Dark Tranquility 2004 "Exposures - In Retrospect And Denial"
1. Static
nothing of a man was he his true face of sleep a deception fell through all the way to the bottom learned to hold
again we vowed not to hold sacred but to damn that hollow gaze unsteady on these shorelines mute to an unthought scream another word fell silent like the static in their eyes against all fleeing logic we let our minds go blank
why define ourselves by misguiding light? how can we receive the static in their eyes
each blink of light an accuser each unlit shape an assassin
crawled the outer rim with his back exposed the shadows unending fought off the stares
again we vowed not to hold sacred but to damn that hollow gaze unsteady on these shorelines mute to an unthought scream another word fell silent like the static in their eyes against all fleeing logic we let our minds go blank
nullify the ego, stay right back stay right back how can we receive the static?
fear that strangles spirit denial speaks the truth fear that strangles spirit crushes me and you
wicked are the senses, wicked are the words give me the static
again we vowed not to hold sacred but to damn that hollow gaze unsteady on these shorelines mute to an unthought scream another word fell silent like the static in their eyes against all fleeing logic we let our minds go blank
2. The Poison Well
unless another wall is breaking nothing can come of this elusive against our better judgement (allow) our image to stand ground turn around and
break the path and let's get going to the place where nobody ever goes break the path and let's get going to the place where nobody ever goes nobody ever goes
with ideals as infestations hinder the radical mind retune our aim now it's time for hiding for it stabs fear in you so coward
break the path and let's get going to the place where nobody ever goes break the path and let's get going to the place where nobody ever goes nobody ever goes
a thought to infect you an idea to perfect you
a flesh to restrain you no heart to forgive you
the poison well i dried
break the path and let's get going to the place where nobody ever goes break the path and let's get going to the place where nobody ever goes nobody ever goes
3. Misery In Me
we no longer support ourselves we live through each others tears we no longer caress, no longer take hold til this will be over again the dream is over when all this begins the past not part of the deal the failing words i once said to you you turned and walked out the door
gone over i said it's fine you burn them bridges and you turn around around
can't you see the misery in me? can't you see the misery is me? don't you know the fear i feel inside? the misery in me
we no longer sustain ourselves we live through each other's wounds let's no longer detain, no longer suppress pretend to be something we're not the world is over when all is the same a companion always there but you have deceived when all this is gone you took back what you already had
gone over i said it's fine you burn them bridges and you turn around around
can't you see the misery in me? can't you see the misery is me? don't you know the fear i feel inside? the misery in me
we no longer care if it breaks it falls on belated pride we keep on heading inwards so this might be our only chance to turn it around
can't you see the misery in me? can't you see the misery is me? don't you know the fear i feel inside? the misery in me
4. Cornered
there never was a night like this how could there ever be? through sweat and velvet misery the fever-race in me
cornered in symmetrical design spherelike chrome on a sea enraged hatred
what the mirror sees is the clutching at straws taking us under the storm of the ocean this velvety crush ringcorners, firm in the outrage synoptic patterns waves contort break into these cellular walls
globes of disease infest my dreams burning the ends of my veins
pattern and form the squares cling fast dance the tide now
could never bear another night although i know it will come the freezing ends of what is me the icing rages free
cornered in symmetrical design spherelike chrome on a sea enraged hatred
take hold of the boundaries on this perimeter sea burn, enflame the oppressor and if four was one in a corner alone recovering, licking the wounds delirium coming the weakness kicks in reforming, cornered within
5. In Sight
we are to be something here again we are to play soldiers now, pretend we are born inside these endless halls of shame we are jaded by the error-ways of man
it doesn't make us strong it doesn't make us strong the things that i find stranger here will not let us in will not let us in show me, i won't tell and even if i go today i won't understand understand
we are to be something we are not we are to repeat our faults my friend we are taken down from sanity's lonely heights we are shown the downward spiral ways of man
it doesn't make us strong it doesn't make us strong the things that i find stranger here will not let us in no, they will not let us in show me, i won't tell 'cause even if i die today i won't understand understand
6. No-One
uncontrolled spaces lifeless til provoked deep uncharted oceans nonexistent til claimed great raging fires silent
when there is no one when no one is mine the no one is me the no one is me me, me, me, me
tall reaching branches pointless to even try countless flaming cities measured without cost all-seeing eyes without stories to tell
inside the orchard there's a scent of devilry as was in my heart ...the sweetness overripe... rancid in attempt to overcome the shackles if only the soil could hold
when there is no one when no one is mine the no one is me
when there is no one when no one is mine the no one is me the no one is me
when there is no one when no one is mine the no one is me the no one is me
the wide open wound won't heal without purpose it never stops the wide open wound that never heals the no one is me the no one is me
7. Exposure
rise, i say, yes rise above 'cause evil is as evil does, what evil does to me
down you go to lands below 'cause evil is as evil does, what evil does to me
they who reign in sand take this brightest strike in their so called castles now with walls of glass
i can see, i can see, i can see all your deeds, all your needs, on your knees so i'll crack your feeble shell
can you even see the works of what you fear? 'cause evil is as evil does what evil's done to me
further inside, til all you have is mine evil is as evil does, the evil done to me
dreams, he said dreams he wore dreams he wore dreams he wore hope, he said hope he wore love, he said and evil he wore
i'll strip you down i'll tear you down i'll burden you with tears i'll bring you down til nails come off i'll turn your bed of lies dreams upon a night dreams upon your thoughts dreams upon your fears and dreams upon your love
blind to your eyes, blind to your mind 'cause evil is what evil does, what evil does to me
taste and you'll see the fruit you took is foul evil is what evil does, what evil's done to me
you who turn to others with everything you lack a face that bears not seeing then i'll turn my back
i can see, i can see, i can see all your needs, all your deeds, on your knees so i'll crack your fucking shell
8. Yesterworld
Over the moor of mist and through valleys of fate I fly on my voyage through this moonlit landscape of re-emerged figments of imagination I am aroused in sleep....aroused in sleep
Far beyond the gate which reflects in the closed eye reveal that a dreamscape lies therein A yearning for a world where the everlost find their peace In the pearly gates of dawn on the astral feed of minds - envenomed to the bone forever cleansed from all called wrath as slumber sneaks upon and steals the thought of man all ridden from inner aggression... A voyage beyond this world In this paralell to real life - access lies in dreams Unveil hidden secrets in our sleep - the key to what's beyond
In the wake of man we see essential dreams unfulfilled Enhance the value of life engraved words on the page of man
In the presence of the moon an owl awakes and calls a name tells a story of a world accessable only at night...
"This ain't no dream..."
Legend tells of a yesterworld a dreamscape of strange light "It's your dream coming true" Transcendance of the soul All by the sign of the moon
I am eaten away in mouthfuls by flames that burn in the errors of our ways In a night when the sky floats blue as touquoise, and the stars of silver are twinkling in their outmost pride
Now from dimensions fallen from the skies - like the flow of a stream From my sleep I continue onward - sleep is just a shape of destiny
Weak sunlight of dawns to come, dancing swiftly in the shadows Shimmering, shining in a landscape of dreams
...landscape of my dreams Dim reflections of the pale a shade of grey in mind
In the presence of the moon an owl awakes and calls a name tells a story of a world accessable only at night...
"It's your reality..."
Legend tells of a yesterworld a dreamscape of strange light "It's much more than a dream" Transcendance of the soul All by the sign of the moon
Soon these worlds will be one and mankind feasts on the sights of it all I yearn for things to come
Still wrapped in the thrall of slumber as the mist slippes away to reveal... And the wind tears a scream from my lips - I am there....
In the dreamscape I adore (a moonclad reflection)
9. Unfurled By Dawn
Time and space unite era of darkness - we mourn Times of sorrow despite our preach is put to scorn...
In ways like these I shall be reborn to my words I conform To seek the path of knowledge through time In a life in a lack of rhyme (or reason)
Subconcious powers flow - we burn the ways forlorn Am I in time with forces I am born Are those disguised Excuse is being dumb In spirit fails...
Self realization in supreme conciousness Explore the self - within a millenia of peace
Reach into the soil of humankind Bury secrets beneath this hallowed ground
Feel the wind of time now changing Hear the voice that whispers near
Explore the inner strength within you now seek deep in your soul - it'll show you how
Join us - in this quest to satisfy Join us - and none shall mortify I've seen the light unfurled by dawn I've seen the blackest ways we scorn We shan't conform - we shall remain...
"I've seen the void that echo fear"
Fly into this void of inner consioucness we seek eternally
Greet enlightned ways... I spead out wings of knowledge is essential in mournful times like these Words I repent
Voice from inner self shall lead my way
Former ways of life I repent to inner consciosness I've ascent Mortal way of living is the key Key to the secret it beholds
Come to seek the path with me in unfathomable harmony the way life is meant to be enjoy and just adore life...
Burning desire in thee letting your soul fly free No sould shall be the same burn with a different flame Sowing the seeds of man proving the things your can Seeing the things that'll be the priors in life I can see
Each of mankind is a star that will keep on shining eternally
Unveil the hidden unknown things in mind enchanted over things that you will find
Join us - in this quest to satisfy Join us - and none shall mortify I've seen the light unfurled by dawn I've seen the blackest ways we scorn We shan't conform - we shall remain...
In affection we loom - a reflection of time Walless prison, consumed - ignore irrelevance (a rule)
Search the inner self - find the self within Finding things I've seen in dreams (seeing evermore) things that' s left unsaid Surrending to this inner force, feeling no remorse nothing to forbid
In the empty eyes of the last of mortals those songs they echo as in halls of the enlightened Before this dawn of eternal light we stand once more now as darkness belongs to the forgotten
...to the forgotten
Internal sadness cured through the light to reach the sadest river in sight Whispers of molten souls in my ear on wings of twillight I am born....
Now enthrone thoughts of the past the embryo of time Your life lies yet unfolded 'til enlightened ways we see
In my dreams I've seen repention as in tales that were never told
Join us - in this quest to satisfy Join us - and none shall mortify I've seen the light unfurled by dawn I've seen the blackest ways we scorn We shan't conform - we shall remain...
10. Midwinter / Beyond Enlightenment
Now oppression stalks the remnants of compassion, brewing hatred to surface in wicked actions Cloaked in peace and mercy, force their false confessions Sentenced am I dying, cleansed from all salvation
"Defy our accusations and a certain death you'll meet A fool denies the obvious, and fools we shall defeat" All sanity now vanquished, ever mould beyond control My guilt stands yet unproven though they still demand my fall
Demand my fall
Blood runs beyond enlightenment at inquisition's hands Vicious burn the fires swiftly out of hand
Now my fate lies in their "hands of liberation" forming law and justice into obscuration leading lies ensuring my life ceased in fire, In the name of peace, to cleance my dark desires
"You stand accused of herasy and all what that implies With darkened minds you summon those who're fallen from the skies" Envenomed bleed their poisoned hearts, the power they've abused A deadly game of envy in which my life I'll lose
Blood runs beyond enlightenment at inquisition's hands Vicious burn the fires swiftly out of hand
Shackled, fettered - choking as I drown Fooled and tortured - confess comitted crimes Shackled, fettered - choking as I drown Fooled and tortured - confess comitted crimes
Sentenced by superstition - my innocense denied Truth is strange than fiction - religious genocide
Alone in blind desperation, I face my mournful death In flames I meet termination, but my memory will be left
11. Vernal Awakening
Enthroned through this age of confusion an urge, the weakness and flooy since aeons emerged, Created life in fetters from cradle to grave A future in darkness with mankind enslaved
Trail of life decayed - wasteland whall prevail Hatred lies in store - chaos evermore
So runs the spiel from where lives are found and lost: "Learn from past failures - prevent to pay the cost"
Sunlight fades as nightfall rises in shadows formed in clay What once dwelt shall dwell no more when darkness sees the day A bleakwinter of enmity and terror shall take form What man created will be ruined when hate conjures the storm
When our time spells an end to our ruling of this earth, will a wasteland remain? Will all life cease to be by the wicked ways of man - his enfeebled domain?
Nature left in flames - Suffering, now to maim Cataclysm at hand - unveiled unto man
So runs the spiel from where lives are lost and found: "Progression in spirit eliminates all bounds"
Sunlight fades as nightfall rises in shadows formed in clay What once dwelt shall dwell no more when darkness sees the day A bleakwinter of enmity and terror shall take form What man created will be ruined when hate conjures the storm
Hallow minds start to burn with the flaming shades of fall let disorder arise! An avenge to be brought to the ones who graveled earth hides now cloaked in disguise
Blind deception, mass confusion - interbreeding dark illusions Tumbelling, falling, brings conclusions - constant fatal life-corrosion
Autumn - beckons forth the winter - rising gloom in hand Raging with bleak coldness 'til vernal light commands
Final chapter closed - world devoid of use Failure brings despair - death reveals its lair
Sunlight fades as nightfall rises in shadows formed in clay What once dwelt shall dwell no more when darkness sees the day A bleakwinter of enmity and terror shall take form What man created will be ruined when hate conjures the storm
12. Void Of Tranquillity
[lyrics: Sundin, Stanne]
In orbit they pass around you - the memories from abandoned past Images from within your mind bring unknown feelings into your veins
Delve into thy twillight past, a voyage done before The borderland 'twixt life and death - existing evermore Emerging from material guise - an ever-living soul Thy spirit lives forever more, in spite of aim or goal
The forces of your vital mind deteriates vagely as you're about to pass away The darkness that surrounds you fades...
You reach out to touch, to feel the eternal forgivness for thy impure soul Desperation fills your mind - approach the centre Centre of infernal salvation and infernal death
Enter to the plain of life, to knowledge loomed through time An ever-living certainty where life is formed to chime Foolishness and wisdom walk gently hand hand in hand Embraced in darkest universe as contraries blend as one
Fear fills your mind on this ongoing journey journey to a thousand secrets untold Credlous at first to this place of wonder Wonder's so real - it could be an illusion
Through dark veils of destiny - Realm of shades revealed Through dark veils of destiny - Infinite life concealed
Your soul now levitates slowly and below your body fades Your conciousness remains but thy skin will soon rot away Visions from an obscure rality appear as your soul departs This once so undisturbed and now frail and feeble world
Brought forth, the abyss now appears - foulmouthed temptations call me near Dark visions laughing over me - if swollowed I will cease to be Tempted to this world beyond - eager to break the bond The sacred promise of an earthly stay - now broken as you writhe in dismay
Come to where all life descends in brimful harmony Cautious, interlacing, they engrave what they shall be All bounds cannot be broken or confusion will prevail - lifeless dark eternity of chaos and despair
Indescribable light descends between spheres Spheres that behold that nondescript fear Thought of the sins that were done in the past the past is forgotten and the present will last
Through dark veils of destiny - Realm of shades revealed Through dark veils of destiny - Infinite life concealed
Floating through these halls of light, emotions burst within Pure beauty of divinity enrobes remaining sin Alone, enthralled, I bow this force, paternal majesty Freed from anguish, freed from hate - into my destiny
Into the void of tranquillity
Through the rise and fall of worlds, one greater mind prevails Conjuring new creations as it watches the old ones fail Eternal coil of time and place - reality and tale The answers to all questions hide within this astral vale
Passed through tranquillity - aeons now flow away Claimants of destiny - death can no more hold sway
Forced to return - departure of soul Material world - arrival as told
