"Dread Winter spreads his latest glooms, and reigns, tremendous, o'er the conquer'd Year.
How dead the vegetable kingdom lies! How dumb the tuneful! Horror wide extends his desolate domain!"
Cruel as death, hungry as the grave!
Life falls in cold sleep, into Winter's embrace
Stern judge of weak souls, his mantle covers all hope
A scream of feral rage breaks the mild morning!
Lord of hibernation! Lord of preservation!
With his white beard and his strong voice he looks the work done
He removes the human's warmth from the fragile Creation
Humans fall at his feet ... This is Winter’s judgment!
Prisoner tormented by the Season, the will shall be your fire
The coldness freezes the words and the thoughts
Winter is a cruel judge, he has no pity for the weak
He brings the living things at their twilight ... Will the men survive?
Life shall die in silence and from silence it's reborn
Hear the wild cold wind, it whispers your death sentence
Haunted by the plague of frost, Hear his growing roar!
A never-ending challenge ... A never-ending torture!
His wrath unleashed in violent snowfall, this becomes your tomb of ice
He roars like an angry beast, immortal like the mountains
His embrace smothers all the creatures
No salvation, even told so the preachers
Bow to his presence or wither
Glorify his majesty, even your soul will shiver
The destroyer of all the beauty! When he arrives, everything is motionless!
Light perishes and darkness rises! He is alive when death reigns!
But this destruction has a purpose, to sweep away all that is weak and sick
And to lay the foundations of a new birth!
Now, you see the dawn! This, is the circle end!
And the start of a new one! Be ready … He will come again!
Winter was a cruel judge, no weak survived
Remember this lesson, but next time … will you survive?
credits
from Creeping Time,
released April 8, 2016
Music by Insanus
Lyrics by Irmin
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