Keldian

01 - crusader

let it go, give up the starlanes
it’s the final frontier
we have come, out of the embers
we have come to conquer

another chance, a new beginning
no turning back now
who we are, yet undecided
time to create now

set our hearts alight
for the stars we fly
one of us will be the saviour
and our souls will fly
hope will never die
in the heart of this crusader

we are lost, the unforgiven
brought our world to ruin
crucified, still without penance
a universe of martyrs

day by day, memories fading
of what used to be
in our dreams it is still living
and we fight for the memory

set our hearts alight
for the stars we fly
one of us will be the saviour
and our souls will fly
hope will never die
in the heart of this crusader

03 - requiem for the light

ten million tons of steel hurled across the sky
our final sleeper ship, none left to say goodbye
for all our wisdom couldn’t save her from the night
now hear our children sing their requiem for the light

I want to stop the wheels of time
I want it, I need it
the light that gives me life again

ten thousand years in space, we slept across the dark
towards a burning star, we sailed a gliding arc
but soon we had to journey back into the night
and hear our children sing their requiem for the light

I want to stop the wheels of time
I want it, I need it
the light that gives me life again

can you feel her burning love?
mother of all life, blazing glory from above

a requiem for the light

far too old and far too young
behold another fading sun
gaze with hope into the sky
but know that all our stars will die
the eternal night we must survive

a requiem for the light

I want to stop the wheels of time
I want it, I need it
the light that gives me life again

06 - salvation (release me)

out of the dark sky
the brightest light I’ve ever known
you’re descending
a revelation to be shown
and I know you
I feel that I’ve met you before
on the borders
between this land and ever more

how can it be?
I feel your thoughts inside my head
can you save me?
or are you leaving me for dead?

what do you want?
coming to take my life away
to release me
you’re in control
I couldn’t fight the will to stay
so release me

into the dark sky
the blackest void is in my mind
we’re ascending
leaving all I know behind
and I’m sure now
I know that I’ve met you before
and I take your hand
this time will be forever more

and I let it go
and I let it go away

08 - prophecy

glowing embers of our past
memories are fading fast
where you came from, where you go
I can never let you know

shadows on the castle walls
all stories that I know
mysteries of ancient times
are flowing in your blood

such things I could not believe
words and stories, disbelief
in the light from a new sun
I have sworn to tell no one

shadows on the castle walls
all stories that I know
mysteries of ancient times
are flowing in your blood

I live on in you forever
prophecy comes true
secrets lie so deep
and are forever yours to keep

08 - prophecy

glowing embers of our past
memories are fading fast
where you came from, where you go
I can never let you know

shadows on the castle walls
all stories that I know
mysteries of ancient times
are flowing in your blood

such things I could not believe
words and stories, disbelief
in the light from a new sun
I have sworn to tell no one

shadows on the castle walls
all stories that I know
mysteries of ancient times
are flowing in your blood

I live on in you forever
prophecy comes true
secrets lie so deep
and are forever yours to keep

10 - plains of forever

I’m sleeping in darkness
I feel my mind shutting down
a distance you can’t fathom
oceans of time and more

I ran off at random
to save all that we know
so I risked all and I lost all
but I found even more

all alone I hear your voice
inside my head so strong

in the cold embrace
in the deep of space
far across the plains of forever
there is no way home
I will die alone
I will slowly fall to forever

my memories in the thousands
now so little filters through
but you’ll follow, this I know
this future waits for you

all alone I hear your voice
inside my head so strong

in the cold embrace
in the deep of space
far across the plains of forever
there is no way home
I will die alone
I will slowly fall to forever
and I feel you still
as my body chills
in eternal dreams I will hold you
in a close embrace
in the deep of space
far across the plains of forever

02 - heart of the sun

since the womb I grew too fast
days of childhood would not last
and I shed my tears in vain

solve the mystery, hope of man
I don’t want to but I can
and I shed my tears in vain

in the sea of photons
I’ll be waiting till eternity finds me
alone in the heart of the sun
for forever more
I’ll be your guide, I’ll be your shepherd
but I’m lost in the dying heart of the sun

I am far away from home
for eternity alone
and I shed my tears in vain

mind was young but body died
among particles I lie
out of tears to shed in vain

all you ever wanted to
was make my life mean more to you
I’m alive but I’m alone

04 - heaven’s gate

don’t you fear the turning tides
all is ending
on the cosmic strings we ride
never ending

once from out of depths of time
we were rising
once again, time after time
there will be another dawn

now before the gate we stand
waiting for the last command
silver trumpets’ call welcomes us home

on a lonely globe in space
all is ending
but I will see this place again
there will be another dawn

now before the gate we stand
waiting for the last command
silver trumpets’ call welcomes us home

so before the gate we fall
and the longing is no more
another journey is over

welcome home

05 - redshift

so we’re leaving you behind
footprints on your shores
washed away forever more
looking at you one last time
as the wheel of heaven turns
we are never to return

I see it in your eyes
as the sky draws your gaze
did you get to say goodbye?
did you see her sad face?

now we’re leaving her behind
nothing stays the same
never to touch this ground again

I see it in your eyes
as the sky draws your gaze
did you get to say goodbye?
did you see her sad face?

the planet below will soon
disappear into space
and now when you close your eyes
you will see us falling away

07 - sundancer

freelancer
you lived your life between the stars
sundancer
nothing could ever reach your heart

I flew the smuggling lanes through the border worlds at war
running guns from all the freeports near the core
my fortune paid by all the souls of those who died
my thirty coins of silver carried back with pride

I never understood the gears and wheels that turn beyond
I always thought I would survive

freelancer
you lived your life between the stars
sundancer
nothing could ever reach your heart

and when the refugees of war turned to the skies
fleeing from their homes, from persecution and from lies
I hunted rebels for a cruel and unjust law
no remorse, no guilt or pity, no matter what I saw

I could never comprehend how all of this would come to end
I just thought I would survive

freelancer
you lived your life between the stars
sundancer
nothing could ever reach your heart

starlancer
how much hope did you betray?
sundancer
you should have dreamed your life away

09 - beyond the stars

there’s a voice inside me
a distant memory
I know I’ve lived before

the elder world has fallen
to an age of wars
the tide has turned again

by the mercy of our sins we live our lives
in a world made of dreams
open your eyes
release your astral ties
and you will transcend
beyond the stars

I can hear the suffering
the hate inside
and it pulls me to the ground

bleeding hands are trembling
can you forgive?
is there courage to believe?

by the mercy of our sins we live our lives
in a world made of dreams
open your eyes
release your astral ties
and you will transcend
beyond the stars