멜로딕 데스 메탈의 진화에 대한 새로운 단어를 창조해야 한다면, 아마 그건 In Flames일 것이다. 지난 10년간, 이 스웨덴 5인조는 멜로딕 데스 메탈 이라는 영역에서 가장 혁신적인 밴드로 평가 받게 되었고 In Flames의 트레이드 마크 사운드는 수 많은 밴드들이 모방해왔지만 결코 이들을 뛰어 넘는 밴드들은 없었다.
Jesper Stromblad는 자신이 사랑하는 음악을 완성코자 Johan Larsson, Glenn Ljungstrom과 함께 1990년, In Flames를 결성했고, 한 장의 데모 앨범을 완성한 후, 이들 3인조는 Regain Records(전-War Music)와 정식 앨범 계약을 통해, 북유럽 데스 메탈 씬에서 가장 빠른 속도로 번져나간 명작, Lunar Strain을 완성하게 된다. 멜로딕한 스타일은 이들의 가장 중요한 요소로서 앨범의 성공에 큰 역할을 하게 되었고, Lunar Strain의 성공에 힘입어 Nuclear Blast와 계약한 Jesper, Johan, Glenn 그리고 새로운 멤버 Anders Friden(보컬), Bjorn Gelotte(드럼) 는 The Jester Race를 완성하게 된다.
Jester Race 앨범은 폭발적인 반응을 얻으면서 그 세력은 유럽은 물론 일본에 까지 전해져, Samael, Kreator, Grip Inc. 등과 함께 수 많은 공연과 투어 참여를 이뤄낼 수 있었다. 이후 1997년, Whoracle을 녹음하게 된 In Flames는 Johan과 Glenn의 탈퇴로 새롭게 Peter Iwers를 베이스, Niklas Engelin을 기타로 영입하면서 앨범 작업을 마치게 됨과 동시에 유럽 헤드라인 투어를 벌이게 되었는데, 새로운 멤버들로부터 얻게 된 에너지를 통해 Dimmu Borgir과 짧지만 성공적인 투어를 할 수 있었고, 이어지는 몇 개월 동안 역시 대 성공을 거둔 유럽 헤드라인 투어를 마무리 지을 수 있었다. 하지만 투어를 마치고 집으로 돌아온 Niklas는 자신의 프로젝트 Gardenian에 전념하고자 아쉽게도 In Flames를 떠나게 되었고, 근본적인 라인 업 재편성을 시작하게 되었는데, Bjorn이 드럼에서 기타로 포지션을 바꾸면서 Sacrilige의 Daniel Svensson이 새로운 드러머로 편입되어 1999년 마침내, Colony를 완성하게 된다.
유럽은 물론, 미국과 일본에서 Colony를 향한 폭발적인 성원은 In Flames를 금세 최고의 멜로딕 데스 메탈 밴드의 입지에 오르게 만들어주었음은 물론 이어진 2000년의 Clayman의 성공으로 이들은 수 많은 훈장과 열화와 같은 박수 갈채를 얻게 되었다. 엄청난 성공의 열기가 식기도 전에 The Tokyo Showdown을 발매한 In Flames는 자신들의 능숙한 실력을 엿볼 수 있는 기회를 주었고, 더욱 성숙하고 모던한 바이브를 담은 Reroute to Remain을 2002년 발매하여 자신들의 역사에 기념비적인 자취를 남기게 된다.
2년이 지나, 한 단계 더욱 발전된 모습을 담은 Soundtrack to Your Escape를 통해 스릴 넘치면서도 자신들의 전형적인 데스 메탈 뿌리와 모던함의 경계 사이에서 훌륭하게 균형을 유지하고 있는 모습을 보여줌과 동시에 Reroute to Remain의 논리적인 연장선과 같은 색채를 담아내었다. Used and Abused... In Live We Trust는 In Flames 역사상 최초의 DVD로서 이들의 강렬함과 관객들의 열정적인 모습들을 완벽하게 담고 있는데, 마치 여러분이In Flames의 공연장에 있다는 착각을 불러 일으킬 만큼 팬들과 멤버들의 땀 한 방울까지 볼 수 있는 자세함을 느낄 수 있을 것이다! 이뿐 만이 아니라 2장의 DVD에 2장의 CD가 포함되어 있고 한정반 사양으로 무려 48페이지에 달하는 부클렛을 선보이고 있는 이번 박스 세트에는 이들의 모든 걸작 트랙들과 새로운 모습들이 라이브 버전으로서, In Flames의 팬들이라면 반드시 놓쳐서는 안될 In Flames 최후의 종합 선물 세트일 것이다! .... ....
I can not frame, that’s why I lose control I aim, I stumble and I fall Our adaptation can’t be faithful Your world does not attract me This is the end you see There is no more truth in me As if you would deserve it You are my enemy I can’t ignore the way you make me bleed I hate when you throw my thoughts against the wall Got to wake up and make a stand The desperation forces another mistake I count again….I know who to blame My life in vain Who said I was sane Follow your instinct It usually takes you home Don’t let these words tear you down You see me hanging by the end of the rope I tell you……Slow I go And the wait seems to be over. All I know Is that my life has become such a waste for you I blame and run, sadly all too often I dive into the day without your sympathy I tend to try but lack the focus Becoming a distant memory What once was is quickly forgotten All wrapped up inside Delete all resemblance I feel your relief
Call me by my astral name Breeding fear through wordless tongue Heavenly thirst - unspeakable pain Emptied from all human motion Confront the faceless wrath
Beckoning silent from a sphere behind space Through twisted ruins of uncompleted dreams Sights of towers reaching for the moon Clawing at the skies - they gonna pull it down
Intensity - I feel the lava rushing through my veins Stars are reforming - to enter the fourth dimension
Beyond all galaxies Through timeless eons of frost Unearthly hunger - angels descent
We are entering dimensions behind space
Beyond all galaxies Through timeless eons of frost
People like you You live in a dream world You despise the outside And you fear you're the next one It's in your dream There's just one question Should I kill? Or should I be left behind? Sick and tired Of all your complaints This is the hour We bring it down I've come to realize Every little glimpse, you fade I was told that I could fly When least expected, cloud connected You seem to be So introverted How come we fail? With all that is given? You crossed the line You remember my name Time runs backwards As long as you are heading that way
It hurts to think Can't get the sums together Would you draw my bitterness Make the pictures fade
Could it be that I see What's beneath when we fall The truth in ever I'm scared that I'll be
The sentence is light But my eyes see a different world And all I do is turn into flames
Will time open my vault New solution, I'm begging Break the fuse that holds me back
The I is lost in me But I'm ready To give you the M It might even be the E As I begin to search for I The I is lost in me
Distract, push me in another direction This wall that I stare into It's getting old Give me faith to reach for the new Pull me apart and do me all over I'll need a re-make To make up for my mistakes
Spinning further, deeper I know you're out to try me I'm not in this to be a slave Push the dirt Make me feel Locate what swallows life Night bird, you build, build my world
And then I close my eyes And then I close my eyes
Judge me now Used to be afraid to let it show Bow down A king in my own mind Everything's in place So much brighter from today
Drown the monster Make all bad dreams go away Whatever it takes to keep your hands free Open scars The quiet place All the bridges fall to the ground And you say you sacrificed
And then I close my eyes And then I close my eyes
Judge me now Used to be afraid to let it show Bow down (bow down) A king in my own mind Everything's in place So much brighter from today A king in my own mind
(Judge me now) A king in my own mind (Judge me now) A king in my own mind
(Judge me now) Used to be afraid to let it show, bow down (bow down) A king in my own mind Everything's in place So much better from today A king in my own mind...
Have we lost the spark or a guide? What's the latest on the screen? Can't be too late to turn around I need all the help from you I need to find something to blame for a long lost time I am running from something, I don't know I am searching for something, which way to go? I am trying to separate what't real I'm running in a wheel Is it dark or is it bright? What's the latest on the screen? Can you please tell me my name, I haven't checked it today I am running from something, I don't know I am searching for something, which way to go? I am trying to separate what't real Im running in a wheel From green to red our days pass by Waiting for a sign to tell us why Are we dancing all alone? Collect some stars to shine for you And start today there are only a few The sign of times my friend Avoid infinity? Are you for real? Just scratch the surface, and you will find Something to blame for a long lost time From green to red our days pass by Waiting for a sign to tell us why Are we dancing all alone? Collect some stars to shine for you And start today there are only a few The sign of times my friend Just scratch the surface, and you will find Something to blame for a long lost time From green to red our days pass by Waiting for a sign to tell us why Are we dancing all alone? Collect some stars to shine for you And start today there are only a few The sign of times my friend. From green to red our days pass by Waiting for a sign to tell us why Are we dancing all alone? Collect some stars to shine for you And start today there are only a few The sign of times my friend. From green to red our days pass by Waiting for a sign to tell us why Collect some stars to shine for you And start today there are only a few
I'll always belong to the shadow Don't show me new results I'll never enter your heaven Make the most out of my dirty cell Creeps infected by control That's what put me in here Dig deep don't think you ever get To the place where they buried me The last glimpse that I have Fragments, pieces of some things valuable even though it doesn't make sense anymore I release my last tear
My frustration My conversation Why are we even here? the abuse That we use I do not longer care
The cold worms and me We are all right We are free The dead light inside Fuel to new seed New world I hide
When there are only my bones Please put them in use Want to be part of a new dawn The day darkness disappears Don't release these chains Never been closer to myself All your mistakes run through As I realize what we become The end is here to bid farewell I'll turn to ash and hear them sing Songs about my emotions dead and alone Don't make an effort You don't know me anyway
We were one in words You finished my sentences I could never attract tomorrow It pushes me aside
I sink in waters deep Your presence kept me floating Far from depths where secrets lie Maybe in another lifetime I could be the first you meet
I once read a poem Held my breath But that moment's gone First time I felt life somewhat hurts I need an option, a reason, and some hope
Yell at me, I want to be your light that shines But my ground is shaking and I might fall I wish that I could say I wish that I could be your evil in a closet
Yell at me, I want to be your light that shines But my ground is shaking and I might fall I wish that I could say I wish that I could be your evil in a closet
I am the past Future I've been chosen You think it's over But I'm ready to go I am what you fear I've been chosen The world as you know it just died It's the end of all time
I am a surprise Even to myself I'm a genious Superhero of the computer rage In plastic I'll bury I am what you fear I've been chosen The world as you know it just died It's the end of all time
Everything you say is denied I'll be the devil on this ride
Dark clouds in your heaven Your end has only begun You can scream but the re's no rescue I promise I'll make you sure you die in time
I am the maggot In your infected life No matter how hard you try I'll leave without a scar I am a legend In your infotainment life It's when I say it's over It's you who's been chosen
Could it be a new day? Fear in me so deep You push me out, I feel far The absence, close to me The otherside I crawl You push me out, I fall
Heal my wounds with everything Away you complicate me Sick of cycles, drop to zero A while just like last times My least favourite re-run Sick of cycles, I bounce in grey
Escape familiar home Memories remains alone Reality trapped inside The wicked descend - I hide
Testing higher mentality I conquer myself through this A furious path to walk New space does exist beyond In silence I dwell Displeased Remain with the seed of unfulfilment
Try to remove obstacles as they appear my master said Don't look too far, you'll stumble before you're even there
I really don't have anything to say Just pass me by Don't ask me the same questions Just deny I'm there
Like the time around me This room is filled with nothing Fell awkward in a place with many Leave this space to me
I channel the pain through this The paper, the pen, your eyes To stare into what's next It frightens me No control, no reward
Still and breathless I don't care what's behind To you I look for energy To catch my breath again
I channel the pain through this The paper, the pen, your eyes To stare into what's next It frightens me No control, no reward I'm in circles again
I'm in circles again
The world looks old to me Tonight I drink myself sober Soon this could be over Tale a picture of the pale
New morning knocking Feels just like always Pen down my regrets I reach to you again
I channel the pain through this The paper, the pen, your eyes To stare into what's next It frightens me No control, no reward I'm in circles again
I channel the pain through this The paper, the pen, your eyes To stare into what's next It frightens me No control, no reward I'm in circles again I'm in circles again I'm in circles again
Stood there leaning to the city moon, Casting silhouettes tall to grip her white rooms The black-clad voyeur in his black-clad masque In the serpentine sun of tragedy basked
Stood there cursing at the soul-dead mass With their fabled illusions, the vain dreams that passed Splinters of a life rushing by in the whirl Alone, silent warrior in a fantasy world
He cried for night / but night could not come So, swept in the shroud of misanthropia he went away And fed the empty galleries With the artifacts of the black rain Sunken into the shadows with a dry, sardonic smile
He made the footprints a part of his heart To rouse a sacred confrontation
Stood there carving on the monument to lies Digging of the Earth, making friends with the soil As the all-mother rises and bares her bleeding thighs He disappears into her cold and icy womb
Shame marries the guilt, Introduces itself to the concept of total loneliness! Sensations repressed, Make friends with suicidia! And here the leeches begin To suck away the lust for life!
[Chorus:] Escape takes the lead into a world unknown, Uncontrolled by all, Where borders are erased and potential infinite. Chosen cells, glands and transmitters Blast the body with joy! Astral feet running up To dimensions covered with gold! Stairs of glowing ectoplasma, Sapphire, onyx, and buzzing vibrations! A dead men's banquet, Food for the gods!
There's only one real world, Our Earth is but a shadow! Created from a child's heart, a living jewel, From now on abode for a soul in its setting!
[Chorus]
Cutting the bloodline, Re-tie the bleeding roots To a heavenly slip of glass! And let it drift in passive arrogance In a one-word dialogue with the stars!
I often dream of huge numb buildings Jet-black sinister architecture Being installed when nobody sees Their appearance so sudden That few would take notice
And when I wake up I imagine being crushed by one Imagining its weight, its silence And the absence of excuses for a havoced life And the privilege of a 22-kilometre tombstone
Jotun
A body of black That carried no reflection Defying its own room Un-earthly eggs of decreation
There would be colonies Mushroom-scattered forever out of context Rising spores from a dying world To pollute to chase away what's left
Sun-white pulverised desert stone And serpentine lizard mouths Pales away the pyramids Rewriting 4500 years of history
Raping the statue of liberty Outplays the acropolis Inverting the fjords Invades the NY skyline to Dream its own existence in one single final word
Jotun
A body of black That carried no reflection Defying its own room Un-earthly eggs of decreation
Jotun
A body of black That carried no reflection Defying its own room Un-earthly eggs of decreation
Can we identify them As the flint buried in our reptile skulls Or the time-bomb coded in our DNA?
Jotun
A body of black That carried no reflection Defying its own room Un-earthly eggs of decreation
in your world, the day is no threat in my world, there is an absence of light 'genetic superior cell' controlled by the fathomless and unbearable a radical new Form of plastic and rage biologically optimized but with a strangling pulse in your world, you find me worthy in my world, I 'parashoot' my life a virtual drugstore populated by the fathomless and unbearable machine, meat and blood in an intimate relationship the new - superior - more effective than all the preceding when we can no longer cry and reality is torn then it's easy to forget that the responsibility lies on us all in your world, the night is no threat in my world, the darkness transforms to a vision of hell populated by fathomless and unbearable
I can't tolerate your sadness Cause it's me you are drowning I won't allow any happiness Cause everytime you laugh, I feel so... guilty I feel so guilty
Am I forced to have any regret I've become the lie, beautiful and free In my righteous own mind I adore and preach the insanity you gave to me
Sell me the infection, it is only for the weak No need for a sympathy, the misery that is me
I've lost the ability to paint the clouds Cause it's me you're draining I'm stuck in this slow-motion dark tale Cause everytime you run, I fall.. behind I fall behind
And so I hear my voice again The tale of the bitter man here I am Shake the silence and hear what it says The tranquil pride that become the lie
Sell me the infection, it is only for the weak No need for a sympathy, the misery that is me
Sell me the infection, it is only for the weak On bleeding knees, oh, I accept my fate
I can not frame, that’s why I lose control I aim, I stumble and I fall Our adaptation can’t be faithful Your world does not attract me This is the end you see There is no more truth in me As if you would deserve it You are my enemy I can’t ignore the way you make me bleed I hate when you throw my thoughts against the wall Got to wake up and make a stand The desperation forces another mistake I count again….I know who to blame My life in vain Who said I was sane Follow your instinct It usually takes you home Don’t let these words tear you down You see me hanging by the end of the rope I tell you……Slow I go And the wait seems to be over. All I know Is that my life has become such a waste for you I blame and run, sadly all too often I dive into the day without your sympathy I tend to try but lack the focus Becoming a distant memory What once was is quickly forgotten All wrapped up inside Delete all resemblance I feel your relief
People like you You live in a dream world You despise the outside And you fear you're the next one It's in your dream There's just one question Should I kill? Or should I be left behind? Sick and tired Of all your complaints This is the hour We bring it down I've come to realize Every little glimpse, you fade I was told that I could fly When least expected, cloud connected You seem to be So introverted How come we fail? With all that is given? You crossed the line You remember my name Time runs backwards As long as you are heading that way
It hurts to think Can't get the sums together Would you draw my bitterness Make the pictures fade
Could it be that I see What's beneath when we fall The truth in ever I'm scared that I'll be
The sentence is light But my eyes see a different world And all I do is turn into flames
Will time open my vault New solution, I'm begging Break the fuse that holds me back
The I is lost in me But I'm ready To give you the M It might even be the E As I begin to search for I The I is lost in me
Distract, push me in another direction This wall that I stare into It's getting old Give me faith to reach for the new Pull me apart and do me all over I'll need a re-make To make up for my mistakes
Spinning further, deeper I know you're out to try me I'm not in this to be a slave Push the dirt Make me feel Locate what swallows life Night bird, you build, build my world
And then I close my eyes And then I close my eyes
Judge me now Used to be afraid to let it show Bow down A king in my own mind Everything's in place So much brighter from today
Drown the monster Make all bad dreams go away Whatever it takes to keep your hands free Open scars The quiet place All the bridges fall to the ground And you say you sacrificed
And then I close my eyes And then I close my eyes
Judge me now Used to be afraid to let it show Bow down (bow down) A king in my own mind Everything's in place So much brighter from today A king in my own mind
(Judge me now) A king in my own mind (Judge me now) A king in my own mind
(Judge me now) Used to be afraid to let it show, bow down (bow down) A king in my own mind Everything's in place So much better from today A king in my own mind...
Have we lost the spark or a guide? What's the latest on the screen? Can't be too late to turn around I need all the help from you I need to find something to blame for a long lost time I am running from something, I don't know I am searching for something, which way to go? I am trying to separate what't real I'm running in a wheel Is it dark or is it bright? What's the latest on the screen? Can you please tell me my name, I haven't checked it today I am running from something, I don't know I am searching for something, which way to go? I am trying to separate what't real Im running in a wheel From green to red our days pass by Waiting for a sign to tell us why Are we dancing all alone? Collect some stars to shine for you And start today there are only a few The sign of times my friend Avoid infinity? Are you for real? Just scratch the surface, and you will find Something to blame for a long lost time From green to red our days pass by Waiting for a sign to tell us why Are we dancing all alone? Collect some stars to shine for you And start today there are only a few The sign of times my friend Just scratch the surface, and you will find Something to blame for a long lost time From green to red our days pass by Waiting for a sign to tell us why Are we dancing all alone? Collect some stars to shine for you And start today there are only a few The sign of times my friend. From green to red our days pass by Waiting for a sign to tell us why Are we dancing all alone? Collect some stars to shine for you And start today there are only a few The sign of times my friend. From green to red our days pass by Waiting for a sign to tell us why Collect some stars to shine for you And start today there are only a few
Spinning further, deeper I know you're out to try me I'm not in this to be a slave Push the dirt Make me feel Locate what swallows life Night bird, you build, build my world
And then I close my eyes And then I close my eyes
Judge me now Used to be afraid to let it show Bow down A king in my own mind Everything's in place So much brighter from today
Drown the monster Make all bad dreams go away Whatever it takes to keep your hands free Open scars The quiet place All the bridges fall to the ground And you say you sacrificed
And then I close my eyes And then I close my eyes
Judge me now Used to be afraid to let it show Bow down (bow down) A king in my own mind Everything's in place So much brighter from today A king in my own mind
(Judge me now) A king in my own mind (Judge me now) A king in my own mind
(Judge me now) Used to be afraid to let it show, bow down (bow down) A king in my own mind Everything's in place So much better from today A king in my own mind...
I'll always belong to the shadow Don't show me new results I'll never enter your heaven Make the most out of my dirty cell Creeps infected by control That's what put me in here Dig deep don't think you ever get To the place where they buried me The last glimpse that I have Fragments, pieces of some things valuable even though it doesn't make sense anymore I release my last tear
My frustration My conversation Why are we even here? the abuse That we use I do not longer care
The cold worms and me We are all right We are free The dead light inside Fuel to new seed New world I hide
When there are only my bones Please put them in use Want to be part of a new dawn The day darkness disappears Don't release these chains Never been closer to myself All your mistakes run through As I realize what we become The end is here to bid farewell I'll turn to ash and hear them sing Songs about my emotions dead and alone Don't make an effort You don't know me anyway
We were one in words You finished my sentences I could never attract tomorrow It pushes me aside
I sink in waters deep Your presence kept me floating Far from depths where secrets lie Maybe in another lifetime I could be the first you meet
I once read a poem Held my breath But that moment's gone First time I felt life somewhat hurts I need an option, a reason, and some hope
Yell at me, I want to be your light that shines But my ground is shaking and I might fall I wish that I could say I wish that I could be your evil in a closet
Yell at me, I want to be your light that shines But my ground is shaking and I might fall I wish that I could say I wish that I could be your evil in a closet
It hurts to think Can't get the sums together Would you draw my bitterness Make the pictures fade
Could it be that I see What's beneath when we fall The truth in ever I'm scared that I'll be
The sentence is light But my eyes see a different world And all I do is turn into flames
Will time open my vault New solution, I'm begging Break the fuse that holds me back
The I is lost in me But I'm ready To give you the M It might even be the E As I begin to search for I The I is lost in me
Distract, push me in another direction This wall that I stare into It's getting old Give me faith to reach for the new Pull me apart and do me all over I'll need a re-make To make up for my mistakes
I am the past Future I've been chosen You think it's over But I'm ready to go I am what you fear I've been chosen The world as you know it just died It's the end of all time
I am a surprise Even to myself I'm a genious Superhero of the computer rage In plastic I'll bury I am what you fear I've been chosen The world as you know it just died It's the end of all time
Everything you say is denied I'll be the devil on this ride
Dark clouds in your heaven Your end has only begun You can scream but the re's no rescue I promise I'll make you sure you die in time
I am the maggot In your infected life No matter how hard you try I'll leave without a scar I am a legend In your infotainment life It's when I say it's over It's you who's been chosen
Could it be a new day? Fear in me so deep You push me out, I feel far The absence, close to me The otherside I crawl You push me out, I fall
Heal my wounds with everything Away you complicate me Sick of cycles, drop to zero A while just like last times My least favourite re-run Sick of cycles, I bounce in grey
Escape familiar home Memories remains alone Reality trapped inside The wicked descend - I hide
Testing higher mentality I conquer myself through this A furious path to walk New space does exist beyond In silence I dwell Displeased Remain with the seed of unfulfilment
Try to remove obstacles as they appear my master said Don't look too far, you'll stumble before you're even there
I really don't have anything to say Just pass me by Don't ask me the same questions Just deny I'm there
Like the time around me This room is filled with nothing Fell awkward in a place with many Leave this space to me
I channel the pain through this The paper, the pen, your eyes To stare into what's next It frightens me No control, no reward
Still and breathless I don't care what's behind To you I look for energy To catch my breath again
I channel the pain through this The paper, the pen, your eyes To stare into what's next It frightens me No control, no reward I'm in circles again
I'm in circles again
The world looks old to me Tonight I drink myself sober Soon this could be over Tale a picture of the pale
New morning knocking Feels just like always Pen down my regrets I reach to you again
I channel the pain through this The paper, the pen, your eyes To stare into what's next It frightens me No control, no reward I'm in circles again
I channel the pain through this The paper, the pen, your eyes To stare into what's next It frightens me No control, no reward I'm in circles again I'm in circles again I'm in circles again
Call me by my astral name Breeding fear through wordless tongue Heavenly thirst - unspeakable pain Emptied from all human motion Confront the faceless wrath
Beckoning silent from a sphere behind space Through twisted ruins of uncompleted dreams Sights of towers reaching for the moon Clawing at the skies - they gonna pull it down
Intensity - I feel the lava rushing through my veins Stars are reforming - to enter the fourth dimension
Beyond all galaxies Through timeless eons of frost Unearthly hunger - angels descent
We are entering dimensions behind space
Beyond all galaxies Through timeless eons of frost
Stood there leaning to the city moon, Casting silhouettes tall to grip her white rooms The black-clad voyeur in his black-clad masque In the serpentine sun of tragedy basked
Stood there cursing at the soul-dead mass With their fabled illusions, the vain dreams that passed Splinters of a life rushing by in the whirl Alone, silent warrior in a fantasy world
He cried for night / but night could not come So, swept in the shroud of misanthropia he went away And fed the empty galleries With the artifacts of the black rain Sunken into the shadows with a dry, sardonic smile
He made the footprints a part of his heart To rouse a sacred confrontation
Stood there carving on the monument to lies Digging of the Earth, making friends with the soil As the all-mother rises and bares her bleeding thighs He disappears into her cold and icy womb
Shame marries the guilt, Introduces itself to the concept of total loneliness! Sensations repressed, Make friends with suicidia! And here the leeches begin To suck away the lust for life!
[Chorus:] Escape takes the lead into a world unknown, Uncontrolled by all, Where borders are erased and potential infinite. Chosen cells, glands and transmitters Blast the body with joy! Astral feet running up To dimensions covered with gold! Stairs of glowing ectoplasma, Sapphire, onyx, and buzzing vibrations! A dead men's banquet, Food for the gods!
There's only one real world, Our Earth is but a shadow! Created from a child's heart, a living jewel, From now on abode for a soul in its setting!
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Cutting the bloodline, Re-tie the bleeding roots To a heavenly slip of glass! And let it drift in passive arrogance In a one-word dialogue with the stars!
I often dream of huge numb buildings Jet-black sinister architecture Being installed when nobody sees Their appearance so sudden That few would take notice
And when I wake up I imagine being crushed by one Imagining its weight, its silence And the absence of excuses for a havoced life And the privilege of a 22-kilometre tombstone
Jotun
A body of black That carried no reflection Defying its own room Un-earthly eggs of decreation
There would be colonies Mushroom-scattered forever out of context Rising spores from a dying world To pollute to chase away what's left
Sun-white pulverised desert stone And serpentine lizard mouths Pales away the pyramids Rewriting 4500 years of history
Raping the statue of liberty Outplays the acropolis Inverting the fjords Invades the NY skyline to Dream its own existence in one single final word
Jotun
A body of black That carried no reflection Defying its own room Un-earthly eggs of decreation
Jotun
A body of black That carried no reflection Defying its own room Un-earthly eggs of decreation
Can we identify them As the flint buried in our reptile skulls Or the time-bomb coded in our DNA?
Jotun
A body of black That carried no reflection Defying its own room Un-earthly eggs of decreation
I demand nothing But I want it all What privilege do we get under the sun, That gives us the right to the throne
Species come and go,but the earth stands forever fast, All river runs towards the sea, but the sea is never full, To discover the loneliness, and to be proud to show the wounds, Will forever wander alone through the years?
But I wont let you near,begging for you to understand, The fear that lives in my soul which is an untouched spring
Read, what is written on the silent mouth, What is written in the soul, For which is written in the shining silence, We all have to read
My body will be bent from the burdens, When the shaking floor of life force, Reveals it's chasm underneath, If only one could be two steps ahead
in your world, the day is no threat in my world, there is an absence of light 'genetic superior cell' controlled by the fathomless and unbearable a radical new Form of plastic and rage biologically optimized but with a strangling pulse in your world, you find me worthy in my world, I 'parashoot' my life a virtual drugstore populated by the fathomless and unbearable machine, meat and blood in an intimate relationship the new - superior - more effective than all the preceding when we can no longer cry and reality is torn then it's easy to forget that the responsibility lies on us all in your world, the night is no threat in my world, the darkness transforms to a vision of hell populated by fathomless and unbearable
I can't tolerate your sadness Cause it's me you are drowning I won't allow any happiness Cause everytime you laugh, I feel so... guilty I feel so guilty
Am I forced to have any regret I've become the lie, beautiful and free In my righteous own mind I adore and preach the insanity you gave to me
Sell me the infection, it is only for the weak No need for a sympathy, the misery that is me
I've lost the ability to paint the clouds Cause it's me you're draining I'm stuck in this slow-motion dark tale Cause everytime you run, I fall.. behind I fall behind
And so I hear my voice again The tale of the bitter man here I am Shake the silence and hear what it says The tranquil pride that become the lie
Sell me the infection, it is only for the weak No need for a sympathy, the misery that is me
Sell me the infection, it is only for the weak On bleeding knees, oh, I accept my fate
Have we lost the spark or a guide? What's the latest on the screen? Can't be too late to turn around I need all the help from you I need to find something to blame for a long lost time I am running from something, I don't know I am searching for something, which way to go? I am trying to separate what't real I'm running in a wheel Is it dark or is it bright? What's the latest on the screen? Can you please tell me my name, I haven't checked it today I am running from something, I don't know I am searching for something, which way to go? I am trying to separate what't real Im running in a wheel From green to red our days pass by Waiting for a sign to tell us why Are we dancing all alone? Collect some stars to shine for you And start today there are only a few The sign of times my friend Avoid infinity? Are you for real? Just scratch the surface, and you will find Something to blame for a long lost time From green to red our days pass by Waiting for a sign to tell us why Are we dancing all alone? Collect some stars to shine for you And start today there are only a few The sign of times my friend Just scratch the surface, and you will find Something to blame for a long lost time From green to red our days pass by Waiting for a sign to tell us why Are we dancing all alone? Collect some stars to shine for you And start today there are only a few The sign of times my friend. From green to red our days pass by Waiting for a sign to tell us why Are we dancing all alone? Collect some stars to shine for you And start today there are only a few The sign of times my friend. From green to red our days pass by Waiting for a sign to tell us why Collect some stars to shine for you And start today there are only a few
People like you You live in a dream world You despise the outside And you fear you're the next one It's in your dream There's just one question Should I kill? Or should I be left behind? Sick and tired Of all your complaints This is the hour We bring it down I've come to realize Every little glimpse, you fade I was told that I could fly When least expected, cloud connected You seem to be So introverted How come we fail? With all that is given? You crossed the line You remember my name Time runs backwards As long as you are heading that way
I can't tolerate your sadness Cause it's me you are drowning I won't allow any happiness Cause everytime you laugh, I feel so... guilty I feel so guilty
Am I forced to have any regret I've become the lie, beautiful and free In my righteous own mind I adore and preach the insanity you gave to me
Sell me the infection, it is only for the weak No need for a sympathy, the misery that is me
I've lost the ability to paint the clouds Cause it's me you're draining I'm stuck in this slow-motion dark tale Cause everytime you run, I fall.. behind I fall behind
And so I hear my voice again The tale of the bitter man here I am Shake the silence and hear what it says The tranquil pride that become the lie
Sell me the infection, it is only for the weak No need for a sympathy, the misery that is me
Sell me the infection, it is only for the weak On bleeding knees, oh, I accept my fate
your self control makes me fell alone i've tried confidence, had it breakfast today i've lost the perfection,a mess without words (and) as the seasons change i'll continue to ignore the image i project - me without me the picture that i scanned is borrowed
after the education you stopped making sense to me seems to me that it's all the same, time and time again slowly, all that i believed in, turning into a lie to aim and miss, my supernatural art spending to much time with myself trying to explanin who i am
how come it's possible i wish there was a way (suddenly) i feel so invinsible i'm the sculpture made out of clay
i need someone to break the silence before it all falls apart i need something to cling onto before i break you in parts
so afraid of what you may think and all the plastic people that surrounds me i have to find the path to where it all begins to teach the world my supernatural art
Spinning further, deeper I know you're out to try me I'm not in this to be a slave Push the dirt Make me feel Locate what swallows life Night bird, you build, build my world
And then I close my eyes And then I close my eyes
Judge me now Used to be afraid to let it show Bow down A king in my own mind Everything's in place So much brighter from today
Drown the monster Make all bad dreams go away Whatever it takes to keep your hands free Open scars The quiet place All the bridges fall to the ground And you say you sacrificed
And then I close my eyes And then I close my eyes
Judge me now Used to be afraid to let it show Bow down (bow down) A king in my own mind Everything's in place So much brighter from today A king in my own mind
(Judge me now) A king in my own mind (Judge me now) A king in my own mind
(Judge me now) Used to be afraid to let it show, bow down (bow down) A king in my own mind Everything's in place So much better from today A king in my own mind...
I can not frame, that’s why I lose control I aim, I stumble and I fall Our adaptation can’t be faithful Your world does not attract me This is the end you see There is no more truth in me As if you would deserve it You are my enemy I can’t ignore the way you make me bleed I hate when you throw my thoughts against the wall Got to wake up and make a stand The desperation forces another mistake I count again….I know who to blame My life in vain Who said I was sane Follow your instinct It usually takes you home Don’t let these words tear you down You see me hanging by the end of the rope I tell you……Slow I go And the wait seems to be over. All I know Is that my life has become such a waste for you I blame and run, sadly all too often I dive into the day without your sympathy I tend to try but lack the focus Becoming a distant memory What once was is quickly forgotten All wrapped up inside Delete all resemblance I feel your relief
Could it be a new day? Fear in me so deep You push me out, I feel far The absence, close to me The otherside I crawl You push me out, I fall
Heal my wounds with everything Away you complicate me Sick of cycles, drop to zero A while just like last times My least favourite re-run Sick of cycles, I bounce in grey
Escape familiar home Memories remains alone Reality trapped inside The wicked descend - I hide
Testing higher mentality I conquer myself through this A furious path to walk New space does exist beyond In silence I dwell Displeased Remain with the seed of unfulfilment
Try to remove obstacles as they appear my master said Don't look too far, you'll stumble before you're even there
Could it be a new day? Fear in me so deep You push me out, I feel far The absence, close to me The otherside I crawl You push me out, I fall
Heal my wounds with everything Away you complicate me Sick of cycles, drop to zero A while just like last times My least favourite re-run Sick of cycles, I bounce in grey
Escape familiar home Memories remains alone Reality trapped inside The wicked descend - I hide
Testing higher mentality I conquer myself through this A furious path to walk New space does exist beyond In silence I dwell Displeased Remain with the seed of unfulfilment
Try to remove obstacles as they appear my master said Don't look too far, you'll stumble before you're even there