1. DESOLATION

(Instrumental)


2. FOREST OF FORGOTTEN MEMORIES

Over distant mountain tops
The first rays of light dance across frail limbs

Though the sun rises, it must also set
The chill of autumn turns to winter's frost
Fallen leaves turned brittle
The dead sing songs of a time that once was

Through a misty forest I walk
A path lined with faded memories of old

But what of the past?
What men walked this path before I?
These memories are all forgotten
In one hundred years, so am I


3. PALE CLOAK OF DAWN

A northern wind brings bitter cold
Yet striking beauty
An escape from this tainted world
An ice-bound shroud which covers the land

This morning I awoke to a dream
Of a weary spirit
At last soaring beyond a meaningless reality

Present turned to legend
Relics covered in icy frost

In the morning I will rise
To be dragged down by this wretched place

In the evening I will be buried
To be risen by the hope of an escape

Though bound on this morning
I am granted brief relief
Falling, shining like glistening white marble
The pale cloak of dawn


4. ...AND HER CRIES ECHOED ACROSS THE HILLS

On this night, a raven flies
Across the dark, brooding sky
Peircing as the frozen winds
Is the cry of her mourning
Her sorrow...

Her wail in the still night
The echos in my mind
A life fades in the dawn's rays

Like the moon in the night sky
I see her pale figure wandering across the dark hills

On the morrow we shall mourn the dead
The earth opens it's mouth
Ready for it's eternal guest
A spirit drifts towards the heavens
And her cries echoed across the hills


5. WALDEINSAMKEIT

I remember moonlight dancing across her fair features
And my broken body resting within golden wings
Two eyes silently close, tears fall as snow
Her soft voice serenades the dusk

Her light shines through these woods...
My ever somber being
For years, lost in this image of solitude
When will I be found?

A fire burns within this forest
As the suns rays strike down with fury
By nighfall desolation reigns
Search the ashes for my desires

The eastward sunrise
A bittersweet gesture
Could what I long for...
Long for me?

I welcome the blazing morning
Turn this land to flame
Bring passion beyond fantasy
Turn this land to dust

Her light shines through these woods...
My ever somber being
For years, lost in this image of solitude
When will I be found?


6. THE PASSING OF LIFE FROM TROUBLED EYES

Walking through a darkened forest
Blood dripping from my teeth
I stagger and stumble
Grievous my wounds
But my heart still beats

I hear the door open
And in walks a phantom
All I once was
All I had been
The shadows rise up
And flow down over me
I clench at my throat
Unable to breathe

The door opens
And in flows an icy breeze
I hear the whispers calling

Listening to the cries of the long past dead
I no longer see the real world
But ghosts drifting around me
Grasping at my ankles
To the depths of hell

I hear the door open
And in walks a phantom
All I once was
All I had been
The shadows rise up
And flow down over me
I clench at my throat
Unable to breathe

In an icy sea
The water clenches away our last hopes and dreams
And I see his shillouette
Beckoning me
Sitting behind the clouded veil
Patiently

The spirits ever sleep
Lurking
Looming
Waiting for their chance to leap
To drag our souls to hell
That which they were cast out of
Twisted, malformed demons

In an icy sea
The water clenches away our last hopes and dreams
And I see his shillouette
Beckoning me
Sitting behind the clouded veil
Patiently