Ghost - IMPERA Album Lyrics
Ghost - IMPERA Lyrics
Copyright: Lyrics © Original Writer and Publisher
Kaisarion
Hey
Kaisarion
A prophecy told
We're building our empire
From the ashes of an old
Kaisarion
The fruit of the womb
Our brotherhood of good faith
Sealed an apostate witch's doom
It's the sound of another deadline
Whistling past your ears
It's the sight of a million regrets
Mounting over years
It's the words that were never spoken
That echoes through the times
It's the smell of the burning temples
Swept away by rhymes
(Hypatia) far away from the stench of the heavens
(Hypatia) long ago, yet too close to forever
(Hypatia) when the paradise is lost, go straight to
Kaisarion
A matter of love
When mother earth is calling
For a father up above
Kaisarion
Put on the smiles
And throw your holy rocks
Right at her, for her satanic wiles
It's the truth of candor shone
Through a prism of deceit
It's the continence of bishops
With their choirboys ensuite
It's the tongue selling adulation
That licks to no avail
It's the noise of the righteous dogma
That hides the handmaid's tail
(Hypatia) far away from the stench of the heavens
(Hypatia) long ago, yet too close to forever
(Hypatia) when a paradise is lost, go straight to
It's the sound of another deadline
Whistling past your ears
It's the sight of a million regrets
Mounting over years
It's the words that were never spoken
That echoes through the times
It's the smell of the burning temples
Swept away by rhymes
It's the truth of candor shone
Through a prism of deceit
It's the continence of bishops
With their choirboys ensuite
It's the tongue selling adulation
That licks to no avail
It's the noise of the righteous dogma
That hides the handmaid's tail
(Hypatia) far away from the stench of the heavens
(Hypatia) long ago, yet too close to forever
(Hypatia) when a paradise is lost, go straight to
(Hypatia) far away from the stench of the heavens
(Hypatia) long ago, yet too close to forever
(Hypatia) when a paradise is lost, go straight to
Kaisarion
A prophecy told
We're building our empire
From the ashes of an old
Kaisarion
The fruit of the womb
Our brotherhood of good faith
Sealed an apostate witch's doom
It's the sound of another deadline
Whistling past your ears
It's the sight of a million regrets
Mounting over years
It's the words that were never spoken
That echoes through the times
It's the smell of the burning temples
Swept away by rhymes
(Hypatia) far away from the stench of the heavens
(Hypatia) long ago, yet too close to forever
(Hypatia) when the paradise is lost, go straight to
Kaisarion
A matter of love
When mother earth is calling
For a father up above
Kaisarion
Put on the smiles
And throw your holy rocks
Right at her, for her satanic wiles
It's the truth of candor shone
Through a prism of deceit
It's the continence of bishops
With their choirboys ensuite
It's the tongue selling adulation
That licks to no avail
It's the noise of the righteous dogma
That hides the handmaid's tail
(Hypatia) far away from the stench of the heavens
(Hypatia) long ago, yet too close to forever
(Hypatia) when a paradise is lost, go straight to
It's the sound of another deadline
Whistling past your ears
It's the sight of a million regrets
Mounting over years
It's the words that were never spoken
That echoes through the times
It's the smell of the burning temples
Swept away by rhymes
It's the truth of candor shone
Through a prism of deceit
It's the continence of bishops
With their choirboys ensuite
It's the tongue selling adulation
That licks to no avail
It's the noise of the righteous dogma
That hides the handmaid's tail
(Hypatia) far away from the stench of the heavens
(Hypatia) long ago, yet too close to forever
(Hypatia) when a paradise is lost, go straight to
(Hypatia) far away from the stench of the heavens
(Hypatia) long ago, yet too close to forever
(Hypatia) when a paradise is lost, go straight to
Writer: Jocke Berg, Tobias Forge
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Spillways
Through benediction
You tried to rid your mind
Of malediction
But through all this time
You tried to peel it off
And it's such a ride, ahh
Your desolation
Led you into this
Vile incarnation
Of consummated bliss
I know you need it now
To make you feel alive
(Ahh)
All your faith, all your rage
All your pain, it ain't over now
And I ain't talking about forgiveness
All your faith, all your rage
All your pain, it ain't over now
It's the cruel beast that you feed
It's your burning yearning need to bleed
Through the spillways (spillways)
You keep a casket
Buried deep within
You try to mask it
But fall back in sin
You wanna shake it off
But you're stuck inside
When stripped of rags
Of skin and spine
Human decay, corpus dei
Terminally dispelled
And it's such a ride
All your faith, all your rage
All your pain, it ain't over now
And I ain't talking about forgiveness
All your faith, all your rage
All your pain, it ain't over now
It's the cruel beast that you feed
It's your burning yearning need to bleed
Through the spillways
Through the spillways of your soul
Through the spillways
Spillways, spillways
It's the cruel beast that you feed
It's your burning yearning need to bleed
Through the spillways
Through the spillways of your soul
Through the spillways
Through the spillways of your soul
Through the spillways
Through the spillways of your soul
Through the spillways
Through the spillways of your soul
You tried to rid your mind
Of malediction
But through all this time
You tried to peel it off
And it's such a ride, ahh
Your desolation
Led you into this
Vile incarnation
Of consummated bliss
I know you need it now
To make you feel alive
(Ahh)
All your faith, all your rage
All your pain, it ain't over now
And I ain't talking about forgiveness
All your faith, all your rage
All your pain, it ain't over now
It's the cruel beast that you feed
It's your burning yearning need to bleed
Through the spillways (spillways)
You keep a casket
Buried deep within
You try to mask it
But fall back in sin
You wanna shake it off
But you're stuck inside
When stripped of rags
Of skin and spine
Human decay, corpus dei
Terminally dispelled
And it's such a ride
All your faith, all your rage
All your pain, it ain't over now
And I ain't talking about forgiveness
All your faith, all your rage
All your pain, it ain't over now
It's the cruel beast that you feed
It's your burning yearning need to bleed
Through the spillways
Through the spillways of your soul
Through the spillways
Spillways, spillways
It's the cruel beast that you feed
It's your burning yearning need to bleed
Through the spillways
Through the spillways of your soul
Through the spillways
Through the spillways of your soul
Through the spillways
Through the spillways of your soul
Through the spillways
Through the spillways of your soul
Writer: Klas Ahlund, Salem Al Fakir, Tobias Forge, Vincent Pontare
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Call Me Little Sunshine
Call out in the middle of the night
For when else would I hear you?
Fall out in the cold starlight
I can save you if you do
You will never walk alone
You can always reach me
You will never ever walk alone
Call me Little Sunshine
Call me, call me Mephistopheles
Call me when you feel all alone
Just call me Little Sunshine
Light up in the middle of the day
For how else could you see me?
Ease up to the hunter from the prey
And transform indefinitely
You will never walk alone
You can always reach me
You will never ever walk alone
Call me Little Sunshine
Call me, call me Mephistopheles
Call me when you feel all alone
Just call me Little Sunshine
You will never walk alone
You can always reach me
You will never ever walk alone
You will never walk alone
You can always reach me
You will never ever walk alone
You will never walk alone
You can always reach me
You will never ever walk alone
Even when you're dead and gone
You can always reach me
All you gotta do is call me, call me
Call me Little Sunshine
Call me, call me Mephistopheles
Call me when you feel all alone
Just call me Little Sunshine
Call me Little Sunshine
Call me, call me Mephistopheles
Call me when you feel all alone
Just call me Little Sunshine
For when else would I hear you?
Fall out in the cold starlight
I can save you if you do
You will never walk alone
You can always reach me
You will never ever walk alone
Call me Little Sunshine
Call me, call me Mephistopheles
Call me when you feel all alone
Just call me Little Sunshine
Light up in the middle of the day
For how else could you see me?
Ease up to the hunter from the prey
And transform indefinitely
You will never walk alone
You can always reach me
You will never ever walk alone
Call me Little Sunshine
Call me, call me Mephistopheles
Call me when you feel all alone
Just call me Little Sunshine
You will never walk alone
You can always reach me
You will never ever walk alone
You will never walk alone
You can always reach me
You will never ever walk alone
You will never walk alone
You can always reach me
You will never ever walk alone
Even when you're dead and gone
You can always reach me
All you gotta do is call me, call me
Call me Little Sunshine
Call me, call me Mephistopheles
Call me when you feel all alone
Just call me Little Sunshine
Call me Little Sunshine
Call me, call me Mephistopheles
Call me when you feel all alone
Just call me Little Sunshine
Writer: Max Grahn, Tobias Forge
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Hunters Moon
It's been a long time coming
I'm coming back for you, my friend
To where we'd hide as children
I'm coming back for you, my friend
Though my memories have faded, they
Come back to haunt me once again
And though my mind is somewhat jaded now
It's time for me to strike again
Tonight
It's a hunter's moon
Under a headstone, sister
I'm dying to see you, my friend (ah)
Back in the old cemetery
I'm dying to see you, my friend
Though my memories have faded, they
Come back to haunt me once again
And though my mind is somewhat jaded now
It's time for me to strike again
Tonight
It's a hunter's moon
Ooh, I'm coming
I'm dying
To see you one last time together
Though my memories have faded, they
Come back to haunt me once again
And though my mind is somewhat jaded now
It's time for me to strike again
I'm coming back for you, my friend
Tonight
It's a hunter's moon
(A hunt, hunt, hunter's moon)
(A hunt, hunt, hunter)
(Hunt, hunt, hunt)
I'm coming back for you, my friend
To where we'd hide as children
I'm coming back for you, my friend
Though my memories have faded, they
Come back to haunt me once again
And though my mind is somewhat jaded now
It's time for me to strike again
Tonight
It's a hunter's moon
Under a headstone, sister
I'm dying to see you, my friend (ah)
Back in the old cemetery
I'm dying to see you, my friend
Though my memories have faded, they
Come back to haunt me once again
And though my mind is somewhat jaded now
It's time for me to strike again
Tonight
It's a hunter's moon
Ooh, I'm coming
I'm dying
To see you one last time together
Though my memories have faded, they
Come back to haunt me once again
And though my mind is somewhat jaded now
It's time for me to strike again
I'm coming back for you, my friend
Tonight
It's a hunter's moon
(A hunt, hunt, hunter's moon)
(A hunt, hunt, hunter)
(Hunt, hunt, hunt)
Writer: A Ghoul Writer, Max Grahn
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Watcher in the Sky
Launching themselves into space,
They gazed at the wrinkles on god's face,
And he followed them down.
He was surprised by what he found.
Lights and towers that touched the sky.
Submarines and machines that attempted to fly!
He said, "You all look the same from far away
And I really hate to be this way,
But I stick to what I say and something's
Gonna have to change, today is judgement day!"
They gazed at the wrinkles on god's face,
And he followed them down.
He was surprised by what he found.
Lights and towers that touched the sky.
Submarines and machines that attempted to fly!
He said, "You all look the same from far away
And I really hate to be this way,
But I stick to what I say and something's
Gonna have to change, today is judgement day!"
Writer: TOMMY SIEGEL
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Copyright: Lyrics © Original Writer and Publisher
Twenties
Smile for the summer
After all these days, I still think about you
But girl you've been on my mind
I get visions, in my mind
Searching for the words I cannot find
Girl I think about you, everyday
Sometimes I don't know what to say
After all these days, I still think about you
But girl you've been on my mind
We texting every night, loving every night
But I don't know how you feel
Wanna text you all the time, wanna see you all the time
I wanna hold your hand and call you mine
I might have got some hints, but do I overthink?
When I realise my heart will sink
After all these days, I still think about you
But girl you've been on my mind
We texting every night, loving every night
But I don't know how you feel
Hold my hand, I wish
Go smile, pray for the summer
It will soon be over then we can do whatever
Baby girl I want you to be my forever
Girl I won't make you fall 'cus i'll never let it never
After all these days, I still think about you
But girl you've been on my mind
We texting every night, loving every night
But I don't know how you feel
Lalalala, lalalala, lalalalala
Hold my hand, I wish
Go smile, pray for the summer
It will soon be over then we can do whatever
Baby girl I want you to be my forever
Girl I won't make you fall 'cus i'll never let it never
After all these days, I still think about you
But girl you've been on my mind
I get visions, in my mind
Searching for the words I cannot find
Girl I think about you, everyday
Sometimes I don't know what to say
After all these days, I still think about you
But girl you've been on my mind
We texting every night, loving every night
But I don't know how you feel
Wanna text you all the time, wanna see you all the time
I wanna hold your hand and call you mine
I might have got some hints, but do I overthink?
When I realise my heart will sink
After all these days, I still think about you
But girl you've been on my mind
We texting every night, loving every night
But I don't know how you feel
Hold my hand, I wish
Go smile, pray for the summer
It will soon be over then we can do whatever
Baby girl I want you to be my forever
Girl I won't make you fall 'cus i'll never let it never
After all these days, I still think about you
But girl you've been on my mind
We texting every night, loving every night
But I don't know how you feel
Lalalala, lalalala, lalalalala
Hold my hand, I wish
Go smile, pray for the summer
It will soon be over then we can do whatever
Baby girl I want you to be my forever
Girl I won't make you fall 'cus i'll never let it never
Writer: Tom Middleton
Copyright: Lyrics © O/B/O DistroKid
Copyright: Lyrics © O/B/O DistroKid
Darkness at the Heart of My Love
When the summer dies
Severing the ties
I'm with you always, always
Will you walk the line?
My path serpentine
Remember always
That love is all you need
Tell me who you wanna be
And I will set you free
There's a darkness at the heart of my love
That runs cold, runs deep
The darkness at the heart of my love
For you
Will you spill the wine
To summon the divine?
I'm with you always, always
Now paint a pair of eyes
And let's watch as it dries
Remember always, that love is all you need
Tell me who you wanna be
And I will set you free
There's a darkness at the heart of my love
That runs cold, runs deep
The darkness at the heart of my love
So bold, so sweet
There's a darkness at the heart of my love
That runs cold, runs deep
The darkness at the heart of my love
For you
Remember always
That love is all you need
Tell me who you wanna be
And I will set you free
There's a darkness at the heart of my love
That runs cold, runs deep
The darkness at the heart of my love
So bold, so sweet
There's a darkness at the heart of my love (my love)
That runs cold (runs cold), runs deep (runs deep)
The darkness at the heart of my love (my love)
So bold (so bold), so sweet (so sweet)
And all this time you knew
That I would put you through
The darkness at the heart of my love
For you
When the summer dies
Severing the ties
I'm with you always, always
Paint a pair of eyes
Let's watch as it dries
I'm with you always, always
Severing the ties
I'm with you always, always
Will you walk the line?
My path serpentine
Remember always
That love is all you need
Tell me who you wanna be
And I will set you free
There's a darkness at the heart of my love
That runs cold, runs deep
The darkness at the heart of my love
For you
Will you spill the wine
To summon the divine?
I'm with you always, always
Now paint a pair of eyes
And let's watch as it dries
Remember always, that love is all you need
Tell me who you wanna be
And I will set you free
There's a darkness at the heart of my love
That runs cold, runs deep
The darkness at the heart of my love
So bold, so sweet
There's a darkness at the heart of my love
That runs cold, runs deep
The darkness at the heart of my love
For you
Remember always
That love is all you need
Tell me who you wanna be
And I will set you free
There's a darkness at the heart of my love
That runs cold, runs deep
The darkness at the heart of my love
So bold, so sweet
There's a darkness at the heart of my love (my love)
That runs cold (runs cold), runs deep (runs deep)
The darkness at the heart of my love (my love)
So bold (so bold), so sweet (so sweet)
And all this time you knew
That I would put you through
The darkness at the heart of my love
For you
When the summer dies
Severing the ties
I'm with you always, always
Paint a pair of eyes
Let's watch as it dries
I'm with you always, always
Writer: Salem Al Fakir, Tobias Forge, Vincent Pontare
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Griftwood
Yes, yeah
Suffering for the lord is not an easy thing
Be it a conjuring
So ordained and adored, so immaculate
Ooh, so worth the debt
I'm your rock, baby
I won't back down
I'm your rock, baby
Ask yourself, ooh
Are you righteous? Yes
You wanna play with the sire? Yes
You want a view from the spire? Yes
You want a seat by the pyre?
And never ever suffer again? Yes, yeah, yeah
Sacrifice for the whore leads the way from shame
Be it a loser's game
The disdained and abhorred lash of the senate whip
Ooh, it's a power trip
I'm your rock, baby
I won't back down
I'm your rock, baby
Ask yourself, ooh
Are you righteous? Yes
You want to play with the sire? Yes
You want a view from the spire? Yes
You want a seat by the pyre
And never ever suffer again? Yes
You want to console the griever? Yes
You want to guide the believer? Yes
You are the greatest deceiver
And never ever suffer again
Holy mother, you washeth the sin from my feet
Holy mother
You shine like the sun and the moon and the stars in the sky
Holy mother, you washeth the sin from my feet (mother)
Holy mother
You shine like the sun and the moon and the stars in the sky
Holy mother, the world has set me on your shoulders (holy)
Holy mother
You shine like the sun and the moon and the stars in the sky
I'm your rock, baby
I won't back down
I'm your rock, baby
Ask yourself
Are you righteous? Yes
You want to play with the sire? Yes
You want a view from the spire? Yes
You want a seat by the pyre?
And never ever suffer again (never ever suffer again)
Never ever suffer again
You want to play with the sire? Yes
You want a view from the spire? Yes
You want a seat by the pyre?
And never ever suffer again, yeah
You want to console the griever
You want to guide the believer
You are the greatest deceiver
And never ever suffer again
Suffering for the lord is not an easy thing
Be it a conjuring
So ordained and adored, so immaculate
Ooh, so worth the debt
I'm your rock, baby
I won't back down
I'm your rock, baby
Ask yourself, ooh
Are you righteous? Yes
You wanna play with the sire? Yes
You want a view from the spire? Yes
You want a seat by the pyre?
And never ever suffer again? Yes, yeah, yeah
Sacrifice for the whore leads the way from shame
Be it a loser's game
The disdained and abhorred lash of the senate whip
Ooh, it's a power trip
I'm your rock, baby
I won't back down
I'm your rock, baby
Ask yourself, ooh
Are you righteous? Yes
You want to play with the sire? Yes
You want a view from the spire? Yes
You want a seat by the pyre
And never ever suffer again? Yes
You want to console the griever? Yes
You want to guide the believer? Yes
You are the greatest deceiver
And never ever suffer again
Holy mother, you washeth the sin from my feet
Holy mother
You shine like the sun and the moon and the stars in the sky
Holy mother, you washeth the sin from my feet (mother)
Holy mother
You shine like the sun and the moon and the stars in the sky
Holy mother, the world has set me on your shoulders (holy)
Holy mother
You shine like the sun and the moon and the stars in the sky
I'm your rock, baby
I won't back down
I'm your rock, baby
Ask yourself
Are you righteous? Yes
You want to play with the sire? Yes
You want a view from the spire? Yes
You want a seat by the pyre?
And never ever suffer again (never ever suffer again)
Never ever suffer again
You want to play with the sire? Yes
You want a view from the spire? Yes
You want a seat by the pyre?
And never ever suffer again, yeah
You want to console the griever
You want to guide the believer
You are the greatest deceiver
And never ever suffer again
Writer: Tobias Forge, Peter Svensson, Klas Ahlund
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Copyright: Lyrics © Original Writer and Publisher
Respite on the Spitalfields
We're here in the after
Of a murderous crafter
The past is spun like a yarn and mangled
With flesh and blood and bones
I wonder, did no one hear the distant thunder?
The autumnal reaper
The stains of this creeper
Will last, the shine and the sham entangled
Like salting earth with tears of Jesus
He sliced and diced our dreams to pieces
For the dreams that you dread
Can become just as real
As the blood that was shed
With the slash of his steel
Now the street walking dead
Was quite a scene, wasn't it?
For the lost and misled
Were promised seats by the pit
We will break away together
I'll be the shadow
You'll be the light
Nothing ever lasts forever
We will go softly into the night
We're leaving this city
So this is farewell
Goodbye seven sisters
And Saint Jezebel
The moon in the gutter
Has a story to tell
One day he will come back
From the bowels of hell
He appeared to ascend
So we all stood there in awe
Now we have to pretend
We didn't see what we saw
With the curtain unveiled
To the sound of applause
That the king that we hailed
Was the wizard of Oz
We will break away together
I'll be the shadow
You'll be the light
Nothing ever lasts forever
We will go softly into the night
Nothing ever lasts forever
We will go softly into the night
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Of a murderous crafter
The past is spun like a yarn and mangled
With flesh and blood and bones
I wonder, did no one hear the distant thunder?
The autumnal reaper
The stains of this creeper
Will last, the shine and the sham entangled
Like salting earth with tears of Jesus
He sliced and diced our dreams to pieces
For the dreams that you dread
Can become just as real
As the blood that was shed
With the slash of his steel
Now the street walking dead
Was quite a scene, wasn't it?
For the lost and misled
Were promised seats by the pit
We will break away together
I'll be the shadow
You'll be the light
Nothing ever lasts forever
We will go softly into the night
We're leaving this city
So this is farewell
Goodbye seven sisters
And Saint Jezebel
The moon in the gutter
Has a story to tell
One day he will come back
From the bowels of hell
He appeared to ascend
So we all stood there in awe
Now we have to pretend
We didn't see what we saw
With the curtain unveiled
To the sound of applause
That the king that we hailed
Was the wizard of Oz
We will break away together
I'll be the shadow
You'll be the light
Nothing ever lasts forever
We will go softly into the night
Nothing ever lasts forever
We will go softly into the night
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Writer: Tobias Forge, Jocke Berg
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Impera is the fifth studio album by the Swedish rock band Ghost. Released on 11 March 2022, it was produced by Klas Åhlund who also produced the band's 2015 album, Meliora. The release of Impera was preceded by three singles: the first, "Hunter's Moon", was released on 30 September 2021 in support of the 2021 slasher film Halloween Kills with a version being a part of the film's closing credits; the second single, "Call Me Little Sunshine", was released on 20 January 2022 and the third, "Twenties", was released on 2 March 2022.
The theme of Impera mainly focuses on "the rise and fall of empires". Multiple outside songwriters assisted with the album, including pop producers Salem Al Fakir and Vincent Pontare, Kent lead singer Joakim Berg and The Cardigans guitarist Peter Svensson. The album received widespread critical acclaim.
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GhostThe theme of Impera mainly focuses on "the rise and fall of empires". Multiple outside songwriters assisted with the album, including pop producers Salem Al Fakir and Vincent Pontare, Kent lead singer Joakim Berg and The Cardigans guitarist Peter Svensson. The album received widespread critical acclaim.
Genre(s): Hard rock, arena rock, glam metal, heavy metal, pop rock
Producer(s): Klas Åhlund
Length: 46:21
Released: March 11th, 2022
Year: 2022