ANATHEMA – Radiance

Inside…
The dark is fading away
I don’t want to be alone anymore

Inside…
The light of dawn is here once more

The light…
Darkness is slipping away

Of dawn…
I don’t want to be alone

Is here…
Won’t you stay?

Not a word passed your lips
Just a golden kiss
As I whispered silently
“Help me through this”

ANATHEMA – Parisienne Moonlight

I feel I know you
I don’t know how
I don’t know why

I see you feel for me
You cried with me
You would die for me

I know I need you
I want you to
Be free of all the pain
You hold inside

You cannot hide
I know you tried
To be who you couldn’t be
You tried to see inside of me

And now I’m leaving you
I don’t want to go
Away from you

Please try to understand
Take my hand
Be free of all the pain
You hold inside

You cannot hide
I know you tried
To feel…
To feel…

ANATHEMA – Panic

You know you ain’t going nowhere
You’re stuck inside while the mind is flying
You said you’d help me in the morning
Twisting on pins into my eyes
And dragging on the ceiling below you
Fixing up the walls with your crooked hands
While you’re miles away, miles away, miles away

I didn’t think it’ll all end up like this
There’s spiders on the wall and they stink of piss
Dead heads lying in the corner
Staring at me making me feel bad
I put my hands up to my eyes
But the holes in my palms let me find a way
To corner you

I can feel my chest crushing inwards
Sucking through my skin into my BRAIN
Oxygen pushing on the window cracks in the glass let
It slip away
I start to cry and I keep on laughing
I close my eyes at what’s left inside
And then I’ll ran away

For all the time this land
For all the time in my hand
Slip around in depth found
Calmness fall once again

Razor blades floating in the warm bath
Air bubbles in your veins turning my hands black
Whispers coming from the next room
Window cleaner keep on SPYING
I put my hands up to my eyes
But the HOLES in my PALMS let me find
A way to corner me

Twelve tonnes hammer for My breakfast
Slipping of the edge in catatonic blood
Multiple decibel inscriptions trying all they
Can in miles an hour… face
Grey and looming downwards
Sniffing all the time for a ounce of silence
Screaming all the way

Numbers counting down inside me
Solar system thoughts circle round my head
False teeth hanging from the ceiling
Feet looking of the goms of the 2nd son
I eat my hands cos my legs are crying
You Broke my neck cause I Snapped my spine
I wish you would Die away

To all the time in this land
And all the time in my hands
Circle Round in depth found
Calmness Fall once again

ANATHEMA – The Gathering Of The Clouds

Searched the whole world
Found I can’t compare

(But we’re here ’cause we’re here
We’re here ’cause we’re here)
Searched the whole night long
(And there’s nothing to fear
No, there’s nothing to fear)

(But we’re here cause we’re here
We’re here ’cause we’re here)
Found out what’s been going wrong
(And there’s nothing to fear
No, there’s nothing to fear)

Time is not what it would seem
(All that I’ve seen, all that I feel
All I could be, is happening to me)
The life we live is like a dream
(All that I’ve seen, all that I feel
All I could be, is happening to me)
Release belief, let it wash over me
(All that I’ve seen, all that I feel
All I could be, is happening to me)
Let love reveal what I feel
(All that I’ve seen, all that I feel
All I could be, is happening to me)
What I feel, what I feel, what I feel

Searched the whole world
(Fight for what you believe in
Dare to live your dream
In this life don’t be afraid of yourself
Don’t be afraid)
Found I can’t compare
(Fight for what you believe in
Dare to live your dream
In this life don’t be afraid of yourself
Don’t be afraid)

Searched the whole night long
(Fight for what you believe in
Dare to live your dream
In this life don’t be afraid of yourself
Don’t be afraid)
Found out what’s been going wrong
(Fight for what you believe in
Dare to live your dream
In this life don’t be afraid of yourself
Don’t be afraid)

Time is not what it would seem
(All that I’ve seen, all that I feel
All I could be, is happening to me)
The life we live is like a dream
(All that I’ve seen, all that I feel
All I could be, is happening to me)
Release belief, let it wash over me
(All that I’ve seen, all that I feel
All I could be, is happening to me)
Let love reveal what I feel
(All that I’ve seen, all that I feel
All I could be, is happening to me)
What I feel, what I feel, what I feel

ANATHEMA – Nocturnal Emission

My passion rise… a twilight ride
Stark light of dark night in my eyes

My forlorn lust…
My soul it burns
My forlorn lust…
My soul is burning

Take you now, in my sleep
I want to touch you, to scratch you deep

To leave you scarred…
To see you burn
To leave you scarred…
To see you burning

ANATHEMA – Lovelorn Rhapsody

I hear your voice
It sings so softly
Curious to join in
A harmony to breathe forevermore

Joyous the one to hear a voice

In fields where grass grows tall
Golden carpets swell and whisper
Autumn trees will weep

Immune to pity, I’ve grown used to grief
The eternal tear reciprocates

In fields where grass grows tall
Golden carpets swell and whisper
Autumn trees will weep

Dawn breaks open like a wound that bleeds afresh
In bleak misery, the lifeless lie in squandor

Love has left me, fleed from me
Fragrant lust waits beside and dies
Like flowers that wilt without refreshment
In midday sun I sit and bide time
Adorning me, a lovelorn rhapsody

ANATHEMA – Lost Control

Life.. has betrayed me once again
I accept that some things will never change.
I’ve let your tiny minds magnify my agony
and it’s left me with a chemical dependency for sanity.

Yes, I am falling… how much longer ’till I hit the ground?
I can’t tell you why I’m breaking down.
Do you wonder why I prefer to be alone?
Have I really lost control?

I’m coming to an end,
I’ve realized what I could have been.
I can’t sleep so I take a breath and hide behind my bravest mask,
I admit I’ve lost control
Lost control…

ANATHEMA – Looking Outside Inside

Is this the one who thought it was insane
Coming down against it all

Didn’t want it
Didn’t need it
Didn’t want it

Twisted face of fading beauty
Count the cost of suffering
Cannot see the day before you
Only feel what’s deep inside
Try to change it makes no difference

Didn’t want it
Didn’t need it
Didn’t want it

Let me go

Looking outside inside, craving for something
Hoping for anything, I’ll believe in anything
Who has eyes that see, who wants to believe?
In something, in anything, in one thing, in freedom

Looking outside inside

Self-assist pandemonium, broken promises
Tired of life, flying high, you caught me in your eye
Disintegrated, incinerated
This is not now I want to be
Too much is coming through, someone please tell me what to do

Looking outside inside

ANATHEMA – Lightning Song

Lightning splits the sky
Shining blinding white
And here I lie almost asleep
Reckoning in a place of peace

And I feel
I found my place
In time and space
In hope and faith
And love I give
My mind is clear
I have no fear
I shed no tears
For you my dear

This world is wonderful, so beautiful
If only you can open up your mind and see

Your world is everything you ever dreamed of
If only you can open up your mind and see

The beauty that is here

ANATHEMA – Leave No Trace

Born to the glare of the senses
Spoon fed reality infused
A new inherent
Passive contentment
You are so easily amused

Here and now
We are gone in a heartbeat
A dream in the
Passage your time

Chances are failing
This world isn’t waiting
The moment is passing you by

Questions lie beneath the surface
The fools are fooled once again
Benign coincidence
We stole our existence
And gladly cast it to the wind

Here and now
We are gone in a heartbeat
A dream in the passage of time

Chances are failing
This world isn’t waiting
The moment is passing you by

Slowly spinning on the wind back home

ANATHEMA – Kingdom

There is a whole mountain
And a river runs through it
If you split my mountain wide
You would find many rivers

Among flocks of non-white doves
And non-temptable mortals
The kingdom is much more real
And the beauty is endless

Only when tightened beyond recall
Is your necklace a blessing
Leave your pearls in the sea
You undeserved bitch
You are not worthy of such a treasure

My hand on your heart, I know there is a beating
In this oh so bleak landscape
There are many mountains
…but not so much water.

My Kingdom

ANATHEMA – In The Name Of The Father

[Dream:]
In the world of my subconscious, a realm of the unknown
a vision is carved by the almighty hand
The agony of a thousand souls supressed by life itself
released unto the lord by his command.
My hands are covered with the blood, the blood of his salvation.
His spirit will live eternally

Take his life, by your command.
A sacrifice, by your command.

As I rise from my troubled sleep, I pray the lord my soul to keep
wondering if he has chosen me to do his work, I speak no blasphemy
Do I confess? I am terrified, I cannot run, there is no place to hide
I search for help, but there’s nobody there for my dream is now a recurring
…Nightmare

Brother of the holy order, I seek your help
Understand my plight, help me fight this curse that bestows me
My son you must not fight, for this is no cure
but a mission you should undertake
to free a soul from the grasp of
…Satan

So that night I did dream of mysteries untold
In the presence of the heavens was I
I could see for myself all the evils of the world
in all their morbid glory
Men took part in rites to praise the black messiah
the beast they call “The Evil One”
As voices in my head did tell me of my task
To release the soul of my only son

[Spirit voices:]
Take his life, by your command.
A sacrifice, by your command.
Fill the chalice, cleanse the soul
Save him now, in the chapel of salvation
[repeat]

[Possession:]
Insanity dwells in the mind of a man who will take the life of his only son
Screaming and pounding inside his head as voices whisper… It must be done

ANATHEMA – Internal Landscapes

And I felt myself going. I was in a great deal of pain, it was a very frightening experience, but I began to slip…
I just sort of, feel myself going, and I remember trying to hold on… I’ll be ok, I’ll be ok…
And it got to the point where I just couldn’t… And everything began to just become very quiet.
And I can remember with every ounce of strength I had I wanted to say goodbye to my wife, it was important to me…
And I did, I remember just turning my head, looking at her and saying… I’m gonna die, goodbye Joan… and I did.
It was then that I experienced… experienced what we call a near death experience, for me there was nothing near about it, it was there.
It was a total immersion in light, brightness, warmth, peace, security…
I did not have an out-of-body experience, I did not see my body or anyone about me, I just immediately went into this beautiful bright light.
It’s difficult to describe, matter of fact it’s impossible to describe.
Verbally it cannot be expressed, it’s something which becomes you and you become it…
I could say that I was peace, I was love, I was the brightness… It was part of me…

Goodbye my friend
Love will never end

And I feel like you
And I breathe all truth

Love is the lifebreath of all I see
Love is the truelight inside of me

And I know you somehow
As I hold you in my heart

In my heart

There’s a fire in the sky

And I know it’s you

(Senses following me)

There’s a light that’s so bright
And I know it’s you

And I dream like you
And I believe in truth

For I was always there
And I will always be there…

And it’s just so beautiful. It was eternity. It’s like… I was always there, and I will always be there…
That my existence on earth was just a very brief instant.
I could say that I was peace, I was love, I was the brightness… It was part of me…

ANATHEMA – Hope

When you look at me
From your own century
I may seem to be
Strange archeology
But when the winds blow
From this direction
You may sense me there
In your reflection
I think I feel you
But I will never know
As the swallows leave
And the children grow

I wanted to live forever
The same is you will too
I wanted to live forever
And everybody knew

When I caught you there
In tomorrows mirror
I thought felt you
Jump out of my skin
Throwing oil into
My blazing memories
Filling empty footsteps
I was standing in

I wanted to live forever
The same as you will too
I wanted to live forever
And everybody knew

As the falling rain
Of the northern jungle
Hanging droplets on the leaves
Bombards my brain
I hear you
Across the room
A sea of daffodils spring into bloom
You are the mist
The frost across my window pane
And again

She moves her body
And her whispers weave
And the world spins
And tells me that I’ll never want to leave

As I think of you
From this dark century
I will always be
With generosity
That we both may share
The hope in hearing
That we’re not just
Spirits disappearing

ANATHEMA – Flying

Started a search to no avail
A light that shines behind the veil trying to find it
And all around us everywhere
Is all that we could ever share if only we could see it
Feel there’s truth that’s beyond me
Life ever changing weaving destiny

And it feels like I’m flying above you
Dream that I’m dying to find the truth
Seems like your trying to bring me down
Back down to earth back down to earth

Layers of dust and yesterdays
Shadows fading in the haze of what I couldn’t say
And though I said my hands were tied
Times have changed and now I find I’m free for the first time
Feel so close to everything now
Strange how life makes sense in time now

And it feels like I’m flying above you
Dream that I’m dying to find the truth
Seems like your trying to bring me down
Back down to earth back down to earth
Back down to earth back down to earth x2

ANATHEMA – Fragile Dreams

Countless times I trusted you,
I let you back in,
Knowing… Yearning… you know
I should have run… but I stayed

Maybe I always knew,
My fragile dreams would be broken for you.

Today I introduced myself,
To my own feelings,
In silent agony, after all these years,
They spoke to me… after all these years

Maybe I always knew,
My fragile dreams would be broken for you.

ANATHEMA – Eternity Part III

So little time
Your crystal eyes gaze into mine
A burning flame
Forever dreaming, dreaming a lie

Trapped inside internal eyes
Caressed by innocence, a sanctuary for your mind
Born alone beneath pale sardonic skies
One love, one life, one sorrow

I won’t reproach myself this time
A condemned man, granted a sweet reprieve
A turn of fate, a genial twist of the knife
Undying affection for life

ANATHEMA – Eternity Part I

As I turn away from a life so grey
Where have all the flowers gone?
Just what went wrong?

Innocence, insanity, irony
Stone cold reality
Oh lord come and save me

Do you think we’re forever?

I’ve been in tears
Hope has died in me
But now I’m here, I don’t wish to leave

Trapped in time
A mirage of hope and change
A swirling mass, no mercy now
If the truth hurts prepare for pain

Do you think we’re forever?

The unseen, the eternal river of understanding
Persevering, dying escape
Forever tempting fate
Take me back

A flood of tears bonding my soul with my mind
A dream of love, reality closing in behind
As I close my eyes, the vision dies
As I bid my last farewell to mankind

The unseen, the eternal…

ANATHEMA – One Last Goodbye

How I needed you
How I grieve now you’re gone
In my dreams I see you
I awake so alone

I know you didn’t want to leave
Your heart yearned to stay
But the strength I always loved in you
Finally gave way

Somehow I knew you would leave me this way
Somehow I knew you could never.. never stay
And in the early morning light
After a silent peaceful night
You took my heart away
And I grieve

In my dreams I can see you
I can tell you how I feel
In my dreams I can hold you
And it feels so real

I still feel the pain
I still feel your love
I still feel the pain
I still feel your love

And somehow I knew you could never, never stay
And somehow I knew you would leave me
And in the early morning light
After a Silent peaceful night
You took my heart away
I wished, I wished you could have stayed

ANATHEMA – Empty

Empty vessel under the sun wipe the dust
from my face another morning black Sunday
coming down again empty vessel empty veins
empty bottle wish for rain that pain again
wash the blood off my face the pulse from
my brain and i feel that pain again

I’m looking over my shoulder cos millions
will whisper I’m killing myself again maybe
I’m dying faster but nothing ever last i
remember a night from my past when i was
stabbed in the back and its all coming
back and i feel that pain again

i abhor you i condemn you cos this pain
will never end you got away without a
scratch and now you’re walking on a lucky
path i have to laugh but you’d better watch
your back

theres pathetic opposition they’re the
cause of my condition ill be coming back
for them I’ve a solution for this sad
situation nothing left but to kill myself
again because I’m so empty