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Weltenwanderer

by A Land Beyond the Sea

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1.
Seafarer 09:16
Seafarer I dream of a foreign land Far beyond the sea – beyond the world known to us The call of freedom and wealth – I need to embark! And travel to find new air that I can breathe A new home till the end of days. Lo! A beauty of utmost brilliance Lo! A sign of craftsman perfection Lo! A home for the untamed sea Lo! A bridge be thou to me Our shores lie astern and the sea before us. I don’t weep, but sadness still prevails I leave a world of death and oppression A new hope – a sail to set us free Lo! A world of utmost brilliance Lo! A sign of divine perfection Lo! A home for a new planted seed Lo! A home be thou to me With thunder, darkness and lightning strikes He makes the peaceful waves dreadful spikes No peace at sea, no peace at land Shall we meet our doom from our maker’s hand? Donnerschlag auf Donnerschlag. Das Schiff es weint, krächzt und ächzt. Geschlagen von der Macht der See mag es niemals untergehn. The roaring waves, the roaring thunder when the heavens, oh god, they burst asunder. But I dream on – (I) dream of the land of wonder. Of richness unseen I take from yonder. I dream on, I dream on. Brechender Balken und schreiender Mensch Der Traum vom Aufbruch zerdrückt? Meeresberge fordern unseren Willen Doch die Kraft des Selbst ist nicht zu stillen. The roaring waves, the roaring thunder when the heavens, oh god, they burst asunder. But I dream on – I dream of the land of wonder. Of richness unseen I take from yonder. I dream on, I dream on. The sound of birds caresses my ear And then the horizons end. And then the horizons end! The sea grows shallow We have touched soil. The soil of a new world. The soil of a new world! Lo! These beautiful shores Lo! Mountains and forests of awe Lo! New lands of untamed richness Lo! Lands of new destiny We set foot on these lands, these lands beyond the sea These lands beyond the sea – a new home in our newfound dream A dream that is destined to last for all eternity Until the end of days – to mark the end of tyranny
2.
Landtaker 07:35
Landtaker Oh, these sounds of life - unheard in our world long lost Beauty and majesty - to withstand heat and bitter frost Our havens flourish, but the unknown locks us in With God by our side may our new lives now begin We create, we take, we burn all with our strongest men We multiply and subdue every creature to walk these lands Plants with enthralling scent Trees that strangely bend Birds that sing their song And the wild man speaks his unknown tongue I dream Here is no place of disaffection Time before and time after In a dim light. Investing form of lucid stillness Turning shadows into transient beauty Desiccation of the world of sense Evacuation of the world of fancy Inoperancy of the world of spirit I awaken It is the devil who has deceived me I will be thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where the beast and the false prophet are I will be tormented day and night forever and ever One with nature, one with plants, trees and birds The wisdom of old. Prepared for what is to come I cannot but stare and listen in awe to these strange men But I am alone My longings grow... NO! My dreams confuse me This wild man of these ancient woods - A devil! - Devoid of any good! They come and stare in awe at our mighty forts When their spears and arrows find no aim but steadfast walls Oh, unheard of before in these sounds of age-old lore Beauty and majesty - to withstand primitive infancy Our havens flourish and the unknown’s free of sin This is our home now and widespread is God’s kin We create, we take, we take with our strongest men We enforce God’s will for he is the ruler of all lands Yet my dreams return and godless they may seem But I see good when the wild men fish their streams When they sing their songs, and teach a child to carve a bone Is this the word of God in wilderness set in stone?
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I.N.R.I Conqueror There is no shade of grey, only the dogma of submission Light of Jerusalem, take what’s rightfully yours! Screams – from pits unseen Screams – the nymphs deceased Hauls – Angels sing in the blood-red air Hauls – their songs so peaceful and fair Now the last bastion has fallen, The spell of the heathen Gods eternally is broken Wir bringen Euch das Friedensreich und dulden keinen Widerstand – Des grossen Gottes heiliger Schein kann niemals anderen gnädig sein I.N.R.I, your death now has undone many Sighs, short and infrequent are exhaled The corpses that we’ve planted in our gardens Slowly are beginning to sprout the ugly truth This God is a god of war His will is a will of death – a reason we will all for? I’m awake and I’m focused. But I’m dreaming. Dreaming the wrong dream. All mankind is trapped within a waking dream Of a world that does not exist We see a Creator and his immortal son. But we’re unable to see how the world’s begun. Unable to see how everything is interlinked, How each plant, each man, each star is connected. We grade all and rank all and set ourselves at the head To make sense of things we need our almighty God And we pronounce him real We invent our own perception That distorts time and space We need a redeemer in order to comprehend But Nature’s kingdom we fail to understand Our eyes are wide open and yet we are blind Look into the darkness Look at what lies ahead Look into the darkness Look at what lies at the heart of life The winds cross the brown lands that once were full of life Over endless plains, stumbling in the cracked earth The murmur of maternal lamentation Who are those hordes that bear the sword of God? Screams – to spread the word of Christ Screams – to rejoice human demise Hauls – to set stone upon stone Hauls – yet in me Jerusalem’s tower is gone Igne Natura Renovatur Integra Igne Natura Renovatur Integra Igne Natura Renovatur Integra Igne Natura Renovatur Integra!
4.
Survivor 08:32
Survivor We are the hollow men We are the stuffed men Our dying voices When we whisper and spread God’s will We are the hollow men We are the stuffed men In our shaken minds In this land the stone images are raised This plague named God that befalls all our senses That governs our minds We have fled from our home beyond the sea But have built a realm of tyranny That erases and dissolves all will and all peace I am the survivor. This everlasting people of these lands No kings and champions that show their ugly hands The land owns them, while they own the land Nature speaks to them, while God commands us The truth I seek, but where to go? No longer can I stand the stench of God, the stench of Christ, the stench of war I seek the truth – alone I walk Dei plena sunt omnia Luceat lux vestra Deo duce, ferro comitante Luceat lux vestra How can I ever find my peace When the voice of God spreads nothing but disease? We take and burn like they were none But Nature shows her path - we are one. Bound together by the Earth we walk Bound together by the air we breathe Bound together by the hands we use And the breath of life I am no hollow man I am no stuffed man My voice now has meaning Yet only I can hear it. I am no hollow man I am no stuffed man My soul now is screaming But I found my peace in this land beyond the sea

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released June 21, 2013

Nikolas Sellheim - Guitars, Didgeridoo, vocals and synths;
Jarkko Rintee - Vocals and synths;
Aki Koskinen - Drums;
Sonny Jonasson - Vocals;
Ville Valli - Bass;
Tomi Saalanto - Guitars;

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