Elissabetha - Awaken the Ashes (Symphonic Metal Opera)

Lyrics:

Intro

Tempus dormit.
Memoria manet.

Verse I

Beneath the stones of silent years
I hear the weight of broken names
Empires sleep in rust and bone
But sleep is not the same as gone

They buried truth in sacred dust
And crowned the past as final law
Yet every age that calls itself eternal
Ends up begging time for more

Verse II

We were here
Before your crowns
Before the script
Before the sound

We saw you rise
We saw you fall
You are not new
We know it all

CHORUS

Awaken the ashes of centuries
Hear what the dead still say
Every lie you carved in marble
Time has learned to break

You are not the first to fear the truth
You are not the last to pray
Awaken the ashes of centuries
They are watching you today

Interlude

Verse III

They call it order when it repeats
They call it wisdom when it stays
But nothing living ever grows
By kneeling to yesterday

A thousand fires, a thousand laws
Have sworn the world was understood
Yet here we stand on shattered thrones
Still drowning truth in holy blood

Verse IV

Sile.
Recordare.

We wrote the rules
We burned the proof
The past is ours
To shape the truth

History bends
To those who speak

CHORUS

Awaken the ashes of centuries
Hear what the dead still say
Every lie you carved in marble
Time has learned to break

You are not the first to fear the truth
You are not the last to pray
Awaken the ashes of centuries
They are watching you today

Bridge

All kingdoms fade.

But truth remembers.

FINAL CHORUS

Awaken the ashes of centuries
Let the buried voices rise
Stone will fall and ink will vanish
When truth outlives your lies

You can rule a single moment
You can own a single day
But the ashes of all centuries
Will judge you on the way

Outro

Tempus.

Manet.

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A Symphonic Metal Opera

If you walk the path of symphonic historical metal,
this album speaks your language.

IN MOTU VERITAS is a symphonic metal opera by Elissabetha,
rooted in history, philosophy, and the eternal struggle
between truth and authority.

Classical orchestration, choirs, organ,
female lead vocals and deep growls
unfold across a multi-act narrative —
from celestial observation and forbidden knowledge
to judgment, collapse, and silent aftermath.

This album is inspired by the spirit and atmosphere of Haggard:
the weight of history,
the fusion of classical and metal structures,
and music that feels like a chronicle rather than a collection of songs.

No fantasy spectacle.
No modern shortcuts.
Only stone, time, belief, and consequence.

IN MOTU VERITAS
The world moves.
Truth remains.

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