Memoira : Memories, Tragedies, Masquerades

Symphonic Metal / Finland
(2013 - Self-Produced)
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Lyrics


1. RECOIL

Echo 'round the corner
Where the shadows disappear
Trepid lines of fear
Singe me underneath my skin

Convince me now there's no escape
Exhausted and blind
Too bad for you
You're not the first one of your kind

Hail from your turmoil
Have your way with the condemned
There's still one mind
That refuses to bend
I'm done with the recoil
Push me over and over again
And though vengeance is yours
You'll find me standing in the end

Shoot them low
Do your worst to tear wide open
The flaming scars
That used to drain me dry

Hail from your turmoil
Have your way with the condemned
There's still one mind
That refuses to bend
I'm done with the recoil
Push me over and over again
And though vengeance is yours
You'll find me standing in the end


2. FAILURE TO COMMIT

I'm breaking shackles, cutting loose
Fight and bleed to avoid the noose
I need to find myself again
With you I don't see that happening

Keep this up
I can't breath no more
Self - loathing pains me to the core
Love is the ultimate enemy
That binds my mind in captivity

I'm sorry I can't be the one for you
In time you'll see this is my way to be true
Please know I never wanted it to be like this
It's not a game to me, I do give a damn

Feel free to blame it all on me
It's unchanging reality
I can't make myself attach to you
Even after all I've put you through

I'm sorry I can't be the one for you
In time you'll see this is my way to be true
Please know I never wanted it to be like this
It's not a game to me, I do give a damn


3. MEDUSA

Acid petals scattered on the ground
Stab the soles of righteous feet
First glance leads straight astray
Into crystal gardens oh so frail

Carry on delusions little serpent
Drop the naive on there knees
Stumble in conceited dreams
And make them turn into stone
To build your castle of lies

Useless fools with credulous eyes
Let you crush them like flies
You're good but not enough
I see through your
Word after calculated word
Soon you will learn
Your trail of crumbs
Will only take you so far

Perfect little stories push your venom
In their veins to lure them in
I swear before today is past
Your faith comes crawling
When the ghosts soar haunting in
Your precious masquerade will burn
Setting free the slaves and crown
Your head in shame in return

Useless fools with credulous eyes
Let you crush them like flies
You're good but not enough
I see through your
Word after calculated word
Soon you will learn
Your trail of crumbs
Will only take you so far

Word after calculated word
Now the tables are turned
Now you have learned
You begged for what you deserve


4. DROPS OF DECADENCE

Never been so in tune with sin before
Morality trapped inside revolving door
But what good did that ever have in store?
I want you to burn me to the core

I bleed so I have to hurt you
With the armours still intact
Heighten my senses and
Pain them black

Can't bring myself to believe in deliverance
So I hide an empire behind the blue
Wait for you to dig deeper and deeper to

Million miles an hour against the tidal wave
Feel the drops of decadence
Oozing away
Pure gone obsolete and distained

Escaping daylight in your eyes
Makes me realize that I'm the beautiful lie

I'm sure you didn't mean it that way
Yeah I'm not entitled but I'll beg you to stay
Twisted wrist still clutches to your name

Can't bring myself to return to innocence
The taste of you still lingers in me
It pins me down, tormenting me, so bittersweet

Million miles an hour against the tidal wave
Feel the drops of decadence
Feeding my crave

Million miles an hour against the tidal wave
Feel the drops of decadence
Oozing away
So obsolete and distained

Million miles an hour against the tidal wave
Feel the drops of decadence
Oozing away
And I believe
In another dawn for you and me
Until then I'm satisfied
Remaining profaned
So obsolete and distained


5. NIGHTINGALE

Bid his love to carry through darkness and
Beyond the grave
Stained with grief
The tears fall like rain through
Crimson sacrifice

Find forevermore in vain
Keep the memory locked deep within
Like a thorn of a rose
Piercing through the heart
Final farewell reaps life from her veins
And through it all the nightingale sings

Blinded by abidingly haunting hope that love prevails

Find forevermore in vain
Keep the memory locked deep within
All the vows once ardently made
Vanish into the night
What is joy to her
To him is pain

Find forevermore in vain
Keep the memory locked deep within
Like a thorn of a rose
Piercing through the heart
Final farewell reaps life from her veins
And through it all the nightingale sings


6. PUPPETEER

You see what I let you see
You hear what I let you think you hear
You feel what I make you feel
And all the while I remain the puppeteer

I have you where I want you
And I plan to keep it that way

I pull your strings and make you jump
And all you can ask is how high
I keep you from your disbelief
And clown you up until you fade away

I pull your strings and make you jump
And all you can ask is how high
I keep you from your disbelief
And clown you up until you fade away


7. CURTAIN-CALL

You walk on wire keep defying kismet
Take a fatal step and name the fear in your head

Was it something you did?
Was it something you said?
Or just a thought delayed in your head?
Or was it something you will never comprehend?

The questioning will never end
on your triumphant way to epic fail

And now it's time to cue the truth
Reveal the real you
Confess what you possess
Before the curtain call
Turn around and tell me what you see
Just keep staring into the eyes of infinity

You drive yourself into dead - end frenzy
Where disappointment melts with borderline crazy

Have you any idea how much you've lost?
Can you guess the total of the cost?
Can you feel your heart beat underneath all the frost?

Turn around and tell me who you'll be
Once you remove the mask of without you are drowning

And now it's time to cue the truth
Reveal the real you
Confess what you possess
Before the curtain call
Turn around and tell me what you see
Just keep staring into the eyes of infinity

Turn around and tell me who you'll be
Once you remove the mask of without you are drowning

And now it's time to cue the truth
Reveal the real you
Confess what you possess
Before the curtain call
Turn around and tell me what you see
Just keep staring into the eyes of infinity


8. LAST WILL

Spent a lifetime devouring dreams
With my soulless thoughts and wicked deeds

What will they say
When enough time has past to tell the truth
Won't make much difference
All that matters now is you

Regrets I've known may take the best of me
Delayed consolation nurtures uncertainty

Reminiscence of you
The only thing I own without remorse
I pray for one more chance before the morning dawns

For what it's worth I'll make my peace tonight
Pay my dues to make it right what I've done wrong
At least you know in case there's no tomorrow
For what it's worth I still love you
For what it's worth I still love you

If I should walk through ashes and dust
This fleeting world would not yet have quenched my lust
In hell's delight my soul be lost remaining damned
But the true salvation still lies within your hand

For what it's worth I'll make my peace tonight
Pay my dues to make it right what I've done wrong
At least you know in case there's no tomorrow
For what it's worth I still love you
For what it's worth I still love you


9. THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS

You made a choice and so did I
Everything used to be drenched in light
But now I'm taking comfort from the dark side
See how long you can last before you meet your defeat

How much pain could one soul bare
Take a step through the looking-glass
If you dare

Two can play that game so set the rules and
See them turn against you
Make your move but don't forget that
All I learned, I learned from you

I refuse to be the pawn from now on
Make you break your defense one by one
See how long it will take before you cave and give in

How much pain can your soul bare
Take a step through the looking-glass
I thee dare

Two can play that game so set the rules and
See them turn against you
Make your move but don't forget that
All I learned, I learned from you


10. PARALLEL REFLECTIONS

(Who would have ever though you'd be so reduced)

They squeezed her through the mold
Be a good girl and do as you're told
And now she feels the urge to scream
Guess perfection's not all it's cracked up to be

When all the words are dead
And a smile is just uncertain shield
When you faith is weak and bruised
Hope starts to slowly yield

Effort goes up in flames,
All that's left is mere shame,
Hate of what I've become
Effort goes up in flames,
Lost inside in the blame,
Banned to set myself free

Countless hours of scream and shout
Wondering what it's all about
Fighting against the conscience's
Taunt laying low from scorning flaunt

When all the words are dead
And a smile is just uncertain shield
When you faith is weak and bruised
Hope starts to slowly yield

Effort goes up in flames,
All that's left is mere shame,
Hate of what I've become
Effort goes up in flames,
Lost inside in the blame,
Banned to set myself free

Effort goes up in flames,
All that's left is mere shame,
Hate of what I've become
Effort goes up in flames,
Lost inside in the blame,
Banned to set myself free


11. WELCOME TO THE MASQUERADE

I burn this bridge behind me
I will never walk that road again
I will never breathe the open air

Something evil is born this way
Shadows crawl and the light keeps fading away

And somewhere in the silence
I'm offered a crown of thorns
Which once plagued our mankind
Now simply disguised in different forms
It feels like we've been forsaken
It feels like paradise lost again

How can we be held responsible
Why are we alone
How can my soul be on sale
Close your eyes, inhale
Enjoy this charade
Welcome to the masquerade

Even if the words are silent
Our acts speak volumes for themselves

They are written on every single wall
Of this wasteland

And somewhere in the silence
I'm offered a crown of thorns
Which once plagued our mankind
Now simply disguised in different forms
It feels like we've been forsaken

How can we be held responsible
Why are we alone
Make your peace with your god
And walk away
Enjoy this charade
Become one with the masquerade

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