Lyrics from Alchemy

LEONARDO

Prologue:
Ab antiquo
Ab integro
Audi Vide
Tace si vis vivere in pace.

Why cannot man also fly
We're chained down to the earth
Not like birds in the sky
Soaring from birth.
Devices of destruction, devices of death
Find out their construction
Give them life, gie them breath.

Chorus:
Which God may I thank
Making art from a canvas blank
Paintings from the holy book
Depicting Christ and the chance he took
Oh, tell me...

When will you ever learn
The true depths of my work
Future is my concern
You know art is my church.

Gaze inside the quest of man
And find a new machine
I learn everything I can
Dig it up, cut it clean

Always tried my very best
To find what lies within
Put myself to the test
Judge me not, it's not a sin.

Repeat Chorus.

When will you ever learn
The true depths of my work
Future is my concern
You know art is my Church.

When I'm dead and I'm gone
Will you remember me?
I've seen beyond the sun
Reinventing machines.

Ab antiquo
Ab integro
Audi vide
Tace si vis vivere in pace.

[Words & music by Y.J. Malmsteen. Watanabe Music Publishing Co. Ltd., 1999]

PLAYING WITH FIRE

As the Pendulum of Time
Smoke is clearing in the aftermath
Finally know the truth, the crime
We're the authors of the epitaph.

Chorus:
Playing with fire
You'll get burned
Flames grow higher
You'll never learn.
Playing with fire, fire
Playing with fire, Ah...
Playing with fire.

Architects of war still rule
Turning white souls into black
Do they really think we're fools
In the end we will pay them back.

Repeat Chorus twice.

[Music by Y.J. Malmsteen; lyrics by Yngwie Malmsteen. Watanabe Music Publishing Co. Ltd., 1999]

STAND (THE)

It all began with an experiment that failed
Meant for the enemy, unleashed on us
Everything that was on course has been derailed
We're all caught in the rush
Holding the poison within
This battle no one wins
No...

Break:
Stand
The Stand

Plague came down on us like a ton of bricks
Generals spilled their bag of tricks
No one left to burn
Captain Trips has taken all
No...

Chorus:
Stand
The Stand
Try to understand
The Stand

Like an avalanche roaring over you
Now there is nothing left to do.

Repeat Chorus.

[Words & music by Y.J. Malmsteen. Watanabe Music Publishing Co. Ltd., 1999]

WIELD MY SWORD

Crusade after crusade
Defending the faith and the holy light
I come to your aid
Fear not my fair maiden, fear not

I'm set to attack
No deamons or dragons
Will hold me back
There's strength in my sword
Fall into my arms and I'll take you back.

When the cold wind starts to blow
Into battle I shall go
Any tower I will climb
I can fight you folded blind.

Chorus:
I would die for my king and my land
But I must die with my sword in my hand
Raise my cup in honour of the lord
Gives the power I need to wield my sword.

So much stronger than you
No power, no God cannot heed you
You're my sacrifice
You know in the end
You must pay the price.

You are my prey
I am the slayer, the predator
You'll never grow old
No armour or sword will save your soul.

Clash of lance, clash of shield
In the end you must yield
You're a ghost inside my head
I will see you good and dead.

Repeat Chorus.

[Words & music by Y.J. Malmsteen. Watanabe Music Publishing Co. Ltd., 1999]

LEGION OF THE DAMNED

Pre-Chorus:
Legion of the Damned
Legion of the Damned

Deprived of our lives, pushed into war
Our fearless leader lies, he's rotten to the core
As per instruction, march through no man's land
Machines of destruction, combat hand to hand.

Chorus 1:
Marching over frozen water, soon reaching the front
Into the mercilous slaughter, on the human hunt.
Battling the enemy that we don't know
We're strangers in a strange land
Losing it all, we are sinking so low
We're the Legion of the Damned.

Chorus 2:
Legion of the Damned
Legion of the Damned
Legion of the Damned...

Soldiers without faith, fight fire with fire
Don't know why we hate, so we'll die trying
This is madness without end, are we men or fools
There's no honour to defend, we obey insane rules.

Mortars blowing us to pieces
Hell is breaking loose
Minds all sick, full of diseases
No one sees the truth.

Repeat Chorus 1 & 2.

When it's said and done
There'll be no victory
They're blocking out the sun
All that's left is misery.

Repeat Chorus 1 & 2.

[Words & music by Y.J. Malmsteen. Watanabe Music Publishing Co. Ltd., 1999]

DEAMON DANCE (7,405,926)*

Welcome to the masquerade
The ultimate feast
The party that never fades
Darkness unleashed.

As the earth is turning
There's no more romance
As the souls are burning
Deamons will dance.

Chorus:
Seven million, four hundred five thousand,
Nine hundred and twenty-six
Deamons will do their dance
Cannot escape holding a crucifix.

Deamon Dance...

They've all been part of this
For thousands of years
Granting the wizard's wish
Obey out of fear

Unholy rites
Leave nothing to chance
In the dead of night
Do the deamons dance.

Repeat Chorus.

Deamon Dance
Deamon Dance
No, no, no
Deamon Dance...

Centuries ago
Unholy sacrifice
Rivers of blood did flow
Deamons arise.

As the earth is turning
There's no more romance
As the souls are burning
Deamons will dance.

Repeat Chorus.

*According to occult sources, this is the number of deamons still roaming the world.

[Words & music by Y.J. Malmsteen. Watanabe Music Publishing Co. Ltd., 1999]

HANGAR 18, AREA 51

Beams of light up in the sky
Malfunctioned machinery, lost in time
Don't understand, I'm wondering why
How can this happen, it's so out of line

Strangers among us from up in the sky
Whatever you know, keep your silence
Unearthly ones from galaxies afar
There will be violence.

Chorus 1:
They know something that we don't know
What cannot be seen they'll never show
Hangar 18, Area 51
Hangar 18 ...

For me to recall, they hypnotize
It's all part of investigations
They say that I just fantasize
Just try to explain mutilations.

Chorus 2:
They know something that we don't know
What cannot be seen they'll never show
Hangar 18, Area 51
Hangar 18 ...
We're victims of grand illusion
Now we're lost in mass confusion

Hangar 18, Area 51
Hangar 18...

Hangar 18...

Repeat Chorus2 .

[Music by Y.J. Malmsteen; lyrics by Yngwie Malmsteen. Watanabe Music Publishing Co. Ltd., 1999]

VOODOO NIGHTS

Worshipping the serpent, raising the dead
The wizard's spell is ringing in my head.

Once upon a time, and so very far away
In a place that you can't find, better kneel and pray
Sacrifice of blood, macabre human feast
Faces in the mud, slayed by the beast
Worshipping the dark, playing with the dead
Grinning like a shark, deamon in your head
The dead shall rise again, and walk upon the earth
Wizard's words ring true, death will bring rebirth

Chorus 1:
Eternal lies in the serpent's eyes
Voodoo spirits walk alive
Macabre sights in the voodoo night
Wings of death'll hunt you down.

Chorus 2:
Oh, you know too much, just a little touch
Of the forbidden knowledge...
Casting evil spells, we're children of the grave
The serpent's raising Hell, turn masters into slaves.

Sitting on his throne in temples of doom
His evil power's grown in eternal gloom.
If you see the truth, the deamon is unveiled
Leave behind the truth and all of those who've failed
They will never learn
No matter how they try
Forever they will burn
Already dead, they cannot die.

Repeat Chorus 1.

Chorus 2:
Oh, you know too much, just a little touch
Of the forbidden knowledge, of the forbidden knowledge
Casting evil spells, we're children of the grave
Serpents in the depths of Hell turn masters into slaves.

Obeying all the rules won't get you anywhere
Obeying is for fools, and fools are everywhere
They will never learn, no matter how they try
Forever they will burn, already dead, they'll never die
Never fool yourself, the magic is too strong
Praying for your life, you're dead before too long
When it's said and done, the dead will walk the earth
When there's no more sun, Life, it has no worth.

Repeat Chorus 1. Ah....

If you see the truth, the deamon is unveiled
Leave behind the fools and all of those who've failed
Sitting on his throne in temples of doom
His evil power's growing, eternal gloom
Never fool yourself, the magic is too strong
Praying for your life, you're dead before too long.

Yes indeed...

[Music by Yngwie J. Malmsteen. Watanabe Music Publishing Co. Ltd., 1999.]