EPICa Consign to Oblivion Transmission records, 2005 1. Hunab K u: A New Age Dawns ~ Prologue 2. Dance of Fate 05:13 3.

The Last Crusade: A New Age Dawns Part I 4. Solitary Ground 04:24 5. Blank Infinity 04:01 6. Force of the Shore 04:02 7. Quietus 03:47 8. Mother of Light: A New Age Dawns Part II 9. Trois Vierges 04:42 10. Another Me In Lack ech 04:40 11. Consign to Oblivion: A New Age Dawns Part Total playing time 52:35 01:43 04:22

05:56 III 09:45

Simone Simons - Vocals Mark Jansen - Guitar Ad Sluijter - Guitar Yves Huts - Bass Coen Janssen - Keyboard Jeroen Simons - Drums Male vocals on Track 9 by Roy Khan (Kamelot).

1. Hunab K'u "A New Age Dawns" - Prologue Numquam remotiores ab origine Media parte mundi Funditus aberramus Ultimum excidium sui 2. Dance Of Fate When darkness will reign and blind us all When darkness will reign and blind us all Allegiance will bind us if we do not fall We cannot tell when morning comes Is there a choice to live another day? It's hard to find a new direction in your fragile life The precious time of your existence is now to come Don't throw your life away by cheating time Sugared placebos only fool your mind

Now I want the water to wash away all my sins The wind to blow away my thoughts without meaning The fire to burn away my thickened skin When darkness will reign and blind us all Allegiance will bind us if we do not fall Novas portas pandimus What is this pace, the type of dance? I cannot tell which steps I have to take I'd like to leave, just run away My feet are tangled up So hard to face the pace of the clock What do you think; will it ever stop? So will I fall and not get up? I take it all in stride Now I want the water to wash away all my sins The wind to blow away my thoughts without meaning The fire to burn away my thickened skin Everything has a reason for its happening Can't you tell it's your own spell and Everyone has to dance this dance like anyone Can't break free of destiny We should open new doors and Close the ones that we've left behind Now I want the water to wash away all my sins The wind to blow away my thoughts without meaning The fire to burn away my thickened skin When darkness will reign and blind us all Allegiance will bind us if we do not fall Novas portas pandimus Et post nos occludimus 3. The Last Crusade "A New Age Dawns" - Part I Magna culpa nostra Poena danda nobis Usque ad finem erit dierum Ad finem temporum You can't force yourself upon me And you never will You can't keep digging in Desecrated graves No more innocence left to spill Don't be afraid, participate and Just give us all your trust Your soul will be saved

Just honour me, I'll set you free so Get ready to join the Very last crusade Ad finem temporum You And For And can't get away with your crimes you never will you'll have to pay the price the time is near

No more innocence left to kill Don't be afraid, participate and Just give us all your trust Your soul will be saved Just honour me, I'll set you free so Get ready to join the Very last crusade Magna culpa nostra Poena danda nobis Usque ad finem erit dierum Ad finem temporum Don't be afraid, participate and Just give us all your trust Your soul will be saved Just honour me, I'll set you free so Get ready to join the Very last crusade Don't be afraid, participate and Just give us all your trust Your soul will be saved Just honour me, I'll set you free so Get ready to join the Very last crusade Get ready to taste the Final victory Ad finem temporum 4. Solitary Ground Living at different places Evading into various spaces My compass has broken; I'm losing the way An ongoing madness has led me astray My past breathes down And it seems now that Go back to beginnings A fading illusion now my neck all I can do is when all lay ahead plagues me instead

In me there's still a place that fulfils me A sanctity here that I call home and run to when winter descends

If I try can I find solid ground I follow elusive paths Oh it seems they've been written in stone And the door to a new life is closing so fast Burning the bridges will not bring me back In me there's still a place that fulfils me A sanctity here that I call home and run to When winter descends, If I try can I find solid ground I know that in me there still a place that fulfils me A sanctity here, that I call home and run to When winter descends If I try can I find solid ground Or am I just wasting time? 5. Blank Infinity Trying to keep myself afloat upon this stream But a thought is pulling me down Pulling me all the way down We are wandering towards a blank infinity And extinguishing will now be the only way To diminish your sins This vortex can't be filled up again A hole in space and time Do you cry to the heaven's high When you're confined in here? Do you not ever wonder why These leaden tears will never dry? They'll leave behind so many shadows in my mind High in the sky, all of the clouds are passing by Wait for the storm, wait for the rain Wait for the tears to fall down on me We are wandering towards a blank infinity And extinguishing will now be the only way To diminish your sins This vortex can't be filled up again A hole in space and time Do you cry to the heaven's high When you're confined in here? Do you not ever wonder why These leaden tears will never dry? They'll leave behind so many shadows Living in me, living in all the memories in my life Do you wonder why These tears never dry? Time forced into life (in my life) Living in my mind

Can we ever find a way in this labyrinth without end? Labyrinth has no end Which turn should I take? Left or right? Should I stay? Should I be the one? Do you cry to the heaven's high When you're confined in here? Do you not ever wonder why These leaden tears will never dry? They'll leave behind so many shadows The substance in time forced into life Still exists because it's here Living in me, living in all the memories in my life Lost inside blank infinity 6. Force Of The Shore Appearance is deceptive So perfect in disguise There's more than what you see A semblance is protective A blinder for the eyes A place to hide and flee Flee and you'll never see What you're going to be If you throw away the key The truth from the past you can't make it last Appearance is deceptive So perfect in disguise There's more than what you see A semblance is protective A blinder for the eyes A place to hide and flee Flee and walk away From what you are this day If you are afraid to stay The truth from the past you can't make it last Beyond the shore the sea is filled up With sentiment and strength Here lie the thoughts imprisoned A field of forces and laments How can We need How can We turn we hide here to change our ways we tell lies here our eyes away

From the truth, from the past You cannot make it last Appearance is deceptive So perfect in disguise There's more than what you see A semblance is protective A blinder for the eyes A place to hide and flee If you do not cease to run away from truth You will never see the shadow Of your dying youth A fa?ade is what we all possess But on the inside it stays a mess Superficial changes won't recall the past Don't deny the clock is ticking And it's racing fast Fading tokens of our latter days Make us think we need to change our ways Deep, the feelings hide They're wasted from within And my shell will never break The truth from the past you can't make it last Beyond the shore the sea is filled up With sentiment and strength Here lie the thoughts imprisoned A field of forces and laments Appearance is deceptive So perfect in disguise A place to flee and hide and run away Lift the shadow 7. Quietus The culprit, you act before thinking Caught in your ignorant sin And lying to your own reflection You thought you could hide Deprived of my own innocence, denied The infinity of recurring torment Your comeuppance See, hear the torture inside Devouring what was left of my pride You thought it's not going to happen to you Thought you could hide

Deprived of my own innocence, denied The infinity of recurring torment Your comeuppance Dwelling in a mind, mixed up and Your regret has spread over the sea Deprived of my own innocence, denied The infinity of recurring torment Your comeuppance Dwelling in a mind, mixed up and Your regret has spread over the sea 8. Mother Of Light "A New Age Dawns" Part II It always put me on the edge To think of all the spoilt lives Today I'm one step further Not sure if I've survived myself Reality is sometimes stranger than fiction Whatever happens in my dreams And I know it can't be worse than this So I prefer to sleep I am searching without vision For the answers in the dirt I am waiting just for nothing For the day that I'll be heard You're the sea in which I'm floating And I lose myself in you I am feeling these sensations I communicate with you I am looking without vision For a different kind of way I am thinking just for nothing About that specific day You're the night so you're the dark side Of the day you'll never see You're the past but everlasting Can you share one day with me? You're the hand that I rejected But I can't forgive myself I am selfish and not worthy To think of, even to die for Reality is sometimes stranger than fiction Whatever happens in my dreams I know it can't be worse than this So I prefer to sleep Tomorrow, don't know where I'll be I need some place to go now So do you know the way I feel

Or shall I give up my belief? You're the lock I've never opened 'Cause I threw away the key I'm enclosed within my own thoughts That will never set me free You're the hand that I rejected But I can't forgive myself I am selfish and not worthy To think of, even to die for You're the question to the answer And without there'll never be Any thought in this direction You've created this in me You're the hand that I rejected But I can't forgive myself I am selfish and not worthy To think of, even to die for Serenity is taking over all I am, it gives me peace And all I see are visions of my destiny Why should I bleed and pay for others' greed? We consciously sign our own sentence of death How can you go on, did you forget What we have learnt from the past? We can't go on killing ourselves And with us all the rest Why can't you see, don't you regret? Reality is sometimes stranger than fiction Whatever happens in my dreams And I know it can't be worse than this So I prefer to sleep I am alone with all my thoughts Alone without a hope and I lost the thing I needed most I feel I can't survive this fall 9. Trois Vierges Memory, fading out Its presence still lingers in my mind Listen to your inner voice There's no escape, there's no other choice A foolish fate that came about Death could not leave without Don't try to scour your inane soul It would be labours lost Deep inside hides a lie Where can we try to seek A way so this will die

Innocence died when they took his mind And they tried to leave him behind Not even a cascade of tears will save you And keep you away from harm Concinnity of destiny Is not what you wished it to be Deep inside hides a lie Where can we try to seek A way so this will die Blind by love Between lust and hate You scarred your fate There's no time to waste Ride for your own ruin Odium became your opium Please don't let me bleed for all eternity Deep inside hides a lie Where can we try to seek A way so this... Please leave me be in my own misery 10. Another Me "In Lack'ech" If you search for enrichment And injure others Earning more that you can spend You'll pass the borders When you think you've succeeded But something's missing Means you have been defeated By greed, your weakness This fantasy is not enough for me I want it, I'll take it away from you Your misery that softly incites me All I do is using, abusing you Life is often miserable In the search for happiness The power's so desirable They bring so much distress Life is often pitiful In the search for blessedness If we weren't so insatiable There would be much more than less When you think you've succeeded But something's missing Means you have been defeated By greed, your weakness

If you search for enrichment And injure others Earning more that you can spend You'll pass the borders I cannot see why you'd be another me When you think you've succeeded But something's missing Means you have been defeated By greed, your weakness I just take care of myself and no-one else This fantasy is not enough for me I want it, I'll take it away from you Your misery that softly incites me All I do is using, abusing you Life is often cynical In the search for hopefulness We're only wanting more and more So we got into this mess When you think you've succeeded But something's missing Means you have been defeated By greed, your weakness If you search for enrichment And injure others Earning more that you can spend You'll pass the borders I cannot see why you'd be another me When you think you've succeeded But something's missing Means you have been defeated By greed, your weakness I just take care of myself and no-one else All that you've taken from others Will be taken from you All that your dissonance smothers Will then come back to you Whatever happens tomorrow, and whatever you do Just keep in mind that the source and end is you When you think you've succeeded But something's missing Means you have been defeated By greed, your weakness If you search for enrichment And injure others Earning more that you can spend You'll pass the borders

I cannot see why you'd be another me When you think you've succeeded But something's missing Means you have been defeated By greed, your weakness I just take care of myself and no-one else This fantasy is not enough for me I want it, I'll take it away from you Your misery that softly incites me All I do is using, abusing you Never finding fulfilment The source and end is you (In Lack'ech) 11. Consign To Oblivion "A New Age Dawns" Part III How can we let this happen and Just keep our eyes closed 'till the end The only thing that counts is the prosperity of today Most important to us is that our bills get paid Our good intentions have always been delayed How can we let this happen and Just keep our eyes closed 'till the end When we will stand in front of heaven's gate It will be too late! Try to unlearn all that you've learnt Try to listen to your heart No, we can't understand the universe By just using our minds We are so afraid of all the things unknown A must we appease is the lust to get laid Nothing really matters, just devouring our prey Our good intentions have always been delayed so Our generous acts have always come too late How can we let this happen and Just keep our eyes closed 'till the end When we will stand in front of heaven's gate It will be too late! Try to unlearn all that you've learnt Try to listen to your heart No, we can't understand the universe By just using our minds We are so afraid of all the things unknown We just flee into a dream that never comes true Low to the ground we feel safe Low to the ground we feel brave

Oblivisci tempta quod didicisti Open your eyes, we're not in paradise How can't you see this stress is killing me? Fulfil your dreams; life is not what is seems to be We have captured time So time made us all hostages without mercy Seemingly generous fooling ourselves Selfishly venomous time tells Too much thinking goes at the cost of all our intuition Our thoughts create reality But we neglect to be! So we're already slaves of our artificial world We shouldn't try to control life But listen to the laws of nature Open your eyes, we're not in paradise How can't you see this stress is killing me? Fulfil your dreams; life is not what is seems to be We have captured time So time made us all hostages without mercy Low to the ground we feel safe Low to the ground we feel brave We all think we're generous But we only fool ourselves The only thing that matters is Our way and our vision Selfishly we're venomous But you know the time tells us There is more to life than our Higher positions, race for perfection Better, faster We must return to the laws of the nature Free ourselves from madness