Blind Guardian - A Night At The Opera 01. Precious Jerusalem 02. Battlefield 03. Under The Ice 04. Sadly Sings Destiny 05. The Maiden And The Minstrel Knight 06. Wait For An Answer 07. The Soulforged 08. Age Of False Innocence 09. Punishment Divine 10. And Then There Was Silence 11. Harvest Of Sorrow PRECIOUS JERUSALEM No doubt, doubt No longer need to hide it I’ve found out who I am I’m moved around in circles I rise and fall again I know it well, every word I tell Seems to make no sense at all Words will heal it Love will conquer the Hearts of the hopeless The almighty is still alive Risin’ up from the heart of the desert Risin’up for Jerusalem Risin’up from the heat of the desert Building up old Jerusalem Risin’ up from the heart of the desert Risin’up for Jerusalem Risin’up from the heat of the desert Building up old Jerusalem I’ve gone beyond but there’s no life And there is nothing how it seems I’ve gone beyond but there’s no life There is no healing rain in Eden The empty barren waisted Paradise Let’s celebrate the dawning of the son chorus: I turn to you, oh my precious Jerusalem Deny your prophets, their passion and treat them like fools I turn to you, oh my poor old Jerusalem Deny my love but you can’t change fate Son of man You truly are mine Can’t stand the pain No more grief and misery It goes on and on and on and on And on and on and on Father stop it now We must stop it now You really think you are half way up I would not mind if you were right It’s not sure I’d rather say you are half way down So I am going to help you If I can I’ve been caught In wilderness, in wilderness I’ve got out well I found myself In desert lands, in desert lands But you’ve been on my mind chorus Rise up and follow me ‘Cause I will bring the light Rise up and follow me Wake up and clear your mind I try to bring it back, the seed of life I try to bring it back, the seed of life So if you say “There’s no faith in man” You better keep in mind That I can read between the lines My heavy burden brings eyesight to the blind I’ve been caught In wilderness, in wilderness I’ve got out well I found myself In desert lands, in desert lands But you’ve been on my mind chorus BATTLEFIELD It cannot be seen, but there’s blood on the green Only God knows I’m innocent Take me, take me home A dark seed reigns in me Like storm rules over the sea I challenge thee to not cross this bridge alone Don’t dare me now The threatening shadows will pass by They’re getting closer now Open your eyes, wake up my dear young friend And hate shall fade away I will not move yet I’ll stand still instead bridge: There on the battlefield he stands Down on the battlefield he’s lost And on the battlefield it ends chorus: War and anger shall reign The clash of iron can be heard By blindness you’re driven insane I’m lost in anguish and grief Sorrow won’t wane ‘til you die A shattered body deeply hurt And darkness will cover the light It’s gone forevermore The field’s been left in sorrow The father and the son, they’re gone The sun shines bright And anger rises Lorn and lonely Torn apart Don’t you think It’s time to stop now We were charmed and Fooled by the old serpent’s kiss Let’s pray That heaven is on our side Through violence and horror Shall honour arise So lets pray And blessed shall be our leader We follow the noble and bright Don’t you hear me crying, crying Come take me away I hallow thy name bridge chorus That’s what the minstrel sing Join in the horrible screams Take part in murderous deeds Renowed be the lion-hearted Join in the minstrelsy Wailing in endless grief It eagerly longs for more Broken bodies lay down on the ground Blood sheds all over the place The green will be stained forever And hate reigns all over the field The keep struggling on in anger Fiercely intence Outrageous, too blind to see And in pain they keep on singing We claim the land for the highlord God bless the land and our highlord chorus UNDER THE ICE Run ‘til you find the answer Time out for our poor Cassandra She’s fairly safe inside the fire Inside the fire Awakes desire Cruelly admired They’ll torture her soul And they’ll torment her heart But won’t change her mind Would you like to see me How I’ll cut off her head Life’s a game A lesson to learn Don’t be shy, just blame me Well, there is no need to feel ashamed Remember the oath Remember the oath Wake up, it’s time to cross the border Is it true what they say About the part you’ve played? Enjoy your stay here Welcome to the slaughterhouse Release from rotten thoughts No more pain And no more gods chorus: Under the ice you will believe Under the ice you will be free Released from rotten thoughts No more pain No more gods Please understand It’s not in our hands Barren the land It’s all dead and gone And still the tyrant’s face is red So witness my glory, my triumph, my fame It’s the sweetest taste King of terror Just stop whining Hold your breath It won’t take long Realise this is your judgement day There are no rules here Welcome to the slaughterhouse Release from rotten thoughts No more pain And no more gods chorus Try to understand You’re the artificial enemy An illusion we all need For our sake, for our sake We’re not allowed to see Beyond that’s your skill Will we ever learn the lesson “We can’t fly with broken wings” Break the chains Time to change I’m afraid to say But you won’t play a part It’s been nice we now get to the climax Your destination’s unknown Just get out of my way Don’t mind the blood here Welcome to the slaughterhouse Release from rotten thoughts No more pain And no more gods chorus 2x No more gods I’m afraid to say but you won’t play a part SADLY SINGS DESTINY A wooden cup And a crown of thorns Will set up the stage For the cross I rent a room next door There is nothing more No further voices to hear I’ll be free It doesn’t matter anymore That someone’s knocking at my door I’ve known it long before The Galilean’s on the floor Shame on me, shame on me I’m a tool and nothing more bridge: I can feel it’s getting nearer Images they’ll turn out clearer Creeps in and out of your mind I’m destiny personified I know there’s something more behind But is it really justified To sacrifice, to crucify The rescue of the human kind chorus 2x: Sadly sings destiny, sadly sings destiny “For ages I’ve been waiting Now spring is in the air Let it in” I hear them howling, hear them scream The raging mob turns mad it seems “The king’s in town We need a crown” I think we all know how it ends “So we’re not going take it longer” So all I know is I don’t care “So we’re not going take it longer” Now we are aware bridge chorus There I tie the ass There I tie the colt Begging for a last chance I hear the voices say “We get him home tonight and That’s all you need to know” I’m alone So I can’t stand it any longer And I don’t want to see it all Nazarene, your vision will come true Oh, will come true They’ll get you bridge chorus THE MAIDEN AND THE MINSTREL KNIGHT The faithful crowd is gathered here Soon they’ll appear The high and mighty show up The king is in doubt Apart from this beggar here There’s no one like you my dear Tasting my lips, no one but you and him Round the fire everyone should sing And praise the gracious queen Round the fire everyone should dance And we praise the handsome knight Forever and evere we both will be one The maiden, the fair and the young Fell in love chorus 2x: Will you still wait for me Will you still cry for me Come and take my hand There’s a moment in life When all the years will pass by And the eyes filled with tears we once shed We recognize failures, the desperate cries Of the ones who believed in our lies Wherever I’ll go you’ll be with me My first though and my last Though we’ll depart in bitterness One day you’ll understand Carry one Beloved maiden, mine Carry on Or we have to pay the price chorus Yesterday’s memories And melodies Are gone with the wind So sad Snow-white her hands and Golden her hair But she’s not the one Out in the emptiness Where everything’s pale There is no sign of you I’m alone How I wish you would be here I’m alone Telling me it’s alright Come rest your head (4x) I’m alone and sadness reigns in my heart As long as we live it won’t go away We are the one, but torn apart chorus Proudly it stands Until the worlds ends The victorious banner of love WAIT FOR AN ANSWER I cannot say that I don’t care Cause I’m aware Of everyone and everything They’re everywhere Don’t be a fool Stop spinning around, spinning around You’re right, it ain’t safe here Start using your brain, your brain The cautious hare Cannot be seen as a coward He’s simply aware He constantly knows what’s going on That the wheel of life turns on It won’t hold on Silent creature Filthy teacher’s Spreading disease A release A vanished Kingdom falls It goes on On and on And again It goes on Round and round Oh I can’t get it out of my head bridge: Wish I’d be a bird of prey A pure and a blessed A hawk who could ease the pain chorus: Don’t look back tell me Is it where you belong A place in the dark A song without hope Don’t look back tell me Is it where you belong Oh I wait for an answer So far Don’t look back tell me Is it where you belong I will wait, yes I will wait Don’t look back We’re the last descendants In the line of valiant soldiers We’re mistreated angels We are the blackbird nation We’re the chosen ones We’re the last descendants We’re a tribe of unsung glory We are the fallen angels Well the time is right You shall be on my side I don’t I don’t I don’t need anyone Be with or be against me I’m white I am the chosen There is not the slightest doubt at all Not at all In lower airs We’re ground down by their ignorance Hate will grow like a foul cancer To find a foe seems to be the answer Round and round it goes on again Oh I can’t get it out of my head bridge chorus Don’t be a fool Stop spinning around, spinning around Don’t move, it ain’t safe here The’ve stained holy grounds Oh no The hopeful he sadly admits There’s no hero No place to hide There’s no shelter from the storm The maddened crow will spread terror But I know Betterly they will stumble Find themselves smashed On the ground chorus It’s you who has said there’s no tomorrow I don’t know, but who I am I would’nt sit back any longer It’s surely built in sadness But the sadness surely will go by So we will all know the answer The answer’s within It’s in your mind THE SOULFORGED I’m not insane That’s how it seems though Spiteful, cruel but wise Beyond his age My body fails My soul will rise The end of life’s immortalized disease and agony And I see death through golden eyes Beyond the door there’s something more It seems there’s just one way On through the heat I’ve felt the touch of evil I still feel The icy claw in me For a decent price I’ve banned kindness from my heart The spirit of all truth and beauty Pawned for my desire chorus: And from the flames, as chance would have it The Soulforged will come into light And from the flames, as chance would have it The Soulforged, the stainless will rise I will never change my mind I will leave it all behind And through the hour glass Everything’s grey Everyone’s pale No colour nor beauty will enlighten my heart The seat of life’s empty and cold Cadaverous you all seem to me Stillborn but you’re still alive You’re still alive Truth lies in loneliness When hope is long gone by I’ll wipe out the bliss of the new age And welcome you precious night chorus SOLO From a distant time Voices echo in the hall “Come and join us enter life and” Everything is gone now And through the looking glass I still fear mortality and It’s loss in the end Unlimited power in my hands The claw of the dragon ascends “Mourn for his lost soul He’s cursed and condemned” Each step I take May it hurt, may it ache Leads me further away from the past But as long as I breathe Each smile on my bleak face I’m on my way to find Back to the Peace of mind chorus I will never change my mind I will leave it all behind AGE OF FALSE INNOCENCE Cut off the light, take a look There’s nothing beyond but pain Suffer in the deepest void The flame of hope is gone What have I done? Denied the father and the sun For a moment it seemed There’s space beyond the spheres Aflame the night So clear and bright Unstable light You’ve been sacrificed in fear Now there’s one thing for sure I’m not afraid anymore Day after day we’ve been fixed in this bowl For so long For ages we’re captured in shells And crystallized walls Predestined or punished? By man or God? chorus: I cannot, I will not Deny it’s false innocence I cannot, I will not The age of false innocence Take it away from me For a while Astronomy Has moved the earth And we’ve turned around the sun Sanctum Officium Has made me believe Has made me believe Has made me believe “We know for sure you’re lying Would you like to mess with holy science You know the fear of dying Would it be worth it to hear you crying” I’ve slaughtered truth And I’ve shattered my heart Far too long I have played with hellfire And science has turned into madness But I should have taken it higher So I feel, so I feel Like Judas must have felt before That Wednesday night near by the tree chorus Day after day we will gratefully suffer for more Predestined’s our part, so we bleed In the name of God Don’t believe in their eternity We’re still held in blindness And I’ve been turned into a liar If there is no heaven, there won’t be release chorus 2x Take it away from me PUNISHMENT DIVINE It’s warm and tender But very soon it will turn cold Shadows stare down from the walls Out of the mist it’s coming closer now It never rains, it pours on me So let the saints Set up the courtyard, the unpleasant cage The obvious point is I’m insane Was I aware whom I had slain I fear I was: The faceless, the nameless The bush set on fire No one aever dared to speak “Shame on me, I don’t believe The here and now is all we’re living for” chorus: Joyful it seems but, then suddenly By one false move it’s blown away Joyful it seems but, then suddenly Their voices cease, it’s gone away Vanished to the point of no return Vanished to the point of no return Witness my last breath I do not regret A word I’ve said The strong will survive The weak must die And out of the mist it’s coming closer now Sinner and saints, the grateful slaves Nature’s law instead of God in heaven From far beyond I can hear them sing I hear angels sing Songs of innocence I hear the angels sing Despite the facts are clear It cannot be what we can’t see I must admit it sounds so sweet chorus SOLO Angels sing, I hear angels sing (7x) Can hear them sing Far beyond I hear them sing “It’s true, it’s true, we don’t exist” Far beyond I hear them sing “It’s true, it’s true, we don’t exist” Well, we all know There’s no other side It’s good and evil I know right between There’s no borderline This is the punishment divine Surrounded by night I’ve been offered insight There is none but The sin of pride Am I wrong, am I right Am I losing my sight Abandoning the superior mind chorus Right away I will be gone Gone, I will be gone Through the valleys grey Through the shapeless land I walk alone I’m left alone Through the deepest void A blackened paradise I walk alone I’m left alone AND THEN THERE WAS SILENCE Turn your head and see the fields of flames He carries along From a distant place He`s on his way He'll bring decay (don't move along cause things they will go wrong the end is getting closer day by day) In shades of gray We`re doomed to face the night Light`s out of sight Since we`ve reached the point of no return We pray for starlight We wait for the moon The sky is empty Alone in the unknown We`re getting nowhere We have been betrayed by the wind and the rain The sacred hall's empty and cold The sacrifice made should not be done in vain Revenge will be taken by Rome We live a lie under the dying moon Pale face laughs doom Indulge us in delight It`s getting out of hand The final curtain will fall Hear my voice There is no choice There`s no way out You`ll find out We don`t regret it So many men have failed but now he's gone Go out and get it The madman's head it shall be thyne We don`t regret it But someone else dies hidden in disguise Go out and get it Orion`s hound shines bright Don`t you think it`s time to stop The chase round the ring Just a stop running, running Round the ring Don`t you know that fate has been decided By the gods Feel the distance Distance Out of reach Welcome to the end Watch your step Cassandra You may fall As I`ve stumbled on the field Sister mine Find myself in darkest places Find myself drifting away And the other world The other world appears Find myself she dies in vain I cannot be freed I`m falling down As time runs faster Moves towards disaster The ferryman will wait for you my dear And then there was silence Just a voice from the other world Like a leaf in an icy world Memories will fade chorus: Misty tales and poems lost All the bliss and beauty will be gone Will my weary soul find release for a while At the moment of Death I will smile It`s the triumph of shame and disease In the end Iliad Raise my hands and praise the day Break the spell, show me the way In decay The flame of Troy will shine bright The newborn child would carry ruin to the hall The newborn's death will be a blessing to us all Good choice? Bad choice? Out of three You`ve chosen misery Power and wisdom you deny Bad choice War is the only answer When love will conquer fear So when the judgment`s been made To the fairest the graceful says Badly he fails Warning Feel the heat of passion, father king Don`t let him in, don`t let her in Desire, lust, obsession Death they`ll bring We can`t get out once they are in She`s like the sunrise Outshines the moon at night Precious like starlight She`ll bring in a murderous price In darkness grows the seed of man's defeat JEALOUSY! I can clearly see the end now! I can clearly see the end now! I can clearly see the end now! The thread of life is spun The coin`s been placed below my tongue Never give up! Never give in! Be on our side so we can win! Never give up! Never give in! Be on our side! Old moon's time is soon to come Nowhere to run Nowhere to hide Nothing to lose like one we'll stand We`ll face the storm created by a man Troy Troy Troy Troy And as the lion slaughters man I am the wolf and you`re the lamb Hallowed Troy shall fall! Round the walls Faith is shattered bodies fall Nowhere to run Nowhere to hide Nothing to lose like one we'll stand It`s all for one and one for all We live for will be wiped out I feel that something`s wrong Surprise, surprise they`re gone Full moon your time goes by And new moon's still kept out of sight We live we die (while chorus starts) Chorus Roam in darkness (many times) Spread the vision We will be lost if you truly believe Troy in Darkness There's a cold emptyness in our hearts That they've gone away And won't come back They'll tear down the wall to bring it in They`ll truly believe in the lie With blossoms they welcome the old foe! The vision`s so clear When day and dream unite The end is near You better be prepared The nightmare shall be over now There`s nothing more to fear Come join in our singing And dance with us now The nightmare shall be over now There`s nothing more to fear The war it is over forever more No hope the blind leads the blind Carry on though future's denied Mare or stallion there's far more inside We`re in at the kill we'll cheerfully die Chorus Its Holy light shines on So the judgment`s been made We're condemned though the trial's far ahead The crack of doom, father Your handsome son is heading home Heading home Still the wind blows Calm and silent Carries news from a distant shore (3x) Out of mind Can't get it Can't get it out of my mind Sorrow and defeat Sorrow and defeat HARVEST OF SORROW She is gone Leaves are falling down The tear maiden will not return The seal of oblivion is broken And a pure love's been turned into sin At the dawn of our living time Hope may cover all cries Truth lurks hidden in the shadows Dreams might be filled with lies Soon there will be light Pain remains inside Suddenly all it seemed so clear All the blindness was taken away She closed her eyes And she called out my name She was never ever, never ever seen again chorus: Harvest of Sorrow Your seed is grown In a frozen world full of cries When the ray of life shrinks Shall cold winter nights begin She is gone And I fall from grace No healing charm covers my wounds Fooled's the dawn And so I am Fooled by life and a bitter doom To bring you the end of the day At the dawn of our living time Hope it soon will pass by Facing a darkness I stand alone chorus