Of Faith, Power And Glory

VNV Nation Of Faith, Power And Glory Lyrics
1.Pro Victora

(Instrumental)


2.Sentinel

Can we say that we are free
Our hands are bound and voices silent
I'm sure it's not a dream
I am awake, my eyes are open

I can't accept and won't concede
In aftermath we find redemption
The causes that are seized
And disguised as revolution

Quell the rage that deeply seethes
The extremes of these devotions
Dismantle the machine
The device of their creation

I can't accept and won't concede
That this is who we are
The conflict that is seized
And disguised as greater notions

To the songs that sing of glory and the brave
Are we dreaming there are better days to come
When will the banners and the victory parades
Celebrate the day a better world was won

On the day, the storm has just begun
I will still hope there are
Better days to come

In the face of what I say
My words will turn to anger
Malevolence in need
Cannot provide direction

I won't accept this thought
That this is who we are
Positions never change
Losing all forward motion

All of that which deeply seethes
Temper your devotion
Dismantle the machine
The device of your convictions

I can't accept and won't concede
That this is who we are
The conflict that is seized
And disguised as greater notions

To the songs that sing of glory and the brave
Are we dreaming there are better days to come
When will the banners and the victory parades
Celebrate the day a better world was won

To the songs that sing of glory and the brave
Are we dreaming there are better days to come
When will the banners and the victory parades
Celebrate the day a better world was won

On the day the storm has just begun
I will still hope there are
Better days to come

On the day the storm has just begun
I will still hope there are
Better days to come


3.Tomorrow Never Comes

Lyricist:Ronan Harris

Heaven help us, we've lost control
This should be our finest hour
But we're racing towards the end of days

Pulling back from the brink despite our best efforts
The volume increases and the beat goes on
All the players marching to a different drum
The rhythm of the war dance, the beat goes on

What will become of us if there's no one to watch over us?
If we should face the certainty of our destruction
Forbidding everything, pointless cries, futile dreams
There'll be no after, there'll be no tears
When tomorrow never comes

This isn't a game and the safety's off
Still wait one more and so the beat gets faster
Everyone must play 'cause fame will find you
Put your face on the cover of a loaded magazine

We're proud of ourselves, our greatest inventions
Methods of killing have reached perfection
All the players marching to a different drum
The rhythm of the war dance and the beat goes on

What will become of us if there's no one to watch over us?
If we should face the certainty of our destruction
Forbidding everything, pointless cries, futile dreams
There'll be no after, there'll be no tears
When tomorrow never comes

As the warning siren sounds that the world is at an end
Rendered unto night creations are asunder
What would become of us if there's no one to watch over us?
There'll be no after, there'll be no tears
When tomorrow never comes


4.The Great Divide

Lyricist:Ronan Harris

Deep is the longing in the heart that ever strives
The expenses far and wide that still confine
The simple facts that yet lay waiting to be found
As lost as some forgotten promised land

Consider reasons through our goodbyes
Looking back for one last time

Just for a second look into your heart
As you stand and look across the great divide
Remember all the things that you will leave behind
As you set out to cross the vast and great divide

Guard and defend when forces hinder and collide
Solemn intentions both blessed and divine
You still pulled victory from shattered hope
Count your doubts with broken smiles
Covered your hurt in your pride

No need for reasons, none to confide
Look back and bid farewell for one last time

Just for a second look into your heart
As you stand and look across the great divide
Remember all the things that you will leave behind
As you set out to cross the vast and great divide

Just for a second look into your heart
As you stand and look across the great divide
Remember all the things that you will leave behind
As you set out to cross the vast and great divide

Just for a second look into my eyes
As you stand and look across the great divide
As you let go of tears for what you leave behind
While looking back again to say farewell for one last time

Before looking back again to say farewell for one last time
Before looking back again to say farewell for one last time


5.Ghost

Lyricist:Ronan Harris

I climbed down to watch the tide
Mark the time that slips away
Where the oceans meet the sky
The drawing out of self

And bitter cold goes side by side
The self-sustained obscurity
The sense I can't maintain
The ghost that never wanes

I walk out to meet my fate
In the receding of the day
In hope the tide will grant me stay
From the ghost that never wanes

So torn and frayed
My times, lives, faces
None can wear away
Time slips away

Let them rest upon the waves
Peace at last for those who wait
Before I go out too far
Before the depth I seek moves further away

I walk out to meet my fate
In the receding of the day
In hope the tide will grant me stay
From the ghost that never wanes


6.Art Of Conflict

Lyricist:Ronan Harris

The art of war is of vital importance to the state
It is a matter of life and death
A road either to safety or to ruin

To fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme
excellence
Supreme excellence consists in breaking
The enemy's resistance without having to fight

If you know the enemy and know yourself
Your victory will not stand in doubt
If you know heaven and you know earth
You may make your victory

If you know the enemy and know yourself
You need not fear results of a hundred battles
If you know yourself but not the enemy
For every victory gained you will also suffer defeat
If you know neither the enemy nor yourself
You will succumb in every battle

Treat your soldiers as your beloved children
And they will follow you into the deepest valleys
To defeat your enemy you must pretend inferiority
And encourage your enemy's arrogance

Making no mistakes is what establishes the certainty of victory
For it means conquering an enemy that is already defeated

There is no instance of a nation benefiting from prolonged
warfare

Speed is the essence of war

The art of war teaches us to rely not on
The likelihood of the enemy's not coming
But on our own readiness to receive our enemy
Not on the chance of our enemies not attacking
But rather on the fact that we have made our position
unassailable

The general who advances without seeking fame
And retreats without fearing disgrace
Whose only thought is to protect his country
And do service for his sovereign is the jewel of his kingdom

The victorious strategist only seeks battle
After the victory has been won
Whereas he who is destined to defeat first fights
And afterwards looks for victory

Speed is the essence of war

Speed is the essence of war

It's only one who is thoroughly acquainted with the evils of war
Who can thoroughly understand how to profit from waging war


7.In Defiance

I think back upon the person
I knew you to be
Righting the wrongs in the name
Of all you believed

The one who brought the fight
Who never said die
Never letting fate decide

Be all you hope for
You were the best you could be
All that in tribute
All that you had achieved

No time for words
From those with nothing to say
Never letting fate decide

Until the end and back again
Defiant to the last man
'Til there's nothing left
To fight against
No surrender

Unto the corners of the Earth
Defiant to the last breath
Until there's none left standing
No surrender

Conjured the ground upon which
You've only stood
Buried the conflicts that had
Preyed on your mind

Found strengths in actions
That only courage achieves
Never letting fate decide

Until the end and back again
Defiant to the last man
'Til there's nothing left
To fight against
No surrender

Unto the corners of the Earth
Defiant to the last breath
Until there's none left standing
No surrender

Until the end and back again
Defiant to the last man
'Til there's nothing left
To fight against
No surrender

Unto the corners of the Earth
Defiant to the last breath
Until there's none left standing
No surrender

No surrender
No surrender


8.Verum Æternus

If you and I had been
Anything less than these tormented souls
We would have never have gone so far
To become what we are

If you and I had never seen the world
Through the eyes of a child
We would never have wanted to stop time
Sleepers passing by

If you and I had been even less
Than these disenfranchised minds
We would have looked the other way
As we passed each other by

And for the things I know
From the broken who I ask
Is to look beyond this place
Stop staring at the clouds
Thinking only what went wrong

I know there are days
Too dark and hard to take
I hope you know
This is just one day you'll have to face
This is not the whole of your life

This is one day
This is one day
This is one day
One day out of the whole of your life
One day out of the whole of your life


9.From My Hands

Lyricist:Ronan Harris

So much I thought I'd have to say
How I try to speak, my meaning strays
We can't avoid the facts that brought us here
I've come to say goodbye

The lies I try to tell with my own eyes
An act of pride, a willful compromise
Please understand how torn I am
When I walk away from here

I'll lament the moments we once shared
If I am far too sentimental I apologize
Please understand, this is who I am
And who I'll still be when I've walked away from here

You know I'm not unkind
When I say in the future the past is just the past
No going back, no change of heart
But this is now, time will not defer

My thoughts betray, so easily confess
How long I'll wait here after you have gone
Nothing ends but I don't believe that now
Please don't walk away from here

And when alone, when I remember days
Nothing will change a single fact of who you were to me
Oh, come what may, forever to the end
I find it so hard to let you go

And hush now, let it go now
There's no need for sad goodbyes
Hush now, let it go now
I know it's time to go, time to let this fall from my hands


10.Where There Is Light

Lyricist:Ronan Harris

The carousel begins to slow, I'll take my chances
So far removed I'll fail to see the recklessness I've shown
In all my words and deeds
The good in other souls I never fail to see

Can you see the light as far as the eyes can see?
From this point above the world
Where mortals dare their destiny
As it radiates, may I witness open-eyed
Let me remain where there is light

In want of courage it is as a shield for me
In want of hope it reassures and carries me
As it radiates, may I witness open-eyed
Let me remain where there is light

Letting go was never easy
Risking all for what I wanted, never needed
Deliberated whether I should
Serve the cause of greater things
As we moved worlds apart

Can you see the light as far as the eyes can see?
From this point above the world
Where mortals dare their destiny
As it radiates, may I witness open-eyed
Let me remain where there is light

The greatest words would still fail me now
These emotions I cannot describe
I want to be where I don't need to hide myself
And remain there 'til the end of time

The Gods play games with mortal hearts
As the carousel goes round
As I looked on I saw the crowds who gathered
Walk away

Can you see the light as far as the eyes can see?
From this point above the world
Where mortals dare their destiny
As it radiates, may I witness open-eyed
Let me remain where there is light

In want of courage it is as a shield for me
In want of hope it reassures and carries me
As it radiates, may I witness open-eyed
Let me remain where there is light