nothing of a man was he his true face of sleep a deception fell through all the way to the bottom learned to hold
again we vowed not to hold sacred but to damn that hollow gaze unsteady on these shorelines mute to an unthought scream another word fell silent like the static in their eyes against all fleeing logic we let our minds go blank
why define ourselves by misguiding light? how can we receive the static in their eyes
each blink of light an accuser each unlit shape an assassin
crawled the outer rim with his back exposed the shadows unending fought off the stares
again we vowed not to hold sacred but to damn that hollow gaze unsteady on these shorelines mute to an unthought scream another word fell silent like the static in their eyes against all fleeing logic we let our minds go blank
nullify the ego, stay right back stay right back how can we receive the static?
fear that strangles spirit denial speaks the truth fear that strangles spirit crushes me and you
wicked are the senses, wicked are the words give me the static
again we vowed not to hold sacred but to damn that hollow gaze unsteady on these shorelines mute to an unthought scream another word fell silent like the static in their eyes against all fleeing logic we let our minds go blank
we no longer support ourselves we live through each others tears we no longer caress, no longer take hold til this will be over again the dream is over when all this begins the past not part of the deal the failing words i once said to you you turned and walked out the door
gone over i said it's fine you burn them bridges and you turn around around
can't you see the misery in me? can't you see the misery is me? don't you know the fear i feel inside? the misery in me
we no longer sustain ourselves we live through each other's wounds let's no longer detain, no longer suppress pretend to be something we're not the world is over when all is the same a companion always there but you have deceived when all this is gone you took back what you already had
gone over i said it's fine you burn them bridges and you turn around around
can't you see the misery in me? can't you see the misery is me? don't you know the fear i feel inside? the misery in me
we no longer care if it breaks it falls on belated pride we keep on heading inwards so this might be our only chance to turn it around
can't you see the misery in me? can't you see the misery is me? don't you know the fear i feel inside? the misery in me
we are to be something here again we are to play soldiers now, pretend we are born inside these endless halls of shame we are jaded by the error-ways of man
it doesn't make us strong it doesn't make us strong the things that i find stranger here will not let us in will not let us in show me, i won't tell and even if i go today i won't understand understand
we are to be something we are not we are to repeat our faults my friend we are taken down from sanity's lonely heights we are shown the downward spiral ways of man
it doesn't make us strong it doesn't make us strong the things that i find stranger here will not let us in no, they will not let us in show me, i won't tell 'cause even if i die today i won't understand understand
there never was a night like this how could there ever be? through sweat and velvet misery the fever-race in me
cornered in symmetrical design spherelike chrome on a sea enraged hatred
what the mirror sees is the clutching at straws taking us under the storm of the ocean this velvety crush ringcorners, firm in the outrage synoptic patterns waves contort break into these cellular walls
globes of disease infest my dreams burning the ends of my veins
pattern and form the squares cling fast dance the tide now
could never bear another night although i know it will come the freezing ends of what is me the icing rages free
cornered in symmetrical design spherelike chrome on a sea enraged hatred
take hold of the boundaries on this perimeter sea burn, enflame the oppressor and if four was one in a corner alone recovering, licking the wounds delirium coming the weakness kicks in reforming, cornered within
rise, i say, yes rise above 'cause evil is as evil does, what evil does to me
down you go to lands below 'cause evil is as evil does, what evil does to me
they who reign in sand take this brightest strike in their so called castles now with walls of glass
i can see, i can see, i can see all your deeds, all your needs, on your knees so i'll crack your feeble shell
can you even see the works of what you fear? 'cause evil is as evil does what evil's done to me
further inside, til all you have is mine evil is as evil does, the evil done to me
dreams, he said dreams he wore dreams he wore dreams he wore hope, he said hope he wore love, he said and evil he wore
i'll strip you down i'll tear you down i'll burden you with tears i'll bring you down til nails come off i'll turn your bed of lies dreams upon a night dreams upon your thoughts dreams upon your fears and dreams upon your love
blind to your eyes, blind to your mind 'cause evil is what evil does, what evil does to me
taste and you'll see the fruit you took is foul evil is what evil does, what evil's done to me
you who turn to others with everything you lack a face that bears not seeing then i'll turn my back
i can see, i can see, i can see all your needs, all your deeds, on your knees so i'll crack your fucking shell
uncontrolled spaces lifeless til provoked deep uncharted oceans nonexistent til claimed great raging fires silent
when there is no one when no one is mine the no one is me the no one is me me, me, me, me
tall reaching branches pointless to even try countless flaming cities measured without cost all-seeing eyes without stories to tell
inside the orchard there's a scent of devilry as was in my heart ...the sweetness overripe... rancid in attempt to overcome the shackles if only the soil could hold
when there is no one when no one is mine the no one is me
when there is no one when no one is mine the no one is me the no one is me
when there is no one when no one is mine the no one is me the no one is me
the wide open wound won't heal without purpose it never stops the wide open wound that never heals the no one is me the no one is me
Over the moor of mist and through valleys of fate I fly on my voyage through this moonlit landscape of re-emerged figments of imagination I am aroused in sleep....aroused in sleep
Far beyond the gate which reflects in the closed eye reveal that a dreamscape lies therein A yearning for a world where the everlost find their peace In the pearly gates of dawn on the astral feed of minds - envenomed to the bone forever cleansed from all called wrath as slumber sneaks upon and steals the thought of man all ridden from inner aggression... A voyage beyond this world In this paralell to real life - access lies in dreams Unveil hidden secrets in our sleep - the key to what's beyond
In the wake of man we see essential dreams unfulfilled Enhance the value of life engraved words on the page of man
In the presence of the moon an owl awakes and calls a name tells a story of a world accessable only at night...
"This ain't no dream..."
Legend tells of a yesterworld a dreamscape of strange light "It's your dream coming true" Transcendance of the soul All by the sign of the moon
I am eaten away in mouthfuls by flames that burn in the errors of our ways In a night when the sky floats blue as touquoise, and the stars of silver are twinkling in their outmost pride
Now from dimensions fallen from the skies - like the flow of a stream From my sleep I continue onward - sleep is just a shape of destiny
Weak sunlight of dawns to come, dancing swiftly in the shadows Shimmering, shining in a landscape of dreams
...landscape of my dreams Dim reflections of the pale a shade of grey in mind
In the presence of the moon an owl awakes and calls a name tells a story of a world accessable only at night...
"It's your reality..."
Legend tells of a yesterworld a dreamscape of strange light "It's much more than a dream" Transcendance of the soul All by the sign of the moon
Soon these worlds will be one and mankind feasts on the sights of it all I yearn for things to come
Still wrapped in the thrall of slumber as the mist slippes away to reveal... And the wind tears a scream from my lips - I am there....
Time and space unite era of darkness - we mourn Times of sorrow despite our preach is put to scorn...
In ways like these I shall be reborn to my words I conform To seek the path of knowledge through time In a life in a lack of rhyme (or reason)
Subconcious powers flow - we burn the ways forlorn Am I in time with forces I am born Are those disguised Excuse is being dumb In spirit fails...
Self realization in supreme conciousness Explore the self - within a millenia of peace
Reach into the soil of humankind Bury secrets beneath this hallowed ground
Feel the wind of time now changing Hear the voice that whispers near
Explore the inner strength within you now seek deep in your soul - it'll show you how
Join us - in this quest to satisfy Join us - and none shall mortify I've seen the light unfurled by dawn I've seen the blackest ways we scorn We shan't conform - we shall remain...
"I've seen the void that echo fear"
Fly into this void of inner consioucness we seek eternally
Greet enlightned ways... I spead out wings of knowledge is essential in mournful times like these Words I repent
Voice from inner self shall lead my way
Former ways of life I repent to inner consciosness I've ascent Mortal way of living is the key Key to the secret it beholds
Come to seek the path with me in unfathomable harmony the way life is meant to be enjoy and just adore life...
Burning desire in thee letting your soul fly free No sould shall be the same burn with a different flame Sowing the seeds of man proving the things your can Seeing the things that'll be the priors in life I can see
Each of mankind is a star that will keep on shining eternally
Unveil the hidden unknown things in mind enchanted over things that you will find
Join us - in this quest to satisfy Join us - and none shall mortify I've seen the light unfurled by dawn I've seen the blackest ways we scorn We shan't conform - we shall remain...
In affection we loom - a reflection of time Walless prison, consumed - ignore irrelevance (a rule)
Search the inner self - find the self within Finding things I've seen in dreams (seeing evermore) things that' s left unsaid Surrending to this inner force, feeling no remorse nothing to forbid
In the empty eyes of the last of mortals those songs they echo as in halls of the enlightened Before this dawn of eternal light we stand once more now as darkness belongs to the forgotten
...to the forgotten
Internal sadness cured through the light to reach the sadest river in sight Whispers of molten souls in my ear on wings of twillight I am born....
Now enthrone thoughts of the past the embryo of time Your life lies yet unfolded 'til enlightened ways we see
In my dreams I've seen repention as in tales that were never told
Join us - in this quest to satisfy Join us - and none shall mortify I've seen the light unfurled by dawn I've seen the blackest ways we scorn We shan't conform - we shall remain...
Enthroned through this age of confusion an urge, the weakness and flooy since aeons emerged, Created life in fetters from cradle to grave A future in darkness with mankind enslaved
Trail of life decayed - wasteland whall prevail Hatred lies in store - chaos evermore
So runs the spiel from where lives are found and lost: "Learn from past failures - prevent to pay the cost"
Sunlight fades as nightfall rises in shadows formed in clay What once dwelt shall dwell no more when darkness sees the day A bleakwinter of enmity and terror shall take form What man created will be ruined when hate conjures the storm
When our time spells an end to our ruling of this earth, will a wasteland remain? Will all life cease to be by the wicked ways of man - his enfeebled domain?
Nature left in flames - Suffering, now to maim Cataclysm at hand - unveiled unto man
So runs the spiel from where lives are lost and found: "Progression in spirit eliminates all bounds"
Sunlight fades as nightfall rises in shadows formed in clay What once dwelt shall dwell no more when darkness sees the day A bleakwinter of enmity and terror shall take form What man created will be ruined when hate conjures the storm
Hallow minds start to burn with the flaming shades of fall let disorder arise! An avenge to be brought to the ones who graveled earth hides now cloaked in disguise
Blind deception, mass confusion - interbreeding dark illusions Tumbelling, falling, brings conclusions - constant fatal life-corrosion
Autumn - beckons forth the winter - rising gloom in hand Raging with bleak coldness 'til vernal light commands
Final chapter closed - world devoid of use Failure brings despair - death reveals its lair
Sunlight fades as nightfall rises in shadows formed in clay What once dwelt shall dwell no more when darkness sees the day A bleakwinter of enmity and terror shall take form What man created will be ruined when hate conjures the storm
deeper shades of red descending smear our names, the stains unending turn forgiveness, break the lens distorted crush the infidel and turn about famine in our hearts, bring up the silence louder eradicate the lungs and take us higher
these are the wonders at your feet
weighed upon a wider scale afraid to see what takes us down sing destruction, sing of unfullfillment search abandoned, let the blood be fevered ridden of the self provided things get easier ignite our minds and let's burn brighter
How hungry we've become; like animals naked in shame Fed with the hooves of apocalypse that galloped down, disordered worlds behind
From word to a word I was led to a word that spanned over cultures in rage Crimson masses, sleeped in decadence holding our tongues to the thirsty sun So, it the future still open? Then enter, hornet, from our hive-dark hearts to draw down the end from within
We need not the horns that emanate from our warty, haunted bodies severed and numbered they are
Nihilist, Hedon the priceless art of their lives Sorrow is a wing laid atop their heads. skin deep, we carve our immeasurable sorrow in the fold of your shivering arms
Hedon, Your chindren wild and filled with death
# Jupiter in our unforgiving eves: a pandemonium of bodies and gold Eager, as a part of your face and the sickness attached to your skin (stone) as the wine-rush, changing from androgynous wombs to open free the lid of pain #
Hedon, rinsed in post-human shadows a monument scorned by the teeth of time Stale-faced keeper of secrets, loaded with implosive fire the whore that carried the apostle to the mating point on the graves of giants
Time in argument will end Flames of preparation Fingers felt the whipping Hand that feeds the flame
Escalate the drought Itching to join the fray
Wishing darkness was sound shutting desires out Wishing darkness was sound but as moths to the flame... ...we go
You the ignorant take sides in these three dimensions Nullify importance confined within the page
Scan for raoture again look for an instant save
Mere moments pass and still it seems detached from insight, thought and word Ever since it lost its edge lost in the noise forever be in the blur of information the nail that never sticks
Venting a foul stench purging the fevered self behind a traitor's name
Face the consequence taken back in the eyes of fairness A nobody forever hidden and locked away
now as the lights go down deeper now it seems than long before there are no noises here just a silence gone bad something I will never hide this urging need to
invite the darkside in into my haven
if there were words for this would i sing or would i scream? i'd give my blood to stay my blood just to stay right here something can never share this urging need to
We are the outstretched fingers That seize and hold the wind...
The strangeness of awakening In an oh so silent world Breathlessly waiting For the first proud beams of light As the hours grow longer And the shadows never fall My sky has forsaken me My desperation grows
Bring me the light In the darkness that never ends The dawn will never come Punish my heaven
We have arrived At the outermost crossroads The charge of cosmos At our atmospheric skies Will cause our fall
If I had wings, would I be forgiving? If I had horns Would there be flames to shy my smile?
Hymns of loss are heard From the masses in the streets Praising the last of days I punish
Bring me the night In the fires that never end The dawn will never come Punish my heaven
The charge of cosmos Charging at us from unearthly distance I challenge the universe It's the choice between heaven and hell
My soul bears all the weight of mountains As mankind weaves its silent end Can there be no forgiveness? I curse the heaven above me As the light sinks through My outstretched fingers Fading in my open arms
Make each tear in my bare hands A lifetime in hell
On this last day of light When our autumn leaves fell And as heaven itself commands me Out of its lair My face lined with darkness I'll go!
there is this face in the still water i can't remember ever wearing like fingerprints on your heart reading out the last lines of code to the untrained eye a secret i bled away the last of you
sought trust in shapes of combined results that trickles from a less than solid case fought off attacks of resurfaced lust burn the gracing grounds
what will give in first the body or the lash monochromatic stains who will cave in first the leader or the fake monochromatic stains
this pile of ashes of a soul informant pokes abound these sickly little fingers get away from me
tread not the path of least restraint each piece of evidence a lie,a lie the body,the face all items in place i don't remember a thing
a sacrifice made to the loss of a mind folly a man's demise
track now the stains that allow my fall sickening,the sight of it all never shall i claim my innocence i just was not there
and although it can be argued whether time will ever come to end there is an overcoming sense of failing if you never can see the end in the giving of our hope eternal we stumble blindly and forget the way is there ever time for answers when the world comes tumbling down
all along we keep staring at the sun closing our minds saying we're the ones all along we keep staring at the sun blind to see it when the day will come
and even if in days of wonders a glance that may stray from the fold cast aside in the spirit of ignorance a mere nuisance when it?s time to pay come undone now the strive and the passion giving under to the forces that be can you even think of questions when the world comes tumbling down we shut our eyes and turn away
all along we keep staring at the sun closing our minds saying we're the ones all along we keep staring at the sun blind to see it when the day will come
Mental Blindfolds on Early on the fascination intense How to discern just where right belongs
Something has got to give These things I just don't want you to see
There is no need for you to start revolutions I don't want you to talk to the minions Just show me a brand new face an open mind against a dying race
Something has got to give These things I just don't want you to hear/feel
Cannot fail in this the era of losers burnt the shell of those that once held the torches Cannot give you the senses anew nor will you know innocence again
Something has got to give These things I just don't want you to know
in time all your questions will be answered not what you hoped for, not what you dreamed all preconceptions crumble
Something has got to give These things I just don't want you to learn
Won't hold up to the standards you keep never came from the formative years Just show me a brand new mind Keep in what you left behind
Something has got to give These things I just don't want you to be
Gently hold our heads gently hold our heads on high
Aimless time in fear new hide overthrow the plan confusion lies in all my words mad is the soul
We barricade ourselves in holes of temperament this is the dawning of a new age A heart that beats the wrong way insanity's crescendo
Gently hold our heads gently hold our heads on high
Windcolor - second sight a touch of silence and the violence of dark Illusion span - the aroma of time shadowlife and the scent of nothingness
Infinite fall of instinct order of one spells deceit Infinite lack of trust order of one obsolete
Oh escaping time is all we lost ahead? When it's found, can judgment make amends?
From force-fed impressions let us mortify the mind each soul to violate each instinct to be rendered false
Torn asunder be the conventional forms and frames now for the blood of heaven Unlearn and the cleansing comes
Fell a tremor in the pillars of the senses Cursed victim of a distance near The first dreams - the clearest vision
Aimlessly steer towards our night we belong to thee Oh dearest bliss, unnerving silence entangled within
Dimly begotten in clarity found virgin-like tears for impurity bound Beseech he who darken the stars and the sky to greet now this vision an emerald dawn
Empty the sun - carve out the wind Insanity's crescendo tear out the blinded eye
Lament of thunder - take comfort in fear lightning veins in crude exterior Voice the oppression - voice the hypocrisy lay down the law that made instinct fall
Escape now and revert this cleansing rebirth torn asunder be Affect me not; darkened vision insanity's crescendo
Grimly tread the footsteps torn rebellious stand the seeker tall The thorn of insanity's hand take this darkened vision from my sight
Nailed to the image of ignorance Each soul to violate for the blood of heaven
Went inside the caves of seven wolves Felt of the forces that lend themselves to speed those final words to fracture the very structure can't stand this glacial pace the damage done
It seems these days are getting shorter derails my train of thought
What said in hand was done chased unforgiveness down these corridors locked down the basis for the willing form a trail far from strayed the damage done
Set aside from eyes of others Our frail structures can't keep up with the pace
Brought out for all to see the damage done face contradicting needs
We bring our cages home for none to see in vain to lessen responsibility the damage done
Lethe Give me the drink of the fluid That disintegrates And lend me the sweet balm and blessing Of forgetfulness, empty and strong
Hold me near, unravel the stars As I speed through the heavens Speed through the night For you are my blade and my rope Your are my Lethe
In currents of cobalt You storm through my heart To sever, to puncture The memories that burn Let sweep through the arteries In sharp stabs of pain Your talonlike fingers to kill me again
Steal me, invade me and charge me again For I burn and I shudder Burn with each movement of
So, cleansed through a floodlight I appear; reforged and renewed Caressed by the sweet balm and blessing Of forgetfulness, empty and strong Lethe, Hold me near, my one friend and guide As I drown through your fingers Drown through your love For you are the life I hate You are my Lethe
Drag me down, in passionate sighs With the ocean above me And flames in my eyes And grant me a life I can live Without...
what came as no surprise to a jaded mind no less insight comes to soothing grace left to waiting days ..another chord unstrummed
our secret's safe and sound solid now unless it breaks in two faithfully unbound none of this was ever built to last
in the paleness of a less than life from a corner watching old paint dry never once a break into the self again an endeavour that will flat our fail what maturity comes to end never one to face ..another beat undone
our secret's safe and sound solid now unless it breaks in two faithfully unbound none of this was ever built to last
once again another instant saved today left a print that leads nowhere never built to last what makes it work a part of life that makes the weak hearts grow take it in if you?re willing to say willing to do prepared to lay it down just know this it was never built to last
the tone of which his birth ascend the beat that of a heart descend repeating in the infinite an insight made it clear order stormed the surface where chaos set norm had there always been balance? ...surely not therein lies the beauty
it was solid yet everchanging it was different yet the same so I starve myself for energy
the song around his soul will bend the notes that in this hole will melt crawl out of science a dreamland if you dear disorder clawed the boundaries
we're ordered to stand clear was it always different ...never the same? therein lies the beauty
as there were no witnesses there was nothing to be told as nothing could be grasped the story could unfold superimposed on the elemtens of anger / fear / anxiety / hate / despair / remorse
so break from all that fear hold fast exposed now turn to all you lack let echoes be the answers return from all the screams wordless now the last attack so silent it hurts to listen was it always solid ...to never change? therein lies the beauty
Disaffected, left to internal struggle let ring with the cries of disaccord They told of outposts firm as trees Whispers laid no basis for the plunge to the chasm depths Seen none, nor felt the safety Perimeter alarm
I see the bearings of disaster
What can you tell me of the inside Is it as bright as all can see?
To make a chemical stand a final front to the days ahead In attempt to tame their mineral estrangement Smothered by the numeral that haunts each waking day
Request for countertmeasures to state claim of this my cavern None to take and none be given as the window breaks to black A process left to solitude is the action left undone Answers left to echo in the silent halls of none
Cast down the hopes and aspirations Shut the windows tight Everybody said No Reset your fears and good intentions Barred up for life Everybody said No
Time in argument will end Flames of preparation Fingers felt the whipping Hand that feeds the flame
Escalate the drought Itching to join the fray
Wishing darkness was sound shutting desires out Wishing darkness was sound but as moths to the flame... ...we go
You the ignorant take sides in these three dimensions Nullify importance confined within the page
Scan for raoture again look for an instant save
Mere moments pass and still it seems detached from insight, thought and word Ever since it lost its edge lost in the noise forever be in the blur of information the nail that never sticks
Venting a foul stench purging the fevered self behind a traitor's name
Face the consequence taken back in the eyes of fairness A nobody forever hidden and locked away
DISC 1 (Rare & Unreleased)
DISC 2 (Live)
다크 트랭퀼리티(Dark Tranquillity)는 흔치 않은 경우에 속한다. 감성적이면서 통쾌한 곡들엔 감정과 소리가 과잉되어 있으되 천박하기는커녕 기품 있게 뭉쳐지고, 데뷔한 지 십여 년을 넘겼음에도 여전히 최근작들은 심화되고 응축된 덩어리들을 담고 있다. [Projector](`99)를 기점으로 [Haven](`00)부터 정수 같은 몇 조각들을 뽑아내어 재배열·반복시키며 작곡을 하고, 파트들의 변형과 조합, 그리고 뒤섞기를 통해 난해하지 않으면서도 격(格)을 유지하는 편곡을 하고 있다. 이러한 스타일은 10년 동안 6장의 정규앨범을 발표한 이들에겐 많은 리프들을 짜 맞추어 나열했던 [The Gallery](`95)에 비해...