Opeth Lyrics

1. Eternal Rains Will Come

2. Cusp Of Eternity

3. Moon Above, Sun Below

4. Elysian Woes

5. Goblin

6. River

7. Voice Of Treason

8. Faith In Others

1. Eternal Rains Will Come

Eternal rains will come

We should say goodbye

And suffer on our own

As all our thoughts were wrong

So hard to keep the darkness from seeping through

And when the flood comes to drown us

There is nothing we can do

You told me not to wait

Unless I could wait forever

Because there is no time for us

Take comfort in what was

So hard to keep the darkness from seeping through

And when the flood comes to drown us

There is nothing we can do

Here it comes, our death comes

And in my sleep I can't forget

Reaching for the surface, I see you

2. Cusp Of Eternity

A child of autumn was born

Into a world of deceit and death

And a land of ice

A break of bonds would take her away

And install a sense of loss and eternal sorrow

She walks across the country

She holds her head up high in the rain

A mother is screaming for help

And she turns around to stare

At a scene from her memory

She is hiding a wish in her heart

That flows through her blood always

And it's culled from a dream

That someone is waiting to say her name

And call her to his side at the cusp of eternity

3. Moon Above, Sun Below

You are sleeping unhampered by guilt

Comes the morning you shut down

The devil's breath is a disease on your lips

Reaching out for your loss

You prey on your flock

Seeking out the weaker hearts

With eternity in your grip

And on a lifelong throne of sub-religion

They will eat from your hand

With the moon above and the sun below

I can't remember the sun upon my skin

Slave to a sorrow that is whispering within

I'm always waiting for you before I sleep

There is no comfort in the distance that we keep

In a river of grief I am drowning

And your grip is surrounding my heart

Balancing on the edge of failure

And relieved, should I fall

Scattered dust upon my eyes

A winding road taking you nowhere

A winding road taking me home

And my home is my grave

Waiting for a day when there is nothing left to say

Voices of despair is a familiar friendship

A society in your head holds the code to destruction

Dying fast

Summer dying fast

And this can't last, as nothing ever lasts

In a forest of flesh

There is a need to sever myself away from happiness

Still no drifting sun

Black upon the earth

Still the air is dry

And the locust wait

There is no help in the wake of our needs

There is no help to dispel the pain

There is no help yet some cling to a phantom

There is no help, only circles on the water

Only circles on the water

4. Elysian Woes

What is left when the morning comes

Is the memory of a future

And when my plight is done

There is nothing left to hold on to

There were friends waiting at my door

They are gone now, for the year is new

I stuck by my word

And when the rains came

Made it true and pure, to dissolve the hurt

Are we nursing destruction?

Pursuing a dream we once had

Was it our intention

to follow this road 'til the end

Even if the end is a world of sorrow?

There is a bond between us

Even if it's frayed it is unbreakable

So I come for you always

And I welcome pain

For a second of belonging somewhere

There were times when I lost my way

With hope pouring from my soul

In a shelter from the sun

I don't want to bare my scars for you

5. Goblin

[Instrumental]

6. River

Show me a sign of troubles in your heart

Spare me your lies and tell me that you're mine

And our bodies float on the river

To the oceans of demise

Made me a slave to the secrets of your silence

But you told me to stay

And you told me you're mine

And our bodies float on the river

To the oceans of demise

In light of all things to come, why do you despair?

Because when you have no one, no one would care

So don't care

And all things will come undone

There is nothing to share

I'll be waiting for no one

And no one is there to care

Can't see, can't feel

You run, I long

I wait, he comes

Takes you away

'Cause he can feel you (on the)

On the way to comfort you

In the embers of summer

All things must die

There's a passage of fire ahead

Fire on the other side

There comes a time when the river runs dry

Winter comes and we sacrifice

Our lives

7. Voice Of Treason

The mist is sleeping on the water

And winter is hiding in my heart

Thorns in my eyes are slowing me down

I can't pass through to the other side

She knows I'm the one who sought her

But when we fall, we'll fall so hard

She holds a secret and won't show me how

How to break the riddle in her eyes

This is treason of the mind and soul

There's no reason why you would go

Inside the ghost of love is laughing

It mocks the footsteps where I go

It tells me nothing has been lost

It whispers, "You've seen darkness before."

In time the hurting will subside

And longing is overthrown

What's left is a void that grows inside

And the echo of a failure

This is treason of the mind and soul

There's no reason why you would go

Have you ever had the feeling of a sorrow inside?

Have you ever been the reason why a hope subsides?

Have you ever seen the aftermath of giving up?

Have we given up?

Is it over?

Have you given up?

Is winter hiding in your heart?

8. Faith In Others

The grave of our youth is up ahead

And life has become a burden

We move in circles of suppressed despair

Waiting for the sun

And turning stones to find evidence

But it hides in the recesses of our hearts

Written the creed of our loss

And we carried no faith in the cross

And the cold years are coming

For the victims of a longing

Out through the doors of starvation

And into the rains of damnation

Where the bitter winds are singing

For the victims of a longing

We carried along through squalor

With an inborn need to dominate and possess

It gives birth to an anger inside

And we can't control this

The blood of departure in our tracks

Dripping from our emptying vessels

Your hand reached out to hold mine

But you're grasping melting ice

Asleep in the rain

A child once again

And the ghost in my head

Has forgiven me

Lifted his curse upon me

1. Persephone

2. Sorceress

3. The Wilde Flowers

4. Will O The Wisp

5. Chrysalis

6. Sorceress 2

7. The Seventh Sojourn

8. Strange Brew

9. A Fleeting Glance

10. Era

11. Persephone (Slight Return)

12. The Ward

13. Spring MCMLXXIV

1. Persephone

A beloved name inside my heart

A fleeting glance became the start

A missing word I am still awaiting

A wretched deception I am creating

2. Sorceress

I am a sinner and I worship evil

Blood is thinner but you will never know

Can you confess that you thrive in chaos?

You're a sorceress and your eye is on the lost

But you're dying

It's in your eyes

You're a charlatan

You get everything you wish

You're a harlot

Carry poison in your kiss

Beg forgiveness

With a dagger in your hand

Sow your death seed

And reap the dying lands

But you're crying

It's only vice

Empty vessel

Drained of hope

And none the lesser at the end of

A rope

Have you ever hated like I?

Know I still awaited the absence of lies

Watch your eager tongue

Attack me from behind

Riddle whispers

Bleak futile control

Like a twin sister

Adapting to a role

You're a murderer

Bloodlust increase

You're a harvester

Come close to spread disease

And you're hiding

I hear you cry

3. The Wilde Flowers

Sun hangs high, I turn away

Failure underground

Heart is sick and fever is high

Waiting for a sound

Like a trail of insects to me

I watch them from afar

Feeding, breeding, scheming

Tell me I am wrong

Hiding from discovery

Staring down into the ground

Had they seen the posion in me

A tide of spite wound be found

Moving faster lingering gaze

Feasting on my sanity

A grain of sand against endless waves

A wish for the slaughter of conformity

Blinding light as the flames grow higher

Searing skin on a funeral pyre

Blinding light as the flames grow higher

Searing skin on a funeral pyre

Inside me sleeps a violence waiting to be freed

[Solo: Åkesson]

Blinding light as the flames grow higher

Searing skin on a funeral pyre

Blinding light as the flames grow higher

Searing skin on a funeral pyre

Blinding light and the flames grow higher

Searing skin on a funeral pyre

Should I speak and they'll call me a liar

I'll retreat to my funeral pyre

My sanctuary, a thousand centuries

I'm not waiting, I'm tired of waiting

I'm not waiting, I'm tired of waiting

I'm not waiting, I'm tired of waiting

I'm not waiting

4. Will O The Wisp

When you're tired of waiting and time is not on your side

When you're tired of hating me, you no longer want to hide

You're stuck to the failures of your life

Marred with the sorrows of your strife

And time it waits for no one

It heals them when you die

And soon you are forgotten

A whisper within a sigh

When there's trouble admitting that you have been wrong all along

When the words you have written down reads "everything is gone"

You're stuck to the failures of your life

Marred with the sorrows of your strife

And time it waits for no one

It heals them when you die

And soon you are forgotten

A whisper within a sigh

And time it waits for no one

It heals them when you die

And soon you are forgotten

A whisper within a sigh

When you smother your friendships and take much more than you need

When you can't keep a secret to yourself and points to the source of the deed

You're stuck to the failures of your life

Marred with the sorrows of your strife

And you can never find the satisfaction

When you can't outgrow your false distractions

[Solo: Fred Åkesson]

You know your soul is weighed on the silver scale of deceit and lies

[Solo: Fred Åkesson]

5. Chrysalis

And on the furthest day

When you lay down

Discard your disarray

And your rusted crown

And face the wretched image of you and I

No trust in what you say

You are a dead poison seed

Stronger when you're away

You have nothing that I need

The rhyme has settled in the ghost of a sigh

Nothing now remains

Now you will leave me be

Sunrise into the moonlight

A broken body lies in wait

Your prize won you the stark night

And you made peace with your fate

Blind eyes sensitive only to white light

Reacting just a bit too late

Preying on insecurity

A design of your schemes

A true believer of purity

Must tend to what it means

Or allow its gospel to turn into a lie

You forsake everything you feel

In favor of despair

Immune and blind to everything that is real

In your secret lair

And cast away the captive heart that was thine

And you will go and leave me be

Winter in your soul, building a wasteland

And you tread a thin ice 'neath your feet

Sneering and everyone you would shun

Collecting flowers to your wreath

Lifeline, a river cuts deep in your cold hand

It's changing when you try to breathe

[Solo: Åkesson, Svalberg, Åkesson, Svalberg]

Leave it all behind you

There is comfort in giving up

A seed in barren soil

Might curl up into a coil

Flourish into something new

Give back what you thought was "you"

And give way to all that is new

[Solo: Åkerfeldt]

Leave it all behind you

6. Sorceress 2

Until I take my final breath

In a year or even less

I hope you will give me all your time

And do not forget me down the line

And I will never ask you if you will stay

Or if you will cry when I go away

Until I take my final breath

In a year or even less

I hope you will give me all your time

And do not forget me down the line

And I will never ask you if you will stay

Or if you will cry when I go away

Ice melting into the sea

Your river flowing back to me

And when you take your final breath

In many years from now, no less

I hope you feel a peace at heart

Do not be afraid to kiss the dark

And do not ever wonder if I stayed

My love for you cannot die away

7. The Seventh Sojourn

Hold me in your arms

Never do me harm

Never do me harm

Hold me in your arms

A raging sea in your eyes

Gives away your disguise

Grants me the peace to leave

And finally leave you be

8. Strange Brew

An afternoon walk through the park

I keep to the shadows until it's dark

I am not educated nor free of sin

I carry thoughts of giving in

There is a void surrounding me

No sound, and in the black I can not see

There is a chasm between you and me

You have no face, no body, no words to speak

[Solo: Åkerfeldt, Åkesson]

There is a wickedness in me

I cannot seem to make it go away

I am a spiritual leper, but I can see

A flock of believers gone astray

There is eternal night in my gaze

I am cast out and I am not like you

Find my way on through the haze

I am liquefied in a strange brew

An early morn walk through the park

I look to the sun when it's cold and stark

I blend with the crowd of robot minds

Never a leader, I am always behind

[4x]

A voice through the rain tells me I'm here

A glance from a veil brings me to tears

9. A Fleeting Glance

Up until recently I have been alone

Leading a tranquil life, but never at home

Something had changed and I turned to the wind

That blew through me and told me,

"How long? How long?"

Silenced the voice of my heart now for years

I was perplexed by a fleeting blank stare

Biding my time until courage had built up inside me

Then came clean

"Or am I wrong"

[Solo: Åkerfeldt]

I spend all my days contemplating my will

For the weak shall inherit the earth

When it's still

A government bid for my life

I was sold as a cog in a machine

"I walk the line"

A fleeting glance again

Tells me everything

Took a chance in vain

Drawn to a futile idea

A pursuit of happiness

As the storm rolls in

An idol of helplessness

Paved the way and then gave in

I met with my mother and I asked her why

For ten years or more she would never reply

Suddenly she said we're all born to die

Gave me purpose

Freed me

"How simple it can be"

But it's fading away from my mind

There's another "me" waiting behind

[Solo: Åkerfeldt]

But it's fading away from my mind

There's another "me" waiting behind

10. Era

There is a sign in the rain

Every now and again

It's a symbol of hope

In the midst of a catastrophic episode

In the hour of death

There is a spiritual wealth

When we dance through the rain

And form the signs once again

If even for a second

I hear a voice on the air

It has a warning to share

"Do not believe what you see.

You cannot perceive what you feel."

But if I do what I am told

And shun the spirit I hold

I am no longer a human

And I will not shift with the sands

[2x]

The end of an era

One starts anew

You know the devil

He lives in you

There are moments of doubt

When I do not know what to do

And giving in is the only way out

When there is too much shouting

About how I should choose

Incapacitated, I am left behind

In a sea of hatred I go blind

A storm is coming, I hide away

In the years of need reason leads astray

[Solo: Åkesson]

[2x]

The end of an era

One starts anew

You know the devil

He lives in you

11. Persephone (Slight Return)

The years went by with disquieting grace

A past obsession sunk without a trace

I moved into winter and found my home

As my boiling blood had turned to chrome

12. The Ward

I am going away

I am going down

Sifting through a memory

Before it fades away

Adolescent secrecy

A million words astray

I cannot remember happiness

I thrive within the dark

The security of a loneliness

Is a veil that keeps my calm

By the way, I am doing fine

I have a place to stay, just behind the sunshine

And by the way, I do not need sympathy

I have a place to lay

I have more than you can see

I walk the streets alone at night

It helps to ease my mind

I lay me down come the morning light

And leave all woes behind

13. Spring MCMLXXIV

On a wind that is sailing through the morning

I have cut the harness off of my heart

On a tide that's rising with the dawning

I find I belong inside the dark

And when the waves roll in to cover me in shame

I avoid another sign of the efforts made in vain

I am just another ripple in the current of an age

Another crossed out name on another wrinkled page

Carry me home

There is a dream that tells me I am haunted

It comes to visit every fortnight or so

I wake up having lost all I have ever wanted

And a bleak apparition wants what I hold

And when the waves roll in to cover me in shame

I avoid another sign of the efforts made in vain

I am just another ripple in the current of an age

Another crossed out name on another wrinkled page

Carry me home

Should it disappear, should it go away

Would it mend the wounds I bare, the wounds of love

Could it reappear like a familiar tale?

Like a broken friendship that snuffs the moonlight above

1. Coil

2. Heir Apparent

3. The Lotus Eater

4. Burden

5. Porcelain Heart

6. Hessian Peel

7. Hex Omega

8. Derelict Herds

9. Bridge Of Sighs

10. Den Ständiga Resan

11. Would?

1. Coil

[Mikael Akerfeldt:]

She told me

Why she told me lies

Always take care of this

I told her how I've always stayed

Always waiting for nothing

[x2]

When I get out of here

When I leave you behind

I'll find that the years passed us by

And I can see you

Running through the fields of sorrow

Yes I can, see you

Running through the fields of sorrow

[x2]

When you get out of here

When you leave me behind

You'll find that the years passed us by

And I can see you

Running through the fields of sorrow

Yes I can, see you

Running through the fields of sorrow

2. Heir Apparent

Cold days

Old ways

Told lies

No more

So many years to clean the slate

Endless despair within its wake

His touch soiling what used to be clean

His gaze burning on the edge of our dreams

No more

Cold days

Cold days

And again he rides in

It's September and he covets the gullible

Skeletal wish

Hunter

A thousand lies cast from the throne of secrecy

Hear him spewing forth a meaning to miserable lives

See the twisted hand of doubt seal the affair

The insect trust

Believer

Your body a vehicle to him just the same

Pearls before swine they are nothing but blind

Submit to nothing and swallow my spit of scorn

Invisible king

Dying

Procession of woe struck down by sorrow

A burden so great weighs heavy on old and withered beliefs

The swift solution crumbles beneath the mock notes of a masterpiece

Death in his eyes

Waiting

Spiralling judgement provoked in the rains

Futile test drowned in the levee of deception

His futile test drowned in the levee of deception

In the year of his sovereign

Rid us of your judgement

Heir apparent

3. The Lotus Eater

The liquid is in your throat

For hopeless delight

After all you fell in love with death,

Life has aborted.

All you've had and all you became,

The night is calling, you pray forth.

The barren waste is your land

Your crops, they were sown to die

The skin is a mirror

The eyes hollow with ignorance

Health runs from your lips

Sucked in and safe in a world of sleep

All those years caring for a liar

A benefit road that is winding higher

You're a moth too close to the fire

You are stuck in a route of confusion

Changing and waiting and seeking the truth of it all

Fleeing your sorrows

Pushing your spirit away

Sick of the weakness of the psyche

A whisper from the heart of evil luring them all into despair

Resenting the goods of a savior

And cries out

For the restless will also die

A selection culled from the damned, drawing a lifeline of one

A friend died in your room and sought the birth of a follower

O brother, you are a killer and you target yourself

I wish you'd never come back for us to see the beckoning end

And the pride of a mother brought flaws in a mother's son

And the love from a father was used by a father's son

Overheard us talking in a smoke of lost hope

The language of a parting so clear and so true

Overheard us talking

4. Burden

I,

Once upon a time,

Carried a burden inside.

I sung a last goodbye,

A broken rhyme

I'd underlined.

There's an ocean of sorrow in you

Sorrow in me

Saw movement in their eyes

Said I no longer knew the way

Given up the ghost

A passive mind submit to fear

And the wait for redemption at hand

Waiting to fail

Failing again

If death should take me now

Count my mistakes and let me through

Whisper in my ear

You've taken more than we've received

And the ocean of sorrow is you

5. Porcelain Heart

[Mikael Akerfeldt]

I lost all I had (that April day),

I turned to my friends (nothing to say),

I wrote down a name (and read it twice),

I wallowed in shame.

I said that I loved (eternal schemes),

I cling to my past (like childish dreams)

I promised to stay (and held my breath)

I went far away.

Icy roads beneath my feet,

Lead me through wastelands of deceit,

Rest your head now, don't you cry,

Don't ever ask the reason why

Kept inside our idle race

Ghost of an idol's false embrace

Rest your head now, don't you cry

Don't ever ask the reasons why.

6. Hessian Peel

Will the children cry

When their mother dies

And in the autumn of their lives

Will they feel the same?

[reversed lyrics 2:03-2:22:]

"I see you

My sweet Satan

Come back tonight

Out of the courtyard"

Her longing for me

Comin' down like hail

Why did you leave me?

Come here inside

Come tell me how

How in my final days

I found the rout

The light comes on

The signal for us to end our lives

You wait beneath the white sheets and you wait forever

The night comes on

Your weakness starting to erase all your lies

So I left you alone

We all left you alone

[reversed lyrics 7:21-7:24:]

"They'll lock all your reasons why"

Lock the children away from harm

They'll lock all your reason why

Seeking tenderness with a dagger

Skin is blocked by the years of trial

You felt abandoned in the fog of flesh

Sitting in place from the dead

Awaiting the face of the moon to ascend

You follow the siren in your head

In your head

7. Hex Omega

Two years

In your heart

One moment of doubt

Two lives

Torn apart

One second from now

Held him

In your arms

Your fever subside

Always safe from harm

Kept demons inside

Still you always start runnin'

Touch the light

From the moon

Some way mother cried

Left us space here

8. Derelict Herds

[Bonus track]

Someone died for looking too far

While I was asleep in my house

A child was killed, I heard it from a friend

A war raged in a distant land

Cost me to linger on a piece of text

Someone died

Not here, never here

There was a fever

There is a failure

Are you a believer?

That someone lied to you

You hold it closer to your chest

There was a meaning for this test

But you forgot and it's gone now

You were controlled somehow

There was a mean time

An invitation of sorts

I remember life

I, I was sick with sorrow

I'd fallen asleep

And dreamt of my sins here

It was your turn

Adamant smile and said, "Thank you"

There was a sickness right in the family

While I shuddered in the cold

Woman hanged for her sins while I craved mine

An old man drowned in this life herd

As I made amends with my fathers

Someone died

Not here, never here

9. Bridge Of Sighs

[Special edition bonus track]

[Robin Trower cover]

[x2]

Sun don't shine

The moon don't move

The tides to wash me clean

Why so unforgiving

And why so cold

Spent a long time crossing

The bridge of sighs

[x2]

Cold wind blows

And the gods look down

In anger of this poor child

Why so unforgiving

And why so cold

Been a long time crossing

The bridge of sighs

10. Den Ständiga Resan

[Bonus track]

När jag tänker på den ständiga resan genom livet

När det alltid känns som höst

Då vänder sig vinden sakta mot norr

Och blommorna dör

Det faller regn i mina drömmar

Jag måste resa igen och leta efter tröst

Jag måste leta igen efter ömhetens röst

Jag måste resa igen till nästa höst

Den ständiga resan till nästa höst

[Guitar]

När jag vandrar på den steniga vägen genom livet

När det känns som jag bar på en sorg

Då gömmer sig solen sakta i moln

Och ordet är adjö

Snart faller snö i mina drömmar

Jag måste resa igen och leta efter tröst

Jag måste leta igen efter ömhetens röst

Jag måste resa igen till nästa höst

Den ständiga resan till nästa höst

Oh den ständiga resan till nästa höst

[Guitar]

[English translation:]

The Perpetual Journey

When I think of the perpetual journey through life

When it always feels like autumn

The wind moves slowly to the north

And the flowers die

Rain falls in my dreams

I must travel again and search for comfort

I must search again for the voice of tenderness

I must travel again to next autumn

The perpetual journey to next autumn

When I wander on the stony road through life

When it felt like I carried a sorrow

Then the sun hides slowly in the clouds

and [indistinct] goodbye

Soon the snow falls in my dreams

I must travel again and search for comfort

I must search again for the voice of tenderness

I must travel again to next autumn

The perpetual journey to next autumn

Oh the perpetual journey to next autumn

11. Would?

[Alice In Chains cover]

Know me broken by my master,

Teach thee on child of love hereafter,

Into the flood again,

Same old trip it was back then,

So I made a big mistake,

Try to see it once my way.

Drifting body, it's sole desertion,

Flying, not yet quite the notion.

Into the flood again,

Same old trip it was back then,

So I made a big mistake,

Try to see it once my way.

Into the flood again,

Same old trip it was back then,

So I made a big mistake,

Try to see it once my way.

Am I wrong?

Have I run too far to get home

Have I gone?

And left you here alone

Am I wrong?

Have I run too far to get home, yeah

Have I gone?

And left you here alone

If I would, could you?

1. Heritage

2. The Devil's Orchard

3. I Feel The Dark

4. Slither

5. Nepenthe

6. Häxprocess

7. Famine

8. The Lines In My Hand

9. Folklore

10. Marrow Of The Earth

11. Pyre

12. Face In The Snow

1. Heritage

[Instrumental]

2. The Devil's Orchard

This trail is obsidian,

The grip of winter uncoiled

A lover would follow me

Cast down and sworn to the dark

Take the road where devils speak

"God is dead"

"God is dead"

The wealth of darkness

Inside you telling you "now"

Your senses corrupted

Controlling a poisonous will

Take the road where devils speak

"God is dead"

"God is dead"

In the corner of my eye

Tearing flesh from bone

Led the blind in search to find

A pathway to the sun

Saw the signs intertwine

And forgave me all my sins

No stigmas revealing our vices

And there are no stigmas revealing our vices

God is dead

3. I Feel The Dark

I feel the dark when I see you

I feel the dark when I see you

Loosen the harness of trust

Survey an impulse of lust

The thespian is far away

Uprooted yet forced to stay

Sing a lie, ghost of the night

Give yourself to me

The road is long and winding still

And these bonds will start to fray

But another day

A flaking wish inside

Veiled comes the daylight through the glass

In the never-ending rain

This is no friend of mine

Stalking the comfort within

A flaking wish inside

The mother of lies

And you're going out to war

When the beast is coming home

And the sun is seen no more

For the devil's love you bore

I feel the dark when I see you

4. Slither

Summer's gone and love has withered

I believe in nothing yet nothing is what it seems

All is gone and promises slithered

You gave me nothing yet nothing is what it seems

Summer is gone

Your eyes gave away all your lies in the end

The dawning of a seething design

Kept a secret from the light

And felt the weight on my shoulders increase

A bleeding heart led my desperation

Like a bird on a wire

A broken promise of dedication

Never ever again

5. Nepenthe

Hope would fail me in the falling snow

And slake a wish inside

Friends would leave me in my darkest hour

Yet trust me with their lives

She would haunt my dreams and feed my demons

They tell me to go

6. Häxprocess

A lifeline in a drop of blood

A dying wish to shun a God

Sought a dream inside the light

Finally relieved from plight

O this night is deceiving

One eternal winter

Earth below and reeling

Moon is riding high

Father and a liar

One forgotten season

Secrets in the mire

Moon is riding high

Aligning

A name inside a memory

Waiting for you

When words can't win her

There is nothing to do

Save your children

Drenched in poverty

Tracks in the snow

Leading them to woe

7. Famine

I can't see your face

And I can't breathe your air

So I wonder why I get cold inside

When I hear your name

When we meet eye to eye

I will ask how and why

And when guilt has its way

One lesser reason to stay

And I will see her cry

Into the fire of our youth comes the devil again

And you feel your way, feel your way

Saw you standing nigh

In the corner

Told me that you had died

And I would die when my heart was empty

Become a ghost in perpetual void

And neglect all reasons why

8. The Lines In My Hand

We are dying in the wake of gods and decrees remain arcane

And everything around us is a consequence of pain

The writings on the wall depict a truth that no one reads

A government of puppets blinded by another creed

Burning voice of insanity

Nothing is the same

Barren lands for the idle man

Find all the lines in your hand

Blinding storms are surrounding us

Take control

In our cups, poisoned wine

Find all the lines in your hands

9. Folklore

Hey you, will you be true

When you can see through what I do

Feel the pain in your brain, insane

Will I see my name in your scars

And you will see what you mean to me

Lust between the lines

Do you feel the need

When the night comes down

And when the night comes down

A father is waiting

And you will see what you mean to me

Lost control and called your name

Left a home in the pouring rain

In a sea of guilt and shame

Will we sustain

10. Marrow Of The Earth

[Instrumental]

11. Pyre

[Bonus Track]

Follow the embers into cities of dreams

What you've been seeing is not all what it seems

Dawn of the liars

Future's a pyre

Outside the window I see people passing by

If they could see me now they'd break down and cry

Familiar voices beat behind the wall of sleep

I wish this beating would so reveal the love I keep

Look down your senses

Await the gritting beyond

And in the morning this starkness would trail alone

Born as a failure and dying as a stranger

When your country's bleeding while you're forced to mourn

Outside the window I see people passing by

If they could see me now they'd break down and cry

Familiar voices beat behind the wall of sleep

I wish this beating would so reveal the love I keep

"Bring me back again"

12. Face In The Snow

[Bonus Track]

No more wishes for the past

No lingering of sages and seers

And desperations and fevers last,

The undertows are stronger here.

And here I lie, another morning arrives

Too far away from coming home

I see a face in the snow, inside my head a voice calls for me

I see your face in the snow and outside the sun's too far away to feel

And here I lie, another morning arrives,

Too far away from coming home.

And here I lie, another morning arrives,

Too far away from coming home

And could we live within the wake of aging lies

When we re too far away?

1. Windowpane

2. In My Time Of Need

3. Death Whispered A Lullaby

4. Closure

5. Hope Leaves

6. To Rid The Disease

7. Ending Credits

8. Weakness

1. Windowpane

Blank face in the windowpane

Made clear in seconds of light

Disappears and returns again

Counting hours, searching the night

Might be waiting for someone

Might be there for us to see

Might be in need of talking

Might be staring directly at me

Inside plays a lullaby

Slurred voice over children cries

On the inside

Haunting loneliness in the eye

Skin covering a secret scar

His hand is waving a goodbye

There's no response or action returned

There is deep prejudice in me

Outshines all reason inside

Given dreams all ridden with pain

And projected unto the last

2. In My Time Of Need

I can't see the meaning of this life I'm leading

I try to forget you as you forgot me

This time there is nothing left for you to take, this is goodbye

Summer is miles and miles away

And no one would ask me to stay

And I should contemplate this change

To ease the pain

And I should step out of the rain

Turn away

Close to ending it all, I am drifting through the stages

Of the rapture born within this loss

Thoughts of death inside, tear me apart from the core of my soul

Summer is miles and miles away

And no one would ask me to stay

And I should contemplate this change

To ease the pain

And I should step out of the rain

Turn away

At times the dark's fading slowly

But it never sustains

Would someone watch over me

In my time of need

3. Death Whispered A Lullaby

Out on the road there are fireflies circling

Deep in the woods, where the lost souls hide

Over the hill there are men returning

Trying to find some peace of mind

Sleep my child

Under the fog there are shadows moving

Don't be afraid, hold my hand

Into the dark there are eyelids closing

Buried alive in the shifting sands

Sleep my child

Speak to me now and the world will crumble

Open a door and the moon will fall

All of your life, all your memories

Go to your dreams, forget it all

Sleep my child

4. Closure

Heal myself-a feather on my heart

Look inside-there never was a start

Peel myself-dispose of severed skin

All subsides-around me and within

There's nothing painful in this

There's no upheaval

Redemption for my pathos

All sins undone

Awaiting word on what's to come

In helpless prayers a hope lives on

As I've come clean I've forgotten what I promised

In the rays of the sun I am longing for the darkness

5. Hope Leaves

In the corner beside my window

There hangs a lonely photograph

There is no reason

I'd never notice

A memory that could hold me back

There is a wound that's always bleeding

There is a road I'm always walking

And I know you'll never return to this place

Gone through days without talking

There is a comfort in silence

So used to losing all ambition

Struggling to maintain what's left

Once undone, there is only smoke

Burning in my eyes to blind

To cover up what really happened

Force the darkness unto me

6. To Rid The Disease

There's nobody here, there's nobody near

I try not to care, dead eyes always stare

Let these matters be, don't trust what you see

Take hold of your time, step into the line

There's innocence torn from its maker

Stillborn the trust in you

This failure has made the creator

So would you tell him what to do (would you)

Leave your mark upon the head of someone

Who'll cry for his state, we know it's too late

I turn round to see what was meant to be

Faint movement release to rid the disease

There's innocence torn from its maker

Stillborn the trust in you

(I have lost all trust I had in you)

This failure has made the creator

So would you tell him what to do

(I have lost all trust I had in you)

7. Ending Credits

[Instrutmental]

8. Weakness

Found you there in the blink of an eye

(I) miss you

Turned away into a thousand dreams

Found out what they mean

Lost you there in a moment of truth

(I) trust you

Gave away the one and only heart

(A) gift to tear apart

Stain me, save me

Take me to my home

Hold me, show me

Take me to my home

Weaker now, drawing fluid from me

(You) kill me

I'm not afraid of what you have just done

(But of) what you've just become

1. Wreath

2. Deliverance

3. A Fair Judgement

4. For Absent Friends

5. Master's Apprentices

6. By The Pain I See In Others

1. Wreath

Falling inside again

This nightmare always the same

Still never enough

Halting at the brink of discovery

Moving into the darkness

Leaking inside to cover up

Dragging me down and under

Entangled and undone at once

Old memories

I'm not in need but wish to know

What are the tragedies

The history behind the walls

Pacing further down

Familiar children's laughter

Dissonant and out of time

And their eyes are dead

Watching myself in a pool of water

Wearing the mask of a ghost

Smeared all across my skin

Rotten earth and insects

Endless night

Always preserving the calm

Movement behind

Bleeding animals in a field of fire

There is no absolution

Death is but a fairytale

They are mere visions

They are afraid of me

Clear insight

A smoke is rising nearby

Dust covering my coat

Blend together to spell my name

Pale, covered me with sweat

There are no words left

Sole provider of death

Distorted faith in myself

Human harvest burning

Blackest pages turning

Twisted perception come true

Captured in dreams connected

Staring right back

Spiritual decay - Still seeking

Frozen in time

Mourn this departure - All watching

Calling me back

Closure to bleak matters - I'm leaving

End of a search

Coming of morning

Calling me back

Closure to bleak matters - I'm leaving

End of a search

Coming of morning - Returning

2. Deliverance

Floating on mist

Crept up the caverns of my brain

Received no warning

From nothing to a life code

Walk with me, you'll never leave

Wait to see your spirit free

Tell me how your heart's in need

As I drown you in the sea

Unwinding snares of distrust

Your wrist in my fast grip

Look me in the eye, I'm clear

This is your time

Face down beneath the waterline

Gazing into the deep

From love to death

In a time span of seconds

Oblivious to regret

Pushed into belief

In liquid cellophane

Gasping for air

Mercy in my eyes

Is the shade of the night

The piercing sounds you make

Soaring higher, higher now

And once left in my wake

Your memory is nothing but the scars on me

All over now

Forgotten why I needed this

Standing down

Disappear into the obscure

Resting days

Waiting for new disease

Biding time

Locked inside insanity

It always burns within

The downward spiral never ends

When driven into sin

Your salvation's found in a sinner's deed

The devil guides the way

Tells me what to say

Pours himself inside

And snuffs the final light

Deliverance

Thrown back at me

Deliverance

Laughing at me

3. A Fair Judgement

Losing sleep, in too deep

Fading sun, what have I done

Came so close to what I need most

Nothing left here

Cut the ties, uncover disguise

Left behind all intertwined

Lost control, moved out of the role now

Nothing's left here

Leave it be

It was meant for me

Soul sacrifice

Forgot the advice

Lost track of time

In a flurry of smoke

Waiting anxiety

For a fair judgement deserved

4. For Absent Friends

[Instrumental]

5. Master's Apprentices

There is a voice calling for me

There is a light coming down on me

There is a doubt that is clearing

There is a day that is dawning

There is a wound that is healing

There is a season waiting for me

There is a road that is turning

There is a fire still burning

A sickness in me

Constant pace towards the end

The need is stronger

This time the need is deeper

There is a peace I am searching

There is a freedom I'm depending on

There is a pain that's never ending

There is a rain falling only on me

There is a dream I am living

There is a life I am dreaming of

There is a death I'm awaiting

There is a home I am deserting

I hold my breath and wait

Only moments remain

Movement for departed hope

Effect for absent friend

Sever the faith from my body

Leave me begging for more

Take what I have and deliver me

Into everlasting sleep

Soothing trance

Colours fade

And disappear

Ethereal light

Showing me what I can do without

In a motionless scenes

There is only me

I take what I can

Controlling you to get ahead

Fading away

And leaving

Long for sleep

Closer now

Lead the way into death

Every wretched dream

I have left behind

Every waking hour

I lie in wait

Sucked inside by will

Gone into the flood

All my questions unfurled

As I was put to the test

Once I'm below there's no turning back

Every wretched dream

I have left behind

Every waking hour

I lie in wait

Plunging into the deepest void

Departed shell left drained behind

Pacing roads unknown

Searching for a new home

Desert in my eye

Barren lands inside

6. By The Pain I See In Others

Let me taste

Let me feel

I need to know what you keep inside

No need to speak

Just let it be

Carry out this wish for me let nothing interfere

Rise to submission

I'm still beneath in the soil

Discard your clothes

Let loose you hair

We're intertwined forever and have always been

Say the word

And I'll depart

Upon your lips dwells nothing but the meaning of my cause

Rise to submission

I'm still beneath in the soil

And so comes the dark

Vibrant as ever before

Flowers already withered

In this endless winter of souls

Outside in the park

The days move along

And nothing ever changes

They have nothing on us

And we've always knew

That nothing ever changes

Rise to submission

I'm still beneath in the soil

This is ours alone

Feeding off the warmth

Lured out from inside

Depending on the life blood

Rise to submission

I'm still beneath in the soil

This is ours alone

Feeding off the warmth

Lured out from inside

Silently

Whispering

Move in me and set me free

"Htaed otni yaw eht dael

Won resolc

Peels rof gnol

Gnivael dna

Yawa gnidaf

Tuohtiw Od Nac I Tahw

Em Gniwohs

Thgil Laerehte

Raeppasid Dna

Edaf Sruoloc

Ecnart Gnihtoos"

1. Ghost Of Perdition

2. The Baying Of The Hounds

3. Beneath The Mire

4. Atonement

5. Reverie / Harlequin Forest

6. Hours Of Wealth

7. The Grand Conjuration

8. Isolation Years

9. Soldier Of Fortune

1. Ghost Of Perdition

Ghost of Mother

Lingering death

Ghost on Mother's bed

Black strands on the pillow

Contour of her health

Twisted face upon the head

Ghost of perdition

Stuck in her chest

A warning no one read

Tragic friendship

Called inside the fog

Pouring venom brew deceiving

Devil cracked the earthly shell

Foretold she was the one

Blew hope into the room and said:

"You have to live before you die young"

Holding her down

Channeling darkness

Hemlock for the Gods

Fading resistance

Draining the weakness

Penetrating inner light

Road into the dark unaware

Winding ever higher

Darkness by her side

Spoke and passed her by

Dedicated hunter

Waits to pull us under

Rose up to it's call

In his arms she'd fall

Mother light received

And a faithful servant's free

In time the hissing of her sanity

Faded out her voice and soiled her name

And like marked pages in a diary

Everything seemed clean that is unstained

The incoherent talk of ordinary days

Why would we really need to live?

Decide what is clear and what's within a haze

What you should take and what to give

Ghost of perdition

A saint's premonition's unclear

Keeper of holy hordes

Keeper of holy whores

To see a beloved son

In despair of what's to come

If one cut the source of the flow

And everything would change

Would conviction fall

In the shadow of the righteous

The phantasm of your mind

Might be calling you to go

Defying the forgotten morals

Where the victim is the prey

2. The Baying Of The Hounds

I hear the baying of the hounds

In the distance, I hear them devouring

Pest ridden jackals of the earth

Diabolical beasts and roaming the forests

In wait and constant protectors

Calling you to sit by his side

Your self loathing image in his flesh

A revelation upon which you linger

His words are flies

Swarming towards the true insects

Feasting on buried dreams

And spreading decay upon your skin

His eyes spew forth a darkness

That cut through and paralyze

Casts light upon your secrets

Forced to confront your enemies

His mouth is a vortex

Sucking you into it's pandemonium

Fools you with a helping hand of ashes

Reached out in false dismay

His body is a country

The cities lay dead and beyond despair

Friends turned enemies unable to come clean

In a rising fog of reeking death

Everything you believed is a lie

Everyone you loved is a death burden

So you take comfort in him

And you are receptive to stark wishes

No longer struggling to declare your stand

You would inflict no harm to others

They are unaware of you

And in a loop of futile events

You are everything, they are nothing

Drown in the deep mire

With past desires

Beneath the mire

Drown desire now with you

Lined up verses on dead skin

"The tainted lips of the stranger

Resting upon hers"

And I embrace bereavement

Everything beloved is shattered anyway

I would devote myself to anyone

I would accept any flaws

I am too weak to resist

Tension vibrating with horror

Finding the outcast in my eyes

Pushing nerves on a puppet

Endless poison in my veins

Clean intent now tainted with death

And so, cold touch now inhumane

Every waking hour

Awaiting a reverie to unfold

And now they are calling me

Louder by the minute

The baying of the hounds

Calling me back to my home

3. Beneath The Mire

Haunted nights for halcyon days

Can't sleep to the scraping of his voice

Nature's way struck grief in me

And I became a ghost in sickness

Willingly guided into heresy

Beneath the surface, stark emptiness

And you'd pity my conviction

Whereas I thought of myself as a leader

You'd cling to your pleasant hope

It is twisted fascination

While I'd ruin the obstacles into despair

And I'm praising death

Lost love of the heart

In a holocaust scene memory

Decrepit body wearing transparent skin

Inside, the smoke of failure

Wept for solace and submit to faith

In his shadow I'm choking

Yet flourishing

Master

A delusion made me stronger

Yet I'm draped in pale withering flesh

I sacrificed more than I had

And left my woes beneath the mire

4. Atonement

Cleared the fog that was veiled around me

And blurred my sights

Suddenly, I'm no longer aching

To honor my plights

Rising moon and my skin is peeling

Past undone

Suddenly, I can't justify

What I had become

5. Reverie / Harlequin Forest

Into the trees

Past meadow grounds

And further away from my home

Baying behind me

I hear the hounds

Flock's chasing to find me alone

A trail of sickness

Leading to me

If I am haunted

Then you will see

Searching the darkness

And emptiness

I'm hiding away from the sun

Will never rest

Will never be at ease

All my matter's expired so I run

There falls another

Vapor hands released the blade

Insane regrets at the drop

Instruments of death before me

Lose all to save a little

At your peril it's justified

And dismiss your demons

As death becomes a jest

You are the laughing stock

Of the absinthe minded

Confessions stuck in your mouth

And long gone fevers reappear

Nocturnally helpless

And weak in the light

Depending on a prayer

Pacing deserted roads to find

A seed of hope

They are the trees

Rotten pulp inside and never well

Roots sucking, thieving from my source

Tired boughs reaching for the light

It is all false pretension

Harlequin forest

Awaiting redemption for a lifetime

As they die alone

With no one by their side

Are they forgiven?

Stark determination

Poisoning the soul

Unfettered beast inside

Claiming sovereign control

And now the woods are burning

Tearing life crops asunder

Useless blackened remains

Still pyre smoldering

6. Hours Of Wealth

Found a way to rid myself clean of pain

And the fever that's been haunting me

Has gone away

Looking through my window

I seem to recognize

All the people passing by

But I am alone

And far from home

And nobody knows me

Never heard me say goodbye

Never shall I speak to anyone again

All days are in darkness

And I'm biding my time

Once I am sure of my task I will rise again

7. The Grand Conjuration

Majesty

Faithful me

Pour yourself

Into me

Wield your power

Martyr's price

Stare me down

To the ground

The eyes of the devil

Fixed on his sinners

Slake my thirst

Eternal wealth

Heathen key

Round my neck

This poetry

Our blasphemy

Know the sounds

Of infamy

The hands of Satan

Assembling his flock

Pale horse rider

Scorching the earth

Whispered conjuration

A belief takes form

Choking hand tapping

The veins in your throat

His orders in your mouth

A decree for domination

Beneath the tides of wisdom

Spins the undertow of hate

Injected seeds of vengeance

Usurper's eyes of the powerless

Clean path to his kingdom

Beckoning in the mist

(The grand conjuration)

Tell me why

Love subsides

In the light

Of your wishes

Say my name

Ease the pain

Clear the smoke

In my head

8. Isolation Years

There's a sense of longing in me

As I read Rosemary's letter

Her writing's honest

Can't forget the years she's lost

In isolation

She talks about her love

And as I read

"I'll die alone"

I know she was aching

There's a certain detail seen here

The pen must have slipped to the side

And left a stain

Next to his name

She knows he's gone

And isolation

Is all that would remain

"The wound in me is pouring out

To rest on a lover's shore"

9. Soldier Of Fortune

[Deep Purple cover]

I have often told you stories

About the way

I lived the life of a drifter

Waiting for the day

When I'd take your hand

And sing you songs

Then maybe you would say

Come lay with me love me

And I would surely stay

But I feel I'm growing older

And the songs that I have sung

Echo in the distance

Like the sound

Of a windmill goin' 'round

I guess I'll always be

A soldier of fortune

Many times I've been a traveller

I looked for something new

In days of old

When nights were cold

I wandered without you

But those days I thought my eyes

Had seen you standing near

Though blindness is confusing

It shows that you're not here

Now I feel I'm growing older

And the songs that I have sung

Echo in the distance

Like the sound

Of a windmill goin' 'round

I guess I'll always be

A soldier of fortune

Yes, I can hear the sound

Of a windmill goin' 'round

I guess I'll always be

A soldier of fortune

1. The Moor

2. Godhead's Lament

3. Benighted

4. Moonlapse Vertigo

5. Face Of Melinda

6. Serenity Painted Death

7. White Cluster

1. The Moor

The sigh of summer upon my return

Fifteen alike since I was here

Bathed in deep fog, blurring my trail

Snuffing the first morning rays

Weary from what might have been ages

Still calm with my mind at peace

Would I prosper or fall, drain the past

The lapse of the moment took it's turn

I was foul and tainted, devoid of faith

Wearing my death-mask at birth

The hands of God, decrepit and thin

Cold caress and then nothing

I was taken away from my plight

A treason bestowed to the crowd

Branded a Jonah with fevered blood

Ungodly freak, defiler

Pale touch, writhing in the embers

Damp mud burning in my eyes

All the faces turned away

And all would sneer at my demise

Outcast with dogmas forged below

Seared and beaten, banished from where I was born

No mercy would help me on my way

In the pouring rain nothing is the same

Vows in ashes

I pledge myself to no-one

Seethed and spiteful

All shudder at the call of my name

If you'll bear with me

You'll fear of me

There is no forgiveness in these eyes

For any of you but one

Dispel the mist for now

Melinda is the reason why I've come

She is water drops over the pyre

A thistle in my hands

Stained and torn, aged and brown

Virtuous shell with kindred innocence

I awoke from the miasma

Passing swiftly through the moor

This is here, waters stir

And in the distance all that was lost

If you'll bear with me

You'll fear of me

You'd never leave me to

A fate with you

2. Godhead's Lament

Marauder

Staining the soil, midst of stillness

Beloved fraternity to an end

Red eyes probe the scene

All the same

Stilted for the beholder

Depravity from the core

Handcarved death in stoneladen aisles

I hide the scars from my past

Yet they sense my (mute) dirge

This is when it all falls apart

White hands grasping for straws

Sly smile, poisoned glare behind

Undisguised manmade nova

Mute cry, don't dare to tread

Searing beams tracking you down

Adoring what never has been

Some will bring with them all they have seen

Searching my way to perplexion

The gleam of her eyes

In that moment she knew

Thought I could not leave this place

On this imminent day

As I've reached the final dawn

To what's gone astray

What would they care if I did stay

No-one would know

What would they care if I did stay

No-one should know

Thought I could not leave this place

On this imminent day

As I've reached the final dawn

To what's gone astray

What would they care if I did stay

No-one would know

What would they care if I did stay

No-one should know

Still brooding, soothing calm

That rigid, twisted face

Blank godhead, tear my name

Lost virtue, frantic lust

Sly smile, poisoned glare behind

Undisguised manmade nova

Mute cry, don't dare to tread

Searing beams tracking you down

Adoring what never has been

Some will bring with them all they have seen

Searching my way to perplexion

In crumbling faith I saw her

Bearing her pain in the wilderness

The gleam of her eyes

In that moment she knew

3. Benighted

Come into this night

Here we'll be gone

So far away

From our weak and crumbling lives

Come into this night

When days are done

Lost and astray

In what's vanished from your eyes

What came and distorted your sight

Saw you benighted by your fright

Come into this night

Your plight alone

Carry your weight

You are flawed as all of us

Come into this night

Your only home

It's never too late

To repent, suffer the loss

What came and distorted your sight

Saw you benighted by your fright

What came and distorted your sight

Saw you benighted by your fright

Come into this night

When you're able

To undo your deeds

And atone with your lonely soul

Once you're into this night

All minds are stable

Forget all your needs

Lose the grip of all control

4. Moonlapse Vertigo

Kept warm by the light of the lantern

Lost sight of everything tonight

My presence blackens their pattern

A pock in the healthy and calm

Their scorn behind your back

My promise would put them down

No trace of reverence left

Immemorial fire in their eyes

I would perish at the given signal

At the slightest touch from my soul

Tainted prophet in flesh

For all the plagued and lost

Dripping sin

Decision in stalemate

Dare to feel death at hand

Surprised me with its voice

Through the forest came the morn

Across the leafy pathway

Their deeds smeared in blood

For all to behold

The council of the cross

Must have sensed my coming

The pest through the air

With despise for squalor

Lashing out at the poor

I turned away my eyes

In pallor escape from the end

Fading time to leave from here

And less to fulfill my task

She would be safe and firm

Nothing of this is in vain

Taken away from stifling grace

And saved from the past

5. Face Of Melinda

By the turnstile beckons a damsel fair

The face of Melinda neath blackened hair

No joy would flicker in her eyes

Brooding sadness came to a rise

Words would falter to atone

Failure had passed the stepping stone

She had sworn her vows to another

This is when no-one will bother

And conceded pain in crumbling mirth

A harlot of God upon the earth

Found where she sacrificed her ways

That hollow love in her face

Still I plotted to have her back

The contentment that would fill the crack

My soul released a fluttering sigh

This day fell, the darkness nigh

I took her by the hand to say

All faith forever has been washed away

I returned for you in great dismay

Come with me, far away to stay

Endlessly gazing in nocturnal prime

She spoke of her vices and broke the rhyme

But baffled herself with the final line

My promise is made but my heart is thine

6. Serenity Painted Death

Returned from a hibernal dream

Voices fell like marble

No longer by my side

Gone all that would linger

Ripped from my embrace

Melinda reflected in shafts

Red line round her neck

Met the earth in silence

Pale

White faced, haggard grin

This serenity painted death

With a halo of bitter disease

Black paragon in lingering breath

White faced, haggard grin

This serenity painted death

With a halo of bitter disease

Black paragon in lingering breath

Saw her fading, blank stare into me

Clenched fist from the beautiful pain

Darkness reared its head

Tearing within the reeling haze

Took control, claiming my flesh

Piercing rage, perfect tantrum

Each and every one would die at my hand

Choking in warm ponds of blood

At last, weak and torn, I went down

Drained from strength, flickering breath

Came with the moon

The wayward in conscious state

Flanked and barred in destiny's end

Underneath with hope in latches

Swathed in filth, any would betoken

Starlit shadows on the wall

Finally there to collect me

From the bowels of sin

7. White Cluster

Still it came passing by

The pieces weaved together rose the sun

And fooled me with another day

The knocking message called for my life

Sealed the spell of my scrawny body

Soil to skin, my next of kin

Damp air grasped, stole the words

And greeted me with a hiss

This is forgiveness, so I know

Once I repent I seal the lid

I slither for you and I'm dying

I find trust in hate

They wear white for me

Seemingly jaded and lost

I forge myself into your dreams

And here I am your life

Hangman, clutching at his tools

I will come for you

The noose is tied

Murmur through the crowd

Plunging into anywhere but here

Cloak-captured sighs of relief

As the primal touch brought me back

And the last sight I did see is still here

Beckoning right behind me

1. The Leper Affinity

2. Bleak

3. Harvest

4. The Drapery Falls

5. Dirge For November

6. The Funeral Portrait

7. Patterns In The Ivy

8. Blackwater Park

9. Still Day Beneath The Sun

10. Patterns In The Ivy 2

1. The Leper Affinity

We entered Winter once again

Naked, freezing from my breath

Neath the lid all limbs tucked away

This coffin is your abode from now and onwards

Your body is mine to avail

Such a tragic sight you are

Slave under my creed

Spurring me with those tears

I am beyond death

Midst a dreaming affinity

Saving strength now, faint whispers

Come erotic communion in its splendour

Fever mirrored ghosts

Night time consolation, cross the line

Draw murder into art

Sleep inside through days

In the wake of this relief

Shivering, longing for more

Insanity at it's peak

Love me to my death

Lost are days of Spring

You sighted and let me in

Keep the beast inside

Shackled within my hide

Screaming out too late

Losing to my hate

Grew together with your skin

And paced the trails of sin

Your gaze covered with virgin snow

Rigid features

It's the shallow deeds who is to blame

Deafening shrieks pierced the night

A step from oblivion

Moving into the dim lights

Hiding within a reverie

It was worth it for the wait alone

Your body is mine to avail

Such a tragic sight you are

Slave under my creed

Spurring me with those tears

2. Bleak

Beating

Heart still beating for the cause

Feeding

Soul still feeding from the loss

Aching

Limbs are aching from the rush

Fading

You are fading from my sight

Break of morning, coldness lingers on

Shroud me into nightmares of the sun

Moving

I am moving closer to your side

Luring

You are luring me into the night

Crying

Who is crying for you here

Dying

I am dying fast inside your tears

Plunging towards bereavement faster yet

Clearing thoughts, my mind is set

Devious movements in your eyes

Moved me from relief

Breath comes out white clouds with your lies

And filters through me

You're close to the final word

You're staring right past me in dismay

A liquid seeps from your chest

And drains me away

Mist ripples round your thin white neck

And draws me a line

Cold fingers mark this dying wreck

This moment is mine

Help me cure you

Atone for all you've done

Help me leave you

As all the days are gone

Devious movements...

(Night falls again

Taking what's left of me!)

Slight twist, shivering corpse

Ornated with water, fills the cracks

Clasped in my limbs by tradition

This is all you need

3. Harvest

Stay with me awhile

Rise above the vile

Name my final rest

Poured into my chest

Into the orchard I walk peering way past the gate

Wilted scenes for us who couldn't wait

Drained by the coldest caress, stalking shadows ahead

Halo of death, all I see is departure

Mourner's lament, but it's me who's the martyr

Pledge yourself to me

Never leave me be

Sweat breaks on my brow

Given time ends now

Into the orchard I walk peering way past the gate

Wilted scenes for us who couldn't wait

Drained by the coldest caress, stalking shadows ahead

Halo of death, all I see is departure

Mourner's lament, but it's me who's the martyr

Spirit painted sin

Embers neath my skin

Veiled in pale embrace

Reached and touched my face

Into the orchard I walk peering way past the gate

Wilted scenes for us who couldn't wait

Drained by the coldest caress, stalking shadows ahead

(Release your grip, let me go, into the night)

Halo of death, All I see is departure

Mourner's lament, but it's me who's the martyr

4. The Drapery Falls

Please remedy my confusion

And thrust me back to the day

The silence of your seclusion

Brings night into all you say

Pull me down again

And guide me into pain

I'm counting nocturnal hours

Drowned visions in haunted sleep

Faint flickering of your powers

Leaks out to show what you keep

Pull me down again

And guide me into

There is failure inside

This test I can't persist

Kept back by the enigma

No criteria is demanded here

Deadly patterns made my wreath

Prosperous in your ways

Pale ghost in the corner

Pouring a caress on your shoulder

Puzzled by shrewd innocence

Runs a thick tide beneath

Ushered into inner graves

Nails bleeding from the struggle

It is the end for the weak at heart

Always the same

A lullaby for the ones who've lost all

Reeling inside

My gleaming eye in your necklace reflects

Stare of primal regrets

You turn your back and you walk away

Never again

Spiraling to the ground below

Like Autumn leaves left in the wake to fade away

Waking up to your sound again

And lapse into the ways of misery

5. Dirge For November

Lost, here is nowhere

Searching home still

Turning past me, all are gone

Time is now

The omen showed, took me away

Preparations are done, this can't last

The mere reflection brought disgust

No ordeal to conquer, this firm slit

It sheds upon the floor, dripping into a pool

Grant me sleep, take me under

Like the wings of a dove, folding around

I fade into this tender care

6. The Funeral Portrait

You wait by the window

Morning's breath on the sill

Idle hands given another try

So you wait and you savour the moment

Outside the canvas turned white

Ruby eyes in the fog

Rain washing clean all the sins

A liquid gown that covers all

Your loathe turns endless

Opened mirage soothes your sense

Locked on the pinnacle

The best secret within

Like a derelict child

Heart burning for a stranger

Ascending to the meek

Flock round the liars in awe

Caked in the soil beneath

Fear me when we meet

Turn away in admiration

My firm grip round the nucleus of joy

Enough of this

You will leave me now

You will see it now

Perish at my hands

Close to you

Tangled up in hair

Fresh stigma looks

Shall I take you with me

And it is cold

Ruby eyes in the fog

It is me

And you are just like them all

Stained by the names of fathers

I'm greeting my downward fall

Leaving the throes to others

7. Patterns In The Ivy

[Instrumental]

8. Blackwater Park

Confessor

Of the tragedies in man

Lurking in the core of us all

The last dying call for the ever lost

Brief encounters, bleeding pain

Lepers coiled neath the trees

Dying men in bewildered soliloquies

Perversions bloom round the bend

Seekers, lost in their quest

Ghosts of friends frolic under the waning moon

It is the year of death

Wielding his instruments

Stealth sovereign reaper

Touching us with ease

Infecting the roots in an instant

Burning crop of disease

I am just a spectator

An advocate documenting the loss

Fluttering with conceit

This doesn't concern me yet

Still far from the knell

Taunting their bereavement

Mob round the dead

Point fingers at the details

Probing vomits for more

Caught in unbridled suspense

We have all lost it now

Catching the flakes of dismay

Born the travesty of man

Regular pulse midst pandemonium

You're plucked to the mass

Parched with thirst for the wicked

Sick liaisons raised this monumental mark

The sun sets forever over Blackwater Park

9. Still Day Beneath The Sun

There is a light that hits the gloom around

Shows the footprints round this grave

Dried up roses scattered on the mound

Honouring the one engraved

Will ever the morning

Carry away

The souls of those for whom we cry

Leaving, grieving

Seeking, meeting

Binding, unwinding

Sighing, "you"

Still day beneath the sun

Asking you who is the one

And when the day is late

We know who must forever wait

Black procession through the narrow aisles

Another's gone for all to see

Near the site for one who lost his trials

Sleeping neath the ground is me

10. Patterns In The Ivy 2

Without you I cannot confide in anything

The hope is pale designed in light of dreams you bring

Summer's gone, the day is done soon comes the night

Biding time, leaving the line and out of sight

One moonlit shadow on the wall

Disrupted in its own creation

Veiled in the darkness of this fall

Is this the end-manifestation

It runs in me, your poison seething in my veins

This skin is old and stained by late September rains

A final word from me would be the first for you

The rest is long but I'll go on inside and through

One moonlit shadow on the wall

Disrupted in its own creation

Veiled in the darkness of this fall

Is this the end-manifestation

Patterns in the Ivy

Patterns in the Ivy

1. Advent

2. The Night And The Silent Water

3. Nectar

4. Black Rose Immortal

5. To Bid You Farewell

6. Eternal Soul Torture

1. Advent

It was all true

A parlour strode, and the night sets forever

I stray in the quiet cold

And you gird me when I dare to listen

Elastic meadow, endless arms of sorrow

Lips try to form "because"

Trying to adapt to the wilderness

Where even foes close their eyes and leave

We are inside the glade

Every now and then I wipe the dust aside

To remember...

How I drape my face with my bare hands

The same that brought me here

But you were beyond all help

The folded message that wept my name

Shadows skulk at my coming

We survey the slopes

In search for the words to write the missing page

The tainted dogma

Time grows short

As the piper plays his tune

We are almost there

You are beyond all help

Dancing into the void

We are almost there

2. The Night And The Silent Water

And so you left us

Jaded and gaunt, some September

Wilted with the seasons

But hidden inside the delusion

I saw your eyes somewhere

Devoid of death

The aura poises amidst (the storm)

In solid tears I linger

A parlour glade, moonlit sorrow

Lonely resting pools

Relics of the moon-dogged lake

Whisper, "All your words are misgiven."

Am I like them?

Those who mourn and turn away

Those who would give anything

To see you again

If only for another second

Your face was, like the photograph

Painted white

We did not speak very often about it

What does it matter now?

Cloak of autumn shroud

I gaze, dim ricochet of stars

I reckon it is time for me to leave

You sleep in the light

Yet the night and the silent water

Still so dark

3. Nectar

I arose from the lullaby

Enduring yet another tale

You tempt me again

With your embrace, so tainted

Within the night you beckon

Cursing me with every glance

Bring me through

Carry my empty shadow

And guide me inside your warped labyrinth

To the well of sin

I swear I will always love you

Leave me speechless

Release my yearning

The soil I walk is clad with light

Drifting moons thrust me with their rays

And I fall inside

I lament this heritage

Cannot bid farewell

The pale face...you went as far as you could

And from that moment

I witnessed your beauty, felt your death

Mine is yours, mine is yours

In the wake of dawn

The mist of morning linger before it leaves

Invisible eyes, red reflection

It is you

Smiling in the midst of the moor

4. Black Rose Immortal

In the name of desperation

I call your name

A lamentation I sigh

Again and again

Spiritual eclipse

The gateways are closed for me to seek

The night...

A veil of stars, watching

My shadow is born from light

The light of the eye, in darkness

Over troubled waters memories soar

Endlessly, searching night and day

The moonlight caresses a lonely hill

With the calmness of a whisper

I wear a naked soul

A blank face in the streaming water

It is cold in here

Frost scar my coat with dust

Eyes attach to your mute portrait

We spoke only through thoughts

Together we gazed, awaited

Hours brought thirst and the rising sun

Sunbirds leave their dark recesses

Shadows glide the archways

Do not turn your face towards me

Confronting me with my loneliness

You are in a forest unknown

The secret orchard

And your voice is vast and achromatic

But still so precious

Lullaby of the crescent moon took you

Mesmerized, its kaleidoscopic face

Granted you a hollow stare

Another soul within the divine herd

I have kept it

The Amaranth symbol

Hiddin inside the golden shrine

Until we rejoice in the meadow

Of the end

When we both walk the shadows

It will set ablaze and vanish

Black rose immortal

It is getting dark again

Dusk shuffle across the fields

The evening trees moan as if they knew

At night I always dream of you

5. To Bid You Farewell

I am awaiting the sunrise

Gazing modestly through the coldest morning

Once it came you lied

Embracing us over autumn's proud treetops

I stand motionless

In a parade of falling rain

Your voice I cannot hear

As I am falling again

Devotion eludes

And in sadness I lumber

In my own ashes I am standing without a soul

She wept and whispered: "I know..."

We walked into the night

Am I to bid you farewell?

Why can't you see that I try

When every tear I shed

Is for you?

6. Eternal Soul Torture

[2000 re-issue bonus track]

The deceased awake from beyond their sleep.

Search for blood and mortal meat.

Maggots crawl out from their eyes.

Feel their pain, it's mournful cries.

Pull your veins, tear out your heart.

Consume the blood, feast on flesh.

Torn apart, intestines scattered.

Alimentary canal ripped and shattered.

Pieces of your body eaten.

Painful death as time stands still.

Where your mind bursts in torture.

Feel your soul be torn apart.

Demons crawling through your system.

Hell has risen, the gods of pain.

Rip your skin, burn your bones.

Internal organs torn and drained.

Smell of flesh burnt to ashes.

Cries of death from hell.

Pain is all you revolve around.

Where the souls of Satan's grounds.

Rooms of eternal torture, reveal endurance of endless pain.

Disintegrating mortals, bodies burn.

There you feel the hellish torture.

Hellish torment, brutal butchering.

Demonic creatures revolve in torment...

1. Prologue

2. April Ethereal

3. When

4. Madrigal

5. The Amen Corner

6. Demon Of The Fall

7. Credence

8. Karma

9. Epilogue

10. Circle Of The Tyrants

11. Remember Tomorrow

1. Prologue

[Instrumental]

A morning in magenta, the petals fed from the dew.

She held her breath for a moment, to pause off the stream.

Still clinging to vast, old memories.

And I would marvel at her beauty, playing through the rain.

The coffin is beautifully engraved.

Stained by soil, symbols of death.

All of which are stared upon, with porcelain eyes it seems.

Some spoke, and it was my turn to go.

In death entwined, I could not believe.

But it hangs around my neck.

A soft breeze passed me by, somewhat warmer for a second.

I knew it was the coming of spring, thus our APRIL ETHEREAL.

2. April Ethereal

It was me, peering through the looking-glass.

Beyond the embrace of Christ.

Like the secret face within the tapestry.

Like a bird of prey over the crest.

And she was swathed in sorrow, as if born within its mask.

Her candlelight snuffed, the icon smiled.

Emptiness followed by her wake.

I could clasp her in undying love.

Within ghostlike rapture the final word was mine.

She faced me in awe. 'twas a token of ebony colour.

Embodied in faint vapour.

Wandering through April's fire.

Compelled to grasp and to hold the one that was you.

I will endure, hide away.

I would outrun the scythe, glaring with failure.

It is a mere destiny I thought, a threshold I had crossed before.

The rain was waving goodbye, and when the night came

the forest folded its branches around me.

Something passed by, and I went into a dream.

She laughing and weeping at once: "take me away".

I don't know how or why, I'll never know WHEN.

3. When

Red sun rising somewhere through the dense fog.

The portrait of the jaded dawn who had seen it all before.

This day wept on my shoulders.

Still the same as yesterday.

This path seems endless, body is numb.

The soul has lost its flame.

Walking in familiar traces to find my way back home.

So there I was.

Within the sobriety of the immortals.

A semblance of supernatural winds passing through.

The garden sighs, flowers die.

The gate was closed that day, but I was bound to carry on.

She could not see me through the windows.

In dismay, strangest twist upon her lips.

Graven face, she said my name.

Once inside I heard whispers in the parlour.

The gilded faces grin, aware of my final demise.

And I cried, I knew she had lied.

Her obsession had died, it had died.

When can I take you from this place?

When is the word but a sigh?

When is death our lone beholder?

When do we walk the final steps?

When can we scream instead of whisper?

When is the new beginning,

the end of this sad MADRIGAL.

4. Madrigal

[Instrumental]

Our abode 'mongst the stars is waiting,

long enough for our last breath of life.

You stare at nothing, right through me,

at times resembling the Devil's concubine.

And me, I am the idol that would long

to caress our eyes until they would open no more.

I would comfort you if I only could,

but as we all know by now... I am just thin air.

Unaware as you are of my presence,

you are losing yourself.

Hiding within THE AMEN CORNER.

5. The Amen Corner

White summer.

So far I have gone to see you again.

Hiding your face in the palm of your hands.

Finding solace in the words I do despise.

You snatch at every sound.

And even though you believe that I am shackled within death,

memories are tainted with paleness.

Crestfallen still.

Those eyes... empty like a barren well.

It was the only task I would undertake.

To reap the harvest that was mine.

The seed that had sprung into a florid meadow,

and left me helpless in your embrace.

The bond we never spoke of, once stark and enticing,

now slowly smoldering to dust.

The celestial touch, from grey to black.

A fathomless void enclosing.

Unwritten secrets beneath the cobwebs.

I can not endure.

And so I rose from my sleep.

The moon turned away its face.

Overture of the long, black night begins...

something you said: "Eerie circles upon the waters".

Until now we have shared the same aura.

My ashes within your hands.

My breath in the sepulchral mound.

You know that your night is my day.

The final spark that blew life into me,

the DEMON OF THE FALL.

6. Demon Of The Fall

Silent dance with death.

Everything is lost.

Torn by the arrival of Autumn.

The blink of an eye, you know it's me

You keep the dagger close at hand.

And you saw nothing.

False love turned to pure hate.

The wind cried a lamentation

before merging with the grey.

Demon of the fall.

Gasping for another breath.

She rose, screaming at closed doors.

Seductive faint mist forging

through the cracks in the wall.

I shant resist.

In tears for all of eternity.

She turned around and faced me for the first time.

Run away, run away.

Just one second, and I was left with nothing.

Her fragrance still pulsating through damp air.

That day came to an end.

And she had lost in me, her CREDENCE.

7. Credence

Deserted again.

You speak to me through the shadows.

Walking in closed rooms, using cold words.

Captured by the night.

The yearning escapes from my embrace.

Strange silhouettes whisper your thoughts, scream your sadness.

And they all turned away,

unable to face more of this death.

Credence in my word.

Written in dust, tainted by memories.

I confess my hope, recognize my loneliness.

Your laughter weeps the truth.

Push me into corners.

Confirming the epitaph of my soul

and displaying the once unknown KARMA.

8. Karma

And as they say, grief is only able to possess.

The rotting body clad in ancient clothes

is left behind with a wave of the hand.

I have gone away. The bed is cold and empty.

Trees bend their boughs toward the earth.

And nighttime birds float as black faces.

It was the hand reaching out through the mirror.

Unknown and scarred by life...

the luring eyes, you had never seen.

You have nothing more to find.

You have nothing more to lose.

The cold season drifts over the land.

They huddle in the brown corners.

Some would settle for less.

The castles were all empty, asleep.

Long awaiting their king.

Beckoning round the bend.

Amidst the forest one would hear that I had been there.

Draped within a fate I could not change,

and always welcoming Winter's EPILOGUE.

9. Epilogue

[Instrumental]

There it was.

The final destiny.

A sunrise that never came,

still the night lamp that never faded away.

Farewell was the word,

and the afterglow was the brave morning.

Rising and telling everyone

about the beauty of its PROLOGUE.

10. Circle Of The Tyrants

[Celtic Frost cover]

After the battle is over

And the sands drunken the blood

All what there remains

Is the bitterness of delusion

The immortality of the gods

Sits at their side

As they leave the walls behind

To reach the jewels gleam

The days have come

When the steel will rule

And upon his head

A crown of gold

Your hand wields the might

The tyrant's the precursor

You carry the will

As the morning is near

I sing the ballads

Of victory and defeat

I hear the tales

Of frozen mystery

The new kingdoms rise

By the circle of the tyrants

In the land of darkness

The warrior, that was me

Grotesque glory

None will ever see them fall

And hunts and war

Are like everlasting shadows

Where the winds cannot reach

The tyrant's might was born

And often I look back

With tears in my eyes

Grotesque glory

None will ever see them fall

And hunts and wars

11. Remember Tomorrow

[Iron Maiden cover]

Unchain the colours before my eyes,

Yesterday's sorrows, tomorrow's white lies.

Scan the horizon, the clouds take me higher,

I shall return from out of the fire.

Tears for rememberance, and tears for joy,

Tears for somebody and this lonely boy.

Out in the madness, the all seeing eye,

Flickers above us, to light up the sky.

Unchain the colours before my eyes,

Yesterday's sorrows, tomorrow's white lies.

Scan the horizon, the clouds take me higher,

I shall return from out of the fire.

1. In The Mist She Was Standing

2. Under The Weeping Moon

3. Silhouette

4. The Forest Of October

5. The Twilight Is My Robe

6. Requiem

7. The Apostle In Triumph

1. In The Mist She Was Standing

Seven milestones...

Under a watching autumn eye

Contorted trees are spreading forth

The message of the wind

With frozen hands I rode with the stars

With anger the wind blew

Giving wings to my stallion

Clouds gathered across the moon

Blazing the white light

Passing the lake I know so well

I am near, yet so far away

Arrival...

I saw her shadow (standing) in the darkness

Awaiting me like the night

Awaits the day

Standing silent smiling at my presence

A black candle holds the only light

Darkness encloses

And the candle seem to expire

In her cold, cold hand

And as a forlorn soul

It will fade away

Touching her flesh in this night

My blood froze forever

Embraced before the dawn

A kiss brought total eclipse

And she spoke

Once and forever

I am so cold

In mist enrobed the twilight

She was standing...

2. Under The Weeping Moon

Once again I've cried

Unto the moon

That burning flame

That has guided me

Through all these years

The lake from which you flow

With eyes of fire

Once unlit but now alive

This energy, sparkling

Like a morning star

The morning star

Riding the fires of

The northern gold

I've searched the eye

I laugh under the weeping moon

I am the watcher in the skies

Nor the emeralds know my mark

Glisten to mark their presence

Set the enigma ablaze

Searching...

Finding...

Burn the winter landmarks

That said I was there

Burn the spirit of cold

That travel through my soul

3. Silhouette

[Instrumental]

4. The Forest Of October

The memories that now rests in this forest

Forever shadowing the sunrise of my heart

Wings leave their nest at my coming

Swaying away unto the cold glowing sky

Dreaming away for a while

My spirit sighs in peace

Gazing unto the stars

Please, take me there

I am so alone, so cold

My heart is to scarred to glow

I wish the sunrise to come

Take my soul (away)

From this cold, lonely shell

I am free

From the eternal sea I rose

Veiled in darkness on either shore

Lost my pride, lost its glow

For me the sun rose no more

The forest of October

Sleeps silent when I depart

The web of time

Hides my last trace

My blaze travel the last universe

Like the sights of magic

Wrapped in aeons

My mind is one with my soul

I fall alone

While leaves fall from the weeping trees

5. The Twilight Is My Robe

Unto you I whisper

The wildest dreams

In the coldness of night

Shrouded in crystals

Through a frosty dusk

Souls of the fullmoon awaits

Their shadows ablaze

We are all bending

Our tired leaves over your empty shell

In the sign of true esteem

Are you beloved lord

Sighing deep under these waterfalls?

The birds of the sun

Seperates these dark clouds

While the winds of winter sleeps gently around

I am sworn to the oath

To breathe...

At the waters I dwell

The waves are still whispering

Ancient lullabies

I die....

While our mystic brothers still seek

Under your command I will obey

In my vision

You are the embodiment of pure freedom

But through my eyes you are made of stone

6. Requiem

[Instrumental]

7. The Apostle In Triumph

In solitude I wander....

Through the vast enchanted forest

The surrounding skies are one

Torn apart by the phenomenon of lightning

Rain is pouring down my (now) shivering shoulders

In the rain my tears are forever lost

The darkened oaks are my only shelter

Red leaves are blown by the wind

An ebony raven now catches my eye

Sitting in calmness

Before spreading his black wings

Reaching for the skies

In this forest

Where wolves cry their agony unto the moon

My spirit is hidden

In the form of wisdom

carved on a black stone

The only way to follow

Open your soul

Redeem, I am immortal

Blinded by a light

My soul is held up in glory

I engulf the skies

The apostle in triumph

Through the eternal flame I travel

As the rain keeps falling....

1. Livets trädgård

2. Svekets prins

3. Hjärtat vet vad handen gör

4. De närmast sörjande

5. Minnets yta

6. Charlatan

7. Ingen sanning är allas

8. Banemannen

9. Kontinuerlig drift

10. Allting tar slut

11. Garden of Earthly Delights

12. Dignity

13. Heart in Hand

14. Next of Kin

15. Lovelorn Crime

16. Charlatan

17. Universal Truth

18. The Garroter

19. Continuum

20. All Things Will Pass

1. Livets trädgård

"För det... om man man slutar tänka... då blir man död"

2. Svekets prins

"Vid ett årsskifte så upplever många en känsla av vemod vid tanke på det som aldrig mer återkommer. För andra är det ett ögonblick av förväntan inför möjligheten att erövra det nya. Andra åter känner oro inför en förändring som innebär ovisshet och kanske försämring. Alla dessa stämningar är var för sig förklarliga. Någon sa här om dagen att vi lever i det stora uppbrottets tid…"

Svekets prins går ned på knä

Letar djupt i en portmonnä

Vid hans sida, en orörd kropp

Spänd inför sitt bröllop

Hon är ung

Alltför ung

Alltför ung

Vem kan styra ett liv med dignitet?

Kärt besvär för en tydlig hemlighet

Nej nej nej nej nej

En falsk tanke

Din trygghet sätts på spel

Själens pris (på) en åtrådd ägodel

Nej nej nej nej nej

Man gratulerar en välkommen affär

Det fanns ett syfte med ditt liv

Insinuerar att om livet är dig kärt

(Då) har din underkastelse ett bra motiv

Väntar in natten

Öppnar din dörr

Och kommer in…

3. Hjärtat vet vad handen gör

"Det är för bedrövligt! Usch!"

"Vem fan är du?"

Take it as a threat now and leave

Drop of toxins flows to a habit

Tell me what it is you can't see

Teeth grinding flesh in the sabbath

Factual drowning stream, you believe

Slaves will follow conspiracy

Turn the locks on brother and kin

Murder lust on affinity

War in utopia

Slay cornucopia for symmetry

The parody is real, and we're biding time

And while losing ground, make sure to worship monarchy

Death is but a story in a land of borrowed wealth

The burdened scale weighs heavy with the hunt for dopamine

Intolerance disguised as a faith

In secrecy we shun empathy

Soul critique on-line far too late

A throne for the devout enemy

War in utopia

Slay cornucopia for symmetry

The parody is real, and we're biding time

And while losing ground, make sure to worship monarchy

Death is but a story in a land of borrowed wealth

The burdened scale weighs heavy with the hunt for dopamine

When I was young

So, so much younger than today

It seemed easier to lead your life

There was no time to surrender

And no reason to perceive

The burden of pain

As it passed through our lives every year somehow

And it never really went away

Yet behind my door

Was a kingdom

A secret outline showed the way

To treasures of clay

And beads made of glass

"Usch!"

4. De närmast sörjande

En åt gången varje år

Sjunger bödlarna

Den sista sången, så fäll en tår

Någon dör och någon skapas

Och ingen tror på evigt liv

Hur förklarar man det för ett barn?

Du är älskad, jag är hatad

Du modern, jag primitiv

Hur försvarar man en slentrian?

Vi är ensamma i en stad

Som vittrar till askan vi andas

En sekund på jorden

Bara en bit kött i horden

En åt gången varje år

Sjunger bödlarna

Den sista sången, så fäll en tår

Vi är ensamma i en stad

Som vittrar till askan vi andas

En sekund på jorden

Bara en bit kött i horden

Vi är ensamma på vår väg

Att ta oss ur askan i elden

Får man hjälp på köpet?

Äter svält och död på löpet

Algoritmens sällskap tröstar

Och dottern ringer sällan nu

Hur beskriver man ett liv utan mål?

Maskinens toner överröstas

När döden ger sin intervju

Vi tillber flödet i en metropol

Jag är han där ute

Han där ute

Jag är han där ute

Han där ute

Är jag den sista av mitt slag

Som är rädd för döden

Och bryr mig om mina barn

Och ger allt för kärleken?

Jag antar att jag blivit van

Jag har accepterar mitt öde

Men håller av de som finns kvar

Och forcerar de nya sveken

5. Minnets yta

En röst i dimman

Tjugo meter fram

Den kallar (på) ditt namn

Den sista timman

Innan allt försvann

Ett hjärta lämnar hamn

Slutet på en dröm

Du har inte alltid rätt

Du tror alltid ont om mig

Du har inte alltid rätt

Men jag ska alltid fråga dig

Minnets yta öppnar för en sanning

Som ändrats över tid

I stundens hetta gör vi vad vi kan

Men sörjer vunnen strid

Slutet på en dröm

Du har inte alltid rätt

Du tror alltid ont om mig

Du har inte alltid rätt

Men jag ska alltid fråga dig

Jag ska alltid fråga dig

6. Charlatan

"Vem är Gud? (Vad är Gud?)"

"Det är en svår fråga!"

"Jag tror inte på Gud? (Tror du på Gud?)"

"Nej!"

"Varför skulle jag?"

Tre tusen drömmar i månens tid

Räknar...

Tre tusen år av iskall mid-vinter

Räknas mot mitt liv

Här kommer svältens månad

Och jag kysser en vålnad

En sorg som firar sin årsdag

Hon är ett tusen piskslag

Tre hundra dagar i ändlös natt

Kylan ler

Tre hundra vapen på människojakt

Vill ha mer blod till sitt namn

Här kommer svältens månad

Och jag kysser en vålnad

En sorg som firar sin årsdag

Hon är ett tusen piskslag

Staden är en skändad grav

Bortom ögat finns en slav

Du!

"Gud, Gud, Gud... är Gud hans namn?"

"Nä, Jesus!"

"Finns det bara en Gud?"

"Nä"

"Hur många finns det då?"

"30 miljoner hundratusentals"

"Oj!"

"Det är en I varje land"

"Ok"

"Kan de prata med varandra?"

"Nä"

"Han kan flyga bara har ([?]) ett huvud, på en månbild!"

"Folk säger att han vakar över oss där uppe"

"En dör"

"Det finns inget rätt eller fel" [4x]

"Vad tror du händer när man dör?"

"Jag tror väl mest att man... ligger kvar på sin gravplats, typ"

7. Ingen sanning är allas

Som svetten lackar i ett ansikte av snö

Det finns en tid att leva och en tid att dö

[?]

Du har väntat allt för länge

Men Våren kom till slut

Du har älskat allt för starkt

Men sorgen hittar ut

Alla skulder är betalda, arvet är bestämt

Men nervositeten i dig virvlar runt alltjämt

Virvlar runt

När solen stiger

Fredag morgon blir din frist

Du dedicerar dikten

Livet som du mist

Tiden läker inga sår

Man förtjänar hur man mår

Tiden läker inga sår

Ett antal år av ditt liv är stulna

I ljuset blir det uppenbart

Att ganska snart har det vita gulnat

Ingen sanning är allas

När blodet tunnats ut

Död sympati tillät hatet ta vid

En röst bor i ditt bröst

Som värnar om din ro

Men älven är för bred

För lugnet att slå bro

[?]

Du byter en last mot en annan då och då

En svärm av gamar väntar på allt som finns att få

Du gav så mycket av dig själv, men du finns kvar

Vad spelar det för roll att ge till den som har?

Den som har

Du är ändå ensam

Och dagen gryr igen

Du skjuter upp din död

Men inuti dig flyter svart

Som kväver glöd

8. Banemannen

Ensam är stark

När man rör sig i ett ensamt ljus

Så manifesteras

Banemannens stimulus

Ung mot gammal, vad gör det?

Programmerad dödlighet

När modern får nog

Tar fadern fram en säker plan

Han slipar kniven

Och vinkar till sig sina barn

Ack, så skört ett liv kan vara

Kärlek ger när döden tar

Sagan slutar aldrig där

Nej, å nej, å nej

En dold agenda

Syns klart i folkets ledare

En redan skev åsikt

Blev så ännu snedare

Stark mot svag mot invalid

Sekulär mot fascistoid

Det vackra folket

Glimrar och ler från sina berg

I en rännstens dy

Holkar hungern ut kropp och märg

Barrikader av rik hypnos

Slår ihjäl varann förstås

9. Kontinuerlig drift

Huset tomt och bössan mager

Och det ekar ganska kallt

Alla minnen där som gnager

Det fanns en tid som erbjöd allt

Men en Sommar har nu dött

Det är blött på marken

Jag och gryningen tillsammans

Den känns ändå som en vän

När alla andra är någon annans

Kanske min tid kommer sedan?

Jag ställer dörren helt på glänt

Det är tänt i parken

"Det är bara en ny dag, inget särskilt har hänt"

En gång i tiden

Fanns det en liten chans

Mellan rost och siden

Fanns där en balans

Du känner dig säkert glad

Där under din promenad

Du tar ett steg åt gången

Lär känna din nya stad

Bortom krönet är du fri

Dedikerad tid förbi

Hur kan man lova bort sitt liv

Om vägen är en vässad kniv?

En gång i tiden

Fanns det en liten chans

Mellan rost och siden

Fanns där en balans

En del av vår väg finns än kvar

Under dina skor

Och kylan där i ditt bröst

Den är ett varsel om nästa prov

För tiden den flödar fram utan ögon

Livet blev förutsägbart

Och även om jag tror

Att en längtan göms i din röst

En kontinuitet släcker inga behov

Och tiden den flödar fram utan ögon

Och tiden den flödar fram utan ögon

Och tiden den flödar fram utan ögon

Och tiden den flödar fram utan ögon

10. Allting tar slut

Hösten kommer och Sommaren går

Skugga föds på den plats du står

Bortom trygghet göms begär

När månen slickar sin atmosfär

Död inom en dröm

Iskall underström

Ge dig hän...

Dammet yr i ett bleknat ljus

Du har inte sett om ditt hus

När tiden är inne, min käre vän

Fångas åren i hjärtats hem

Och om vi ses igen

Då vissnar allt som lever

Tre tankar om en vän

Tre hundra sorgepjäser

Men om vi ger oss hän

Bland sot och krossad sten

En tid kan komma sen

När en önskan kom för sent

Död inom en dröm

Iskall underström

Din röst slog bo i min hals

Vem var jag innan, om någon alls?

Rutiner utförs på samma sätt

Efter alla år enligt etikett

Det är en enkel ekvation

Vi är vilseledda per tradition

Stark är den som vågar vara svag

Jag är du, du är jag

Om allting tar slut

Är det värt att vända hem igen?

Om allting tar slut

Är det värt att vända hem igen?

Om allting tar slut

Är det värt att vända hem igen?

11. Garden of Earthly Delights

"Because if we stop thinking, we will be dead"

12. Dignity

"At a year's end many will experience a feeling of melancholy, considering that which will never return. To others it is a moment of anticipation for the possibilities of conquering the new. Others yet will experience a concern facing a change that provides uncertainty and possible deterioration. All of these emotions are each in their own understandable. Someone said the other day that we reside in the great time of rupture."

[Quote by Olof Palme, Swedish prime-minister (S) 1969-1976, 1982-1986, assassinated 1986, murder still unsolved. Words culled from his New Year's speech to the nation 1969]

Prince of lies is on his knees

Holy rites, spreading the disease

By his side a youthful girl

Wedlocked force unfurls

She's young

Far too young