Opeth - Heritage lyrics
Tracks 01. Heritage
02. The Devil's Orchard 03. I Feel The Dark 04. Slither 05. Nepenthe 06. Häxprocess 07. Famine 08. The Lines In My Hand 09. Folklore 10. Marrow Of The Earth 11. Pyre 12. Face In The Snow 01. Heritage Music by Mikael Åkerfeldt
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02. The Devil's Orchard Music & lyrics by Mikael Åkerfeldt
This trail is obsidian, the grip of Winter uncoiled
A lover would follow me Cast down and sworn to the dark Take the road where devils speak "God is dead" The wealth of darkness Inside you, tell you "now" Your senses corrupted Controlling a poisonous will Take the road where devils speak "God is dead" In the corner of my eye You are tearing flesh from bone Led the blind in search to find A pathway to the sun Saw the signs intertwine And forgave me all my sins No stigmas revealing our vices And there are no stigmas revealing our vices God is dead 03. I Feel The Dark Music & lyrics by Mikael Åkerfeldt
I feel the dark when I see you
I feel the dark when I see you Loosen the harness of trust Survey an impulse of lust The thespian is far away Uprooted yet forced to stay Sing a lie, ghost of the night Give yourself to me The road is long and winding still And these bonds will start to fray But another day A flaking wish inside Veiled comes the daylight through the glass In the never-ending rain This is no friend of mine Stalking the comfort within A flaking wish inside The mother of lies And you're going out to war When the beast is coming home And the sun is seen no more For the devil's love you bore I feel the dark when I see you 04. Slither Music & lyrics by Mikael Åkerfeldt
Summer's gone and love has withered
I believe in nothing yet nothing is what it seems All is gone and promises slithered You gave me nothing yet nothing is what it seems Summer is gone Your eyes gave away all your lies in the end The dawning of a seething design Kept a secret from the light And felt the weight on my shoulders increase A bleeding heart led my desperation Like a bird on a wire A broken promise of dedication Never ever again 05. Nepenthe Music & lyrics by Mikael Åkerfeldt
Hope would fail me in the falling snow
And slake a wish inside Friends would leave me in my darkest hour Yet trust me with their lives She would haunt my dreams and feed my demons They tell me to go 06. Häxprocess Music & lyrics by Mikael Åkerfeldt
A lifeline in a drop of blood
A dying wish to shun a God Sought a dream inside the light Finally relieved from plight O this night is deceiveing One eternal Winter Earth below and reeling Moon is riding high Father and a liar One forgotten season Secrets in the mire Moor is riding high Aligning A name inside a memory Waiting for you When words can't win her There is nothing to do Save your children Drenched in poverty Tracks in the snow Leading them to woe 07. Famine Music & lyrics by Mikael Åkerfeldt
I can't see your face
And I can't breathe your air So I wonder why I get cold inside When I hear your name When we meet eye to eye I will ask how and why And when guilt has its way One lesser reason to stay And I will see her cry Into the fire of our youth comes the devil again And you feel your way, feel your way Saw you standing nigh In the corner Told me that you had died And I would die when my heart was empty Become a ghost in perpetual void And neglect all reasons why 08. The Lines In My Hand Music & lyrics by Mikael Åkerfeldt
We are dying in the wake of gods and decrees remain arcane
And everything around us is a consequence of pain The writings on the wall depict a truth that no one reads A government of puppets blinded by another creed Burning voice of insanity Nothing is the same Barren lands for the idle man Find all the lines in your hand Blinding storms are surrounding us Take control In our caps, poisoned wine Find all the lines in your hands 09. Folklore Music & lyrics by Mikael Åkerfeldt
Hey you, will you be true
When you can see through what I do Feel the pain in your brain, insane Will I see my name in your scars And you will see what you mean to me Lust between the lines Do you feel the need When the night comes down And when the night comes down A father is waiting And you will see what you mean to me Lost control and called your name Left a home in the pouring rain In a sea of guilt and shame Will we sustain 10. Marrow Of The Earth Music by Mikael Åkerfeldt
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11. Pyre Music by Mikael Åkerfeldt, Fredrik Åkesson Lyrics by Mikael Åkerfeldt
"Pyre"
Follow the embers into cities of dreams What you'll be seeing Is not all what it seems Dawn of the liar Future's a pyre Outside the window I see people passing by If they could see me now they'd break down and cry Familiar voices beat behind the wall of sleep I wish this beating would so reveal the love I keep Lock down your senses Await the grating beyond And in the morning This darkness will trail along Born as a failure And died as a stranger And your country's bleeding while you're forced to mourn Outside the window I see people passing by If they could see me now they'd break down and cry Familiar voices beat behind the wall of sleep I wish this beating would so reveal the love I keep Bring me back again 12. Face In The Snow Music & lyrics by Mikael Åkerfeldt
No more wishes for the past,
No lingering of sages and seers. Desperations and fevers last, The undertows are stronger here. And here I lie, another morning arrives, Too far away from coming home. I see a face in the snow. Inside my head a voice calls for me. I see your face in the snow And outside the sun's too far away to feel. And here I lie, another morning arrives, Too far away from coming home. And here I lie, another morning arrives, Too far away from coming home. And could we live within the wake of aging lies When we're too far away? |