Stormlord
Hesperia

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• 1. Aeneas (06:05)
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  Arma virumque cano, Troiae qui primus ab oris
  Italiam fato profugus Laviniaque venit
  litora, multum ille et terris iactatus et alto
  vi superum, saevae memorem Iunonis ob iram,
  multa quoque et bello passus, dum conderet urbem
  inferretque deos Latio; genus unde Latinum
  Albanique patres atque altae moenia Romae.
  Musa, mihi causas memora, quo numine laeso
  quidue dolens regina deum tot volvere casus
  insignem pietate virum, tot adire labores
  impulerit. tantaene animis caelestibus irae?
  Urbs antiqua fuit Tyrii tenuere coloni
  Carthago, Italiam contra Tiberinaque longe
  ostia, dives opum studiisque asperrima belli,
  quam Iuno fertur terris magis omnibus unam
  posthabita coluisse Samo. hic illius arma,
  hic currus fuit; [...]
  progeniem sed enim Troiano a sanguine duci
  audierat Tyrias olim quae verteret arces;
  [...] sic volvere Parcas.
  multa quoque et bello passus, dum conderet urbem
  inferretque deos Latio; genus unde Latinum
  Albanique patres atque altae moenia Romae.
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  Excerpt from the preface of Virgil's Aeneid
• 2. Motherland (04:37)
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  For the Queen of Gods, the blazing fire
  Was soaring high through a blood red sky
  And weaving a shroud of crimson ash
  And distress made for my fleet!
  
  “We were the fallen!
  We are the chosen ones!
  Once, we were fallen.
  Now, we are the chosen ones
  Of Ilium! We are the sons!
  
  The foaming waves are calling,
  why can’t you hear them?
  Listen, the wind is screaming your name!
  You shall answer!
  Acesta must be left behind,
  That’s the will divine!
  
  We were the fallen!
  We are the chosen ones!
  Once, we were fallen.
  Now, we are the chosen ones”
  
  Thus Nautes spoke:
  
  “Aeneas,
  Now gather your soldiers
  As the sun begins to set!
  The skies command you
  To bring back the glory of Troy!
  
  Sail on!
  Forget all your regrets,
  Ride the waves and cross the sea!
  To find an homeland,
  To bring back the glory of Troy!
  
  Fato ti volle ramingo,
  dai lidi violati da Ulisse
  ti spinse per mare e per terra
  sino a lambire le italiche coste
  Soffrendo l'ira celeste
  nel Lazio porrai nuovi Dei
  ed il sangue latino dei padri
  che sopra quei colli ergeran Roma
  
  The time has come
  To gather the warriors!
  Beyond the horizon lies the hope!
  The skies command you
  To bring back the glory of Troy!
  
  Sail on!
  Forget all your regrets!
  Ride the waves and cross the sea
  To find an homeland,
  To bring back the glory of Troy!”
  
  Follow your fate.
  Out of the darkness a shade arose!
  Follow your fate.
  Father, speak to me again!
  Follow your fate.
  Of Dis I’ll wander the nether halls!
  Follow your fate.
  ‘Till my breed will be revealed!
• 3. Bearer of Fate (06:44)
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  I know the burden of being the chosen one,
  every step I take the world seems to judge
  
  I know the fire that lurks in every man,
  someone calls it love, some other just desire
  
  Torn between flesh and divine,
  human drives against the Faith,
  tell me, what should I choose
  as Dido weeps my name?
  
  Never I will rest my mind
  she’s my love, I must leave her
  Dying a bit inside
  as Dido weeps, as Dido weeps my name
  
  Vast looming walls and towers
  begun and left undone,
  the works are broken off,
  no more the city grows
  Slave to this passion, we left ourselves behind
  A sweet oblivion, a sin in the eyes of the Gods.
  
  Torn between flesh and divine,
  human drives against the faith,
  tell me, what should I choose
  as Dido cries my name?
  
  Never I will rest my mind
  she’s my love, I must leave her
  Dying a bit inside
  as Dido cries, as Dido cries my name
  
  “Venus, release this life
  Hades, please, receive my soul”
  
  Forgive me, Queen of Carthago
  
  The shining of a pyre reflecting on the sea
  as my fleet is sailing away to distant shores
  I feel your sorrow, I wasn't strong enough
  to be your lover and not the bearer of Fate
  
  Torn between flesh and divine,
  human drives against the faith
  Tell me, what should I choose
  as Dido curse my name?
  
  Never I will rest my mind
  she’s my love, I must leave her
  Dying a bit inside
  as Dido curse, as Dido curse my name
  
  “Venus, release this life
  Hades, please, receive my soul”
  
  Goodbye, my wretched queen
• 4. Hesperia (04:19)
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  Dei trionfi gli echi remoti
  nel vento sussurrano il nome “Hesperia”
  Il tuo lauro e il mio supplizio
  
  Figlia del verbo divino
  dilani ed infiammi quest’animo pio
  Tu sei Hesperia
  
  Silenzio,
  duro come fosse selce,
  il dono di colei che da monarca, per mio amore si fece donna
  
  Alle acque increspate dello Stige,
  gravide di ombre penitenti,
  lo sguardo adombrato ella ora rivolge
  
  Se di tal dolenza il seme fu celeste,
  come mai i futuri allori
  non fugano dal cuore con l’oblio
  la brama di esitare,
  la brama di fuggire,
  la brama di fallire,
  questa brama di esistere?
  
  Canti di onori venturi
  da Roma declamano il nome “Hesperia”
  Il tuo lauro e il mio supplizio
  
  Figlia del verbo divino
  dilani ed infiammi l’anima mia
  Tu sei Hesperia
  Hesperia
• 5. Onward to Roma (06:38)
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  Like nomads of the oceans
  we searched for the land
  the prophecy told us about
  Countless losses to fulfil this dream
  Like mermaids the shores were singing:
  “Come sailors, for too long now
  the salt has been thy lover
  and the chant of the wind thy serenade”
  
  When the strength will leave your limbs
  the voice of Gods will thunder:
  Onward to Roma!
  Ancient Mother waits for you to seal an oath divine
  Onward to Roma!
  
  These words, the priestess of Cuma,
  possessed by the Archegetes,
  spoke to the heir of Dardanus
  prophesying war and victory
  
  “I will lead you
  beyond the swamps of Acheron
  This bough of gold
  will be the key to wastelands yet unknown
  Many trials lie ahead,
  the path of darkness
  you should not walk unless your faith is strong”
  
  When despair will grip your will
  the fallen ones will cry out:
  “Onward to Roma!”
  Ancient Mother waits for you to seal an oath divine
  Onward to Roma!
  
  “En huius, nate, auspiciis illa incluta Roma imperium terris, animos aequabit Olympo,
  septemque una sibi muro circumdabit arces,
  felix prole virum”
  
  (trad.: “Behold, O son! by his auspices shall that glorious Rome extend her empire to earth’s ends, her ambitions to the skies, and shall embrace seven hills with a single city’s wall, blessed in a brood of heroes;” - Liber VI, 781 – 784)
  
  Be thy charge, Roman, to rule the nations in thine empire,
  to crown peace with justice,
  to spare the vanquished and to crush the proud
  
  When the strength will leave your limbs
  the voice of Gods will thunder:
  “Onward to Roma!”
  Ancient Mother waits for you to seal an oath divine
  Onward to Roma!
  
  Onward to Roma
  Onward to Fate
  Onward to glory
  Onward to Roma
• 6. Sic Volvere Parcas (01:05)
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  Instrumental
• 7. My Lost Empire (05:27)
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  Too deep for words
  The grief is mind is calling back now
  The fall of Ilium
  Will blind my eyes with salty tears
  
  Of Hector
  The ghost stole my dreams
  A feeble warning
  To save my life
  
  Voices from the past
  By moonlight
  I can hear them screaming
  Up to the sky
  Close to my heart
  The memory of Troy remains
  My lost empire
  
  Our men
  Like a leaf against the storm
  In one night
  They were swept away
  I was loyal to the shadows
  Sword held in my hand
  My faithful son and wife by my side
  
  Forty soldiers born
  From the horse
  Havoc bringer made of wood
  Were the ruthless makers
  Of Trojan doom
  Close to my heart
  The memory of Troy remains
  My lost empire
  
  Not even the sovereign
  King Priamus the wise
  Was spared from death
  Under the pale shade of a sacred altar
  Achilles first born child
  Became among the sinners the worst man
  Pyrrhus
  
  Too deep for words
  The pain brought by this bitter story
  Whose rememberance
  Will blind my eyes with salty tears
  This dying domain was
  A cradle of flesh where
  From blood and fire
  The eagle rose
  
  Voices from the past
  By moonlight
  I can hear them screaming
  Up to the sky
  Close to my heart
  The memory of Troy remains
  My lost empire
  
  And when
  The world will fear your name
  It will bow to
  My lost empire
  
  And to those who
  Gave their lives
  For you
  To claim the crown
  For you to shine
• 8. Those upon the Pyre (09:38)
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  Thunder God has spoken:
  "With these mortal hands...
  I will forge among the gems of the Olympian Crown the brightest jewel!"
  
  My comrades hail me as a king,
  Anchises’s worthy heir!
  The one who shall fulfil
  The prophecy that made us bear... the torments!
  
  Lone I’m standing on this foreign ground
  As they worship the remains
  Whose fame makes my shadow larger, and my heart sink.
  
  Spirits lost in fire, rise up!
  Take a look at our pain
  And behold the pride... of your offspring!
  
  We belong to those upon the pyre!
  All for them, all for those laid on the fire!
  
  When silence reigns,
  Just before the dawn
  We can hear their call!
  
  “La progenie di Iulo cantiamo,
  che estendera il dominio sino alle terre
  distese oltre le stelle,
  dove eterno Atlante la celeste volta regge”
  [English translation:
  “The offspring of Iulo we sing,
  that will lead the kingdom to the lands
  laid beyond the stars,
  where Atlas carries the heavens eternally”]
  
  Far away from home we roam,
  Covered with the long,
  Heavy shades of the forefathers!
  We feel... of centuries the weight!
  Our destinies... every single one of them now belongs
  To those upon the pyre!
  All for those laid on the fire!
  
  When the rays of a future sun...
  Will shine over a thousand domes...
  
  When all these old wounds will hurt no more...
  (When the Warbringer will rest!)
  In the flame you will find us all!
  (You’ll find us all... into the pyre!)
Duration: 44:33