In their lofty chambers dwell The sacred and divine Resting in seraphic bliss The timeless and sublime
Far above the mortal sphere Dreaming without a care Far above the weeping world Sleeping amidst the light of stars
Too far away to hear our calls Too far away to care at all
On the burnished thrones they sit Might in their blazing eyes Vault of heaven at their feet Undying flames inside
Never shall decay or death Touch on the blithe souls Sorrowless the days of gods Amidst the everblooming groves
But where do we lay our heads to rest? Where do we shelter when the night falls?
For the part of man Is to take the sombre path Stumble in the dark Stray amidst the dust and ash
Like forgotten ghosts Drifting in the driving wind Dashing towards the void Whirling blindly through the night
Like water flung from the highest cliff We fall, lunge, swirl, dissolve, and fade away Down into the unknown
3. Drawn To Black
[Music & lyrics: Sevдnen]
Wreathed in silence, laid down in shades Swathed in regrets, deluded astray Forgotten in half-light, drawn in despair Soothed in slumber so dreadful and fair
Rending and searing and twisting my dreams Alone in the gloom with the nightmares unseen
The night has a thousand eyes, And the day but one; Yet the light of the bright world dies With the dying sun
The mind has a thousand eyes, And the heart but one: Yet the light of a whole life dies When love is done
Worthless the pledges, all vows but lies Fateful her kisses, where a serpent hides First beckoned to step from the twilight to glare Then left in the dark for the demons to share
Only the stars see, only the moon hears...
And quietly the water-lilies sigh Like the last breath of a weary soul And the weed sway in the dreary waters Like a girl’s dark hair they wave about
And the black stones under my bare feet Cold and smooth like her milk-white palm And the silence which falls upon this shore Resounds now louder than oncoming storm
For all is gone
[Chorus is taken from Francis William Bourdillon’s poem The Night Has a Thousand Eyes.]
4. Change Of Heart
[Music: Friman & Sevдnen / lyrics: Friman]
Spring brought the two together Married the wind with the fire Under the secrecy of lush birch trees Opposite hearts became one
One day followed another Weeks passed, months lapsed Until wind grew to a storm And fire to a burning pile
Cold gust of whirlwind Fiery flames, burning sharp Adoration all too strong pushed the two apart
Different from the start Fate that never was written in the stars Led to a change of hearts
The fall split the one in two Under the pouring rain Dressed them both in loneliness And led to their separate ways
The fire could not be tamed with the wind Or the wind suppressed by the flames As blending the light with the dark Merely results in grey
5. At The Gates Of Sleep
[Music & lyrics: Sevдnen]
Listen to the night, hearken to the silence The wind sings in fir-trees, forestґs music rings Rueful is the tune, wailful the soughing Soothing is the choir, murmur of the trees
Time to forget all the heartache and pain Time to leave behind all the toil and travail Here where the water mirrors a still sky Here a fair place for a child to lie
Under the woeful sky, moss-grown our bed tonight
Here we sprawl in mellow darkness In warm caress of the night Far away from world’s betrayals Afar from all the Heaven’s might
Better to dream, far sweeter to slumber Than face the cold days, bear the grim longing Time to rest a while, close the drowsy eyes Sleep till the dawn, till the bleak morning
Heed not the rustle or hoots of the owl Heed not the ghosts that still dwell in the soul Night brings us solace and serenity deep Night brings at last neverending sleep
Better it would be to sleep forever In silent shades of the evernight Sweet are the dreams in the groves of death Far away from the earthly woes
Sound is the sleep under spruce’s boughs Serene are the dreams in the darkling shade Gone are the cares of the waking world Forgotten the sorrows of the weary heart
6. The Killjoy
[Music: Friman / lyrics: Sevдnen]
To know love is to ache; hurt yourself and repent For in the end all is gone; lights go out, your time is spent
If I were you I would retract and lock my heart Concede defeat and admit I was off the mark If I were you I would turn away and hide my face Swallow my pride and then finish ere it’s all disgrace
All of our dreams now laid on the sand To wait by the perilous tides To be washed away into the depths And sink without a trace Just a fool’s hope remains
To rejoice is to lapse; fool yourself and repent Mirth will soon turn into woe, reveries to contempt
If I were you I would now bring the curtain down Accept my lot and thus fathom out my own bounds If I were you I would rue the day when I was born Cleanse all in life and redeem myself from scorn
Remember these words when tide is turning The less you hope for, the less you suffer If you dare to trust, then you shall shatter Lunge from the heights and fall to smithereens
And when you come here with charred wings and a defiled heart Wait not for compassion or words of consolation For only a gleeful smile is greeting you
7. Last Statement
[Music & lyrics: Friman]
I have come to the end of my line With these final steps I take back my freedom Unchain the shackles that never could hold my mind
Time keeps running and running Outstripping the dead tired ones The hours will run out from us all And in the end no one differs from the other
Only the blue sky and the green grass Go on forever in this world Where seconds feel like eternity And years pass in blink of an eye
When the last rays of light Set behind these shores Night wraps me in its blanket And leads my way to the stars
Through the fear and the ache Pass the storm and the rain I have made peace with the world I am born again
I may be gone in the flesh But my love will stay here I am always with you in spirit So just stay strong
No one wins tonight No one gets a closure No one walks away victorious
But don’t forget me Don’t you forget me Burn a candle for me when you can
8. Devoid Of Caring
[Music: Friman / lyrics: Vдnni]
With this fall (I fall...) great grey clouds covered the sky Dimming the light of sun, muting stars and crescent moon Lost inside the world of gloomy, haunting shades Descending into this abyss of human soul
In this dreariest of nights Time can draw out like a blade
And yet Her grace shines through Through me, and the brooding clouds And if her light never falls on me I’m content just to feel the lack
And this fall set requiem for my way Away from other’s paths, I turned to desolation Away from other’s thoughts, timid and surpassing Away from the others, beyond caring
In this darkest of hours Time draws out like a knife
The reflection once whole, now only a wound, seeping hurt and loss The image once so bold, now only a scar, dry of hope and light
For all things ought to say, left unsaid For all deeds ought to do, left undone Be with me now...
In the evening of a grey day, a bleak day I strayed into the dim silence of the hallowed trees Where the fir-trees whisper of those been, those gone Where the sacred earth still hides all those we once loved
“O father, hear these words, your son is not made for this world Faint-hearted and careworn, into this vile life I was hurled In the woods the fiends sigh, I swear I heard the demons neigh On the seashore I espy the dreadful void under the tides”
Ill-assorted with this life, these cares Each moment I am waiting for the worst to come my way Dark berry from my mother’s womb; a frail one I was affrighted at my birth, bewildered from the start
Better it would be to stay in the shades In the thicket of the dead, in the groves of death Here I would lie to the end of the days
“Hear me now, my hapless son Warn away all yours fears Make good use of your brief days Life may be grim but death is more austere By yourself you sit and wait By yourself you will have time to repent”
“In these lowly halls No moon will beam, no sun will shine In these narrow rooms No tears are seen, no laughter heard”
At the dawn of a quiet day I strolled from the woods, returned to the hearth And with a restful mind I roamed The dreary shores, the darkling wilds Greeting all the days that befall Taking life as it comes
