KARELIA LYRICS

1. Raise

Raise some dust, and raise your voice
In the crowd they'll raise their arms
Stunned and wild, stupefied
You know they won't raise an eyebrow
Raise the curtain on their fears
Raise the funds and raise an army
World will crawl, you raise your empire
Day has come yet, raise your glass
To people's inertia, following the leader
Disgraceful lackeys, greeting you with low bow
Raise their spirits, raise their hopes
You will raise the cheers in them
Stunned and wild, stupefied
Not a voice will raise in protest
Raise a smile and laugh with them
Raise their ancient guide from the dead
World will crawl, you raise your empire
Day has come yet, raise your glass
To people's inertia, following the leader
Disgraceful lackeys, greeting you with low bow
I scorn you pathetic flesh
I hate you cattle enslaved, you cardboard puppet
Witty eloquence's stronger than steel
Ultimate present from the gods
I'll lead you on the final wane

2. Child Has Gone

Years have passed like centuries
Through which I lived as in dream
Futile quests and sweet delusions
Till the day I realized
Golden age's bygone
Leaving just a memory
Walked the path with such easiness
Enjoyed naive ecstasy
Haven't seen the flowing sands of time
Till the day I realized
Golden age's bygone
Leaving just a memory
Must live by my own
I just wish I've never grown
Stop that clock and
Take delight in total stagnation
Child has gone
Never to return

3. Breakdown

I feel a sense of disgust for my insane peers
Nothing is very much fun, day follows upon day
Year follows upon year
Feeling alone in the crowd, I'd rather close myself
Rot away in my shell
I just have to put up with it
But I cannot share that space with them
Cannot bear their stares
Have mercy: Just give me a hand as I'm down,
Hangin'on and waiting for the dawn
Of an other day, bright and clear
Without distress, painful headaches
It makes me wonder but my dreams have gone
In darker skies
Slumped in my armchair I rave, I'd rather close myself
Rot away in my shell
Nothing is very much fun, day follows upon day
Year follows upon year
I just have to put up with it
But I cannot share that space with them
Or even bear their stares
Have mercy: Just give me a hand as I'm down,
Hangin'on and waiting for the dawn
Of an other day, bright and clear
Without distress, painful headaches
It makes me wonder but my dreams have gone
In darker skies
No way out this time. Could just wait for the dawn.
No choice but to wait for dawn

4. The Hermit

Lived for a long time surrounded
By numb and indifferent crowd
Wandering amid empty faces
Enslaved by shallow existence
Misunderstood, faced impassable walls
I Could not rely on anyone
I endeavoured to look like them
Played this ludicrous part in vain
Overwhelmed by the weigh of lies
Misunderstood, had to run away
Left all in this unreal comedy
Don't regret this great build-up at all
I did not exist
Now every dawn's rebirth
Released at last, I'm no longer enjailed
I start from scratch again
Surrounded by the crowd
Devoured by constant strains I knew that
I cannot live that way, amid them
Insane tricks and cynical lies
Now show's going on
But I just left the stage
I'm the one I was supposed to be
No longer enjailed

5. Disharmonic Dogmas / Cross & Crescent

Shining iron and banners high
Enemies facing me, comrades on my side
Cross as my excuse
Crescent as their snare
How can you deny the almighty this way
You liable for all evils
Subhuman being you'll die from my sword today
No doubt you're the one to blame
Bloody iron, and silent cries
Enemy lyin on their front, comrades on their side
Cross was our excuse
Crescent was their snare
How can you deny the almighty this way
You liable for all evils
Subhuman being you'll die from my sword today
No doubt you're the one to blame

6. Tearful Clown

I have to conceal from them all the pain in me
Put it into jails of my brain
Yes I know that I have no right to let them see
But it'll nibble the bars to burst in anyway
All the sweat of my life to give you a grin
Please laugh at me on TV screen
Can you see behind that smile
A face twisted with disgust
Can you hear beyond my laugh
A resonant death-rattle
I go on stage and face the void
Enjoy my show
I have to conceal from them all the pain in me
Put it into jails of my brain
I need no recognition or even small glory
Just let bring sun when in your lives it rains
All the sweat of my life to give you a grin
Please laugh at me on TV screen
Can you see behind that smile
A face twisted with disgust
Can you hear beyond my laugh
A resonant death-rattle
I go on stage and face the void
Enjoy my show

7. Unbreakable Cordon

Sweetness of velvet, toys around my bed
Put on probation but don't really care
At my call, you rushed up to see me
When darkness came I felt like naked worm
Impending danger as you closed the door
A presence around, malicious appearance
I cut off the light and hold tight the sheets
Bright eyes are still staring me
But my cries are vain
No complain could make you up by now
Watch over me
Stay with babe until morning comes
Watch over me
Keep babe in secure and warm
Now time has come to break these tender ties
Free as a bird but don't really care
At my call, the walls reverberate
When darkness comes I feel like naked worm
Impending danger and nightmarish set
In which I'll live without you for evermore
I cut off the light and hold tight the sheets
Bright eyes are still staring me
But my cries are vain
No complain could make you up by now
Watch over me
Stay with babe until morning comes
Watch over me
Keep babe in secure and warm

8. Coming Turn

Lying alone in this cold and quiet room
I can hear their whispers now
I can sense it: A turn is coming on
Lying alone in this cold and quiet room
The door is silently opening
I can sense it: A turn is coming on
Wincing faces, racked by pain
They come to me as I fall asleep
Climbing the stairs, to hide is vain
They will get me in this night so deep
Exhausted veins
Bloody drugs every day
Their needles in my brain
They gave me one more jab supposed to relieve all that pain
I tried to get away
To escape from that place
But my own legs betray me leaving body on that bed
Wincing faces, in front of me
They've come to me and I don't dare
To give that fight for eternity
It's just a never-ending nightmare

9. High Hopes

[Pink Floyd Cover]

Beyond the horizon of the place we lived when we were young
In a world of magnets and miracles
Our thoughts strayed constantly and without boundary
The ringing of the division bell had begun
Along the Long Road and on down the Causeway
Do they still meet there by the Cut
There was a ragged band that followed in our footsteps
Running before time took our dreams away
Leaving the myriad small creatures trying to tie us to the ground
To a life consumed by slow decay
The grass was greener
The light was brighter
With friends surrounded
The night of wonder
Looking beyond the embers of bridges glowing behind us
To a glimpse of how green it was on the other side
Steps taken forwards but sleepwalking back again
Dragged by the force of some inner tide
At a higher altitude with flag unfurled
We reached the dizzy heights of that dreamed of world
Encumbered forever by desire and ambition
There's a hunger still unsatisfied
Our weary eyes still stray to the horizon
Though down this road we've been so many times
The grass was greener
The light was brighter
The taste was sweeter
The nights of wonder
With friends surrounded
The dawn mist glowing
The water flowing
The endless river
Forever and ever

10. Let Me Tell You

[Japan edition only bonus track]

Morning has come, a ray of light
Is coming through the white curtain
His naked body's lying on the tiles
Open eyes, dry blood and tears
Across the deep lines on his face
But no matter, at least death has come
He was the victim of your vice
Madness, cowardice
The devil took his soul and let his body crawl
Across the infinite sands of madness
Let me tell you the story of that man
Let me tell you his life of pain







KARELIA LYRICS