50 Litres - the lyrics
Cannon fire
Elves
Legion
No Step Further
Possessed
SpeakToMe
Storm
Tears on my Armour
Cannon fire
My whole existence
of impulses made
With fine gunpowder
(I) confront the raid
They said I needn’t
a beating chest
My aim was war
without rest
I lived in lies
of eons’ age
which then inflamed
my inner rage
Flags and old grudges
false enemies
religions who kill
to avoid abyss
My life passing
before my eyes
I cannot follow
trapped in their lies
I am still searching
through endless years
my human heart
my real tears
Birth, Growth, Learn
Fight, fight, fight, Fight, fight,
No love
The surface changes
No orcs, no elves
The battle remains
Now (we) kill ourselves
Religions stand still
a circle of terror
Wars for security
which is an error
Religions stand still
a circle of terror
The battle remains
Now (we) kill ourselves
But something ‘s still in my hands
I hold the cannon
to masters I turn
Fortresses, companies
Hot metal earn!
In the smoke of cannons
I exact justice
to those I served to death
Elves (Captain's Log I)
Most of the lyrics were originally in Atalante's poem "Captain's Log"
My lips are dry,
I feel as if I kissed a desert
- as if I kept taking sand in
with every breath...
Bitter is the taste
every time I try to wet them
- bitter is the taste of your impossible;
oh, fearful - am I not? - of the bitter end...
I stand.
Flickering inside you,
the flame, the trust, the glory, almost lost
- fighting inside you the void and the miracle;
join me, join me where music lies...
Trembling; the strength,
this almost now forgotten, the reason, the cause
- the explosion, us, the wor(l)ds in between;
oh, those between thought and feeling.
You know.
The next time you’ll hear these words by my lips
They will be different.
The next time you’ll hear these sounds by our lips
You will be different
We will be different
Legion
The title (but not directly the lyrics or the music) is inspired by VNV Nation.
Down at dry meadows
slowly advancing
an army of hollow shadows
every night dancing.
There is no beating in their hearts
no love, no blood
Only terror sneaky crawling
touching with a freezing hand
There is no feeling in their eyes
no evil, no good
Only sins not forgotten
and a cursed depressed mood
They fight without mercy
nor with rage, nor blood
There is simply no escape
Guided by a crimson rod
They cannot think of a solution
nor anything at all
They ‘re not here to decide
that’ surely not their role
NOT YOURS MAYBE
Or they can choose their way
their place in the world
but they don’t sense their power
to leave jumping abroad
IF NOT THEY, AT LEAST YOU
No Step Further
In a world of change
computers calculating
Machines of great range
a new reality creating
Reject them as illusions
of elfish evil ways
They ‘re planning for intrusions
Confront them with your mace
Reject them as illusions
of an age of corruption
confront the evolution
believe and close your eyes
Stay in the fortress
your dead ancestors made
Live in a frauding kingdom
in a long forgotten shade
Let your children die
by the red pox
To earn your living try
for hours at the docks
Are you sure this is a life?
Your clan is slowly fading
tortured by stagnancy
while elves are trading
you’re sentenced in humility
Are you afraid, are you afraid
of technology advancement?
Think it again, dare to proceed
Something interesting can by achieved
Still do you fear
genetic engineering
in case in the future
monsters ‘ll be appearing?
Would you really fear
to make use of knives
in case in the future
they claimed human lives?
Of course it isn’t simple
it shall never be, shall never
established rules will tremble
there are dangers and issues
We’re guided by advice
from our father’s father
We reject progress as lies
and make no step further
I just want a future
a future for our children
and I try to make it better
and not to fight it back (now)
I just want less suffering in the world
and I want it
now
Posessed
Their anatomy: a mesh
just a disgusting piece of flesh
abominations without heart
Believe our words and make them hurt
Filthy possessed
Hunt them to the last
Destroy their nest
Fall in battle lust
No mercy nor rest
Kill ‘em all you must
Search for evidence and keys
unholy marks of the disease
Reveal the truth and cut them down
Burn their home, reduce to stone
We can’t accept what we create
prepare for them the darkest fate
As we misjudge we can forget
our old mistakes which make a net
beneath our eyes, unknown yet
the source of darkness and possessed
But we prefer to lay the blame
To enemies with easy name
Filthy possessed
We hunt them to forget
Turn ourselves to beast
Drunk in wine of hate
Speak to me
Dancing once more without shame
forgetting all in beauty’s name
not fearing what could cause you harm
You throw the veils that hide your charm
Hearts that could break are nothing more
than fragile shells thrown at the shore
Your body naked, your eyes blue
Your lips promise, but your faith’s untrue
A friend’s mistake while on the ford
An elfish arrow your bosom tore
Your body hurt, your eyes shut
Your lips do bleed, your skin is cut
Speak to me
Just no more lies
Stare at me
Please open your eyes
I’ll give you love, (you) won’t stay alone
A kiss of life, it’s all I own
Then sages ‘ll heal your open wound
Herbs ’re gonna soothe your raging woe
Hope often grapples people who care
Relief we give in vain turns bare
And as you leave becoming lore
teardrops is what I’m longing for
Storm
Female german vocals by Fevi. Thanks to Δήμητρα for the help with the german lyrics!
Il y a un chevalier
qui peut assassiner
suive des codes anciens
exactement comme les chiens
Seine Hand mit elfen blut
verschmicht, er wunder fragt
sich uber dein ewigen gesetz,
die so (viel) schmerz verursacht
Tears on my Armour
Oh my armour and shield
I carry you on the field
As to battle I run
you shine great as the sun
Oh, please don’t shine
You protect me from harm
by my enemy’s arm
But you hide in me
the pain I cannot see
Don’t mirror my eyes
I feel a pain in my heart
something tears me apart
a thing that pusses my throat
familiar wish in my thoughts
I wish I could cry
Don’t mirror my eyes
I wish I could cry
Such awe on my face
No tears on my armour
Isn’t there water in me?
Fifty litres of sea?
Can’t I drink? Don’t I eat?
Can’t I breathe? Don’t I bleed?
No, No tears on my armour
Oh my armour and shield
I drop you on the field
as the battle I leave
No more myself I deceive
Don’t shine anymore
I wish I could cry, no tears
Don’t mirror my eyes, don’t mirror
Don’t shine anymore, don’t shine
No tears on my armour, no tears
Isn’t there water in me?
Fifty litres of sea?
Can’t I drink? Don’t I feed?
Can’t I breathe? Don’t I bleed?
I wish I could cry, no tears
Don’t mirror my eyes, no tears
Don’t shine anymore, no tears
No tears on my armour, no tears