CELTIC FROST LYRICS Parched With Thirst Am I And Dying (1992) 1. Idols Of Chagrin 2. A Descent To Babylon (Babylon Asleep) 3. Return To The Eve 4. Juices Like Wine 5. The Inevitable Factor 6. The Hearth Beneath 7. Cherry Orchards 8. Tristesses De La Lune 9. Wings Of Solitude 10. The Usurper 11. Journey Into Fear 12. Downtown Hanoi 13. Circle Of The Tyrants 14. In The Chapel In The Moonlight 15. I Won't Dance 16. The Name Of My Bride 17. Mexican Radio 18. Under Upollyon's Sun 1. Idols Of Chagrin What kind of race, lack of direction Just how lunatic, to have a nature so deceit Bewail my reverie, a gambol untried Lure of carnality and silence in forfeit Animals, enslaved to pearls of fictionalized worth Creatures, born from caves into simulated mirth I'm talking, Idols of Chagrin Born of posession, complacement in disguise Craving and candid, as to defy the character's fall The kisses you drain, pedestrian pedigree What's thought is pain might be desire after all 2. A Descent To Babylon (Babylon Asleep) Babylon asleep, an everlasting foe Striving to hurt, for flesh becomes dirt Resting within, the sacred fire I can't withold, the lies untold Dances and cries, a descent to babylon Wine in my hand, a descent to babylon All eyes must foul, in stench of fear Killing to quench, Babylon's tears We are wisphering for holy wine Innocence to reign, a world of shrines This crazy dream, raging over ages For only one belief. Killing - Suffer for a thought In human blood, stretched out A descent to a 1000 deaths As sweet as snow, as cold as dew A descent to a 1000 deaths. Babylon asleep 3. Return To The Eve Dreaming eyes, hope to return As shadows fall, onto distorted paths Delivered from the fetters of light Drifting back to my reality Subconscious depreates the day In the twilight of my own intellect Dull is my mind, Captive of illusion Remain awake, Is just dust! (.."Take my soul away into the dark, dreaming 1000 morbid dreams, no tomorrow when the wind caresses my mind, could I ever return..it would be my Doom..") Obsessed by the nightmare's sound Drifting back into the realms of chaos Reality has become my dream I'll be covered by the abyss ground ..Endless fall, Memories in the light frontiers of chaos, Return to the EVE... 4. Juices Like Wine Thirst and desire, to rule the light For crossing heavens, a futile fight Bound to storm, our minds wave Fervent to sail in deserts of mist Juices like wine, like the blood in the sands Juices like wine Born of earth, we strive for skies Obsessed with lies, in arms of sleep Earning dreams, we blind our eyes Challenging secrets, ancient the cries Juices like wine, like the blood in the sands Juices like wine 5. The Inevitable Factor I stalk alone the burried seas Dead and white, weak memories Below 0, I'm turning blue Why does the ice burn so hot Frozen waters, a strange land I know I live, as the frost bites My eyes are closed, but I can't sleep Moving forward, for sleep means death A white shroud covers me I buried myself to stay alive Time's passing slow on my pale face Beneath the snow, beneath the ice I stalk alone the burried seas Dead and white, weak memories 6. The Hearth Beneath 7. Cherry Orchards Dancing violet dreams. Joining nights of satin fame. Acting jewel games. All forgiven, you streak my heart. More than pleasure in ice cold flames. Crying soft, as love flies tame. Swelling tears in diaries of lies. Fading lights, as songs die quiet. Bleeding sweet for dying blind. Masking fears of silent decline. Cherry Orchards. Ginger looks upon pain. Cherry Orchards. August fades like tears in vain. Winter's final shine. Dressing gold, one last time. Seep from lace. Roses for an unborn face. Cherry Orchards. Ginger looks upon pain. Cherry Orchards. August fades like tears in vain. 8. Tristesses De La Lune 9. Wings Of Solitude 10. The Usurper Lend me your steel-bearing hand So I may reign the Jewel Throne My soul feels the gods' demand As the lost kings uphold my side [Chorus] Blood and sand Mark their way The usurper's tears Guide my sword... Fantasia slept in my thoughts As I was a son of infinity The emperor, forgotten, rests in my dreams As, back to the wall, I start the conquest Innocence and wrath Now lie far beyond As we cross the deserts To reach the fortress' gates Tragical serenades Are whispered in the wind As eyes in fury Grant us our strength (They're) throning on the dignity of might But the successor is to enter the hall False truth saw them climbing the steps But I remain the Jewel Throne's choice 11. Journey Into Fear 12. Downtown Hanoi Four arc lights. Moving stealth. Two ride up north. Into the barrel fear. Desire to share. My valiant care. Downtown Hanoi. We are drowning in purple wine. Standing as one, as one we line. Gold and light did stop their dance. A fever obscene, a wicked romance. I'm tasting sweat on my tongue. Fane of wicked green. Faith to the heart. Passion and death. Downtown's breath. 13. Circle Of The Tyrants After the battle is over And the sands drunken the blood All what there remains Is the bitterness of delusion The immortality of the gods Sits at their side As they leave the walls behind To reach the jewels gleam The days have come When the steel will rule And upon his head A crown of gold Your hand wields the might The tyrant's the precursor You carry the will As the morning is near I sing the ballads Of victory and defeat I hear the tales Of frozen mystery The new kingdoms rise By the circle of the tyrants In the land of darkness The warrior, that was me Grotesque glory None will (ever) see them fall And hunts and war Are like everlasting shadows Where the winds cannot reach The tyrant's might was born And often I look back With tears in my eyes Grotesque glory None will (ever) see them fall And hunts and wars Are like everlasting shadows 14. In The Chapel In The Moonlight 15. I Won't Dance I did taste their only dream As denial was still unborn Secrets beyond those dethroned walls And echoes of a martyr's scream Deterrent vibrates the allurements face As my barque drowns toward conquest Don't quieten the elder's tears For they've forseen our past Covered lies our remembrance As symbols turn to dust I won't dance I won't dance I won't dance within despair I won't dance The elder's orient Journey lnto a wicked world My body beneath the skies Erotic wishes, my heart has failed Incalculable is the surface's breath Paralyzed form - the ring of death Steps on the stairs to my silent ecstasy Caress of the mental space Thrones of fake life Eternal addiction towards those eyes (Gods) didn't you believe my earthbound call? Slipping into the hidden sun Intoxicated by an endless fall 16. The Name Of My Bride 17. Mexican Radio [written by Wall of Voodoo, from their album Call of the West] [correlated with the cover by Celtic Frost from the album Into the Pandemonium] I feel a hot wind on my shoulder And the touch of a world that's older Turn the switch and check the number Leave it on, in bed I slumber Hear the rhythm of the music Buy the product, never use it Hear the talking of the DJ Can't understand, what's he say? I'm on the Mexican radio I'm on the Mexican radio Dial it in, tune the station They talk about U.S. inflation I understand just a little No comprende - it's a riddle I'm on the Mexican radio I'm on the Mexican radio Wish I was in Tijuana - Eating barbecued iguana I'd take requests on the telephone I'm on a wavelength far from home I feel the hot wind on my shoulder I dial in, south of the border Hear the talking of the DJ - Can't understand, what's he say? I'm on the Mexican radio I'm on the Mexican radio I'm on the Mexican radio I'm on the Mexican radio Radio Radio Radio What does he say? I'm on the Mexican radio I'm on the Mexican radio I'm on the Mexican radio I'm on the Mexican radio ... 18. Under Upollyon's Sun The face of Nemesis Under pandemonium's heat Parched my yearning whisper In this world of deceit To lie, to cry, they die To drown in their well of sighs All their pain bears their name Ignorance dies by its own lies Tears of indignation Crying under Apollyon's sun In faith for love Underground, a dream apart Flesh from soil Disparate, no less the same Sift my tears The lasting spring We were raised to fade To deluge by carnal claims To lie, to cry, they die To drown in their well of sighs 1984-1992 compilation [ DarkLyrics.com ] All lyrics are the property and copyright of their owners. All lyrics provided for educational purposes only. Submits, comments, suggestions are welcomed at webmaster@darklyrics.com