There are clouds on the horizon
Shifting colors, heavy rain
High above the roaring thunder
Shooting bullets through your brain

There's something wicked left behind
A baleful sight, a coming
Sinister state of your minds

Behold the skies, the port of Heaven
Take the stairway down to Hell
The gate is open, lift the curse
We set aside our dreams and visions
We are one, we will unite
At the threshold of the universe
We will rise

Late at night, they heard the sirens
From a place so far away
Allied forces, mighty brethren
In a vesture of decay

They are the legions of the night
Turning darkness into
Turning the dark into light

Behold the skies, the port of Heaven
Take the stairway down to Hell
The gate is open, lift the curse
We set aside our dreams and visions
We are one, we will unite
At the threshold of the universe (universe), universe (universe)

Behold the skies, the port of Heaven
Take the stairway down to Hell
The gate is open, lift the curse
We set aside our dreams and visions
We are one, we will unite
At the threshold of the universe

Behold the skies, the port of Heaven
Take the stairway down to Hell
The gate is open, lift the curse
We set aside our dreams and visions
We are one, we will unite
At the threshold of the universe (universe)
Universe (universe), universe (universe), universe (universe)
Universe


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Threshold Lyrics as written by Oscar Fredrick Dronjak Joacim Anders Cans

Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

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    THIS, is poetry.

    The only time we can expand for real into the universe, is when we all stand united for that one goal.

    "The gate is open, lift the curse" Could refer to the most problematic curse humanity has: Hate. Put that away and we will be able to cross the threshold of the gate in our way to whatever we seek.

    But we cant take on that challenge if we dont put away our differences and unite ("We are one, we will unite").

    Then there are a shitload more in the text im to lazy to interpret.

    PappMackaon February 10, 2007   Link

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