-   On the Blackest of Nights
Hammer of Eden
(Svensson, Gustavsson, Hedlund, Wallberg)

In a heartbeat, we all understood
At the brink of the final hour 
The age of innocence gone forever 
Lost in the madness of misused power 

Our blissful ignorance gave us shelter
But now our downfall is evident 
The lunacy we accepted as truth caused 
An irreversible detriment

We are the Hammer of Eden 
We are the bringers of doom
Striking the Hammer of Eden
Sealing the earth as our tomb

Stupidity far beyond belief
Only matched by our arrogance 
We dug our grave in the name of progress 
And killed the last of our innocence

We are the Hammer of Eden 
Bringing our doom
Crushing the last voice of reason
Sealing our tomb


 
On the Blackest of Nights
(Svensson, Gustavsson, Wallberg, Hedlund)

On the Blackest of Nights
The unseen stars align 
Guided by darkness
The Messenger shall arrive
Called by the ancient stone 
The Wisdom of the Stars
Perpetual shadows feed
The Haunter of the Dark

On the Blackest of Nights
The unseen stars align
Guided by darkness
The Messenger shall arrive
Upon the shunned church hill
The blackened walls hold sway
To keep the crystal safe
From sunlight's thwarting rays 

Summoned to the talisman – a pathway from beyond 
A call of shadows sent through space to form the astral bond sent 
Bringing arcane knowledge to the game war-mongers play
His will be done when fools in power blow Earth's dust away

On the Blackest of Nights
The unseen stars align
Guided by darkness
The Messenger has arrived!






 

 
The Word and the Abyss
(Svensson, Gustavsson, Hedlund)

Cast into the dark
Leave you hanging there 
Do you know the Word?
Do you know the Abyss?

Scrutinize your heart
Do you feel or care?
Have you known the Word? 
Have you felt the Abyss?

Break the shell of your mortal form 
Cast your life into the void
Clarity leads through the storm 
Your soul transcends while your flesh is destroyed 

Branded with the mark
That will lead you there
Can you speak the Word?
Can you cross the Abyss?

Break the shell of your mortal form
Cast your life into the void
Clarity leads through the storm
Your soul transcends while your flesh is destroyed

Across the gap
Face the demon
Summoned by your fear
A faithful step 
Abandon reason
Reality is near 






 

 
Cyclops
(Svensson, Gustavsson, Hedlund, Wallberg)

Why am I cursed with this vision?
To see what no one else can see 
An uncanny premonition
Of the things that have to be 

A bargain with the beast - a pact of arcane powers
One eye given for the gift of second sight 
Yet all that we received - for the foolishness of our greed 
Was the unwanted vision of the day that we must die 

Why am I blessed with this vision?
The gift to know what lies ahead 
But still my plans of right decisions 
End in constructions of the dead 

All I know - All I see
The end that lies ahead of me
Hear our woe - Hear our plea 
Save us from a fate brought by our greed 

The prophecy I’ve seen, I’ll live to see it fulfilled 
How can I mourn the inevitable?

All that I know, all that I see
The end ahead of me
All that I show, all that I feel
The prophecy’s now real.

No one else could perceive
No one else would believe
With what I know I can no longer pretend
Another chapter ends here 
My vision’s made it so clear 
For now I know that this too must end

I see it now, I see it now, I see it now

Now we’re no more

Let it be known - truth lies in death
What has been shown - will forever be
I’ve seen beyond - nothing will change
All sins atoned - as we embrace eternity…

 

 
Among the Dying
(Svensson, Gustavsson, Hedlund, Wallberg)

The silence is deafening
The roar of life has died 
Facing the emptiness
The bitter cold inside 

The void is calling me...

Gripped by disgust I wake up 
To this unrelenting reality 
I've tasted her lips, felt her embrace
The price was my mortality

I find myself, caught in the grey 
Among the dying, the dying to be dead 
Breathing death, spirits decay
Among the dying

The air of youth has left me now
I feel my core is crumbling
Downed by the force of age 
A mockery quite humbling

Give my condolences to
The naive lover of living 
His dream is shattered, torn to shreds
The prize for the years he has given 

I find myself, caught in the grey
Among the dying, the dying to be dead
Breathing death, fading away
Among the dying

Among the dying
Among the dying
Among the dying
Among the dying

This is it
There will be no more
From now on I will just await my death

 

 
Through the Gateway
(Svensson, Gustavsson, Hedlund)

“Enter the darkness 
Let it take you in
Mystified, by the night
Free from guilt and sin”

So spoke the shadow of the huntress to me 
As she guided me through the fields
Ancient fires and carnal desires
How could I anything but yield?

Under the full moon
By the light of stars 
Live this night, live your life
As who you really are 

Deny the lies of monotheistic religion
Embrace the majesty of creation
Suffer no guilt for the patriarchal burden
Grant your flesh the true Holy sensation

Passing through the gateway
Leaving all my morals behind 
The demons embrace me
And greet me as one of their kind







 

 
The Mourning Son
(Svensson, Gustavsson, Wallberg, Hedlund)

Darkness falls, as Light dies 
I face the storm with open eyes

Another day is over, another night's begun
And finding me cold sober: The Desolation

Ravaged by the spirits, demons of the low
The sorrows and the secrets, only I can know 

Still I rise again, and I know
The reason to go on is the will to not let go
Still I rise again, and I know
The reason to go on is the will to not let go

I've touched the mountain highs, and unspeakable depths below 
I've listened close inside, to hear the river flow 

Still I rise again, and I know
The reason to go on is the will to not let go
Still I rise again, and I know
The reason to go on is the will to not let go

 
Madman
(Svensson, Gustavsson, Wallberg, Hedlund)

They call me mad, but it's not wise to do so
To seek to turn a madman into a foe
And I don't care, just what others may bid
'Cause I'm the only one I have to live with

Through these shattered eyes I see
Someone's looking back at me
Climb aboard and join me in my world of misery

Your voice flows through me and it beckons me to burn
To leave safe ground and never to return
Against all gods on the wings of will we rise
Shattering the chains of celestial lies

We wayward spirits driven onward
Fire by fire lights the soul
Our reason here remains yet unknown
As does our journey’s path and goal

Our faces shine for we know not fear or shame
We kill our demons just by speaking their names
Face the Paine, in this age, reason is a must
When your sense is the only thing that you can trust