[Instrumental]

Glowing cauldrons enlighten the night - dance into the fire
Time for our gathering, the blood moon is high - dance into the fire
Ignite the spark and light the pyre - watch the flames, rising higher
Fulfil the curse and perform the rite - dance into the fire

Magic rhymes, get under our spell - dance into the fire
Dive your soul into the wishing well - dance into the fire
Fallen angels creep out of the mire - awakening of hell's desire
Don't try to run, you can't escape our might - dance into the fire

Fillet of a fenny snake - in the cauldron boil and bake
Eye of newt and toe of frog - wool of bat and tongue of dog
Adder's fork and blind-worm's sting - lizard's leg and owlet's wing
For a charm of powerful trouble - like a hell-broth boil and bubble

God let me know, why you have left me - how long this feverish dreams upset me
I can't escape this vicious scenery - my mind's obsessed by wild confusion
Oh is it true or just illusion - entangled in eternal blasphemy

So just before dawn it will come to an end - dance into the fire
The curses are spoken, the magic's all spent - dance into the fire
The circle is closed, into fog we vanish
Our time grows short, from earth we're banished
When bloodmoon rises we shall meet again - dance into the fire
Let bloodmoon rise and we shall meet again - dance into the fire

Round about the cauldron go - in the poison'd entrails throw
Toad, that under cold stone - days and nights has thirty-one
Swelter'd venom sleeping got - boil thou first i' the charmed pot
Double, double toil and trouble - fire burn and cauldron bubble

When bloodmoon rises we shall meet again - dance into the fire
When the moon is rising we shall meet again - dance into the fire
Dance into the fire - dance into the fire

The shoreline's asleep, dawn is near - sparkling eyes with anger and fear
Still white, untouched sand - our home, our land
The first rays of light and we see - the fog is crawling over the sea
An army of spears, their target's sincere

One sign and ground is shaking - under hoofs of a thousand steeds
While all resistance's breaking - dawning day of the other creed

Mauritania, all your banners fly, darken our sky, world's about to die
Mauritania, land of desert sun, you did sent your proudest sons

Veiled warriors on strange mounts that roar - a spawn we have not seen before
A diction like spells born somewhere in hell

The halfmoon brand is glowing - in the heart of the ancient towns
Another wind is blowing - sweeping dust off the ancient crowns

Mauritania, all your banners fly, darken our sky, world's about to die
Mauritania, land of desert sun - you did sent your proudest sons
Mauritania, is it heaven's will - all the lives you spill, that you rage and kill
Mauritania, you're so far away - you did sent your sons to stay

Sons of the desert, listen:
Be aware of the higher might
Whether Muslim or Christian
They all fear the eternal night

Mauritania, all your banners fly, darken our sky, world's about to die
Mauritania, land of desert sun - you did sent your proudest sons
Mauritania, is it heaven's will - all the lives you spill, that you rage and kill
Mauritania, you're so far away - you did sent your sons to stay

The hall is cleaned, all beggars gone - a thousand candles ban the dawn
And may the world will tumble and fall - they've come to town on the royal call
A whistle blow, I'm gonna start my own show

Take me to the king, take me to the light
Take me to the place where I turn wrong to right
To break the rule, let them call me fool
Troubles away at Jester's day

The overburdened tables sway - (No time to care for judgement day)
So dance and sing the night away - (Confess this night another day)
The noble Sires got a heart of gold - bones and crumbs for the crippled and old
Let red wine flow, yours private fool - head to toe

Take me to the king, take me to the light
Take me to the place where I turn wrong to right
To break the rule, let them call me fool
Troubles away at Jester's day

A magic trick, a sleight-of-hand
Songs for the maids - jokes for the men
The juggler's here to make a stand
Jingle jangle 'till the end

And as the lights go down, I can see
Drunken kings looking at me
I take my pay and leave this place - smile on my face

Take me to the king, take me to the light
Take me to the place where I turn wrong to right
To break the rule, let them call me fool
Troubles away at Jester's day

Take me to the king, take me to the light...

(Ad maiorem Dei gloriam)
For centuries, the true belief did force men to go out and seek
And find the relic - I will try
The legend tells: a simple cup the Lord did use to share his blood
At the Last Supper fore he died

There are signs in the sky, the whispering winds won't lie
I'm gonna set out for the quest, leave back my home and maid
Parcival and Galahad - the memory ain't dead
I'm on my way with prayer as well as blade

To search for the Grail, an aim we won't fail
The Round Table's promise for all mankind's hail
How far I've to go, how long - I don't know
To search for the Grail

(Ad maiorem Dei gloriam)
The dark coasts of Britannia - the deserts of far Africa
So many dangers I've to face
In spite of hunger, boiling tar, and unbeliever's scimitar
I will survive by God's own face

Every night I watch the stars, for a sign from up above
Doubts and fears can't drive away the strong faith in my heart
In the circle of the knights I've been called to bring to light
The wonder and the glory - from the start

To search for the Grail, an aim we won't fail
The Round Table's promise for all mankind's hail
How far I've to go, how long - I don't know
To search for the Grail

To search for the Grail, an aim we won't fail...

Allah is great - call the warriors to arms - we have arrived and we're screaming alarm
Seize every tower and close every gate - we came to seal and to steal pagan's fate

Jerusalem's mine - the fight is divine
They sound the attack - oh, oh oh oh oh...

Holy ground, war cries all around
Hand-to-hand combat for sake of the town
Holy ground, just blood all around
Almighty God won't let us down

We won't allow violating these walls - your dome of rock, it will tremble and fall
So if you dare taste the kiss of the blade - recapture this land, the aim of the crusade

One bow to the east - Lord's Prayer - at the least
United we stand - oh, oh oh oh oh...

Holy ground, war cries all around
Hand-to-hand combat for sake of the town
Holy ground, just blood all around
Almighty God won't let us down

Oh, oh oh oh oh...

Crushing the flesh of the men from abroad - shattering bones in the name of the Lord
No help from the one who turned water to wine - the Prophet did leave you, no hope and no sign

There's fear in their eyes - they're goin' down like flies
The victory's near - oh, oh oh oh oh...

Holy ground, war cries all around
Hand-to-hand combat for sake of the town
Holy ground, just blood all around
Almighty God won't let us down
Won't let us down

The sun will singe another field
Another well is running dry
Cold rain will wash away the crop
Another child is going to die
Must be a reason, someone's got to take the blame
If not, our lives and our homes won't be the same

Keep the pyre burning, Mother Church will find a way
(I'm gonna burn the other day)
While the world is turning, our faith won't go astray
(I'm gonna burn the other day)

We've seen her dancing in the dark
We've heard her chant - unholy rhyme
We know she's got the evil eye
Besides she's old and lame and blind
Behind the graveyard in the alley where she hides
Our forks and torches will trace out the devil's bride

Keep the pyre burning, Mother Church will find a way
(I'm gonna burn the other day)
While the world is turning, our faith won't go astray
(I'm gonna burn the other day)

We came to lock you and to drag you out in chains
With glowing irons we will burn your poisoned veins

Keep the pyre burning, Mother Church will find a way...

Spark in the dark, on the shadow we raid
Smoke in the air and the demon will fade
Fire to the pyre, root out the seed
Praise to the Lord, he will bless our deed

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The healing books got empty spaces - it's time to spread the word
I'm looking into suffering faces - of all the sick and hurt
Don't trust what all the wise are doing - they promise ease and cause your ruin

Bloodletting ain't the one attainment - to stop disease inside
And only prayers won't lead to pain's end - god only knows I'm right
Don't waste your coins on superstition - just follow the advice I'm giving

Mandrake's fire
Arts of the friars help the dumb child talk and the crippled man walk
Mandrake's fire
Burning desire for some help from up above

Deep in the shadow of the forest - there is so much to find
Open your eyes and start the one quest - far too long you were blind
The secrets of the eastern science - the boiling cauldron - herb's alliance

Mandrake's fire
Arts of the friars help the dumb child talk and the crippled man walk
Mandrake's fire
Burning desire for some help from up above
Mandrake's fire
A sip of potion, not a magic cure, but the force is for sure
Mandrake's fire
Come taste it all, for everyone - the rich and poor

And may physicians' pack assault me, the time will show I'm right
May inquisition's track will haunt me, I'm gonna face the fight - day and night!

The nature's book, just got to read it
Discovering age - the sky's the limit

Mandrake's fire...

Out of the north

An evil shall break forth

Upon all inhabitants of the land

They burn our houses down

Loot everything valuable

And enslave our wives and children

Protect us oh lord

From the wrath

Of the Northmen

Row with the wind, through waters deep and wide
We come from frozen lands, our sails show red and white
Out for the blue, our dragonships appear
Raiding the foreign shores, we're spreading fright and fear

Before we leave, before the tide will turn
What do the runes say, what town's the next to burn
Overnight raids for silver and for gold
We're after precious stones and slaves that can be sold

The stars shining bright and lead us by their light
The coast of England's easy prey - get ready for the fight
Odin in your hand, we lay our lives and land
The greatest wish of every Viking facing the end
Die sword in hand

So raise your horns and taste the sweetest mead
We rule the waves, there's nothing stronger than our fleet
When time has come, Valhalla we attend
A heroes' welcome will await us at the end

The stars shining bright and lead us by their light...

Sun and stars we trust in
We're blind when fog is rising
The earth is flat, we sail too far from course
Across the sea of poison
Helpless we are like toys and
Blown by the black wind to the borderline, over the edge of time

Sun and stars we trust in...

The stars shining bright and lead us by their light...

Endless dark, the town's asleep - in every cabin someone weeps
The blight is creeping for some other prey

He didn't leave, but tried his best - to save the townsmen from the pest
All medic gone but he did choose to stay - did not turn away

Staring at the stars each night, waiting for a sign
Writing down four lines - a vision to rhyme
There's no way to flee the true prophecy
Who will stop the sands of time?

He was born a merchant's son - called Michel de Nostredame
Divinations that will stand all time

Favoured by the Medici - his art of healing and foresee
The secret of his quatrains, can't you see?
They're pure mystery

Staring at the stars each night, waiting for a sign
Writing down four lines - a vision to rhyme
There's no way to flee the true prophecy
Who will stop the sands of time?

Through centuries and history - time will show what's wrong and what's right
Did the stars lie or was he alight - did he have the might
To see through the night - to the other side

Staring at the stars each night, waiting for a sign
Writing down four lines - a vision to rhyme
There's no way to flee the true prophecy
Who will stop the sands of time?

Staring at the stars each night, waiting for a sign (Et tempus fugit - ut mortem vincit)
Writing down four lines - a vision to rhyme
There's no way to flee the true prophecy
Who will stop the sands of time?

Is this the final chapter, is this the final stand
The final state I have to pay
I'm lost in blackest darkness, away from all this life
And nothing fills this empty place

Just burn to face the silence, just made to feel this pain
In every case and every way
I feel the end is coming, there is no sanctuary
And I am damned to fade away

Father - you have forsaken me
Your helping hand I cannot find

Is this my destination, is this my final stand
I've got to face that I am stranded
In the halls of fear and pain, beyond the hands of time
It takes so much that I can't stand it

I cannot bear the silence, this cold and empty place
My holy friend you are so kind
My soul is raped and tortured, my heart is filled with tears
And I have lost this peace of mind

Father - you have forsaken me
Your helping hand I cannot find

Is this my destination, is this my final stand
I've got to face that I am stranded
In the halls of fear and pain, beyond the hands of time
It takes so much that I can't stand it

So many days I travelled through the wildness
So many miles I walked from east to west
To search the truth and overcome this blindness
And lay my weary head to rest

I climbed the mountains and crossed the deepest rivers
Through darkest forest I wandered all alone

On the trails of stars, surrender to your heart
As I follow the signs my feet are burning
For our saint leads the way, we'll never go astray
And the wheel of fortune keeps on turning

I have no fear of robbery and hunger
A guardian angel is walking by my side
With every day my faith is getting stronger
It gives me strength in deepest night

The wolves are howling, the storm is coming closer
The rain is pouring, but I still stand upright

On the trail of stars, surrender to your heart...

I climbed the mountains and crossed the deepest rivers
Through darkest forest I wandered all alone
With every step, I vanish in the distance
And now I wonder, will I ever come back home, come back home?

On the trail of stars, surrender to your heart...

On the trails of stars, surrender to your heart
As I follow the signs my feet are burning
For our saint leads the way, we'll never go astray
And the wheel of fortune keeps on turning...