Ashes IV - Diabolical

Visions of a greater time to come — a journey in time

And man’s will to unite with equals in a shining kingdom

Looking down at the masses below

And the yearning for divine presence on earth

Caused rather the opposite

Crippled angel — a martyr with wings sawn off

Calling for vengeance

A dead saviour transformed into the great being

A guardian angel fallen from grace

A merciless smothering of any tendency

To break free from the cursed chains

Where every step forward is heading into

The arms of the being

Crippled angel

Welcoming every man too far away from the

World on fire that fell into oblivion

But as long as there are traces of life left to burn

This journey will continue

Can’t hide from the wretched being

Can’t hide from the reality any more

Can’t ignore the failure

Or that the downfall was unavoidable

Can’t hide from the wretched being

Can’t hide from reality any more

Can’t ignore the stricken’s chantings

Or heal the wounds that were self-inflicted

When all are dead and the earth has been scorched

He has won

When a hundred years have passed

And the silence still remains

He will celebrate the victory of time

When the earth is dead and everything is cold

He will come back for more

Because in the ashes of yesterday’s creations

There may still lie traces of hope

Walk in his footprints — settle for the earth

There is no cure now — let your body be his instrument

Kneel to the wicked — for yet another hundred years or more

Celebrate the crushing of yet another naive rebellion

When time has stopped and all hope has gone

He has won

When everything is frozen and nothing ever changes

He will celebrate the victory of time

When the earth is dead and everything is cold

He will come back for more

Because in the ashes of yesterday’s creations

There may still lie traces of hope

Walk in his footprints — settle for the earth

For he is your wicked superior

When everything is dead, and there is no escape

And there is no tomorrow, days that never came

Visions never realized, a future in the hands of the being

When everything is cold, the diabolical creation prevails

The journey continues

Visionary — an angel with wings sawn off

Begging for mercy

Diminished — I am the shadow

Watching the slow uprise

I shall not stay, nor shall my body

A timeless journey

Angel-like voices are fading away

Buried in ashes so cold

Where there is no light

There may still lie traces of hope