MEMORY GARDEN LYRICS

1. Carnage Carnival

[Music: A. Looström, S. Johansson, T. Björn, D. Swanö]
[Lyrics: A. Looström, S. Berglund]

We're selling death today
No bargain time to pay
The world has frozen in time
And I take place in line

Impatience burns in me
Curious of what to find
Downward into silence
Downward into hell

If you got a soul, a soul to sell
So go and throw a coin, a coin in the wishing well

Welcome to the carnage carnival
The beginning of our own nightfall
At the carnage carnival

We're selling pain today
Evilution is here to stay
The world burns in flames
And the only thing that remains

Is the fact that nothing is sacred
So please take place in line
Downward into silence
Downward into hell

If you got a soul, a soul to sell
So go and throw a coin, a coin in the wishing well

Welcome to the carnage carnival
The beginning of our own nightfall
At the carnage carnival
A merry go round without sound

Flaming red eyes burn hole in the night, a need to kill is their light
A tightrope dance at the edge, at the edge of the world

I am wrapped up in fear, the nightmare is here again
I am wrapped up in fear

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to our carnage carnival
Throw a coin in the wishing well and I'll send you straight to Hell

Welcome... Hell comes... Welcome... Hell comes

Welcome to the carnage carnival
The beginning of our own nightfall
At the carnage carnival
Hell comes to the carnage carnival
The beginning of our own nightfall
At the carnage carnival
A merry go round without sound

2. The Bitter End

[Music: A. Looström, S. Johansson, T. Björn]
[Lyrics: A. Looström, S. Berglund]

My heart ignored the moment
I'm lost in the air where I bleed
You bring eternal torment

In my imagination
I'm still where I want to be
Reality unleash the darkness I will see

Another day is dawning
To bring the veil that I need
My soul is still in mourning
Suffering indeed

In dreams I see my future
I find it hard to believe
I'm bound to follow you
Forever I will grieve

I can see the world is turning
To the bitter end

I can feel you crawling underneath my skin
I believe you feel the hate I feel for you

I can see the world is turning
To the bitter end

When I've reached the day of quickening
And my days on earth will end
There's no use to feel sorrow
My mortal soul will be condemned

Now I can see it clearer, I have told myself a lie
In my redeeming moments, I prepare myself to die

3. Nameless

[Music: A. Looström, S. Johansson, T. Björn]
[Lyrics: S. Johansson, T. Björn, S. Berglund, Anders Looström]

I've lived through a million dreams
I breathe at night and vanish with the light
I've found places of forgotten legends
I've drunk the water from the very first well
Can't still the never ending thirst
Nothing is what it seems, nothing is what it seems

I've searched for pleasures and gold
I can tell the tales that never should be told, never should be told
Now I'm sitting here all alone waiting to get old
My restless soul is slowly getting cold

Drink with me, I'll tell you the secrets within
I am the bringer of lust, the deceiver foretold
I'll make you long for your time to come
Prepare for what you'll see

I've searched for pleasures and gold
I can tell the tales that never should be told, never should be told
Now I'm sitting here all alone waiting to get old
My restless soul is slowly getting cold

4. The Beast Within

[Music: T. Björn]
[Lyrics: T. Björn, S. Berglund]

Waking up, to what might be
A pleasant and fun memory
The darkest hour, will be my time
I'm only a few steps behind

A madman's work, to the naked eye
Frustration, one by one they die
The worship of beauty's just feeding my flame
The ugly ones taking the blame

Hiding in the shadows
The Beast within the man
I witness my perfection
And relive it all again

People in panic, a preacher so manic
Declare evil has come, from hell

The truth is you should be grateful
I'm cleaning this filthy world up
Descend once again into morbid depression
You'll never hear my confession

People in panic, a preacher so manic
Declare evil has come...

Hiding in the shadows
The Beast within the man
I witness my perfection
And relive it all again

5. Beggars Anthem

[Music: A. Looström, S. Johansson, T. Björn]
[Lyrics: A. Looström - Inspired and adapted by the poem Memento Mori written by Dan Andersson]

Brother, when our painful years
Has rumbled away in the distance
And our last goblet has calmed us all to death

We saw Satan behind a crack in the clouds
With a heart full of songs, with a heart full of songs for lust and whore

Our trembling souls will be judge by our lord
Then our thirsty flesh is eaten by worms

Do we remember the anguish in happiness?
Do we remember fear of living?

Hidden behind the shadows of fear
We laughed at the stupid ones
And again we raised a filled goblet
Though even in the kingdom of death
Fields are filled with carnation
And with happiness we danced
With every harlot at the jesters ball

Our trembling souls will be judge by our lord
Then our thirsty flesh is eaten by worms

Do we remember the anguish in happiness?
Do we remember fear of living?

Harps with ornaments, jewels and gold
We will be forgiven our sins

6. A Dark Embrace

[Music: Memory Garden, R. Gustafsson]
[Lyrics: R. Gustafsson]

Embrace the darkness and light will grow inside of you
Enjoy the sadness - In a time of sorrow, joy will do

I keep on dreaming of good and evil every night
And for a moment the dreams become my guiding light

I'm led astray by anger - I look inside for clues
I'm lost within my own mind - I've lost the right to choose

It cannot go much faster, but still the speed increase
There is no use to fight it - I fall onto my knees

What's the point, what will we learn, how do we know which way to go
We've passed the point of no return how do we know which way to go

Our precious values were lost along this winding road
We feed the fire - not aware it will soon explode

A lifeless face stares back at mine in every mirror
I see no trace of what the future has in store

A deadly race heading straight
Into the deep oblivion
I stand amazed and wonder
What's behind the door?

What's the point, what will we learn, how do we know which way to go
We've passed the point of no return we have to ask ourselves
Do we really want to know, do we really want to know?

7. Dominion

[Music: A. Looström, S. Johansson, T. Björn, S. Berglund]
[Lyrics: A. Looström, S. Berglund, T. Björn]

For so many nights I have been waiting for my shadow land
And to many years I have been yearning
Come take my hand
So many times I have been waiting for these magic words
I'm longing for you won't you come back to me...
Back to hell

I'm begging for darkness to take me away
To where I contort in dismay
The silence is louder when no one's around
The relics of me won't be found

In so many dreams I'm always falling down
Falling so fast
Don't look behind cause there is nothing there
Nothing to see
For the first time I have realized, grief is my shadow

I'm begging for darkness to take me away
To where I contort in dismay
The silence is louder when no one's around
The relics of me won't be found

I carry on the struggle within, an everlasting battle
Angels and demons are marching with me, my only true companions
A stream of light came over me now I am burning please set me free
To hell with it and all of you
I am condemned and so are you

Undo my chains I have suffered enough
Enough for a lifetime
I hear them screaming in my head and I know
The priest has arrived to read me my last rites

I'm begging for darkness to take me away
To where I contort in dismay
The silence is louder when no one's around
The relics of me won't be found

8. Endless Fear

[Music: A. Looström, S. Johansson, T. Björn]
[Lyrics: S. Berglund, A. Looström]

Who's inside my head?
Am I alive or dead?
My alter ego haunts me
Only my nightmares set me free

Deep inside my darkest dream
I see you torn to pieces
Beg for mercy, cry for help
Screaming out in pain and endless fear

A silhouette that want to play
The whispering pain won't go away
I try so hard to stay in control
Still I can't, my sick mind is my tool

Deep inside my darkest dream
I see you torn to pieces
Beg for mercy, cry for help
Screaming out in pain and endless fear

9. Another Night

[Music: T. Björn, S. Johansson]
[Lyrics: T. Björn]

I'm not alone, there's something else inside my home
From within the walls shadows crawl out as darkness falls
No place to hide, I've learned from all the times I tried
In this midnight hour, horrors has got me devoured

The slithering steps down the stairs
Raises my whole army of neck hairs
The frowzy stench hit my face
I greet the morning far in the haze

Paralyzed with bloodshot eyes
I clearly recall my mother's lies
There's no ghost or entity
Just say your prayers and you will see

The preludes over, time for this morbid show
It bring some friends up from below
One's missing body and one's missing head
I'm forced to watch the dance of the dead

How can I do penance, and for what I wonder?
What did I do to awake this evil from its slumber?

In this infested hellhole, I'm forever bound to stay
These ungodly beings that lacerates my reason won't let me get away

Paralyzed with bloodshot eyes
I clearly recall my mother's lies
There's no ghost or entity
Just say your prayers and you will see

There's no ghost or entity
I clearly recall my mother's lies
Paralyzed with bloodshot eyes
I say my prayers and wait for another night

10. The Downfall

[Music: Memory Garden, D. Swanö]
[Lyrics: S. Johansson]

I try to be the one to show you the way
From all of the lies that's eating you up from inside
Come, don't be afraid. Let's hide from the day
You cannot deny the path we must take to survive

We're at the dawn of a new day
We're at the dawn of eternal decay
We see the coming of fire
No one believe that this is the end of the world

End of the world, of the world
This is the end of our civilization, it dies
End of the world, of the world
This is the end of the world

I carry on with my battle, trying to get out of this pain
Avoid all the cruel deeds of madness
Our struggles might all be in vain

Praying for something to carry me back to the light
Praying for someone to take me to hell, to hell and back again
Promises broken, promises broken again

Darken my soul, oh father of darkness
Out of control, oh father of darkness

Is this just a massive illusion?
Is this just a taste of a bitter charade?
Am I at the end of my journey?
Will the preachers find me again?

Life's so full of expressions
Its tragedies might seem so obscene
Left of it now are just fragments
Keeping my heart within the dark

It feels like I am trapped within a dream
What evil awoke the terror revealed for my eyes?
I hope that what I see is not for real
I can not believe that this is the end of the world

End of the world, of the world
This is the end of our civilization, it dies
End of the world, of the world
This is the end of the world
End of the world, of the world







MEMORY GARDEN LYRICS