1. Frozen Meadows
[Lyrics by Westesson, Wallin]
Tides of darkness approached,
bringing the smell of fading flowers so morose.
Interrupting the dance towards the blooming fields,
the fields where I had wished to sleep.
Where the grass turned into needles,
a paradise transformed to battleground.
And here the battle began, here the battle was won
by the stars, and with the contemporarily colouring sun.
Cold bitter darkness levitated above my lands once so green.
Sublime shadows wrap their arms around me.
Wellknown realms now rest in grey absorbing steams
My eyes enclosed
Never more to see the light of dawn
My ears deprived
Never more to hear the shrieks of swans
But deep from the profound I grow
Mountains arose were peaceful paths once went so straight.
A winter so cold struck with furious storms of hate.
Anxious dreamers lost in the seas of time.
Frozen and afraid they fall asleep.
My eyes enclosed
Never more to see the light of dawn
My ears deprived
Never more to hear the shrieks of swans
But deep from the profound I grow
So tenderly you touched my pale skin
Erasing melancholic structures within.
You kissed my parched lips
Like water silently engraving the cliffs.
You removed the burden from my shoulders
You opened up my sleeping eyes.
You broke my coffin firmly locked in prediction
and in hope that I would die
(Thought:
You trailed me out from the tunnel,
me running through striking fists.
Rapidly heading for nowhere
among my own confusing mists
And so I see your hand, your inviting hand
but it is oh so far away
Will it take me home
or will it lead me all astray?)
Tides of darkness approached,
bringing the smell of fading flowers so morose.
Interrupting the dance towards the blooming fields,
the fields where I had wished to sleep.
Where the grass turned into needles,
a paradise transformed to battleground.
And here the battle began, here the battle was won
by the stars, and with the contemporarily colouring sun.
Cold bitter darkness levitated above my lands once so green.
Sublime shadows wrap their arms around me.
Well known realms now rest in grey absorbing steams
Mountains arose were peaceful paths once went so straight.
A winter so cold struck with furious storms of hate.
Anxious dreamers lost in the seas of time,
silently awaiting a final peace of mind.
Awoken from my hibernation
returned from my inner journey
after rushing through my darkened past
all my memories of mourning
I now gaze at the stars and I think of you
smiling at me so beautiful
Revived into the lights bane
eternity it shines like gold
You sit beside me, I face your eyes
and plunge into the untold
Like hypnotized I followed you
but suddenly I watch you walk away…
2. Silent Tears
[Lyrics by Ahlgren]
Looking through my inner past,
And I see your spirit walking around
Eternally lost, confused I am screaming for your response
why have you left me behind?
A choice made so blind, a step in the night
a night so misty and cold…
Left in tears and eternal suffering
You are like opium so enticing…
so pretended…
Silent she walks and silent she laughs at her impurity
So many souls, so many lives, so many tears she has thrown into flames
All of her deeds, all of her crimes are pictures of this frozen world
Want to escape but cannot escape, she must pay for her sins…
She will pay for her sins…
She twinkles with her eyes,
the eternal sleep is waiting.
I hope you will get the same,
the same you have given me.
3. …to Apeiron
[Lyrics by Wallin]
The summary of all white lies, reunites under the darkest skies
-can you hear the thunder roll my friend?
From deep inside it saturates, dissipates into the night
leaving in its trail no more than pain
Rising from my throat, a shriek of agony
as your contemplations are revealed
Darkness comes to darkened minds, only out for an unfair fight
filled up with their hatred and their fear.
Oh, my heart is cold
Like the coldest dawn on this earth
Sacrificed for the sake of believing
Believing in trust…
Oh, the manipulative cries
tormented a thousand times
Seeking with ambition – forever destined to fail
You revealed the stairway out of here
Bitterness again, denied the chance of relief
From deep inside it saturates, dissipates into the night
leaving in its trail no more than pain
Rising from my throat, a shriek of agony
as your contemplations are revealed
Darkness comes to darkened minds, only out for an unfair fight
filled up with their hatred and their fear.
Oh, my heart is cold
Like the coldest dawn on this earth
Sacrificed for the sake of believing
Believing in trust…
Reaching away, where the thought cannot see
Entwined in embrace of engulfing flames
As the morning comes with the light of day
Forever whirling faster, will it lead me…
To apeiron