GRIEVED LYRICS

1. Schemes

[Instrumental]

2. Samaritans

Bottom reached for reaching hands
Where samaritans have resigned
Somewhere along the way, we've lost both substance and shape
Misspent days and long gone names
Somewhere along the way, we've lost both substance and shape
Misspent days and long gone names

Drowning in a sea of shame, drenched by our own disdain
Drowning in a sea of shame, drenched by our own disdain

Bottom reached for reaching hands when samaritans have failed
Without guidance, without faith, there are hollow wraiths that roam the streets
Day by day, reckless schemes

3. The Attrition Of Reason

There is no safe haven for the hellbound
We are a destined letdown, the disenchantment of it all
No second thoughts
No second thoughts

Forgotten values, regretted vows
The attrition of reason
We have lived but never learned
And our guilt is profound
You bought the sermon that everything leads to something more
But meaning was killed years ago.
Another conscience left to rot

This life long void, the endless cold
Is all we'll ever know

4. Stockholm Blues

These despondent thoughts has caused this town to give up
A life filled with nothing at all,
We were born within these walls
Flawed, flawed

Our bodies, our temples,
Our ruins has brought us nowhere but beyond
Has brought us nowhere but beyond

A climate that keeps breeding hopelessness
But nothing changes nonetheless, and when all else fails - point the blame
This is it - Stockholm blues,
Another day, another to get through

5. They Dream

Forced into faith
An enslaved, encased belief
But it was you
Who swallowed the lies, who swallowed the key
Daydream, daydream

Forced into faith
An enslaved, encased belief
But it was you
Who swallowed the lies, who swallowed the key
Daydream, daydream

Blessed by shackles, loyal to a shattered myth

6. Pale Hands

She gets around the locks with her pale hands
Whispering things next to my bed
I can't help it but those celestial eyes
Are too fine to feel any fright
This night is only skin-deep
This night is everything else but real
The great relief when no reality remains

How could it take me so many years to percieve ?
That there's no reason to be scared
If I sleep, will you visit me again ?
I could kill for you to visit me again
Let's pretend this is only in my head
Let's pretend this is more than imaginings

7. Glistening

The dried blood and glistening gold
Still cover the social ladder to the top
A legacy of virtues lost,
Where victims were buried in even rows
The unworthy and unneeded can't be seen from such high distance

Cannot be seen from such high distance
Unworthy, unneeded
Unworthy, unneeded

8. Notwithstanding

Still spending time, fighting for temporary peace
To be able to get by and stay alive in this dead end town
Feeling lonesome when I'm with friends
And it makes me think that it's true
As they say, I'll never change, I'll never change
Feeling lonesome when I'm with friends
And it makes me think that it's true
As they say, I'll never change
I'll never change

Golden memories slowly fade as my mind only gets hurt by reliving them
I can't distinguish now from then
But everyday feels like the end
I've ruined it for myself again
And allowed this Hell to stay the same
Self-made self-contempt





GRIEVED LYRICS