Emperor - Emperor (1993 EP)

EMPEROR LYRICS
Emperor (1993 EP)

1. I am the Black Wizards
2. Wrath of the Tyrant
3. Night of the Graveless Souls
4. Cosmic Keys to my Creations and Times



1. I am the Black Wizards

[6:16]

Mightiest am I,
but I am not alone in this cosmos of mine.
For the black hills consists of black souls,
souls that already dies one thousand deaths.
Behind the stone walls (of centuries) they breed their black art.
Boiling their spells in cauldrons of black gold.

Far up in the mountains,
where the rain fall not far,
yet the Sun cannot reach.
The wizards, my servants,

summon the souls of macrocosm.
No age will escape my wrath.
I travel through time and I return to the future.
I gather wisdom now lost.
I visit again the eternally ancient caves,
before a mighty Emperor thereupon came.
Watching the mortals "discovering" my chronicles, guarded
by the old demons, even unknown to me.

Once destroyed their souls are being summoned
to my timeless prison of hate.
It is delightful to feast upon the screaming souls
that were destroyed in my future.

How many wizards that serve me with evil, I know not.
My empires has no limits.

From the never ending mountains black, to the bottomless lakes.
I am the ruler and has been for eternities long.
I am them.

(I am them.)
(I am them.)

From the never ending mountains black, to the bottomless lakes.
I am the ruler and has been for eternities long.
My wizards are many, but their essence is mine.
Forever they are in the hills in their stone homes of grief.
Because I am the spirit of their existence.
I am them.

I am them.
I am them.


2. Wrath of the Tyrant

[Originally released in 1992 on the demo album "Wrath of the Tyrant".]
[Re-recorded.]

[3:56]

The wolves bark with wind in summertime.
As the moon passes the shadows. It was a grim tale.
The wolves pry the limbs from the conquered ones.

Carnage consumes the emptiness.
Wait till my spirits come forth.
Violate all his chosen ones.
Drink the fires of death.

Carrying the deaths of his fallen warriors
deep inside of him, in his eyes.
Walk upon this Earth tonight,
carrying the staff of cold souls.

Appear the sign of evil will.

They appear, Death and Destruction,
to a time (when) the angel cries.
Open your eyes again now, he is here.
He is the master of fear.

He is the wind, He is the storm.
He is the woods, He is the roots.
Nobody will escape the wrath of the Tyrant.
Forever the Beast shall wander the Earth.


3. Night of the Graveless Souls

[Originally released in 1992 on the demo album "Wrath of the Tyrant".]
[Re-recorded.]
[3:10]

When night comes creeping in,
dark restless shades arise.
Graveless souls are gathering.
Seem to ignite the flame.

Creeping shadows roam the night,
as a merciless rain is closing upon.
Demons coming to sever the Sun.
Fearsome beasts come to life.

Darkness reigns in the Cosmos.
Forces of the Devil's lair.
Innocent or brave,
they appear to rape your world.

Children of the evil and demonic
curse his love again.
Graveless souls awake,
seem to ignite the flame.

When night comes creeping in,
dark restless shades arise.
Prepare to crawl and run.
The Black is here tonight.


4. Cosmic Keys to my Creations and Times

[6:22]

The heavens are lit by the stars
where years of secrets of universal forces lay hid.
They shine so bright, but yet
they have seen more evil than time itself.
Reflected in the deepless lakes
(they are drowning in black elements).

They are the planetary keys to unlimited wisdom
and power for the Emperor to obtain.
(They) being the gods of the wolves
whom upon they bark at night,

requesting their next victim in thirst of blood.
I enjoy those moments I may haunt with these beasts of the night.

What kinds of beings are existing at the deeps of my lakes?
They surely must be of an evil race,
for no friendly thing can live
in such depressive waters.

(Here is also a planet similar to the Moon, but its phases is only one
and it is in its most powerful for all and ever...
There passes no light without the barking of the wolves.)

All these landscapes are timeless,
and this is all just a part of cosmos,
(but) all is mine and past and future is yet to discover...
Much have been discovered, but tomorrow
I will realise I existed before myself.

I will be reborn
before I die.

I will realise planets ages old,
created by a ruler with a crown of dragon claws,
arrived with a stargate...
a king among the wolves in the night...
An observer of the stars.

I will realise planets ages old,
created by a ruler with a crown of dragon claws,
arrived with a stargate...
a king among the wolves in the night...
An observer of the stars.

An observer of the stars.
An observer of the stars.



Emperor - Emperor
1993, Candlelight Records
EP

Total playing time: 20:02

EMPEROR are:
Ihsahn - vocals, lead guitar, keyboards.
Samoth - guitar.
Mortiis - bass.
Faust - drums.

All music by Ihsahn and Samoth.
All lyrics by Mortiis.

Recorded under the December Full Moon Anno 1992 at Studio S.
Produced by Emperor.

"He is the wind, He is the storm.
He is the woods, He is the roots.
Nobody will escape the Wrath of the Tyrant.
Forever the Beast shall wander the Earth."
- Mortiis, anno 1991

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