ATHENA - 2001 'Twilight Of Days'

ATHENA - 2001
"Twilight Of Days"
Track List:
1. Twilight Of Days
2. Till The End
3. The Way To Heaven's Gates
4. Hymn
5. Your Fear
6. Falling Ghosts
7. The Highest Tide
8. Touch My Heart
9. Lord Of Evil
10. Take My Life Away
11. End Of A Life
12. Making The History (Bonus Track)

The Concept
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During imaginary Middle Ages a king wisely reigns a flourishing land that from time
immemorial has forgotten all about war. One day, unexpectedly,
the echoes of a army are heard in the wide valley.
Therefore the king decides to summon an extraordinary meeting of the Council of War,
open to all citizens, in which he recalls the ancient deeds of the brave soldiers who so many times
in the remote past kept the integrity and peace of the land.
The resolution to go back to war after so many peaceful years, even if hard, seems now unavoidable.
The army prepares for war and leaves to protect the borders of the kingdom but,
given the long time of war inactivity, the soldiers are easily defeated by the extraordinary fierceness
of the enemy. The battle's outcome is disastrous: the overrunning is relentless and the people are
decimated. Also the king dies during the battle.
After his death the king finds himself in front of a big portal of metal and flames: the door to hell!
As he doesn't remember anything of his past except the moment of his death,
the king accepts to make a pact with the Devil, for he only wishes to take revenge for his death.
The pact provides that he's allowed to come back to life being immortal and blessed with exceptional power,
so that he can find his killer and face him in a battle. As soon as he finds his enemy,
he will lose all his extraordinary power and he will become mortal again.
If he is defeated, his soul will burn forever in hell; if he wins,
he will have to start the conquest of the world by leading the Army of the Darkness.
He starts his restless hunt with no mercy for anyone. While he's looking for his man he remembers images
of his past life, mixed with unknown images of a angry and evil life.
After searching for so many years he starts to understand his real nature: a split personality.
Finally he finds the signs of an army's overrunning in a desert and ruinous land: his kingdom!
Furious, he swears on his honour he will fight till the end to take revenge for his people.
He finds the enemy's camps. The ultimate battle begins! After defeating the army he finally finds his man:
he's the king himself, his second cruel personality. The king becomes mortal again and,
as he understands the Devil's trick, decides to kill himself so that he can kill both sides of his
nature and stop the Devil's plans. His death will be remembered forever and his tomb will be worshipped
until the end of days...

1. Twilight Of Days
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Memories of ancient kings let us understand,
It's time to commemorate, time to clasp our hands..
Remember the pride we had, glories of our past,
Don't forget we must defend the honour of this land!

We've no more time to complain, let's unite and fight
No mercy for enemies, we must kill and die!
'Cos one is the rule in war: to fight for your life
There are no more days to come, no more left behind.

Here's my life, you can take it I'll give you my heart.
I'm your lord, you must obey your king!

It's the twilight of days, it's the shadow of a shade
I've the thunder, the storm, I've the steel in my veins!
I've no more tears to cry, I don't care if I die
I can move your illusions to real life.

Once again a war to fight, still I feel my scare?
How can I forget the pain, is it still too far?
Will my life belong to God or I'll burn in fire?
Someone's wrote my destiny laughing at my cries,
if I sacrifice my life I can save yours.

Here's my life, you can take it I'll give you my heart.
I'm your lord, you must obey your king!

It's the twilight of days, it's the shadow of a shade
I've the thunder, the storm, I've the steel in my veins!
I've no more tears to cry, I don't care if I die
I can move your illusions to real life.

2. Till The End
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Cold blades, end of life
Violent pleasure in his eyes.
Rising storm there's no hide for me.
Smell of fear, smell of death
I see the sorrow on their faces,
words of pain whisper in my head.

I will revenge (all burns in flames)
I must stop them (I can't stop this evil)
Time for a change (I will revenge)
I will kill them.
I will revenge (all burns in flames)
I must stop them (I can't stop this evil)
Time for a change (I will revenge)
I will kill them.

Again I am recalling my days
With the power of the wisdom.
Please God help me to find the way,
and I'll fight him 'till the end.

Let me take his sins tonight.
I feel the power growing inside me.

I will revenge (all burns in flames)
I must stop them (I can't stop this evil)
Time for a change (I will revenge)
I will kill them.

And if death is the same of life
All this would be only eternity.

Again I am recalling my days
With the power of the wisdom.
Please God help me to find the way,
and I'll fight him 'till the end.

3. The Way to Heaven's Gates
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I don't know the matter of my death.
In front of me the gates of hell.
It's not the end of a secret life.
It's not a dream inside my mind,
it's my destiny!

I don't remember the time
I forget I've a real name
I've lost my senses
I've fallen away.
This is not my promised land
I must be killed by someone's hands
I must find my body, I must find my grave.

I better move if my hope is to live again,
I'll sacrifice all my life to revenge.
Day after day I will kill for your glory!
Lord of the night give me my life again.

Give me your black horse to ride
To the land of the mortal time,
I'll be their lord for the eternity!
You'll be my heartblood, my king,
if it will be my destiny
I won't retire, they'll forever belong to me!

Over the seas, under the horizons
I must find the way to the heaven's gates

Oooooh! By your side I will live forever
Oooooh! By your power I'll take my revenge!
Oooooh! Through the Heaven's gates,
to the other side of death.

Will the black sun rise again?
Will the moon be the light for man
In this desert lands of existence denied?
Dark is the colour of my dreams
When you lie down in agony,
the final battle is too far from me!

I better move if my hope is to live again,
I'll sacrifice all my life to revenge.
Day after day I will kill for your glory!
Lord of the night give me my life again.

Over the seas, under the horizons
I must find the way to the heaven's gates.
How will my heart give me the power
To find the way to the heaven's gates?

Oooooh! By your side I will live forever
Oooooh! By your power I'll take my revenge!
Oooooh! Through the Heaven's gates,
to the other side of death.

4. Hymn
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Razor's edge deep is your sight
Woman in black tell me why?
People's life is a real slight,
Full of displeasure and fights.
Wich of the water with long braids
Protectress of human's existence
Give me the power in this empty place
With no fantasy or life.

Go, please take me away
And forget my real name!
Go, now! Give me your blood

Get on high above!
Go, please take me away
And forget my real name!
Go, now! Give me your blood
Get on high above!

Running in the moonlight,
Dancing into the rain
Riding my black horse between the flames of my hell..
The blade of justice is broken
Your destiny's in my hands
Open your eyes and remember my pride,
please your lord!
Living in a black dream,
singing into the pain,
falling into darkness between the lies of my hell..
The blade of justice is broken
Your destiny's in my hands
Open your eyes and remember my pride,
please your lord!

Walk on the edge, hold on tight
Woman in dark, ruling the night
Hold back all of your stones
You cut me like a knife.
Never again as long as I live
In this life no more to give,
fearless evil feels like a lie,
leave me alone or I'll die!

Go, please take me away
And forget my real name!
Go, now! Give me your blood
Get on high above!
Go, please take me away
And forget my real name!
Go, now! Give me your blood
Get on high above!

5. Your Fear
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A new day in this land,
a new way to find an old to forget.
The sound of a silent cry
Tears that I've left behind.
They come to destroy,
they scream their anger, their pleasure of pain,
but now they must pay for it,
we've to destroy them all!

Their screams fill my head
And I feel I've lost my selfcontrol
'cos I'm living on the edge,
falling down into the end.

Ash leads sands of fear
(iudicabit in nationibus implebit ruinas)
Blood, pain in my heart
(conquassabit capita in terra multorum)

Your fear will be my life
And I promise I'll give you my pain,
your tears'll be the paradise
for all those who can't live a new day.

Wind blows on my face
I look for the hope I never forget,
we must find our way
to win at the cost of death!
They won't be my hell
I know who I am I know what I get,
Your death is my destiny
I've lost my selfcontrol!

Ash leads sands of fear
(iudicabit in nationibus implebit ruinas)
Blood, pain in my heart
(conquassabit capita in terra multorum)

Your fear will be my life
And I promise I'll give you my pain,
your tears'll be the paradise
for all those who can't live a new day.

6. Falling Ghosts
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The meaning of destiny's lost far in time
You can't retire leaving the past behind,
Your mind is clear for all those who can see:
What you've inside is no longer a secret for me!

And if you try to look forward you'll see
That I will be there and you will belong to me,
So don't try to hide all your dreams far from me,
I will be always the last thing you'll see in your mind.

Live your life until your are free,
You can't build your destiny!
No matter how, no matter why,
Too many stairs to climb!

I can see the light
'cos the world's an eye
I don't want to be blind
I can live my life.
In the name of love,
In the name of soul
I must be strong, I can feel free!!

No more illusions, no more penitences,
We're falling ghosts, we don't believe we were
Made to be killed in their violence and hate
Until we see someone else has decided our lives.
Day after day we discover is too late
To understand what would be better for us,
For the kingdom, for what we've to make,
So I pray to God not to make it again and again!

I can see the light
'cos the world's an eye
I don't want to be blind
I can live my life.
In the name of love,
In the name of soul
I must be strong, I can feel free!!

7. The Highest Tide
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Open your eyes so I can see you die!
Your last whisper, tell me your last desire!

Don't pray for your life
Look in my eyes my spite!
I am the night
I've discovered your hide
You can run far from me but I know you'll be mine
I'll drink your tears
And I'll eat all your fears
So look into my eyes
I just swear you will die!

Oooh! And the hunt's my desire.
Oooh! Through the sands of the time.
Oooh! For my land, for my pride
I've no more fear in my heart
I'll bring the highest tide.

Bleeding twilight I can see holy lights.
Moon lights black skies, from my grave I'll arise!

Oooh! And the hunt's my desire.
Oooh! Through the sands of the time.
Oooh! For my land, for my pride
I've no more fear in my heart
I'll bring the highest tide.

Lord of the night I will give you my heart.
Lands lost in time I will conquer for you.
Lord of the night let me see into your eyes.
Send me a sign and more power to fight.

I am the night
I've discovered your hide
You can run far from me but I know you'll be mine
I'll drink your tears
And I'll eat all your fears
So look into my eyes
I just swear you will die!

Oooh! And the hunt's my desire.
Oooh! Through the sands of the time.
Oooh! For my land, for my pride
I've no more fear in my heart
I'll bring the highest tide.

8. Touch My Heart
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Life is a whisper we don't have the time to find
The meaning of wisdom,
the sense of try.
We don't remember the evil we have done
We'll fight forever against our hearts.

I can feel the dark side in my mind
I must accept my destiny.

So touch my heart and give me my death
'cos I don't want to live forever
and I've no past to look for a hide in.
Take my soul away!

I am a nightmare, a shadow in the night
I am the thunder, I am the light.
I feel the pain dismembering my mind.
I feel my glory, I feel my pride.

I can feel the dark side in my mind
I must accept my destiny.

So touch my heart and give me my death
'cos I don't want to live forever
and I've no past to look for a hide in.
Take my soul away!

9. Lord Of Evil
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Run and fight to kill the enemy
Up your blades and trust your king!
Rage and anger, war and hate,
victims of evil.
Hidden there is lying our destiny so
Show no mercy and taste their blood!
Storming violence fills your brains
We are the last hope.

Lord of the evil I know you'll be mine.
I'll get your heart, I swear on my pride!
King of the evil I just want to say that
This lifeless place gonna be your deep grave.

I forbode some dreadful tragedy
I'm sure that we're fallen into a trap
I can't leave my warriors dying,
I flame with anger.
I must devastate the enemy
To let off the pain of my soul,
I can't trample on the lich,
DEATH TO THE EVIL!

Lord of the evil I know you'll be mine.
I'll get your heart, I swear on my pride!
King of the evil I just want to say that
This lifeless place gonna be your deep grave.

10. Take My Life Away
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Now I know why I am alone
Answers grow, in this room I will know my past.

Two different minds inside my brain
I fear my ashes once again
Watching in silence all alone
I sold lies, and I have burnt my life.

Live to kill, kill to live
Is it life or a crazy dream?
I feel the blade dismember bodies
I must take a decision for my life.

Now is the time to take my flight.
I'll close my eyes and leave my life.

You can't die!
Your life is my life!
I'm inside you
You must trust your own wicked side!

Two shadows fight indide my brain
I fear your ashes once again
I scream my silence all alone
I sold lies but I won't burn my life.

Now is the time to take my flight.
I'll close my eyes and leave my life.
There's no time
I've to find my way.
Live this life, tell me why?
Wanna die again!

Live to kill, kill to live
Is it life or a crazy dream?
I feel the blade dismembering my skin,
I feel the death coming inside my brain.

This is the time to take the flight,
I'll close my eyes and leave my life.
Lord nail my hands and burn my soul!
Please blear my mind and take my life
AWAY!

11. The End Of A Life
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Twilight of days,
shadow of a shade
I feel the rain falling down on my face.
Tears that I've cried
Now're lost in time..
This is the end of my life denied.

No more days to come
My life has gone
I'll fly away...
I close my eyes and pray,
no words to say
this place will be my grave...

12. Making The History
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I feel so empty I feel it inside,
I feel unclean 'cos my heart is broken.
I feel the power I'm ready to fight
You will burn in the flames of hell!
I've lost my life in that black dirty night,
angels of mine! They will cry forever
I was born to fight, to kill heaven's lord,
I'm the king of death!

War between the good and the evil
I have in my hands.
Will the good and evil be so different in my head?

Knights of this world unite
To defend the hope!
We fight against the time,
they must pay for all!
We'll make the history,
God will be with us!
Keep our souls unite!
Hallowed be thy name.

I can remember my land's burnt in fire
I'll see their faces in my dreams forever.
I've no time to spend 'cos I've no time to live,
no more fear to feel!

I am the nightmare you dream every night
I am the one you have to fight.
Forget the light 'cos the night has to come,
don't you pray you God?

War between the good and the evil
I have in my hands.
Will the good and evil be so different in my head?

Knights of this world unite
To defend the hope!
We fight against the time,
they must pay for all!
We'll make the history,
God will be with us!
Keep our souls unite!
Hallowed be thy name.

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Lyrics taken from Metal Lyrics Page:
http://metal-lyrics.narod.ru

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ATHENA - 2001

"Twilight Of Days"

Track List: 1. Twilight Of Days 2. Till The End 3. The Way To Heaven's Gates 4. Hymn 5. Your Fear 6. Falling Ghosts 7. The Highest Tide 8. Touch My Heart 9. Lord Of Evil 10. Take My Life Away 11. End Of A Life 12. Making The History (Bonus Track)