This startling confusion of where I am Floating memories and images drifting I found myself beyond the stars Through time and space with darkness leading me Where dreams and darkness unite Infinity and oblivion entwine There is no choice but one To forge ahead or to retreat The struggle has begun The ancient foe I vow to defeat The startling confusion of where I am I've journeyed long and here I stand Poised at the gate to eternity I'm on my own and I must proceed Where dreams and darkness unite Infinity and oblivion entwine Screams of the dying mortals I can hear their screams Grim visions of the dead that I dream Embrace the cause that once united Break the walls that once divided Lose not the hope you once had The dream still lives and I will not fail At the threshold, one step to change To make a choice I promise that I will not fail Embrace the cause Break the walls Lose not the hope The dream still lives and I will not fail Into these dreams of darkness that unite our souls Into these dreams of sadness forever we’ll go Forsaking the illusion that turns the flesh from stone Forsaking this illusion that binds us to the bone Weeping words are spoken, bespeak the misery Time has taken apart what's meant to be Hope has been shattered, the pieces that you see Words are shaping, this message I will read My choice has been made I shall return to dark This time I do not believe Death be mine, I can’t betray I turn the key and lock the gate Close the door and seal my fate Take the road that leads me home Death be mine, I can’t betray

And he has returned From the lands afar A place that’s unknown A realm beyond the stars He will fight the war He will save us all The kingdom long forsaken Will now be restored And he has returned Nemesis of the dark I breathe new life I bring you hope I shall conquer the evil Their dominion I shall burn. I see the signs I read the scrolls Grim visions of the haunting past I bring to ruination I will save this world From the end of time So he has returned The fool, the mortal He never will learn That he can't succeed No mercy shall be shown Death and destruction This world will burn Down to the ground Annihilated, nothing remains The prophecy did read that he would one day return The warrior has returned! The warrior has returned! I foresee the darkness will fail I will save this world From the end of time I breathe new life I bring you hope I shall conquer the evil Their dominion I shall burn. I will save the world Nemesis of the dark

My blackened heart does still bleed red I rue the day that I cursed you And watched you bleed in the cold winter’s night The light in your eyes still haunts me to this day I saw the words, and fears in your mind I knew that you would never forgive me this day No one will ever understand The way the world turned that night We knew not the road, we knew not the path But you closed your eyes and I led the way My blackened heart does still bleed red I rue the day that I cursed you And watched you bleed in the cold winter night The light in your eyes still haunts me to this day I saw the hurt and the tears in your eyes I knew that you would never forgive me this day We will find the way out of this place I promise not to break your faith This road I've walked before and I know I'm sorry that I've led you astray Silence breaks when the clock starts ticking Our race against time, never ending This time is slowly running out This time is slowly running out A leaf will fall and the earth shall crumble Deranged visions, my hands tremble This time is slowly running out This time has run us out My oath, my word of honour The promise I was unable to keep My truth, still not forsaken The courage that won’t let me weep This horror, unseen My brave face is wearing thin The tears that run dry The pain that's mine to keep My heart is spinning darkness To this world I don't belong Fortune is not with me While the world soundly sleeps I put back together the broken pieces Mortal life, immortal sin I begin my journey once again

The rage, the hate, the anger, the pain The memories that still keep me awake The love, the lost, the spoken, the thought The memories that tear me apart inside My rage, my hate, my anger, my pain The feelings that can no longer be contained My love, my loss, the vengeance I sought I am now compelled to unleash my wrath Innocence betrayed and destiny did forsake The pieces of a tragedy, laid waste And your blood I will spill to avenge what's lost You'll seek my pardon and I will not forgive From the pain I inflict upon your wretched soul You beg for mercy and I take your life Fear, you reek Suffer, you will Death is inevitable Time to meet your fate And your blood I will spill to avenge what's lost You'll seek my pardon and I will not forgive From the pain I inflict upon your wretched soul You beg for mercy and I take your life Fear, you reek Suffer, you will Death is inevitable Time to meet your fate I am the hatesphere, engulfed in rage I am the bringer of death and decay Of the everlasting pain that I inflict A man possessed, and I can't be stopped I close my eyes And find the strength To carry on Without you by my side I will go the distance, I will not recede My path is drawn and destiny beckons me

Mark my words The code of the ancient world To which we must return Spoken, the words of the prophecy resound Through the silence of the night While the world still sleeps Broken, the honour by which we were bound But we have returned To fulfil the promise of the past Did I close my eyes for too long? Enough for them to strike you down? Let it not be so that I failed you For forgiveness I would not accept Engraved are the words, forever they hold Blood of the elders that marked us four The light of the fire that guides us forth We are bound by blood, fire and stone Bound… as one Spoken, the words of the prophecy resound Through the silence of the night While the world still sleeps Broken, the honour by which we were bound But we have returned To fulfil the promise of the past Did I close my eyes for too long? Enough for them to strike you down? Let it not be so that I failed you For forgiveness I would not accept The mouth that bites must not be fed The code of honour that will guide us on We stand united in this bleak hour Go forth into battle, we will march We shall fight until death and not accept defeat We are the hope for a new world order United for the world we stand We are the four who will end this reign Of tyranny… We stand tall among the multitude Like gods among the men We are the ones who will vanquish the dark Into obscurity… The mouth that bites must not be fed. Engraved are the words, forever they hold Blood of the elders that marked us four The light of the fire that guides us forth We are bound by blood, fire and stone Bound… as one

Where do we go? Far away from here Have we lost all? To the dark... The dark... The dark... When the lights are fading fast We follow the road to black When the faith breaks all is lost Lose not hope we shall not fall The slow wind The tide Now the lights are gone And doom is here Fear him, the harbinger Fear him, messenger of death Your weakness fuels his strength It is your fear on which he feeds A pestilence that breeds Evoked by darkness he must feed on flesh I conjure spells That blacken your heart, I am reading Into your mind Your darkness is my closest kin I am despair Death and sorrow. the unhealer No one shall be spared Slip my venom beneath your skin My dissent... futile! My resistance... i shall crush! My defiance... perish! To your end Warriors... hear my call I will lead the legions I will cut you down I will make you pay Your blood on my hands Death you shall meet Darkness i will defeat Mercy you entreat Victorious, I There is no escape From the inevitable Accept your fate The darkness will reign supreme Slain he is no more His death will mark this war Gather the army Darkness still lingers near Injected, the venom devours me Eroding away my sanity From this enslavement i must be free In my hour of need I believe you’re watching over me As the hour looms, we brace ourselves for battle Armies prepare for the siege We must destroy the mortals their sickening breed Decimate them all Assemble the armies, prepare for the attack The battle cry resounds Spare not a soul of the adversary Burn them to the ground The time is here At the onset of war we show no fear March forward and take them by force It’s time to go forth Go forth! Go forth! Go forth! And kill or be killed! Into battle we march No dread, no mercy Break the walls, tear them down The hour of reckoning is now

Die by my sword, blasphemous demons! I tear you down, blood stains the earth Show them no mercy, blasphemous demons! We slay them as they stand in our path Kill! Dismembering the fallen The ground it shakes The earth it quakes Marching forward their armies appear Stand your ground men You will fear not the reaper This is our time and this is our glory The ground it shakes The earth it quakes Brandish thy sword It's now or never We must not perish We fight till the end See them through darkness Unto their deaths I do pledge my heart, soul and body To give all I have to save us from darkness I will not follow you into defeat This is our last chance and we must believe I will now tear the flesh from their skin This war be done and a new life begins I will not spare a single soul When this is done the story will be told Charge! Attack! Torn limb from limb The bodies are piled The stench of death and Vile, filthy, dirty, rotting flesh Charge! Attack! The time is now To raise the blade And send them back from whence they came

We built a kingdom but the world around Succumbed to the evil that brought us down There was no reason for us to fail Or for the castle to crumble this way We walk down a fallen road Take back the power we did hold I will break the walls and tear you down I will return to claim the crown that's mine To the end alone Far beyond and far away By the blade of my sword This is the final stand The world enslaved and by darkness bound A black veil of evil that still surrounds The pain of mankind in their eyes A grim painted picture but we did survive We claim what was once lost Take back the hope that we lost I will raise the blade and I will bring you down I will prevail and i will not turn around and die To the end alone Far beyond and far away By the blade of my sword This is the final stand This life is ours I am all that you are not Eradicate the heart You perish this night Fire, to dust we all do turn Fire, to death we will burn To my comrades fallen Dead at my feet Your death will not be in vain Take me down, where the river flows

Long was the road to the end But I fought on For what I must defend To fulfil the vow To return and avenge To slay their breed And uphold to the death What I believe In my heart I believe Victorious now I will be I see through your severed soul I shall bring your demise Now as the hour looms near The darkness wanes And our path shines clear We march toward the gates Where he awaits I will face My arch nemesis With the hopes of the world I march on through... By my hand You shall perish Face my fury I unleash my wrath I will not spare the last The shadows of doom no more shall he cast Crush his soul into the ground No trace of the darkness shall ever be found The warrior has returned triumphant The kingdom now restored Above the bodies of a thousand foes He stands among the gods Victorious he's returned The guardian of us all Avenging our fellow men He did vanquish them all The time has come, to leave this world behind To find new meaning, a new life This world holds nothing more for me Its time, to leave it all behind