INSOMNIUM LYRICS In The Halls Of Awaiting (2002) 1. The Ill-Starred Son 2. Song Of The Storm 3. Medeia 4.

Dying Chant 5. The Elder 6. Black Waters 7. Shades Of Deep Green 8. Bitter End 9. Journey Unknown 10. In The Halls Of Awaiting 1. The 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 This foul world What sin do I atone for in this Dreadful way Why the gods snee rat me as I Keep writhing in pain Where has my dearest gone to Where sings now my maiden fair Beneath the darksome waters Underneath the moonlit waves Where is our ill-starred son Where lies our poor stillborn child Below the silent mound In the arms of scared earth She become weary of the world Tired of this marred life Burdened with sorrow far too deep A pain impossible to bear There is no light at the end of this Blackened path Calm again are the sullen waters Before me If gods shall hearken to me Fate with be bening I leave these woes behind Depart from these cares

For we shall be reunited on the Other side I desscend to my love and caress her forevermore

2. 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 hte dark air and once more The bringer of chaos makes the wind rise again Watch him whirling, dancing in the step of time... In the flash of lightning appears the majesty of skies As the tempest sets world on to it's knees, Still steady stands one man brave Challenging alone the nature Screaming fiercely ovet the gale Filled with the anger are also phrases of storm And easily from the ground apart is the man soon torn Cold is their embrance, of iron their handshake both Mortal facing undying and the warring of their powers For thousand years last their struggle, One teardrop shed for every year,still Enough to bring forth the thousand lakes, enough for thousand rivers to shape and as the northwind rises again and the heaven cracks and roars once more two headstrong figures will test to defeat each others

3. 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 Good to ie in a bed of cloudberry flowers Soft to dream on a moss-grown pillow Betrayed by one I loved, deceived by one I caressed Cast into the dark, thrust into the endless night But even bitter is your fate

Way darker your path For nothing have I been by your side In vain have i wasted this life All that was fair has been marred now All the love I gave you have emptied my heart Soon I'll be feeling no pain sleeping in silent shade The ones you cherist most I'll take with me to my dreams Haunted by your deeds Wrapped into the grief You are bound into this sorrow Until the end of time

Standing forever as one And in that sudden moment, when everything's turned to still, He abruptly breaks the silence, becomes one with longing And singing ever stronger, nature joins as one with him Fire in his eyes, universe under twisted grin

6. 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 And as I griewe under the sky, even Raven croaks to me it's despise My warm hand against your cold Palm... Words echoing in the air through You're gone... Somber is my mind, Black is the Colour I feel These completely dead emotions, Drain the last bit of me No matter how many tiers I shed, No matter how much I repent Some things just can't be undone And some of us can't be forgiven. No matter how many tears I shed, Some this can't be undone... I've reached the point of the no return, These are deeds from I can not flee From a reflection I see a tired man, Longin for a relief The Black waters in front of me Will sway me till I'm in sleep, Carry me to the shores of Manala Where I'll be free from my sins. The Black waters will sway me till I'm sleep... This Roaring stream will wash me Pure and clean...

4. 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 I beg for salvation, that cannot be found Never in this life, not whit these memories I have never shown regret or asked for forgiveness I have never relented, no, or yielded to prayers Only vision in my mind, as I give my life How she hides her face, and turn away

5. The Elder In the arms of rimed soil, lies the autumns last withered leaf Land now bare and naed, awaits it's 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 I'm riding above with north wind, Herding the black clouds of rain Mine is the kingdom, Far from the moon to the sun I am the elder,

7. 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 And bring her scent to me May the blowing of winds cease And all birds fall silent from singing May the dreary waters lay still And hands of time stop turning So in forms of evening mist I can feel her slender grace In shades of deep green I can drown in her tender eyes What a cruel world left for me to roam alone These journeys are filled with craving, these moments with loss Neither the glittering dew on moors, nor the the whispering wind in dales But only these shadows of green can remind me of her

Bitter till the end of time The sky grown ever darker Through now she''ll always be mine I hold you on my arms so tight I kiss your frozen lips for this last Time For the first time

9. 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 Swirling surges of plasma, permeate me as i continue my fall Distorted dimensions swarm around me, Flickering a while, soon lost to sight And all these shapes I've seen Always through thick darksome mist Become now clear vision of consternation and awe Into soothing silenceI lapse, Under your guarding eyes I rest At the gates of your kingdom, I bow down and enter Domed stellar colonnades outline the arch of the sky A scene from here to eternity and everything that betwenn lies The grandeur of all existence, reveals me now pass my closed eyes And as my slepp turns ever deeper, I'm really awaken for the first time

8. 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 Beauty beyond words My dearest one Her light burns my eyes She is all mine By these frosty waters I rest by Your side I hold you in my arms for the last Time If only I could tell you how I need Your love If only you had seen what I kept in My heart Now it's the time of grieving Reign of sorrow in my heart All i have ever wanted Is today forever gone Bitter is the nightly silence

10. 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

Pining for primeval woods, murky shade of leafy roof Where the silent trees arch over our path Do you walk in mourning, still wear the grief Raiment of sorrow, remembrance of me Through the years of bleakness, winters of bitter cold Will you not forget me, forsake my soul ...Low-spirited is my song, downhearted my tune... Beyond enchanted sea, wistful is my sleep Darkness by my side, through the dreary night Will you follow me, through eternity To another world, to the quiet halls I've lost my way in the dark, strayed apart from my love I've faced the demons of might, passed away into shades Long are lonely years, slowly pass these days In undying land, in the divine light Where I wait...in the dark The black of the night turns to dusk of the dawn Through the mist now shines the fairest light of all The caress I've waited for eternity Into the shades, together we fade

Now lonely is my road, path paved with bitter thoughts Conception of beauty excluded from this heart Within closed doors no-one speaks, behind barred windows no soul lives As I walk the soil beneath my feet is crumbling... She was my sun and now the light has faded away Night condensing around me, leading astray Shining image torn down, remembrance of her fades Left but anguish and shame to haunt me in the shades Should I be content with the memory of the life I had? Or is the Hell knowing what we could have beome? - Quite indifferent as the tides of time have now turned And the past is buried in a drift of whirling snow ...White sheet covering all things left behind... And from now on there's an abscence of hope... She was my sun and now the light has faded away Night condensing around me, leading astray Shining image torn down, remembrance of her fades Left but anguish and shame to haunt me in the shades So be it, perdition is my home, Since the day it all came down

Since The Day It All Came Down (2004) 1. Nocturne 2. The Day It All Came Down 3. Daughter Of The Moon 4. The Moment Of Reckoning 5. Bereavement 6. Under The Plaintive Sky 7. Resonance 8. Death Walked The Earth 9. Disengagement 10. Closing Words 11. Song Of The Forlorn Son 3. 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 Still at night I see her figure Flickering on moonlit glades But passing is the hope she_s giving Just a faintest breath of air and she_s gone again The clouds are moving heavily, across the livid sky Yonder the hues are darkening, slowly turning grey to black For the two who stray in dusk, all hope is long since gone Cruel is the winter_s reign, merciless the grasp of despair For what mirth there is left in life for a motherless son What solace in this world for a widower to find Slender the shape in night, unbearable the beauty Shining in the silvery light, watching me with wistful eyes

1. Nocturne

2. 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

Evanescent this vision, unattainable this illusion But an image in my troubled dreams, hewn out of yearning and rue

Never had a thing They who never witnessed beauty, That flamed even the all-encompassing night Never lost a thing, Never had a thing Now these bitter tears run ceaseless, And drown my hope far too deep It must've been the day we parted When I trapped this sadness in me Since my darkness swallowed The last gleam of light I've been clothed in mourning, Wearing sorrow day and night

4. 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 faintheartedness If I only could I would change everything Let the suffering be mine and only mine for this time

6. Under The Plaintive Sky In your time of need I betrayed you When I should have watched over you I walked away Now there are two straying souls weak in faith In your time of need I left you When I should have been strong I turned my back on you Now there are two straying souls about to break When there now are two of us alone There's not anymore anyone alone Today is the day when I will face you at length You my child have wept enough far too long swallowed your hate Today is the day when I will promise to myself Take care from you I've been running away and with for so many years If I only could I would change everything Let the suffering be mine and only mine for this time 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 fores'ts white canopy Out of the drifting snow's way With rime dressed-faces they wander With guilt carved-hearts they flee With grim stained-minds they hover Between hope and despair With rime dressed-faces they wander With guilt carved-hearts they flee With grim stained-minds they ponder If they ever be free of their sins May the stars become my eyes And the wind become my hearing Let them guide us through These pitch-dark mornings May the snowfall end And the shining moon rise So we can find our way out From these all-consuming nights Underneath the blanket of stars Embraced by another cold night Two round-shouldered figures Leave these shores behind Quietly they wonder

5. Bereavement 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 Hour after hour in the dark They who never got sorrow, Grinding grief in their hearts Never lost a thing,

If they ever will see the light They now lose in their shadows Owe to the darkest of nights

When dreams carry me past this life, to thin shrouding mist I rest in silence, in place lifeless and desolate Long are midwinter's nights as the will to live has died Evanescent the unwarming light, evoking memories of life - Of the life long lost, buried in ashes of love and joy And half of his blood bleeds like mine - kindred spirit, yet free But the gleam in his eyes abates for my guilt shackles him too What sublimity can be found in this love? Weakling's trust, the moral of deceiver There's no future for a son under this burden of grief No leading to walk aside this tormented ghost Two crestfallen figures clinging together in fathomless dark In maelstrom of despair father suppressing the only shine As the end is slowly looming our paths must now diverge Pressure slowly easing, shackles unchained, uplifting Beyond many a weary league Where dimming light gives birth to evening stars At the treelines of distant, devouring woods Await my demons, embodying this longing Better to sleep now on stranger's porch, find home on foreign soil Brighter the sun to a forsaken child than to a father in despair Disencumbered from this grief with the most cruel way Deserted to be alone, abandoned to be free

7. Resonance

8. 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 Of longing and dismay What have I for you to offer Besides this long haul Wade across vast snowfields Journey through endless moors Death walked the earth today Without a sound, motionless Forced its way into my arms Caressed me with the dark Dragged again up to surface From the bowels of the earth To face yet another morning Breath gasping black steam of death These are our waking hours In cold sunlight we pine away Towards yet another morning Till following hopeless day

10. 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 Before you run yourself dry You must let go of your wound Because love it is crying for is gone Now that this night has turned into a dawn I give up this life I have been leading

9. 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 And half of his blood runs like mine - kindred spirit to me But the gleam in his eyes remind of the one who is gone forever

Left with all these things I never meant to say Words deceitful, double-dealing As every breaking day fades away before the dusk So does hate pause and resentment turn to reason You've carried enough this burden meant only for me to bear Now it's your time to straighten up, time for you to walk tall Alone...

2. Mortal Share

[Music: Friman / lyrics: Sevnen]

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 Sleeping amidst the light of stars Too far away to hear our calls Too far away to care at all On the burnished thrones they sit Might in their blazing eyes Vault of heaven at their feet Undying flames inside Never shall decay or death Touch on the blithe souls Sorrowless the days of gods Amidst the everblooming groves But where do we lay our heads to rest? Where do we shelter when the night falls? For the part of man Is to take the sombre path Stumble in the dark Stray amidst the dust and ash Like forgotten ghosts Drifting in the driving wind Dashing towards the void Whirling blindly through the night Like water flung from the highest cliff We fall, lunge, swirl, dissolve, and fade away Down into the unknown

11. 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? So echoes my tune through these darkling shaws Above the frozen streams resounds my song Only these sullen trees will hearken to me Only snow-bound hills ever hear my call What is there to hope for, what is there to seek For this forsaken child, for this forlorn son For this embittered man, for this grim castaway Solace I find in the light of the pale moon My comfort in the night the murmur of the trees Now I set forth without ever glancing back It is time to make my own way through the dusk

Above The Weeping World (2006) 1. The Gale 2. Mortal Share 3. Drawn To Black 4. Change Of Heart 5. At The Gates Of Sleep 6. The Killjoy 7. Last Statement 8. Devoid Of Caring 9. In The Groves Of Death

3. Drawn To Black 1. The Gale

[Music & lyrics: Sevnen]

Wreathed in silence, laid down in shades Swathed in regrets, deluded astray Forgotten in half-light, drawn in despair

[Music & lyrics: Friman]

When it rains, it pours like hell...

Soothed in slumber so dreadful and fair Rending and searing and twisting my dreams Alone in the gloom with the nightmares unseen The night has a thousand eyes, And the day but one; Yet the light of the bright world dies With the dying sun The mind has a thousand eyes, And the heart but one: Yet the light of a whole life dies When love is done Worthless the pledges, all vows but lies Fateful her kisses, where a serpent hides First beckoned to step from the twilight to glare Then left in the dark for the demons to share Only the stars see, only the moon hears... And quietly the water-lilies sigh Like the last breath of a weary soul And the weed sway in the dreary waters Like a girls dark hair they wave about And the black stones under my bare feet Cold and smooth like her milk-white palm And the silence which falls upon this shore Resounds now louder than oncoming storm For all is gone

Different from the start Fate that never was written in the stars Led to a change of hearts The fall split the one in two Under the pouring rain Dressed them both in loneliness And led to their separate ways The fire could not be tamed with the wind Or the wind suppressed by the flames As blending the light with the dark Merely results in grey

5. At The Gates Of Sleep

[Music & lyrics: Sevnen]

Listen to the night, hearken to the silence The wind sings in fir-trees, forests 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 Here a fair place for a child to lie Under the woeful sky, moss-grown our bed tonight Here we sprawl in mellow darkness In warm caress of the night Far away from worlds betrayals Afar from all the Heavens might Better to dream, far sweeter to slumber Than face the cold days, bear the grim longing Time to rest a while, close the drowsy eyes Sleep till the dawn, till the bleak morning Heed not the rustle or hoots of the owl Heed not the ghosts that still dwell in the soul Night brings us solace and serenity deep Night brings at last neverending sleep Better it would be to sleep forever In silent shades of the evernight Sweet are the dreams in the groves of death Far away from the earthly woes Sound is the sleep under spruces boughs Serene are the dreams in the darkling shade Gone are the cares of the waking world Forgotten the sorrows of the weary heart

[Chorus is taken from Francis William Bourdillons poem The Night Has a Thousand Eyes.]

4. Change Of Heart

[Music: Friman & Sevnen / lyrics: Friman]

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 And fire to a burning pile Cold gust of whirlwind Fiery flames, burning sharp Adoration all too strong pushed the two apart

6. The Killjoy

Go on forever in this world Where seconds feel like eternity And years pass in blink of an eye When the last rays of light Set behind these shores Night wraps me in its blanket And leads my way to the stars Through the fear and the ache Pass the storm and the rain I have made peace with the world I am born again I may be gone in the flesh But my love will stay here I am always with you in spirit So just stay strong No one wins tonight No one gets a closure No one walks away victorious But dont forget me Dont you forget me Burn a candle for me when you can

[Music: Friman / lyrics: Sevnen]

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 Swallow my pride and then finish ere its all disgrace All of our dreams now laid on the sand To wait by the perilous tides To be washed away into the depths And sink without a trace Just a fools hope remains To rejoice is to lapse; fool yourself and repent Mirth will soon turn into woe, reveries to contempt If I were you I would now bring the curtain down Accept my lot and thus fathom out my own bounds If I were you I would rue the day when I was born Cleanse all in life and redeem myself from scorn Remember these words when tide is turning The less you hope for, the less you suffer If you dare to trust, then you shall shatter Lunge from the heights and fall to smithereens And when you come here with charred wings and a defiled heart Wait not for compassion or words of consolation For only a gleeful smile is greeting you

8. Devoid Of Caring

[Music: Friman / lyrics: Vnni]

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 And yet Her grace shines through Through me, and the brooding clouds And if her light never falls on me Im content just to feel the lack And this fall set requiem for my way Away from others paths, I turned to desolation Away from others thoughts, timid and surpassing Away from the others, beyond caring In this darkest of hours Time draws out like a knife The reflection once whole, now only a wound, seeping hurt and loss The image once so bold, now only a scar, dry of hope and

7. Last Statement

[Music & lyrics: Friman]

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 Only the blue sky and the green grass

light For all things ought to say, left unsaid For all deeds ought to do, left undone Be with me now...

9. In The Groves Of Death

2. Down With The Sun 3. Where The Last Wave Broke 4. The Harrowing Years 5. Against The Stream 6. Lay Of The Autumn 7. Into The Woods 8. Weighed Down With Sorrow 9. The New Beginning 10. Into The Evernight 1. Equivalence

[Music: Sevnen, Friman & Vnni / lyrics: Sevnen]

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 On the seashore I espy the dreadful void under the tides Ill-assorted with this life, these cares Each moment I am waiting for the worst to come my way Dark berry from my mothers womb; a frail one I was affrighted at my birth, bewildered from the start Better it would be to stay in the shades In the thicket of the dead, in the groves of death Here I would lie to the end of the days Hear me now, my hapless son Warn away all yours fears Make good use of your brief days Life may be grim but death is more austere By yourself you sit and wait By yourself you will have time to repent In these lowly halls No moon will beam, no sun will shine In these narrow rooms No tears are seen, no laughter heard At the dawn of a quiet day I strolled from the woods, returned to the hearth And with a restful mind I roamed The dreary shores, the darkling wilds Greeting all the days that befall Taking life as it comes

Feed off the melancholy Get drunk from despair Rejoice in the name of failure Deliverance found in pain Live, learn and love Treasure all the colours Even in the thick of night Daylight holds sway

2. 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 darkling day "Rock here in the birch's lap Swing in the manor of wind Lay down your weary head Let the blue stars darken" O silence, if in thy cradle I could sway Like a child, heart the amending song, The sighing of the shades Maid of twilight, lass of duskfall Serve thy goblet to me Let me drink to the last drop The sweet opiate of the dreams: Ours is the silence, The echo old ageless night A gleam in the blackest of streams, One fleeing moment For vain is all the toil and trouble, Vain is all the heartbreak In the end I'll find my solace In an earthen cradle

Across The Dark (2009) 1. Equivalence

Fly them to deepest lakes - to the starlit shores" So good night. This I have learnt: Even the sweetest wine turns to sour We work our fingers to the bone All our efforts of no avail Here we all are but troubled guests On darkling earth Lost echoes that pine away Into the dusk Nothing more than the wind to rely on Nothing more than the death to comfort us in the end This I have heard: All ends in serene sleep All these sorrows are washed away As we lapse into the night But I know it's a lie

3. Where The Last Wave Broke How does it feel? To welcome the new day Not worth 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 "And this fire it burns Consuming us all Withered garden for posterity Inheritance in flames" "When the mankind moves Rest of the life shakes All once green turned into stone Flesh into dust and soil Where the last wave broke The shores blazed red And place once called home Turned into hall of dead" How does it feel? Bite the hand that feeds you Poison the well that waters you Prospects made from castles of sand Legacy in barren land Breed, greed, bleed Legacy in barren land The last wave broke Prospects made from castles of sand

5. Against The Stream And down we go again... Into the ocean of sorrow Towards to sea of despair In the deep groves of the earth Lifeline running in roaring stream "Like sand slipping through my fingers Nothing ever lasts, ever will" "To impart elegance all living Experience the grandeur in giving Felicity found in commitment Tranquillity in mere being" And down we go again Under the relentless waves Into the arms of calm breakers Into bayou of forgotten dreams Like sand slipping through my fingers Nothing ever lasts, ever will "To impart elegance all living Experience the grandeur in giving From existence into oblivion Not in cycles but in lines" Getting nowhere fast By contending with time Accept the alteration Come to terms with your days

4. The Harrowing Years This I have learnt: World forces all of us down The fleeing years bend our backs Love but smears our hearts Here I now lie still like a broken bow Soul sullen and rigid with the will to die Sighing after the days long since gone Cursing every step on this ill-fated trail "In vain I try to forget - In vain I try to forgive Black bird from evening sky - raven from heaths of night Come and take my cares - carry away the grief Bereave me of my woes - rend off these earthly throes

Down we go just the same Into the ocean of sorrow Towards to sea of despair This river runs relentlessly And this river runs deep Not in cycles but in lines

The sighing of the languid grief Cold creeps in, silver crowns the land Long are the evening now, grave the guilt's weight Stars shriek their emptiness in the darkling sky All the world is but a barrow shrouded in white

7. 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 To guide the day to wane In turn the rain to hush The tumult of this world And the wind to rise, Sigh a lullaby in trees "Not in these troubled times I'm not the one you pined for No, not into calmer waters I'm not the one you long for" "But a scarecrow, an anathema to the world Looking in from the outside It's time to turn my back Walk off the beaten path Seek heartening in solitude" The arch of sky is roof where I call it home Drizzle of rain, the only music from now on My bed is made from juniper's boughs Of mire and moss my pillow Lone footprints diverge from tree line Autumn veils the sloughs with rime Shell of quagmire Yet too fragile to bear a man

6. Lay Of The Autumn (I...) I sing with a shattered voice (I...) I sing with a heavy heart There is the deepest well of dreams Echoed a distant song I hearkened to the hallowed voice Stirred from ageless sleep Through this barren soil you came Sweet scent of spring Came and cast the earth in bloom Lent your light to me But now the summer's dreams are bent Like grain against the scythe And memories of blissful days They fall like leaves For autumn's songs are made of loss Of yearning and regret In bitter tone they are recited Uttered with a heavy heart "I sing with shattered voice A tale of marred souls I cry for consumed hearts And springs forever gone" The lights of sun and stars will fade And moon covers its face All the tunes will quiet down And the songs shall die As this wretched heart unfolds Like mouth of furnace grins Inside there's but a blackened cell Full of filth and flames There once was time when I resounded by your side There once was time when I trembled under your eyes What do I hear when you're gone? The wind's harrowing cry What do I hear when you're gone?

8. 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 Only the end of the road"

Man weighed down with sorrow Anguished from the sole being Destined to live with uneasiness Always the hard way Cold is the world For the ones excluded Dark is the path In the absence of light Compelled to cherish beauty in longing Cling on love amidst of the suffering No chance in disillusion No, not in this world Not for a man Weighed down with sorrow Only the end of the road

All the hope of a nation In the hands of few Another chapter in common story Nothing new under the sun This is the new beginning Sad ending to others

10. Into The Evernight

[Bonus track]
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 Here a fair place for a child to lie Under the woeful sky, moss-grown our bed tonight

9. The New Beginning

[Bonus track]
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 Grown numb in the cold This is the new beginning Start with a clean sheet Redemption of the liberty Freedom through the bloodshed When hatred old for centuries Poisons the minds of sane Distrust kills all the kindness Envy slain the ideal Demise of spirit and flesh No victory in death Only the defeat remains When the sons take fathers' lives What good can come out of this? Is this the price we must pay? Redemption of the liberty Freedom through the bloodshed This is the new beginning Rebirth through devastation

Here we sprawl in mellow darkness In warm caress of the night Far away from worlds betrayals Afar from all the Heavens might Better to dream, far sweeter to slumber Than face the cold days, bear the grim longing Time to rest a while, close the drowsy eyes Sleep till the dawn, till the bleak morning Heed not the rustle or hoots of the owl Heed not the ghosts that still dwell in the soul Night brings us solace and serenity deep Night brings at last neverending sleep Better it would be to sleep forever In silent shades of the evernight Sweet are the dreams in the groves of death Far away from the earthly woes Sound is the sleep under spruces boughs Serene are the dreams in the darkling shade Gone are the cares of the waking world Forgotten the sorrows of the weary heart