1. TO WELCOME THE WITHERING

Let the illusion beknown in a language of scars
A sigh in the abysses mimicked by the serpents’ tongues
The simmering resentment to ruin the repentant one
An offering of untamed reluctance to an empty heart

Tearing deeper in this realm of gloom where tears seep
And whilst it is from a thousand wounds that we bleed

And there is death extending
And there is unyielding emptiness
And there is darkness waiting
And there is chaos reaching out

Now in the moment of imminent death
A glance of honest regret in fading eyes
Now in the weaves of harsh tragedy
This heinous concept of dead hope remains obsolete
We shall not pity the soul that leaves

Let desolation beknown as the essence of life
A jarring song in the deepness echoed by the feeble throats
The smoldering discontent to elate the cold downhearted one
An offering of sullen redemption to a withering heart

Was it worth the loss?
Isn’t it all worthless?
Our lives are nothing but welking leaves
falling from the tree of life

We are the great lie at the heart of trust
We are surrounded by emptiness
Underneath reigns terror


2. THE ODIOUS ORDEAL

The answers you seek are hidden beyond grasp
While the dreams you bleed are mated with failure
Aghast at this sight you turn numb to the touch
…And tragedy will befall us all while we watch inert in the dark

The shadows you feed are those you crawl in
While the wounds you heal are the gates to grief
Aghast at this sight you turn numb to the touch
…And tragedy will befall us all while we watch inert in the dark

I surpassed my chance to end this a long time ago
Tempting dreams of sin are nothing but a shadow of the past
Faltering weak towards the void with nothing but emptiness in my heart.

In this vastness i am only reflected
into the undiluted sea of forlornness
Deathless falling towards the eternal darkness
Strengthless flawing towards the gleaming loneliness


3. A SHADOW IN THE FIRE PART I (SCARS OF SOLITUDE)

As the blood flows down from
The mountains of reminiscence
All that is left is to ponder on my mistakes
Pain is the most bitter truth i have ever known
and nothing needs me

Absorbed in silence
To speak from pillars
Wallow in blood
To always wish for the worst
When dusk is like a dagger
Sever the tongues of wisdom
Seal the mouths with ash
To abort all hope

Amongst the sun i will only find bleakness
And far away wait the ones that will come back
To extinguish the light and to breed darkness
Loss is the most soulless god i have ever known
and nothing needs me

I see the gates unfolding with eyes like tombs
I watch the fire bursting with shadows and wounds

I am the one that you lost trust in
I gained a shadow that does not rest
Life is a severe sermon lectured by death
It is another lesson in lessening

At least i tried once with all my will
And i’ve seen no grave but life itself
No greater grace than our grief
No greater chasm than our sin


4. A SHADOW IN THE FIRE PART II (WHERE FIRE AWAITS)

Our wretched bodies serve no purpose
They collapse while we scream and perish
as we fall from favor to failure
They withhold us from the fate of flesh

Pregnant with darkness there is only fear
Standing now before another grave

Feeling like a lesser being shrouded by the cold

Womblike silence in the dead of night

Where fire awaits
The only throne will be claimed by death
Where the sun haunts
The only dream we are capable of
Where fire awaits
We are petrified beneath a brutal will
To loose one after another in time
And nothing will ever change

An abhorrent swarm will fill this world
You see the shadow in the fire
When even weak will falls apart
As you hear the truthful heartbeat fade

Sentient flesh bounden to flesh
For we all have been deceived
We can all fall into the dark
Now only fire awaits

For a futile faith lingers deep
In the unsettling depths
Abide the hoists of winter
Now only fire awaits

When the sky unfolds and kneels before the beast
in the remnants of times
Seeing beyond solitude, sorrow and grief
There is exaltation to be gained
Once we sacrifice soma to flame