Insomnium
ALBUMS / SONGS / LYRICS
As I lay dying at the eve of my days There is a void inside me, hollowed by the years Time has made these scars, burned them in my soul Mouldered this ugly figure of anguish and woe Only death by my side, in the darkness waiting I weep for what I've done, cry for what I've not I beg for salvation, that cannot be found Never in this life, not whit these memories I have never shown regret or asked for forgiveness I have never relented, no, or yielded to prayers Only vision in my mind, as I give my life How she hides her face, and turn away
Now it's too late Can't you hear the calling We are no longer safe Mankind is falling Close behind until you see All is swelling in incorporeality We are rendering a service, Inconsequence reigns Vicious circle completes What have we become more than Traitors in the face of time Disharmony unleashed, What would satisfy your hunger For there is no hope, For there is no meaning Inanimate spirit outbreaks the silence Strangles the motion, catches the fire Reflections define our failures When everything is said and done ...For there is no hope... ...For there is no meaning
When the days get shorter And winter draws near All that once was fair Withers and dies Thoughts of despair Breeding in darkness Growing from desolation Decaying my sanity If I would die away, drown in misery Choke on these tears, who would mourn me No one to light the candle, or weep on the grave If I'd be gone forever, die of this grief ...Forever gone... Would you kiss me goodbye And hold me in your arms If you were here with me Heading towards the dark The river runs black Through these forgotten woods I kneel down by the water Wash my stained face I let the stream take me Carry away from here To where I feel nothing Where no pain can reach me
May the wind rise, and the storm awake See the sky turn dark, clouds devour the sun No moon or starlight to guide you in the night Doomed to wander in dusk, grope in the shades Time for retribution Into nothingness I curse you all I challenge the Almighty, forger of the skies Above the ancient gods, I control the stars Sun rests on my shoulders, moon lies on my brows Over life and death, I have the power You shall kneel before me, quiver under my anger For I am your Majesty, Lord of the burning darkness Those who dread me not, blasphemous deceivers Fire will be your price, flames serve you right The universe in my hands Heavens collide before me I shatter the constellations Firmament shall fall down World perish in flames As I say one single word
Her dirge still echoes in these woods Mourning lingers in the vales As the wind cries on the shore Her wailing can be heard Mirthless is this wandering through Hollow days Like a pale ghost I waste away in This foul world What sin do I atone for in this Dreadful way Why the gods sneer at me as I Keep writhing in pain Where has my dearest gone to Where sings now my maiden fair Beneath the darksome waters Underneath the moonlit waves Where is our ill-starred son Where lies our poor stillborn child Below the silent mound In the arms of sacred earth She became weary of the world Tired of this marred life Burdened with sorrow far too deep The pain impossible to bear There is no light at the end of this Blackened path Calm again are the sullen waters Before me If gods shall hearken to me Fate with be benign I leave these woes behind Depart from these cares For we shall be reunited on the Other side I descend to my love and caress her forevermore
The wind gathers the clouds in the sky empyrean cracks and roars the calm before the storm grows now to thunder's song gone are the singing birds, silently sigh only the trees. Hear now the moment when the son of thunder speaks The roar in crescendo, fills hate dark air and once more The bringer of chaos makes the wind rise again Watch him whirling, dancing in the step of time... In the flash of lightning appears the majesty of skies As the tempest sets world on to it's knees, Still steady stands one man brave Challenging alone the nature Screaming fiercely over the gale Filled with anger are also phrases of storm And easily from the ground apart is the man soon torn Cold is their embrace, of iron their handshake both Mortal facing undying and the warring of their powers For thousand years last their struggle, One teardrop shed for every year,still Enough to bring forth the thousand lakes, enough for thousand rivers to shape and as the north wind rises again and the heaven cracks and roars once more two headstrong figures will test to defeat each others
Where there once was love, only hatred now resides Where I once had heart, only nothingness now dwells Guilt-ridden shall be your days Heart-rending your nights By starlight I rock to sleep my dearest ones Under the cold sky I lull to rest my darlings Good to lie in a bed of cloudberry flowers Soft to dream on a moss-grown pillow Betrayed by one I loved, deceived by one I caressed Cast into the dark, thrust into the endless night But even bitter is your fate Way darker your path For nothing have I been by your side In vain have i wasted this life All that was fair has been marred now All the love I gave you have emptied my heart Soon I'll be feeling no pain sleeping in silent shade The ones you cherish most I'll take with me to my dreams Haunted by your deeds Wrapped into the grief You are bound into this sorrow Until the end of time
As I lay dying at the eve of my days There is a void inside me, hollowed by the years Time has made these scars, burned them in my soul Mouldred this ugly figure of anguish and woe Only death by my side, in the darkness waiting I weep for what I've done, cry for what I've not I beg for salvation, that cannot be found Never in this life, not with these memories I have never shown regret or asked for forgiveness I have never relented, no, or yielded to prayers Only vision in my mind, as I give my life How she hides her face, and turns away
In the arms of rimed soil, lies the autumns last withered leaf Land now bare and naked, awaits it's snowy sheet And as the light still lingers, painting scarlet this barren scene An old man sings his song of melancholy and relinquish I'm a whirl deep in dark waters, A stare in the shades of fir-trees I'm riding above with north wind, Herding the black clouds of rain Mine is the kingdom, Far from the moon to the sun I am the elder, Standing forever as one And in that sudden moment, when everything's turned to still, He abruptly breaks the silence, becomes one with longing And singing ever stronger, nature joins as one with him Fire in his eyes, universe under twisted grin
Somber is my mind, now that Misfortune has faced my kind; Weary glazed stare, Beneath the pitch-black hair. On my cheeks, once so alive, adorn Flood of tears, caused by strife And as I grieve under the sky, Even raven croaks to me it's despise My warm hand against your cold Palm... Words echoing in the air though You're gone... Somber is my mind, Black is the colour I feel These completely dead emotions, Drain the last bit of me No matter how many tears I've shed, No matter how much I repent, Some things just can't be undone And some of us can't be forgiven. No matter how many tears I shed, Some things can't be undone... I've reached the point of no return, These are deeds from I can not flee From a reflection I see a tired man, Longing for a relief Black waters in front of me Will sway me till I'm in sleep, Take me to the shores of Manala Where I'll be free from my sins. Black waters will sway me till I'm sleep... This roaring stream will wash me Pure and clean...
...This path leads into dark... In shrouding veil of thickening dusk, In the caress of darkening woods There winds my path, narrow and fading Let this twilight linger, long upon me Moon and stars take over when sun has fled And bring her scent to me May the blowing of winds cease And all birds fall silent from singing May the dreary waters lay still And hands of time stop turning So in forms of evening mist I can feel her slender grace In shades of deep green I can drown in her tender eyes Now that her light has gone away, All this searching has led astray, These turns are filled with grieving, this moments with loss What a cruel world left for me to roam alone What a scornful fate, took my light away Neither the glittering dew on moors, nor the the whispering wind in dales But only these shadows of green can remind me of her What a cruel world left for me to roam alone What a scornful fate, took my light away
The silent moment right before the dusk fades away I open my eyes but the darkness stays Night frost covers the brittle flowers around you I realize that what I dreamt is true Beauty beyond words My dearest one Her light burns my eyes She is all mine By these frosty waters I rest by Your side I hold you in my arms for the last time If only I could tell you how I need Your love If only you had seen what I kept in My heart Now it's the time of grieving Reign of sorrow in my heart All i have ever wanted Is today forever gone Bitter is the nightly silence Bitter till the end of time The sky grown ever darker Through now she'll always be mine I hold you in my arms so tight I kiss your frozen lips for this last time For the first time
I'm rushing through the cosmos, Reaching the light from beyond the sun I see my self dissolving, As universe locks me into its arms When you dream of the sea of stars, And in the sky the northern lights flame Sometimes do you remember, Hear the silence between the worlds Swirling surges of plasma, Permeate me as I continue my fall Distorted dimensions swarm around me, Flickering awhile, soon lost to sight And all these shapes I've seen Always through thick darksome mist Become now clear, vision of consternation and awe Into soothing silence I lapse, Under your guarding eyes I rest At the gates of your kingdom, I bow down and enter Domed stellar colonnades outline the arch of the sky A scene from here to eternity and everything that between lies The grandeur of all existence, reveals me now past my closed eyes And as my sleep turns ever deeper, I'm really awaken for the first time
Evening full of grandeur, skies tinged with red Mountains crowned with crimson, treetops with scarlet blaze As the dusk is falling, night settles in Stars slowly come out, moon glides skywards ...Still cheerless is in my soul, my heart filled with cares... Longing for the misty shores, weather-beaten strands so poor Where the weeping sky archs over water calm Pining for primeval woods, murky shade of leafy roof Where the silent trees arch over our path Do you walk in mourning, still wear the grief Raiment of sorrow, remembrance of me Through the years of bleakness, winters of bitter cold Will you not forget me, forsake my soul ...Low-spirited is my song, downhearted my tune... Beyond enchanted sea, wistful is my sleep Darkness by my side, through the dreary night Will you follow me, through eternity To another world, to the quiet halls I've lost my way in the dark, strayed apart from my love I've faced the demons of might, passed away into shades Long are lonely years, slowly pass these days In undying land, in the divine light Where I wait...in the dark The black of the night turns to dusk of the dawn Through the mist now shines the fairest light of all The caress I've waited for eternity Into the shades, together we fade
From now on there's an abscence of smile Foul voices welcome me to loneliness Graceful tunes on her lips have now ceased This winter's here to surpass all the hopes And dreams succumb to nightmares and freezing air Now lonely is my road, path paved with bitter thoughts Conception of beauty excluded from this heart Within closed doors no-one speaks, behind barred windows no soul lives As I walk the soil beneath my feet is crumbling... She was my sun and now the light has faded away Night condensing around me, leading astray Shining image torn down, remembrance of her fades Left but anguish and shame to haunt me in the shades Should I be content with the memory of the life I had? Or is the Hell knowing what we could have beome? - Quite indifferent as the tides of time have now turned And the past is buried in a drift of whirling snow ...White sheet covering all things left behind... And from now on there's an abscence of hope... She was my sun and now the light has faded away Night condensing around me, leading astray Shining image torn down, remembrance of her fades Left but anguish and shame to haunt me in the shades So be it, perdition is my home, Since the day it all came down
Trail amidst the snow-clad trees, winding is the way Sunless is the path we roam, bitter is the air we breathe Fell is the icy blast, coming from the hills Blowing through my ailing heart, wailing in the emptiness inside Vanished is the light we had, hidden deep in rimy soil Bereft of us the one we cherished, lost for ever our love Still at night I see her figure Flickering on moonlit glades But passing is the hope she_s giving Just a faintest breath of air and she_s gone again The clouds are moving heavily, across the livid sky Yonder the hues are darkening, slowly turning grey to black For the two who stray in dusk, all hope is long since gone Cruel is the winter_s reign, merciless the grasp of despair For what mirth there is left in life for a motherless son What solace in this world for a widower to find Slender the shape in night, unbearable the beauty Shining in the silvery light, watching me with wistful eyes Evanescent this vision, unattainable this illusion But an image in my troubled dreams, hewn out of yearning and rue
If I only could I would Change everything Today is the day, the moment of reckoning For too long I've been hiding this truth within my chest Today is the day when I will come clean Answer for my deeds and stand up for my faint-heartedness If I only could I would change everything Let the suffering be mine and only mine for this time In your time of need I betrayed you When I should have watched over you I walked away Now there are two straying souls weak in faith In your time of need I left you When I should have been strong I turned my back on you Now there are two straying souls about to break When there now are two of us alone There's not anymore anyone alone Today is the day when I will face you at length You my child have wept enough far too long swallowed your hate Today is the day when I will promise to myself Take care from you I've been running away and with for so many years If I only could I would change everything Let the suffering be mine and only mine for this time
Would you come and share My cross, my pain, my heartbroken nature For this burden is too heavy to bear Too troublesome for one man to handle Since my darkness swallowed The last gleam of light I've been rambling in the shadows Hour after hour in the dark They who never got sorrow, Grinding grief in their hearts Never lost a thing, Never had a thing They who never witnessed beauty, That flamed even the all-encompassing night Never lost a thing, Never had a thing Now these bitter tears run ceaseless, And drown my hope far too deep It must've been the day we parted When I trapped this sadness in me Since my darkness swallowed The last gleam of light I've been clothed in mourning, Wearing sorrow day and night
And so does the downhearted tune Resound through this murky night And the wind groan its wistful song For the ill-lucked dwellers in plight These two round-shouldered figures Forward slowly through this grey day Under the fores'ts white canopy Out of the drifting snow's way With rime dressed-faces they wander With guilt carved-hearts they flee With grim stained-minds they hover Between hope and despair With rime dressed-faces they wander With guilt carved-hearts they flee With grim stained-minds they ponder If they ever be free of their sins May the stars become my eyes And the wind become my hearing Let them guide us through These pitch-dark mornings May the snowfall end And the shining moon rise So we can find our way out From these all-consuming nights Underneath the blanket of stars Embraced by another cold night Two round-shouldered figures Leave these shores behind Quietly they wonder If they ever will see the light They now lose in their shadows Owe to the darkest of nights
Brought back from the silence As darkness whitened into a day Tried to weave the pieces together Force the past away Mind weary of sorrow Body tired from the way Welcomed yet another morning Of longing and dismay What have I for you to offer Besides this long haul Wade across vast snowfields Journey through endless moors Death walked the earth today Without a sound, motionless Forced its way into my arms Caressed me with the dark Dragged again up to surface From the bowels of the earth To face yet another morning Breath gasping black steam of death These are our waking hours In cold sunlight we pine away Towards yet another morning Till following hopeless day
What solemnity can be found in this death? A traitor's smile, the honour of betrayal How comfort could be found in the dreariest of nights? What solace for guilt-driven mind, tarnished heart? Two crestfallen figures clinging together in fathomless dark In maelstrom of despair dimming each other's shine And half of his blood runs like mine - kindred spirit to me But the gleam in his eyes remind of the one who is gone forever When dreams carry me past this life, to thin shrouding mist I rest in silence, in place lifeless and desolate Long are midwinter's nights as the will to live has died Evanescent the unwarming light, evoking memories of life - Of the life long lost, buried in ashes of love and joy And half of his blood bleeds like mine - kindred spirit, yet free But the gleam in his eyes abates for my guilt shackles him too What sublimity can be found in this love? Weakling's trust, the moral of deceiver There's no future for a son under this burden of grief No leading to walk aside this tormented ghost Two crestfallen figures clinging together in fathomless dark In maelstrom of despair father suppressing the only shine As the end is slowly looming our paths must now diverge Pressure slowly easing, shackles unchained, uplifting Beyond many a weary league Where dimming light gives birth to evening stars At the treelines of distant, devouring woods Await my demons, embodying this longing Better to sleep now on stranger's porch, find home on foreign soil Brighter the sun to a forsaken child than to a father in despair Disencumbered from this grief with the most cruel way Deserted to be alone, abandoned to be free
This will be for now and for ever the diverging of our paths... Now that this night has turned into a dawn I step aside from this path of grieving Left with all these things I never had chance to say Words wishful, filled with caring You must stop your bleeding Before you run yourself dry You must let go of your wound Because love it is crying for is gone Now that this night has turned into a dawn I give up this life I have been leading Left with all these things I never meant to say Words deceitful, double-dealing As every breaking day fades away before the dusk So does hate pause and resentment turn to reason You've carried enough this burden meant only for me to bear Now it's your time to straighten up, time for you to walk tall Alone...
Wretched is my lot here, mirthless is my fate Alone to face the cruel winters, endure the dreary cold What is there to hope for, what is there to seek For this forsaken child, for this forlorn son Whose sins am I now atoning for? Whose lapses am I forced to undo? So echoes my tune through these darkling shaws Above the frozen streams resounds my song Only these sullen trees will hearken to me Only snow-bound hills ever hear my call What is there to hope for, what is there to seek For this forsaken child, for this forlorn son For this embittered man, for this grim castaway Solace I find in the light of the pale moon My comfort in the night the murmur of the trees Now I set forth without ever glancing back It is time to make my own way through the dusk
When it rains, it pours like hell...
In their lofty chambers dwell The sacred and divine Resting in seraphic bliss The timeless and sublime Far above the mortal sphere Dreaming without a care Far above the weeping world Sleeping amidst the light of stars Too far away to hear our calls Too far away to care at all On the burnished thrones they sit Might in their blazing eyes Vault of heaven at their feet Undying flames inside Never shall decay or death Touch on the blithe souls Sorrowless the days of gods Amidst the everblooming groves But where do we lay our heads to rest? Where do we shelter when the night falls? For the part of man Is to take the sombre path Stumble in the dark Stray amidst the dust and ash Like forgotten ghosts Drifting in the driving wind Dashing towards the void Whirling blindly through the night Like water flung from the highest cliff We fall, lunge, swirl, dissolve, and fade away Down into the unknown
Wreathed in silence, laid down in shades Swathed in regrets, deluded astray Forgotten in half-light, drawn in despair Soothed in slumber so dreadful and fair Rending and searing and twisting my dreams Alone in the gloom with the nightmares unseen The night has a thousand eyes, And the day but one; Yet the light of the bright world dies With the dying sun The mind has a thousand eyes, And the heart but one: Yet the light of a whole life dies When love is done Worthless the pledges, all vows but lies Fateful her kisses, where a serpent hides First beckoned to step from the twilight to glare Then left in the dark for the demons to share Only the stars see, only the moon hears... And quietly the water-lilies sigh Like the last breath of a weary soul And the weed sway in the dreary waters Like a girl's dark hair they wave about And the black stones under my bare feet Cold and smooth like her milk-white palm And the silence which falls upon this shore Resounds now louder than oncoming storm For all is gone
Spring brought the two together Married the wind with the fire Under the secrecy of lush birch trees Opposite hearts became one One day followed another Weeks passed, months lapsed Until wind grew to a storm And fire to a burning pile Cold gust of whirlwind Fiery flames, burning sharp Adoration all too strong pushed the two apart Different from the start Fate that never was written in the stars Led to a change of hearts The fall split the one in two Under the pouring rain Dressed them both in loneliness And led to their separate ways The fire could not be tamed with the wind Or the wind suppressed by the flames As blending the light with the dark Merely results in grey
Listen to the night, hearken to the silence The wind sings in fir-trees, forest´s music rings Rueful is the tune, wailful the soughing Soothing is the choir, murmur of the trees Time to forget all the heartache and pain Time to leave behind all the toil and travail Here where the water mirrors a still sky Here a fair place for a child to lie Under the woeful sky, moss-grown our bed tonight Here we sprawl in mellow darkness In warm caress of the night Far away from world's betrayals Afar from all the Heaven's might Better to dream, far sweeter to slumber Than face the cold days, bear the grim longing Time to rest a while, close the drowsy eyes Sleep till the dawn, till the bleak morning Heed not the rustle or hoots of the owl Heed not the ghosts that still dwell in the soul Night brings us solace and serenity deep Night brings at last neverending sleep Better it would be to sleep forever In silent shades of the evernight Sweet are the dreams in the groves of death Far away from the earthly woes Sound is the sleep under spruce's boughs Serene are the dreams in the darkling shade Gone are the cares of the waking world Forgotten the sorrows of the weary heart
To know love is to ache; hurt yourself and repent For in the end all is gone; lights go out, your time is spent If I were you I would retract and lock my heart Concede defeat and admit I was off the mark If I were you I would turn away and hide my face Swallow my pride and then finish here it's all disgrace All of our dreams now laid on the sand To wait by the perilous tides To be washed away into the depths And sink without a trace Just a fool's hope remains To rejoice is to lapse; fool yourself and repent Mirth will soon turn into woe, reveries to contempt If I were you I would now bring the curtain down Accept my lot and thus fathom out my own bounds If I were you I would rue the day when I was born Cleanse all in life and redeem myself from scorn Remember these words when tide is turning The less you hope for, the less you suffer If you dare to trust, then you shall shatter Lunge from the heights and fall to smithereens And when you come here with charred wings and a defiled heart Wait not for compassion or words of consolation For only a gleeful smile is greeting you
I have come to the end of my line With these final steps I take back my freedom Unchain the shackles that never could hold my mind Time keeps running and running Outstripping the dead tired ones The hours will run out from us all And in the end no one differs from the other Only the blue sky and the green grass Go on forever in this world Where seconds feel like eternity And years pass in blink of an eye When the last rays of light Set behind these shores Night wraps me in its blanket And leads my way to the stars Through the fear and the ache Past the storm and the rain I have made peace with the world I am born again I may be gone in the flesh But my love will stay here I am always with you in spirit So just stay strong When the last rays of light Set behind these shores Night wraps me in its blanket And leads my way to the stars Through the fear and the ache Past the storm and the rain I have made peace with the world I am born again Through the fear and the ache Past the storm and the rain I have made peace with the world I am born again No one wins tonight No one gets a closure No one walks away victorious But don't forget me Don't you forget me Burn a candle for me when you can Don't forget me! Don't forget me! Don't forget me! [Whispering:] Don't forget me Don't forget me
With this fall (I fall...) great grey clouds covered the sky Dimming the light of sun, muting stars and crescent moon Lost inside the world of gloomy, haunting shades Descending into this abyss of human soul In this dreariest of nights Time can draw out like a blade And yet Her grace shines through Through me, and the brooding clouds And if her light never falls on me I'm content just to feel the lack And this fall set requiem for my way Away from other's paths, I turned to desolation Away from other's thoughts, timid and surpassing Away from the others, beyond caring In this darkest of hours Time draws out like a knife The reflection once whole, now only a wound, seeping hurt and loss The image once so bold, now only a scar, dry of hope and light For all things ought to say, left unsaid For all deeds ought to do, left undone Be with me now...
In the evening of a grey day, a bleak day I strayed into the dim silence of the hallowed trees Where the fir-trees whisper of those been, those gone Where the sacred earth still hides all those we once loved "O father, hear these words, your son is not made for this world Faint-hearted and careworn, into this vile life I was hurled In the woods the fiends sigh, I swear I heard the demons neigh On the seashore I espy the dreadful void under the tides" Ill-assorted with this life, these cares Each moment I am waiting for the worst to come my way Dark berry from my mother's womb; a frail one I was affrighted at my birth, bewildered from the start Better it would be to stay in the shades In the thicket of the dead, in the groves of death Here I would lie to the end of the days "Hear me now, my hapless son Warn away all yours fears Make good use of your brief days Life may be grim but death is more austere By yourself you sit and wait By yourself you will have time to repent" "In these lowly halls No moon will beam, no sun will shine In these narrow rooms No tears are seen, no laughter heard" At the dawn of a quiet day I strolled from the woods, returned to the hearth And with a restful mind I roamed The dreary shores, the darkling wilds Greeting all the days that befall Taking life as it comes
Feed off the melancholy Get drunk from despair Rejoice in the name of failure Deliverance found in pain Live, learn and love Treasure all the colours Even in the thick of night Daylight holds sway
O darkness, if in thy arms I could rest For a while and with these earthly eyes See thy dim smile Maid of twilight, lass of duskfall Hang the moon on the sky's arch Soothe the weight of a darkling day "Rock here in the birch's lap Swing in the manor of wind Lay down your weary head Let the blue stars darken" O silence, if in thy cradle I could sway Like a child, heart the amending song, The sighing of the shades Maid of twilight, lass of duskfall Serve thy goblet to me Let me drink to the last drop The sweet opiate of the dreams: Ours is the silence, The echo old ageless night A gleam in the blackest of streams, One fleeing moment For vain is all the toil and trouble, Vain is all the heartbreak In the end I'll find my solace In an earthen cradle So good night.
How does it feel? To welcome the new day Not worth saving To fall down on own imprudent acts The wind answers quietly Clears the black smoke far thick to see Unfolds the true nature of man "And this fire it burns Consuming us all Withered garden for posterity Inheritance in flames" "When the mankind moves Rest of the life shakes All once green turned into stone Flesh into dust and soil Where the last wave broke The shores blazed red And place once called home Turned into hall of dead" How does it feel? Bite the hand that feeds you Poison the well that waters you Prospects made from castles of sand Legacy in barren land Breed, greed, bleed Legacy in barren land The last wave broke Prospects made from castles of sand
This I have learnt: World forces all of us down The fleeing years bend our backs Love but smears our hearts Here I now lie still like a broken bow Soul sullen and rigid with the will to die Sighing after the days long since gone Cursing every step on this ill-fated trail "In vain I try to forget - In vain I try to forgive Black bird from evening sky - raven from heaths of night Come and take my cares - carry away the grief Bereave me of my woes - rend off these earthly throes Fly them to deepest lakes - to the starlit shores" This I have learnt: Even the sweetest wine turns to sour We work our fingers to the bone All our efforts of no avail Here we all are but troubled guests On darkling earth Lost echoes that pine away Into the dusk Nothing more than the wind to rely on Nothing more than the death to comfort us in the end This I have heard: All ends in serene sleep All these sorrows are washed away As we lapse into the night But I know it's a lie
And down we go again... Into the ocean of sorrow Towards to sea of despair In the deep groves of the earth Lifeline running in roaring stream "Like sand slipping through my fingers Nothing ever lasts, ever will" "To impart elegance all living Experience the grandeur in giving Felicity found in commitment Tranquillity in mere being" And down we go again Under the relentless waves Into the arms of calm breakers Into bayou of forgotten dreams Like sand slipping through my fingers Nothing ever lasts, ever will "To impart elegance all living Experience the grandeur in giving From existence into oblivion Not in cycles but in lines" Getting nowhere fast By contending with time Accept the alteration Come to terms with your days Down we go just the same Into the ocean of sorrow Towards to sea of despair This river runs relentlessly And this river runs deep Not in cycles but in lines
(I...) I sing with a shattered voice (I...) I sing with a heavy heart There in the deepest well of dreams Echoed a distant song I hearkened to the hallowed voice Stirred from ageless sleep Through this barren soil you came Sweet scent of spring Came and cast the earth in bloom Lent your light to me But now the summer's dreams are bent Like grain against the scythe And memories of blissful days They fall like leaves For autumn's songs are made of loss Of yearning and regret In bitter tone they are recited Uttered with a heavy heart "I sing with shattered voice A tale of marred souls I cry for consumed hearts And springs forever gone" The lights of sun and stars will fade And moon covers its face All the tunes will quiet down And the songs shall die As this wretched heart unfolds Like mouth of furnace grins Inside there's but a blackened cell Full of filth and flames There once was time when I resounded by your side There once was time when I trembled under your eyes What do I hear when you're gone? The wind's harrowing cry What do I hear when you're gone? The sighing of the languid grief Cold creeps in, silver crowns the land Long are the evening now, grave the guilt's weight Stars shriek their emptiness in the darkling sky All the world is but a barrow shrouded in white
Now close your eyes And open your weary heart Let me soothe away the woes Of fiendish world... As will the sun bathe the land In its warming light So shall the moon ascend To guide the day to wane In turn the rain to hush The tumult of this world And the wind to rise, Sigh a lullaby in trees "Not in these troubled times I'm not the one you pined for No, not into calmer waters I'm not the one you long for" "But a scarecrow, an anathema to the world Looking in from the outside It's time to turn my back Walk off the beaten path Seek heartening in solitude" The arch of sky is roof where I call it home Drizzle of rain, the only music from now on My bed is made from juniper's boughs Of mire and moss my pillow Lone footprints diverge from tree line Autumn veils the sloughs with rime Shell of quagmire Yet too fragile to bear a man
"Nothing can offer content Nothing can ease the pain Nothing can wear off the sorrow One is born to bear within While your world is worth of trying My world is mere cold No chance in disillusion Only the end of the road" Man weighed down with sorrow Anguished from the sole being Destined to live with uneasiness Always the hard way Cold is the world For the ones excluded Dark is the path In the absence of light Compelled to cherish beauty in longing Cling on love amidst of the suffering No chance in disillusion No, not in this world Not for a man Weighed down with sorrow Only the end of the road
Another break of dawn Forces the shadows recede Breaks the barrier of clouds Blaze a trail for the light In the arms of white soil Lies a fallen boy Left alone to freeze to death Grown numb in the cold This is the new beginning Start with a clean sheet Redemption of the liberty Freedom through the bloodshed When hatred old for centuries Poisons the minds of sane Distrust kills all the kindness Envy slain the ideal Demise of spirit and flesh No victory in death Only the defeat remains When the sons take fathers' lives What good can come out of this? Is this the price we must pay? Redemption of the liberty Freedom through the bloodshed This is the new beginning Rebirth through devastation All the hope of a nation In the hands of few Another chapter in common story Nothing new under the sun This is the new beginning Sad ending to others
Listen to the night, hearken to the silence The wind sings in fir-trees, forest's music rings Rueful is the tune, wailful the soughing Soothing is the choir, murmur of the trees Time to forget all the heartache and pain Time to leave behind all the toil and travail Here where the water mirrors a still sky Here a fair place for a child to lie Under the woeful sky, moss-grown our bed tonight Here we sprawl in mellow darkness In warm caress of the night Far away from worlds betrayals Afar from all the Heavens might Better to dream, far sweeter to slumber Than face the cold days, bear the grim longing Time to rest a while, close the drowsy eyes Sleep till the dawn, till the bleak morning Heed not the rustle or hoots of the owl Heed not the ghosts that still dwell in the soul Night brings us solace and serenity deep Night brings at last neverending sleep Better it would be to sleep forever In silent shades of the evernight Sweet are the dreams in the groves of death Far away from the earthly woes Sound is the sleep under spruces boughs Serene are the dreams in the darkling shade Gone are the cares of the waking world Forgotten the sorrows of the weary heart
When the cold wind blows Sending shivers down your spine There is none so blind As those who do not listen Sleep of reason produces monsters
Walk away from the world Give in all you got Do not bother to try Fight 'til the last drop Walk among the shadows Leave your mark behind Lose yourself into grey mass Make statement of your life And I feel tired, empty and hollow, heart-broken inside And I feel this life has nothing for me anymore And I feel revived, sacred and honoured, one of the kind And I feel this life is something I was chosen for Let in the anxiety Make the most of every day Dwell on guilt and misery There is tomorrow after today You cannot win always But you can lose every time You alone have the power You only hold the control One fleeting moment Few short-lived seconds Mere short flicker in time For the shadow to grow and die
Far above the darkling world Soars the blackest bird Far above the darkling world It sings the saddest song (And those who hear its cry...) Those who hear it will go astray Those who hear it will wither away And nothing besides they hear Nothing besides they think anymore > They will turn, they will turn, turn away from the sun > They will turn, they will turn, turn against, against themselves At the midmost night Each midmost night Upon Death's palm The bird will rest a while And gently Death will speak Softly Death will hum and whisper: "Fly again my bird, fly again over the world" At the midmost night Each midmost night Upon Death's palm The bird will rest a while And gently Death will speak Softly Death will hum and whisper: "Fly again my bird, fly again over the world" Fly again! Fly over the world! Those who hear it will bow their heads Those who hear it will find no rest And black as a dream is now their way For into the shades they all shall fade They will turn, they will turn, turn away from the sun They will turn, they will turn, turn against, against themselves At the midmost night Each midmost night Upon Death's palm The bird will rest a while And gently Death will speak Softly Death will hum and whisper: "Fly again my bird, fly again over the world" At the midmost night Each midmost night Upon Death's palm The bird will rest a while And gently Death will speak Softly Death will hum and whisper: "Fly again my bird, fly again over the world" Far above the darkling world Soars the blackest bird Far above the darkling world It sings the saddest song
Son of man You're on your own The coming winter You'll face alone The heart that you cherished so The hand that you tried to hold Belong to a stranger But a vision you crafted Alone you came into this world Came into being Alone you are still when you're leaving When you're waning Hounds of winter Bay at the moors Demons of loneliness Bide at your door now Not one heart that would stay true Not one soul that bleeds for you They'll turn away One dreary day Alone you're in this world In the middle of it all If you keep holding on It will hurt even more Only one who stays Only one who waits Your shadow by your side Only friend in life
Beneath a silent stone In cold caress of the earth Where timeless sleep reigns Where world is but a distant toll No stars shine, no moon roams No sun broods, no winds blow No tunes chime amidst the bones No prayers for the devil’s own Night falls and dawn breaks again Autumns and winters slowly pass And all these earthly tremors But a remembrance for me Mine is this forgotten song Buried deep and heard no more Mine is this unhallowed sleep Deathless wait under the trees All the years in vain I fought All my deeds have gone to nought Unsung is the tale of mine Mislaid 'til the end of time Hidden deep under the vale of the moon Entombed beneath the white flowers of death Only the frail words Written in the stone Retell my name anymore Only the frail words Written in the stone Recall my days anymore
Walking on the gallows ground, Rope tightly around the neck Raven-bird on each shoulder waiting for the pick Chasing for the shadows, ideal that does not exist On the endless road leading to nowhere Let the sounds and light wash over Bathe the darkest corners of melancholy Blow burning flames into your soul Reveal the truth between the lines In this world every hour wounds Every second draws blood Every moment delivers pain If you choose so In this world every hour kills Every minute seeps despair There is nothing but suffering If you decide so Walking on the gallows ground, Rope tightly around the neck Flock of vultures circling above, Waiting for the feast Reaching through the blackest sky For the brightest star Seeking for the guidance From the night that never dawns Guided by empty promises Charmed by hollow words No truth or answers could be found Nothing but years numbered in me Gods are great, but the heart, the heart is greater From our wounds they're born, from our sadness they grow Gods are strong, but the mind, the mind is stronger In our scars they dwell, but in our hearts they burn
Frequented by displeasing memories Haunted by the creatures born of night Sunk deep in the dejection and distress Weak and powerless to severe the ties Bound in the dream world Wide-awake for every hour of sleep Faltering towards the future Only to come across with the past No hope beacons here No rays of light lingers Underneath the black earth Where the forgotten wait No love resides here No solace can be found Underneath the cold soil Where the sleeping gods lie There is nothing to remember When you are lost There is nothing to strive for When you are gone Now rest for you are tired, let it go Dive into sleepless dream, embrace oblivion The moments of light between the darkness Are brief and flee fast in the house of dead Searching my way out of confusion In this cold night cold as my heart Trying to find a resolution Assurance and strength to just go on I'm in the thousand winds that blow In the circling flight of blackbird In the stars that shine at night In the last dying rays of light Be gone sorrow, leave your dead behind Stay away grief, lay the ghosts to rest
Since the very beginning Surrounded by silence Brooded in solitude Grown in the darkling shades Destined to find my own way To create the path to follow And the scars of tomorrow Will make you bleed only today And the rain keeps falling Pouring down from the sky Washing footmarks from the mire Leaving no trace behind And as the shadows grow taller Swallow all the light I'm left alone in darkness With no one by my side Since the very beginning Chosen to bear the burden Abide tragedy in the blood Close shadows in the heart Always beaten by the stronger Never defeated by anyone Never disarmed of power Held by the ones guided by fire
I am the last The one who holds on past Clinging on something we used to have I am the last The one who chose this path To walk among the world of shadows Always one for sorrow Never one for love Two souls destined to failure Right from the start It was always one for sorrow Never one for love Two souls set for departure Before the nightfall And here I stand Devoid of faith, bereft of hope Unable to break the walls around me And here I stand Shell of a man from past Condemned to world of resentment It took two to summon the thunder One to bring down the rain Two to torn all asunder One to suffer the pain Two to crush dreams and wonders One to lose everything All once beautiful and sacred Nothing but in vain
Cast down into the darkness To stumble towards unknown Only emptiness to hold on to Only shadows to seek support from So arm your heart with self-worth Yet prepare for sorrow and pain Don't let the fear eat you from inside Wear your weaknesses with pride And even if you crush my body And drain it 'til the last drop You can never touch my spirit You can never touch my soul No matter how bleak or how hopeless No matter how hard or how far You can never break my conation Tear the will apart from desire Thrown down into the flames Enfolded by ash and ember Quenched in scorching fire Hardened in undying flare Through demise and disaster Past the flames of the end Rise above ever stronger Disown the past for the present Don't be guided by fear or failure It's now or never Just give it all in
Darkness is ignorance Knowledge is light Fight only with yourself Or the shadows of the night For this life will break you Years will wear you down, wear you down And every day you die a little Until the shadows will take you, shadows will take you Dying doesn't make this world dead to us Breathing doesn't keep the flame alive in us Dreaming doesn't make time less real for us One life, one chance, all ephemeral, ephemeral Darkness is ignorance Knowledge is light Fight only with yourself Or the shadows of the night All the pain and suffering will dispirit or feed you, dispirit or feed you For each and every time your failures will craft you When the fear of them is gone, fear is gone Dying doesn't make this world dead to us Breathing doesn't keep the flame alive in us Dreaming doesn't make time less real for us One life, one chance, all ephemeral, We stumble and hover at the edge of the world One life, one chance – that's all we have, that's all we have Never walk away Turn your back on yourself One life, one chance – that's all we have Dying doesn't make this world dead to us Breathing doesn't keep the flame alive in us Dreaming doesn't make time less real for us One life, one chance, all ephemeral, ephemeral,
Rooted within the pitch-black heart Entrenched behind weary eyes In the faraway song the cold sea sung In the calm whisper of winds afar It lies, calls and awaits deep in the primeval dark Embodiment of despair that never leaves or severs the ties
When your heart gives out and your love collapses When the hand that never lets go is there no more When you reap and sow only throe and resentment When there's no one else but you to blame it for When all you ever wish for is to go back once more When all you ever wish for is to change it all When all you feel is remorse, pain and regret When you dwell in the past unable to move on And we drift far away in our dreams Gather further distance while we sleep Build a wall of glass thick and deep We hear but choose not to listen And we drift far away in our dreams Gather further distance while we sleep Still the bridge is enflamed with fire Leave all the love we had behind When you realize that your life is a one-way road When you realize that there's no point of return When you understand that you can't go back anymore When you understand you can only move onwards And we drift far away in our dreams Gather further distance while we sleep Build a wall of glass thick and deep We hear but choose not to listen And we drift far away in our dreams Gather further distance while we sleep Still the bridge is enflamed with fire Leave all the love we had behind Slow down We need to slow down We need to slow down so I can catch you We need to slow down so I can catch you We need to slow down so you can catch me We need to slow down so I can catch you We need to slow down so you can catch me Slow down
I have drunk the yearning, Swallowed the flame in full, And now I will bend the skies to my will. Two eternities can never be so far part, That I could not bridge them together. „I hear the unsaid thoughts, The silence throught the storm, I speak without the words, With unbound soul, I’ll bring forth the Sun, And hand over the moon, I’ll hide the evening stars, And fold them in your heart.“ I have touched the longing, Breathed the wistful air, If I wish, I will turn the winters to springs. Throught the dust and fear, I find the faintest light, And I can see life, Admist the death that wreaths us all. „I hear the unsaid thoughts, The silence throught the storm, I speak without the words, With unbound soul, I’ll bring forth the Sun, And hand over the moon, I’ll hide the evening stars, And fold them in your heart.“ [2x] Here at your feet, I rest my head, Hear the roar of time, The birth of stars. [2x] This is the gift of man, The key to see it all, The hidden wonders, Hope in despair. But only the few will find it, Only the few will keep it, Only the few will ever turn towards the Sun.
Never pariah but always on one's own Unwavering mind, black heart rebellion Cold is the night for the ones born of shadows Solemn is the way for the ones never restless Cold is the night for the ones drawn to darkness Desolate is the path of self-believers [2x] Never bow to anyone; Never give in Never surrender to anyone; Never go astray Morning star, angel of the dawn Light your torch, your radiant crown Fill the silence with trembling thunder Light our path with glimmering eyes Lies... Lies will bend the minds of the weak Life... Life is meant to be led, not followed Lonely is the road for the ones seeking the truth Bleak is the trail leading to perception But only knowledge can cure the blindness And only knowledge can open our eyes and make us see Never bow to anyone; Never give in Never surrender to anyone; Never go astray Morning star, angel of the dawn Light your torch, your radiant crown Fill the silence with trembling thunder Light our path with glimmering eyes Lies... Lies will bend the minds of the weak Life... Life is meant to be led, not followed Never below Never above On one's own Never below Never above Black heart rebellion Morning star, angel of the dawn Light your torch, your radiant crown Fill the silence with trembling thunder Light our path with glimmering eyes Morning star, angel of the dawn Light your torch, your radiant crown Dress the sky in ever-cold silver Unshroud the sphere from the clouds
And all the time we've struggled for Without a reason or way out All the grounds we've based our fight on No one remembers anymore why And all the blame that has gone into To run in circles, stand fast still And all the hatred we've poured into To fill the trench between us No more tears from me These rivers run dry No more fear in me This heart's stone inside And as the shadows give way to light Grow and thrive Every day must lose to night Fade and die And all the time we spent together United as one on the same side And despite the chink in the armour We fought a good fight, we had our time And its a shame we let all precious Gather rust, brittle and decay Shame we had to kill all the graceful To grasp what we really had there
Behold; never trust anyone Every shadow shields a traitor Always keep your friends near you And your enemies even closer Behold; never trust anyone Betrayal lurks in every corner Always keep your back against the wall Your mind collected and focused The crash of collapsing worlds The crackle of burning paper Always speak less than you know Walk one step ahead of others Their words cut like knives Their words sharp as razor But never surrender to fear Never let them take your freedom And remember, you'll always be alone Since the day you choose your own path So make sure to prepare yourself For everything live might throw at you Because you know your only chances are To win this war by each battle Merit the difference; never bow anyone You are your own saviour Live as if you were to die tomorrow Learn as if you were to live forever Stay awake while the world is sleeping Free yourself before you disappear
Old is my moon - Circle is complete Long has been the way - The day is giving in The dusk is thickening, cold engulfs the shore I hear across the stream as Charon blows the horn One more summer I ask for, I crave One more autumn just to finish my song Grant me this wish, bestow this gift Ye noble gods I pray When all is done, I'll go down with the sun And welcome the twilight that falls I know its in vain For it's my time There is no delay Last light will hide Hearken now to the trumpet call As it echoes in the dark (whirls through the night) Time has come to say the farewells Step down into the shades I scrape the sand that's running out, slipping away Dripping now through this weary hands Vanishing into thin air All I ask is one more day to redeem it all Then gladly I will pass and welcome the silent world With no sound, upon the calm stream The black boat moves, like mist on the waves Slowly Charon rows, slowly sky turns Stars fade away, we enter the shades But a wanderer I am on the heaths of night On this shore now ends my prolonged path I am home at last Tonight my dust is being gathered here And brought before my father Set before his throne, I am home at last
Darkness is ignorance Knowledge is light Fight only with yourself Or the shadows of the night For this life will break you Years will wear you down And everyday you die a little Until the shadows will take you Dying doesn't make this world dead to us Breathing doesn't keep the flame alive in us Dreaming doesn't make time less real for us One life One chance All ephemeral All the pain and suffering Will dispirit or feed you For each and every time your failures Will craft you When the fear of them is gone Fear is gone We stumble and hover At the edge of the world One life, one chance That's all we have Never walk away Turn your back on yourself One life, one chance That's all we have
A child will look up in the sky Ask guidance from the sun And directions from the moon Counsel from the mighty ones Hiding beyond the stars Far above this earth No redemption from the skies No response up from heavens No relief will ever come From beyond this realm For the spirits in their halls Will turn away their glance Hearken to the songs of the stars Consider the weight of time Ponder over the spheres Watch how the firmament turns To place your trust in them Is like leaving in the dark Like letting the gale take you where it may Ward off your fears Break your harness Forge your own fate Rebuild yourself
We're nothing more than shadows Light scatter of the dying sun Just particle beams in passing Waves riding the eternal dark We're nothing more than shadows Mere remnants of the distant past Animated sparks of energy Bursting flames of the end We're nothing more than shadows We grow tall then fade away We're vessels for a surging power With solar fire in our veins We're nothing more than shadows Flares blazing in a blink of an eye We're nothing more than shadows Glimmers of hope against the black sky And far upon the skies Lies the truth within We are shadows of the dying sun Children of infinity Always gazing to our past We are dust of the stars And I feel it in my heart And I know it in my mind That's all, ever will be We're the dust of the stars
Never thought that love and sadness Could ever walk hand in hand Never thought that laughter and sorrow Could live within this same heart We came far living on stolen moments We can pretend for only so long We all fail, stumble and fall We are the same 'till the end in fire Out to the sea I cry my heart Into the wind I weep my sorrows Below this soil I lay my thoughts Under the waves I drown my grief Out to the sea you cry your heart Into the wind you weep your sorrows Below this soil we lay our thoughts Under the waves we drown our grief You were the one I believed in I was the one worth your trust But stars no longer will guide us We walk in all-consuming dark For life shapes us and we never return To the same where we left from Hope always looks for a disappointment And tranquility for a war Out of the sea I cry my heart Into to the wind I weep my sorrows Below this soil I lay my thoughts Under the waves I drown my grief Out of the sea you cry your heart Into to the wind you weep your sorrows Below this soil we lay our thoughts Under the waves we drown our grief And I sail this sea in a leaking ship Try to cross an ocean without a sheet No wind will carry me to the shore No wave will take me back to home You are in the silence around me You are the water in my lungs You are in escaping daylight As we dance our way into the dark Into the dark...