NERGARD LYRICS

1. Twenty Years In Hell

“Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labour by doing honest work with his own hands so that he may have something to share with anyone in need”
[Ephesians 4:28]

The Bible clearly states that stealing is wrong.
The defendant broke not only the law but one of the Ten Commandments when he broke into the home of Nathan O’Callaghan, a well-respected man in the city of Dublin.
The court finds the defendant Peter O’Donnell, guilty as charged of aggravated burglary.
You are hereby sentenced to twenty years imprisonment in Portland Prison, where you will pay for your crimes by doing hard, hard labor.

And so it began
An endless night
A haunting nightmare
Shadows are all that I see now, nothing but darkness
Father, why have you deserted me?

The curtains fall my time has come
In chains of hell I stood my ground
Day after day I prayed for you

The sense of time was there no more
As years went by life fainted slow
Twenty years in hell alone

The memories of her sweet embrace
The healing vision eased the pain
She would be there when I once returned
She’ll be there

All these years of silence
Not a word, a sign of life
One would assume you had succumbed

Life has not been fair to you
Bloodshot eyes, you look like hell
Embrace the fact you’re still alive

For twenty years I suffered wrong
I was ripped apart by the hands of the law
I was innocent but no one cared

Where is my wife
Where is my child
Let them come to me
Let me see them, just one more time
Again

In the black of night I heard her voice screaming frantically
Great despair, alone she cried for aid, so desperately
She prayed for the strength to save her child, so tenderly
But her prayers were not heard
She is no more

The darkness is here
I’m at the gates of hell
The chains of pain sumerges my soul

A flower wither slowly
Left blindfolded to die alone
Never to be seen again
Sundown brings the silence
Downcast eyes, a shadowed heart
The tears will erase the memories

2. A Question Of God

When it's time to say goodbye
To the memories in your eyes
And your fire slowly dies
Is it a question of god?
Love's a crying shame
And your fate won't take the blame
When your heart won't play the game
Is it a question of god?

My road took me to a darker place
Where footsteps led me to my own disgrace
A way that wound itself from deep misfortune
You must have waited what seemed forever
And still I never ever made it
And somehow slowly the sun went down
But I never came
Will you remember my name?

When it's time to say goodbye
To the memories in your eyes
And your fire slowly dies
Is it a question of god?
Love's a crying shame
And your fate won't take the blame
When your heart won't play the game
Is it a question of god?

I don't remember a romantic summer
Only leaves that fell forever
Like reasons to survive these dreams of never
No one said a word to me
About my child's destiny
Or how my love would set her free from my world

When it's time to say goodbye
To the memories in your eyes
And your fire slowly dies
Is it a question of god?
Love's a crying shame
And your fate won't take the blame
When your heart won't play the game
Is it a question of god?

I cry out for redemption
Desperate for connection
Emotional resurrection
A question of god
Burn me down in hell forever
Ring the last church bell to tell her
The love we lost we'll find together

Bring us back together
Make these dreams die forever

When it's time to say goodbye
To the memories in your eyes
And your fire slowly dies
Is it a question of god?
Love's a crying shame
And your fate won't take the blame
When your heart won't play the game
Is it a question of god?

3. Is This Our Last Goodbye?

Still I see your eyes
A smile that won’t fade away
Still I hear your voice
Where are you now?

I will always be with you

Once there was a man and his girl
She was his anchor, his guiding light
Once there was a lost one
She gave him life

So long since I’ve felt your embrace
How I wish to hold you once again
Nothing is everlasting
What am I without you?

Is this our last goodbye?
The end of the line
I cry my tears in vain
Nothing will last forever
Is this our last goodbye?
The end of the line of what you never knew
One day you’ll stay beside me
My love will always be for you

The lights are all burned out
Out of time
And the walls are closing in
You’re slowly loosing ground
Wishing you were somehow here again with me

Is this our last goodbye?
The end of the line
I cry my tears in vain
Nothing will last forever
Is this our last goodbye?
The end of the line of what you never knew
One day you’ll stay beside me
My love will always be for you

Echoes of the past
Don’t you wish you were a child again
Yet another angel claimed by the eternity
She’ll sing the hymn of a broken man

Is this our last goodbye?
The end of the line
I cry my tears in vain
Nothing will last forever
Is this our last goodbye?
The end of the line of what you never knew
One day you’ll stay beside me
My love will always be for you

4. Hell On Earth

Awakening into a dream where hopes and fears collide
The haunting shadows in your mind 
Your fate will never be denied 
The beast is rising from the ashes
Summoning the powers to be
Leads you into a blind alley 
No escaping your destiny

Disillusion
You're lost in time
Intuition 
You can't ignore the warning signs 
Evolution
The path of no return
Sacrificing 
Oh will we ever learn
Welcome to hell on earth

Taken by the kiss of Judas
Now these walls are closing in
The dark recesses of your soul
Oh the ending soon begins
You've cried your tears 
You've fought your fight
As the cards are dealt 
You're losing sight
Accept your fate, there's no escape
All your anguish fades away

Disillusion 
Paralyzed by fear
Intuition
The end is coming, drawing near 
Evolution
Oh what's in store?
Sacrificing
Oh will we ever learn 
Welcome to hell on Earth

The promise of forever
Letting go of fear
Keep holding on
Holding on
Just embrace the darkness 
The pain will disappear
Keep holding on
Holding on

5. An Everlasting Dreamscape

On a silent shore they once fell in love
Under the rays of a setting sun
A paradise blooming wildly
Soon to be asunder

First love so fair
Bold endless dreams
Something so beautiful that it hurts
Baracades falling softly in openhearted souls

Sleep beneath the morningstar
The burden'll come of your shoulders
Sail away into an everlasting dreamscape

Deep within a dream
Far from the world
Sweet embrace, neverending love
Sure that it'd last forever
Just a fools hope, a fools hope

Sleep beneath the morningstar
The burden'll come of your shoulders
Sleep beneath the morningstar
The burden'll come of your shoulders

And way down the line
There's a moment in time to say goodbye

6. Nightfall

Purple skies, torn intuition
Nightfall slowly closes in on empty rooms and fainting lights

Elyssian visions fades away as they’re revealed as all but lies
You’ll face the silence all alone
Crawling away from a broken mirror
His eyes is black and cold
Bloodstained hands holding pieces of a dream
Lifeless vision, a bold ambition
Everything will come to and end
This man is out of time

Hold on, be strong with everything you are
Life’s your religion

Carry on through darkened hours
Reach for strenght within your powers
Fly towards the distant borders
And set your sail through troubled waters
Shades of night unfurl so lonely
In trace of light you’re not the only one to face the tearing silence
Holding on

He pray for vengeance but doesn’t believe
The faith is gone he won’t receive the relief he crave for
Forsaken soul you’ve just begun to enter a frantic state of mind
The fatale pandemonium

Hold on, be strong, with everything you are
Life’s your religion
Won’t you hold on to my hand

Carry on through darkened hours
Reach for strenght within your powers
Fly towards the distant borders
And set your sail through troubled waters
Shades of night unfurl so lonely
In trace of light you’re not the only one to face the tearing silence
Holding on

On through the storm
Raging winds but still it’s silent
Trembling waters, it is the tides of forever
Angel eyes, smile for me she waits for you
Hear the calling angels
Come with me don’t linger

The stage is set to be deceived
You gave your trust and you believed
You suffered treason, he gave you no reason
Believing in God, why bother
In spite of all the things you’ve lost
He spit on promises and trust
Without questions you suffered
Chained up in hell, from the cradle to the grave

Come with me, I’ll take you to your paradise
You’ll be lost forever, by the pits of hell

Memories, cry no more it’ll soon be over
Sleep between the waves and soon you’ll be reborn as one
Beneath the morning star she wait to mend your aching wounds, your hate

Carry on through darkened hours
Reach for strenght within your powers
Fly towards the distant borders
And set your sail through troubled waters
Shades of night unfurl so lonely
In trace of light you’re not the only one to face the tearing silence
Holding on

7. Angels

You’re my everything
I love you so
You’ll become a father soon
I’m sure the child will have your eyes

You are hereby sentenced to twenty years imprisonment in Portland Prison, where you will pay for your crimes by doing hard, hard labor

Silhouettes betray they’re hidden in darkness
Shadows dance in the dim light
So many hours wasted and gone in the silence of the night
What has become of my direction
I strive to unlock the past
Left with a feeling of help and despair
And condemnation’s here

Do you believe in angels
Them angels you keep dreaming of
I hear them singing songs of forgotten love

All the tears you’ve cried
What you’ve been fighting for is gone
Forever more
In a haze time starts to erase
The dream that once kept you alive

Falling in-between
To a place unseen
Angels rising high
Calling my name

Why should I trust in religion when terror has taken its toll?
Why should I trust in God?
All the sacrifices made
Why should I trust in love when all I feel is hate?
There’s no forgiveness in my decisions
I can’t be spared

Hate is the reason for losing yourself
Running blind, you succumb
Were all the sacrifices made in vain?
You choose death before your life

All the tears you’ve cried
What you’ve been fighting for is lost
Forever more
In a haze time starts to erase
The heart that once kept you alive

Falling in-between
To a place unseen
Angels rising high
Calling my name

In every glimpse of the eye she was there
And everytime he tried to reach out she vanished
Every day he grew weaker, slowly torn apart by the hands of despair
He began to lose the sense of time
As he faced the silence all alone
In time love will tear us apart

Velvet ocean, soothing paradise
On a silent shore she’ll wait
Rainbow eyes, faded memories brought back to life
The scenery of an everlasting dreamscape

You can hear the calling from inside a dream
Calm voices in the night

Rest your eyes for a while
Welcome to an open state of mind
Dismal dreams count for nothing now
Welcome the silence, it’s so genuine

To feel redemption you must first learn how to forgive
Then you will feel the grace of God
And the warm embrace of love

Everything is surreal
You’re beginning to feel that the world is crumbling down
Falling to pieces into the unknown

Tell me what you see, speak of your dreams, the lying visions
Tell me who will be the one that will save you from your self

So long I dreamed that a new time’d begin
And promissed myself that I’d never give in but what for?
My reasons are no more

So long ago
In the shadows a young boy cries
Holding on to pieces of a dream that slowly dies
Insignificant tears, he’s lost in a maze
Falling in between
In the black of night an old man dies
Lost in the sorrow that shines from his eyes
Invisible tears, forgotten by all
Forever gone

A call in the night
Voices that claims my life
Enlighten the flame once more
Where are you?
Can you hear me calling? I long for you my love
Shattered dreams are carved in stone
Release me, give me shelter
From this suffocating life

Falling in-between
To a place unseen
Angels rising high
Calling my name

8. Requiem

Sleep my love, so tenderly

I’ll watch over you tonight
Deep in my heart I cry for you
Alone on the edge of forever

In the dark of night
Keep me close to you
Two hearts beats as one
Stay forever beside me
Imagine where I would be without you

Once filled with hopes and visions
But the ocean is deeper than it seems
Downcast amidst the sinners on a way that lead to nowhere
Once I was the lost one for no one to find
Inside I’ll bleed no more

I’ve always been a dreamchaser
I wish it was plain to see
Never got the chance to say goodbye
You go with the wind
Prisoners of our own fate
Please don’t tell me it’s too late
I’m lost into the eyes of an angel
You’ll always stay within this heart of mine

Lost into the eyes of an angel
She was the fairest one, my vision divine
How I long to hear your soothing voice again
And to feel her endearing touch

Stay in this heart of mine
Make the shadows disappear
Times of olden days, bleeding memories
Wounds that never heal
Once I was the lost one for no one to find
Inside I’ll bleed no more

I’ve always been a dreamchaser
I wish it was plain to see
Never got the chance to say goodbye
You go with the wind
Prisoners of our own fate
Please don’t tell me it’s too late
I’m lost into the eyes of an angel
You’ll always stay within this heart of mine

A distant shadow, the come of the darkest hour
Closing of a curtain, once was is no more
My last endeavour drowned in trails of tears
Never foreseen the end of the line
A day that would recede into such darkness
The light of the beacons faint
The silence and the sorrow
In time it will all fade away

A window opened wide for soothing winds to break the silence
The flame of a candle slowly fades away
His eyes are lost, anchored in grief
And hate is growing from deep within
His beliefs are fainted memories
Dwelling in the depths below his consciousness is close to blow
Sending a plunge into his heart to wake him up before he dies
Caress the angel of death as he frees you from your pain
And when you’ve reached your last breath
Remember that you lived your life in vain

Oh lord why have you left me?
Forsaken my soul to dwell in pain
Tossed me to the torment
Devastated my life
Oh how I despise you
You’re the hypocrite, the serpent, the lying
I truly hate you
You spit in my face
You’re the disgrace
Chained by desire and greed
I damn you

The way back is shut there’s no return
A scene of fright now your future burns
Chase the fear in his eyes, there’s no disguise
Welcome to the pandemonium
The growing fear is tough to bear
Let yourself fade into darkness
Blood and shame’s your part of the game

Holding on to feelings that won’t hide away
You’ll carry the weight alone
I’ve stared him in the eyes, the holy father, the twisted mind
Holding on to feelings that won’t hide away
You’ll perish all alone inside the darkest hour
In chains of hell, your time has come

Sleep my love, so quietly
I’ll watch over you tonight
May your shadows be tamed for a while
Fall to sleep in my arms, I’ll kiss you goodnight
Angels sing for you the sweetest melodies
Yet a song unknown to me
The requiem for a dream

In chains of rage, despair and hate
Hell on earth, all the suffering
Unchain his soul, set him free
Within the circle, the fires of hell
The pawn in the game, sacrificed without shame
Now it’s too late to climb the barricades in time
Claimed by the undertow of his devastated mind
The last defences are breached and defeated
A human sacrifice, the fires reteated
On his deathbed he is carried by the nameless ship
Nothing to refine, it’s the end of the line

Together forever
I reach out for your love







NERGARD LYRICS