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Escaping The Abyss
Witch-King Records (14 December 2009)
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1. I Am Misery (7:38) lyrics
This world means nothing, and I am no one
I have fallen into the abyss
Where no one can hear you scream
I am misery, I am all alone
I order the wind here to carry me home
Yet they decline with such malice in their tongues
I am misery, I am all alone
Until death takes me
My mind is a baron wasteland
No rational thoughts in this time of need
Insomnia is starting to take its toll
I couldn't care
I can only care for you
She was my Earth, my world
But I fell second best to another
I'm locked in my darkest nightmare
With memories that will never fade
She will never come back
In the rising sun I sit and weep
Hoping that whenever you wake
You know I am there for you
Daybreak is coming, and I can't rest
The sun is so high
Blinding, burning, killing me
I'm trying to hide now from it
Running away from it
I look behind and there is nothing
But you, you are the one I have left behind
Ah the bastard sun, why do you mock me and distort my vision
Let me be!
Is this madness I do feel?
I will crawl under a rock until the sun falls away
This world means nothing, and I am no one
I have fallen into the abyss
Where no one can hear you scream
I am misery, I am all alone
I order the wind here to carry me home
Yet they decline with such malice in their tongues
I am misery, I am all alone
Until death takes me
And when you close your eyes, know I am there for you!
2. A Trance of Madness (5:37) lyrics
I sit there, holding my breath
To calm myself
These images before my eyes
Are haunting and disturbing me
Exhaling, I crash down to my knees
Wondering where I went wrong
Now you see me as something that I am not
Looking down on me
I feel like a spear is embedded in my chest
But this is not my destiny
There is a ghost sitting on my window ledge
A perfect face looking back, and it is you
I strike you to the ground and smash the glass
I watch my fingers bleed
So glorious is the site of blood from a broken man
A smile appears upon these quivering lips
A mocking gesture, if nothing else
But at least gives the ability to consume liquor
Now, into the darkness I fly
Flickering rays of light blind me
Poison runs through my veins
I dance, dance into a trance of madness
I dance, dance these fucking thoughts away
3. If The Trees Could Only Speak... (7:29) lyrics
Deep in the forests, where the trees grow so high
In a godless world, I am free to think
If only they could tell me how I'm meant to live
Amongst such simple beings
How can you believe one god made us all?
I look up at their beauty, and believe in them
They grow high, to fall to the ground
They know why we are here, can they help us see
They grow high, to fall to the ground
They are the air we breathe, but we fail to see that!
Cos you can only see a god in the sky
Looking at life from above
The trees, the greatest life form on Earth
Their roots are driven into hell
Is that a sin that Christ forgot to preach?
Hack them all down
Silence the witness who will destroy your lies
A heretic for ever questioning why
For questioning how I came to exist
Without a god by my side
With a free thinking mind
She taught me to think she taught me how to love
Though I could not see this at the time
They grow old silently
They know why we’re here, but fail to speak
They grow old silently and die
I live in a world without a god
But you can only see the Devil in me
Crossing fiction with reality
I don't fear you, or your god
You will only see the devil in my eyes
And I'll be laughing when the truth is told
And the trees become your world
If the trees could only speak... you wouldn't believe in god!
4. Her Face In The Water (5:45) lyrics
Never thought I'd be sitting
In front of your face fair
But I fear it's only goodbye
Inside I die
Looking into her eyes
Is she really looking back?
Her face stays blank
Distorted in the ripples
Oh don't drift away
Oh don't drift away from here
She appeared to show me the way
Out of this abyss
To face my biggest fear in life
I said how I've been missing you
Help me now, you can't leave me here
Oh but she said: "You've changed I'm going now"
Oh don't drift away
Oh don't drift away from me
But she is gone...
Then take her from me
Take her breath from me
Take all I've ever wanted
But hear me now
I leave with you my last vow
That my heart will not forget you
As you leave me now
I hope it's to a better place than before
So goodbye forever more
As I admit defeat
My feet lift from the ground
I'm flying way from here
5. Gravity Defied (4:13) lyrics
Oh look at me, I'm flying
I'm heading high above the clouds
Not scared of dying, not scared of anything
I can't see myself falling
I'm higher then I've ever been before
The worlds getting smaller
Look at me, I am out of reach
So small, I'm looking down at you
Seeing life through different eyes
I could crush you with my hands
Swooping over green trees, hills and the forests
Loving everything about the world, so proud of what I am
Now living and breathing with out anything pulling me down
The end of my world had come
But I'm now flying high
Oh look at me getting higher
Adrenaline pumping through my veins
Never felt so alive, never felt so powerful
Oh look at me, I've ignited
A fireball burning through the sky
My hearts alive with the strength of fire
So small, I'm looking down at you
Seeing life through different eyes
Try and pull me down
6. Strength of The Heart (5:43) lyrics
I am a beast, immortal, to be stabbed a thousand times
Through the heart, though the back, wounds that cannot heal
I look at life from above, like the trees in my mind
To pity such small beings who live life for nothing
I try to understand what it is to have no goal
To not be strong, to give up when all is bad
I could have been like you, to walk away from it
When I was misery, but now I am the king of me
I am strong, the master of my World
I have found the gateway to my soul
I escaped the abyss, a survivor
As a king I sit on my throne
My destiny in my arms
Strength rules my heart
You cry on and cry on and still it will get you nowhere
You hope it's not forever
You try, oh you try hard, but still it gets you nowhere
Could I honestly be there for you?
7. Falling Into The Arms of Sorrow (1:50)
8. The Tragedy of Delusion (13:28) lyrics
I scream as I fall to Earth, my lungs about to explode
Echoes rebound around the world
My head spins nauseously, my mind feels weak
In darkness I land
Cold feet touch the ground
I walk this wilderness
I am home
I sit by the water's edge
Waiting for her to face to appear
This sadness has almost past; I'm left cold and bitter
Face me one last time, show me how you feel
Come to me one last time, make these dreams real
I come to you, in this dream one last time
To say goodbye my love, I have to go
But if this water was to rise and drag me in
This heart would keep beating for you my love
Would you hold out your hand, would you pull me out?
Would you follow me down here my love?
We'd sink down together
We would be forever
I slam down my fist into the water
My insanity is breaking through, never can I rest
What is remains, but what was meant to be, will never be
This continual cycle of happiness to despair has left me only human
I thought I was stronger, a coward to myself
Stop running, stop running away
It keeps biting, tearing this lost soul
I can't let it be, heal me
Self destructing, self tormenting, beating yourself
I thought I was king, but delusion is all that remains
I stand by the water, I'm thinking of her
Uncertain of the future, I look to her
She is my inspiration for life
Your life forever in my heart
If only things were different, I'd help you
Restore the colour back into your eyes
You're so cold alone, heal yourself
And when the nights grow cold
I'm with you, I'm sorry for the hurt and pain I caused you
Go forth, run free and heal yourself
Spread your wings and fly away from your abyss
I can only thank you
A long dark path lays ahead, but I walk with my head high
I will heal
Total playing time: 51:39
Recording info
Recorded between December 2008 and June 2009.
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Mixed, mastered and programmed by Sam Wale.
Produced by Sam Wale and Fornost Arnor.
Music by Greg Chivers and Fornost Arnor. All lyrics by
Greg Chivers.
Additional strings written by Sam Wale, Greg Chivers and
Ant Deane.
Vocal Harmonies on Her Face In The Water by Jon Phipps.
Vocal Harmonies on The Tragedy of Delusion by Elle Torry,
Jon Phipps and Sam Wale. |
Artwork and layout by Phil Robinson (www.blackravendesign.co.uk)
Band photo by Leasepics (www.leasepics.co.uk) |
