Lunar Sanctum Lyrics
little do I carelittle would it helpif knew and was awareaim beyond the starscatch a glimpse of golda planetary chartwhere the stories are untoldthere's a piece of truth for everyonegive me something to die forlike a sacrifice for days bygonein my solitudethere's a place where I want to hidewith a view to a shallow moonthere's a star in my cosmic mindthat reminds me of youa gathering of wolfsunder luna's lightfear of the unknownmake us worshippers at nightthere's a compromise for everyonebut I need something to die forlike a sacrifice for days bygonein my solitudethere's a place where I want to hidewith a view to a shallow moonthere's a star in my cosmic mindthat reminds me of youtokens of the afterlifefeeding on the blood of christchasing for an alibisearching for the holylandfollowing the masterplandoes it matter in end?souls unwokenhearts unbrokenlunar ritesseize tonightTrack comments to "The Fourth Legacy""New Allegiance"Intro music to the CD, we wanted to do something different this time forour intro. The past had the typical epic intro that a lot of bands seem todo these days. We liked the feel of this melody and it's a perfectbeginning to a diverse and powerful record."The Fourth Legacy"We wanted to have a song that is an anthem to the past, present and futureof Kamelot. The words all refer to just that. We also wanted to torturethe drummer with a speedy, uptempo song like this one delivers.Audentis Fortuna iuvat. (Fortune assists the bold)"Silent Goddess"This record has a few references to God and war. The irony of wars in thename of God. The story of this song starts on the battlefield and thewarrior in the heat of battle. He is praying to Mother Mary forforegiveness. The question, is it right to kill in the name of religion?"Faith, like a jackal, feeds among the tombs, and evenfrom these dead doubts she gathers her most vital hope.""Desert Reign"Intro song to Arabia. Sascha and I wanted to make this as authentic aspossible. We hired an Arabian musician for percussion and other strangeinstruments I've never seen or heard before. The result is a trance likesong that sets the mood perfect for what's to come."Nights of Arabia"This is based on the tales "Arabian Nights" written 100's of years ago.Out of this tale spawned Sinbad, Ali Baba and many more. Queen Sheherazadeis kept captive and sentenced to die for adultery. The song was myfavorite to record and also the lush strings we added make it very Epic."The art of being a slave is to rule one's master"."The Shadow Of Uther"We based this song on Uther Pendragon. Father to Arthur of the fabledCamelot tales. Based in Ireland, the song captures the melodies thatemanate from that region."Desire, mans ultimate friend or foe""A Sailorman's Hymn"The album's ballad. This song started out while Khan was visiting me inAmerica. We were in the middle of writing Alexandria and the electricitywent out in my house. So we lit some candles I started plucking theacoustic guitar with the main melody of the song. "Bright are the Candlesthat shineth tonight" was the original chorus. That inspired theconnection between a Sailorman's loved one back home waiting for hisreturn from the sea. Backup vocals by Icelander Rannveig SifSigurdardottir add the finishing touches to my favorite Kamelotballad to date."Hope springs eternal life""Alexandria"Based on Alexander the Great. His conquest and triumphs that led to hiseventual immortality in history."The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.""The Inquisitor"This is another song that touches on the subject of faith and religion.In the past and still the present, people were persecuted for theirbeliefs. The Inquisitor had the distinction of judging those who weredeemed sinners or witches. We wanted to capture that feel with thehypnotic chorus."Fear of things invisible is the natural seedof that which everyone in himself calleth religion""Glory"This song was originally meant as a small piece to complement the record.After a few rehearsals it turned into a very Baroque and moving piece. Weenvisioned a String Quartet to complement the arrangements and that justwhat we did. The final result for us was beautiful."The paths of glory lead but to the grave.""Until Kingdom Come"A man's soul mate has died and he is struggling with reality with out her.Her ghost appears to him in dreams to comfort his fears and one day theywill reunite. Another fast uptempo tune that we will be incorporating morewith the new drummer."Death is more universal than life; everyone dies but not everyone lives""Lunar Sanctum"This is more of an experimental song for us. Different than any on therecord, the lyrics are very ambiguous. We want to see what the fans readinto the meaning. Overall the song caps off a CD full of energy anddedication to staying true to ourselves and our fans."There is something haunting in the light of the moon; it has allthe dispassionateness of a disembodied soul, and something of itsinconceivable mystery".
Kamelot Lunar Sanctum
