1. The Hollow Grounds
[Lyrics by Blecher]
Kill me now
Pain grows inside
Carnal damnation arise
Devotion untunes my mind
As I step towards the light of deception
My heartbeat finds its pace
To be held high and burned again
The beguiling song of Babylon
Calms my mind to a state of enthrallation
Gods to the sky, grown men will cry
No more will we suffer from this threat of indignation
The deepest thoughts, for the strongest minds
My hollowed soul, marked with the sign of lies
Salvation’s the key, to a mutual waste of time
Lionize them all, they’ll bring some sunshine in to sacrifice us all
The names have been written on the wall, to stand there forever
Fabrication has deceived us all
The beguiling song of Babylon
Calms my mind to a state of enthrallation
Gods to the sky, grown men will cry
No more will we suffer from this threat of indignation
But still we’re standing,
Reaching out helpless, trying to embrace the sky
Rejection of time
Just a quicker path on the big road to die
Dissection of the fate draped red in blood
The darkness will speak the truth again
Finding out that there’s nothing left inside
Waiting, ’cause the promises were made
Lightning strikes hard, your time has come
Bury your lies, better not to be found no more
Mysteries lie now ten feet below ground
Let this be your place where you die
Your misinterpretations die with you
A whole population wiped out
No end to the bloodstreams that will flow
From your faith, from your hearts, from your misrepresented minds
Hollow grounds!
2. Descending Shadows
[Lyrics by Wallin]
Faithless gathered in the pouring rain – a crescendo of voices driven to the edge
Wishing for complete serenity of the mind – a beautiful mosaic missing a piece.
Eternal loss, forever engraved in the soul.
Loveless, lifeless, lustless – Is this what all will become?
I see dark clouds looming ahead on our journey
Is there no end to this search?
Morbid visions of relentless slaughter, frozen tears and pain.
Terrifying destruction, but all in vain…
As dusk falls quiet birdsong echoes in the wind,
Broken by a piercing shriek…
The rising sun disperses mists over a battlefield,
Shines on our epitaph, and we are gone.
Faithless gathered in the pouring rain – a crescendo of voices driven to the edge,
Wishing for complete serenity of the mind.
Stench of decay, emanating darkness allowing no sight
Flickering whispers of madness
And the gathered masses hear the flapping wings of death
Cries of despair echo through the void.
Loveless, lifeless, lustless – Is this what all will become?
I see dark clouds looming ahead on our journey
Is there no end to this search?
Morbid visions of relentless slaughter, frozen tears and pain.
Terrifying destruction, but all in vain…
Despite the strife to erase, unite and pacify, we reach the point of no return.
The rising sun disperses mists over a battlefield, shines on our epitaph, and we are gone.
Sacred visions all depicting unation
Ridiculed or met with derision
Hopefilled prayers of what could have been
Are labeled as insanity
Hope might not yet be lost
All will not have to end
Hearts not yet turned to dust
Will know there is a way
The dawn brings to light a whole new world, shattered and broken
All hopes of a different outcome, have been forsaken
Faithless gathered in the pouring rain – a crescendo of voices driven to the edge
Wishing for an instantaneous relief, with the blackened sky admitting no escape
The last remains, shattered to infinity.
Loveless, lifeless, lustless – Is this what all will become?
The rising sun disperses mists over a battlefield,
Shines on our epitaph, and we are gone.
We’re gone…
3. Insomnia
[Instrumental]
4. Midnight Phobia
[Lyrics by Ahlgren]
Through emptiness we walk
And see the unseen
Facing the world of the lost
The beauty in my dreams
Appears in front of my eyes
The moments I wish could remain
Forever, in the empty moments of life
The moonlight shadows hunting in the night
As we see the nocturnal emptiness in the sky (so high)…
Imprisoned by the memories of the past
That we wish we could forget
We hide the fear inside ouselves
And close our eyes in despair
Defying what was meant to be
Our destiny and inner pain
We take the future in our hands
It will go on, will never end
Searching for another new dimension
A place where we can hide
Together in an endless dream we fly
Alone in the mighty sky
A phenomenon you’d call fiction
But a vision so magic to me
I can see them passing by
Mortals devoured by pain
And the emptiness in their souls
Will they ever find a way?
A way that leads to the gates of the unknown
The key that opens the thousand dreams of yours
Close your eyes and follow the stream
Reality falls down into oblivion
Raise your hands and feel the beauty
Illusions can change themselves into nightmares
Look in the mirror what do you see?
I can see the colours of silence
Deep inside the mysteries of night
You hypnotize yourself in the twilight air
Can you feel the other side
Rising inside your mind
Afraid you fall asleep
You scream you want to hide
Losing all your control
Nightmares grow in your soul
Confused you try to run
Away, you’re so alone
Beautiful is daylight
When it breaks upon the sky
It shows the way back to your outer life
Disenchanted you are, but only for the day
The night will soon embrace you
It might be your last play in this world…
5. Traces Of A Midwinter Drama
A pattern composed in the darkest den
Those moments will never be again
Now when the winter has come
Then my memories they guide me to an ancient dimension
A time full of tears
Where the winter-queen showed me the light of deception
Traces of a midwinter drama impossible to erase
Your face so eternal, my nightmares so infernal
A sphere full of pure tyranny
Seduction in fire and darkness
A nymph child not of this world
Covered with skin like an innocent bride
She is dressed for her pleasures, sin and delight
Have you felt a cold desire?
The beauty in my dreams is the darkest soul, my pain and my disease…
Tears like the purest waters
Frozen in thy eyes
Try to hide the weakness
That dwells behind the grace
When the old man has spoken
All promises are broken
The daylight has fallen into the deepest night
Where thy snake-eyes are watching
Your fingers are touching the skin of the beloved ones
See the queen descending in grace down from her throne
She desolates those weak souls who cross her bloodstained path
Tragedies surrounding the beauty of the night
Frozen are the waters where she seduces the blind
I hear the thousand whispers and screams from the unknown
I feel the mighty presence from the spirits in her gown
Devoured and embraced, I stand alone with fallen grace
The sky is turning grey, I see the bleakness of it all
The waters are turning to frozen ice
I realize it’s the tears from a million cries
Those old memories are now fading away
For the last time, the last farewell is said
When the old man has spoken
All promises are broken
The daylight has fallen into the deepest night
Where thy snake-eyes are watching
Your fingers are touching the skin of the beloved ones
My dreams are no longer
My pain growing stronger
I feel the power of the midnight storms
All roses are burning
The flowers are turning
To ice in the presence of her light
I remember the voice in the night
The face is so eternal, but the memory is gone…
Traces
Of a midwinter drama, Erased!
6. Nightlike Silence
[Lyrics by Ahlgren]
As I enter the world of dreams and of chaos
I suddenly feel the presence of eyes
A reminder of the eternal pain engraved in my soul with filth and scorn
Heretic she was when she spellbound my eyes
Temptation and beauty, (so) fullfilled with lies
She knows how to rape those souls of weakness and leave the cadaver in brutal despair
Endless nights of passion
I thought it was my fate
Fatal betrayal, all promises were broken
Entirely I fell for thee, imprisoned by thy grace
Frozen in deception, I bleed in misery
Nightlike silence, emptiness I feel
Lost in remembrance, my tears full of grief
Enslaved by the memories, can not escape
From those moments of joy that I wish could remain
The sun is no longer the bringer of light
My soul is like snow in the winter night
Velvet darkness surrounding me
As I stand alone in this tragedy
Within these walls built of ebony tears
I fear the unknown
Every step I try to take becomes five steps in reverse
In my mind, a nightlike silence
Only memories remain
I can not erase thy picture
So naked and plain
Now a thousand days have passed
But those crimson eyes still last
This silent mourning seems to have no end
Another day in fire, another night in pain
Victim of a pure desire
Yeah yeah, my soul is in a hearse
Forgotten and erased
I thought it could be everlasting, never dying
There were so many things to tell
Instead you showed me hell
Innocence is pure imagination, hypocrisy…
This is eternal the eyes so infernal
I feel the coming of new tragedy
Once you have fallen you can not arise
I surrender under a bloodred sky
A slave under thy lust, her beauty a disguise
The bringer of nightlike silence has come
Dressed for the twilight journey
The spellbinding beast has been released
7. Morninglight Revery
[Lyrics by Westesson]
From the tragedy of reality
Of all that is, that lives to die
The tragedy of you and me
Of your emotions of my cry
Another morning beneath the cold sun
The sun that only I can see
Another morning in hope for euphoria
Where you and I will be
Where you look at me with the same eyes that follow you on
Where you think of me with the same thoughts as those awakening me
Same as those awakening me
From the tragedy of reality
Of all that is, that lives to die
The tragedy of you and me
Of your emotions of my cry
Another morning beneath the cold sun
The sun that only I can see
Another morning in hope for euphoria
Where you and I will be
And I used to ride beyond the horizon
Beyond the cold winds of your voice
Beyond the glaciers of your shoulders
Beyond all boundaries of universe!
Beyond all boundaries of life
Beyond all boundaries of universe
Beyond all boundaries of life!
Where the beauty of a thousand dreams is cast upon me,
Like a tidal wave of gold to reach the shore
Where it feels as if I can’t reach any longer
On the edge of all that we can see or touch
Undefinable waters not yet sailed
By intentions that would cause our love to fail.
In diplopia I see what was meant to be
The moon and the stars in the darkened eve
In diplopia I see what I want to see
To rise above the shroud of singularity enforced upon me
The moon and the stars and the sun of thee
But as night turns into morn
And as I turn into me
A dream turns so forlorn
And you turn out to be fantasy
Are those my silhouettes walking by your side?
Are they the ones that seem to be casting shadows in the light?
For long I’ve known that you are the one
Why won’t you see the morning sun?