Monasterium - Cold Are The Graves [Full Album 2022]

Lyrics to Cold Are The Graves [Full Album 2022] by Monasterium

Tracklist: 01. The Stigmatic Witness the lashes on my back, irreverent you stare Contemplate the crown of thorns as my side pulses with pain My wrists and feet, touch them, make them bleed Even with open eyes your heart doesn't see The stigmatic I am The marks of God I wear I will relieve you of your pain Call My Name! I lie down with my rosary clenched in weary hands Come see the illuminated and inhale the scent of saints Will your heart aglow with fire and bloom like crimson flower Will you let your sorrow be your soul devourer The stigmatic I am The marks of God I wear I will relieve you of your pain Call My Name! There's no regret for yesterday There's no lament for tomorrow As I sleep untouched in death Will you ever dare to follow? The stigmatic I am The marks of God I wear I will relieve you of your pain Call My Name! 02. Cimmeria It was so long ago and far away I have forgot the name men called me The axe and spear are like a dream And hunts and wars are like shadows to me Oh, soul of mine, born out of shadowed hills To clouds and winds and ghosts that shun the sun How many deaths shall serve to break at last this heritage I search my heart and find Cimmeria Land of Darkness and the Night (I recall)Only the stillness of that sombre land The clouds that piled forever on the hills The dimness of the everlasting woods And the lone winds that whispered down the gloom Oh, soul of mine, born out of shadowed hills To clouds and winds and ghosts that shun the sun How many deaths shall serve to break at last this heritage I search my heart and find Cimmeria Land of Darkness and the Night The Night! 03. The Great Plague It was 1347 when the ships of ghosts arrived Twelve galleys of doom entered Messina harbour In their bones they bore so virulent disease By Gods own hand, by rats and the fleas I feel death is at my door tonight As she's waiting to claim my life - with a smile She comes for poor and kings alike Holy men they flee just to survive Is this a test of our faith, should we blame ourselves? Should we turn to God for solace and whip the sins away? I've heard flagellants chanting in the streets full of cadavers Pain, pain, pain. Our journey's done in holy name I feel death is at my door tonight As she's waiting to claim my life - with a smile She comes for poor and kings alike Holy men they flee just to survive Daylight was too bright to stand Many graves were dug by hand The bodies soon littered each alley and street Till they carted them off like slabs of meat I feel death is at my door tonight As she's waiting to claim my life - with a smile She comes for poor and kings alike Holy men they flee just to survive 04. Seven Swords Of Wayland Elidor - the gift of prophecy and dreaming Orias - the control of evil spirits Morax - the summoner of demons Seven powers of light and darkness Seven names to summon the Master Rise up from the seven hells We call upon your name! He that is bound shall be free He that rules shall be overthrown By the magic of the swords! Beleth - the enchanter and beguiler Flauros - the curser and the charmer And Solas - the alchemist Seven powers of light and darkness Seven names to summon the Master Rise up from the seven hells We call upon your name! He that is bound shall be free He that rules shall be overthrown By the magic of the swords! Albion the last of the seven Albion the defender! 05. Remembered The sun goes down but warmth still lingers on the land The tide recedes but will it leave my footprints in the sand Remember me when I'm gone away Far away into the silent land To be never seen again Will I be remembered Will I leave remembrance behind My spirit is free But I'll never depart The music stops but the echoes play the sad refrains Will everything pass or something beautiful remain Remember me when I'm gone away Far away into the silent land To be never seen again Will I be remembered Will I leave remembrance behind My spirit is free But I'll never depart 06. The Siege A strong wind near the Golden Horn Carried our ships to the holy walls The 'Nea Romi' in the eastern sun The city that echoes with laughing light We shall take what they promised to us For too long we've been hearing their lies Teased by 'mountains of gold' we set sail to reconquer the throne The flame in the chalice The laying of hands And blood be the treasure It washes our stains Storm - the walls! They have stood for thousand years But tonight they will fall To the cross and the sword Your gold and blood! Soaring towers made of stone All was plundered, all destroyed A mock in the face of God We care not for the city, nor hold it in pity No law but our own, no eagles above Brother against brother, cross against cross The shame on our banners, our faith has been sold The kingslayer has taken the crown With Varangian swords by his side But there's no hope for him Not a soul will escape from our greed 07. Necronomicon I've come through the deserts And I've seen the wonders of this world I reach for the cosmos And I hear the demons howl When you call, they will wake and answer you The gates to hell are closed Here are the keys, find your own locks Madness and lore from ages ago Darkness and spells, laws of the dead Necronomicon - That is not dead which can eternal lie Necronomicon - With strange aeons even death may die And the Old Ones shall rise! Herein lies those spells To break the seals that hold in thrall The Elders and their ebon hordes I have spent my life to learn them all Some say they came from the stars Some say they were the soul of the earth When it was formed from the clouds Chant out the spell and give them life again 08. Cold Are The Graves It's time - time for the darkness to play But I'm not there, I do not sleep I'm a thousand winds that weep Sonnets of grace, beauty and love Fading away with shadows galore The snowy flakes cover the graves Some opened up, the spirits awake Oh sad cypress tree Mourn over me! Cold - are the graves Moist is the soil, in vain our toil Only the stone will remember our Names - gently engraved Fading with time, none shall survive Only the cold will remain The cold grip of death! The cold of the graves! Cold are the graves... I've swum - swum beyond the walls of sleep Eternal dream, enshrouding me Death - it's just another beginning Treasures of Earth, cherished and loved Perished away, we're leaving alone The flickering light of life in its bloom Mournfully dimmed in the night of the tomb Oh sad cypress tree Mourn over me! Cold - are the graves Moist is the soil, in vain our toil Only the stone will remember our Names - gently engraved Fading with time, none shall survive Only the cold will remain The cold grip of death! The cold of the graves! Cold are the graves... On the wings of a dove Floating from the house of death, alone Falling leaf, from the tree of life All suns and days have gone down Cold - are the graves Moist is the soil, in vain our toil Only the stone will remember our Names - gently engraved Fading with time, none shall survive Only the cold will remain The cold grip of death! The cold of the graves! Cold are the graves...