Emperor je norská black metalová skupina. Založili ji v roce 1991 bubeník Samoth a kytarista a zpěvák Ihsahn.

Píseň: Depraved

Interpret:
Emperor
Album:
Prometheus: The Discipline Of Fire And Demise
... he looked upon the world 
and saw that it was still depraved 


as him 
though not like him 
for him, as all 


but closed 
like them 
not him 


unaware 
he was 
already caught within 
their cycle 
with them 
outside 
depraved 


instinctive 
rebellion 
possessed 
by bestial despair 
he fought 
this law 
and broke 
the spell 


"So, this is why I built my empire 
fled from the truths unto which they conspire" 


in spirit born a stranger 
a counterpart in mind 
the seeker raised to bury 
a freak among the blind 


encountered with mysteries 
on his mission to reverse their ways 
he sought a life among the dead 
with refuge in an endless maze 


...before the silence... 


"This can not be the purpose of my presence. 
What then is the call of my return?"