Epica - The Phantom Agony lyrics
Tracks 01. Adyta (The Neverending Embrace)
02. Sensorium 03. Cry For The Moon (The Embrace That Smothers - Part IV) 04. Feint 05. Illusive Consensus 06. Façade Of Reality (The Embrace That Smothers - Part V) 07. Run For A Fall 08. Seif Al Din (The Embrace That Smothers - Part VI) 09. The Phantom Agony 10. Veniality 11. Triumph of Defeat 01. Adyta (The Neverending Embrace) Music by Mark Jansen Lyrics by Simone Simons
O nate vulnerate
Cito veni ad me Te amplectar et vulnera tua lingam Utinam te haberem, mi amor caelestis 02. Sensorium Music by Mark Jansen, Ad Sluijter, Coen Janssen, Simone Simons Lyrics by Mark Jansen
Chance doesnt exist
But the path of life is not totally so predestined And time and chronology show us how all should be In the ways of existence To find out why we are here Being conscious is a torment The more we learn is the less we get No one surveys the whole, focus on things so small But lifes objective is to make it meaningful Only searching for this That which doesnt exist Although our ability to relativize remains unclear Being conscious is a torment The more we learn is the less we get Every answer contains a new quest A quest to non existence, a journey with no end Im not afraid to die Im afraid to be alive without being aware of it Im so afraid to, I couldnt stand to Waste all my energy on things That do not matter anymore Our future has already been written by us alone But we dont grasp the meaning Of our programmed course of life Our future has already been wasted by us alone And we just let it happen and do not worry at all We only fear what comes And smell death every day Search for the answers that lie beyond Being conscious is a torment The more we learn is the less we get Every answer contains a new quest A quest to non existence, a journey with no end 03. Cry For The Moon (The Embrace That Smothers - Part IV) Music by Mark Jansen, Ad Sluijter, Simone Simons Lyrics by Mark Jansen
Follow your common sense
You cannot hide yourself behind a fairytale forever and ever Only by revealing the whole truth can we disclose The soul of this bulwark forever and ever Forever and ever Indoctrinated minds so very often Contain sick thoughts And commit most of the evil they preach against Dont try to convince me with messages from God You accuse us of sins committed by yourselves It's easy to condemn without looking in the mirror Behind the scenes opens reality Eternal silence cries out for justice Forgiveness is not for sale Nor is the will to forget Follow your common sense You cannot hide yourself behind a fairytale forever and ever Only by revealing the whole truth can we disclose The soul of this bulwark forever and ever Forever and ever Virginity has been stolen at very young ages And the extinguisher loses its immunity Morbid abuse of power in the garden of eden Where the apple gets a youthful face Eternal silence cries out for justice Forgiveness is not for sale Nor is the will to forget Follow your common sense You cannot hide yourself behind a fairytale forever and ever Only by revealing the whole truth can we disclose The soul of this bulwark forever and ever Forever and ever Eternal silence cries out for justice Forgiveness is not for sale Nor is the will to forget You cant go on hiding yourself Behind old fashioned fairytales And keep washing your hands in innocence 04. Feint Music by Mark Jansen, Ad Sluijter, Coen Janssen, Simone Simons Lyrics by Mark Jansen
The very brightest candle of all has been extinguished
Smothered by those who could not bear to face reality Every beat of your heart tore the lies all apart Made foundations quiver Every wave in the lake caused the porcelain to break And I shiver... The leftover tallow just doesn't contain All the right answers Under a sea of dust lies a vast wealth of wisdom An untuched snow turns red Innocence dies Every beat of your heart tore the lies all apart Made foundations quiver Every wave in the lake caused the porcelain to break And I shiver... This black page in history is not colourfast, will stain the next All that remains is just a feint of what was meant to be This black page in history is not colourfast, will stain the next And nothing seems in life, in dreams like what was meant to be Every beat of your heart tore the lies all apart Made foundations quiver Every wave in the lake caused the porcelain to break And I shiver... 05. Illusive Consensus Music by Mark Jansen, Ad Sluijter, Coen Janssen, Simone Simons Lyrics by Simone Simons
So sweet caress, never long to last!
You entered my soul and gave hope to my life. So sweet caress, never hope to last! You left me behind all alone and aghast Capured inside such an austere Elysium Imperfect feelings, futile greef Love a device against all solitude As it all went on, the love became A field in a dream that once had been real So sweet caress, never long to last! Destroy this illusion we need a change of fate! Your frantic thoughts are only a condemned cry Imperfect feelings, futile greef Love a device against all solitude As it all went on, the love became A field in a dream that once had been real Primo somniare videbamur deinde veritas se praecipitavit I secretly longed for something which had never existed First I thought it was a dream but then it smashed into reality Beautiful on the outside, decayed deeply within I secretly longed for something which had never existed Devoted to a body without a soul Numquam non tibi diffidam 06. Façade Of Reality (The Embrace That Smothers - Part V) Music by Mark Jansen, Ad Sluijter, Simone Simons Lyrics by Mark Jansen
Sanguis meus tibi non iam perbibendus sit
Macula aeternitatis Numquam detergenda Quisnam surget et deteget Imaginem veritates? People created religious inventions To give their lives a glimmer of hope And to ease their fear of dying And people created religious intentions Only to feel superior and to have a license to kill Our desire to die is stronger Than all your desire for life There is no getting away from it now Only true faith survives People created religious inventions To give their lives a glimmer of hope And to ease their fear of dying And people created religious ascensions To subject the others and to enslave, just to further enrich themselves Our desire to die is stronger Than all your desire for life There is no getting away from it now Only true faith survives It doesnt matter where we die It doesnt matter that you cry We'll take you with us A disgrace on the beyond O servator, sempiterne Te grati coluimus, Odor atrox quo nons superfundis intolerabilis est Deceive yourself by yielding to soft words that cause no pain Enrich yourself with different views Learned without disdain A disgrace on the beyond That can never be undone Who shall rise and unveil The Facade of Reality? Deceive yourself by yielding to soft words that cause no pain Enrich yourself with different views Learned without disdain Is there still room for new dents in old wrecks? A disgrace on the beyond that can never be undone Deceive yourself by yielding to soft words Enrich yourself by making up your own mind Sanguis meus tibi non iam perbibendus sit 07. Run For A Fall Music by Mark Jansen, Ad Sluijter, Coen Janssen, Simone Simons Lyrics by Mark Jansen
Do not use the past as an alibi
For all of your deficiencies always standing by Face your negligence, do not fool yourself Shortcomings will soon appear For weakness shows itself Blind from your success and all of the excess Deaf from the praise you had Dont cry out of self pity in forcing your way through For I will not be vulnerable to slander made by you Blind from your success and all of the excess Deaf from the praise you had In a misty veil, misplaced Where castles in the air will be no longer seen As something out of reach In time the dream will be erased So many things will never be the way they seemed And pride will have its fall at last Her eyes fell while the shame was written on her face When she realised that her failures could never be undone again You did not notice the manipulated hand That overshadowed your thoughts all those years That made you insecure You did not notice the ancient shifting sand That pulls you down into an everlasting sham You will never be able to fight Never be able to hide Run for a fall, youd better run Blind from your success and all of the excess Deaf from the praise you had In a misty veil, misplaced Where castles in the air will be no longer seen As something out of reach In time the dream will be erased So many things will never be the way they seemed And pride will have its fall at last 08. Seif Al Din (The Embrace That Smothers - Part VI) Music by Mark Jansen, Ad Sluijter Lyrics by Mark Jansen
The origin of a dogma
Placed in a new millennium Vilified demons have been embraced And given a warm welcome The Seif al Din Hasn't got the ghost of a chance to rust Because it has always been kept in shape In serving th one Almighty The rudiments have always been misinterpreted during history, despite the good intentions of many disciples who's faithful belief was strong and unswayed. Most leaders interpret the old words to their advantage in the attempt of gaining leadership and power over those unfortunate enough to fall under their maliciousness and manipulative ways. This misuse of trust will forever stain the pages of history, echoing the exploitation and the frailty of decent men carried away by nurtured rancour... Perpetual distrust fed by a belief In the malevolence of the others When the beautiful unreality holds out its hand It's better not to lose yourself in blind faith La Illah Illallah, Mohammed rasul Allah 09. The Phantom Agony Music by Mark Jansen, Ad Sluijter, Yves Huts Lyrics by Mark Jansen
[I. Impasse of Thoughts]
I can't see you, I can't hear you Do you still exist? I can't feel you, I can't touch you, Do you exist? The Phantom Agony I can't taste you, I can't think of you, Do we exist at all? [II. Between hope and despair] The future doesn't pass And the past won't overtake the present All that remains is an obsolete illusion We are afraid of all the things that will not be A phantom agony Do we dream at night Or do we share the same old fantasy? I am a silhouette of the person wandering in my dreams We are afraid of all the things that will not be A phantom agony Tears of unprecedented beauty Reveal the truth of existence We're all sadists The age-old development of consciousness Drives us away from the essence of life We meditate too much, so that our instincts will fade away They fade away What's the point of life And what's the meaning if we all die in the end? Does it make sense to learn or do we forget everything? We are afraid of all the things that will not be A phantom agony Tears of unprecedented beauty Reveal the truth of existence We're all pessimists The age-old development of consciousness Drives us away from the essence of life We meditate too much, so that our instincts will fade away They fade away Teach me how to see and free the disbelief in me What we get is what we see, the Phantom Agony A te spiritus noster devoratur et nostra anima capitur [III. Nevermore] The lucidity of my mind has been revealed in new dreams I am able to travel where my heart goes In search of self-realisation This is the way to escape from our agitation And develop ourselves Use your illusion and enter my dream... 10. Veniality Music by Mark Jansen, Ad Sluijter, Coen Janssen, Simone Simons
Searching for what she can't find
For her own peace of mind She can't forgive, Nor forget the past These ineffable feelings and hurt that last evermore Bewail the truth, the face of fate, and conquer all the past Don't employ yourself, let the penance begin You've got to open your heart to see the confinement Bewail the truth, the face of fate, and conquer all the past Bewail the truth, the face of fate, and conquer all the past These seem so futile, Forget this, Your freedom The present state of veniality Bewail the truth, the face of fate, and conquer all the past Bewail the truth, the face of fate, and conquer all the past Bewail the truth, the face of fate, and conquer all the past Search for the right, And then you'll find Your own peace of mind 11. Triumph of Defeat Music by Coen Janssen
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