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ENSIFERUM LYRICS album: "Ensiferum" (2000) Intro Hero In A Dream Token Of Time Guardians Of Fate Old Man Little Dreamer Abandoned Windrider Treacherous Gods Eternal Wait Battle Song Goblins' Dance album: "Iron" (2004) Ferrum Aeternum Iron Sword Chant Mourning Heart (Interlude) Tale Of Revenge Lost In Despair Slayer Of Light Into Battle Lai Lai Hei Tears demo re-release: "1997-1999" (2005) Frost Old Man Knighthood The Dreamer's Prelude Little Dreamer Warrior's Quest White Storm Intro Hero In A Dream Eternal Wait Battle Song Guardians Of Fate album: "Victory Songs" (2007) Ad Victoriam Blood Is The Price Of Glory Deathbringer From The Sky Ahti One More Magic Potion Wanderer Raised By The Swords The New Dawn

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ENSIFERUM LYRICSalbum: "Ensiferum" (2000)

IntroHero In A DreamToken Of Time

Guardians Of FateOld Man

Little DreamerAbandonedWindrider

Treacherous GodsEternal WaitBattle Song

Goblins' Dance

album: "Iron" (2004)Ferrum Aeternum

IronSword Chant

Mourning Heart (Interlude)Tale Of RevengeLost In DespairSlayer Of Light

Into BattleLai Lai Hei

Tears

demo re-release: "1997-1999" (2005)Frost

Old ManKnighthood

The Dreamer's PreludeLittle DreamerWarrior's Quest

White StormIntro

Hero In A DreamEternal WaitBattle Song

Guardians Of Fate

album: "Victory Songs" (2007)Ad Victoriam

Blood Is The Price Of GloryDeathbringer From The Sky

AhtiOne More Magic Potion

WandererRaised By The Swords

The New DawnVictory SongLady In Black

album: "From Afar" (2009)By The Dividing Stream

From AfarTwilight TavernHeathen ThroneElusive Reaches

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Stone Cold MetalSmoking Ruins

Tumman Virran TaaThe Longest Journey (Heathen Throne Part II)

Vandraren

album: "Unsung Heroes" (2012)Symbols

In My Sword I TrustUnsung HeroesBurning LeavesCelestial Bond

Retribution Shall Be MineStar Queen (Celestial Bond Part II)

PohjolaLast Breath

Passion, Proof, PowerBamboleo

album: "Ensiferum" (2000)

1. Intro

[instrumental]

2. Hero In A Dream

A witch read from the palm of his handthat his life would turn into darknessand alone he would face all demonsfrom his past that he tries to forgetAn elder king warned of the dangersthat lie in the valleys of north andhis only chance was to find his shadowso he had to set forth

He is the man who travels in the landof dragons and magic spellsHe rides in the winds of fire and snowand he rules the forest of elves

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Slash of the golden sworda flash in the burning nightCurse of the evil lordHe is fighting for his life for the last time

Oh such beauty in time, but it's just externalHe cannot see the truth with his eyes, so he is bound by a lie

The snow starts falling in paradise, as he gazes at the starsHe will be born again in the sky, when the night turns into a dawn

On the way to the ancient castle of timehe will soon be damned by rageso that his pride could betray himwhen it's time to set him freeThe fears in his mind had to be pushed asideas he walked through the gatesHe will never die'cause he is truly a Hero in a Dream

3. Token Of Time

Harvest the field of timewith the old man's scytheThe narrow path of the chosen onereaches beyond life

I set sails for the ageless windsNo fear of dying or a thought of surrenderI threaten every barrier on my wayI am bound forever with Token of Time

Among the humble peopleEverything is torn apartbut I'm blessed with faithand bravely I shall go on

Are thou the bringer of hope and joythat I've waited for yearsI shall fight to restore the moonWisdoms of time are carved on the sacred wood

Do thou possess spiritual powersthat would dispel all my fearsI shall not die until the seal is brokenToken of Time is trusted in the hands of the chosen one

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4. Guardians Of Fate

Race with the windThe night is endingThey will winwhen the sun is risingStories have been told for years about the rebel manriding in the lands of unknownNo one has ever seen their furious beingsand their secret remains untold

Their deeds shall be heardTheir legend will live foreverThey are the Guardians Of Fate

As they shouted their last battle cries their destiny was to be deadTheir future was in no one's hands like the prophet of the moon had said

Those who travelled far away from home, they'll never returnand those who crossed the seas of hope, they all will burn

5. Old Man

So much farther off than time could reachToday it would be too lateSo much despair he has bledbut will he wither awayNo one knows that you must keepthis Old Man wide awake'cause no one knows that he could feedour lives with a brighter flame

[CHORUS 1:]Hush little dreamer, the bearer of lighthas come to set you freeNow little dreamer at last you can sigh'cause the nightmares will be released

[CHORUS 2:]Sweeter far than life from I found that love wasSweeter far than love to die as he did[J.L.Runeberg]

[REPEAT CHORUS 1]

The stars fell from the night skyas he reached his hands in the airAs the sun peeked between the trees

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the Old Man burst to tears

[REPEAT CHORUS 2]

6. Little Dreamer

Once there was a boy back in time of the heathensDay after day he just kept dreaming things that would make him weakerHis father could not make him see, that there is more than dreamsBut he wouldn't listen to the words of his father, 'cause he's a little dreamer

Along his quest for solitudeA wise man came and told him to follow the stars

He ran to the forest with whirlwinds by his sideHe's lost in this world of liesTake him back where rivers flow upwardsHe is the one who livesunder a moonless sky looking for timeTake him back where stars are shining bright

Far in the lands of icetop mountains far on the other sidepictures are appearing so serenely into my mindFar in the lands of meadows of fire deep in forgotten lifememories are drifting away so silently from light

Along his path of miseryA wise man came and told him to follow... the starsLittle Dreamer...

7. Abandoned

Sing for your tearsa song of the hatredNo one can hear'cause your life is forgottenI want to give my life to youbut my will is tied with puppet stringsI am fighting and screaming aloneinside this empty roomThey let you down, threw you in the rainThey let you down, sent you away... without a name

The night is dark when you're aloneand sometimes it can be so cruel

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The rain keeps falling on me so coldly'cause your wishes didn't come true

Nothing seems real anymoreas I dive into the sea of liesI don't understand this sorrowthat keeps me sane

8. Windrider

He appears from the mists of a dismal lakeand the sky crumbles as he flies through the dimensions aloneThe night has laid a cape on his shouldersand with a grin on his face he attacks with his loyal soldiers, into the unknown

There's no place for him in this world, and no tiesand all this hate and grief unite in his mind

Windrider - seeks freedom with vengeance on his mindto escape from the crimson skygrave and fly awayWindrider - is waiting for the final daywhen he'll be released from the shackles of a slave

In the eye of the storm he rides with jaded memories of his lifeas the fires are dancing colorfully, he is struggling to surviveTrapped in a maze, can't get away, what have you became nowTake the hammer of the elders and crush your way out

His presence is shaking the landas he stands at the mountain peakHis instincts are getting weak,but there is still hunger in his eyes, that keeps him alive

He wears the mask of the huntedArts of light for him have been grantedHe lives in the fragments of timewaiting for his time to die...Windrider...

9. Treacherous Gods

The Land Is Silent... Before The Storm!

On the vast fields of snow, the wind is blowing strongWith its frozen cold and relentless touch

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it leaves a dead and hollow land of ice

I have seen through the eyes of a wolfand felt all its pain and lonelinessThe beautiful land opened before my eyeswild as a beast I ran into the night

The Calling Of The Howling WindIs Raging In The Realms Of NorthCreations Of Ice Rising Mighty Into The SkiesAnd Treacherous Gods Shall Fall

Watching through the falling snowthere's no sign of lifeThe fire has gone out in the whirl of timeBehold the face of thunderthe storm is getting nearWhen the sky calls my name, I have no fear

They brought us misfortune, but their honor is about to be crushedMy blood flows cold as streams of the NorthWe'll never let them take our soulsThe calling of the howling wind is raging in the NorthCreations of ice, rising mighty into the skiesand Treacherous Gods shall fall

Time And Time AgainI Witness The Birth Of A New Born StarI Climb The Highest MountainTo Find The Essence Of A New Era

10. Eternal Wait

Over the Forgotten seaVoice of angel is calling for meSomewhere, where the mountains collideThat's where I'll find my new life

I have carried this burden so long for youthat nothing but sorrow I feelI have let myself believethat nothing would hurt deeper than the truth

Never has the wind blown like thousand years agoEverything that I've known has left me on my ownNever have I felt the rain fall down like the burning flamesAll I see is the face of eternal wait

I hear your silent cry

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lost in the rainy nightNo reason to live forone reason to die for

I am the one who has fallen into the path of shadows(and that road never seems to end)I am the one who has drowned into the river of tears

11. Battle Song

Hear the sound of swords fulfill the nightFeel the winds of death on your skinSee the arrows fly, flaming in the skyHear the screams of men, as they die

We won this battle wit might and fearless heartsWe came and we fulfilled our prophecySo now we shall march back towards our kingdomWith heads up high and glimmering eyeswe returned with our glory

Silence now falls upon this blood red fieldVultures feasting with the flesh of dead bodies"This is a great moment for all of usbut now it's time to head back home victorious"

12. Goblins' Dance

Once in the time of chaos,of sunless days and of unhappinessThe statue of the triumphant masterstood proud and grimIn the light of three descending moons,it twisted and cracked openUnleashing the Goblin King,once again, for the last time

"Now the Victory is ours!""Let us dance the dance of Immortals"They shrieked, as they marchedup and down the hills,in the sighing face of earth

Misfortune and Chaos,Grief and Destruction

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The works of Dreaming evil,and the joy of unholinessNo soul was left alone,in the mayhem of the human race"Hahahahaa!!!, Let us joy, Let us dance!!!"So they danced their macabre dances

From the three ascending moons,moonshine was spilling onto the ground,Gruesome trophies were all around,In the halls of the Goblin King

album: "Iron" (2004)

1. Ferrum Aeternum

[Instrumental]

2. Iron

The silence breaks the groundA shadow is riding the horizonAn arcane man arrives to townRemoresless and condemnedTasted the snake's poisonBroken every boneFelt a thousand gunshot woundsBut there's nothing that whiskey can't cure

Ride Through the crossfireRide Through the flames, like a predator in the nightThe eagles fly into eternal sunsetThe heroes die, dying for their pride

Awoken to heavy gallopingI heard the blasting whiplashEyes are filled with lust to killBeware, he's crying out your nameNow the time has comeWhen the Iron tears the heartAnd the trumpets will ring loudlyAs the stars are painted with blood

Blazing fire under the moonBurning taste of leadWe'll ride forever

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Cause' the Iron is stronger than death

3. Sword Chant

[Grim man's tale:][I:]A flaming blade of the dark shadows struck the landsWith furious lightning it fell into the hands of manAnd the ancient fire came downDown from the sky into the groundThe clouds moved aside as the sword was cast from the skyBurnt by a mark of fire, who shall make this findAnd the grey clouds were watching down, down from the sky into the ground...As the shapes of light were drowned

[II:]Courage's started crowling from the ashes and smokeAnd the night was cursed and drifting within the winds so coldAnd the knights from the sea were marching downTo the deep caverns down, down where the old spells are foundThe war was growing in the old lands and townsFrom the mountains war drums pounded with a deafening soundThey'll seek the Sword forevermore, until in battle they'll fall...Now, hear the battle's call

Who dares to play with deathWho smells the dragon's breathNo grief for the fallen onesThe search for the sword has begun

[Carved in stone:]Great as the mountains and seasGrim as the earth and old treesMade from the glimmer of golden lakesChained with fire that never fadesRocks and stones they carve and mouldWhen the rivers run fierce and coldMay this chant haunt your pastFor this Sword is yours at last

Raise the arms the battle is nearThrough the mud and waters clearThe blood is coloring the lands againA sign of victory the wind will send

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4. Mourning Heart (Interlude)

[Instrumental]

5. Tale Of Revenge

He bears a tale so gloom and tragic never to be knownInto darkness now fallen, into hatred now grownLike stillborn child drifting in the silent seasOf blood, crushing all his dreamsNo castle walls can hold the fury in his eyesDevotion for death, now controls his lifeNo gold or silver can bring him consolationOnly one thing is left inside him, the desire of revenge

One light so cold and pale, sleeping quietly all aloneOne life so old and gray, wandering away from home

Parted with a horrid cry, snow falls on his griefUnited by the sword of wicked screamsWhat deeds he has done to hear those deadful soundsIn the ruins of memories he wanders, forever boundForever bound to death!

Wait for me in th mountains, haunt for me in the windsWait for me in the land where nothing livesUntil the day I have found revenge, I will feed my swordUntil my heart is cold, every breath of mine is yours

6. Lost In Despair

I was lost, on my ownAnd I couldn't bear the thought of my lifeI was gone, caught in the torturing memoriesAnd they burned like fireWater can never heal such pain

Can't you believeNothing is realCan't you seeI cannot feel

Take me awayBury me in the sandCause after all these years I am still the same

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A sad and bitter man

Crush my hope, grow my hateThere's no home for meNothing to give, nothing to saySo tell me it's a dream

7. Slayer Of Light

I have come to unfold your mindIn my veins runs the poison wildIn the streams of mountains I flowI have opened the doors for unleashed and endless hateIt will burn like the raging green flamesInside a man dwell secrets so cold

Through the dreadful storms, across the frozen oceansI have come from the dark lands with sorrow in my handsThe firewind rages in the skyAnd my luminous sword hungers for moreI will leave no one aliveFor I am the Slayer of Light

I... I will break your willI... I will crush your faithI... I will slay your dreamsI will reclaim the stars and I will tear your precious world apartI will tear it apart

I will pull everything with me under the surfaceAnd all the screams will fade into my dreamsFall now! Dying light!I will burn away the ground beneath your feetAnd all will be vanished in the darknessDying light! Fall now!And let the night arrive

8. Into Battle

We left our homes behind, now we're following the wolves' trailThrough the deepest forests, beneath the stars we rideI can see the moon glowing red like the blood of warriorsThere's a prophecy, that tonight many men will dieThe fire will burn forever in our passionate heartsOur destinies are calling us now

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We are ready to take their lives

Into battle we ride with Gods by our sideWe are strong and not afraid to dieWe have an urge to kill and our lust for blood has to be fulfilledWE'LL FIGHT TILL THE END! And send our enemies straight to Hell!

Prominent leaders, cast your swords in the wind as a sign of warMen, prepare for death, 'cause we might never return

Blood will spill and heads will fallAs the swords sparkle, lights the nightThe ground rumbles as we attackIn the throes of rage, we will fightThe lightning's flash, the thunder's roarWill petrify the weakWe'll show no mercy, we'll kill them all!We are sworn in the name of steel

9. Lai Lai Hei

[x2]Hän katsoi maan reunalta tähteä putoavaaNyt kauniit kasvot neitosen peittää karu maaJokaisen täytyy katsoa silmiin totuudenSillä aika ompi voittoisa, mut' tämä maa on ikuinen[English translation]He gazed the falling star from the edge of the worldNow the face of the maiden are covered by rough landEveryone has to look in the eyes of the truthBecause the time is victorious, but this land is eternal

There's a place in the North, far far awayHome for the wandering manDreaming fields with skies so paleCalm is the glorious landFlames will send the sign to the skyThat we have come to feast tonightThe lakes are echoing with our songShadows are dancing on the forrest wallShadows are dancing on the forrest wall!

Enchantment of the fire and moonLost in the whispering nightThe raven's magic enthralls the woodsCrawling in the sweet starlightWe have gathered in this distant landFull of wisdom, secrets and talesThe morning will never rise again

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Roaming wolves are howling for the deadRoaming wolves are howling for the dead!Oh yea!

LAI LAI HEI!

Hän katsoi maan reunalta tähteä putoavaaNyt kauniit kasvot neitosen peittää karu maaJokaisen täytyy katsoa silmiin totuudenSillä aika ompi voittoisa, mut' tämä maa on ikuinen[English translation]He watched a falling star, at the edge of the worldNow the maiden's beautiful face is covered in barren earthEveryone has to look into the eyes of the thruth,For time is victorious, but this land will always stay true

LAI LAI HEI!

10. Tears

Shadows of evening on a traveller's wayDestiny tells where the strange path will lead youAlone I've been walking this path every dayUnder the stars and the white silver moonI hear a song and I'm closing my eyesWhile its sound is carresing my poor and sad mindWill you tonight give your promise to meFor one day the silence will sleep in your dreams

I've been waiting for so long timeTo see the light of the golden bright sunI feel no sorrow in the heart of mineFor the tears of life are now gone

Winds are whispering in the sacred forestDancing and singing with the red autumn leavesThese memories I could never forgetWith rising sun I shall be here with thee

demo re-release: "1997-1999" (2005)

1. Frost

[Demo (1997)]

Howling winds of the North

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The cold predator of the fellsMighty woods of the NorthUnder cover of darknessDesolate and dying landsBarren ground, covered with snowThere forever I am,Where cold winds blow

Gathering thoughts, take meInto a whirl of silenceGathering thoughts, give meStrength to survive

Wail to me my windsFly away with frozen wingsTake my life to your handsO' cold wasteland... of Frost

Great land of the NorthThe ice shimmering upon the lakesGreat storms of the NorthAll life frozen to deathFreezing days of sorrowI'm alone in this infertile worldIn the year before time

2. Old Man

So much farther off than time could reachToday it would be too lateSo much despair he has bledBut will he wither awayNo one knows that you must keepThis Old Man wide awake'cause no one knows that he could feedOur lives with a brighter flame

[Chorus 1:]Hush little dreamer, the bearer of lightHas come to set you freeNow little dreamer at last you can sigh'cause the nightmares will be released

[Chorus 2:]Sweeter far than life from I found that love wasSweeter far than love to die as he did[J. L. Runeberg]

[Repeat chorus 1]

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The stars fell from the nightskyAs he reached his hands in the airAs the sun peeked between the treesThe Old Man burst to tears

[Repeat chorus 2]

3. Knighthood

I walk through the calm forest in the time of knightsAnd only the dark memories are left from these timesThere's pieces of armour on skeletonsOf men lying on the groundThey were killed by the stab of the sword

Before me lays thousands of dead knightsBeneath of my feets lays skeletonsAnd only the dark memoriesAre left of this Knighthood

On this ground all fought for domination,But no one stayed aliveAnd no one knows why that even one life,Didn't surviveIt must have been the powers of evil,That killed the rest of the menOn this bloodstained ground,That which stories has been told

4. The Dreamer's Prelude

[Demo 2 (1999)]

[Instrumental]

5. Little Dreamer

Once there was a boy back in time of the heathensDay after day he just kept dreaming things that would make him weakerHis father could not make him see, that there is more than dreamsBut he wouldn't listen to the words of his father, 'cause he's a little dreamer

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Along his quest for solitudeA wise man came and told him to follow the stars

He ran to the forest with whirlwinds by his sideHe's lost in this world of liesTake him back where rivers flow upwardsHe is the one who lives under a moonless sky looking for timeTake him back where stars are shining bright

Far in the lands of icetop mountains far on the other sidePictures are appearing so serenely into my mindFar in the lands of meadows of fire deep in forgotten lifeMemories are drifting away so silently from light

Along his path of miseryA wise man came and told him to follow... the starsLittle Dreamer...

6. Warrior's Quest

(Let me tell you a story of a great warrior...)

Strike with the powers of magic stoneGrab your legacy that you beholdIf you can find your destinyThen you may return back to your home... Ride away with your mighty horseRide away through the land of storms...Unknown ar the ways of your journey aheadBut with strength and courage you can avoid your death

Throw your sword through the memoriesEmbracing your bleeding heartDon't follow the shadows they ain't for realLike guiding stars

As he falls to eternity the truth is fadingPart of him died long time ago but still there's death awaiting

Go now brave warrior don't look backThe stars will guide you through the nightBut even the brightest light,Won't reach to the darkest night...

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7. White Storm

On this dawn the colours of the autumn are reflected by a lightA light that as been captured for years in oblivion

Circles of wind are raging nowAnd so his powers are slowly dyingBefore the coldness rapes the landsHis spirit is wandering into the night... to DIE!

...and he heard chimes ahead playing these enchanted notes,That lead him to a wooden cabin, where he could rest for the night...

Over the mountainsHe had travelledAcross the oceansDeep in the nightNow when it's time toSay last farewellShow us your powerShow us your mightGift from the sky

His eyes can see it so clearly nowBut his restless mind cannot sense it in the air

THE WHITE STORM IS CLOSE!

...and his powers gained in this mystical place more than he everPosessed before.So now he could rule the realms of ice... ONCE AGAIN!

8. Intro

[Hero In A Dream (Demo 3, 1999)]

[Instrumental]

9. Hero In A Dream

A witch read from the palm of his handThat his life would turn into darknessAnd alone he would face all demonsFrom his past that he tries to forgetAn elder king warned of the dangers

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That lie in the valleys of north andHis only chance was to find his shadowSo he had to set forth

He is the man who travels in the landOf dragons and magic spellsHe rides in the winds of fire and snowAnd he rules the forest of elves

Slash of the golden swordA flash in the burning nightCurse of the evil lordHe is fighting for his life for the last time

Oh such beauty in time, but it's just externalHe cannot see the truth with his eyes, so he is bound by a lie

The snow starts falling in paradise, as he gazes at the starsHe will be born again in the sky, when the night turns into a dawn

On the way to the ancient castle of timeHe will soon be damned by rageSo that his pride could betray himWhen it's time to set him freeThe fears in his mind had to be pushed asideAs he walked through the gatesHe will never die'cause he is truly a Hero in a Dream

10. Eternal Wait

Over the Forgotten seaVoice of angel is calling for meSomewhere, where the mountains collideThat's where I'll find my new life

I have carried this burden so long for youThat nothing but sorrow I feelI have let myself believeThat nothing would hurt deeper than the truth

Never has the wind blown like thousand years agoEverything that I've known has left me on my ownNever have I felt the rain fall down like the burning flamesAll I see is the face of eternal wait

I hear your silent cryLost in the rainy nightNo reason to live for

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One reason to die for

I am the one who has fallen into the path of shadows(and that road never seems to end)I am the one who has drowned into the river of tears

11. Battle Song

Let's go

Hear the sound of swords fulfill the nightFeel the winds of death on your skinSee the arrows fly, flaming in the skyHear the screams of men, as they die

We won this battle wit might and fearless heartsWe came and we fulfilled our prophecySo now we shall march back towards our kingdomWith heads up high and glimmering eyesWe returned with our glory

Silence now falls upon this blood red fieldVultures feasting with the flesh of dead bodies"This is a great moment for all of usBut now it's time to head back home victorious"

12. Guardians Of Fate

Race with the windThe night is endingThey will winWhen the sun is risingStories have been told for years about the rebel manRiding in the lands of unknownNo one has ever seen their furious beingsAnd their secret remains untold

Their deeds shall be heardTheir legend will live foreverThey are the Guardians Of Fate

As they shouted their last battle cries their destiny was to be deadTheir future was in no one's hands like the prophet of the moon had said

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Those who travelled far away from home, they'll never returnAnd those who crossed the seas of hope, they all will burn

album: "Victory Songs" (2007)

1. Ad Victoriam

[Instrumental]

2. Blood Is The Price Of Glory

Before the grimmest enemyCold rain whipping those proud facesWarcries raising their spiritsDespising death as they rush forwardBlood of the brothers drains to the groundStirring up rage, giving the powerTrampling the enemy with their feetWithout fear they fight

Can you hear the call of the North starFeel its longing in your heartThis bound is eternalSworn through bloodAt the end we will stand as one!Even if the daylight diesOur horde marches on and onIf we should fall down to the groundWe'll rise again and never give up!

But for some it's all too muchThis honorable battle and bloodshedThey flee like a swarm of craven ratsLeaving their brothers to a certain deathThe last furious menThey didn't fear death or painThey held up their swords and shieldsAs winners they stood on the battlefield

Can you hear the call of the North starFeel its longing in your heartThis bound is eternalSworn through bloodAt the end we will stand as one!Even if the daylight diesOur horde marches on and on

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If we should fall down to the groundWe'll rise again and never give up!

Run away you cowardsWe turn our backs on youThe shame that now stains your nameWill only brighten our gloryThose who fight till their last breathAnd fall with honourTheir names and deeds shall live foreverNever to be forgotten

No axe stayed in your weak handNo shield protected you from the blows of enemiesGet out of our sightThe war has no need for traitors

Can you hear the call of the North starFeel its longing in your heartThis bound is eternalSworn through bloodAt the end we will stand as one!Even if the daylight diesOur horde marches on and onIf we should fall down to the groundWe'll rise again and never give up!

3. Deathbringer From The Sky

High above the groundBeyond the thundercloudsA Black shade is flying aloneOnce so feared among menNow the legend is becoming too oldBut finally the horrifying truth is about to unfold

Deathbringer from the SkyHunting victims in the nightFeel the terror as flames are burning brightThere is... No tower as high or a cave so deepThat can save you from its endless spiteSo bow down and face your wretched destiny

A Den filled with treasures and goldNo longer calms his spirit so coldAgain it is time to spread the wings of doomA Growl shakes the groundFlames blind men and smoke covers the starsAs he rises towards an ancient sky

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The era of total chaos will arriveMen shall flee in fearMy name will haunt their mortal soulsI'll burn their flesh and I'll crush their bones

Now they shall knowThat every myth told is trueThey shall burn on my blazing gallows

Deathbringer from the SkyHunting victims in the nightFeel the terror as flames are burning brightThere is... No tower as high or a cave so deepThat can save you from its endless spiteSo bow down and face your wretched destiny

Your screams can't make me feel pity or regretI only feel furious hatredWith fire my dominion is gainedSo burn away and let my kind rule the world again

4. Ahti

At the time of sundownNature bathes in coloursIn silence it waitsFor the approaching forceIn the halls of AinolaThe true king of dark watersLurks with his mistressAnd a mob of a sea creatures

Under the waves of a blue lakeDwells the mighty AHTI!Sailors praise the glorious nameOf the ruler of tides; AHTI!

At the shores of a northern landPray mortal menDestruction for the arrogant foolsA Reward for humble soulsThe great lurker of the seasIs pleased of the sacrificeThe waters are calmToday no storm shall rise!

Under the waves of a blue lakeDwells the mighty AHTI!

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Sailors praise the glorious nameOf the ruler of tides; AHTI!

Under the waves of a blue lakeDwells the mighty AHTI!Sailors praise the glorious nameOf the ruler of tides; AHTI!

Foreign ship filled with infidelsThey didn't listen to the northern menFrom a dead calm storm will riseAnd they'll face the wrath of the seaTake care that your heirDon't turn out too proudOr your bloodline will drownInto a vast ocean...

Under the waves of a blue lakeDwells the mighty AHTI!Sailors praise the glorious nameOf the ruler of tides; AHTI!

Under the waves of a blue lakeDwells the mighty AHTI!Sailors praise the glorious nameOf the ruler of tides; AHTI!

5. One More Magic Potion

Once when we were returning from a battle andWe got lost in a gloomy forestin the middle of the woodswe saw an old housewith tired minds we knockedthe door very loudlyOld woman opened the wooden doorShe asked us to come inwith kind wordsFrom her pot arose a scent so weirdStunning and bitter but very summoning

Bring me a magic potionit will heal my aching woundsA taste so bitter that makesmy bleeding soul feel so goodIt will make us sing and dancein our endless feastOr it might even unleashthe beast in me

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She filled out pints with that devils beverageAnd served another round with an hideous grinThe world was spinning in a new light I saw everythingand everyone was singing this song

With nature, trolls and the spirits of the forestWe are one; let our singing rise up into the starsThe witch's magic drum was still beating hardWhen a goblin brought me a new pint and together we roared

Drink and dance!People of the forest sing with us!Who wants to brawl with me?Who can shape a kantele from a pike's jaw?Like the great one once did

Close your eyesCalm your mind and drift away from the painBeyond dreamsInto the depths of the cauldronLike a rain it fallsAnd mirrors nature's healing powersSurrender this timeAnd relief you shall find

Catcher of soulshunter of spiritsGrant us the final frop of the life's elixirI want to drown all my miseryInto the green trolls bloodAnd brown swamp drinkFight against diminishing timeBurden of a solitary warrior's lifeCatcher of soulshunter of spiritsGrant us the final frop of the life's elixir

Bring me a magic potionit will heal my aching woundsA taste so bitter that makesmy bleeding soul feel so goodIt will make us sing and dancein our endless feastOr it might even unleashthe beast in me

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6. Wanderer

In time bleeding wounds will healUnlike some which are too deep to seeLike scars in a nomads soulTheir mending is so slowNot the shout of a hundred enemiesCan make him feel fear inside himBut when sun sets and the cold arrivesWith crushing solitude in the darkness of night

He will ride across land and timeTo find a way through this endless nightThere's a storm in his heart and the fire burns his soulBut the wanderer's part is to ride alone

With bare hands he has taken many livesHe has had a hundred women by his sideFrom enchanted woods to the freezing northHe is known at every sea and far beyondAs the moon grows and the circle is completeHe lies down and waits for sleepBut there's always a scenery in his mindOf all that beauty he once left behind

He will ride across land and timeTo find a way through this endless nightThere's a storm in his heart and the fire burns his soulBut the wanderer's part is to ride alone

He will ride across land and timeTo find a way through this endless nightThere's a storm in his heart and the fire burns his soulBut the wanderer's part is to ride alone

He will ride across land and timeTo find a way through this endless nightThere's a storm in his heart and the fire burns his soulBut the wanderer's part is to ride alone

7. Raised By The Swords

Oh, who is raised by the swordCan't be beatenWho is toughened by the fireCan't be burnedAwaited by immortalityAre the ones sacrificing their lives

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To blood, to victory, to the truth

As ye saw, as shall ye reapWe will turn your fields into deathShining our blades smash all downGuidance of cold windsWe complete the ancient ruleEach of us was created to kill

Hail, the wisest onesYou have walked the severe and harsh pathTo the almighty crownSoon the lost riddles will be solvedOnce and for allAs the ageless earth praises your sword

As ye saw, as shall ye reapWe will turn your fields into deathShining our blades smash all downGuidance of cold windsWe complete the ancient ruleEach of us was created to kill

Oh, raise the windOh, open up earthOh, wild waters floodAnd flames burn the ruins they ownBurn all and everything they own

Now let your prayers fadeThe weak ones will meet their gruesome fateLoyal minds will not breakThe bold people of warHave raised to get their victoryYou depend on our mercyWho is raised by the swordCan't be beatenWho is toughened by the fireCan't be burnedOur everlasting loyalty will never breakThe bold people of warHave raised their swords

8. The New Dawn

Through the storm like the wind we rideLeaving it all far behindAnother war is straight aheadThis fight will give us all

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None shall live , they all will fallWhen the new dawn arises, we stand tall

Fight! For our new dawnRide! Kill them allFight! For our new dawnRise! And we stand tall

Feel your strength and let it riseHear the call of their demiseLet them feel your steelHave faith my friend, this is not the endOur time is near, we feel your fearBecause we will...

Fight! For our new dawnRide! Kill them allFight! For our new dawnRise! And we stand tall

Nothing can stop us nowAs we march towards the final fightIt waits us in the nightOur swords are taking livesGiving us what is oursNow the new dawn arises and we have it all

Fight! For our new dawnRide! Kill them allFight! For our new dawnRise! And we stand tall

9. Victory Song

The plan of invasionan Evil deceptionWas made in the halls of the dark kingdomTo steal their richesTo slave them allTo make them kneel for a new God

The Guard woke up the sleeping menWith the sound of a bronze hornThe enemy is getting closerSo brace yourselves for assault!

Swords in their hands they killed each and every manWho dared to invade their sacred landVictory songs are raising in the night

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Telling all of their undying strength and might

Arrows are raining from the skyAs brothers fight side by sideWe're outnumberedBut our destiny is to win

FIGHT!Fight with the rage of a bear!DEFEND!Our homeland!CRUSH!Crush every enemy!AND SEAL!Our victory!

Swords in their hands they killed each and every manWho dared to invade their sacred landVictory songs are raising in the nightTelling all of their undying strength and might

Ei urhot kaukaisen PohjolanUhan eessä taipuneetJälleen pauhaa kansi taivahanVeri valuu maahan lumiseenMoni nähdä ei saa enää huomistaMoni jää heitä kaipaamaanJälkipolville jää maa rauhaisaVoiton laulut soi ainiaanVoiton laulut soi ainiaan!

[English translation:]

The braves of the northDidn't give in before the threatAgain the sky dome rumblesBlood stains the snowMany don't get to see tomorrowMany will be missedLand remains peaceful for progenySongs of victory will sound forever)

Swords in their hands they killed each and every manWho dared to invade their sacred landVictory songs are raising in the nightTelling all of their undying strength and might

Swords in their hands they killed each and every manWho dared to invade their sacred landVictory songs are raising in the nightTelling all of their undying strength and might

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10. Lady In Black

[originally by Uriah Heep]

She came to me one morningOne lonely Sunday morningHer long hair flowingIn the midwinter windI know not how she found meFor in darkness I was walkingAnd destruction lay around meFrom a fight I could not winAh ah ah...

She asked me name my foe thenI said the need within some menTo fight and kill their brothersWithout thought of love or GodAnd I begged her give me horsesTo trample down my enemySo eager was my passionTo devour this waste of lifeAh ah ah...

But she wouldn't think of battle thatReduces men to animalsSo easy to beginAnd yet impossible to endFor she's the mother of all menHad counselled me so wisely thenI feared to walk alone againAnd asked if she would stayAh ah ah...

Oh lady lend your hand I criedAnd let me rest here at your sideHave faith and trustIn me she saidAnd filled my heart with lifeThere is no strength in numbersHave no such misconceptionBut when you need meBe assured I won't be far awayAh ah ah...

Thus having spoke she turned awayAnd though I found no words to sayI stood and watched until I sawHer black cloak disappear

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My labor is no easierBut now I know I'm not aloneI find new heart each timeI think upon that windy dayAnd if one day she comes to youDrink deeply from her words so wiseTake courage from herAs your prizeAnd say hello from meAh ah ah...

album: "Unsung Heroes" (2012)

1. Symbols

[Instrumental]

2. In My Sword I Trust

Many men have crossed my wayPromising peace and my soul to saveBut I've already heard it allI've seen what they made with their freedomBut I, I have no need for your godThe shallow truth of your poisonous tongueBrothers, it's time to make a standTo reclaim our livesBecause only steel can set us free

Rise my brothers, we are blessed by steelIn my sword I trust!Arm yourselves, the truth shall be revealedIn my sword I trust!Tyrants and cowards for metal you will kneelIn my sword I trust'Til justice and reason will wieldIn my sword I trust

The sword that shimmers in my hand,Do you have the mind to eat the guilty flesh?To drink the blood of those who are to blame?The time of change is here, unveil your blade!

Rise my brothers we are blessed by steelIn my sword I trust

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Arm yourselves the truth shall be revealedIn my sword I trustTyrants and cowards for metal you will kneelIn my sword I trust'Til justice and reason will wieldIn my sword I trust

Cling your souls to your godsKneel, obey, follow their lawsDeceit, subjugate, cherish their greedDisdain Verity, glorify futile faith

O Old Man,Bring me a fiery fur coatPut on me a blazing shirtShielded by which I may make warLest my head should come to griefAnd my locks should go to wasteIn the sport of bright ironUpon the point of harsh steel[Kalevala]

Rise my brothers we are blessed by steelIn my sword I trustArm yourselves the truth shall be revealedIn my sword I trustTyrants and cowards for metal you will kneelIn my sword I trust'Til justice and reason will wieldIn my sword I trustIn my sword I trust

3. Unsung Heroes

Forgotten tomb hillUnnamed gravesNo light can reach thereMemories fade away

Only frozen soilAnd eternal windRemember the sacrificeOf those who are now buried in time

A Dauntless heartA Righteous mindNo sign of fearCast asideLeft to die

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Just one frozen tear

Unsung heroesForgotten valourUnknown soldiersEntombed in time

Only shadows growWhere the forsaken lieHope buried in snow

A thousand scarsRegret noneBut only the dead onesHave seen the end of war

4. Burning Leaves

Passing aeonsEverlasting fight against the EvilTheir army grows on and onWith the darkening horizon

I'm not afraid, let them comeI will never retreatI will stand and hold my groundProtect the ancient treeThe defense is doomed to fallWith the world I used to know

Burning leavesTurn to ash before my eyes,Crushed my dreams long gone.

Burning leavesDead branches reach to the sky,The flame within me is gone.

On the light of the last dying starSerpents crawl closerAll five branches, cursed from the startAnd roots are torn to piecesRight before my dying breathI lay my eyes to the skyAs an eagle spreads its wings for the last timeLeaving me, the oak, the grove, to die

Burning leavesTurn to ash before my eyes,

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Crushed my dreams long gone.

Burning leavesDead branches reach to the sky,The flame within me is gone.

Liekö enää päällä maanAinuttakaan joka muistaaLehdon tuon kauniin kaukaisenJonne tie vie jokainenKun kuolemaan vartija viimeinenKeskellä liekkien ikuinenPuu ja maailma ihmistenNiin loppuu aikamme[English translation:]I wonder if any longer someone walks the Earth who recallsThat fair Grove afar, where all paths meetAs the last of the guardians falls, ablaze theEternal Tree and Domain of ManThus ends Our Time

5. Celestial Bond

A long time ago I went to the shoreI whispered my wish to a breeze from the NorthThe wind took the wish high to the starsTold them what I've missed with all my heart

I was mesmerized by the rolling tideI lay on that shore and gazed into the skiesLike a shooting star, my dream was goneI made up my mindI don't want to wake up

When will time heal and fulfil the dream of my heart?When will we unite as one and light our own star?

All these memories I will treasure in my heartWords are so vainA bond beyond quintessence

For a thousand lifetimesI will wait to feelA passing moment of blissTo be embraced by silence

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6. Retribution Shall Be Mine

No sun rises todayNo moon shares it's lightEclipse of soulGrowing breach of faith

Pierced by bitter deceptionChained to the darknessLeft to rotGrowing breach of faithLeft to rot with hate

I can't escape from this living hellBut in my dreams the justice dwellsBetrayers are torn apartAnd my hate will fade away with their blood

My hate runs deepIn the waters of grudge and unforgiveness

Leniency is for the weakI'd rather die than show you mercySlaughter is yet to come

Retribution shall be mine!Oh Gods of vengeance, fill my heart!

This is mineThe one and final fightI choose not to dieWith these demons by my side

7. Star Queen (Celestial Bond Part II)

The traveller's heart is meant to be freeNo obligations and soul redeemedI knew that part wasn't for meWhen I met my star queen

Born in the stars, like all of usBut can two paths start from one?Unite again somewhere in timeAnd light the brightest star in the endless sky

Oh Queen of StarsHow long untilOh Queen of Stars

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Dreams are fulfilled?

Years go by I thought I could forgetI lived in a lie, that's all I regretIt's better for a man to die by the swordThan wither away with undying love

I wish that the wind will play with her hairTouch her lips, tell I'll be thereLonging for the moment for eternityLight of a thousand stars will always come for me

8. Pohjola

Luonto ponteva Pohjannaan!Milloin taas hänen nänhdä saan?Milloin saanenkaan kesä-yölläNähdä kirkkaalla sädevyölläYmpäröityä taivoaan?Milloin laineilta Pohjan vettenNähdä hohtehen, nähdä ett'enLansna unta ma nähnyt vaan? –Milloin Pohjolan nähdä saan?

Onhan nytkin sen tunturitJylhät, korkeat, kaunihit;Vielä kaiketi kosket kuohuu;Totta vieläkin virrat vuoltuuSyvin uurtehin halki maan?Eikö merikin yhä vieläHuhdo rannikkoamme siellä?Myrskyn virtt' eikö kuulukkaan? –

Milloin, milloin sen nähdä saan?Talvismaailman mahti uus',Lumitannerten ihannus,Mustat metsät ja synkät salot,Revontulien tummat palot,Nekin luontoa Phojanmaan.Eikö kaikk' ole kannallansa?Tokko mainio Pohjan kansaViel' on vanhassa viomassaan? –Milloin Pohjolan nähdä saan?

Kansa vankka, mi muinaisinSeisoi miehuuden mittehin,Vaarat hiihteli, kynti merta,Tokko nytkin on vanhallaan?Tooko voinee se sodan tiellä

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Altiiks henkensä antaa vieläEstä armahan isänmaan? –Milloin, milloin sen nähdä saan?[Yrjö Koskinen 1830 - 1903]

Pohjola, minun maaPohjaton, kaipuuniPohjannaula, mua johdata

9. Last Breath

Lying on the groundAs battle rages onWarm blood coversThe cold land of our fathers

Don't cry for me my sonBecause I'm not the only oneWhere I go you can't followThis journey I will make all alone

I've bled so many times for this landBut this wound will claim my lifeDeath commands me to give my hand

Let not my peopleLive under oppressionAnd remember the darker the nightThe more beautiful is the morning's light

Fear no moreJust let goAdore this worldOnce moreThe truth unfoldsIn the Ancient HallsFear no moreJust let go

There is no shimmer of the lightIn this pouring rainI close my eyesHas it all been in vain?

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10. Passion, Proof, Power

Where to find the truth?Questions linger through timeUnbreakable will and inquiring mindHave always been the seeker's guide

The Reason as my swordThe Knowledge as my shieldI'll face my foes again and againOn the ancient battlefield

I can't deny what I've seenSo towards the great unknownI must keep going on

Stop your questOr with fire you'll be cleansedConfess...Death...

Woe to the faithThrough dark centuriesThe wait for the timeWhen all is revealed

UnbreakableStands through timeDwells the proof of lifeEternal Earth of mine

Cleanse our soulsNo good thoughts shall burnEngulf the passion of lifeEternal Fire of mine

Carry it onThe ancient wisdom of mankindEternal Air of mine

Renew us withinWash awayThe remains of liesEternal Water of mine

IndivisibleBeyond death and lifeThe answer divineEternal Elements of mine

The gatekeeper of the knowledgeThe One who was trusted the secrets of time and space once said:

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To know is your destinationTo find is your possibilityAnd to search is your quest.

Your path has merged with the truth.But yet you refuse to see itIt's easier to be afraid, to be deceived, to be a sheepBe aware, question them, question yourselfBecause once you see it, you can never look away

Every man'sHorizon can changeBut eternal skiesWill always stay the same

Like a new sun arises from winter's cold and dark grave, it's unstoppable.

Keep your twisted beliefsSons and Daughters of Dawn are calling me

The fire that burns my fleshShall light up the words I've saidThe curse on my innocent nameShall put all of you in shame

Woe to the manWho disheartens the fewWho reach for the lightWho searches for the truth

I only have just one more wishThat this torch will be passed onto someone sentient like youWhen your time comes, don't lose your heartHave faith and patience and trust in the flame before passing it onto someone new

The greatest power of allWill force their gods to fallThe greatest power of allEmbrace, illuminate all!

I am, you are, no one's slaveNo man or god they have made

11. Bamboleo

[Limited Edition Bonus Track][originally by Gipsy King]

Este amor llega asi esta manera

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No tiene la culpaCaballo le ven sabanaPorque muy depreciado,Por eso no te perdon de llorarEste amor llega asi esta maneraNo tiene la culpa,Amor de comprementaAmor del mes pasadoBebele, bembele, bembele

Bamboleo, bamboleaPorque mi vida, yo la prefiero vivir asiBamboleo, bamboleaPorque mi vida, yo la prefiero vivir asiNo tiene pardon de diosTu eres mi vida, la fortuna del destinoPero el destino tendressa para dosLo mismo yo que ayerLo mismo soy yoNo te encuentro a l'abandonEs imposible no te encuentro de verdadPor eso un dia no cuentro si de nadaLo mismo you que ayerYo pienso en ti

Bamboleo, bamboleaPorque mi vida, yo la prefiero vivir asiBamboleo, bamboleaPorque mi vida, yo la prefiero vivir asi