Opeth

[Leo]

If there are anyone who likes Opeth here, I'm posting lyrics from my favorite songs from them.

The Forest Of October

The memories that now rests in this forest
Forever shadowing the sunrise of my heart
Wings leave their nest at my coming
Swaying away unto the cold glowing sky
Dreaming away for a while
My spirit sighs in peace
Gazing unto the stars
Please, take me there

I am so alone, so cold
My heart is to scarred to glow
I wish the sunrise to come
Take my soul (away)
From this cold, lonely shell
I am free

From the eternal sea I rose
Veiled in darkness on either shore
Lost my pride, lost its glow
For me the sun rose no more

The forest of October
Sleeps silent when I depart
The web of time
Hides my last trace

My blaze travel the last universe
Like the sights of magic
Wrapped in aeons
My mind is one with my soul
I fall alone
While leaves fall from the weeping trees

The Twilight Is My Robe

Unto you I whisper
The wildest dreams

In the coldness of night

Shrouded in crystals
Through a frosty dusk
Souls of the fullmoon awaits
Their shadows ablaze

We are all bending
Our tired leaves over your empty shell
In the sign of true esteem
Are you beloved lord
Sighing deep under these waterfalls?

The birds of the sun
Seperates these dark clouds
While the winds of winter sleeps gently around
I am sworn to the oath
To breathe...

At the waters I dwell
The waves are still whispering
Ancient lullabies
I die....
While our mystic brothers still seek

Under your command I will obey
In my vision
You are the embodiment of pure freedom
But through my eyes you are made of stone

The Night and the Silent Water

And so you left us
Jaded and gaunt, some September
Wilted with the seasons
But hidden inside the delusion
I saw you eyes, somewhere

Devoid of death
The aura poises amidst (the storm)
In solid tears I linger
A parlour glade, moonlit sorrow

Lonely resting pools
Relics of the moon-dogged lake
Whisper: "All your words are missgiven"

Am I like them?
Those who mourn and turn away
Those who would give anything
To see you again
If only for another second

Your face was, like the photograph
Painted white
We did not speak very often about it
What does it matter now?

Cloak of autumn shroud
I gaze, dim ricochet of stars
I reckon it is time for me to leave

You sleep in the light
Yet the night and the silent water
Still so dark

Black Rose Immortal

In the name of desperation
I call your name
A lamentation I sigh
Again and again

Spiritual eclipse
The gateways are closed for me to seek

The night...
A veil of stars, watching
My shadow is born from light
The light of the eye, in darkness

Over troubled waters memories soar
Endlessly, searching night and day
The moonlight caresses a lonely hill
With the calmness of a whisper

I wear a naked soul
A blank face in the streaming water
It is cold in here
Frost scar my coat with dust

Eyes attach to your mute portrait
We spoke only through thoughts
Together we gazed, awaited
Hours brought thirst and the rising sun

Sunbirds leave their dark recesses
Shadows glid the archways

Do not turn your face towards me
Confronting me with my lonliness
You are in a forest unknown
The secret orchard
And your voice is vast and achromatic
But still so precious

Lullaby of the crescent moon took you
Mesmerized, its kaleidoscopic face
Granted you a hollow stare
Another soul within the divine herd

I have kept it
The amaranth symbol
Hiddin inside the golden shrine
Until we rejoice in the meadow
Of the end
When we both walk the shadows
It will set ablaze and vanish
Black rose immortal

It is getting dark again
Dusk shuffle across the fields
The evening trees moan as if they knew
At night I always dream of you

To Bid You Farewell

I am awaiting the sunrise
Gazing modestly through the coldest morning
Once it came you lied
Embracing us over autumn's proud treetops

I stand motionless
In a parade of falling rain
Your voice I cannot hear
As I am falling again

Devotion eludes
And in sadness I lumber
In my own ashes I am standing without a soul
She wept and whispered: "I know..."

We walked into the night
Am I to bid you farewell?

Why can't you see that I try
When every tear I shed
Is for you?

Benighted

Come into this night
Here we'll be gone
So far away
From our weak and crumbling lives
Come into this night
When days are done
Lost and astray
In what's vanished from your eyes

What came and distorted your sight
Saw you benighted by your fright

Come into this night
Your plight alone
Carry your weight
You are flawed as all of us
Come into this night
You only home
It's never too late
To repent, suffer the loss

What came and distorted your sight
Saw you benighted by your fright

What came and distorted your sight
Saw you benighted by your fright

Come into this night
When you're able
To undo your deeds
And atone with your lonely soul
Once you're into this night
All minds are stable
Forget all your needs
Lose the grip of all control

A Fair Judgement

Losing sleep, in too deep
Fading sun, what have I done
Came so close to what I need most
Nothing left here
Cut the ties, uncover disguise
Left behind all intertwined
Lost control, moved out of the role now
Nothing's left here
Leave it be
It was meant for me
Soul sacrifice
Forgot the advice
Lost track of time
In a flurry of smoke
Waiting anxiety
For a fair judgement deserved

Windowpane

Blank face in the windowpane
Made clear in seconds of light
Disappears and returns again
Counting hours, searching the night

Might be waiting for someone
Might be there for us to see
Might be in need of talking
Might be staring directly at me

Inside plays a lullaby
Slurred voice over children cries
On the inside

Haunting loneliness in the eye
Skin covering a secret scar
His hand is waving a goodbye
There's no response or action returned

There is deep prejudice in me
Outshines all reason inside
Given dreams all ridden with pain
And projected unto the last

In My Time Of Need

I can't see the meaning of this life I'm leading
I try to forget you as you forgot me
This time there is nothing left for you to take, this
is goodbye

Summer is miles and miles away
And no one would ask me to stay

And I should contemplate this change
To ease the pain
And I should step out of the rain
turn away

Close to ending it all, I am drifting through the
stages
Of the rapture born within this loss
Thoughts of death inside, tear me apart from the core
of my soul

At times the dark's fading slowly
But it never sustains
Would someone watch over me
In my time of need

Death Whispered A Lullaby

Out on the road there are fireflies circling
Deep in the woods, where the lost souls hide
Over the hill there are men returning
Trying to find some peace of mind

Sleep my child

Under the fog there are shadows moving
Don't be afraid, hold my hand
Into the dark there are eyelids closing
Buried alive in the shifting sands

Sleep my child

Speak to me now and the world will crumble
Open a door and the moon will fall
All of your life, all your memories
Go to your dreams, forget it all

Sleep my child

Closure

Heal myself-a feather on my heart
Look inside-there never was a start
Peel myself-dispose of severed skin
All subsides-around me and within

There's nothing painful in this
There's no upheaval
Redemption for my pathos
All sins undone

Awaiting word on what's to come
In helpless prayers a hope lives on
As I've come clean I've forgotten what I promised
In the rays of the sun I am longing for the darkness

To Rid The Disease

There's nobody here, there's nobody near
I try not to care, dead eyes always stare
Let these matters be, don't trust what you see
Take hold of your time, step into the line

There's innocence torn from its maker
Stillborn the trust in you
This failure has made the creator
So would you tell him what to do (would you)

Leave your mark upon the head of someone
Who'll cry for his state, we know it's too late
I turn round to see what was meant to be
Faint movement release to rid the disease

There's innocence torn from its maker
Stillborn the trust in you
(I have lost all trust I had in you)
This failure has made the creator
So would you tell him what to do
(I have lost all trust I had in you)

The Baying Of The Hounds

I hear the baying of the hounds
In the distance, I hear them devouring
Pest ridden jackals of the earth
Diabolical beasts and roaming the forests
In wait and constant protectors
Calling you to sit by his side
Your self loathing image in his flesh
A revelation upon which you linger

His words are flies
Swarming towards the true insects
Feasting on buried dreams
And spreading decay upon your skin
His eyes spew forth a darkness
That cut through and paralyze
Casts light upon your secrets
Forced to confront your enemies

His mouth is a vortex
Sucking you into it's pandemonium
Fools you with a helping hand of ashes
Reached out in false dismay
His body is a country
The cities lay dead and beyond despair
Friends turned enemies unable to come clean
In a rising fog of reeking death

Everything you believed is a lie
Everyone you loved is a death burden
So you take comfort in him
And you are receptive to stark wishes
No longer struggling to declare your stand
You would inflict no harm to others
They are unaware of you
And in a loop of futile events
You are everything, they are nothing

Drown in the deep mire
With past desires
Beneath the mire
Drown desire now with you

Lined up verses on dead skin
"The tainted lips of the stranger
Resting upon hers"

And I embrace bereavement
Everything beloved is shattered anyway
I would devote myself to anyone
I would accept any flaws

I am too weak to resist
Tension vibrating with horror
Finding the outcast in my eyes
Pushing nerves on a puppet
Endless poison in my veins
Clean intent now tainted with death

And so, cold touch now inhumane
Every waking hour
Awaiting a reverie to unfold
And now they are calling me
Louder by the minute
The baying of the hounds
Calling me back to my home

Beneath The Mire

Haunted nights for haleyon days
Can't sleep to the scraping of his voice
Nature's way struck grief in me
And I became a ghost in sickness

Willingly guided into heresy
Beneath the surface, stark emptiness
And you'd pity my conviction
Whereas I thought of myself as a leader

You'd cling to your pleasant hope
It is twisted fascination
While I'd ruin the obstacles into despair
And I'm praising death

Lost love of the heart
In a holocaust scene memory

Decrepit body wearing transparent skin
Inside, the smoke of failure

Wept for solace and submit to faith
In his shadow I'm choking
Yet flourishing

Master

A delusion made me stronger
Yet I'm draped in pale withering flesh
I sacrificed more than I had
And left my woes beneath the mire

Atonement

Cleared the fog that was veiled around me
And blurred my sights
Suddenly, I'm no longer aching
To honor my plights

Rising moon and my skin is peeling
Past undone
Suddenly, I can't justify
What I had become

Harlequin Forest

Into the trees
Past meadow grounds
And further away from my home
Baying behind me
I hear the hounds
Flock's chasing to find me alone

A trail of sickness
Leading to me
If I am haunted
Then you will see

Searching the darkness
And emptiness
I'm hiding away from the sun
Will never rest
Will never be at ease
All my matter's expired so I run

There falls another
Vapor hands released the blade
Insane regrets at the drop
Instruments of death before me

Lose all to save a little
At your peril it's justified
And dismiss your demons
As death becomes a jest
You are the laughing stock
Of the absinthe minded
Confessions stuck in your mouth
And long gone fevers reappear

Nocturnally helpless
And weak in the light
Depending on a prayer
Pacing deserted roads to find
A seed of hope

They are the trees
Rotten pulp inside and never well
Roots sucking, thieving from my source
Tired boughs reaching for the light

It is all false pretension
Harlequin forest
Awaiting redemption for a lifetime
As they die alone
With no one by their side
Are they forgiven?

Stark determination
Poisoning the soul
Unfettered beast inside
Claiming sovereign control

And now the woods are burning
Tearing life crops asunder
Useless blackened remains
Still pyre smoldering

Hours Of Wealth

Found a way to rid myself clean of pain
And the fever that's been haunting me
Has gone away

Looking through my window
I seem to recognize
All the people passing by
But I am alone
And far from home
And nobody knows me

Never heard me say goodbye
Never shall I speak to anyone again
All days are in darkness
And I'm biding my time
Once I am sure of my task I will rise again

Isolation Years

There's a sense of longing in me
As I read Rosemary's letter
Her writing's honest
Can't forget the years she's lost

In isolation
She talks about her love
And as I read
"I'll die alone"
I know she was aching

There's a certain detail seen here
The pen must have slipped to the side
And left a stain
Next to his name
She knew he was gone

And isolation
Is all that would remain
"The wound in me is pouring out
To rest on a lover's shore"

[RebelOutcast]

Oh, yay, the spam.
Why didn't you just list the ones you liked and link to the lyrics?
It would have been much more conducive to a discussion than saying

If there are anyone who likes Opeth here, I'm posting lyrics from my favorite songs from them.

[Leo]

Oh, yay, the spam.
Why didn't you just list the ones you liked and link to the lyrics?
It would have been much more conducive to a discussion than saying

They are not from a site, I copied them from my computer. Your post is the real spam here, I am posting lyrics in Music section, there is nothing wrong with that, they are poetry for me, if you don't like them go read something else.

[adenoid hynkel]

Opeth is really my favourite band. I remember when Ifirst listened to them.......a ftiend has given to me 8 cd's to listen."Blackwater park" was one of them. I listened all the others and I did not listen to "Blackwater park", because my friend has told me that it was death metal and I did not like death metal so much. So after a month my friend asked me to give him back his cd's, and Idecided to listen to "blackwater park",before giving it back to him; I was really amazed. I never enjoyed music so much as the first night I listened to blackwater park. I am a great admirer of them since then. My favourite Opeth tracks are these

Blackwater Park
The Moor
Wreath
The face of Melinda
Leper affinity
By the Pain I See in Others
To Rid the Disease
Isolation Years

[Leo]

I remember when Ifirst listened to them.......a ftiend has given to me 8 cd's to listen."Blackwater park" was one of them. I listened all the others and I did not listen to "Blackwater park", because my friend has told me that it was death metal and I did not like death metal so much. So after a month my friend asked me to give him back his cd's, and Idecided to listen to "blackwater park",before giving it back to him; I was really amazed. I never enjoyed music so much as the first night I listened to blackwater park. I am a great admirer of them since then.

I think I started listening to them in a similar way, one of my friends copied all their songs to my computer for some reason, and I didn't touch it for a while because I didn't think I would like death metal. Then, something happened and I found myself listening 'For Absent Friends', an instrumental song from Damnation. It was beautiful, so I started searching for other songs without scream vocals, and after listening to them, I thought I definately needed more so I started listening to their other songs too.

Opeth is really poetic, I think it was Opeth that pushed me towards art. I find most of their melodies so deep that I can write poems easily while listening to them, and then I needed paintings to go with my poems as everything regarding art is connected, but as I had zero talent, I started looking for paintings other people had drawn.

I saw Opeth live last fall in Hollywood, they are pretty amazing while playing live.

[Sugar Hill Kevis]

I have NO IDEA who Opeth are, however...

Once when I was at The Mean Fiddler (I think), outside they were handing out goody bags with promo stuff for random bands (mostly on the Music for Nations label)... My bag featured an Opeth bage...

[Gunman]

I started listening to Opeth in the beginning of this year, when I was checking their album "Orchid" and since the first minute of the first song (which was In Mist She Was Standing), I was amazed at such melodies (not to mention Mikael´s vocals). I didn´t listen to Opeth for some months and thanks to you Leo Uillean, I´ve got to check them out again. :D
But honestly, I think they´re somewhat overrated several times.

[Invader Zim]

The only Opeth album I really like, despite owning a copy of all their albums, is Damnation.

But that is because it sounds like Porcupine Tree, which is unsuprising because Steve Wilson, of Porcupine Tree helped out loads for that album.

[Invader Zim]

The only Opeth album I really like, despite owning a copy of all their albums, is Damnation.

But that is because it sounds like Porcupine Tree, which is unsuprising because Steve Wilson, of Porcupine Tree helped out loads for that album.

[Invader Zim]

The only Opeth album I really like, despite owning a copy of all their albums, is Damnation.

But that is because it sounds like Porcupine Tree, which is unsuprising because Steve Wilson, of Porcupine Tree helped out loads for that album.

[Gunman]

I see you can´t stand Death Metal! :lol:

[Gunman]

I see you can´t stand Death Metal! :lol:

[Gunman]

I see you can´t stand Death Metal! :lol:

[Mujer Libre]

I do like Opeth but there's something stopping me from loving them. Not sure what though- I think it might be Akerfeldt's singing voice. It can be a little too sweet for me sometimes.

[Mujer Libre]

I do like Opeth but there's something stopping me from loving them. Not sure what though- I think it might be Akerfeldt's singing voice. It can be a little too sweet for me sometimes.

[Mujer Libre]

I do like Opeth but there's something stopping me from loving them. Not sure what though- I think it might be Akerfeldt's singing voice. It can be a little too sweet for me sometimes.

[Invader Zim]

Originally posted by [email protected] 22 2006, 12:16 AM
I see you can´t stand Death Metal! :lol:
No, I do like death metal, stuff like Children of Bodom. You know, Melodic death metal mainly and I don't mind Opeth, but I wouldn't say I'm a huge fan. But I can't stand bands like Cannibal Corpse, who lack both musical talent and are apparently tone deaf.

I'm also nit a huge fan of Dimmu Borgir, not that they are death metal, more black metal.

[Invader Zim]

Originally posted by [email protected] 22 2006, 12:16 AM
I see you can´t stand Death Metal! :lol:
No, I do like death metal, stuff like Children of Bodom. You know, Melodic death metal mainly and I don't mind Opeth, but I wouldn't say I'm a huge fan. But I can't stand bands like Cannibal Corpse, who lack both musical talent and are apparently tone deaf.

I'm also nit a huge fan of Dimmu Borgir, not that they are death metal, more black metal.

[Invader Zim]

Originally posted by [email protected] 22 2006, 12:16 AM
I see you can´t stand Death Metal! :lol:
No, I do like death metal, stuff like Children of Bodom. You know, Melodic death metal mainly and I don't mind Opeth, but I wouldn't say I'm a huge fan. But I can't stand bands like Cannibal Corpse, who lack both musical talent and are apparently tone deaf.

I'm also nit a huge fan of Dimmu Borgir, not that they are death metal, more black metal.

[Gunman]

Children Of Bodom is actually a Power Metal band with Death Metal like vocals. When it comes to Cannibal Corpse, I only like their song "Hammer Smashed Face" and after 2 or 3 minutes it gets boring as hell, so I guess it says all about this particular band.

And unlike what KVLT kiddies say, Dimmu Borgir is actually an above average band. Despite the fact that their last album quite frankly sucked (save one song or two), "Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia" combines really heavy drumming with sometimes well placed symphonic licks and "Stormblast" is simply melancholic.

But if you really are a huge fan of Dimmu Borgir, you have to give a listen to Bal-Sagoth, because they wipe them out the floor (check out their last album or Starfire Burning yada yada yada).

P.S: Sorry for the off-topic.

[Gunman]

Children Of Bodom is actually a Power Metal band with Death Metal like vocals. When it comes to Cannibal Corpse, I only like their song "Hammer Smashed Face" and after 2 or 3 minutes it gets boring as hell, so I guess it says all about this particular band.

And unlike what KVLT kiddies say, Dimmu Borgir is actually an above average band. Despite the fact that their last album quite frankly sucked (save one song or two), "Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia" combines really heavy drumming with sometimes well placed symphonic licks and "Stormblast" is simply melancholic.

But if you really are a huge fan of Dimmu Borgir, you have to give a listen to Bal-Sagoth, because they wipe them out the floor (check out their last album or Starfire Burning yada yada yada).

P.S: Sorry for the off-topic.

[Gunman]

Children Of Bodom is actually a Power Metal band with Death Metal like vocals. When it comes to Cannibal Corpse, I only like their song "Hammer Smashed Face" and after 2 or 3 minutes it gets boring as hell, so I guess it says all about this particular band.

And unlike what KVLT kiddies say, Dimmu Borgir is actually an above average band. Despite the fact that their last album quite frankly sucked (save one song or two), "Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia" combines really heavy drumming with sometimes well placed symphonic licks and "Stormblast" is simply melancholic.

But if you really are a huge fan of Dimmu Borgir, you have to give a listen to Bal-Sagoth, because they wipe them out the floor (check out their last album or Starfire Burning yada yada yada).

P.S: Sorry for the off-topic.

[Gunman]

I guess I´ve killed the thread...