1. |
Foedus [Intro]
01:55
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Born in the Germanic savage lands
Son of the fierce chief of Cherusci
Sold to the enemy to gain peace
And grown to be the perfect Roman soldier
But something is changing
A change that is going to affect all history
Something is waking up in him
A Barbarian hero is about to rise
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2. |
Roman and Cheruscan
06:40
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Arminio, primo tra i nati barbari a raggiungere il rango di Equestre
Ritornerai in Germania sotto il comando di Varo per portare gloria all’Impero
Ricorda: tu non torni alla tua patria come barbaro, ma come figlio di Roma
Roma! La mia marcia è sotto ai tuoi vessilli
Sono perso in terra straniera
Roma! Figlio di una pace subita
Sono perso in terra straniera
Due le mie facce ora, Romano e Cherusco
Sotto gli stendardi continuo a camminare
Two are my faces now, Roman and Cheruscan
But I have to choose, now!
Coming back to my lands, untamed and still free
Grown by the enemy, here my heart remained
Coming back to my lands after so many years
Grown by the enemy, now it’s the time to rise
They took our families
They brought submission
For all our fallen men
For all they took away
Innanzi a Roma, fedele servo!
Ma con il cuore Cherusco!
See my hands, no chains anymore
See my soul, belongs to this land now
Bring back this land on our hands!
The blood cannot lie
For this land I will die
This time together in death
Cherusci! Forever!
Like a Roman I am dressed
See into my chest!
A heart cannot be changed
Cherusci! Forever!
Bring back this land on our hands!
Bring back these men to our lands!
This doomed future lies in our hands
You are free again to live and fight for this land!
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3. |
The Downside
05:26
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Igolumerus!
The atrocities are too much!
I must expiate, I must fight like you!
(I must fight like you)
Tell me what I can do
To avenge my father’s death
You can find allies, the other tribes will fight!
(the other tribes will fight)
You are one of them
You have also my blood
You are a Roman now
They’ll never suspect you
Secrecy is fundamental now
An army hidden in the forest
They bleed like us, we can win
Blood will stain our swords, screams will be heard all the way to Rome
Igolumerus!
The tribes will trust me!
Roman domination make us unite again!
(make us unite again)
The ones who oppose us
Will have their heads cut off!
Stop fighting each other, Rome is the real enemy!
(Rome is the real enemy)
You know their weaknesses
They trust in you
You are a Roman now
That’s why we can win
Secrecy is fundamental now
An army hidden in the forest
They bleed like us, we can win
Blood will stain our swords, screams will be heard all the way to Rome
They bleed like us
The plan is ready, fortification built
Soldiers ready for revenge
Varus will follow the path
We forced him to take
He will have no choice… No choice!
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4. |
Insidia
05:43
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Arminio, l’Equestre
Tu appartieni a Roma
Uuuu Arminio, l’Equestre
Tu appartieni a Roma
Lasciati alle spalle
Il tuo animo selvaggio
Fedele al popolo Romano
Leale a te, o Varo
Alle mie spalle solo miseria e fango
Io, servo fidato di Roma
Lealtà e onore all'Impero
Sangue barbaro ho fatto sgorgare
Le teste dei miei fratelli a te ho donato
Segeste ti ha smascherato
La tua insidia mi ha mostrato
Alla fine ha trionfato
Il tuo spirito barbaro
Di Segeste non ti fidare
Ha solo sete di potere
Sua figlia a me andrà in sposa
La mia caduta lui brama
Io, servo fidato di Roma
Lealtà e onore all'Impero
Sangue barbaro ho fatto sgorgare
Le teste dei miei fratelli a te ho donato
Roma premia i suoi figli
Tu sai a chi appartieni Arminio
Ora tu dimmi la verità!
Dinanzi a te per dirti che oltre la palude marcia la feccia ribelle
La massa degli insorti già s'illude ma la potenza centuria l’annienterà
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5. |
Expectatio [Interlude]
00:48
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A rebellion concealed in darkness
Ready to hit the heart of the Empire
Three legions already marching
To the path to annihilation
When the Eagle sleeps without doubts
About the loyalty of his son
The pride of the people who have never knelt
Will eventually unleash its fury
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6. |
Deception
07:00
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Crashed, from the marsh to the forest
Stucked, in these unknown grounds
Fooled, with a traitor on their ranks
Their general leads them to ruin
We are part of these trees
The ground is our ally
In the darkness of the forest
No Roman eye can see
Through these leaves
An army is unseen
Through this forest
Death is waiting
The legions march
To choke Bructeri’s revolt
The legions march
Ready to reach their grave
The tribes disguised
Surprise is our only weapon
The tribes disguised
An army ready to strike
You came to our lands, pretending to be lords
But here the game is with our rules
The rules of our ancestors
The rules of the forest
These trees always protected us, no invader violated them
And this time they blessed a covenant among our tribes
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7. |
Traitor or Savior
05:43
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Under the yoke of the Empire
I see my people treated like beasts
Under the power of the Eagles
I see my land conquered and subjugated
But I feel the will for revenge
Now I feel the will for freedom
I must try the impossible
To win over the never-defeated enemy
They want us joining their costumes
But we won't reject our traditions so easily
Our gods won't abandon us
Even Mars will not dare to set foot here
Waiting in the darkness in this moment of torture
Waiting in the darkness the right moment to strike
Will I be remembered as the traitor?
Or will I be remembered as their savior?
I must become a Roman myself
Under the command of Varus
From Irmin to Arminius
You will trust me 'till the end
They have the power of iron
But I have the power of surprise
They have the power of the Empire
But it is useless against the power of deceit
Prometto di essere fedele al Senato
E al popolo Romano!
Giuro di obbedire a Varo, di seguirlo ovunque mi conduca
Di non abbandonare mai le insegne, di non darmi alla fuga
Prometto di essere fedele al Senato
E al popolo di Roma!
This mask of submission
Covers my instinct of rebellion
Behind this mask
My Germanic heart is still beating
Waiting in the darkness in this moment of torture
Waiting in the darkness the right moment to strike
Will I be remembered as the traitor?
Or will I be remembered as their savior?
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8. |
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Time has come
The prey is perfectly where the hunter wanted
The first spear is thrown
The slaughter may begin
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9. |
Slaughtered Centurions
04:37
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For freedom!
Throw your spears now
Hit them with your arrows
Don’t let them line up
Here where the path is narrow
Bring them to the slaughter
No mercy for the oppressor
No mercy even for women and children
Signa Inferre!
Che la paura non prevalga
Voi siete centurioni di Roma
Loro feccia barbara
Signa Inferre!
Signa Inferre!
Slaughtered centurions
Led into ruin by the blindness of Varus
Slaughtered centurions
Defeated by inferior Barbarians
You can’t see us
We come kill and disappear
We are your nightmares
Your worst fears
Rains and arrows fall
Water and blood flow
In this terrible marsh
Bones and skulls break
Screams and horns pierce the silence
In this hideous forest
Circondati e senza via di fuga
Circondati da sangue e morte
I sopravvissuti mi seguano
La battaglia non è ancora decisa
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10. |
Spiriti nelle Tenebre
06:08
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Spiriti nelle tenebre!
Il terreno pesante, i dirupi scoscesi e la pioggia incessante
Spingono la Legione tra le grinfie dei rami
Spiriti nelle tenebre!
Occhi neri come la pece, bramano l’estasi del sangue
Anche dopo la morte la vostra anima non troverà pace
Spiriti nelle tenebre!
Senza pietà scateneremo la nostra furia sui vessilli Romani
Solo un lontano miraggio rimane Castra Vetera
Il buio cala sulla foresta intrisa da sangue romano
Corpi esanimi di soldati aggrovigliati nella fitta selva
Nel silenzio più tetro risuona ancora l’eco dei lamenti
L’ira funesta dei lupi si scatena
Arti strappati dai corpi
grida strazianti echeggiano nell’oscurità
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11. |
The Dishonor
04:24
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Roman survivors marching
They try to reach the camp
They won’t leave this forest alive
Like shadows we continue our attacks
Three legions smashed
Blood stains the forest
Rain cannot stop us
It traps you in the mud
Surrounded by our men
And by massacred bodies
Three legions smashed
Blood stains the forest
No! Arminio!
Sono stato tradito dal mio uomo più fidato!
Come hai potuto voltare le spalle
A chi ti ha donato la civiltà?
Non posso accettare la sconfitta
Non posso accettare di morire per mano di un traditore!
Mai sarò vostro prigioniero
Mai sarà vostra la mia vita
L’oscurità dell’Ade che attende la mia anima
Sarà saziata per mano del mio gladio
I have my revenge
Over the Empire
My Roman robes burn
In the flames of your havoc
Trapped! No-one remained alive!
Sacrificed in the name of our gods!
On the altars centurions are slaughtered
Eternal symbol of this victory!
A warning for all the Romans and strangers
Who want to desecrate these forests and lands!
Nessun Germano avrà più la mia fiducia
Questo giorno è il più grande dei lutti per l’Impero
Varo, ridammi le mie legioni!
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The Empire can’t forget or forgive
It always seeks vengeance
After two years from the great defeat
The Eagle strikes back
Arminius is hiding in the dark
But Rome hits him in the heart
Germanicus takes his pregnant wife Thusnelda
Handed over by her own father Segestes
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13. |
Ballata del Tradimento
04:38
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Once divided by our tribes
Our story started with blood
Now divided forever by Rome
Our story ends with treason
Torn away from you
With our son, you’ll never see
Torn away from you
Betrayed by my own father
Germanicus, you have my attention
You took everything that matters to me
Germanicus, you’ll have my revenge
You took everything that matters to me
Torn away from you
With our son, you’ll never see
Torn away from you
Betrayed by my own father
My only child, my heir, the same destiny
Took away from me and his lands
I won but your loss drives me to frenzy
My only love
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14. |
The Same Blood
06:09
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Flavus, brother of Cherusci
Flavus, slave of Rome
You think you are on the side of the winners
But I think you are on the side of the cowards
How could you forget our land and our people?
How could you betray your family?
The same blood flows in our veins
The same blood being shed today
Arminius, son of mud and misery
Arminius, traitor of Rome
Our father sold us for Roman gold
I don't have respect for who abandoned me
Not only a river divides us
Can our blood be the same?
You, descendent of the bravest warriors
Now this river will be stained with your blood
Now we finally meet again, on opposite sides of this river
Flavus, my brother, I can’t understand how could you betray me?
Irmin and Flavus, brothers in the past
Enemies in the battlefield, divided by Rome
Listen to your Germanic heart
The call of your ancestors
Irmin and Flavus, brothers in the past
Enemies in the battlefield, divided by Rome
Don’t betray who made you great
For the loyalty of some beasts
Your choice is yours alone, but now there’s no return
Wield your gladius, and cross this river
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15. |
Visurgis
05:17
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Roma non perdona
Roma non dimentica
La Germania sarà riportata
Sotto l’Aquila
Niente prigionieri
Arminio pagherà
Ogni Romano morto
Una testa cadrà
We shed Romans’ blood
We shed our blood
For our freedom, for our land
Now we stand here again
As free men, to defend
What we earned
From darkness we rise
Now we meet face to face
Listen one time again
To the call for liberty
Una distesa di corpi macellati
Sprofondati nelle nere acque del fiume
La disfatta è stata vendicata
Arminio una minaccia più non sarà
Wounded, defeated
Our land profaned
We only want freedom
Not an ever-ending war
Germans are slaughtered
Dead bodies everywhere
Arminius forced to flee
And to leave his soldiers to death
Romans raised
A pile of arms
Of our fallen men
To remember us our defeat
Una distesa di corpi macellati
Sprofondati nelle nere acque del fiume
La disfatta è stata vendicata
Arminio una minaccia più non sarà
Wounded, defeated
Our land profaned
We only want freedom
Not an ever-ending war
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16. |
Invictus [Interlude]
01:02
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The Eagle eventually retreats
No Roman will ever cross the Rhine again
After an entire life of battles
Arminius makes Germania free
Now his destiny is fulfilled
He has to face his last enemy
The same ungrateful people he freed
In the end go against him
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17. |
Rise
06:07
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After defeating Rome
Threat comes from inside
Maroboduus wants my head
Betrayed by my people
Even Igolumerus turned his back on me
I'll never see again
My wife and my son
Taken as a price by the Empire
Betrayed by my people
Germans against Germans this time
The undefeated wins again for the very last time
No battle can stop me
Defeated also my brothers Marcomanni
Maroboduus flees protected by Rome
Betrayed by my people
Scared by my power
The undefeated wins again for the very last time
No battle can stop me
No sword, no spear could defeat me
My allies betrayed me, they killed who gave them freedom
No sword, no spear could defeat me
My allies betrayed me, they killed who gave them freedom
I never knelt again before Rome
I die as a free man
No Roman will ever set foot
In Germania again
Killed by a traitor
Remembered as a savior
Fu il liberatore della Germania
ingaggiò guerra non al popolo romano ai suoi inizi
Ma ad un Impero nel suo massimo splendore
Ebbe fortuna alterna in battaglia, ma non fu vinto in guerra
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