[Original recording originally released in 1997 on the album "Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk".]
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[This live recording orginally released in 2000 on the live album "Emperial Live Ceremony".]
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[Lyrics, music and arrangements: Ihsahn.]
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[4:19]
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[This next one is from Anthems.
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It's called "Thus Spake the Nightspirit".]
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Close your eyes and gaze into
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this realm that I reveal.
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See where eternities are born.
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Close your eyes, behold the powers
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of the broken seal.
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See the liars bound in thorns.
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Fear
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and you shall fall.
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Weakness suffocates your will.
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Dare,
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yet never fail.
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Wisdom guides the one,
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the strong who can defy
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Death.
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[Guitar solo]
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So I speak, though, am I heard...?
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Wasting visions on a world of blinded fools.
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Still I scorn
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the vacant contradiction of life,
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if only to bewilder.
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The final truth shall speak my name.
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Thus spake the nightspirit.
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Nightspirit, spirit,
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spirit, embrace my soul.
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[Repeat]
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Thus Spake The Nightspirit
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| Emperor |
