Shadowland - The Necromancer's Castle [Full Album 2021]

Lyrics to The Necromancer's Castle [Full Album 2021] by Shadowland

Tracklist: 01. Ligeia Dusk falls in a silent city on the Rhine I was full of power, I was full of pride No rest for my wicked soul No glory for the meek No reaper grant me death's eternal sleep I've waited so long to tell you What you already know By my will death hath lost all virtue I won't let you go I left you broken hearted But I'm not gonna lose I'll finish what I started Before I cut you loose I swore I'd never leave you And there'll be hell to pay When all has turned to ashes I will yet rise again Oh when the pain and the strain of living Is getting you down Even after life I'll be there by your side To me forever you're bound Yeah, life is a game and to lose is to gain The pleasure and power of pain From the day I met you, I've never left you My will shall remain 02. The Necromancer's Castle Unto the castle, my guests arrive In shining livery, with swords drawn high In droves, they march, or all alone They wish to test their steel Against my throne I rise, to see you fall Nothing's gonna save you now You're in my thrall Heroes come from far and wide To test my gate Driven, by greed, they seal their fate Come to my arms my beamish boy Ask and you'll receive A gracious host am I None ever leave They come from all around Seeking petty glory Seeking only for themselves They trample my gardens Calling out their brazen challenges Their pretty heads shall adorn my castle wall Their brazen heraldries No match for all the forces I command By my hand Throughout the centuries Their blood's enriched my power on this land On my land Onward Christian soldiers march, as to eternal war Onward like the fools you are, unto death's door On blood and pain I've been sustained Through centuries endure, and I shall rise again Forevermore 03. Walking In Shadows Every time I get a little closer You take a little step away I've waited so long and I've watched so closely Very patiently I've been lurking 'round every corner Walking in shadow, biding my time You're a stray who needs a master The pleasure's mine I'm tapping at your window Won't you invite me in I need view from the inside To know you from within Every night I get a little closer Walking through alleys, hot on your trail Resistance will be futile, for it is my will You can always try to run I will always find you I'm waiting in the darkness To reach out and bite you I'm knocking at your window Won't you invite me in I need a view from the inside To know you from within I trace your every movement And I can smell your blood I only want to hold you, to give you my love I follow behind you Watching you walk away I watch 'til each night is over And I'll come back again I hear your pulse is beating Calling me to meet my prey You'll only make it harder I always get my way Every time I get a little closer You take a little step away Give up and let me get my way Get my way, way I just want to feel you, want to touch you Want to hold you close, by the time I'm finished You won't ever want me to let go I'm clawing at your window Why won't you let me in I need a view from the inside To know you from within I watch your every movement, I think you know By the time I'm finished You won't ever want me to let go Walking in shadow 04. Rising Tide Your ivory towers Are about to collapse You take all we've given And you fed us the scraps Well we've made your fortunes Now it's time we got ourselves paid We're bringing back the guillotine And you get to test out the blade A rising tide Yes from the dust we rise For all the evils that you do We'll give it back to you Dividing the planet With your meaningless flags You've stormed and you've pillaged And there's blood on your hands You've made yourself a bed of ease On riches that you didn't earn But now we're getting off our knees And that's where you're going to bur A rising tide Yes from the dust we rise And for the evil's that you've done This time you better run A policy of abuse and distraction Now we see it we won't relent The centuries of oppression and torture It's judgement day and you're gonna repent I know we're better off We will be better off someday The serfs have risen up You'd best be ready to pay, to pay The wealth you have you never earned And now you get to watch it burn 05. Warhound Riding through the Mittelmarch O'er fields of blood and ash Hardened by your cruelty and The horrors of your past They eat the flesh, they drink the blood For to atone But silly games don't wash the stains From immortal souls Caught up in endless war You've got to play the devil's pawn In a world gone sour Who's to say what's right or wrong There's no escape, accept your fate At least it is your own The dawning of a new age Into the unknown All you hope to gain To ease the burden of this pain The grail you seek to find Was always in your mind When Dogma's lost Reason remains They don't know what it's like To live in spite Chained to your destiny To be enslaved by heaven's will Is its own hell Sadistic vaguery Those burned for their heresy Or broken on the wheel The church hath no more mercy Than the hell hounds at your heel Those who pray for liberty Fare better on their own So worship God or Lucifer But you remain alone 06. Remains Long before the fire, long before the bomb Long before the sea ran dry, in the light of a dying sun I can recall a time when the wind whispered Through the trees When fish teemed in the ocean And gulls sailed on the breeze And I can recall a time Though it was long before, long before I was born As I ride through the twilight of an empty world Where there is no one left to mourn I hear them calling me, whispers of before Telling of a time when the rain still fell And the tide lapped on lonely shores I can recall a time that we will never see Never see again... instead All that remains, is a revenant Of a time before, before it all went bad I can recall a time when there was Plenty for our needs Before it was all wasted Just another consequence of greed And I can recall a time that we will never see Never see again... instead All that remains, between sand and sky A crumbling edifice of a better time Memories of winter, memories of spring Memories of howling wolves and A hawk's cry on the wind There is a silence, neither peace nor quiet Merely an echo... that remains... All that remains, is a revenant Of a time before, before it all went bad When lands green and fertile Are poisonous and grey What could have been enough to make them Throw it all away But amongst the ashes Brackish waters and decay The ghosts that wander endlessly Mourning for better days 07. Easy Livin' Hot wind blowin', where I'm goin' City trivialities obscure my mind Lookin' over my shoulder I'm leavin' it all behind Manipulation, frustration I'm gonna be alright Stir crazy with a high, high fever Puttin' up a fight I'm seeking that easy livin' Even if it's not there at all I'm seeking that easy livin' Hear the devil call It's a simple addiction Hot metal and adrenaline Nobody got the power to stop me When I'm feelin' mean I do it my way, I hit the highway Between the devil and the deep blue sea Eyes crossin' with that white line fever I'm feelin' free Think once, twice Before you step out of line This life is lunacy Risk it all for a chance to be free Easily annoyed, situation best to avoid You never, never see me coming at all Never see at all 08. Pretty Faces Are you really happy now? You're playing hard, you're moving fast Oh, you're really crackin' now You know those good times never last Oh but baby at the end of the day Wish I didn't have to say That's how I told you it would be Live your life with the living dead Misleading the misled Playing for popularity Oh no, they've really got you now Yeah, those petty lies Those petty lies you base your life around You pay to play night after night Oh but baby at the end of the show You're alone after they go I wanna know how you feel Ain't never gonna hold me down I'll torch this goddamn town Well that's the way I guess it has to be Yeah, I been there once or twice All those pretty faces preying on your mind Well I won't let it get to me Don't give yourself away for free Those petty fights, jealousy and spite Those drunken nights, And in the end You do it all again You ought to know fads come and go They come and go If in the end, they ain't your friends Don't be afraid to let 'em go