Wildhunt
Aletheia

Trackliste

• 1. Touching the Ground (instrumental) (03:22)
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• 2. The Holy Pale (06:59)
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  Impaling they taught me –
  Impaling they got!
  Behold the ottomans’ foe
  A Transylvanian voivod
  
  They called him the son of a dragon
  Or even son of Lucifer
  The impaler!
  Spreading fear everywhere
  
  Loathed and deified
  Temptation untied
  Who am I to defy what is lurking inside?
  
  OBEY – The holy pale
  The root of a thousand tales
  Welcome to my never-ending nightmare
  
  I’ve seen what should never meet
  The eyes of a child
  Just like my idol before me
  I swore revenge that wouldn’t be mild
  
  Time and again I managed to tread
  The path of the plain with kingly pride
  My triumph!
  Then again... whose defeat?
  
  Who can define
  The razor-thin line
  Where madness and genius entwine?
  
  OBEY – The holy pale
  The root of a thousand tales
  Welcome to my never-ending nightmare
  
  Through all these years I felt the joke’s on me
  A little turnabout won’t kill
  No more shall poison take what’s meant to be
  A slave to sanity no more
  But a master of will
  
  His legacy remained through centuries
  Now meets its rightful heir
  This time I’ll make it plain for all to see
  My weakened soul has gone
  But a legend reborn!
  
  OBEY – The holy pale
  The root of a thousand tales
  Welcome to my never-ending nightmare
  NIGHTMARE!
  NIGHTMARE!
  NIGHTMARE!
• 3. Made Man (08:37)
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  My life’s blood I was earning
  Now joining with flames in my hands
  Proud I stood and spoke the words:
  “May I burn in hell if I betray my friends!”
  
  I couldn’t see the dark fire
  That was blazing inside
  No, I couldn’t hear
  What was calling so clear
  
  A made man I was growing
  Into a twisted world within
  And the power was showing
  Bleeds you dry with a self-righteous grin
  
  I finally came to a crossroad
  When my one true love broke my heart
  Oh, she betrayed the code of silence
  What fatally tore us apart
  
  Oh, I saw the dark fire
  Blazing inside
  Still I wouldn’t hear
  What was calling so clear
  
  All their lives they are drifting
  In a sea of their own rust
  They call you friends and whack you backwards
  Persuading themselves that it’s just
  
  Craving for new beginnings
  Though I’m aware that I could never hide
  You think you’re out... they pull you back in!
  This thing of ours is a one way ride
  
  I’m engulfed by the fire
  Burning my mind
  No one will hear
  What I’m shouting so clear
  Watching the dream
  Cruelly melt into a fever nightmare...
• 4. Kanashibari (instrumental) (01:32)
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• 5. In Frozen Dreams (06:56)
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  Lying awake in
  A dream that tore me from my sleep
  A presence lurking
  Surrounding me, taking my breath
  
  Eyes call horror
  My voice stays mute – my flesh petrified
  Trapped inside myself
  Only the fear shows me I’m alive
  
  Try to catch sight of
  What lies beyond and what’s to be found
  An incarnate nightmare?
  Or am I at mercy of my own mind
  
  Eyes ablaze in the darkness
  Reveal the terror so clear
  Feel the pressure is rising
  As the creature draws near
  
  And the weight of the world comes down on me
  How long will it take?
  To see there’s only one way to break free
  
  Summon all powers to banish
  What lies on my chest
  Suddenly all nightmares vanish
  Haunting questions infest:
  
  Have you ever really been awake?
  D’you ever dive into the dream?
  Could you ever escape the coma in between?
• 6. Aletheia (07:30)
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  Reigning the palace
  Forever sealed
  None can imperil
  None will proceed
  
  It serves the signs so lucid
  Apt to deceive
  Its only fear is question
  Its fuel belief
  
  And you feel it taking over
  It takes hold of all that lies within
  Bringing meaning, claiming devotion
  
  You will see what is right till it’s wrong
  
  Aletheia
  Out of your well
  To chastise all deceit
  Trying a lifetime
  Breaking your spell
  To catch a glimpse of what’s concealed
  
  Pray for the revelation –
  You’ve searched in vain
  You’ve climbed a mountain
  To see the plain
  
  “I had a vision”
  “I’ve seen the light”
  Mental submission –
  Or second sight?
  
  And it seeks to rearrange your senses
  Its power turns a killer into a god
  Twisting moral, moulding its justice
  
  You will carry the fight while it’s strong
  
  Aletheia
  Out of your well
  To chastise all deceit
  Trying a lifetime
  Breaking your spell
  To catch a glimpse of what’s concealed
  
  And the sheep in wolves’ clothing
  Hold a fire they claim to be the sun
  Illuminate their world of clay
  Where darkness never fades
  
  Shadows cast on prison walls
  Will be the closest thing to life you’ll ever see
  If you don’t try to trail the calls
  That echo in strange tongues
  They’ll lead you
  
  ...OUT...
  
  In the open
  The whipping of the headwind’s rough
  The lights nearly blinding
  Will you overcome?
  
  And they say that hypocrisy
  Is the tribute that vice pays to virtue
  If you found your greatest good in false virtue
  
  You will crave for the night when it’s gone
  
  Aletheia
  Out of your well
  To chastise all deceit
  Trying a lifetime
  Breaking your spell
  
  Aletheia
  Breaking your spell
  To catch a glimpse of what’s concealed
  What’s concealed, yeah
  Reveal!
  So come out of your well!
• 7. Sole Voyage (11:28)
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  Part I: The Den
  
  “Don’t you dare to seek within
  For what you’ll be is what you’ve been”
  All those who live beyond these words
  Must live beyond these worlds
  Without a soul to cling onto
  I’m falling through
  
  Thrown into a den of wolves
  
  I walked their way
  But I went astray
  Poisoned my youth
  With stranger truths
  They’re failing
  Is fate prevailing over me?
  
  All the battles that I’ve lost
  The isolation that it cost
  Turned out they were not mine to fight
  A shelter from the reign
  When suddenly the missing key
  Lay before me
  
  Stepping out a den of fools
  
  I saw the way
  Never betray
  Reclaim my youth
  A singular truth
  Is guiding
  Like sirens calling for me
  
  Part II: Quest for Hire
  
  Relentless, the spark was ignited
  The point of no return
  Profanity to sacred wisdom
  Few can discern
  
  With strong belief
  I started a quest unbeknownst to me
  The hunting call
  Was heard by those who could see the signs
  
  Strangers I’ve known a lifetime
  Gathered at my side
  We grew to wear the burden of reject
  As a badge of pride
  
  Going for broke
  Disciples sworn to the only cause
  Claiming for none
  Yet obtain abundance you’ll never know
  
  Part III: Into the Tides
  
  Knowledge
  Craft
  Drawn like a moth
  To a flame
  Once apprentice enthralled by our masters’ skill
  Now dared to pass on teachings of our own
  
  And our journey led us to foreign shores
  We captured more than all of us could take
  Freely strolling, still we remained on track
  The summit always felt within our reach
  
  But excitement gave way to rash desire
  Each treasure cast a shadow on the last
  Blurred and twisted, what we set out to find
  As time began to take its fatal toll
  
  Some went quietly
  Absorbed by the waves of life
  Others turned in disenchantment and fatigue
  And the north star soon disappeared in dust
  When faith is lost the dream remains pretence
  All alone I faced what I had thought long lost:
  
  Part IV: Silence
  
  Part V: Moon River
  
  The eclipse has begun
  Still chased for the sun
  To get struck by the light of the moon
  
  All potions and spells
  Have dried up the wells
  Diseased, forgotten, marooned
  
  The seasons have turned
  All reasons been burned
  The secret – a vanity fair?
  
  A voice in the dark
  A twist in my arc:
  “Dare to find – and what you seek be laid bare”
  
  Not too late, not too soon
  Is there life on the moon?
  Still LIFE on the moon.
Dauer: 46:24