OK, here's something extremely tough: Sanctuary's Veil of Disguise. Anyone knows about what this song could be?
I've passed into the afterworld
To a place where light can't intrude
I bear this curse transcending time
My pain denies me your truths
Dreaming to be free, yet damned to eternity
Dreams can set me free for awhile
Chained to this burning, yet only a child
My soul must feed, their blood has made me King
Look deep in my eyes
And see the calm before the
Storm winds of the damned are unveiled
And so with your blood
I feed and quell my hunger
The boy Pharaoh's curse is passed on
Screams of dying, I am back from beyond
Mock my religion, by the power of the God's I am strong
Rebirth through fire shall hold your fears at bay
See in my ancient eyes
Rip through my veil of disguise
Prowl in the darkness, pierce your throat
And your life-force is drained
Now my disciple, I take you and make you my slave
Rebirth through fire can hold your fears at bay
See in my ancient eyes
Rip through my veil of disguise
I have survived the centuries
Waiting for the mankind's demise
Surrender to me, and no longer live in terror
Give into me, or live your life in fear
I will dominate the likes of you
I will hunt you with the rising moon
Just one look from me and you are hypnotized
Frozen by the spell within my eyes
I'm ordained to reign
As I see the sun rise on these ancient sands
My immortal gift lies dying in your hands
Lyrics explanation
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I agree with Witcher over at metal archives about it being about some Egyptian Pharaoh be it King Tut or any other, I'm sure you know of the "Curse of the Pharaohs" which isn't really the entity of the Pharaoh getting vengeance on the tomb robber or who ever entered the tomb but rather a natural element, but in the songs lyrics case I feel it would be what the Pharaoh would do if he came back to life and found out what they have done to his tomb, Its no secret that Polytheism is mocked by christians,muslims and jews so I believe this may be the part about his religions being mocked and as for veil of disguise it could be shape shifting or other things of that nature.
Thanks!
Re: Lyrics explanation
I always thought it was about a vampire, based on these lines:
andProwl in the darkness, pierce your throat
And your life-force is drained
Now my disciple, I take you and make you my slave
As I see the sun rise on these ancient sands
My immortal gift lies dying in your hands
After a lot of thinking, studying, etc. I came to this conclusion. What do you think?
I've passed into the afterworld
To a place where light can't intrude
I bear this curse transcending time
My pain denies me your truths
- this one's easy, simply about Tutankhamun's death and the curse of pharaohs
Dreaming to be free, yet damned to eternity
Dreams can set me free for awhile
Chained to this burning, yet only a child
My soul must feed, their blood has made me King
- he's dead in one way, but he can't die (As he wishes), because his remains didn't find peace in the afterlife, after the discovery of his tomb. "yet only a child" - I believe that he was 17 when he died. Last line is about the curse; "my soul must feed" - it did feed with peace or something similar before the discovery of the tomb, but that's not possible any more. "their blood has made me king" - spilled blood of the dead; people who died because of the curse. He was king before, in Egypt, but he really became that now (-- also, the main rulers in Egypt were the gods, not him)
Look deep in my eyes
And see the calm before the
Storm winds of the damned are unveiled
And so with your blood
I feed and quell my hunger
The boy Pharaoh's curse is passed on
- first part: the masc (look below) looks somehow peaceful, magnificient, etc; "winds of the damned" etc - unleashed curse, similar as the previous strophe.
Screams of dying, I am back from beyond
Mock my religion, by the power of the God's I am strong
- first line: he's back from the dead with his curse; he's dead but he's back among the living, as he was the reason for those people to die
- second line: His father changed their religion from many gods to one, and Tutankhamun changed that back. "mock my religion" - from other religions, most probably religions of those, who died because of the curse.
Rebirth through fire shall hold your fears at bay
See in my ancient eyes
Rip through my veil of disguise
- "rebirth through fire .." - he was awaken by force, and the same is his vengeance
- I belive that the other part is about the "death masc", one of discoveries from his tomb. veil of disguise = masc; "rip through .." - he looks (or, his masc looks) very powerful, although in reality, he isn't (first two strophes)
Prowl in the darkness, pierce your throat
And your life-force is drained
Now my disciple, I take you and make you my slave
- the masc had two symbols: vulture and a cobra. This strophe is about a snake and the curse itself; "I take you and make you my slave" - in the afterlife, eternity, because the victims are dead now.
Rebirth through fire can hold your fears at bay
See in my ancient eyes
Rip through my veil of disguise
I have survived the centuries
Waiting for the mankind's demise
- probably, that he survived centrueis - mummified, and he'll live forever (in spiritual way), while the human race is sooner or later condemned to decline. Why - because of the people like grave robbers, those who died after the curse, because their greed and selfishness (and same goes for the entire human race)
Surrender to me, and no longer live in terror
Give into me, or live your life in fear
I will dominate the likes of you
I will hunt you with the rising moon
Just one look from me and you are hypnotized
Frozen by the spell within my eyes
I'm ordained to reign
- he's forced to reign, now, when he's awaken; it is about some kind of a revenge ("I will dominate the likes of you" - grave robbers, thieves)
As I see the sun rise on these ancient sands
My immortal gift lies dying in your hands
- "ancients sands" - the sands that were there when he was the Egypt ruler, and are still there now (yet the people are dead)
- second line; maybe about the treasures and the curse, but I'd rather go with something else, probably non-materialistic.
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More about the curse: Many people, involved in the discovery (and their family members too) died in strange circumstances; probably because they were unworthy of it, they were in just for the money and not for their personal satisfaction. Carter, on the other hand, survived till 1939 - maybe, 'cause he gave his life for those things and he wasn't about the money?? However, on the day when they opened the tomb, his pet bird was swallowed by a cobra (remember, what was on the death masc?!?!!).
I've passed into the afterworld
To a place where light can't intrude
I bear this curse transcending time
My pain denies me your truths
- this one's easy, simply about Tutankhamun's death and the curse of pharaohs
Dreaming to be free, yet damned to eternity
Dreams can set me free for awhile
Chained to this burning, yet only a child
My soul must feed, their blood has made me King
- he's dead in one way, but he can't die (As he wishes), because his remains didn't find peace in the afterlife, after the discovery of his tomb. "yet only a child" - I believe that he was 17 when he died. Last line is about the curse; "my soul must feed" - it did feed with peace or something similar before the discovery of the tomb, but that's not possible any more. "their blood has made me king" - spilled blood of the dead; people who died because of the curse. He was king before, in Egypt, but he really became that now (-- also, the main rulers in Egypt were the gods, not him)
Look deep in my eyes
And see the calm before the
Storm winds of the damned are unveiled
And so with your blood
I feed and quell my hunger
The boy Pharaoh's curse is passed on
- first part: the masc (look below) looks somehow peaceful, magnificient, etc; "winds of the damned" etc - unleashed curse, similar as the previous strophe.
Screams of dying, I am back from beyond
Mock my religion, by the power of the God's I am strong
- first line: he's back from the dead with his curse; he's dead but he's back among the living, as he was the reason for those people to die
- second line: His father changed their religion from many gods to one, and Tutankhamun changed that back. "mock my religion" - from other religions, most probably religions of those, who died because of the curse.
Rebirth through fire shall hold your fears at bay
See in my ancient eyes
Rip through my veil of disguise
- "rebirth through fire .." - he was awaken by force, and the same is his vengeance
- I belive that the other part is about the "death masc", one of discoveries from his tomb. veil of disguise = masc; "rip through .." - he looks (or, his masc looks) very powerful, although in reality, he isn't (first two strophes)
Prowl in the darkness, pierce your throat
And your life-force is drained
Now my disciple, I take you and make you my slave
- the masc had two symbols: vulture and a cobra. This strophe is about a snake and the curse itself; "I take you and make you my slave" - in the afterlife, eternity, because the victims are dead now.
Rebirth through fire can hold your fears at bay
See in my ancient eyes
Rip through my veil of disguise
I have survived the centuries
Waiting for the mankind's demise
- probably, that he survived centrueis - mummified, and he'll live forever (in spiritual way), while the human race is sooner or later condemned to decline. Why - because of the people like grave robbers, those who died after the curse, because their greed and selfishness (and same goes for the entire human race)
Surrender to me, and no longer live in terror
Give into me, or live your life in fear
I will dominate the likes of you
I will hunt you with the rising moon
Just one look from me and you are hypnotized
Frozen by the spell within my eyes
I'm ordained to reign
- he's forced to reign, now, when he's awaken; it is about some kind of a revenge ("I will dominate the likes of you" - grave robbers, thieves)
As I see the sun rise on these ancient sands
My immortal gift lies dying in your hands
- "ancients sands" - the sands that were there when he was the Egypt ruler, and are still there now (yet the people are dead)
- second line; maybe about the treasures and the curse, but I'd rather go with something else, probably non-materialistic.
______________________
More about the curse: Many people, involved in the discovery (and their family members too) died in strange circumstances; probably because they were unworthy of it, they were in just for the money and not for their personal satisfaction. Carter, on the other hand, survived till 1939 - maybe, 'cause he gave his life for those things and he wasn't about the money?? However, on the day when they opened the tomb, his pet bird was swallowed by a cobra (remember, what was on the death masc?!?!!).
