[Part I:] Time... Time stands still in these ancient halls Only the castle itself can tell what it keeps Dark are the secrets between these walls Hidden in shadows of death, while the sorcerer sleeps Where is the morning, where is the sun Thousand years of midnight, the sunrise is gone An old man marked by a life so long is Sleeping so sweet while his magic is growing so strong Waiting still for new times to come A thousands years to see if he has won Where is the morning, where is the sun A thousand years of midnight, the sunrise is gone What has he done? Why is he sleeping so long? He wants to live for evermore Soon is he young n will he open his eyes? When he is strong enough to rule Back in the time goes the legend of a sorcerer so old He drank the blood of the virgin to be reborn "Soon a tyrant will conquer" So spoke the wise Of the day when the sorcerer will rise ...rise Blood is his wine The sorcerer is cheating time And he'll be stronger than before Cursed be the sun The women will weep for his fun In the name of his magic so strong Back in the time goes the legend Of a sorcerer so old He drank the blood of a virgin to be reborn "Soon a tyrant will conquer" So spoke the wise Of the day when the sorcerer will rise ... Rise [Part II:] A thousand years have gone Armageddon hasn't come Only the cry of a child echoes in the dark Backward goes time As the stars are passing by And nothing remains of this foolish man except his fate
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Nice quality, miss my old vinyl of this, was either epicus or blood, fire, death glued to my record deck back then \m/essiah\m/
02:15 one of the heaviest riffs I have ever heard, took the Sabbath attitude to alternate levels. Killer.
[Part I:]
Time...
Time stands still in these ancient halls
Only the castle itself can tell what it keeps
Dark are the secrets between these walls
Hidden in shadows of death, while the sorcerer sleeps
Where is the morning, where is the sun
Thousand years of midnight, the sunrise is gone
An old man marked by a life so long is
Sleeping so sweet while his magic is growing so strong
Waiting still for new times to come
A thousands years to see if he has won
Where is the morning, where is the sun
A thousand years of midnight, the sunrise is gone
What has he done?
Why is he sleeping so long?
He wants to live for evermore
Soon is he young
n will he open his eyes?
When he is strong enough to rule
Back in the time goes the legend
of a sorcerer so old
He drank the blood of the virgin to be reborn
"Soon a tyrant will conquer"
So spoke the wise
Of the day when the sorcerer will rise
...rise
Blood is his wine
The sorcerer is cheating time
And he'll be stronger than before
Cursed be the sun
The women will weep for his fun
In the name of his magic so strong
Back in the time goes the legend
Of a sorcerer so old
He drank the blood of a virgin to be reborn
"Soon a tyrant will conquer"
So spoke the wise
Of the day when the sorcerer will rise
... Rise
[Part II:]
A thousand years have gone
Armageddon hasn't come
Only the cry of a child echoes in the dark
Backward goes time
As the stars are passing by
And nothing remains of this foolish man except his fate