Mystras - Empires Vanquished And Dismantled [Full Album 2021]

Lyrics to Empires Vanquished And Dismantled [Full Album 2021] by Mystras

Tracklist: 01. 00:00 The Nightingale 02. 04:15 On The Promises Of Angels 03. 12:12 Ah Ya Zein 04. 14:24 The Fall Of The Kingdom Of Jerusalem Europe's children have descended upon Jerusalem Through fire and blood they've opened the gates of Heaven Yet a glory based on atrocity cannot put awau the doubts of salvation Is God not listening to the screams of the innocent? What better way for conqueros to wash away their sins Than by assuming the role of the Defender? To speak as if they arrived to the sound of trumpets To protect from the wrath of infidels? Thus noble knights and pious men came together throughout the Outremer to form brotherhoods in servitude to the kingdom To care for the poor and sick and to protect the pilgrims they said And swear eternal vows to Christendom's dominion Gold from Europe flooded the banks of monasteries Of hospitals and of castles high and mighty For it seems like paradise also lies within earthly grasp And the years passed and generations changed And the memories faded away Immerse us in a basin of cold water Crop our hair as that of holy men Let my feet touch this hallowed ground Until they've bloodied up and the dirt solidifies For Saladin is coming! (6x) Thus the two great armies assembled And all that could bear arms in the kingdom and counties Templars, hospitalers, soldiers and mercenaries On the opposite side, the man that united the Muslims By appealing to their pride, he took the Westerners Out of their fortresses and into the open fields of Hattin And there they would see their enemies face to face! To witness their own arrogance translated into total utter ruin! A defeat so loud and thundering That mere works about it killed the Pope The dream of the holy lands, now destined to fall And the memories of 1099 began to return The hushed tones and the guilty frowns of the elderrs Of how Jerusalem was taken Yet, this time can there be a greater irony and insult After the clanging of swords and firing of catapults Those we fought for decades as barbaric creatures From the hands of those we needed to wrest the Holy Lands Have let us walk away alive from the walls of Jerusalem Have let us walk away from the walls of Jerusalem Have let us walk away from the walls of Jerusalem... 05. 28:50 Cheragheh Zolmezalem (Opposition's Fire) 06. 36:26 To The Builders! Among the sturdy gates of Baghdad, the ruins of Notre Dame The arches of Alhambra, the mosaics of Hagia Sophia A breath arises through the cold stone, like a ghost The stories of all who built them up into the sky Some vain enough to be driven by quests of glory Fueled by the deceit of tribalism And the great narrations of the men of power That argue why the common man must always succumb Some strong enough to resist The darkness of caste and the allure of the empire Those that saw beyond the lies, the hate and the fanaticism To carry incredible feats of bravery and self-sacrifice Hordes of hapless ones, submissive to the tyrant's whip Forced to avert their eyes from cruelty for the price of survival Next to those who willingly threw themselves at the mouths of lions To become the sword of justice and live true freedom for a brief moment Conmen, heroes, cowards, saints and all that lie inbetween All of them are heard through these walls Built with the blood of their slave labor Their hopes and sorrows echo through the chambers Their brightest moments, their worst sins, their inspired divine art To no nation or religion do these stones belong To no leader or tyrant do these stories belong Even if by gold and whip they directed their hands They are forever owned by everyone that's toiled and sweat And now that our turn has come Think about what will our story be and what we'll leave behind Is it just words and shattered dreams, or is it towers high and mighty If we'll build ours with our choice, plan and desire Or with gold and whip the masters again will guide our toil 07. 46:16 Wie Schändlich Es Ist 08. 48:35 The Favor Of The Saints 09. 55:22 In the Company Of Heretics