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INSOMNIUM LYRICS
"Since The Day It All Came Down" (2004)
1. Nocturne
2. The Day It All Came Down
3. Daughter of The Moon
4. The Moment of Reckoning
5. Bereavement
6. Under The Plaintive Sky
7. Resonance
8. Death Walked The Earth
9. Disengagement
10. Closing Words
11. Song of The Forlorn Son
1. Nocturne
2. The Day It All Came Down
From now on there's an abscence of smileFoul voices welcome me to lonelinessGraceful tunes on her lips have now ceasedThis winter's here to surpass all the hopesAnd dreams succumb to nightmares and freezing airNow lonely is my road, path paved with bitter thoughtsConception of beauty excluded from this heartWithin closed doors no-one speaks, behind barred windows no soul livesAs I walk the soil beneath my feet is crumbling...She was my sun and now the light has faded awayNight condensing around me, leading astrayShining image torn down, remembrance of her fadesLeft but anguish and shame to haunt me in the shadesShould I be content with the memory of the life I had?Or is the Hell knowing what we could have beome?- Quite indifferent as the tides of time have now turnedAnd the past is buried in a drift of whirling snow...White sheet covering all things left behind...And from now on there's an abscence of hope...She was my sun and now the light has faded awayNight condensing around me, leading astrayShining image torn down, remembrance of her fadesLeft but anguish and shame to haunt me in the shadesSo be it, perdition is my home,Since the day it all came down
3. Daughter of The Moon
Trail amidst the snow-clad trees, winding is the waySunless is the path we roam, bitter is the air we breatheFell is the icy blast, coming from the hillsBlowing through my ailing heart, wailing in the emptiness insideVanished is the light we had, hidden deep in rimy soilBereft of us the one we cherished, lost for ever our loveStill at night I see her figureFlickering on moonlit gladesBut passing is the hope she´s givingJust a faintest breath of air and she´s gone againThe clouds are moving heavily, across the livid skyYonder the hues are darkening, slowly turning grey to blackFor the two who stray in dusk, all hope is long since goneCruel is the winter´s reign, merciless the grasp of despairFor what mirth there is left in life for a motherless sonWhat solace in this world for a widower to findSlender the shape in night, unbearable the beautyShining in the silvery light, watching me with wistful eyesEvanescent this vision, unattainable this illusionBut an image in my troubled dreams, hewn out of yearning and rue
4. The Moment of Reckoning
If I only could I wouldChange everythingToday is the day, the moment of reckoningFor too long I've been hiding this truth within my chest Today is the day when I will come cleanAnswer for my deeds and stand up for my faint-heartednessIf I only could I would change everythingLet the suffering be mine and only mine for this timeIn your time of need I betrayed you When I should have watched over you I walked awayNow there are two straying souls weak in faithIn your time of need I left youWhen I should have been strong I turned my back on youNow there are two straying souls about to breakWhen there now are two of us aloneThere's not anymore anyone aloneToday is the day when I will face you at lengthYou my child have wept enough far too long swallowed your hateToday is the day when I will promise to myself Take care from you I've been running away and with for so many yearsIf I only could I would change everythingLet the suffering be mine and only mine for this time
5. Bereavement
Would you come and shareMy cross, my pain, my heartbroken natureFor this burden is too heavy to bearToo troublesome for one man to handleSince my darkness swallowedThe last gleam of lightI've been rambling in the shadowsHour after hour in the darkThey who never got sorrow,Grinding grief in their heartsNever lost a thing,Never had a thingThey who never witnessed beauty,That flamed even the all-encompassing night Never lost a thing,Never had a thingNow these bitter tears run ceaseless,And drown my hope far too deepIt must've been the day we partedWhen I trapped this sadness in meSince my darkness swallowedThe last gleam of lightI've been clothed in mourning,Wearing sorrow day and night
6. Under The Plaintive Sky
And so does the downhearted tuneResound through this murky nightAnd the wind groan its wistful songFor the ill-lucked dwellers in plightThese two round-shouldered figuresForward slowly through this grey dayUnder the fores?ts white canopyOut of the drifting snow?s wayWith rime dressed-faces they wanderWith guilt carved-hearts they fleeWith grim stained-minds they hoverBetween hope and despairWith rime dressed-faces they wanderWith guilt carved-hearts they fleeWith grim stained-minds they ponderIf they ever be free of their sinsMay the stars become my eyesAnd the wind become my hearingLet them guide us throughThese pitch-dark morningsMay the snowfall endAnd the shining moon rise So we can find our way outFrom these all-consuming nightsUnderneath the blanket of starsEmbraced by another cold nightTwo round-shouldered figuresLeave these shores behindQuietly they wonderIf they ever will see the lightThey now lose in their shadowsOwe to the darkest of nights
7. Resonance
8. Death Walked The Earth
Brought back from the silenceAs darkness whitened into a dayTried to weave the pieces togetherForce the past awayMind weary of sorrowBody tired from the wayWelcomed yet another morningOf longing and dismayWhat have I for you to offerBesides this long haulWade across vast snowfieldsJourney through endless moors Death walked the earth todayWithout a sound, motionlessForced its way into my armsCaressed me with the darkDragged again up to surfaceFrom the bowels of the earthTo face yet another morningBreath gasping black steam of death These are our waking hoursIn cold sunlight we pine awayTowards yet another morningTill following hopeless day
9. Disengagement
What solemnity can be found in this death?A traitor's smile, the honour of betrayalHow comfort could be found in the dreariest of nights?What solace for guilt-driven mind, tarnished heart?Two crestfallen figures clinging together in fathomless darkIn maelstrom of despair dimming each other?s shineAnd half of his blood runs like mine - kindred spirit to meBut the gleam in his eyes remind of the one who is gone foreverWhen dreams carry me past this life, to thin shrouding mistI rest in silence, in place lifeless and desolateLong are midwinter's nights as the will to live has diedEvanescent the unwarming light, evoking memories of life - Of the life long lost, buried in ashes of love and joyAnd half of his blood bleeds like mine - kindred spirit, yet freeBut the gleam in his eyes abates for my guilt shackles him tooWhat sublimity can be found in this love?Weakling's trust, the moral of deceiverThere's no future for a son under this burden of griefNo leading to walk aside this tormented ghostTwo crestfallen figures clinging together in fathomless darkIn maelstrom of despair father suppressing the only shineAs the end is slowly looming our paths must now divergePressure slowly easing, shackles unchained, upliftingBeyond many a weary leagueWhere dimming light gives birth to evening starsAt the treelines of distant, devouring woodsAwait my demons, embodying this longingBetter to sleep now on stranger's porch, find home on foreign soilBrighter the sun to a forsaken child than to a father in despairDisencumbered from this grief with the most cruel wayDeserted to be alone, abandoned to be free
10. Closing Words
This will be for now and for ever the diverging of our paths...Now that this night has turned into a dawnI step aside from this path of grievingLeft with all these things I never had chance to sayWords wishful, filled with caringYou must stop your bleedingBefore you run yourself dryYou must let go of your wound Because love it is crying for is goneNow that this night has turned into a dawnI give up this life I have been leadingLeft with all these things I never meant to sayWords deceitful, double-dealingAs every breaking day fades away before the duskSo does hate pause and resentment turn to reasonYou've carried enough this burden meant only for me to bearNow it's your time to straighten up, time for you to walk tallAlone...
11. Song of The Forlorn Son
Wretched is my lot here, mirthless is my fateAlone to face the cruel winters, endure the dreary coldWhat is there to hope for, what is there to seekFor this forsaken child, for this forlorn sonWhose sins am I now atoning for?Whose lapses am I forced to undo?So echoes my tune through these darkling shawsAbove the frozen streams resounds my songOnly these sullen trees will hearken to meOnly snow-bound hills ever hear my callWhat is there to hope for, what is there to seekFor this forsaken child, for this forlorn sonFor this embittered man, for this grim castawaySolace I find in the light of the pale moonMy comfort in the night the murmur of the treesNow I set forth without ever glancing backIt is time to make my own way through the dusk
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