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Sturm
04:52
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Come now to me
From this hell you've seen
Lost to the sea
I have seen you grieve
Your tears have torn
Shot down in your wars
Weather the storm
I've lived through them all
The broken, the poor
Have been given more
They see the dawn
As their masters mourn
They bleed they fall
So few hear my call
I am the door
I would gather all
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The Last Man
03:52
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Tomorrow as he wakes to find he is the last man
All that went before has no meaning anymore
Nothing left behind for the last man
Living out this remnant of time in solitude
And he will seek the end - final days for the last man
Too much weight to bear
No-one left to share this dying sky
Everything left to decay
Everything just a memory
For no-one ever to recall
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From the distant waters
Her siren's song came
Now their hell, then your heaven
As you whispered her name
This moment changes everything
Nothing will ever be the same again
And in your faces
Joy has drained from your eyes
The dream, the journey is over
Can you rebuild the empty shell of your lives?
This fleeting moment in time
When you come to your senses
There is nothing left to look upon
Finality the bitter pill
And the clocks keep ticking on
Another midlife crisis
Trust slipping away
Does it seem worth the price now
In this cold light of day?
This moment changes everything
Nothing will ever be the same again
This night rearranges everything
No words to defend
And so it goes
And so it comes to an end
Fleeting moment in time.
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Cruel Grey Skies
08:05
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Cruel grey skies - Run for cover
In her eyes see her lover
Fear the falling rain as you shelter
Your world drowned, lost forevermore
Reaping a harvest of ruin
Nothing remains
Leave it behind as your ships sail away
He has reaped where he did not sow
And keeps what he did not own
In her arms he lies, where you used to be
Her chains broken - merciful release
Nothing remains
Searching for yesterday's dream
Reaping in vain
Long ago you were standing there
No-one knows, no-one can prepare
He beholds your world, now your eyes are blind
You let it slip away, now you're left behind
Let your ships sail away
Leave behind all your tears
All your hate
All this desolation
Drift upon open seas
Distant shores rise for thee
For you, for your salvation.
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Burning
06:09
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Shedding my old skin
Looking down, deep within
Falling, fading, all is changing
There is no normality
I can feel, I can taste
Nothing
Everything laid to waste
Burning
Marching backwards through the years
Facing long forgotten fears
Yearning, searching for a reason
What is my identity?
It all lies in ruins
The world that I once knew
I'm searching the wreckage
Just to find a grain of truth
All of us shadows of our former selves
Must still receive some illumination
Frustration, confusion, set me free
I walk through the shadows, of my sorrow
And fall down to my knees
Oh Lord, please comfort me
Marching backwards through the past
Facing all my fears at last
Lost within the creeping shadows
Twisted, charred remains have cast
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Journey's End
05:34
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Another wasted night
Running from a falling star
Waking in the shadows
Wondering who and where you are
Longing for the morning
Wishing you were far from here
In another lifetime
Where the lies and truth are clear
Onwards we travel
Always moving forwards
Our damned curiosity
Self destructive vanity
Must we take this path again?
What knowledge will we gain?
I won't be alive
When the changes come around
How can we survive
Running to the siren's sound
No one lives to see
What becomes of all we knew
Another tragedy
Another rage is coming through
I am wandering far from here
In another time and another place
There is no one left but me
Set adrift from the rest of the human race
I can see what I want to see
And become anything that I want to be
Drinking from poisoned streams
Losing touch with self in a fraying reality
I see it all coming down
All journeys end.
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Oblivion
05:26
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Rising and falling
From cradle to grave
And all of our precious, fleeting time
Is slipping away
Millions of pitiful fading lives
Running in vain from the shadows of death
Our world's formed and faded
Like the words of the dead
Another generation sliding into oblivion
To the darkness ahead
Look upon the corpse, your captor
Taunting silently of our demise
Leaving all behind forevermore
Even yourself, even your mind
Why can't we live again?
All these riches lost to time
Skills and knowledge lie buried, forsaken
With all those lives
Millions of beautiful fading minds
Searching in hope through the shadows of death
Falling blind into the shadows of death
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Tunnels
11:18
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From the open fields they beckon us
Tunnels
As the rains fall down they cover us
I knew my time had come to run where I had never run
Without the warmth of the sun
Circle of light to lead me on
And the light at the end never gets any nearer
Alone in a dream where you know it's too late
How can I ever feel the sun again?
Never ending the walls of fear and decay
Far behind I can still hear the rain
Circle of light still draws me away
I think I'm lost forever within this cursed place
Damned to search in darkness for the light I can't embrace
Haunted by the silence of the words I never spoke
Forced to face the violence of the madness we invoke
Is this real..is this just a dream?
Open fields - I remember you
Blue skies - I still yearn for you
One light shines within these walls
I walk where the circle falls
Are you real..are you just a dream?
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I've seen the evil so many hands have done
I've seen the beauty of the earth and of the setting sun
And on my knees I've begged for battles to be won
But when we bleed no more, what do we become?
And when at last we breathe our final precious breath
I hope there's something more
What are we hoping for?
(What are we yearning for?)
Without a guiding hand we wander endlessly
Am I a fool to seek release from all that's killing me?
When time has passed for once held certainties
A need remains: a refuge from your misery
And when at last we breathe our final precious breath
And when at last we're summoned unto death
Is there an open door?
Will there be any more?
What will remain from all these dying things we're living for?
I've seen the evil so many hands have done
I've seen the beauty of the earth and of the setting sun
And on my knees I've cried to you for battles to be won
Will you be standing there when the dying is done?
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Bleak Endless Winter
06:03
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Bleak endless winter
Curse this cold
Never ending night of misery
You are silent
Will you save me in the end?
Nobody can carry your burden
Bowed low in the grip of disease
Crestfallen, forsaken
Please take this bitter cup from me
Soul wasting sorrow
Broken again
I close my eyes, let it wash over me
Lost in darkness
Will you save us once again?
Futile listless cries
A slow demise
All is wasted
Stone cold faces
Look away
Far below them, slowly we creep
Sometimes this feels like there's nothing left
You failed the test is this punishment?
They twisted your words to condemn us
Was it ever the way they were meant
They fall silent
As they turn
From the helpless, from the weak
As they turn from the weak
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Highwire
03:52
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Purveyor of imperfection
Let the healer bring disease
Preacher of confusion
Thomas doubts to our beliefs
While a face from the past
With no warning recast
Brings the once beating heart to life
I want to be me and somebody else
Cut me in two in the darkness at night
Piss on the bonfire
Grease on the highwire
Why in the world did you have to come here?
You're a fly in the ointment
Let the healer bring disease
Imperfection
Doubts to our beliefs
To your fanatic I am your heretic
Empty handed now unknowing
As you labour with your burdens
Asking why you feel so alone
Question all you think is true
Never lose that part of you
A face from the past
Brings the once beating heart to life
I want to be me and somebody else
Cut me in two in the darkness at night
You're a fly in the ointment
Let the healer bring disease
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Shadow of Sorrow (live)
08:41
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As the last autumn leaves are falling
Blackened skies yield rain, has the sun disappeared?
Another winter descends like dying hope
Let me see through it all that you're still near
Oh Lord
Never let me lose hope
If I stumble in the shadow of sorrow
Will you lift me, will you carry me through the years?
If the weight of the world brings me down to my knees
Will I feel you dry my bitter tears?
Oh Lord
I need to see you through my tears
Never let me lose hope
Lead me through, lead me on
lead me over the gates to a new tomorrow
In the days of disillusionment
Frustration and discontent
In the hours of doubt and disbelief
Days of mourning and of grief
Oh Lord
On the edge of the depths of despair
Never let me lose hope
Hear my cries!
Desperate hands reach out to you
Washed in tears of pain
In these eyes, remain the shadows of yesterday
Will you steal them away?
Hear my cries
Desperate hands reach out to you
You who suffered pain
In my mind, I see the weight that fell on you
To bring me home again
Give me hope again
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13. |
Mímir's Well
03:24
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[instrumental]
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