Maleficium (1996)

 MORGANA LEFAY 

album: "Maleficium" (1996)

1. The Chamber Of Confession

2. The Source Of Pain

3. Victim Of The Inquisition

4. Madness

5. A Final Farewell

6. Maleficium

7. It

8. Master Of The Masquerade

9. Witches' Garden

10. Dragon's Lair

11. The Devil In Me

12. Where Fallen Angels Rule

13. Creatures Of The Hierarchy

14. Nemesis

1. The Chamber Of Confession

[Instrumental]

2. The Source Of Pain

Before god you must tell the truth

As you know this is a trial

What have I done? I am innocent.

I do not understand

Oh, I see you deny the crimes

Let us find out what is true

What do you do, What's going on?

Tell me where I am

Welcome, to the cellar of pain

Let the questioning begin

I'm the chief magistrate

In god I put my faith

Blasphemous lying beast

The devil is your lord

Insane, a big mistake

What have you been told?

I want you to tell me

Kneel and confess what you are

I'm a master of torture

But the pain that you feel is the dark

The source of...

The source of pain

To the end of your life and forever more

The source of...

The source of pain

To the end of your life and forever more

Look around, what you see

Is gonna make you talk

Chains and racks don't frighten me

I'm innocent and free

Is that a sarcastic tongue

I hear in front of me?

I don't care what you think

But scare me you cannot

I want you to tell me

Kneel and confess what you are

I'm a master of torture

But the pain that you feel

Is the dark

The source of...

The source of pain

To the end of your life and forever more

3. Victim Of The Inquisition

[The Chief Magistrate - The Testimony of a Condemned Man]

Oh, my dear beloved Anne

I write you in blood

From my wounded finger nails

In my cell, in gods hell

I'm waiting for more torture

And a certain death - fur sure

Through these wet walls of stone

I can hear their pain-machines

And the screams from all the dying

Believe me - I am - innocent I swear

It's true, but I can't take it any more

I confess - just to get relieved

They've crushed my kneecaps,

Fingers and my feet

Still they drag me down the

Stairs, so who's satanical

Many hundred thousand goodnights my love

Innocent I'll die -

I'm a victim of the inquisition

Flee from town before it is too late,

you are no longer safe

I hope these words,

will reach you somehow,

goodnight,farewell my love

They've crushed my kneecaps,

Fingers and my feet

Still they drag me down the

Stairs, so who's satanical?

Many hundred thousands goodnights my love

Innocent I'll die -

I'm a victim of the inquisition

4. Madness

[The Chief Magistrate - Beyond Pain]

The crazy man inside my head

Waking up with empty eyes

He envies me, wishes that I was dead

My common sense wants to see him die

Taking over more and more

He's screaming through my soul

He uses my eyes to make me see

The world in a twisted reality

The power of madness

Is tearing down my mind

Into the darkness of fools

Where shadows lurk and madness rules

Madness, madness, madness

Madness is tearing down my mind

Madness, madness, madness

Madness, my senses going blind

Too late for me, insanity

Is spreading like a disease

My body shake, a nervous ache

I'm going crazy

Help, for god's sake

The power of madness

Is tearing down my mind

Into the darkness of fools

Where shadows lurk and madness rules

Madness, madness, madness

Madness is tearing down my mind

Madness, madness, madness

Madness, my senses going blind

I'm laughing at god

And I'm laughing at satan in hell

I'm fettered in chains on the rack

Suffering god's torture and pain

Inquisition, a demon you are

Take a life to find out a false truth

But after you've stolen my life

you'll suffer the vultures' fete

I confess, I'm the one, take my life

Make it done, once and for all

I feel no more, care no more, see no more

The pain is gone

Madness is stronger than mind

In this land where I am

Everything is fine

You torture me, but I am free

I feel nothing, crazy me

The power of madness

Is tearing down my mind

Into the darkness of fools

Where shadows lurk and madness rules

Madness, madness, madness

Madness is tearing down my mind

Madness, madness, madness

Leave the common sense behind

5. A Final Farewell

[The Chief Magistrate - Father & Daughter]

Hangman's dais

Not far from the crossfire stake

She stands there concealed with her cloak

Remembering her father's last words;

"Goodnight my precious

Flee from this town while you can"

Her sense fills with anger and sorrow

Her tears make her freeze in the chill

...So alone

Leave her father alone

...So alone

God, leave him alone

Towards the fire

She looks at his eyes with despair

His body is weak, and he's bleeding

From wounds made by iron and chains

...So alone

Leave her father alone

...So alone

God, leave him alone

A final goodbye

A silent farewell from his eyes

He's laughing and gives her a grin

Through the madness, he still understand...

...That it's her

Rememering her eyes

...It is her

Through the madness he cries

...So alone

She's walking away

...So alone

But he will be reborn

6. Maleficium

I'm burning - in fire

So hard to stand against the flames

Deception - who told them

About the magic I possess?

The power - from your well

Are slowly peter out

Mother - of Tellus

Give me strength

To cast a spell

You burn me now

Before them all

You fear my kind

Because of the things I know

Magic knowledge

Ancient secret rituals

Black forbidden

Maleficium

Save me - I'm dying

Give me a shelter after life

Curse them - my tormentors

Give them the spell of the purple sand

You burn me now

Before them all

You fear my kind

Because of the things I knwo

Magic knowledge

Ancient secret rituals

Black forbidden

Maleficium

I'm boiling - I'm coming

Hail you, the guardian of the earth

I'm burning - and dying

But wait and witness my rebirth

You burn me now

Before them all

You fear my kind

Because of the things I know

Magic knowledge

Ancient secret rituals

Black forbidden

Maleficium

7. It

[The Guardian - The Awakening]

You have awakened me

From my deep lethargy

Finally, you have gone too far

With your deeds

How many innocents have you

Killed, you hands of god?

You practise the evil that you

Accuse your victims to conduct

In the end you will be punished

Into the purple eternity

And I will live forever

Because I can't be defeated

8. Master Of The Masquerade

[The Guardian - Anger and Damnation]

Pain - doesn't matter much to me

I was born out of chaos of time

So I knoe what suffering means

Rage - I am black inside my soul

Don't you know that I'm hiding inside you?

I am the master of disguise

A new wind of justice shall blow over earth

The soul that you keep is going to be reborn

Awake - I will conquer once again

My power shall rule over you

And crush the evil that you do

Shame - what do you think I am

You moulder my roots with your trials

How many victims have died

A new wind of justice shall blow over earth

The soul that you keep is going to be reborn

The master of the masquerade

I am

The master of the masquerade

Die - wither in my hell

My black soul is all over you

I'll get you, you know that I will

Lies - you charlatans of Christ

You indoctrinate all the ones you scare

Then - you control, their fear

Shame - what do you think I am

You moulder my roots with your trials

How many victims have died

A new wind of justice shall blow over earth

The soul that you keep is going to be reborn

The master of the masquerade

I am

The master of the masquerade...

9. Witches' Garden

[The Guardian - The Secret Truth]

In secret I am, earth and hell

Beginning and the end

In darkness I dwell, inside my shell

With honour to defend

Let my spirit grow in peace

Take away your false beliefs

Witches' garden - mother earth

I am death and I am birth

The secret knowledge

In dust of thoughts, from open doors

I watch you rape my soul

By torturing the secret truth

The keepers and my youth

Let my spirit grow in peace

Take away your false beliefs

Witches' garden - mother earth

I am death and I am birth

The secret knowledge

Christianity, a try to rule

A tribute to the fools

You've set me free, the entity

That holds the mystery

Let my spirit grow in peace

Take away your false beliefs

Witches' garden - mother earth

I am death and I am birth

The secret knowledge

The secret knowledge

10. Dragon's Lair

[The Guardian - The Myth]

Dragon guarded the treasure

Glittering gold and silver

Smell of sulphur and fire

In the dragon's lair

Hidden in his mountain

Upon the bones of those who failed

With their heroic mission

To kill the sleeping beast

One eye always open

Watching you

Guarding gold and diamonds

Breathing doom

Greedy in his nature

But he can give, to the unarmed

A shiny piece of silver

To hold close to their heart

That they can keep his secret

Until it's time to fly

To bargain in Mangonia

A place beyond the sky

One eye always open

Watching you

Guarding gold and diamonds

Breathing doom

The dragon's lair

The guardian

The dragon's lair

The guardian

The dragon's lair

He gathers all the chosen

To worship mother earth

Charm them with his treasure

The knowledge they all need

They're waiting for transcendence

To walk the dragon's path

And spread his wisdom

The myth that they shall feed

One eye always open

Watching you

Guarding gold and diamonds

Breathing doom

The dragon's lair

The guardian...

11. The Devil In Me

[The Chief Magistrate - A Meeting Between the Condemned]

Blackened skies, dark harmonies

Sombre tunes, grey melodies

A throne of gold (platinized bones)

The moonlight shining red

The secret ryche in my head

He rips the wall between our minds

His prison faces this other side

He screams

The devil in me

The devil in me

Silvery tears from tired eyes

Abysmal roar the devil cries

He faces a fallen paradise

Built by fools (and fatal lies)

A fallen beast, a fallen man

Both deceived, we stand condemned

I understand his better thoughts

He wanted freedom, now he's caught within

The devil in me

The devil in me

Once we both believed in god

He told us lies, a pact in blood

Through madness we travelled, on angelical demons

Up and down in the sand glass of oblivion

Remember, remember

My daughter and her eyes...

A throne for me, a throne for him

A throne for all the fallen kings

We march the road to the fallen gates

To rule the purple barren waste

The moonlight shining red

The secret ryche in my head

He rips the wall between our minds

His prison faces this other side

He's free - the devil in me

The devil in me

The devil in me

The devil in me

The devil in me

12. Where Fallen Angels Rule

[The Chief Magistrate - A Message from Beyond]

Child of life, hear me cry

I'm calling from the other side

On forgotten waves, beyond my grave

I send you thoughts so save your prayers

Never say die, you have to rely

On your inner strength that never dies

I'm relieved, my spirit's free

From here I rule my own destiny

The retribution, fly on wings

Eating falseness, blame and sin

Endless rows of crucified

All tormentors that us denied

Here they suffer, here they pay

Here they will forever stay

Understand my situation

I am a revenging angel

Where fallen angels rule

I've seen the future in my dreams

Evil is a giant wheel

That's rolling on through endless time

With its perfect flawless chime

Manipulating man and mind

Make 'em greedy, senseless, blind

But here they hang, the wretched fools

In this land where angels rule

Where fallen angels rule

13. Creatures Of The Hierarchy

[Vultures Fete]

Beyond the wall, there's a land of gold

Hard to believe, but it's for real

A prolongation of your dreams

It has been there since the dawn of time

In astral skies, there live the allies of the

Secret hierarchy

Eternal hunger, rule their destiny

They're taking care of

The malice and malignity

Eyes of fire, tremendous signity

Screaming flyers

The creatures of the hierarchy

They are the servants of a thousand kings

They ride the wind, on giant wings

Obey their masters, eating sin

There is a place in this paradise

A purple hell, a desert land

Where darkness suffer to the end

Eternal hunger, rule their destiny

They're taking care of

The malice and malignity

Eyes of fire, tremendous dignity

Screaming flyers

The creatures of the hierarchy

14. Nemesis

[Instrumental]

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Line-up:

Charles Rytkonen - vocals

Tony Eriksson - guitar

Jonas Soderlind - drums

Daniel Persson - guitar

Joakim Lundberg - bass