Epica
Album • 2009
Solve mentem a molestis Mentem ad concretum dirige Unum e jhanas intra Intra unum e jhanas
Submitted by Morgoth — Apr 24, 2025
Can't move an inch But for the act to Leave fingerprints Freedom Farewell Look in the lens Answer the questions Are you a threat? Nec plus ultra After all the grabbing, it's time to bite the dust Leave behind the breaches of my trust Cleaning up the mess is up to us Non plus ultra Now that all hands are tied We're panic stricken Wealth out of sight Demolition, the damaged pride The Price of Ambition Nec plus ultra The current system leads to profit seeking deeds Leave behind the traces of our blood Now the course for change is up to us Non plus ultra Access is now denied We're panic stricken Wealth out of sight Intuition, forgotten guide The price of supression Terre eos vi Augearis Perde eos vi Nobis imperium Can't move an inch But for the act to Leave fingerprints Freedom Farewell Look in the lens Answer the questions Will you behave as required? When we think the end is here With nearly all faith gone There is hope along the way And there a new age dawns None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe that they are free - Goethe - Nobis victoria Non plus ultra When we think the end is here And our faith will disappear Chasing our addictions we're stunting our growth Once we get rid of this ballast we'll be able to Restore the balance and distribute our wealth
Submitted by Corpse Defiler — Apr 24, 2025
Declining, all color fading Defining, time coming for me Rescinding, my inspiration Receding consciousness Set me free! Back in the day, I can recall that My thoughts were unclouded and sage There was no black staining the walls of my memories Now there's a haze pushing me sideways And leaving me nothing to gain Taking me back, locking me cold in disparity Where was i meant to be? I feel i'm lost in a dream Long for the day I can be myself When I'm free When my sun has set Released my soul forever I'll have no regret To be free I'll exist again No more lost endeavors Bothing to contend When I'm free Color declines, all that defines me Is failling away, far behind Nothing to keep me with the time, the here and now Where was i meant to be? I feel i'm lost in a dream Yearning again and only to be myself Cure me, free me, help me, see me No more worry, no more losing Save me, near me, help me, hear me No more heartache, no misery Cure me, free me, help me, see me No more worry, no more agony, Save me, near me, help me, hear me No more heartache, no despairing (We despair) Cure me, free me, help me, see me No more worry, no repairing (no repair) Time is just a concept And always the first thing to fade Agony and weakness Nothing we can never evade Years are cruel, they break us Bringing on decay and despair Awareness and perception Something we can never repair Freedom for me is all I'm really wanting, needing Give me power to break out I can't hold on for any longer My time has come to end it all No one to blame, fate's only random It's nothing we'll ever explain So it remains Where was i meant to be? I feel i'm lost in a dream Long for the day I can be myself - Free - When will I be unleashed? It's not the way it should be Yearning again only to be myself When I'm free Unleash my consciousness
Submitted by Grave666 — Apr 24, 2025
So many days we've spent together Trying to get ahead with our dreams Now we have come to the goal forgotten Hurting within left us torn The road is open We find out way through ties where broken So the means to the end Was the peace that was meant To be ours since it all began We fight to win I won't give up, we'll fight to win To move along from where we'd been I'll sing this song for you again I'm looking up around the bend We're so much stronger than before Our fraying edges on the mend Life as we know would be so different Had our paths continued the same Seizing the day with all that's offered The good and the bad, The clear and the haze To move along from where we'd been I'll sing this song for you again I'm looking up around the bend We're so much stronger than before Our fraying edges on the mend Don't let go So hard to face what we've done wrong We shared a life that can't be We cannot hide from destiny So hard to face what had gone wrong We've got to make this work And give it our all Give our all and won't let go Waiting so long for an answer We've been waiting oh, so very long and Now we're ready to accept our fate Our melodies will be remembered forever and ever Our memories will fade away when the leaves have reached the soil I won't give up this fight The sacrifices made We gave our all And won't let it go to die in vain I'll sing this song again We're stronger than before We have the chance of lifetime We'll never close this door
Submitted by Immortal — Apr 24, 2025
I. Hold in Derision Pioneering, big breakthroughs Proceeded by the opposition Hold in derision all that's new Afraid to lose their own esteem Scorn shall be directed at the genius Represses subtle theories of the light to the questions of life Quantum physics lead us to Answers to the great taboos We create the world around us God is every living soul Science, spirituality Will have to meet along the way and We need new drifts, another view Expand our grip on the cryptic soul Hope is more than a postponed disappointment Non intellegens nil explicas Videre nolens nil capies Non intellegens nil explicas Incognita non vides Open your Sahasrara II. Children of the Light Light creates us all Pride will make us fall Life is meaningful Life delight us all Light creates us all Pride divides us all Life is meaningful The soul survives us all Misled by science Our wake up call Conditioning cannot fool us 'till the end III. Bardo Thödol Guide us safety through the gates of death IV. Paragons of Perfection Nothing here will be the same I'll see the world through different eyes and I was given clarity And the wisdom I can't deny All that we can never see Until we leave this frail existence Is just a shadow of reality Death is not the final instance It's not your time You have to go back... back! Now! No, no, I don't want to return, please let me stay here, don't make me go back Go back, you've got work to do We're not alone, we are all one. Nothing here will be the same The smallest bit is as big as nature Our limited capacities Gives us trouble to comprehend We are linked in every way And we're strong as our weakest fragment Every word that we convey Is an act with consequences V. The Harsh Return Light creates us all Pride will make us fall Life is meaningful Life delight us all Light creates us all Pride divides us all Life is meaningful The soul survives us all Greed will make us fall Light will bind us all
Submitted by BloodShrine — Apr 24, 2025
This track is instrumental.
Deep in the night, boundless violence will seethe with the danger Our laws collide not allowing another contender When the wine drinks itself, you will burn to a cinder We're fighting awaiting the answers I'll never let them stake you down Take you down I'll fight to find a way Is there a way to turn the mind of a barbaric stranger? Eternal days awaiting for you to awake, my avenger A cruel fate now condemns us to burn to a cinder Are we too late, running on empty? I'll never let them stake you down Take you down I'll fight to find a way out there It must be hard I'll never let them break you now Forsake you now Keep holding on and Give me answers to my prayers We'll never hide, we'll face the glare You're the light I see to, raise the flame and blaze the fire Give me answers to my prayers We'll carry all the weight to bear Give me sight to see I know a way is there to keep the flame Why can't I bleed with you? Forever I will be thrown to the wolves They'll feed on all our dreams I'll never let them stake you down Take you down I'll fight to find a way out there It must be hard I'll never let them break you now Forsake you now Keep holding on and Give me answers to my prayers We'll never hide, we'll face the glare You're the light I see to, raise the flame and blaze the fire Give me answers to my prayers We'll carry all the weight to bear Give me sight to see I know a way is there to keep the flame Why can't I bleed with you? Forever I will be thrown to the wolves They'll feed on all our dreams
Submitted by SerpentEve — Apr 24, 2025
You were always there to hold my hand When times were hard to understand But now the tides of time have turned They keep changing Seasons range, but you remained the same A steady head, a sun to rain You'll be the light that's shining bright High above me Autumn gold losing hold We are leaves meant to fall There is meaning to all that fades Freezing winds were stayed by warming words To touch your headling to the hurt I'll treasure every lesson learned to the embers Fire fails, blushes pale We will, answer the call There's a meaning to all our Seeds of eulogy to sow along with dreams Fill the need that can leave us grieving alone Frail is our beauty in the end But all we count is sentiment A memory stays to guise the way and whisper Don't lose sight, don't deny We are leaves meant to fall, there's a meaning to all our Seeds of eulogy to sow along with dreams Fill the need that can leave us grieving alone A symphony resounding in our minds Guides us through what we knew would come all a long Sometimes I feel I don't have the words Sometimes I feel I'm not being heard And then I fear I'm feeling nothing more Sometimes I feel I don't want this change I think we all have to rearrange And now I feel there's no one losing more Seeds of eulogy to sow along with dreams Fill the need that can leave us grieving alone A symphony resounding in our minds Guides us through as you hear me as you do, as you need me Making true What we knew would come all along
Submitted by Finntroll — Apr 24, 2025
If we could see ourselves, the mirror would reflect insanity Instead we camouflage the flaws that lie within Condone the suffering we witness as we mingle casually We need to righ ourselves, or else we will derail Aiming too high You are bound to fail Patience is a vital virtue That you'll never have Don't force me to believe We're caught up in the greed 'Cause I just care for me To break it, we'll need everyone Think it through: unite is the only way A raging tragedy ignored will have its justice, finally Distress and poverty is everyone's disease We'll come to realise for all we've done there is a price to pay Yet hope is never lost, there always is a way Trumping the game Is no easy way Enterprise and discipline Will pay off in the end If we ever could look into fate's mirror We would never have ended up here We're distracted by every sin committed It should always be ever so clear If we ever look We would never be here Don't force me to believe I'm never needing anyone I only care for me I'm thinking through And mine's the only way We are caught up In our failure Now our union Is our savior It's the only way If we ever We would never If we're clever We're together
Born to fight, and we're born to flee Doomed to live on ecstasy Born to lie, and we're born to cheat Look in the mirror, who do you see? Born to flee, and we're born to fight Without your mask, you're terrified Don't hide your personality That's who you are, your identity If the virtues of tomorrow Cause the greed of today We won't have a future Nor liberty Born to breathe, and we're born to pursue That's all we are supposed to do The semblance of our liberty Is nothing more than slavery Born to flee, and we're born to fight Is it failure that's our delight? Born to cheat, and we're born to lie Look at yourself, have you lost your mind? If the virtues of tomorrow Cause the greed of today We won't have a future And no more liberty If the virtues of tomorrow Set the need on the way We won't have a future nor liberty Private vice leads to public virtue Raised to think that we are free Living in our caves Being slaves We lost control of our lives At the mercy of the waves Massive waves Blind to see what's going on Conditioned as we are And we are We lost control of our greed But now we face it all Face our fall Keeping all that we've created And consuming all that's possible Reaching deep into temptation Nothing can stop us Guarantee our hard-earned profits Multiplied ten-fold if possible Reaching out for new redemption Nothing avails our needs If the virtues of tomorrow Set the need on the way We never had a future anyway We had no future 'till today Time and tide Will not wait for anyone
Submitted by Corpse Grinder — Apr 24, 2025
I see a silhouette, liquid that moves Skin like a pearl in the sea I cannot resist this, her voice in the wind But is it my eyes are deceived? Is it you i see? Lie down in my arms Trust what you see Smooth your brown, you will be with me To find your relief Gazing at whitecaps, coming so close Everything's suddenly clear Numb with the aching, and still i am waiting The water is pulling me near Would you welcome me? Lie down in my arms Try not to breathe Quiet love, you are now with me You need no words to speak For my mistakes, I am to blame Never believed that it was all meant to fall I'd give my life, to have you near once again Take me away, would you forgive me?
Submitted by Infernal Flame — Apr 24, 2025
We're blind and eager, avarice will set us back to blank, those who wager all will have to name a reason. And if you can't let go you will end up empty handed. If you can't control you'll live your life in vain. Who decides about my time to come and who is able to break through the circle of life and doom? Don't look back, keep on track to break the curse, take the chance and design your universe. We can't undo what we have done so show us now what we've become, confront us with our viciousness and our weakness. We can't evade our destiny so show responsability, for we all surely have a sense of our consciousness. To take for taking's sake will leave a path of loss and strain and endless breaking of faith can warrant acts of treason. And if you can't let go you will end up empty handed, if you can't control you'll live your life in vain. Who decides about what's true or false and who is able to sift through the treasures from the flukes? Don't look back, keep on track to break the curse, take the chance and design your universe. We can't undo what we have done so show us now what we've become, confront us with our viciousness and our weakness. We can't evade our destiny so show responsability, for we all surely have a sense of our consciousness. The time has come, we have to see that total wisdom is in reach. The time has come to colour in the lines, we must identify the signs. So many people are full of hate while love and light are in their reach. So many people will harm themselves but life can be so beautiful. So many people will idolize while their own success is in their reach Don't forget you're able to design your own universe. Find your balance, sink into rumination. Ipsum te reperies! Potire mundorum, potire omnis mundi. We can't undo what we have done so show us now what we've become, confront us with our viciousness and our weakness. We can't evade our destiny so show responsability, for we all surely have a sense of our consciousness. Can't undo, show us now, confront us with our weakness. Can't evade, show us now, we have a sense.
Submitted by johnmansley — Apr 24, 2025
How can we conduct Symphonies of our destruction Without having a clue How to interpret the darkest notes? There is no need to feel so depraved A spotless disease is what I am All those fools that I have enslaved Were so long ago already damned There is no need to be so engaged The master of the stash is what I am All this distress is what I have engraved Is forming the path that I defend Come with me, acquire the key To unlock forbidden doors Come with me, be finally free The incentive, you decree There is no need to feel so alone When your white guide knocks at the door Don't you disappoint her, no don't you dare She'll destroy you to the quick, to the bone Come with me, on your knees The celebration ends Come with me, never flee Save me from this
Submitted by Cyberwaste — Apr 24, 2025
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