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Omnia - "The Raven"

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.
"'Tis some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door -
Only this, and nothing more."

Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December,
And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.
Eagerly I wished the morrow; - vainly I had sought to borrow
From my books surcease of sorrow - sorrow for the lost Lenore -
For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore -
Nameless here for evermore.

And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain
Thrilled me - filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before;
So that now, to still the beating of my heart, I stood repeating,
"'Tis some visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door -
Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door; -
This it is, and nothing more."

Presently my soul grew stronger; hesitating then no longer,
"Sir," said I, "or Madam, truly your forgiveness I implore;
But the fact is I was napping, and so gently you came rapping,
And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door,
That I scarce was sure I heard you"- here I opened wide the door; -
Darkness there, and nothing more.

Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing,
Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortals ever dared to dream before;
But the silence was unbroken, and the stillness gave no token,
And the only word there spoken was the whispered word, "Lenore?"
This I whispered, and an echo murmured back the word, "Lenore!" -
Merely this, and nothing more.

Back into the chamber turning, all my soul within me burning,
Soon again I heard a tapping somewhat louder than before.
"Surely," said I, "surely that is something at my window lattice:
Let me see, then, what thereat is, and this mystery explore -
Let my heart be still a moment and this mystery explore; -
'Tis the wind and nothing more."

Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter,
In there stepped a stately raven of the saintly days of yore;
Not the least obeisance made he; not a minute stopped or stayed he;
But, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber door -
Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door -
Perched, and sat, and nothing more.

Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling,
By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore.
"Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou," I said, "art sure no craven,
Ghastly grim and ancient raven wandering from the Nightly shore -
Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore!"
Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore."

Much I marvelled this ungainly fowl to hear discourse so plainly,
Though its answer little meaning- little relevancy bore;
For we cannot help agreeing that no living human being
Ever yet was blest with seeing bird above his chamber door -
Bird or beast upon the sculptured bust above his chamber door,
With such name as "Nevermore."

But the raven, sitting lonely on the placid bust, spoke only
That one word, as if his soul in that one word he did outpour.
Nothing further then he uttered- not a feather then he fluttered -
Till I scarcely more than muttered, "other friends have flown before -
On the morrow he will leave me, as my hopes have flown before."
Then the bird said, "Nevermore."

Startled at the stillness broken by reply so aptly spoken,
"Doubtless," said I, "what it utters is its only stock and store,
Caught from some unhappy master whom unmerciful Disaster
Followed fast and followed faster till his songs one burden bore -
Till the dirges of his Hope that melancholy burden bore
Of 'Never - nevermore'."

But the Raven still beguiling all my fancy into smiling,
Straight I wheeled a cushioned seat in front of bird, and bust and door;
Then upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking
Fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous bird of yore -
What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt and ominous bird of yore
Meant in croaking "Nevermore."

This I sat engaged in guessing, but no syllable expressing
To the fowl whose fiery eyes now burned into my bosom's core;
This and more I sat divining, with my head at ease reclining
On the cushion's velvet lining that the lamplight gloated o'er,
But whose velvet violet lining with the lamplight gloating o'er,
She shall press, ah, nevermore!

Then methought the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer
Swung by Seraphim whose footfalls tinkled on the tufted floor.
"Wretch," I cried, "thy God hath lent thee - by these angels he hath sent thee
Respite - respite and nepenthe, from thy memories of Lenore:
Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe and forget this lost Lenore!"
Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore."

"Prophet!" said I, "thing of evil! - prophet still, if bird or devil! -
Whether Tempter sent, or whether tempest tossed thee here ashore,
Desolate yet all undaunted, on this desert land enchanted -
On this home by horror haunted- tell me truly, I implore -
Is there - is there balm in Gilead? - tell me - tell me, I implore!"
Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore."

"Prophet!" said I, "thing of evil - prophet still, if bird or devil!
By that Heaven that bends above us - by that God we both adore -
Tell this soul with sorrow laden if, within the distant Aidenn,
It shall clasp a sainted maiden whom the angels name Lenore -
Clasp a rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore."
Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore."

"Be that word our sign in parting, bird or fiend," I shrieked, upstarting -
"Get thee back into the tempest and the Night's Plutonian shore!
Leave no black plume as a token of that lie thy soul hath spoken!
Leave my loneliness unbroken!- quit the bust above my door!
Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!"
Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore."

And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting
On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door;
And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming,
And the lamplight o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor;
And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor
Shall be lifted - nevermore!

The Bigger Picture - Dream Theater

Long before the colors start to bleed
I can see the painting come alive
Clever like an angel in disguise
Moving in and out of reach

If the candle lights this crooked path
Like a lighthouse peering through the haze
I will find the river through the rain
And I’ll reach the water’s edge

Shed your light on me
Be my eyes when I can’t see
Shed your light on me
Be my guide so I can see
The Bigger Picture

Like a moth burned by the fire
and driven to the flame
(Prophecies’ a blessing and a curse)
I must bare this cross alone
There’s no one else to blame
With each treasure found
Another shipwreck’s washed ashore
I am carried by the current
On a slow and steady course

[CHORUS]

What If caught in a moment
I get lost and can't find my way
What if all along i was wrong
In every turn, In every way

Would you talk me off the ledge
Or let me take the fall
Better to try and fail
then to never try at all

You look but cannot see
Talk but never speak
You live but cannot breathe
See but don’t believe

Wounds that never heal
A heart that cannot feel
A dream that’s all too real
A stare as cold as steel

I’ve listened to the stories of resentment and disdain
I’ve looked into the empty eyes of anger, fear, and shame
I’ve taken blood from every stone
And traveled every road

When I see the distant lights illuminate the night
Then I will know I am home

Heidevolk - "Valhalla Wacht"

Kom, Saksenbroeders, hef uw zwaard ten hemel
Trek nu ten strijde voor de goden en het land
Dood aan de Franken en hun god Jehova
Vernietig hun kruizen, steek hun kerken in de brand

Rijs, Saksenbroeders, toont uw trouw aan Wodan
Hoor hoe zijn raven krijsen in de nacht
Grijp naar de wapens, zweer de eed op Gungnir
Vrees toch uw dood niet, want Walhalla wacht

Zij die de Irminzuil voor "God" onteerden
Zullen de prijs betalen met hun hoofd
Zij die Aasgetrouwen bruut vermoordden
Kleuren de grond nu met hun bloed dieprood

Rijs, Saksenbroeders, toont uw trouw aan Donar
Hoor hoe zijn bokken rijden in de nacht
Grijp naar de wapens, zweer de eed op Mjölnir
Vrees toch uw dood niet, want Walhalla wacht

Nooit zal de christengod hier vrede vinden
Jezus zal nimmer leven in ons hart
Vergeefs is hun strijd om onze ziel te winnen
Gruwelijk zijn dood, die de Saksen tart

Rijs, Saksenbroeders, toont uw trouw aan Saxnot
Hoor hoe de vrouwen huilen in de nacht
Grijp naar de wapens, zweer de eed op de doden
Vrees toch uw dood niet, want Walhalla wacht

Dutch folk metal <3

Coming Home - Iron Maiden


When I stand before you shining
In the early morning Sun
When I fell the engines roar
And I think of what we've done

Oh the bittersweet reflection
As we kiss the earth goodbye
As the waves and echoes of the
Towns become the ghosts of time

Over borders that divide the
Earthbound tribes
No creed and no religion
Just a hundred winged souls

We will ride this thunderbird
Silver shadows on the earth
A thousand leagues away

Our land of birth
To Albion's land
Coming home when I see the
Runway lights
In the misty dawn the night
Is fading fast
Coming home far away
As the vapour trails alight
Where I've been tonight
You know I will not stay

Curving on the edge of daylight
till it slips into the void
Waited in the long night dreaming
till the Sun id be born again

Stretch the fingers of my hand

Cover countries with my span
Just a lonely satellite
A speck of dust in cosmin sand

Over borders that divide the
Earth tribes
Flown the dark Atlantic
Over mariners stormy graves

We will ride this thunderbird
Silver shadows on the earth
A thousand leagues away
Our land of birth

To Albion's land
Coming home when I see the
Runway lights
In the misty dawn the night
Is fading fast
Coming home far away
As the vapour trails alight
Where I've been tonight
You know I will not stay

(Instrumental break, including 2 guitar solos)

To Albion's land
Coming home when I see the
Runway lights
In the misty dawn the night
Is fading fast
Coming home far away
As the vapour trails alight
Where I've been tonight
You know I will not stay

Coming home far away
when I see the runway lights
In the misty dawn the night
Is fading fast
Coming home far away
As the vapour trails alight
Where I've been tonight
You know I will not stay

Murder At Midnight - Powerwolf

A murder in the dark
The convent in the night
The constable is on the way
The suspect out of sight
He trampled down the garden lane
The mystery has begun
He signed it by the pentagram
And now is on the run

Gotta tell you a story, and the story we start right at the scene of the
Crime
Another murder and tonight he's left in time
Another victim has gone, another inhuman slaughter on the lane of a park
And still the chief inspector tumbling in the dark

At night I saw him
Can you recall him?
And not a soul has called

Murder at midnight
The enemy on the way
Murder at midnight
Will he return with the day?
Murder at midnight
The Devil's seed on the way
Murder at midnight
And then we tell you to pray
Midnight!
Midnight!

He must have done it alone, he is a master of hiding and he left not a
Trace
And by the moonlight saw the goat shape of his face
He got an interrogation and they tried hard to break him but it couldn't be
Prooved
The only trace they couldn't find was cloven hooved

At night I saw him
The phantom crawling
And not a soul has called

Murder at midnight
The enemy on the way
Murder at midnight
Will he return with the day?
Murder at midnight
The Devil's seed on the way
Murder at midnight
And then we tell you to pray

(Instrumental break, guitar solo included)

Murder at midnight
The enemy on the way
Murder at midnight
Will he return with the day?
Murder at midnight
The Devil's seed on the way
Murder at midnight
And then we tell you to pray

THREE DAYS GRACE
Animal I Have Become Lyrics


I can't escape this hell
So many times I've tried
But I'm still caged inside
Somebody get me through this nightmare
I can't control myself

So what if you can see the darkest side of me
No one will ever change this animal I have become
Help me believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal
(This animal, this animal)

I can't escape myself
(I can't escape myself)
So many times I've lied
(So many times I've lied)
But there's still rage inside
Somebody get me through this nightmare
I can't control myself

So what if you can see the darkest side of me
No one will ever change this animal I have become
Help me believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal I have become
Help me believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal

Somebody help me through this nightmare
I can't control myself
Somebody wake me from this nightmare
I can't escape this hell

(This animal, this animal, this animal,
this animal, this animal, this animal, this animal)

So what if you can see the darkest side of me
No one will ever change this animal I have become
Help me believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal I have become
Help me believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal

This animal I have become

Dethklok - Burn The Earth


Putrid beast
Mutant with a bloody fist
Puking acid in the night

You're diseased
Medical experiments
Took away your human life

For a fee
Just a student with no money
Grabbed a flier
Paid the price

Sharp injection
Brain inspection
Pulsing anger
Mutant rancor

Splattered blood
Doctor laying on the floor
Larynx bleeding in your hand

Bloody teeth
First of many you'll be killing
Make your way into the street

Finally
The gasoline and dynamite
Will light the sky
For the night

Sharp injection
Brain inspection
Pulsing anger
Mutant rancor

There's nothing to save
You're my slave
Burn the earth
For minimum wage

Burn

Pour the gas
Light the match burn

Deth filled streets
Killed with tusks
Once held life
Now lie husks

Burn

Burn it away get ******* paid
Incinerate organic hate
Dump all the waste poison this place
Burn it away get ******* paid now

Sharp injection
Brain inspection
Pulsing anger
Mutant rancor

There's nothing to save
You're my slave
Burn the earth
For minimum wage

Thunder And Lightning - ACCEPT

Roll on!
I feel the things growing worse
My head's playing tricks
I know it's going, going to my brain

Get the touch
Before the feeling gets too much
Running through my veins
Flying, lying, crying all night long

Roll on!
Never stop - keep on moving,
Feel my mind goes on losing
Twilight zone is getting dark
Lighted by the sparks

Get the touch
Can't stand the pain
It's too much, much too much
He's the winner, he's the sinner,
The man beyond the good

Thunder and lightning, take care of this man
Thunder and lightning, stand it if you can
Squeezing and teasing, drugs you deep inside
Thunder and lightning, keep it in your mind

He shows his claim
Claims are fact to me
His mirrored shield
Ah, if shouldn't be

Turn away
Before you turn to stone
He's a blaze - a chase - the burning flame inside

Thunder and lightning, take care of this man
Thunder and lightning, stand it if you can
Squeezing and teasing, drugs you deep inside
Thunder and lightning, keep it in your mind

(Guitar solo)

Thunder and lightning, take care of this man
Thunder and lightning, stand it if you can
Squeezing and teasing, drugs you deep inside
Thunder and lightning, keep it in your mind
Roll on!
Roll on!

Roll on!

Like The Rain - Clint Black

I never liked the rain until I walked through it with you
Every thunder cloud that came was one more I might not get through
On the darkest day there's always light and now I see it too
But I never liked the rain until I walked through it with you

I hear it falling in the night and filling up my mind
All the heaven's rivers come to light and I see it all unwind
I hear it talking through the trees and on the window pane
when I hear it I just can't believe I never liked the rain

Like the rain I have fallen for you and I know just why you
Liked the rain always calling for you I'm falling for you now
Just like the rain

When the cloud is rolling over thunder striking me
It's as bright as lightning and I wonder why I couldn't see
That it's always good and when the flood is gone we still remain
Guess I've known all along I just belong here with you falling

Like the rain I have fallen for you and I know just why you
Liked the rain always calling for you, I'm falling for you now
Just like the rain I have fallen for you
I'm falling for you know just like the rain

And when the night falls on our better days
And we're looking to the sky
For the winds to take us high above the plains
I know that we'll find better ways to look into the eye
Of the storms that will be calling
Forever we'll be falling

Like the rain I have fallen for you, and I know just why you
Like the rain always calling for you, I'm falling for you now just
Like the rain I have fallen for you and I know just why you
Like the rain always calling for you, I'm falling for you now just
Like the rain
Like the rain
Like the rain
Like the rain
...

Nightwish - 7 Days To The Wolves

The wolves, my love, will come
Taking us home where dust once was a man

Is there Life before a Death?
Do we long too much and never let in?

Howl,
7 days to the wolves
Where will we be when they come
7 days to the poison
And a place in heaven
Time drawing near as they come to take us

This is my church of choice
Love's strength standeth in love's sacrifice

For the rest, I have to say to you
I will dream like the God
And suffer like all the dead children

Howl,
7 days to the wolves
Where will we be when they come
7 days to the poison
And a place in heaven
Time drawing near as they come to take us

This is
Where heroes
And cowards
Part ways

Light the fire, feast
Chase the ghost, give in
Take the road less traveled by
Leave the city of fools
Turn every poet loose

"Guilty All The Same" - Linkin Park
(feat. Rakim)

Tell us all again
What you think we should be
What the answers are
What it is we can't see
Tell us all again
How to do what you say
How to fall in line
How there's no other way
But oh, we all know

You're guilty all the same
Too sick to be ashamed
You want to point your finger
But there's no one else to blame

You're guilty all the same
Too sick to be ashamed
You want to point your finger
But there's no one else to blame

You're guilty all the same

Show us all again
That our hands are unclean
That we're unprepared
That you have what we need
Show us all again
'Cause we cannot be saved
'Cause the end is near
Now there's no other way
And oh, you will know

You're guilty all the same
Too sick to be ashamed
You want to point your finger
But there's no one else to blame

You're guilty all the same
Too sick to be ashamed
You want to point your finger
But there's no one else to blame

There's no one else to blame
Guilty all the same

Guilty all the same
You're guilty all the same

[Rakim]
Yeah, you already know what it is
Can y'all explain what kind of land is this when a man has plans of being rich
But the bosses plans is wealthy?
Dirty money scheme, a clean split is nonsense
It's insane
Even corporate hands is filthy
They talk team and take the paper route
All they think about is bank accounts, assets and realty
At anybody's expense,
No shame with a clear conscience
No regrets and guilt free,
They claim that ain't the way that they built me
The smoke screen before the flame
Knowing as soon as the dough or the deal peak
They say it's time for things to change
Re-arrange like good product re-built cheap
Anything if it's more to gain
Drained, manipulated like artists, it's real deep
Until no more remains, but I'm still me
Like authentic hip-hop and rock,
'Til pop and radio and record companies killed me
Try to force me to stray and obey
And got the gall to say how real can real be
You feel me, we'll see that green could be to blame
Or greedy for the fame,
TV or a name
The media, the game,
To me you're all the same
You're guilty

You're guilty all the same
Too sick to be ashamed
You want to point your finger
But there's no one else to blame

You're guilty all the same
Too sick to be ashamed
You want to point your finger
But there's no one else to blame
There's no one else to blame

Guilty all the same
Guilty all the same
Guilty all the same