- A Neverending Way
When summer's gone and winter's past
It seems like a neverending way
And thinking of what I have to say
It seems like a neverending way
I am within you now, with my sinful cry
I am within you, now one am I
- Aldiar al Mukadisa
[Lyrics: Taken from the "HALEL" praising words & THE BIBLE book "TEHILIM"]
khavivi ya khavivi ha'el hamelekh harakhman. yishlakh meshikho hane'eman.
av harakhman shma kolenu. shlakh ben david veyigalenu nashuv letzion ir
kodshenu. venishlot ba beyad rama.
[translation:]
(my beloved one oh my beloved one the merciful king God. he will send
- As I Stare At The Ocean Alone
I gazed into your eyes as the train left
And never wrote one single time
Deep in my heart I remember
And cry, as faces pass me by
Drowned in the loss of the city
From out of the ashes came hope
I lived in an old dirty building
- Barakah
This is a resistance dispatch.
Codeword: Elimination
The one shall stand against the horde
From the underground we take hold
Power is word, power is sword
Legion are we all this day – blessed with second sight
The violin was played, as Rome was set aflame
Shall grief of war forever be the same?
- Birth of the Three
The seventh had seven descendants
The seventh was then devided into three
They were given their first symbols
They bore faces of animals
A Snake
An Eagle
And the Lion
- Brother
This story began before I was born
A childless woman cried sadly at home
Her maid gave birth to a child of her own
My father felt joy yet he was torn
A conflict began one day at dawn
The maid took your hand and you were gone
To the desert you left, towards the unknown
- Building The Ark
Cumque vidisset Deus terram esse corruptam omnis
quippe caro corruperat viam suam super terram
"Fac tibi arcam de lignis levigatis; mansiunculas in arca facies et bitumine linies intrinsecus et extrinsecus"
...corrupta est autem terra coram Deo...
"Et ex cunctis animantibus universae carnis bina induces in arcam ut vivant tecum..."
"Thy servants are we,
our Lord Who sits up high,
- Disciples Of The Sacred Oath II
Followers are we, disciples are we all
Bonded by a sacred oath, as we heed the silent call
Though we know it not, our purpose is but one
To crack the night sky, letting in the sun
The life we live is not enough; we know there's something more
A place that frightens most, what lies beyond the door
Still searching for the truth, the paradise before
Have we lost the path, denied innocence's shores?
- El Meod Na'Ala
אל מאוד נעלה, אקבל פניו
בשירה ותהילה אבוא למעוניו
כי ממשה ואהרון
יובילני למשכנותיו
הושעה ממעל וישמע קולי
וישלח ממעל, ויעזור לי
- Find Your Self, Discover God
Find your self, discover God
And the truth you can't deny, I shall never die
Together we shall fly
You will find your God the only one
You are his begotten son
Beyond the mystic sky
I know that I can fly
- Flawless Belief
As ashes slowly fall I turn to heed my inner call
To feel the gap within my soul
I must find the one inside the whole
Flawless belief, is what my eyes see
A shining figure here before me
A divine idol we all plead to
I'm down on my knees I worship you with owe
I'm down on my knees my belief forever strong
- Halo Dies
"Vaishachet ha'aretz lifney habore, vetimla ha'aretz chamas"
[Translation:] "The land was corrupt before God,
and the land was filled with violence"
"Father thou art in heaven
Thy kingdom cried hallow lives
The sacred halo dies
- Hepsi bir
Işığın savaşçılarıyız, bu böyle bilinsin.
Susmayıp birleşip söyleriz, hep böyle söylensin.
Biz güneşin çocuklarıyız,
Çöllerde gezer atlarımız.
Kutsal sularda yürüsek de,
Sönmez bu yangın İçimizde.
- His Leaf Shall Not Wither
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and what'soever he doeth shall prosper.
In thy never ending way
- In Thy Never Ending Way
Waves that flow in the oceans of the stars
Clusters bright and far
Brave souls art thou, who tread the darkness in
Thy never ending way
Say thy names with pride
Candles in the darkest night
Bringers of hope ignite
Ye of clearest sight
- Let The Truce Be Known
As two kids who always spent
Their time and played with toy guns in their hands
There you stood in front of me
They taught me that you're my enemy
And when our eyes have met
We both set sails to death
With guns of grown up men
- Like Fire To Water
Different yet the same, in our soul pride and blame
The son and daughter, like fire to water
The two live within us
We pray our faith for help
Like madness and sin, kin passes to kin
The fire and water, the sacred slaughter
... All that and more told in ancient lore
Now I shall begin...
- Mercy
You live for times of solace
Within a sign there's a promise
Don't lose all faith cause
You shake at night it's in
The art of the process
In another rhyme beyond this place
The healing's fast enough...
Done a thousand times a thousand ways
- New Jerusalem
Saracen blood spilled as crosses are rising high
Men giving their lives, for the Holy Sea they die
Walls surround this golden city like a crown of thorns
Will the wailing ever cease, will we forever mourn?
Behold memories of wars
Are rising as we're building the New Jerusalem
Men and children toil in the blazing sun
Mortar and brick, no walls between father and son
- Of Temptation Born
I feel the touch of my demise
See the dark begin to rise
And I feel the rage, the endless wrath
Of the one I served before
My love for a mortal being
Here it is of temptation born
I left the God to witch I am sworn
- Orphaned Land - The Storm Still Rages Inside...
The rain keeps on falling
Filling the dried land
It drinks the purity of life
(The) land stars to grow
It must be a sign - a mesgee from God's hand
Like tears from the sky
Water begins to flow
- Our Own Messiah
The cycle that never ends
It begins and starts again
Trapped like mice inside a maze
And bereft of our own grace
We pray and bend our feet
We will not admit defeat
To a god we put our fate
- Sapari
סַפְּרִי תַמָּה תְמִימָה סַפְּרִי נָגִיל בְּתֵימָא
בַּת מְלָכִים הַחֲכָמָה אָן מְקוֹמֵךְ סַפְּרִי לִי
עָנְתָה יוֹנָה סְעַדְיָה לִי בְּפַלְטֵרִין עֲלִיָּה
וַאֲנִי תּוֹךְ לֵב אֳנִיָּה בַּיְּפִי עוֹטָה מְעִילִי
It soared from the ark the dove within me
It sings forever, it flies free
I call to thee my torch in darkness, thou art born
- The Beloved's Cry
My heart flies on her wings
(My heart flies on her wings)
Now I'm crying, the moon so red
Tomorrow shall be yet another hell
(Tomorrow shall be yet another hell)
To the sun, the sky's soul is fed
- The Evil Urge
And I see that slowly your tears are drying
And I see an ocean made by your crying
And the ocean that's within...
And I see misery to forget it I must
And all of the memories are lost
And the ocean is here within me
Flows on like an ever tear
- The Never Ending Way of ORWarriOR
Однажды мы умрем, чтобы воскреснуть… Именно так и произошло с Orphaned Land: умерев однажды - заморозившись на столь длительное время, воскресают, чтобы в качестве продолжения своего дела выдать весьма леденящий и захватывающий душу релиз. Нам было предложено увидеть, почувствовать, а затем послушать этот альбом, тем самым, подтверждая, что уникумы израильской сцены продолжают свое шествие на победном фронте.
«The Never Ending Way Of ORwarriOR» словно распадается на мелкие кусочки, а затем собирается вновь в единое целое, как трансформер, каждый раз, принимая все новые и новые облики. Так и релиз – с каждым новым прослушиванием музыка словно трансформируется в различные формы, приобретает удивительные очертания, но с одной особенностью - каждый раз открываешь для себя что-то новое и такое чертовски приятное. Однозначно, это стопроцентный удавшийся реньюнион из цепочки всех последних реньюнионов. Альбом словно вдохнул в группу потрясающую энергетику и плодовитость – интересно надолго ли?
Музыканты продолжают играть по заданной схеме, которая была разработана уже очень давно: всё те же восточные мелодии с легким налетом симфонизма и увертывающихся фрагментов; всё тот же глубокомысленный и незабываемый гроулинг с прелестным чистоголосьем (причем, как женским, так и мужским); всё те же израильские корни; все та же легко узнаваемая колоритная перкуссия; всё тот же английский язык, правда, одна эпическая сказка всё-таки есть на иврите – вернее вступление, склеенное из мелодичных оркестровых аппликаций.
Кстати, отдельно надо высказаться и по поводу оформления – броский и заманчивый артворк, усердно навевающий мысли о каком-то архаичном стиле писания, использовавшимся несколько веков назад, выполненный с весьма яркоокрашенной религиозной подоплекой, уводящей нас в далекую историю древнего Иерусалима. Кому хочется подробностей – прошу заглянуть в буклет.
- The Path Part 1 - Treading Through Darkness
Darkness, I believe thee not
Thy empty words shall avail thee naught
A fire in this heart of mine
To gaze again upon these walls of thine
Desire to soar once more
Upon these broken wings on which I have flown before
Tongues of flame shall paint the canvas red
As once told, I shall part the rising sea
- The Storm Still Rages Inside
The Lighning flashes tension's high
Bringing light to darkened skies
Like Jonah in the belly of the beast
Inside the ark the sound desist
And so the ark was swept
Upon the rising water...
- The Truth Within
Fons et origo boni ple luxque perenis
Salvificet pietas tua nos bone rector, eleison
The golden wine flows through my veins
I know the meaning behind the holy words
A lesson must be learned - so listen all
Let your heart rule or we all must fall
We cry out for help, a prayer for your soul
- The Warrior
ושם, משאול תחתית ומחיי עבדות
מתוך תחבולת רעל העץ
שב הלוחם, וקם על רגליו
ובעוצמת ליבו, ודבקות אמונתו
נשבע הוא כי לא יהיה עוד ליתום
ומעתה יהא הוא לברכה - אור לעולם
[English translation:]
- Vayehi Or
This life is dark & lifeless grey
One stands alone, in life we decay
An uphill struggle every day
We sell our souls, we do betray
But know this, as you drown within you
The crimson touch of hope still fights
Through the veil truth doth shine
Let there be light
- Whisper My Name When U Dream
In this throne that I lay I hear her sigh
All gods of north are calling to me with wrath
Oh - sing for me my queen of lost
In this state with pleasure I die
I watch with an all knowing eye
Undying pleasure envelops all that we are
Our emotions rage like a flaring sun, like a work undone