agony (2003)
Follow your common sense You cannot hide yourself behind a fairytale forever and ever Only by revealing the hole truth can we disclose The soul of this bulwark forever and ever Forever and ever Indoctrinated minds so very often Contain sick thoughts And commit most of the evil they preach against Don't try to convince me with messages from God You accuse us of sins committed by yourselves It's easy to condemn without looking in the mirror Behind the scenes opens reality Eternal silence cries out for justice Forgiveness is not for sale Nor is the will to forget Virginity has been stolen at very young ages And the extinguisher loses it's immunity Morbid abuse of power in the garden of eden Where the apple gets a youthful face You can't go on hiding yourself Behind old fashioned fairytales And keep washing your hands in innocence |
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from Epica - The Phantom Agony (2003)
Feint
The very brightest candle of all has been extinguished Smothered by those who could not bear to face reality Every beat of your heart tore the lies all apart Made foundations quiver Every wave in the lake caused the porcelain to break And I shiver... The leftover tallow just doesn't contain All the right answers Under a sea of dust lies a vast wealth of wisdom An untuched snow turns red Innocence dies This black page in history is not colourfast, will stain the next All that remains is just a feint of what was meant to be This black page in history is not colourfast, will stain the next And nothing seems in life, in dreams like what was meant to be |
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from Epica - The Phantom Agony (2003)
So sweet caress, never long to last!
You entered my soul and gave hope to my life. So sweet caress, never hope to last! You left me behind all alone and aghast Capured inside such an austere Elysium Imperfect feelings, futile greef Love a device against all solitude As it all went on, the love became A field in a dream that once had been real So sweet caress, never long to last! Destroy this illusion we need a change of fate! Your frantic thoughts are only a condemned cry Imperfect feelings, futile greef Love a device against all solitude As it all went on, the love became A field in a dream that once had been real Primo somniare videbamur deinde veritas se praecipitavit I secretly longed for something which had never existed First I thought it was a dream but then it smashed into reality Beautiful on the outside, decayed deeply within I secretly longed for something which had never existed Devoted to a body without a soul |
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from Epica - The Phantom Agony (2003)
Sanguis meus tibi non iam perbibendus sit Macula aeterintatis Numquam detergenda Quisnam surget et deteget Imaginem veritates ? People created religious inventions To give their lives a glimmer of hope And to ease their fear of dying And people created religious intentions Only to feel superior and to have a license to kill Our desire to die is stronger Than all your desire for life There is no getting away from it now Only true faith survives People created religious inventions To give their lives a glimmer of hope And to ease their fear of dying And people created religious ascensions To subject the others and to enslave, just to further enrich themselves It doesn't matter where we die It doesn't matter thet you cry We'll take you with us A disgrace on the beyond O servator, sempiterne Te grati coluimus, Odor atrox quo nons superfundis intolerabilis est Deceive yourself by yielding to soft words that cause no pain Enrich yourself with different views Learned without diasdaon A disgrace on the beyond That can never be undone Who shall rise and unveil The Facade of Reality? Is tere still room for new dents in old wrecks? A disgrace on the beyond that can never be ondone Deceive yourself by yielding to soft words Enrich yourself by making up your own mind Sanguis meus tibi non iam perbibendus sit |
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from Epica - The Phantom Agony (2003)
Do not use the pas as an alibi For all of your deficiencies always standing by Face your negligence, do not fool yourself Shortcomings will soon appear For weakness shows itself Blind from your success and all of the excess Deaf from the praise you had Don't cry out of self pity in forcing your way through For I will not be vunnerable to slander made by you In a misty veil, misplaced Where castles in the air will be no longer seen As something out of reach In time the dream will be erased So many things will never be the way they seemed And pride will have it's fall at last Her eyes fell while the shame was written on her face When she realised that her failures could never be undone again You did not notice the manipulated hand That overshadowed your thoughts all those years That made you insecure You did not notice the ancient shifting sand That pulls you down into an everlasting sham You will never be able to fight Never be able to hide Run for a fall, you'd better run |
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from Epica - The Phantom Agony (2003)
The origin of a dogma
Placed in a new millennuim Vilified demons havw been embraced And given a warm welcome The seif at din Hasn't got the ghost of a chance to rust Because it has always been kept in shape In serving the one almighty The rudiments have always been misinterpreted during history, despite the good intentions many disciples who's faithful believe was strong and unswayed. Most leaders interpret the old words to their advantage in the attempt of gaining leadership and power over those unfortunate enough to fall un der their maliciousness and manipulative ways. this misuse of trust will forever stain the pages of history , echoing the exploitation and the frailty of decent men carried away by nurtured rancour... Perpetual distrust fed by a belief In the malevolence of the others When the beautiful unreality holds out its hand it's better not to lose yourself in blindfaith La illah illallah, Mohammd rasul Allah... |
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from Epica - The Phantom Agony (2003)
(I. Impasse of Thoughts)
I can't see you, I can't hear you Do you still exist? I can't feel you, I can't touch you, Do you exist? The Phantom Agony I can't taste you, I can't think of you, Do we exist at all? (II. Between hope and despair) The future doesn't pass And the past won't overtake the present All that remains is an obsolete illusion We are afraid of all the things that could not be A phantom agony Do we dream at night Or do we share the same old fantasy? I am a silhouette of the person wandering in my dreams We are afraid of all the things that could not be A phantom agony Tears of unprecedented beauty Reveal the truth of existence We're all sadists The age-old development of consciousness Drives us away from the essence of life We meditate too much, So that our instincts will fade away They fade away What's the point of life And what's the meaning if we all die in the end? Does it make sense to learn or do we forget everything? We are afraid of all the things that could not be A phantom agony Tears of unprecedented beauty Reveal the truth of existence We're all pessimists The age-old development of consciousness Drives us away from the essence of life We meditate too much, So that our instincts will fade away They fade away Teach me how to see and free the disbelief in me What we get is what we see, the Phantom Agony A te spiritus noster devoratur Et nostra anima capitur (III. Nevermore) The lucidity of my mind has been revealde in new dreams I am able to travel where my heart goes In search of self-realisation This is the way to escape from our agitation And develop ourselves Use your illusion and enter my dream... |
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from Epica - Consign To Oblivion (2005)
When Darkness will reign and blind us all
Allegiance will blind us if we do not fall We cannot tell when morning comes Is there a choice to live another day? It’s hard to find a new direction in your fragile life The precious time of your existence is now to come Don’t throw your life away by cheating time Sugared Placebos only fool your mind Now I want the water to wash away all my sins The wind to blow away my thoughts without meaning The fire to burn away my thickened skin Novas portas pandimus What is the space, the type of dance? I cannot tell which steps I have to take I’d like to leave, just run away My feet are tangled up So hard to face the pace of the clock What do you think; will it ever stop? So, will I fall and not get up? I take it all in stride Everything has a reason for its happening Can’t you tell it’s your own spell and Everyone has to dance his dance like anyone Can’t break free of destiny We should open new doors And close the ones that we’ve left behind Novas portas pandimus, et post nos occludimus Novas portas pandimus et post nos occludimus |
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from Epica - Consign To Oblivion (2005)
Living at different places
Evading into various spaces My compass has broken I'm losing the way An ongoing madness has led me astray My past breathes down my neck And it seems now that all I can do is Go back to beginnings when all lay ahead A fading illusion now plagues me instead In me there's still a place that fulfils me A sanctity here that I call home, I run to When winter descends If I try, can I find solid ground I follow elusive paths Oh, it seems they've been written in stone And the door to a new life is closing so fast Burning the bridges will not bring me back I know that in me there's still a place that fulfils me A sanctity here that I call home, I run to When winter descends If I try, can I find solid ground Or am I just wasting time? |
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from Epica - Consign To Oblivion (2005)
Trying to keep myself afloat upon this stream
But a thought is pulling me down Pulling me all the way down We are wandering towards a blank infinity And extinguishing will now be the only way to diminish your sins This vortex can't be filled up again A hole in space and time Do you cry to the heaven's high when you're confined in here? Do you not ever wonder why these leaden tears will never dry? They'll leave behind so many shadows in my mind High in the sky, all of the clouds are passing by Wait for this storm, wait for the rain, and wait for the tears to fall down on me Do you cry to the heaven's high when you're confined in here? Do you not ever wonder why these leaden tears will never dry? They'll leave behind so many shadows Living in me, living in all the memories in my life Do you wonder why These tears never dry Time forced into life Living in my mind Can we ever find a way in this labyrinth without end? Labyrinth has no end Which turn should I take? Left or right? Should I stay? Should I be the one? Do you cry to the heaven's high When you're confined in here? Do you not ever wonder why This leaden tears will never dry They leave behind so many shadows This substance in time forced into life Still exists because it's here living in me, living in all the memories, in my life Lost inside blank infinity |
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from Epica - Consign To Oblivion (2005)
The culprit, you act before thinking
Caught in your ignorant sin And lying to your own reflection, you thought you could hide Deprived of my own innocence, denied The infinity of recurring torment, your comeuppance See, hear the torture inside Devouring what was left of my pride You thought it’s not going to happen to you, thought you could hide The infinity of recurring torment, your comeuppance Dwelling in a mind, mixed up and Your regret has spread over the sea |
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from Epica - Consign To Oblivion (2005)
It always put me on the edge
To think of all the spoilt lives Today I'm one step further Not sure if I've survived myself Reality is sometimes stranger than fiction Whatever happens in my dreams And I know it can't be worse than this So I prefer to sleep I am searching without vision For the answers in the dirt I am waiting just for nothing For the day that I'll be heard You're the sea in which I'm floating And I lose myself in you I am feeling these sensations I communicate with you I am looking without vision For a different kind of way I am thinking just for nothing About that specific day You're the night so you're the dark side Of the day you'll never see You're the past but everlasting Can you share one day with me? You're the hand that I rejected But I can't forgive myself I am selfish and not worthy To think of, even to die for Reality is sometimes stranger than fiction Whatever happens in my dreams I know it can't be worse than this So I prefer to sleep Tomorrow, don't know where I'll be I need some place to go now So do you know the way I feel Or shall I give up my belief? You're the lock I've never opened ‘Cause I threw away the key I'm enclosed within my own thoughts That will never set me free You're the hand that I rejected But I can't forgive myself I am selfish and not worthy To think of, even to die for You're the question to the answer And without there'll never be Any thought in this direction You've created this in me You're the hand that I rejected But I can't forgive myself I am selfish and not worthy To think of, even to die for Serenity is taking over all I am, it gives me peace And all I see are visions of my destiny Why should I bleed and pay for others' greed? We consciously sign our own sentence of death How can you go on, did you forget What we have learnt from the past? We can't go on killing ourselves And with us all the rest Why can't you see, don't you regret? Reality is sometimes stranger than fiction Whatever happens in my dreams And I know it can't be worse than this So I prefer to sleep I am alone with all my thoughts Alone without a hope and I lost the thing I needed most I feel I can't survive this fall |
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from Epica - Consign To Oblivion (2005)
Memory, fading out
Its presence still lingers in my mind Listen to your inner voice There's no escape, there's no other choice A foolish fate that came about Death could not leave without Don't try to scour your inane soul It would be labour lost Deep inside hides a lie Where can we try to seek A way so this will die Innocence died when they took his mind And they tried to leave him behind Not even a cascade of tears will save you And keep you away from harm Concinnity of destiny Is not what you wished it to be Blinded by love Between lust and hate You scarred your fate There's no time to waste Ride for your own ruin Odium became your opium Please don't let me bleed for all eternity Please leave me be in my own misery |
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from Epica - The Divine Conspiracy (2007)
Don’t you ever blind me
Don’t be a foolish thief -Am I? Don’t you ever bring yourself to grief Don’t you ever blind me Don’t ever trick my mind -Did I? Don’t you think that you can lie to me -Did I lie? Fortuna exprimitur artibus falsis Et mendacem memorem esse oportet If he is your moon, I will be your earth To which you can return, safely or injured. I feel only misery for myself when I Look through the eyes of someone else Don’t you choke and bind me Don’t be a bleeding heart -Am I? Fold then walk away or play your cards -Let us play! Fortuna exprimitur artibus falsis Et mendacem memorem esse oportet If he is your moon, I will be your earth To which you can return, safely or injured. I feel only misery for myself when I Look through the eyes of someone else I can't even recognize the path which has to be Taken to enter infinity. -Don't you dare me I dare you -You don't care about me I care about you -Don’t you touch me -Liar Fortuna exprimitur artibus falsis Et mendacem memorem esse oportet Adoratio permanebit Quotiens me eges, adero I prefer to be unhappy with you, rather than being depressed without you. I belong to someone, I'm dedicated to Nothing lasts forever but you, you do… I prefer to be a lair just like you To fulfill my deepest desires I belong to someone, I'm dedicated to But all that I desire is you One thoughtless moment passes in slow motion As I lie down, I realise that… All I wish is to get rid of this Obsessive Devotion Venia ad vitam aeternam Non mibi, non tibi, sed nobis Hit me as you can Beat me as you wish Liar Fortuna mutual coniuncti Per tota saecula futura I have raised myself for you But now I regret Venia ad vitam aeternam This is the end |
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from Epica - The Divine Conspiracy (2007)
Comprehensive expressions of your social weakness Vented on your countless made up enemies I cannot know how you feel When you don’t say anything We don't care what you say We'll never join the games you play We won't bleed for all your sins We never followed your way now so We don't care anymore How you’ll perform your last encore Your misplaced sense of superiority The result of your unbearable form of Vanity I cannot know what you see When you don't show anything; We don't care what you say We'll never join the games you play We won't bleed for all your sins We never followed your way now so We don't care anymore How you’ll perform your last encore I cannot know how you feel When you don’t say anything I cannot know what you see When you don't show anything We don't care what you say We'll never join the games you play We won't bleed for all your sins We never followed your way now so We don't care anymore How you’ll perform your last encore |
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from Epica - The Divine Conspiracy (2007)
Free my mind Heal my scars Erase the past Dark days to forget And memories to last In my heart Free me now Make me forget And forgive There's no use To go on and live Show me a way To the sun Heal my scars Nothing will be forever gone Memories will stay and find their way What goes around will come around Don’t deny your fears So let them go and fade into light Give up the fight here Let my eyes take in The beauty that's here That’s left on this earth My ears long to hear A melody Give me sight Nothing will be forever gone Memories will stay and find their way What goes around will come around Don’t deny your fears So let them go and fade into light Give up the fight here Poison is slowly seeping through my veins Stealing the only dignity in me I pick them up and let them fall To cause your pain and hit them all [grunts] One more life to live is what I want I’ll take the joy away from them See to it, they will all be damned One more chance to heal what I have harmed The dragon is wreak havoc in my brain Plays my emotion, a never ending game Nothing will be forever gone Memories will stay and find their way What goes around will come around Don’t deny your fears So let them go and fade into light Give up the fight here One more life to live for me I want the night just to colour the day The morning to chase all my nightmares away Don’t you deny that we're all human beings We all have our flaws that can make ourself obscene Obscene… Give me what I want Give me what I need right now That’s what I want That’s what I need, get it! Dolendo novit mortalis vitam Tell me what I want Tell me what I need right now That’s what I want That’s all I need, cure me Dolendo discit mori mortalis Losers Nothing will be forever gone Memories will stay and find their way What goes around will come around Don’t deny your fears So let them go and fade into light Give up the fight here |
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from Epica - The Divine Conspiracy (2007)
Can't you hear me screaming, once again?
Voices you can't hear Because you are consumed and incontent With everlasting greed Don't you see me on my hands and knees? Begging and bleeding You're smiling as you bite the hand that feeds But will you never see? Always wanting what your eyes can't see Needing what your arms can't reach Thinking you are in need Always hearing what your ears can't hear Feeling what your hands can't touch Thinking you're incomplete (Enough) It was, Never enough that I gave to you All of the horror that you've put me through (Never enough) How can I make up my mind this time? This is where I will draw the line Sacrificed my life to be with you Why did you leave me? There's nothing more from me you can consume Cause you are incomplete Always wanting what your eyes can't see Needing what your arms can't reach Thinking you are in need Always hearing what your ears can't hear Feeling what your hands can't touch Thinking you're incomplete (Enough) It was, Never enough that I gave to you All of the horror that you've put me through (Never enough) How can I make up my mind this time? This is where I will draw the line Everlasting need Would you please? Answer me and Make me complete Everlasting greed Would you please? Set me free Fulfill all my needs and make me complete (Enough) It was, Never enough that I gave to you All of the horror that you've put me through (Never enough) How can I make up my mind this time? This is where I will draw the line Never again will I be with you No promise eternal carrying us through I finally made up my mind this time This is the end, I've drawn the line Never enough to devour your greed |
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from Epica - The Divine Conspiracy (2007)
I followed your rules A willing fool Branded by shame My soul suffers from your hostile ways I bear so many scars, hit me hard Time to change we have to rearrange For this has gone too far, way too far Creating new laws and living by unwritten rules Restricting us My soul suffers from your hostile ways I can’t let go Creating new spins on ancient creed to fit your views Denying us You created this world Where honesty is not allowed You created this world Where ignorance is being taught You created this world Where I am all, you'll never be You’ve been drilling these Such falsely-based philosophies …in me The curtain has fallen There's no one behind Corrected one mistake But I am still around Our fight is over My scars will leave a stain You thought that it was all easy But I will still remain You created yourself Based on nothing else but lies You created yourself Where all your aspiration died You created yourself Where I am all, you'll never be You’re deceiving me Now I am forcing you to see … this The curtain has fallen There's no one behind Corrected one mistake But I am still around Our fight is over My scars will leave a stain You thought that it was all easy But I will still remain Take my hand, I'm sinking, I'm reaching out for you Can't you see what you've done to all of us? Torturing me has no use here anymore I followed your rules A willing fool Branded by shame My soul suffers from your hostile ways I bear so many scars, hit me hard Time to change we have to rearrange For this has gone too far, way too far Creating new laws and living by unwritten rules Restricting us My soul suffers from your hostile ways I can’t let go Creating new spins on ancient creed to fit your views Denying us The curtain has fallen There's no one behind Corrected one mistake But I am still around Our fight is over My scars will leave a stain You thought that it was all easy But I will still remain Your time is over I'm taking what’s mine You thought that you could keep me Under your thumb and mind Take my hand, I'm sinking, I'm reaching out for you In my dying dream |
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from Epica - The Divine Conspiracy (2007)
Don't believe what you see Believe in me In my reality I am a man of God God, can't you hear that I’m begging you? Don't believe what you hear Believe in me And I will reappear Salvation here at last At last someone to answers all my prayers Hope is a desert running dry Deep inside You refuse to face the facts But pray for life Find salvations in distress We will wait For the day you’ll break out and Re-awake Lies Don't believe what you see Believe in me And my reality Eternity indeed Indeed i’ts the end all and be all there’s Hope is a desert running dry Deep inside You refuse to face the facts But pray for life Find salvations in distress We will wait For the day you’ll break out and Re-awake Lies Domine lesu, demitte nobis debita nostra, salva nos ab igne inferiori, perduc in caelum omnes animas praesertim eas, quae misericordiae tuae maxime indigent. In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti. Amen Living a lie Human power Will devour Our senses Bring us to forget Human sources will not save The power of faith Heals us all Hope is a desert running dry Deep inside You refuse to face the facts But pray for life Find salvations in distress We will wait For the day you’ll break out and Re-awake And we wait for the day To discover there’s no way I can't wait at this rate It’s too little and too late To live this lie Living a lie |
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from Epica - The Divine Conspiracy (2007)
Go for it Bow to the supremacy Go for it at last You do believe, so I can say That you are owned by me Go for it Bow to the supremacy Go for it at last You do believe, so let us pray For all those fools that be Fool Dance with me again I am your destiny Mark my words, don't you ever disagree Fool Kneel for me again I am your agony Walk my way, I will never set you free Kneel for me unknowing fool Bow to the supremacy Kneel for me unworthy pig Die for the divinity Go for it Bow to the supremacy Go for it at last You do believe, so you display All that we want to see Fool Dance with me again I am your destiny Mark my words, don't you ever disagree Fool Kneel for me again I am your agony Walk my way, I will never set you free Go for it Just do it Walk my way just to serve me Go for it Just do it Kneel for me and obey me A humble genuflection for the onrushing ascendancy Not able to turn back anymore Bow to me Bow to the supremacy Kneel for me Die for the divinity Bow to me Go for it Just do it Die for the divinity Believing is the cure Religion is like opium You’d better feed them all Before they start eating you Et fictum fit factum Ne timeas obscurum Id autem cognoscas Ne timeas obscurum Primum id cognosce Deinde iudica Post iudicandum demum age [x2] Fool Dance with me again I am your destiny Mark my words, don't you ever disagree Fool Kneel for me again I am your agony Walk my way, I will never set you free [x4] Go for it Just do it |
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from Epica - The Divine Conspiracy (2007)
Wisdom, knowledge, science Develops, always, better, faster This is the final end A voice in the wilderness Fights a futile war Because the strong are deaf More so then before Massive disregard Shows what to expect Scars on top of scars Racing toward a future we don't have Fear is taking over me, there is nothing I can see The Future is as certain As life will come to an end When time feels like a burden We struggle with our certain death Wisdom, knowledge, science Develops, always, better, faster We have to guide ourselves For we cannot stand One more false pretence getting out of hand Now fear is the driving force Taking over us Aad finding out this source May turn out to be too much to bear Fear is taking over me, there is nothing I can see How could this have come to be The Future is as certain As life will come to an end When time feels like a burden We struggle with our certain death Wisdom, knowledge, science Develops, always, better, faster Defeats us Science, knowledge, wisdom Destroys us, always, ever, faster This is the final end Thirteen moons The path to walk Thirteen moons The path to talk Restore all that belongs to us Thirteen moons The way to speak Thirteen moons Is what we seek Restore all that was left behind The Future is as certain As life will come to an end When time feels like a burden We struggle with our certain death [solo] The Future is as certain As life will come to an end When time feels like a burden We struggle with our certain death Wisdom, knowledge, science Develops, always, better, faster Defeats us Science, knowledge, wisdom Destroys us, always, ever, faster This is the final end |
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from Epica - The Divine Conspiracy (2007)
Memories that fade away Have not left their mark But you live on, every single day In many different ways It’s the truth between his cunning lies That hands him his suspicious alibis Persuading with your force will never be the way To our destiny Suddenly we’ve lost the force To close our cursed doors No one seems to realise That wolves are in disguise It’s the truth between his cunning lies That hands him his suspicious alibis Persuading with your force will never be the way To our destiny Your engine was so strong But the road was just too long Hope is not the end So never lose the faith As long as we can say They can never take away Our freedom, the most precious thing we’ve ever had The reward from the blood, we’ve ever shed His quest for higher truth, life of eternal youth has just begun, in spite of being on the run Many virgins wait for him to come Persuading with your force will never be the way To our destiny Our destiny |
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from Epica - The Divine Conspiracy (2007)
A place which I have searched a thousand times To finally free myself Forever wasn't ever long enough I will refrain I feel a passion washing over me To shed the skin I’m in This evolution will empower me Now truth begins And you will not find me I am safe in here I'm where I want to be It's a place where a wish will be granted Come, you'll see I'm right It's a force that will live on within you Dark as day is light It's a place where your dreams will be slanted And will always be It's a force that was sent out to win you Just you wait and see Take one step closer to the borderline Where night and day unite This mortal coil I’ve gone and left behind On holy soil And you will not find me I am safe in here I'm where I want to be It's a place where a wish will be granted Come, you'll see I'm right It's a force that will live on within you Dark as day is light It's a place where your dreams will be slanted And will always be It's a force that was sent out to win you Just you wait and see You will not find me I am safe in here I am where I want to be So leave me now in peace And you will not find me I am safe in here I'm where I want to be It's a place where a wish will be granted Come, you'll see I'm right It's a force that will live on within you Dark as day is light It's a place where your dreams will be slanted And will always be It's a force that was sent out to win you Just you wait and see |
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from Epica - The Divine Conspiracy (2007)
Quaestio nostra est aeterna Ultima requies fons vitae Sed eam ut novam ducemus We will never know all possibilities to predict what is to come And so we have illusions to think freely Once we had been Rich from within Did not try to reach What we couldn’t achieve Because once we had been Able to win From the need to succeed We need to be innocent to live the life we've lived for so long We need to be blind enough to live the life we live right now Who possesses your time also possesses your mind Once we had been Rich from within Did not try to reach What we couldn’t achieve Because once we had been Able to win From the need to succeed We need to be innocent to live the life we've lived for so long We need to be deaf enough to live the life we live right now Reach out, touch infinity Life is just a memory Time is not the entity Like it used to be The Divine Conspiracy Opens up the reality Time is not the entity Like it claims to be Once we had been Rich from within Did not try to reach What we couldn’t achieve Because once we had been Able to win From the need to succeed We need to be innocent to live the life we've lived for so long We need to be insensitive to live the life and so ignore it all Who possesses your time also possesses your mind Who possesses your time -Mislead us all, we are not in control Also possesses your mind -There is no trace that will lead to this place Reach out, touch infinity Life is just a memory Time is not the entity Like it used to be The Divine Conspiracy Opens up the reality Time is not the entity Like it claims to be Desperately we all Clutch at the last straw We stumble and fall Countdown to die To heal it all We will never reach Our capacities, no more We cannot expand Our boundaries Once we had been Rich from within Did not try to reach What we couldn’t achieve Because once we had been Able to win From the need to succeed We need to be innocent to live the life we've lived for so long We need to be insensitive to breathe so we can take it all for granted Reach out, touch infinity Life is just a memory Time is not the entity Like it used to be The Divine Conspiracy Opens up the reality Time is not the entity Like it claims to be |
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from Epica - Design Your Universe (2009)
> Can't move an inch
But for the act to Leave fingerprints Freedom Farewell Look in the lens Answer the questions Are you a threat? Nec plus ultra After all the grabbing, it's time to bite the dust Leave behind the breaches of my trust Cleaning up the mess is up to us Non plus ultra Now that all hands are tied We're panic stricken Wealth out of sight Demolition, the damaged pride The Price of Ambition Nec plus ultra The current system leads to profit seeking deeds Leave behind the traces of our blood Now the course for change is up to us Non plus ultra Access is now denied We're panic stricken Wealth out of sight Intuition, forgotten guide The price of supression Terre eos vi Augearis Perde eos vi Nobis imperium Can't move an inch But for the act to Leave fingerprints Freedom Farewell Look in the lens Answer the questions Will you behave as required? When we think the end is here With nearly all faith gone There is hope along the way And there a new age dawns None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe that they are free - Goethe - Nobis victoria Non plus ultra When we think the end is here And our faith will disappear Chasing our addictions we're stunting our growth Once we get rid of this ballast we'll be able to Restore the balance and distribute our wealth |
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from Epica - Design Your Universe (2009)
Declining, all color fading
Defining, time coming for me Rescinding, my inspiration Receding consciousness Back in the day, I can recall that, My thoughts were unclouded and sage There was no black staining the walls of my memories Now there's a haze pushing me sideways And leaving me nothing to gain Taking me back, locking me cold in disparity Where was I meant to be? I feel I'm lost in a dream Long for the day I can be myself When I'm free When my sun has set Released my soul forever I'll have no regret To be free I'll exist again No more lost endeavors Nothing to contend When I'm free Color declines, all that defines me Is falling away, far behind Nothing to keep me with the time, the here and now Where am I meant to be? I feel I'm lost in a dream Yearning again only to be myself When I'm free When my sun has set Released my soul forever I'll have no regret To be free I'll exist again No more lost endeavors Nothing to contend When I'm free Time is just a concept And always the first thing to fade Agony and weakness Nothing we can never evade Years are cruel, they break us Bringing on decay and despair Awareness and perception Something we can never repair Cure me, free me, help me, see me No more worry, no more losing Save me, near me, help me, hear me No more heartache, no misery Cure me, free me, help me, see me No more worry, no agony Save me, near me, help me, hear me No more heartache, no despairing (We despair) Cure me, free me, help me, see me No more worry, no repairing (No repair) Freedom for me is all I'm really wanting, needing Give me power to break out I can't hold on for any longer My time has come to end it all No one to blame, fate's only random It's nothing we'll ever explain So it remains Where was I meant to be? I feel I'm lost in a dream Long for the day I can be myself Free When will I be unleashed? It's not the way it should be Yearning again only to be myself When I'm free Unleash my consciousness When I'm free When my sun has set Released my soul forever I'll have no regret To be free I'll exist again No more lost endeavors Nothing to contend When I'm free |
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from Epica - Design Your Universe (2009)
Speaking in degradation
A conversation can take a sudden turn And reaching the point of violence Because your silence left you without a hand to hold Your past will lead you on to Making a final judgement Based on your bias will never bring you forward Terror should never guide you For even the fearful can take a beating in the end Suspicion gets you nowhere Those who denounce a way of life Will stand alone Left to atone their social blunders If you gun down the messenger You guarantee that he will be made Into a saint A martyr of the free word I will say (I will say) what I think (what I think) I will do (I will do) what I say (what I say) When liberty seems out of reach We'll fight for our freedom of speech Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine, et lux perpetua luceat eis Missing a simple context A mental weakness can throw you out of balance Listen, respect each other Then you'll discover it mustn't always end in hate It's not too late for mercy Those who denounce a way of life Will stand alone Left to atone their social blunders If you gun down the messenger You guarantee that he will be made Into a saint A martyr of the free word I will say (I will say) what I think (what I think) I will do (I will do) what I say (what I say) When tolerance seems out of sight We will fight When liberty seems out of reach We'll fight for our freedom of speach |
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from Epica - Design Your Universe (2009)
So many days we've spent together
Trying to get ahead with our dreams Now we have come to the goal forgotten Hurting within left us torn The road is open We find our way through ties where broken So the means to the end Was the peace that was meant To be ours since it all began We fight to win I won't give up, we'll fight to win To move along from where we'd been I'll sing this song for you again I'm looking up around the bend We're so much stronger than before Our fraying edges on the mend Life as we know would be so different Had our paths continued the same Seizing the day with all that's offered The good and the bad, The clear and the haze To move along from where we'd been I'll sing this song for you again I'm looking up around the bend We're so much stronger than before Our fraying edges on the mend Don't let go So hard to face what we've done wrong We shared a life that can't be We cannot hide from destiny So hard to face what had gone wrong We've got to make this work And give it our all Give our all and won't let go Waiting so long for an answer We've been waiting oh, so very long and Now we're ready to accept our fate Our melodies will be remembered forever and ever Our memories will fade away when the leaves have reached the soil I won't give up this fight The sacrifices made We gave our all And won't let it go to die in vain I'll sing this song again We're stronger than before We have the chance of lifetime We'll never close this door |
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from Epica - Design Your Universe (2009)
Deep in the night, boundless violence will seethe with the danger
Our laws collide not allowing another contender When the wine drinks itself, you will burn to a cinder We're fighting time awaiting the answers I'll never let them stake you down Take you down I'll fight to find a way Is there a way to turn the mind of a barbaric stranger? Eternal days awaiting for you to awake, my avenger A cruel fate now condemns us to burn to a cinder Are we too late, running on empty? I'll never let them stake you down Take you down I'll fight to find a way out there It must be hard I'll never let them break you now Forsake you now Keep holding on and Give me answers to my prayers We'll never hide, we'll face the glare You're the light I see to, raise the flame and blaze the fire Give me answer to my prayers We'll carry all the weights to bear Give me sight to see I know a way is there to keep the flame I'll never let them stake you down Take you down I'll fight to find a way out there It must be hard I'll never let them break you now Forsake you now Keep holding on and Give me answers to my prayers We'll never hide, we'll face the glare You're the light I see to, raise the flame and blaze the fire Give me answer to my prayers We'll carry all the weights to bear Give me sight to see I know a way is there to keep the flame Why can't I bleed with you? Forever I will be thrown to the wolves They'll feed on all our dreams. |
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from Epica - Design Your Universe (2009)
You were always there to hold my hand
When times were hard to understand But now the tides of time have turned They keep changing Seasons range, but you remain the same A steady heart, a sun to rain You'll be the light that's shining bright High above me Autumn gold losing hold We are leaves meant to fall There's a meaning to all that fades Freezing winds were stayed by warming words To touch your healing to the hurt I'll treasure every lesson learned to the embers Fire fails, blushes pale We will answer the call There's a meaning to all our Seeds of eulogy to sow along with dreams Fill the need that can leave us grieving alone Frail is our beauty in the end But all we count is sentiment A memory stays to guide the way, and whisper Don't lose sight, don't deny We are leaves meant to fall There's a meaning to all our Seeds of eulogy to sow along with dreams Fills the need that can leave us grieving alone A symphony resounding in our minds Guides us through what we knew would come all a long Sometimes I feel I don't have the words Sometimes I feel I'm not being heard And then I fear I'm feeling nothing more Sometimes I feel I don't want this change I think we all have to rearrange And now I feel there's no one losing me Seeds of eulogy to sow along with dreams Fill the need that can leave us grieving alone A symphony resounding in our minds Guides us though As you hear me As you do, As you need me Making true What we knew would come all along |
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from Epica - Design Your Universe (2009)
If we could see ourselves, the mirror would reflect insanity
Instead we camouflage the flaws that lie within Condone the suffering we witness as we mingle casually We need to right ourselves, or else we will derail Aiming too high You are bound to fail Patience is a vital virtue That you'll never have Don't force me to believe We're caught up in the greed 'cause I just care for me To break it, we'll need everyone Think it through: unite is the only way A raging tragedy ignored will have its justice, finally Distress and poverty is everyone's disease We'll come to realise for all we've done there is a price to pay Yet hope is never lost, there always is a way Trumping the game Is no easy way Enterprise and discipline Will pay off in the end If we ever could look into fate's mirror We would never have ended up here We're distracted by every sin committed It should always be ever so clear If we ever look We would never be here Don't force me to believe I'm never needing anyone I only care for me I'm thinking through And mine's the only way We are caught up In our failure Now our union Is our savior It's the only way If we ever We would never If we're clever We're together |
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from Epica - Design Your Universe (2009)
Born to fight, and we're born to flee
Doomed to live on ecstasy Born to lie, and we're born to cheat Look in the mirror, who do you see? Born to flee, and we're born to fight Without your mask, you're terrified Don't hide your personality That's who you are, your identity If the virtues of tomorrow Cause the greed of today We won't have a future Nor liberty Born to breathe, and we're born to pursue That's all we are supposed to do The semblance of our liberty Is nothing more than slavery Born to flee, and we're born to fight Is it failure that's our delight? Born to cheat, and we're born to lie Look at yourself, have you lost your mind? If the virtues of tomorrow Cause the greed of today We won't have a future And no more liberty If the virtues of tomorrow Set the need on the way We won't have a future nor liberty Private vice leads to public virtue (Laughs!) Raised to think that we are free Living in our caves Being slaves We lost control of our lives At the mercy of the waves Massive waves Blind to see what's going on Conditioned as we are And we are We lost control of our greed But now we face it all Face our fall Keeping all that we've created And consuming all that's possible Reaching deep into temptation Nothing can stop us Guarantee our hard-earned profits Multiplied ten-fold if possible Reaching out for new redemption Nothing avails our needs My opponent won't rule out raising taxes. But I will, and The Congress will push me to raise taxes and I'll say no. And they'll push, and I'll say no, and they'll push again, and I'll say to them: Read my lips (George H. W. Bush) If the virtues of tomorrow Set the need on the way We never had a future anyway We had no future 'till today Time and tide Will not wait for anyone |
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from Epica - Design Your Universe (2009)
I see a silhouette, liquid that moves
Skin like a pearl in the sea I cannot resist this, her voice in the wind But is it my eyes are deceived? Is it you I see? Lie down in my arms Trust what you see Smooth your brow, you will be with me To find your relief Gazing at whitecaps, coming so close Everything's suddenly clear Numb with the aching, and still I am waiting The water is pulling me near Would you welcome me? Lie down in my arms Try not to breathe Quiet love, you are now with me You need no words to speak For my mistakes, I am to blame Never believed that it was all meant to fall I'd give my life, to have you near once again Take me away, would you forgive me? |
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from Epica - Design Your Universe (2009)
Tonight we're gonna have a social experiment
And here we... go Nothing's wrong Long time, no see, I'm doing fine, yeah, thank you That's nice, you look great, don't wanna know what I go through? Hard times, much pain, you will never know, no one ever does I stay cool, will act tough, I'll smile along for you 'cause Nothing's wrong....except for me falling apart Nothing's wrong....it's tearing pieces of my heart Nothing's wrong....except for me falling apart Nothing's wrong....but I fell down right from the start Let's laugh, let's drink, let's just pretend that I feel good But at night, it gets to me, hits me like a piece of hardwood It's wrong, I feel fucked, can't play the clown no more, no I quit, find help, I'm getting out of my own freak show Nothing's wrong....except for me falling apart Nothing's wrong....it's tearing pieces of my heart Nothing's wrong....except for me falling apart Nothing's wrong....but I fell down right from the start Big boy is calling out for help Big boy is calling out for help Join my journey Come on, take a ride Walk with me through the valley of fear Nothing's wrong, I'm doing fine (Big boy is calling out for help) Nothing's wrong, nothing is.... |
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from Epica - This Is The Time [single] (2010)
This is the time
We've waited too long And I'm wondering where I belong? We have lost We're out of control When we fail nature speaks to us all This is the time I'll tell you why the world's left alone Now's the time to make right what's wrong We have lost We're out of control If we're stray can we hear nature's call? When we fail nature speaks to us all This is the time So what's the world to be? Just a luxury? A temporary scene? But what have we got when it's gone away? And we need to come to see What the earth should be A sanctuary free A renewed paradise is still alive This is the time The sky and the sea We speak the paragons We planted the seed We have lost We're out of control If we're stray can we hear nature's call? When we fail nature speaks to us all This is the time So what's the world to be? Just a luxury? A temporary scene? But what have we got when it's gone away? And we need to come to see what the earth should be A sanctuary free All that we've sacrificed in the end has its price A renewed paradise's still alive in our eyes This is the time So what's the world to be? Just a luxury? A temporary scene? But what have we got when it's gone away? And we need to come to see what the earth should be A sanctuary free All that we've sacrificed in the end has its price A renewed paradise's still alive in our eyes It's still alive in our eyes |
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from Epica - This Is The Time [single] (2010)
Declining, all color fading
Defining, time coming for me Rescinding, my inspiration Receding consciousness Back in the day, I can recall that, My thoughts were unclouded and sage There was no black staining the walls of my memories Now there's a haze pushing me sideways And leaving me nothing to gain Taking me back, locking me cold in disparity Where was I meant to be? I feel I'm lost in a dream Long for the day I can be myself When I'm free When my sun has set Released my soul forever I'll have no regret To be free I'll exist again No more lost endeavors Nothing to contend When I'm free Color declines, all that defines me Is falling away, far behind Nothing to keep me with the time, the here and now Where am I meant to be? I feel I'm lost in a dream Yearning again only to be myself When I'm free When my sun has set Released my soul forever I'll have no regret To be free I'll exist again No more lost endeavors Nothing to contend When I'm free Time is just a concept And always the first thing to fade Agony and weakness Nothing we can never evade Years are cruel, they break us Bringing on decay and despair Awareness and perception Something we can never repair Cure me, free me, help me, see me No more worry, no more losing Save me, near me, help me, hear me No more heartache, no misery Cure me, free me, help me, see me No more worry, no agony Save me, near me, help me, hear me No more heartache, no despairing (We despair) Cure me, free me, help me, see me No more worry, no repairing (No repair) Freedom for me is all I'm really wanting, needing Give me power to break out I can't hold on for any longer My time has come to end it all No one to blame, fate's only random It's nothing we'll ever explain So it remains Where was I meant to be? I feel I'm lost in a dream Long for the day I can be myself Free When will I be unleashed? It's not the way it should be Yearning again only to be myself When I'm free Unleash my consciousness When I'm free When my sun has set Released my soul forever I'll have no regret To be free I'll exist again No more lost endeavors Nothing to contend When I'm free |
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