> In the nights of old I always wished In the longest year that had me down And I would freeze if you ever asked me That was my way [x2] Confront the guilt and try to overcome Do not go away I'm not there yet [Chorus] I can see fire When I fall behind (fall behind) When I give up My thoughts redefined How cold is the flame Of our uncompromising future How cold is the sun The city lights fading still The coming sky so white And I'm the dark of this our new day This is my way Find the one This weight will hold me down How cold is the sun [Chorus]
When my heart stops Will my wings unfold Did you know that I had no one but you
When my eyes close Will your blood turn older Did you know that I had no one but you
In the snow veil Where the ring of promise fell In the cool white air One stood abiding When the road turns Will my ghost find freedom Did you know that I have nothing
So I
Sold my love Forgot the vow It feels like nothing comes to mind I pull the weight And sing That there's a new cloud over my grave Now I know That it did kill me when I could not have you Sold my heart
I will rise To dreams of freedom And avow To return the treason that came under your reign The day and then the shade I have slept Inside the season that froze within my grasp
[Chorus:] All my fears come into view There must be an end soon And every waking hour Is part of the lie
I will rise Over glass cathedrals And let go With my eyes resting upon the nearing dark The day and then the shade I have slept Within the reason that kept me so remote
Make a brand new vow In the heat of an evening The darkness swarms I was nothing, ever But red like the sun Dying down over the freeway Is the brand new sky Over the mountain ridge
[Chorus x2] All my fears come into view There must be an end soon And every waking hour Is part of the lie
All my fears come into view There must be an end soon And every waking hour Is part of the lie
Make a brand new vow In the heat of an evening The darkness swarms I was nothing, ever But red like the sun Dying down over the freeway Is the brand new sky Over the mountain ridge
You there Bringer of my despair You are stagnation of hope and will O you personify loss and remorse And you hide until my fears reappear [Chorus:] The love for life once bright (Out of sight) A burning fuse The only flame I have Fate's spiral down this curve (Shall only serve) The seeds growing my misery These wounds kill time My struggle sublime Idle the blood A black state of mind All dreams left behind You claim to be my long absent friend You are the cancer that just moved in You come with the dark night of the soul But I am turning my back on you You know I do [Chorus] [x2] Idle the blood A black state of mind All my dreams left behind
"Viva Emptiness!" 오랜 순례를 통하여 직관적 성찰을 얻게 되었다하더라도 세속에 몸을 담고 있는 이상 갈구는 운명적이고 그로 인해 시름은 깊어간다. 이것이 음악으로 화한 것이 캐터토니어(Katatonia)였다. 트래비스 스미스(Travis Smith)에 의해 앞뒤의 작품이 연결되는 커버아트를 입고 발표된, 스웨덴 언더그라운드 락/메틀씬의 거장인 캐터토니어(Katatonia)의 [Viva Emptiness]는 그들이 꽤 긴 여정에도 아직은 피로하지 않았음을 증명한다. 한껏 숙성된 서정과 완성된 기교가 만난 기품 있는 사운드는 여전히 캐터토니어의 이름에 걸맞다. 절제에 의한 점진적 진행에 의해 그 총화로써 결국 살라지는 격정과는 다른 방식을 취하고 있을지라도 여전히 그들답게 허무함이 짙게 드리운 동...
