HANGING GARDEN LYRICS

1. As Above, So Below

"Se kuollut ei oo mi voi iäti maata
Aikojen myötä voi kuolokin laata"
[quote from "The Nameless City" by H. P Lovecaft 1921.
Translation by S.A. Kivinen 1987]

Tread lightly, hear the calling night
Thin sheets of ice give in beneath the white

Silent and tender, winter's cloak divine
Breathe in the dusk's hushed air sublime

Be still in this moment of dark
Linger quietly under these stars
Call out beyond the reaches of memory
And hold my heart captive

I inhale the dusk, the crystalline air
The frozen dew vaporized, star-silver-lined
The world is a playground of ethereal shadowlings
An endless merry-go-around, sprung from the eye of the moon

2. Hearthfire

Here
A stead of strong hands
A home of sound heart
Abode of warm hearth's fire

There
A place among friends
Memories of a man
Gone but not lost

Now
We carry your weight
Of iron and stone
With the strength that you gave

Then
A bearing intense
Within and without
A sound mind in our midst
Now and forever

To live without fear
With a heart content
Stay not your hand
Held out in pure intent

Here
The anvil grown cold
The bellows silent
Yet these walls still remember

There
An oak still stands firm
In memories and tales
The words are still heard

Now
We carry your torch
Of resin and wood
Yo ulP light become ours

Then
A companion in life
Still loyal in death
She followed your path
When no-one else could

Jää hetkeksi matkamies
Käy varjoon
Äärelle hämärän
Hengi tulestasi hiljainen kytö
Jätä surusi
Käy kanssani pimeään

3. Elysium

Come
Lie down here
Where the earth brings sleep
Where the fires burn
With a radiant glow
And hear the songs sung by soil
By the wind and rain
They call you now

Then we reach the sea beyond
And greet the sunless glowing dawn
Lay all fears to rest
Here the night tide brings us close
To the timeless stream of souls
Lay all fears to rest

Come and let go
Let the earth bring dreams
Amidst the fires' warmth
A distant hum
That turns to a song sung by soil
By the wind and rain
They call you now

Then we reach the sea beyond
And greet the sunless glowing dawn
Lay all fears to rest
Here the night tide brings us close
To the timeless stream of souls
Lay all fears to rest

We will know you
A spire strong
A spire strong
And tall in our hearts
Spirits and souls

We will know you
A spire strong
A spire strong
And tall in our hearts
Spirits and souls

We will know you
In our hearts
Spirits and souls

4. Our Dark Design

Blood runs thick in here on our path

A violent recollection lost
Like a wayward drunkard son
A bastard king among his ilk
Regicidal and vile

Caught in a red-black glaze
Torn, stained photograph
Caught in a red-black glaze
Torn, stained photo—

Blood runs thick in here on our path
Blood runs thick in here on our path

A violent recollection lost
Like a wayward drunkard son
A bastard king among his ilk
Regicidal and vile

Caught in a red-black glaze
Torn, stained photograph
Caught in a red-black glaze
Torn, stained photograph

5. Kouta

Sanoi ankara Ajatar,
kuului ääni kuolon yöstä,
puun alta, petäjän alta,
korven louhien lomasta

Elon huoli huomisesta,
Mana mennyttä manaapi.

Tuo oli Kouta, kolkko miesi,
tunsi kaikki tietävänsä,
astui rotkohon Rutimon,
kulki kuolon porraspuita
niinkuin pitkän pilven lonka,
niinkuin jäisen kosken kopru;
ei hän taakse katsahtanut,
katsoi kohden Kalman usta

Ei hän kilvan kiirehtänyt,
astui askel askeleelta,
kun oli tuima Tuonen kulku,
elo kuoloa kovempi.

Sanoi ankara Ajatar,
kuului ääni kuolon yöstä,
puun alta, petäjän alta,
korven louhien lomasta

Ei hän kilvan kiirehtänyt,
astui askel askeleelta,
kun oli tuima Tuonen kulku,
elo kuoloa kovempi

6. From Iron Shores

The scent is pungent
Ripe earth and sea
Yet the last remaining leaves
Still cling to trees

Hold like this forever
Fair, dearest fall
Dawn frozen, drunk with colour
Open not the winter's door

And how the wind will carry
Our parting words
Ash over the waters low
Petals slowly drawing down

We've seen your light
You'll ride the dawn

The scent is pungent
Ripe earth and sea
And the final leaves
Still cling to trees

[Epitaph by C. Jyrakoski]
Rautaisen aallonharjalla
Ratsastaa marraskuun lapsi
Kuun valkea ruoto pirstaloituu kiviin
Syksyn sydän ei enää lyö
Syksyn sydän ei enää lyö
Luoteesta käy kavala tuuli
Tahdon päällä järkkymätön vapaus

7. One Hundred Years

Rise
I call unto you
Lest what we were be forgotten

She
Bore us, gave us nourishment
She is what eventually made us strong

Lay waste unto this darkness
Carry a torch to light the night
Blood is not what unites us
Words should not tear us apart

Now
Let the fetters fall
And break the silence
We can be as one

This is what we built
This is what we stood for
Here is where we'll make our final stand

8. Forty One Breaths

When the rain fell
And the breath of sickness
Would seep within
Every crack and crevice
Disease was born inside

A silent sigh of demise
Breathe it in, my darling ones
Oh gently inhale my love
And let sickness be born within

These walls breathe death
The weeping sores gape wide open
We draw deep this dying breath
And greet the silence left behind

Oh gently inhale my love
And feel the sickness within

Kuule sanam, ystävä
Nämä seinät henkivät kuolemaa
Kulje kanssani - me jätämme tämän maan

9. Ennen

A Shepherd with her lonely flock
She leads the blind beast onward
Never a moment for fear
Never a moment of doubt

Carrying her wisdom in the soil
The garden speaks silent words
In the tune of the wind
To the beat of the rain

A lonely echo that comes screaming through time
Now grown silent, yet so loud in the dark
Words that once sent me to sleep
Words that once set me free

Trying to grasp that moment of oblivious existence
Once constant, unmoving, eternal

The feeling of satin
Still warm and soft against my skin
Taking your hand I walk you through the garden one last time
Before the final dawn as time runs faster
Touch my skin and recite the lullaby with me until the end of time







HANGING GARDEN LYRICS