Serpents in Paradise

by Avantasia

From the album: The Metal Opera

Track 3 of 13 on The Metal Opera (2001).

Duration: 6:16

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Lyrics for Serpents in Paradise

Reading the madness, they took her away Under the cross Bailiff and bishop and monk Malleus Maleficarum, the law Prayed for salvation, I fought for her soul Scared by the horned The devil was creeping around Until she died in the flames as he saw Father forgive me for I've hardly seen The human deep within Just an intention, so holy and clear Paving the way to madness for us Serpents on their way to paradise Dying for love, fighting for ages Serpents on their way to paradise Raging with anger and pain for the cross Father forgive me for what I have done For I betrayed the one that I loved like a son Demons and spells, are they reality? The pest and the schism, the power of the Moor We've got to fight Keep our people afraid Keep them away from what they shall not see I see a menace to our paradise In these evil times Heaves is burning, people are yearning For a new doctrine, they are Serpents on their way to paradise Don't know they'll end in final damnation Serpents on their way to paradise Raging with anger and pain against the cross Lord if I'm an unbeliever, what do I believe? Can you tell me lord what you had done If you were me? I have stared into the eyes of innocence and fear I saw Anna in the tower in a lake of tears Something strange is going on and still I don't know why I have stared into the secrets They still try to hide Vandroiy can you tell me What you know about it all? Vandroiy can you help me To leave this prison hall? Vandroiy can you help me Free Anna from the chain? Vandroiy can you help me To become a little sane? Serpents on their way to paradise Dying for love, fighting for ages Serpents on their way to paradise Raging with anger and pain Serpents on their way to paradise Dying for love, fighting for ages Serpents on their way to paradise Raging with anger and pain

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More from The Metal Opera

  1. Prelude
  2. Reach out for the Light
  3. Serpents in Paradise
  4. Malleus Maleficarum
  5. Breaking Away
  6. Farewell
  7. The Glory of Rome
  8. In Nomine Patris
  9. Avantasia
  10. A New Dimension
  11. Inside
  12. Sign of the Cross
  13. The Tower