- Alchemist
Again I find myself in this narrow chamber And my kettle simmers with the same old brew Now turning sour There must be more to this than chemistry As my soul bu...
- And He Shall Walk In Empty Places
Of all rejected creatures unloved Of all who defy the predestination That divides mankind Into the saved and damned He was the first The lurking punishment Wit...
- Astera Ton Proinon
Were you not humble Not submissive? Would you not bend your knee? Did you question or object To the world of the many? Had you a vision of your own? Saint of t...
- Called By The Fire
The sky is clouded and grey like a mirror Dreams of celestial bliss buried deep An invisible web of whispers Spread out over dead-end streets Silently blessing ...
- Citizen
Citizen! Whence came your voice Your right to speak? Is there a purpose to your tongue And gnawing teeth? I ask thee; How deep and hollow Is your mouth? What li...
- Elevator
Night comes with the smell of murder And shadows fall long on my trail Such are the hazards of my craft All lights disperse And the devil takes me down There ...
- Emancipation
The open air Atop this mountain Welcomes my hungered voice Yet - in the echoes Of my indulgence I hear a calling from below Silent cries To my solitude profou...
- Homecoming
I have tried so hard To regain my faith In man Yet, I fail again To uphold this Deception His collective truths Are far too salt I return instead To the Heart ...
- Invocation
Come suffering, Apocalypse Release the fires of Hell I call upon destruction and despair Here the days of slumber end I beckon the night to live and overcome th...
- Malediction
Sacrilege Profanity Rabid convulsion Of blasphemy Thus appear my venomous cries To your ears Were they truths or were they lies Rejection Eternal Tyranny Of de...
- Misanthrope
Bring me my wine And the head of the world I will drink to h er demise The subtle art of decapitation The perfect irony of such an end Bring me the flesh Of y...
- Monolith
It was never The icy winds of the heights But the coldness of the world That hardened my foundation Whether your approach Is that of praise or blasphemy The co...
- Panem Et Circenses
Awake, O' serpent of my heart It is time The sun stands high And unfaithful crowds await Thee Redemption in their eyes And stone at hand The arena hungers for y...
- Scarab
As the sun returns From the shades of night So am I reborn from my own corruption I invoke the consuming fire And from the ashes mould The renaissance of my de...
- The Pain Is Still Mine
The word is easy Dripping sweet and cocky from the tongue Vaguely describing the taste of blood A distant cry arise From the fathomless well That is my soul I ...
- Threnody
He lies quiet now In the nothing And there is no epitaph No stone Yet - his legacy flows Like a river Walker of barren paths Seer of night Friend of shadows A...
- Unhealer
[Feat Mikael Åkerfeldt on lead vocals] Prayers Confessions The peaceful tools Of a righteous man Redemption Forgiveness Serenity complete And you believe That...
- Will You Love Me Now?
One great man was silent Of his superiority He was openly flattered And hated silently Another spoke of his will to aspire To create beyond himself And the sel...