/ E /Emperor / Reverence(1997)

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  1. The Loss and Curse of Reverence
     -From the forthcoming full-lenght album "Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk"
                       (Video-Chaos Mix)
  2. In Longing Spirit
     -(This is a progressed version of an old Emperor song descending from
       the 1992 era)

  3. Opus a Satana
     -Originaly featured on the "In The Nightside Eclipse" album under the
      title "Inno a Satana".
      Original music & arrangements by Insahn & Samoth.
      (Classical arrangement and perfomance by Ihsahn)



                                     I
@THE LOSS AND CURSE OF REVERENCE
  (Words: Ihsahn/ Music: Ihsahn & Samoth/ Arrangements: Samoth & Ihsahn)


                      Memories of torment strikes me
                Attempts were made to suffocate me at birth
                                   Fools
                           I was already ancient
                 Thou can not kill what breeds within Thee

                             Alas, this agony
                     The emptiness of earthborn pride
                      Path stirred my faithful heart
                      Which guided me to darker paths
                    Far away from their pestilent ways
                    Cleansed was I from deceitful grace
                          Yet, put to scorn was I
                             By those unclean
                           Enslaved by ignorance
                 They blindly spat upon the deity of hate
                        Awake is the darkest fiend

                      By the fallen one I shall arise

                          Upon bewildered masses
                     To whom the indulgence of my soul
                          Portray as sin made god
                    I shall revile and quell the source
                     Whence mockery of my kind derive
                                This I know
                  Facile shalt my quest not come to pass
                    Deathwish be my gift to all at last

                                  Honour
                       Commended no longer as virtue
                 Yet, shalt be extolled at light's demise

                      By the fallen one I shall arise

                                 Believer
                        Speak not to me of justice
                         For none have I have seen
                     By God, I shall give as I receive
                                 Betrayer
                          Speak not to me at all
              You and this world ripped my fucking heart out

                    Again... and again... and again...


                                    II
@IN LONGING SPIRIT
   (Words: Samoth & Ihsahn/ Music: Ihsahn/ Arrangements:Ihsahn & Samoth)


                                Landscapes
              Entrance my mind with thoughts of ancient times
                                I wonder...
                          Did they walk this path

                                 Open seas
                       An endless horizon they seam
                                I wonder...
                             Where did they go

                                 Nightsky
                         Source of light and dark
                                I wonder...
                            Did they comprehend

                     Seasons running through my veins
                       Like snow melting on my skin
                        They crawl beyond my flesh
                         and gasp my yearning eyes

                                   Alas!
                           The force of divinity
                          What caused its end...

                            I drown in thoughts
                  Yet, answers have abandoned this place
                                 Long ago

                      Blood runs cold from my arm...

                         Another one is now to die
                           Is he the last to see
                       The graceful entity of Nature
                 Is he the last to have his heart and soul
                         Nailed in Her embrasce...

                              He passes on...