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01 - Gift of Love
07:05
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Narrator:
The Rise of Númenor
A gift of love for men
3 Houses kept together
In fraternity
Earthquakes crash the earth
High tide beats the beach
Beleriand disappears
A New Age has begun
The Rise of Númenor
A gift of love for men
3 Houses kept together
In fraternity
Earthquakes crash the earth
High tide beats the beach
Beleriand disappears
A New Age has begun
Rise, a new age for mankind
Rise, an island for reward
The War of Wrath has cast Him into the Void
A flower from the sea shall now be born
Sail, to the island of the west
Sail, a kingdom on the sea
Glorious shall be your life
Invincible in every fight
Live, enjoy Powers’ Gift
Live, your freedom faithfully
Númenor, a dream come true
Númenor, a glimpse of immortality
Sail, to the island of the west
Sail, a kingdom on the sea
Númenor, a dream come true
Númenor, a glimpse of immortality
The Star Island as earthly heaven
In sight of Paradise
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02- The Forbidding
05:09
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Valar:
You shall be king for many long years
You chose the fate of the men
Immortality is not what you search
An island in paradise
Many harbours you’ll build around
And a great fleet too
Ilúvatar blesses all things that you make
And Evil is long far away
The Eldar come with a gift for the king
A bud of Telperion
The holy tree in Armenelos
Nimloth will be his name
The Gates of the Morning, the edge of the world
Your ships see the dawn of light
Gods you’ll be called by the men of the east
But like them you shall die
No, you shall not come West
The Undying Lands are forbidden to you
Go to the east and teach all the things that you know
The men over there live in anguish and fear
Narrator
Sailors and ships will conquer the lands
Build mighty harbours in Pelargir,
Osgiliath, Lond Daer Ened
Eastern colonies, sparks of the west
The Middle-earth with wonder and fear
Welcomes the new Gods-in-men
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Ar-Pharazôn:
Why can’t we live eternally
The Firstborn will last till the end of the world
Our kind’s condemned to a short existence
We say farewell to the world that we love
And we sail in ships of wonder
And we’re breaking new frontiers
And we sail in ships of wonder
In the silence of our fear
Dwells the shade of Númenor
Here we say to the Powers of the world
We want to come to the Undying Lands
Immortal we’ll be if we get to that shore
An evil dark shade enlights our decay
And we sail in ships of wonder
And we’re breaking new frontiers
And we sail in ships of wonder
In the silence of our fear
Dwells the shade of Númenor
Elvish messengers:
“Do not try to go beyond God’s will
Searching for a long lost paradise
Don’t lose your faith in destiny
Give up your foolish pride”
King’s Men
We are the King’s Men and we follow wherever you go
Life is too short, The Faithful are few, and the Eldar are far
We enslave the world, our power will grow
Our treasure will cover our shame
A new war machine, a new blasphemy
But we always fear the dark…
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04 - See myself in you
04:13
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Aldarion:
Dear Erendis, my love for you was true
(For) many years you’ve been left there all alone
You never understood what you really meant to me
The tears you cried were scars upon my face
Heir of kings of a land blessed by the Gods
You sail The Great Sea to bring help to Gil-galad
A second father makes you see through time and space
Pride and honour, I still love you evermore
Erendis and Aldarion:
I’d like to see myself in you
Like an eagle stares at the face of the sun
But your ships are far on foreign shores
In sight of Middle-earth
Huge vessels you did build
The captain of the strongest fleet
Erendis:
No land, no kingdom, nor the brightest jewels of the Noldor
Shall take the place of the green fields of my land
If you ever come back to me
Don’t believe in what I’ll say, believe in what you’ll feel
Erendis and Aldarion:
I’d like to see myself in you
Like an eagle stares at the face of the sun
But your ships are far on foreign shores
In sight of Middle-earth
Huge vessels you did build
The captain of the strongest fleet
Erendis:
Dear Aldarion my love for you is true
(We’re) just so near yet so far away
The star you gave me shall be worn on my brow
These the words I never said to you
Dear Aldarion my love will be for you
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05 - Rings of Power
04:03
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Narrator:
Servant of the greatest Vala
The evil Lord is back
In black Mordor he set his home
A black tower of death
Barad-dûr’s the name of fear
Tortures and dark spells
He’s become the king of men
Terror and despair
Sauron’s thoughts:
Dwarves and men
The One Ring will capture them all
In darkness will bind them to my very will
Rings of Power
Narrator:
Lord of gifts with charming words
He deceived the smiths
In Eregion they learnt his skill
The rings like Silmarils
Nine for men condemned to die
In black slavery
Seven for the kings of dwarves
No chance to survive
Sauron’s thoughts:
Dwarves and men
The One Ring will capture them all
In darkness will bind them to my very will
Rings of Power
Narrator:
Celebrimbor forged the Three
To fight his evil deeds
He was slain and his people too
By Sauron and his troops
Men of númenórean harbours
Faced the evil tide
Noble men were made Ringwraiths
And terror rode on high
Sauron’s thoughts:
Men of the west
My servants will lead you to death
My hordes will destroy your pride and honour
Rings of Power
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06 - Raise the sword
03:25
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Ar-Pharazôn:
Masters, servants,
Warriors of the land
Evil power
Is rising up again
Oh no our people are attacked
We have to look for our sons
Sailing away to destroy,
Any orc we can find
Raise the sword
My throne is gold and my heart is steel
Raise the sword
Kings and queens on golden tombs
Mighty army
My fleet is bound to leave
Heralds messengers
Spread the news “I’m King”
Sauron submit yourself to me
I am the king of all men
You shall be slave
In the isle of the west, Númenor
Raise the sword
(I’m) the greatest king ever seen on earth
Raise the sword
Pride and power will save the land
Raise the sword
My throne is gold and my heart is steel
Raise the sword
Kings and queens on golden tombs
Raise the sword
(I’m) the greatest king ever seen on earth
Raise the sword
Pride and power will save the land
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07 - Power Within
04:53
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Sauron:
Look, the island lost at sea
Like a phantom it appears
Just to raise my envy
Wonders of the world
Your king will follow my will and words
Straight to the Dark he’ll go
See, from darkness you were born
It's where we all belong
Your God is now no more
The truth behind my words
Come to the brand new faith
It’s the Power within
No chance to run away
Power within
It will lead you to my world
Of death and pain
Ar-Pharazôn:
Sauron I will follow you
The Valar only lie
Our future’s in your hands
God Almighty of the Dark
Anger in our hearts
We’ll sail against the wind
Down to His knees
People, follow me!
Sauron:
Death, or eternal life
No boundaries for mankind
Sire, your evil thoughts are mine
Your servant’s done what your pride desires
The pride of a King
It’s the Power within
No chance to run away
Power within
It will lead you to my world
Power within
No time to turn away
Power within
I will take you to my world
(Of death and pain…)
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a) The Faithful
Faithful’s Army :
The King is gone to Sauron’s will
Nimloth soon will die
The temple’s huge, and black its smoke
And shadows walk around
The Faithful are far away
Isildur will try?
Save the fruit, no one will know
In silence he will go
A strong defence to save his life
The White Tree’ll grow reborn
New hope for the Middle-earth
New reigns will begin
Ar-Pharazôn’s army:
The Tree’s been killed, the temple’s full
Black magic rules the land
Sacrifice your very life
To Melkor the real Lord
Power and madness
Immortal you’ll become
b) The Faithless Ones
Númenor Citizens:
We are looking for a path
Or a glimpse of secret hope
Many men have tried to get to
Where all things never die
It’s the time we have the day
We’ve been waiting for
They will die by that day
That holy day
Valar’s warnings from the west
Like thunder they down fell
The harbours full of gold and black
Warriors crying their rage
The gods that cannot die
They will honour us
“The next blow shall be ours”
We shall win
Hoping and sailing we move to the west
Led by a man that gods can’t control
The future has come so close to the end
Saying goodbye to the ones we love
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09 - Red Clouds War
06:23
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Old Númenórean warrior:
Power will lead to glory
Under some red clouds war
Soldiers prepare your armours
For a war like never before
Aman is a new dimension
Making peace is our last intention
Dreamers and warriors coming
Weapons of gold and steel
Brothers and sisters running
To the madness of their king
(I’s) never told the reason why
Evil deep inside my mind
Like an old wreck I lie
Through hope and despair
Evil thoughts on my mind
Like a river they run
Faithful shall be put to death
You better sail, sail away
Our domain will grow, kings of the world
Everyone fear our power
Once they were friends to us
People escape our soldiers
The Old World is posthumous
I’ll never give the reason why
Just a walk on a thin dead line
Like an old wreck I lie
Through hope and despair
Evil thoughts on my mind
Like a river they run
Faithful shall be put to death
You better sail, sail, away
Our domain will grow, king of the world
Strong as God I am
No one can stop me now
Elendil and his sons
Straight to the east they’ll go
Immortal like an ocean’s whale
Just a deadly slow decay
‘gainst the power of the Gods
Like a river I’ll flow
When I’ll get to that shore
I’ll declare it “My world”
He’s the strongest king on earth
King of Gods and men
Our domain will grow, under dark red clouds war
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Ar-Pharazôn:
Lords of the West, your eagles are here
Thunder and lightning are murdering the world
Soldiers and ships obscure the sun
The veils black and gold, are going to war
Númenórean Warriors:
Afar in the west the ships disappear
And to Valinor shores are sailing
The King hesitates, is it evil, is it good?
The air stands still and no one is heard
Ar-Pharazôn:
Great Númenor your triumph is near
Listen to me, I’m taking this land
Taniquetil is silent and quiet
39 days of madness and fame
Númenórean Warriors:
Afar in the west the ships disappear
And to Valinor shores are sailing
The King hesitates, is it evil or good?
The air stands still and no one is heard
Númenórean Wives:
“And I look to the sea
The Island is crawling down to the sea, shame on our sins
Pride and stupidity
Condemn our futile blasphemy, blasphemy …”
The Faithful:
Our King with his army moved war to the Gods
A silent western wind scared our strongest men
The image of a nation punished and destroyed
By the Powers of the world
Corrupted and defeated
by the darkest spirit of the world
Just few men survive…
Narrator:
“And the Undying Lands
Are carried away from the World, can get there no more
The World is shaped anew
This is the end of Númenor,
the end of Númenor”
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11 - Lidless eye
04:09
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Sauron
I am laughing at soldiers sound
In a throne of black snakes all around
I am laughing at thunder’s roar
Gods will kill them all
Suddenly I am thrown
Into the abyss my temple destroyed
Valar’s rage break my laugh
I am still alive
The Lidless Eye, you can’t hide, serve and die
Lidless Eye, Worship me
I will never let you free
Body’s dead, beauty’s gone
I’m a breath of death, black and silent I’ll wait
Barad-dûr, my domain
Your king is back, Mordor open the gates
The Lidless Eye, you can’t hide, serve and die
The Lidless Eye, Worship me
I will never let you free
The Lidless Eye, you can’t hide
From my clutch, from my Ring
Lidless Eye, serve and die
I will never let you free
Men and Elves count your days
You think you’re safe now
You shall be bound
Men and Elves your life is mine
And in darkness you shall die
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12. |
12 - The Price
06:57
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Sailors of Middle-earth:
How crazy was the all of that
(Never tried to sail back again)
For a long lost paradise
Ships of wonder reaching for the sun
Every eagle hears our daily prayer
Like an echo from a distant past
From western havens we have left
Ships of wonder lost in silent dreams
But we don’t know where it is
It could be everywhere
And the sailor tells his tale
Endless tales
There’s a price you must pay
If you search for the light
Distant ages might be
For the dream of a star
And the truth in my words
Shall be open to you
And the silence of death
It will unfold the truth
On a silent shore through fog and cliffs
Someone got there after years and years
Like an ivory tower high and proud
The white mountain watches from afar
For the Straight Road we’ll forever go
Trying to find the old world of the Gods
Ever since the new age has begun
The whole world we travelled all around
‘t was the last thing that they saw
And it was the brightest one
With a joy that no one knows
They let their spirits fly
There’s a price you must pay
If you search for the light
Distant ages might be
For the dream of a star
And the truth in my words
Shall be open to you
And the silence of death
It will unfold the truth
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Archangel - Gabriele Manzini
Gabriele Manzini is the real name of Archangel, he is the current keyboard player and main composer of the Italian prog band
Ubi Maior.
His solo albums are: The Akallabeth (2009), Tales of Love and Blood (2013). His third album "Third Warning" will be releasen on March 12th, 2021
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