Label: Metal Blade Records
Release Year: 1998
Producer: Sterling Winfield
Cover: Kristian Wahlin
1. Torture (1692)
2. The Night
3. Since Forever
4. The Lady Who Cries
5. Banshee
6. Mandrake
7. Sucking Your Blood
8. Dead Again
9. Fear
10. Crossroads
Anna...was praying to God
She had betrayed, they said
Some folk had even seen her flying on a broom
All Hallow's Eve, under the Moon
The inquistor had left her behind
Gone for a bite, food on his mind
The Sun was slowly trying to hide
Behind a town so full of pride
A sight Anna would never see again
Torture in the name of Christ
Confess, oh you witch!
Torture in the name of Christ
You witch you, confess
Sitting naked on the wooden horse
Weight to her legs, what a holy cross
Her bloody hands tied to her back
Her golden hair turned to black
Thumbscrews they had used
To crush each tip of her fingers to a pulp
In the torture chamber
She couldn't feel much of anything...anymore
Torture in the name of Christ
Confess, oh you witch!
Torture in the name of Christ
You witch you, confess
Satan's mark...had slipped away
They already searched her body twice today
And it was all in vain
Oh Anna here they come again
Off the horse, strapado for a friend
Up she goes higher, and higher
Anna's screaming, crying "Liars!"
Confess, confess witch
Confess, before you die
"Yes, yes I am a witch
May Satan take you all"
They dropped her from the ceiling
To a foot above the floor
Her arms and legs disjointed
Screams of pain...
Then finally no more...
Old Nick is by my side, I hear no evil
As I walk into the night, I see no evil
Old Nick is by my side, I feel no evil
Oh...I'm gonna love this night
It's gonna be just fine
The two of us at midnight
A feeling of Hell
Just him and I, we're gonna spy on God
Old Nick...my imaginary friend
Old nick is not what they say
Here we go again
Through the dark on a snake we ride
The Devil's child
Oh...the moon is bright, She's oh so fine
The two of us at midnight
A feeling of Hell
Just him and I, we're gonna spy on God
Find out who he really is
Find out who she really is, the night
Find out if he really is
Find out if she really is, the night
Looking through a Demon's eye
We're gonna spy on God
Find out if he really is
Find out if she really is
Old Nick is by my side, I feel no evil
Oh...I'm gonna love this night
It's gonna be just fine
The two of us at midnight
A feeling of Hell
Just him and I, we're gonna spy on God
The Night
Find out who he really is
Find out who she really is, the night
Find out if he really is
Find out if she really is, the night...
On this cold and windy Sunday
I'm sitting here alone...It's Autumn
I'm looking at a yellow picture
You have been gone forever
Oh it's be so very hard
Growing old on yor own, alone
I'm trying to remember
The days when we were young
Since Forever...I still remember your ways
Since Forever, I still remember
I have been reading your letter
Over and over again
I can't believe your gonna be here today
I can't believe this is Sunday
How nice of you to come
It's been so way to long
Let me get you another glass of wine
To keep out tounges in time
Since Forever...I still remember your ways
Since Forever, I still remember
Like the light of the Sun
You used to brighten my days
But darkness has taken your place
I can no longer keep it away
Since Forever...I still remember your ways
Since Forever, I still remember
I ask you for one last time
No there won't be any wine...
Just one more time
So you can put the flowers on my grave
And leave again...Since Forever
Many have seen the statue that cries
But I have only seen her at night
Many say it's a miracle
Many say that her tears can heal you.
But when the Sun goes down and my day begins
That's when I saw her change
Her tears did turn to blood, just like a miralce
And through her mouth of stone, I saw the fire
From so deep inside, I heard a voice from Hell
"I am the Lady Who Cries, I am he who lights the night"
"I am Lucifer"
Many say it's a miracle
Many say that her tears can heal you.
But from so deep inside, I heard a voice from Hell
"I am the Lady Who Cries, I am he who lights the night"
"I'm your eternal friend"
"Let my children come to me at day
Let my children come to me and pray"
"They don't know who I am
Or they worship the Devil
They don't know who I am
They think I'm a miracle..."
I heard it...in my sleep last night
I heard it...in your sleep last night
Now can hear it again
Outside the night is sad
I know it's not the wind
Outside the night is black
Under our window is the Banshee
Wailing its hauted tune
Under our window is the Banshee
Wailing its hauted tune too soon
I know that, I must tell you a lie
I know that, it could be you and not I
Before the Sun is rising, the Banshee can't stay
Before the night is dying, a life will slip away
Under our window is the Banshee
Wailing its hauted tune
Under our window is the Banshee
Wailing its hauted tune too soon
I must light a fire, to chase away the night
Let us hold each other tight
The cats are gone, I guess...they know
Oh...they know what's gonna come
The wailing is so much louder
I need to hold you tight
I can feel you getting colder
Is it time for you and I?
Under our window is the Banshee
Wailing its hauted tune
Under our window is the Banshee
Wailing its hauted tune too soon
Let it be me
Poisonous Mandrake
Your dangerous root
One of three fates
When a man's time has come
You look so human
So different from any other plant
You look so human
That the Devil might take you for a man
White Mandragora
With your root so thick, you are the male
Black as the night on the outside
Inside your like a moon
You look so human
So different from any other plant
You look so human
That the Devil might take you for a man
Your leaves so spread out
Close to the ground
Mandrake root
As a female your root will be forked
Your juice has been known
To take away lives
Cause insanity...Am I losing my mind?
In the olden days it was believed
That in the dark of night
You had to tie a string form the neck
Of a Black Dog to the mandrake root.
Then move away
Move away and then with meat you must lure the dog
To pull the Mandrake root from the ground
Cover your ears
Cause the cry of the Mandrake root
No man has ever survived, the dog will surely die
Poisonous Mandrake, you dangerous root
One of three fates, when a man's time has come
You look so human, so different from any other plant
You look so human, that the Devil might take you for a man
Your leaves so spread out, so close to the ground
Mandrake root, your berries are just like the Sun
Mandrake root, as a female your root will be forked
Your juice has been known to take away lives
Cause insanity...Am I losing my mind?
Mandrake root, bring me your poisonous love
Mandrake root, I need you to bring me that love
Mandrake root...Mandrake root bring me love
Mandrake root, bring me that posionous thing
That everyone is calling LOVE.
I can see it in your mystery eyes
I can feel it on your breath tonight
The yearning for time
The yearning for eternal life
Oh...Oh...Oh...Sucking your blood
Oh...Oh...Oh
Let me look you deep in the eyes
Let me look...into your mind
Let me take you into a room full of life
Let me, let me, let me, suck your wine
Oh...Oh...Oh...Sucking your blood
Oh...Oh...Oh...Sucking you, Sucking your blood
A chandelier is our source of light
I'm brething in the golden air tonight
Time...is right, it's your innocent skin I like
Oh...Oh...Oh...Sucking your blood...Oh...Oh...Oh
Your neck is so delicately white
Inviting my mouth for the bite
My teeth...your vein
Like a wine from the chalice I drink
Oh...Oh...Oh...Sucking your blood
Oh...Oh...Oh...Sucking you, Sucking your blood
Your warm juices color my throat
What unheavenly joy, turning yours into mine
Me...part of you, oh you are the wine
Sucking your blood before the night is torn
How could this ever, ever be a sin
If you would pull the stake from my heart
If you would let me draw another card
Maybe the Morning Star will blind our eyes
Maybe the Morning Star will bless another night
Maybe the Morning Star will blind our eyes
Maybe the Morning Star will bless another night
Me...part of you, oh you are the wine
Why do I keep on doing this?
It's not for me anymore
I'm doing this more for you than I
And on that lonely road to nowhere
I've lost myself to something else
I don't know where I'm going or where I've been
It's so hard to remember all the things I am, am I?
I feel like the end is near, catching up with me
Catch me if you can
Cause I'm going down into the ground
How much longer can I keep going on?
I can feel my lost ones coming down
Sooner than later, I'll see you all again
I feel my purpose here slipping away
I feel the Sun, but it's raining
I hope I'm not on my way to better things
And if not, it really doesn't matter
Cause I am doing this
More for you than I am me
I can no longer pretend, my life if worth living
I...I would rather die, be dead again
Hold on
Now here it comes, death for one, a lonely son
Up and then down, I'm spinning around
My soul is so confused again
Am I floating towards the Sun?
Hold on, am I dead on?
Through a tunnel of black, why?
Why do I feel so sad?
I've been waiting for the end of act 9 to come
The curtain must fall, the end of a song
But the song goes on and on
The light is so very strong
I'm drifting along, I have no will
I'm drifting still
In a room without walls
I feel the chill
No one is here to pick me up
Nothingness...what a mess
Oh, is there anybody out there?
Is anybody here?
I'm talking to you, do you hear me?
If I could only see through the wall of nothingness
The wall of black
They gave me number 9
Thsi is not like the last time- number 9
This time I really am losing my mind
I hear an orchestra...I see an orchestra
I greet an orchestra...I meet an orchestra
I kill this orchestra...I kill me? No
No don't stop, oh please don't stop
Hey stay there, what's going on?
Hey wait for me
I'm running, but I can't keep up
Then I realize my feet are gone
This is such a weird weird song
The orchestra is now a door
One is one and two is four
I can see three more
Seven doors, seven doors
I must choose one before they're gone
But I cannot move
They're drifting away now
I've got to reach that door, the number 6
I've got to reach that door, the number 6
The number 6-6, the number 6-6-6
The number 6-6-6
The number 6-6-6, that's my door
Wuauuu....look at all the colors
There goes an orchestra, no more doors
Close the window, here they come
I hear another end of this song
But again the song goes on
Dead again,I know
Cause I've been here before
I'm dead again
If I could only reach that door
The number 6-6, the number 6-6-6
I'm beginning to miss you again
Dead again,I know, cause I've been here before
I'm dead again, if I could only reach that door
Through a purple mist the light is fading
I guess I'll have to stay dead
A little longer this time
Dead Again...
In the mirror I have seen HIM
And he scares me
The creature behind that mask I wear
I know his name is FEAR
In the mirror...he's looking back at me
I have to face him everyday
And I know him not so well, his name is FEAR
So deep within, yet so far away
I wonder...will he always stay?
Stays so deep within, deep within my soul
And I know him not so well, his name is FEAR
The man...in the mirror
He scares me for I know him not so well
The creature behind that mask I wear
I know his name is FEAR
In the mirror..it's not only the eyes I see
But they are always there
I cannot let it show, NO ONE must ever know
The horror that lays so deep within
Tucked away beneath my skin
And it scares me, yes it scares me
So deep within, yet so far away
I wonder...will he always stay?
Stays so deep within, deep within my soul
And I know him not so well, his name is FEAR
No man...nor any book
Will ever teach me what I need to know
No man...nor any book
Will ever teach me what I longing for
Only the creature...living inside of me
Could show me the meaning of life
I cannot let it show, NO ONE must ever know
The horror that lays so deep within
Tucked away beneath my skin
And it scares me, yes it scares me
You are Selene, the moon in Heaven
You are Persephone, Queen of the Underworld
Hecate...darkness and terror of the night
Hecate...oh, the crossroads are thine
You are Diana, you are the hunter of souls
The dogs are howling
We dogs know when you approach
Let us ride with a beast tonight...
Let us ride to the crossroads
Let us ride with a beast tonight
Oh let us ride
At the crossroads
They buried criminals and suicides
At the crossroads
Any traveller could lose a life
A suitable place
For making a Pact with the Devil
A suitable place
For us to hold the Sabbath
Let us ride with a beast tonight...
Let us ride to the crossroads
Let us ride with a beast tonight...
Let us ride in the dead of night
Even mortals can ride with her at night
And join the night flying demons
Oh, you and I
Listen to their tales of wandering ghosts
Listen to their tales of forgotten tales
Listen to their tales of the crossroads
Listen to their tales of forgotten lives
Oh Diana
Hecate...darkness and terror of the night
Hecate...oh, the crossroads are thine
You are Diana, you are the hunter of souls
The dogs are howling
We dogs know when you approach
Let us ride with a beast tonight...
Let us ride in the dead of night
To the crossroads...to the crossroads
We ride to the crossroads
In search of your soul
We ride to the crossroads
In search of your soul...
