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 premonition's unclear Keeper of holy hoards 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 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
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 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
Searching the darkness And emptiness
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
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?
This poetry Our blasphemy Know the sounds Of infamy
Stark determination Poisoning the soul Unfettered beast inside Claiming sovereign control
The hands of Satan Assembling his flock Pale horse rider Scouring the earth
And now the woods are burning Tearing life crops asunder Useless blackened remains Still pyre smoldering
Whispered conjuration A belief takes form Choking hand tapping The veins in your throat
6. Hours Of Wealth
A trail of sickness Leading to me If I am haunted Then you will see
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
Found a way to rid myself clean of pain And the fever that's been haunting me Has gone away
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 my 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. In The Mist She Was Standing
Seven milestones... 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...
My soul is held up in glory I engulf the skies The apostle in triumph
At the waters I dwell The waves are still whispering whispering Ancient lullabies I die.... While our mystic brothers still seek
Through the eternal flame I travel As the rain keeps falling...............................
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
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
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
1. Advent
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
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
You are beyond all help Dancing into the void We are almost there
Open your soul Redeem, I am immortal
And so you left us Jaded and gaunt, some September Wilted with the seasons But hidden inside the delusion
Blinded by a light
2. The Night And The Silent Water
I saw you 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 missgiven" Am I like them? Those who mourn and turn away Those who would give anything To see you again If only for another second
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
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
me Confronting 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
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
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
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
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?
………………………………….. 1. Prologue
I will endure, hide away. I would outrun the scythe, glaring with failure.
[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 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.
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".
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.
When is the new beginning, the end of this sad MADRIGAL.
4. Madrigal [Instrumental]
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.
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.
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?
So there I was. Within the sobriety of the immortals. A semblance of supernatural winds passing through. The garden sighs, flowers die.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
When can I take you from this
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.
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
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.
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. loneliness. Your laughter weeps the truth. Push me into corners. Confirming the epitaph of my soul and displaying the once unknown KARMA.
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 loose. 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.
8. Karma 10. Circle Of The Tyrants
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.
[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. 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 waterdrops over the pyre A thistle in my hands Stained and torn, aged and brown Virtous shell with kindred innocense 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
In what's vanished from your eyes
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
What came and distorted your sight Saw you benighted by your fright
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 clam 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
Come into this night Your plight alone Carry your weight You are flawed as all of us Come into this night You 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
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
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 reverance left Immemorial fire in their eyes I would persih 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 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 here 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 concious state Flanked and barred in destiny's end Underneath with hope in laches 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
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
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 Night fall again Taking what's left of me Slight twist, shivering corpse Ornated with water, fills the cracks Clasped in my lims 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 criterias 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 Spiralling 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 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 look 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 everlost Brief encounters, bleeding pain Lepers coiled neath the trees Dying men in bewildered soliloquys 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 Mod round the dead Point fingers at the details Probing vomits for more Caight 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" 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 Still day beneath the sun Asking you who is the one And when the day is late We know who must forever wait
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 IIIIIIIIIIvy IIIIIIIIIIvy …………………………………….. 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 receving 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 face 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 looked 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 day 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 scense 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 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 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 of the warmth Lured out from inside Depending on the life blood 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. 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
But it never sustains Would someone watch over me In my time of need
Inside plays a lullaby Slurred voice over children cries On the inside
3. Death Whispered A Lullaby
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
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 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
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
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
Once undone, there is only smoke Burning in my eyes to blind To cover up what really happened Force the darkness unto me
Lost you there in a moment of truth (I) trust you Gave away the one and only heart (A) gift to tear apart
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
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
[Instrutmental]
Gone through days without talking There is a comfort in silence So used to losing all ambition Struggling to maintain what's left
6. To Rid The Disease
When I get out of here When I leave you behind I'll find that the years passed us by
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. 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]
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 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 miserables lies See the twisted hand of doubt seal the affair The insect trust Believer our 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
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
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 had underlined There's an ocean of sorrow in you A sorrow in me I saw movement in their eyes Thay said I no longer knew the way I had given up the ghost A passive mind submit to fear And the wait for redemption at hand Waiting to fail
[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 their 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 And tell me how How in my final days I've found her out 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
The moon don't move The tides to wash me clean 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
"They'll lock all your reasons why"
There was a fever There is a failure Are you a believer? That someone lied to you
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 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
[reversed lyrics 7:21-7:24:]
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
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]
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
Held him In your arms Your fever subside Always safe from harm Kept demons inside
Someone died Not here, never here
Still you always start runnin' Touch the light From the moon Some way mother cried Left us space here
[Special edition bonus track] [Robin Trower cover]
9. Bridge Of Sighs
[x2]
Sun don't shine
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 Oooo 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 [indisinct] 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 Oooo the perpetual journey to next autumn ………………………………………… ….
