1. |
A Picture
04:51
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A calm river
The cold sun low
In silence drifting towards his home
There beside me
Watching the shallow river flow
Beneath the tower
Where he once lay
A content smile in a black frame
A warm sun on his face on that day
I try to tread the paths that he once laid
Lead us on
On safe paths through the thorns
I know where you walk
You're never gone
Silence can heal
Still the wounds within
A breeze whispers softly
As the day grows old
Tonight the dark is darker here
Tonight the shadow overwhelms me
Just one picture and I can't breathe
To see the powerful powerless
A mother's last breath
Another wave
The memories washes over me again
Caught out on the water
A storm creeps closer
We speed through the night
Me and my father
Lead me on
Through the waves, through the storm
I know where you walk
And you are home
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2. |
Solen Kommer Hem
05:34
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Swedish lyrics written by my friend Håkan Niva
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3. |
This Night
04:05
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Waking beneath dancing lights
Where the clouds once gathered
There's nothing but her sapphires
And this fading darkness
This night finally fades
Here at the end of night
A walk through burning colors
Steps of silent comfort
Her warmth covers everything
The peace her presence brings
Fall falls on memories
Memoirs in fallen leaves
Of a ghost forgotten
Of lost years of longing
What once was a jail
Now broken by her breath
What once was frozen
Now awoken by her embrace
This night finally fades
Here at the end of night
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4. |
You Know My Sorrow
05:25
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Throughout the night I wonder
As you lay here beside me
Of the life that you given
The words, the notes, the melodies
In this dark I am lost
But for your guiding hand
You know my sorrow
You hold my pain
Without you I am hollow
Within you I'm kept safe
Each night with each breath
You give everything I'll ever need
Pulling me through each test
The calm to the tempest here deep within
In this dark I did wander
Searching for your face
You are my shadow
Ever following me
The shade to all anguish
The strength I keep within
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5. |
Drifting
04:48
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A lonely river
Long shadows cast by the sun
A dark vessel drifting slowly
A figure on the bow
Hunched over seemingly unaware of the world
Whispering prayers to the waves
Please save me, I´m bleeding
Please listen, I´m falling
Can´t you help me, I cannot reach the shore
I am drifting further away
And blood covers his hands
Save me I´m bleeding
Give me a current, guide me to the shore
Please, I´ve paid enough
For a lifetime he´s driven the stake into his own heart
Never forget, never forgive
Deeper, slower, the stake pierces his heart
The wound burning hotter, his soul´s turning colder
As the stake drains his life
As his blood leaves his veins
He smiles at the lie
He lets the rain kiss his brow
Let it wash away the blood
Cleaning himself of his life
Still knowing the dismal truth
There is no wound
For the river is endless and he is trapped in its swirl
For an eternity he will impale himself
And no living soul will ever know him
He will never touch land again
And he whispers one name
He is blind but to one face
He is deaf but to one voice
Forever he will long for her touch
Forever he will know that her love for him is forever lost
Please save me, I´m bleeding
Please help me, I´m drifting
Can you hear me, hear my prayers
I´m drifting further away
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6. |
Soldier´s Goodbye
03:46
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I saw you there in the flickering lights
I saw your eyes
And I knew it was only for this one night
I left you there
A perfect view
No regrets I didn't speak to you
But i'm leaving so soon
And I love you
Though we've never met
And I love you
Though i know you don't knew my name
A soldiers goodbye
To an unlost love
A soldiers goodbye
To a beautiful memory
Of the eyes that could have seen through me
The eyes watching eternally
Lost in the crowd of cheers and laughter
Among friends and brothers
We're losing each other
All I see now are an ocean
Leading me into nothing
The end of existence
And I search for your eyes
All we are now, bodies marching to war
All we see a haze of red and green
And when the darkness covers the world
When we've lost everything
Still I smile, cause there are your eyes
And I see your eyes
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7. |
Vem är inte trasig
03:26
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En mörk väg utan slut
Så känns det ibland eller hur
Trasiga lyktor döljer din blick
Dessa steg som andra aldrig gick
Du har sår som ingen kan läka
Sår djupt där inne där ingen får leta
Tomrum fyllt av gamla skuggor
Gamla ärr som kliar som retar
För vem är inte trasig?
Vem har inte ont?
Vem har inte gett smärta?
Vem blir inte rädd när natten känns tom?
Men där borta står någon
Någon som ser någon som vet
Han har sett världar
Bortom varje horisont
Men han har sett skuggan växa
Han har tappat sitt hjärta
Stigen bortom är stängd
En sökande blick så förvrängd
För vem kan inte bli hel?
Vem kan inte få frid?
Vem lever i skuggan?
Och ger natten all sin tid
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Here comes a void
Beneath a veiled sun
Slow steps through the wilderness
Faltering
He has no strength left
The moon smiles
Pale and lifeless
Gives no light in the biting wind
Yet far away there is a brightness
Something beckons in the haze
For so long he's been wandering
Trying to evade his loss
A long road of untold answers
He came upon a waterfall
Eternally wild and deep
Here he could not feel the cold
Such a soothing stream
He laid to rest beside its warmth
Just a dream
Her warmth gone
Faded
A shroud of snow
He still feel the piercing crystals
So he leaves to wander the void
Here the sun seemed not so dim
Here the memories felt less scarring
Here he could close his eyes
Here darkness was fading
But he knew it was only a dream
He knew that winter would never recede
For behind him there blew a bitter wind
The shade of the past that would never leave him
Eternally wild and deep
Such a soothing stream
He laid to rest in her warmth
Such a beautiful waterfall
Just a dream
Her warmth gone
Faded
A shroud of snow
He still feel the piercing crystals
So he leaves to wander the void
Another light on the horizon
Yet the void turns away
His eyes fixed on the frost
Lost in a mist of coming loss
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9. |
Castle Of Cold
04:25
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Here among the stones
Its only you and the echoes
Here all you see are ghosts drifting
Deep within this castle of cold
Hidden from the world
Your eyes I won't forget
The eyes that held my darkness
Now the eyes of a stranger
And in that bleak room
Something within me broke
My heart became a stone
I could not let you carry anymore
Fall far away from the world
To dream and forget
All of our hurts
Another storm is coming
Another storm is on the rise
I searched for a light, a light that isnt there
I searched for a heart, a heart to soothe my heart
Another night descends
Staring at the cracks in these flawed walls
No regrets for what we've lost
The cold creeps closer
But I went through that white door
Something within me broke
My heart became a stone I could
not let you carry anymore
Fall far away from the world
To dream and forget
All of our hurts
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of the cold Sweden
Musician from Kiruna, Sweden.
OF THE COLD, INFINITE BEAST and ANTE.J are my solo projects, I´m otherwhise singer
for melodic death band CHAOS WITHIN
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