Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus [Full Album 1986]

Lyrics to Epicus Doomicus Metallicus [Full Album 1986] by Candlemass

Tracklist: 01. Solitude I'm sitting here alone in darkness Waiting to be free, Lonely and forlorn I am crying I long for my time to come Death means just life Please let me die in solitude Hate is my only friend Pain is my father Torment is delight to me Death is my sanctuary I seek it with pleasure Please let me die in solitude... Receive my sacrifice My lifeblood is exhausted! No one gave love and understanding Hear these words, Vilifiers and pretenders Please let me die in solitude Earth to earth Ashes to ashes Dust to dust Earth to earth Ashes to ashes Dust to dust... Sitting here alone in darkness Waiting to be free, Lonely and forlorn I am crying I long for my time to come Death means just life Please let me die in solitude Earth to earth Ashes to ashes Dust to dust Earth to earth Ashes to ashes Dust to dust Earth to earth Ashes to ashes Dust to dust Earth to earth Ashes to ashes Dust to dust And please let me die in solitude... 02. Demon's Gate Beyond all nightmares I met my fate an ancient passage surrounded by hate scared I was with my hand on my cross I went into the demons gate Across the Styx among the mists of Hades a gate of stones marks the path to soul's damnation and hell's wrath Ancient evil is awaiting there at the doorstep to hell within it's darkness the demons dwell From the dark age the passage hail created by witchcraft and hate where every sinner will meet his fate The place is cursed by the hands of doom unholy powers in reign the devil's paradise of pain Approach ! The Eibon opens for you the choirs of damnation, call you on through The twilight possesses, the heart of your soul the starlight is fading to black, into the Demons gate 03. Crystal Ball Black heart, your soul is mine gaze into and the secrets you'll find Just read the signs Gaze into the crystal See what it tells It can bring you all fortune do you so well Visions and dreams you can see in the Crystal ball I saw the rainbows end I am raptured I cannot pretend I have found Atlantis alisman of Seth I have seen it all dreamt away through the crystal ball Tell me more I want to know please hear my call 04. Black Stone Wielder The rain kept on falling and darkened the sky the dawn was to come with the sunrise Revealing the shadows that passed through the mist the torchlight was flickering, the storm was chasing them on A procession of dark coats followed the star foretold to come since ages In silence they walked on Crossing the lands On their way to Bethlehem, to break the chains of the spell Stone, they worshipped the stone In generation from father to son A star, a star is to come to light them way to the one who is born The leader he knelt there to greet the newborn holding his pendant before him Teardrops were falling from his eyes as he said don't do as I did long ago Into the sundown he returned the moon was rising and heaven burned like shadows disappeared the men and the black stone wielders were never seen again Stone, they wielded the stone In generation from father to son A star, a star is to come and light them the way to the one who is born They came across the western sea with powers greater than needed The wizards commanded the lightning every creature knelt in for their will But they wielded the black stone with evil and their evil was cast back on them condamned to praise god forever 'til his son was born to deliver 05. Under The Oak ...Deep was my anguish infor these words they froze my blood and changed my soul the master has spoken, the truth, not any lies The Devil gives and evil takes the thing in life that man forsakes a throne in hell, a price or a sacrifice ? Still the wind was blowing soft and gentle here under the oak which gave me shelter and rest infor my trial I'm not strong, weak is my mind a new beginning, where to find ? I'm the last one on earth, please forgive us our crime It was a time, when love was mine now it's time to sacrifice My heart, bleeding for my race the traces of mankind sweeped out by the hand of our Lord I cried for the ones I lost Midnight in paradise, grief away goes my hope I cried for the ones I lost Hear my prayers Climbing on the clouds above Silent cry reach the inner halls of truth Give me a sign ! A crimson sky, bless my eyes Up goes the sun, my time has come 06. A Sorcerer's Pledge [Part I] 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 I What has he done ? Why is he sleeping so long ? He wants to live for evermore Soon is he young when will he open his eyes ? When he is strong enough to rule Back in our 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 Blood is his wine The sorcerer is cheating on 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 [Part II] A thousand years have gone Armageddon hasn't come Only the cry of a child echoes in the dark wards goes time as the stars are passing by and nothing remains of this foolish man except his fate