Opeth - Deliverance & Damnation lyrics
Tracks 01. Wreath
02. Deliverance 03. A Fair Judgement 04. For Absent Friends 05. Master's Apprentices 06. By The Pain I See In Others 13. Windowpane 14. In My Time Of Need 15. Death Whispered A Lullaby 16. Closure 17. Hope Leaves 18. To Rid The Disease 19. Ending Credits 20. Weakness 01. Wreath Music & lyrics by Mikael Åkerfeldt
Falling inside again
This nightmare always the same Still never enough Halting at the brink of discovery Moving into the darkness Leaking inside to cover up Dragging me down and under Entangled and undone at once Old memories I'm not in need but wish to know What are the tragedies The history behind the walls Pacing further down Familiar children's laughter Dissonant and out of time And their eyes are dead Watching myself in a pool of water Wearing the mask of a ghost Smeared all across my skin Rotten earth and insects Endless night Always preserving the calm Movement behind Bleeding animals in a field of fire There is no absolution Death is but a fairy tale They are mere visions They are afraid of me Clear insight A smoke is rising nearby Dust covering my coat Blend together to spell my name Pale, covered me with sweat There are no words left Sole provider of death Distorted faith in myself Human harvest burning Blackest pages turning Twisted perception come true Captured in dreams connected Staring right back Spiritual decay - Still seeking Frozen in time Mourn this departure - All watching Calling me back Closure to bleak matters - I'm leaving End of a search Coming of morning Calling me back Closure to bleak matters - I'm leaving End of a search Coming of morning - Returning 02. Deliverance Music & lyrics by Mikael Åkerfeldt
Floating on mist
Crept up the caverns of my brain Received no warning From nothing to a life code Walk with me, you'll never leave Wait to see your spirit free Tell me how your heart's in need As I drown you in the sea Unwinding snares of distrust Your wrist in my fast grip Look me in the eye, I'm clear This is your time Face down beneath the waterline Gazing into the deep From love to death In a time span of seconds Oblivious to regret Pushed into belief In liquid cellophane Gasping for air Mercy in my eyes Is the shade of the night The piercing sounds you make Soaring higher, higher now And once left in my wake Your memory is nothing but the scars on me All over now Forgotten why I needed this Standing down Disappear into the obscure Resting days Waiting for new disease Biding time Locked inside insanity It always burns within The downward spiral never ends When driven into sin Your salvation's found in a sinner's deed The devil guides the way Tells me what to say Pours himself inside And snuffs the final light Deliverance Thrown back at me Deliverance Laughing at me 03. A Fair Judgement Music & lyrics by Mikael Åkerfeldt
Losing sleep, in too deep
Fading sun, what have I done Came so close to what I need most Nothing left here Cut the ties, uncover disguise Left behind all intertwined Lost control, moved out of the role now Nothing's left here Leave it be It was meant for me Soul sacrifice Forgot the advice Lost track of time In a flurry of smoke Waiting anxiety For a fair judgement deserved 04. For Absent Friends Music by Mikael Åkerfeldt
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05. Master's Apprentices Music & lyrics by Mikael Åkerfeldt
There is a voice calling for me
There is a light coming down on me There is a doubt that is clearing There is a day that is dawning There is a wound that is healing There is a season waiting for me There is a road that is turning There is a fire still burning A sickness in me Constant pace towards the end The need is stronger This time the need is deeper There is a peace I am searching There is a freedom I'm depending on There is a pain that's never ending There is a rain falling only on me There is a dream I am living There is a life I am dreaming of There is a death I'm awaiting There is a home I am deserting I hold my breath and wait Only moments remain Movement for departed hope Effect for absent friends Sever the faith from my body Leave me begging for more Take what I have and deliver me Into everlasting sleep Soothing trance Colours fade And disappear Ethereal light Showing me what I can do without In a motionless scene There is only me I take what I can Controlling you to get ahead Fading away And leaving Long for sleep Closer now Lead the way into death Every wretched dream I have left behind Every waking hour I lie in wait Sucked inside by will Gone into the flood All my questions unfurled As I was put to the test Once I'm below there's no turning back Plunging into the deepest void Departed shell left drained behind Pacing roads unknown Searching for a new home Desert in my eye Barren lands inside 06. By The Pain I See In Others Music & lyrics by Mikael Åkerfeldt
Let me taste
Let me feel I need to know what you keep inside No need to speak Just let it be Carry out this wish for me Let nothing interfere Rise to submission I'm still beneath in the soil Discard your clothes Let loose your hair We're intertwined forever And have always been Say the word And I'll depart Upon your lips dwells nothing But the meaning of my cause Rise to submission I'm still beneath in the soil And so comes the dark Vibrant as ever before Flowers already withered In this endless winter of souls Outside in the park The days move along And nothing ever changes They have nothing on us But we've always knew That nothing ever changes Rise to submission I'm still beneath in the soil This is ours alone Feeding off the warmth Lured out from inside Depending on the life blood Rise to submission I'm still beneath in the soil This is ours alone Feeding off the warmth Lured out from inside Silently Whispering Move in me and set me free 13. Windowpane Music & lyrics by Mikael Åkerfeldt
Blank face in the windowpane
Made clear in seconds of light Disappears and returns again Counting hours, searching the night Might be waiting for someone Might be there for us to see Might be in need of talking Might be staring directly at me Inside plays a lullaby Slurred voice over children cries On the inside Haunting loneliness in the eye Skin covering secret scars His hand is waving a goodbye There's no response or action returned There is deep prejudice in me Outshines all reason inside Given dreams all ridden with pain And projected unto the lost 14. In My Time Of Need Music & lyrics by Mikael Åkerfeldt
I can't see the meaning of this life I'm leading
I try to forget you as you forgot me This time there is nothing left for you to take, this is goodbye Summer is miles and miles away And no one would ask me to stay And I should contemplate this change To ease the pain And I should step out of the rain And walk away Close to ending it all, I am drifting through the stages Of the rapture born within this loss Thoughts of death inside, tear me apart from the core of my soul At times the dark's fading slowly But it never sustains Would someone watch over me In my time of need Close to ending it all, I am drifting through the stages Of the rapture born within this loss Thoughts of death inside, tear me apart from the core of my soul 15. Death Whispered A Lullaby Music by Mikael Åkerfeldt Lyrics by Steven Wilson
Out on the road there are fireflies circling
Deep in the woods, where the lost souls hide Over the hill there are men returning Trying to find some peace of mind Sleep my child Under the fog there are shadows moving Don't be afraid, hold my hand Into the dark there are eyelids closing Buried alive in the shifting sands Speak to me now and the world will crumble Open a door and the moon will fall All of your life all your memories Go to your dreams, forget it all 16. Closure Music & lyrics by Mikael Åkerfeldt
Heal myself - a feather on my heart
Look inside - there never was a start Peel myself - dispose of severed skin All subsides - around me and within There's nothing painful in this There's no upheaval Redemption for my pathos All sins undone Awaiting word on what's to come In helpless prayers a hope lives on As I've come clean I've forgotten what I promised In the rays of the sun I am longing for the darkness 17. Hope Leaves Music & lyrics by Mikael Åkerfeldt
In the corner beside my window
There hangs a lonely photograph There is no reason I'd never notice a memory that could hold me back There is a wound that's always bleeding There is a road I'm always walking And I know you'll never return to this place Gone through days without talking There is a comfort in silence So used to losing all ambition And struggling to maintain what's left And once undone, there is only smoke Burning in my eyes to blind To cover up what really happened And force the darkness unto me 18. To Rid The Disease Music & lyrics by Mikael Åkerfeldt
There's nobody here, there's nobody near
I try not to care, dead eyes always stare Let these matters be, don't trust what you see Take hold of your time, step into the line Leave your mark upon the head of someone Who'll cry for his state, we know it's too late I turn round to see what was meant to be Faint movement release to rid the disease There's innocence torn from its maker And stillborn, the trust in you This failure has made the creator So would you tell him what to do 19. Ending Credits Music by Mikael Åkerfeldt
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20. Weakness Music & lyrics by Mikael Åkerfeldt
Found you there in the blink of an eye
I miss you Turned away into a thousand dreams You've found out what they mean Lost you there in a moment of truth I trust you Gave away your one and only heart A gift to tear apart Stain me, save me Take me to my home Hold me, show me Take me to my home Weaker now, drawing fluid from me You kill me I'm not afraid of what you have just done But of what you've just become |