Live Chronicles ----------------- Welcome to the Chronicle of the Black Sword SONG OF THE SWORDS A clash of steel A blinding light Is this the start of Chaos' fight? We were born to be free Not live in terror under tyranny My eyes were blind I could not see What was this kind of sorcery? Take up the sword And take up me The Chaos lord's answer is to be Your path is chosen, you have no choice Come join us now, thus spoke the voice It's Paradise, is this my Paradise? The cool brain tortured by neurotic fears The man of ice melts in shameless tears The journey onward, it never ends When you're alone with so few friends... DRAGONS AND FABLES I am the child of wars never won Take heed prisoner, I am the one Your battle is over before it began For a child on the run, I am free Many tournaments fought in this land Flying banners now dashed in the sand The colours you wear will not keep me For a child on the run, I am free The courts and knights of the table Bold stories of dragon and fable Your sword is red-stained I can see For a child on the run, I am free Silk, satin, and riches in plenty Acres of land, four and twenty I am not you, I am me For a child on the run, I am free NARRATION Elric's cousin Yrkoon has usurped his throne and has taken Elric, the weak one, prisoner. He places him on board a ship and has him, (attempts to have him), done away with. He has him thrown overboard, but Elric calls upon the Sea-King to help him. THE SEA KING Sinking deeper beneath the waves Mind now resigned, accepts his fate Ancient alliance creeps into his thoughts Unbid to him comes a rune once taught Sea King has come to him - Sea King, to save him Unsure whether he's dreaming or dead Seeing the face that his youth has bred Slowly realizing that to him has come His ancestors' ally, friend only to some Sea King has come to him - Sea King, to save him He sees that now his life is safe His foe Yrkoon has failed The deed that was to finish him Has come to no avail Sea King has come to him - Sea King, to save him To his kingdom he is now bound The sea around him is his shroud Age old wisdom has set him free So to realize his destiny Sea King has come to him - Sea King, to save him ANGELS OF DEATH We're angels of life, we're angels of death We are born to blaze a nuclear way through space A way out of the waste that held the human race We're angels of life, we're angels of death We are the dead who are never led We are the warriors at the edge of time We lurk inside your brain, hide inside your minds We're angels of life, we're angels of death We stalk the city streets to kill all you meet Nostrils flare awhile, it makes you want to smile We're born to erase, all of your days All of your days SHADE GATE (Instrumental) ROCKY PATHS Rocky paths winding round The inspiration is to be found Following us now with sound Coming from earthy ground Keeping up an open mind In everyone you'll find A part to help you climb The walls built up by time Never close yourself to more Learn we can, that's for sure And it isn't hard to endure A heart that has an open door NARRATION Some said he was a sorcerer Or a warrior chief But he was the stealer of souls The Lord of Chaos reaps And he's frozen in a time trap Slowly losing power And he's frightened if he makes a move The Dream will soon turn sour Seeking Stormbringer, the Stealer of Souls Stormbringer, the Stealer of Souls THE PULSING CAVERN (Instrumental) MASTER OF THE UNIVERSE I am the master of the universe The wind of time is blowing through me And it's all moving relative to me It's all a figment of my mind In a world that I've designed I'm charged with cosmic energy Has the world gone mad or is it me? DREAMING CITY Gleaming towers that touch the sky Ancient turrets catch the eye You stand so proud Coloured walls that shine so bright A monument to truth and light You carry on Fate is working fast to bring you down Peopled by a master race But living lives so cruel, so base Unconquered souls Their master knows not how to rule Dark forces use him as their tool He carries on Fate is working fast to bring him down Dreaming City your light is fading Amidst the chaos that now is reigning Uncaring beings come soon to raze Your tall, fair towers to set ablaze Fate is working fast to bring you down CHOOSE YOUR MASKS They're handing out the weapons And your armour's ready too But the most important item Has been left up to you You must make a firm decision And once it's made you'll find That the role that you have chosen Will entirely fill your mind So choose your masques... Choose the side that you'll be on Learn the words of your new song Your journey will be long Over poisoned crystal deserts Where the ruined towers shout In our mirrored, flashing armor In our secret, hideous helms Death to light! And death to earth! Death to fire! Death to death! Death to death! Death to death... An end to life And death to love And death to sadness On dead horses our dead riders Seek the last retreats of life... (seek the last retreats of life) (seek the last retreats of life) Seek the last retreats of life! hahahahahaha! In the last retreats of life... NEEDLE GUN So you're alive, I thought you was done I'm gonna bring you down with my needle gun Feel my pin prick tattoo your spine Give it a minute Your life's entwined with mine It's gonna make you run Needle, needle gun Hear my laughter in your head It's a pity it's a shame Nothing's been said It's a vaccination joy With the ultimate death toy It's gonna make you run Needle, needle gun ZAROZINIA Fire of destiny Fire of reality Zarozinia The burning of flesh Flames loving caress Zarozinia Water from a thousand tears Feeling of a thousand years Flow over me But the dream it is too real Cold reality of steel Zarozinia Hurt and wounded you return But deep down feel the anger burn Zarozinia LORDS OF CHAOS Arioch, in my time of need From inside my soul doth plead If you'll help, I'll find [... ? ...] The Dukes of Hell they come Arioch, help me or my life is done! * I am here * * What dost thou wish'st? * THE DARK LORDS I have turned Zarozinia into a giant slug, Elric You will no longer mate with a woman like her We will have the Sword from you Elric One way or the other, it makes no difference! Ah, look at him scurrying backwards and forwards The poor little wretch does not know which way to turn Ah, we've got him this time Zarozinia's been turned into a worm, a slithering worm! You'll give us Stormbringer Your spells are no good now Go on Elric, look into your baubles You will find that we are right You will find that you have to give it to us WIZARDS OF PAN-TANG (Instrumental, or the last part of the dialogue above is actually WoPT) MOONGLUM Moonglum, friend without a reason Moonglum, friend without a cause Embarrassed by a show of love But would stand by the man of the feeble blood This bond meant much more to him Than a kingdom offered by a queen No words for this silent trust As the Sword goes on to sate its lust Moonglum and Elric hunting Theleb K'aarna Myshella now replacing Queen Yishana See them travel through open skies See the amazing steel bird fly Armies stand, soon to fall Sorcery is the tune they call Pitting wit against flesh and gall Timeless searching in timeless halls Wandering out to meet his death To find this was no release Searching for some sort of ease Denying feelings that made him weak Moonglum and Elric hunting Theleb K'aarna Myshella now replacing Queen Yishana See them travel through open skies See the amazing steel bird fly ELRIC THE ENCHANTER He did not know that the sword he'd hold Would turn his priceless empire into fool's gold The truth, the shadow of the sword will hide Til it's too late, a traitor at his side And as he gazes from his ruby throne He's growing restless of the life he's sown To get away, embark on a quest And put his powers of sorcery to the test The drugs he takes to keep himself awake Lose their effect, he can no longer wait To find the sword and gain more power And make his move before the dream turns sour CONJURATION OF MAGNU Magnu, horse with golden mane I want your help yet once again Walk not the earth but fly through space As lightnings flash and thunders race Magnu... Magnu, come to me Just like your mare's mare Come to me MAGNU Magnu, horse with golden mane I want your help yet once again Walk not the earth but fly through space As lightnings flash and thunders race Swift as the arrow from the bow Come to me so that no one can know Sunbeams are my shafts to kill All men who dare imagine ill Deceit that fears the light of day Flies from the glory of my ray Good minds open and take new light Until we diminish by the reign of night DUST OF TIME (performed as an instrumental) CHAOS ARMY (instrumental, performed briefly; not credited on the album cover) HORN OF FATE Year on year the greedy tide Swelled from the west unsatisfied And ever with impatient fret Gnawed at the human banquet And many with madness in their eyes Stared gibbering at the white hot skies Where foul birds circled overhead Shadowing the living and the dead Southward to where the blood red sun Sickens at noon, in vapours dun He stumbles with the fear-tamed herds Of savage beasts While homeless birds fly overhead Sound it! Sound it! Sound it! Sound it! Year on year the greedy tide Swelled from the west unsatisfied And ever with impatient fret Gnawed at the human banquet And many with madness in their eyes Stared gibbering at the white hot skies Where foul birds circled overhead Shadowing the living and the dead Thank you and good night. On behalf of Elric, and the Chronicle of the Black Sword.