- 02. While We Sleep
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
- Against The Stream
And down we go again...
into the ocean of sorrow
towards the sea of despair
in the deep grooves of the death
lifeline running in roaring stream
"Like sand slipping through my fingers
nothing ever lasts, ever will"
- At the Gates of Sleep
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
- Bereavment
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
- Black Waters
Black Waters
Somber is my mind, now that
Misfortunehas faced my kind;
Weary glazed stare, Beneath the
Pitch-black hair.
On my cheeks, once so live, Adorn
Flood of tears, caused by strife
- Change of Heart
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
- Closing Words
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
- Daughter Of The Moon
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
- Death Walked The Earth
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
- Devoid Of Caring
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
- Disengagement
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
- Down with the Sun
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 darkening day
Croon me into the slumber
- Drawn to Black
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
- Dying Chant
As I lay dying at the eve of my days
There is a void inside me, hollowed by the years
Tmie 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
- Ephemeral
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
- Equivalence
1. Equivalence
Feed off the melancholy
Get drunk from despair
Rejoice in the name of failure
Deliverance found in pain
Live, learn and love
- Every Hour Wounds
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
- Ill Starred Son
Her dirge still echoes in these woods
Mourning lingers in the vales
As the wind cries on the shore
Her wailing can be heared
Mirthless is this wandering through
Hollow days
Like a pale ghost I waste away in
- In The Groves Of Death
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
- In the Halls of Awaiting
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
- Into The Woods
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
- Journey unknown
Journey Unknown
I'm rushing through the cosmos,
Reaching the light from the 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
- Last Statement
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
- Lay Of The Autumn
I sing with a shattered voice
I sing with a heavy heart
I sing with a shattered voice
I sing with a heavy heart
There in the deepest well of dreams
Echoed a distant song
- Lay The Ghost To Rest
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
- Lose To Night
And all the time we've struggled for
Without a reason or a 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
- Medeia
Where there once was love, only hatred now resides
Where I once had heart, only nothingness now dwels
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
- Mortal Share
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
- Numen Divinum
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
- One for sorrow
I am the last
The one who holds on the past
Clinging on something we use to have
I am the last
The one who chose this path
To walk among the world of shadows
- Only One Who Waits
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
- Regain the Fire
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
- Shades Of Deep Green
...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 upon me
Moon and stars take over when sun has fled
- Song Of The Blackest Bird
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
- Song of the Forlorn Son
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?
Who
- Song of the storm
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 the dark air and once more
The bringer of chaos makes the wind rise again
- The Bitter End
The silent moment right before the
Dusk fades away
I open my eyes but the darkness
stays
Nightfrost covers the brittle flowers
Around you
I realize that what I dreamt is true
- The Day it all Came Down
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
- The Elder
In the arms of rimed soil, lies the autumn's last withered leaf
Land now bare and naked, awaits its 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
- The Killjoy
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
- The Moment Of Reckoning
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
- The New Beginning
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
- The Primeval Dark
Rooted within the pitch-black heart
Уходящий корнями в чёрное сердце
(The pitch-black heart)
(Сердце чернее чёрного)
Entrenched behind the weary eyes
Закреплённый за утомлёнными глазами
(The weary eyes)
(Утомлёнными глазами)
- Through The Shadows
Walk away from the world
Give it 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
- Under the Plaintive Sky
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 forest's white canopy
- Unmourned
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
- Unsung
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
- Vicious Circle Complete
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,
- Weighed Down With Sorrow
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
- Where The Last Wave Broke
How does it feel?
To welcome a new day
not worth of 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