1. FOLLOWING BETULAS

Awaken in the silent night.

Alone, inland hysteria.
I am a stranger in this land.
Here I kneel before you.

Oh, solemn glory.

Standing together on the hill.
Nothing is spoken, but understood.
Below, a procession of wooden men.
Swinging their tree trunks in the wind.

The white birches are alive, they are marching.


2. OWLWOOD

Fear roams throughout this land.

Where no man dare tread.
Dark shapes protect the one, not bound by laws or flesh.

Days of isolation.
Regret dominates.
Unwilling to face what awaits outside.
When lights are gone, woodland comes alive.
Fire is born into their eyes.

Ghost of this age.
What the creek take.
From a wretched state rose the willing.


3. GHOST TRAIL

Beyond time I traveled.
No space has bound me.
Follow the will I know.
The eternal order revealed.

Past my dreams, all doubt disappeared, my vision became clear.
Treachery is the poison and the union is in our blood.

The king, with beak and talons.
The king, in the form of man.
Nothing escapes those eyes.
He sees everything.


4. LEAVE ME HERE

Out of a secret longing
They know their way from here
Out of a growing dream
They follow the road we create

I see what I've cut behind me
Lost on the bottom you often found me there
False conscience is beyond me
Lost in the backwoods I lie open to you here
Just leave me here

These men are running hard
But you keep down your voices
Living only to judge heavy
All mysteries aside there was a truth outside

Leave me here and I'm born again
Leave me here in this void again
Now I am open left for dead
Just like salvation comes in the end


5. ÖSTERBOTTEN (INTERLUDE)

(Instrumental)


6. FINLAND

These things moved me when I turned my back. Now I return with open hands.
I found light that lead me to the shrine where children sang and pilgrims mourned.
I was lost but not alone.
From a distance they come alive. Sleepwalking across the plains.
No answers were found here. Seeking shelter in her embrace.
Down on sore knees. Erase and begin. Under my eyelids, come forth light.


7. ADRIFT

In his arms, locked in that iron grip nothing will reveal
Follow these footsteps and we will reach the bottom

I tumbled down the road that bears his name
Here he dwells, here he prospers and pushes us towards the end

When we are drifting against the tide
Colliding with the very air we breathe
Somewhere the tracks inwards must lead out
A grasp of hope that defeats the will

Always pushed away
Always nothing


8. ETERNAL KINGDOM

His throne is unthreatened.
No man dare to challenge.
Emperor in stone, ruler in disguise.
Take on life form, pass through the fields.

Let kingdom come.
Eternal order done.

Here they collect.
The oath of servants.
By the mountain side.
Follow the pack.

Caveman trapped inside.
Trees and beings come to life.
Emperor in fire, ruler in disguise.
Take on life form, caught in the fields.

Come alive you sovereign.
Gather the herd and lead the way.


9. ECHOES

Empty men without regrets
Leaning against each others shoulders
Open spaces fill the gap
Where reason reigned and fell
And I see vapour coming out
Of every crack in the framework
Caught in a vortex between false
Perceptions and reality
Forever
Dead frequencies kill the intellect
And truths that only raindrops see
Frail bodies out in the periphery
Walk like ghosts across the screen
It begins again


10. DARK CITY, DEAD MAN

When the streetlights fade. Warm rain like judgement descends.
Their voice numbs me. Speaking words in a dead tongue.
I have walked a road that lead me back to you.
From a window our glances met. My true colours I cannot hide.
The landscape has changed. You don't recognise me.
These pictures slowly fade. Memories wither, they are all gone.
Further down the steps get steeper. You haunt me in my dreams.
I let go and fall deeper. This will be the end of me.