The chorus of life has spoken; Past has the child of reason Fading through winters' lonely passage We crawl at the feet of evolution Some became kings and some...

The winds of a dying dream, a tempest unveiled Once again arcane rain fell - cold, sorrowful and so frail O, those weeping times, all of my life's a lie An endl...

(Poem by William Wordsworth, anno 1799) A slumber did my spirit seal; I had no human fears: She seemed a thing that could not feel The touch of earthly years ...

(Lyrics by Anders Jacobsson, 16/5 2003) My light slowly fades away My hope's gone and went astray But I see their dark dream-sails"¦ Take me away"¦ from here!...

I've made a good living by dying; Endless wait, grey solace ruling my mind Constrained by time and drained by the cold, Still I found myself shivering under the...

(Lyrics by Anders Jacobsson, June 1997, edited June 1999) In Pandemonium the rebellious counsel aligned As the great dragon arrives from beyond the magical aby...

[Text inspired by Abdul Alhazred's prophecies, The Necronomicon or Al Azif Written freely in apocalypic form by Anders Jacobsson, April 2001] His life's still ...

Dark oceans we cry God wonders why but we see ourselves in darkness with our love Abandoned by time and space, we are still alive, we are not alone We are one u...

Deprived of my treasure, my "aye" to life; My peace of mind after sunset's occurrence Away I walk to ye doleful masquerade; My ravening and my words becometh ag...

Ghosts with gentle voices, calling us never to wake, And we see another nation rising from the ashes Soon to unearth what we cannot escape, As timre draws near ...

Greed in a cage obsolete Paining colors of old Victims of culture unfold, The world sighs once more Look at us, our eyes are dead; A gaze of incentives mislead...

By day I sleep, at night I weep! O Death, come near me! Be the one for me, be the one who stays My rivers are frozen, and mischosen, and the shadows around me ...

In the Nocturnal Sky Hell is Chanting Angels bounded in the Mountain of Doom Oh, I can Hear their Cries Which for Us reveals an Orgasmic Sin The Long Walk of Sp...

The sorrow of my soul, earthbound and cold The tide will never turn I've been dead for years, drowned in all my tears Have you forsaken me? Frequent days of lo...

I am so far away You see, I'm nothing without thee I fall down, down to the ground, And all alone, I wish that I could go Drown here with me, Hold me, save me ...

All the misery you create, And all the pain you shape You are not to blame, my friend Somebody filled your empty page Shaped as we silently wept, Confined (as)...

(Lyrics by Anders Jacobsson) God has fallen! The grace of Heav'n shows her true face and night fills up the lost empire of dreams The dark angels embrace their...

Adonai, elohim, el shaddai Thou hast become the father of lies, And I serve thee, henceforth no more Becoming thus the essence of sedition; The steadfast gleam...

[Pentagram cover] I'm running away with myself I think I ran a little too far Your love is more than a tease And I'm gonna give it all of my heart The situatio...

Behold the skies, they're ful of lies in disguise Behold the skies, they're ful of lies in disguise O, creator, so long we have fallen to our knees So long we ...

Hail Almighty God of Death! By your side I will Crush the Light Black Majesty, Evil Sorcery for Glorious Victory I Summon the Fire, I Summon the Air, I Summon t...

The world is falling so cold and grey Shallow and empty life lingers on It grieves my heart, it tears me apart I hear this constant disharmony! Lost in a dead...

Cry Now, Sweet Enchantress She'd a Tear for My Sorrows Forgotten! This Winding Maze of My Dream draws Near In Ecstasy Seeking for this Land Great Rebellious Ros...

One single night, one single day Before it all just sweeps away With the paradise I do not know, Through the joy I never had I'm all alone on my isolated throne...

I am bewildered by this cruel fate - Clouding my judgement Sowing the seeds of life in soil of ruin The winds feel silent and kissed Death's wings It's colder ...

You look so calm, are you sleeping? I'm closing the door to our illusion Where I lost myself in windswept dreams Two worlds so far apart I remember when I gave...

[Originally performed by Ekseption] On a Sunday they will kill the world And on Monday they will cry and shout Then on Tuesday they will just try out What will...

(Lyrics by Anders Jacobsson, October 2001 and January 2002) A, mundus facit nos redire, redire ad secessum Spesne aliquando veniat animis tenebrosis quae solae...

Take my hand; Follow me through tranquillity Stay with me, you will see ardour where shadows grow Feel my heart, relieve your hope of this fading love Winter ca...

September begun with a goodbye to my heart The pictures you put in my head brought tears behind my icy hands Come closer; Breathe my name and nothing more We a...

(The First of Seraphs in Anguish Bereaved) (Lyrics by Anders Jacobsson 11/3 - 1996, edited & rearranged 5/10 -1998 and 20/7 - 1999) Lucifer: And the fires burn'...

The cold wind blew into my life, my adored A bleeding heart we share, now on AzraelÒs wings I fall like autumn rain You are my everything This lovelorn kiss of ...

(Lyrics by Anders Jacobsson) I will darken these exhaulted summers, and let you dwell in the blissful cold! Heal yourself into pure realities explore the light...

(From the Chalice of Grievance) (Lyrics by Anders Jacobsson, May 1997, edited July 1999) Shadows now fall over this tearstain'd strife Grievance: My angel dark;...

(Lyrics by Anders Jacobsson, 1998, edited 1999) Lucifer: In glory and pride we rage and the dragon blisters"¦ May endless tears of pain stain His beloved thron...

As the delicate nightsky once again dies The mist of dawn brought ruin and demise Darkness dissolves, every dream withdraws; Returning into a world of shallowne...

[Voice of Venus:] Thou art a flower, growing into his soul You light his silent path of night Thy winds they blow for his love and shadows He's praising the be...

When our flames were lit by chaos We knew not the grip; the bondage of light Then he waved his sceptre, and cosmos was formed Too late we knew our freedom was l...

Filled with sorrow Bleak inner self touched by pride, devoured by solitude, still wrapped in time Flowing pain Holding myself back in suspicion and lingering i...

A closing sanctuary in this shimmering night; So tired, so restless under an ominous light I found myself in thoughts of dying, Shivered in bitter dismay I see...

On the shore, lost in our time, Currents are bursting through From the sky; an aberration; Chimeras' burning you In the dark; inside the earth Blood runs barren...

We flew over these lands and broke our wings in the flight Precipitation so far from salvation to a blinding light of despairing life IÒm falling Ö my soul is s...

My mind wandered off in the distance, Where I am far from all that cages me All I could think of was death Her name disguised in silence; Angelwings and ravencl...

Behold me now, I'm lost somehow Summoned up in sorrow from a world beyond Never let go my crimson rapture Can you touch my soul? I see you in every shade, In e...

I see your picture and all I feel is sorrow No hate no love No barren signs from above Can I be you for a while? Let me see Can you be me for a moment? Let it ...

(I Mourn that the Night Passes Us by) (Lyrics by Anders Jacobsson, August 1998, edited July 1999) Lucifer: Oh angel o' my winter; grieveth for the pain o' sadne...

Black is the sunlight shimmering below; It flows through life and the guilt we share Our sorrow, it cuts through the undergrowth, As we abandon this ravenous Ea...

(I am the Light that Leads to Darkness) (Lyrics by Anders Jacobsson) "I've cried a river for you to swim to let you know the state we're in I've dreamt a vision...

We stumble through life Shedding the same tears, Forming the same stream, Asking the same questions, Dreading the new day It's so quiet here, Still violence is ...

While stars outspread the night-time watch and wind through darkened treetops swirl; I slowly bow my frozen features in grief, in sadness and in woe in grief, i...

This flesh holds me captive and in quest of liberation As the sheep flock in the dissonance, I tread in dissent To the piercing light that sears our hearts; To ...

Today I lost my way A circle of light I wept And this torn curtain sank A dire masquerade I slept Empty value rending the afterglow To witness the birth of the...

When I wake, something inside me breaks Holding back the time until I sleep again Woe to me, I'm forever lost to thee Woe to thee, you're forever lost to me Le...