Defy Those Words of Who Was, Who Is, and Who Is to Come Lyrics

Hold your fire! Turn around, turn around
You're intruding sacred ground, sacred ground
For all those who have died,
for the ones we have lost
We wade through the river of blood
By the end of this era you will all know my names
For it is Endless, Infernal, The Mighty Profane
The bloodriver is endless
The bloodriver is breathless
Into the river of blood I dive
I struggle between dead or alive
What if I die, no one can tell
The difference between heaven and hell
My tongue is split in two,
like the snake I have become
I lurk in the depths of the kingdom below
I am the kingdom below

Solo: Lasse Johansson

Dragged into a black hole
Blindfolded by mental pain
Everywhere I look
I see the world has gone insane
Oh God, I think I'm falling, can't stop
I'm coming all the way down
Down, down, down, down, down

The tide is rising, my world's colliding
But I can still breathe, I can still feel
The wind is rising, my life's capsizing
I prayed for wings with diamond rings
And here I am flying like a hurricane
I prayed for the things the Devil brings
I bow for none, I'm the Glorious Divine
The Phosphorus showing the way
Through centuries I will lead,
through centuries I will command
I rape The Promised Land
For Christ sake Lord, you stabbed me
with your sword, I can't believe I'm dying
It pierced right through and
there's nothing I can do
I spread my wings, I'm still flying
Serenity is pointless
after what you have done
The skin torn from angels is now my abode

I'm soaring high above the clouds
on diamond wings
And I'm in love with all the things I fear
All the dirt is washed away
Up and down, back and forth,
inside out, it's all real

I wake up to the sound of footsteps
marching on the ground
I'm in a shelter, but deadly wounded
Without a sound I turn around
Wake up, wake up!
It's time to wake up
And continue my mission
Wake up, wake up! It's time to wake up
and take my position

They will be one with the world
Where I conquer all
Thy kingdom is burning in perpetual flames
I corrupt, I kill, I enslave
The Garden of Eden is a garden for heathens
I burn in perpetual flames
The Garden of Eden is a garden for heathens
Defy those words of who was, who is,
and who is to come

Solo: Lasse Johansson

It's in the air, so much hatred and despair
Pulsing fiercely underneath
mankind's eternal grief

I know your words, Ye Of The Earth
Defy those words of who was, who is,
and who is to come
I know your works
Defy those words of who was, who is,
and who is to come
Come, come knock on my door
I will attack and settle the score
Come, come, I'm having fun
I'll rip you to pieces so you'd better run
Or burn here with me for all eternity
I bow for none, I'm The Devious Divine
The Serpent Man leading your kind
The hooved beast who's misleading you
I am The Promised Land

The wind is rising, the wind is rising
The wind is rising, the wind is rising
A new day coming, there's still hope
There's still hope for mankind