SOEN LYRICS

1. Opponent

Quiet rest, with a rope around my neck,
I assure you that the time is coming near.
Fight them all, break the spirit and the bone,
All I care for is what's happening to me.

Pushed away and rejected from first day,
Aever felt that I am like everyone else.
Architects of my intellect and flesh,
Always pressured me towards the common frame

So now, chuck it down your throat.

See me stand
Among the waves,
The slaying hand.

Still I am
The dream and fall,
A hateful grace.

Growing darkness war within,
Emptiness.
Shadows alter my reflection.
Desolation marks my skin, loneliness.
Visions alter my perception.

In isolation, I slowly drown.
Vague destination,
For words I shout.

Victimized by my equals all my life.
Consequently rival of the obedient mass.
Parody, be submissive to act free,
Be what dividend is telling you to be

Mockery of the essence of our kind,
In the mirror you see nothing but a farce.

Linger on, aiming far but ending close.
Bearing excess as an instinct not a choice.

Desire, downfall,
Possessed by greed and numbers.
The more we want it all,
The worse we treat each other.

Desire, downfall,
Possessed by greed and numbers.
The more we want it all,
The worse we treat each other.

Growing darkness war within,
Emptiness.
Shadows alter my reflection.
Desolation marks my skin,
Loneliness.
Visions alter my perception.

In isolation, I slowly drown.
Vague destination,
For words I shout.

2. Lascivious

Come find me, I'm hiding in the deepest night,
Far away from the riddle of time.
Come down here in twilight we can reunite,
Sharing hopes of a wonderful life.
You see me, you see me through your own disguise,
Even blind still had you in sight.
Dependent, addicted to your judging eyes,
Cure my wounds and I'll stay by your side.

So align with all the dreamers while we fight for our lives.
It is hard to find a reason when you're heading for demise.
We descend into deception and deny our given time,
Still, we tremble when we're breathing.

As we reach for the sun, we are burning our tongue.
Drift in the sky with the clouds.
At end of the line, on the edge of a knife,
Diving into the divine.
Icon shines, offering its soul to darkness,
Falling down, heading for a life in torment.

This time dear, this time I know we'll do it right,
Dance evading the menacing scythe.
Fall deeper and deeper in our precious lie,
Death is us together at last.

Walking away,
From the home that we once shared.
Still I know that we are
Undivided.

Passing the days,
All their words turned into blame.
Who we are is denied,
Uninvited.

So align with all the dreamers while we fight for our lives.
It is hard to find a reason when you're heading for demise.

We descend into deception and deny our given time.
Still we tremble when we're breathing.

As we reach for the sun, we are burning our tongue.
Drift in the sky with the clouds.
At end of the line, on the edge of a knife,
Diving into the divine.
Icon shines, offering its soul to darkness,
Falling down, heading for a life in torment.

3. Martyrs

Leave your hope for truth, in the hands of faith,
Let it lead the way.
None of us is whole, madness shapes our fate,
We're the ones to blame.

The thinking mind is singled out.
The fool is royalty and
Never will let you evolve.

Our laments echo silent, hidden to their eyes.
The wordless ghost of mankind
Tongueless criticize.

The masses voice is silent
Lost within our walls.
They're waiting for a mistake
To provide our fall.

Spirit of the water, let the sky fall down on me,
Suffocate the fires lit to harm.
Hear the prayers calling and embrace our fallen sons,
Heal the open wound that bleeds the earth.

Shepherd of the elite, guiding light of vain,
Idol of its prey.
Give your servants hope while they beg for change
And so they'll obey…

We are made for dreaming, for wandering the earth
For what we have is all we need.
Framed inside a system
Made to praise the tame,
A leash to keep our will restrained

Drowning in the shadow, of the wonders we have built.
We are,
The ashes and the seeds
Spirit of the water, let the rain pour down on me.
We know,
Our essence is the key.

Spirit of the water, let the sky fall down on me,
Suffocate the fires lit to harm.
Hear the prayers calling and embrace our fallen sons
Heal the open wound that bleeds the earth.

4. Lotus

Gather around,
All the things that we admire.
To be here is where I wanted to be,
To abandon who I was.

Gather around,
As we're pushed towards the fire.
We've been tricked into believing that all
Starts and ends within our walls.

Gather around,
Holding close your sons and daughters.
Promise them that we will all be alright
Let them know you love them all.

Talk to yourself,
Let your essence be the answer,
While we chase the meaning of who we are,
Navigating through a storm.

Gather around and follow me,
Something misled us to this.
Wanting it all is poverty,
Rich is the one who is free.

Be the one who wakes up,
All of those who roam.

Shake your head to the sides, wake the animal inside of you.
Run away from it all let the wildness be your home.
Plant a tree, kill a man, let your instincts be in charge of you.
Where you walk, what you dream, measures who you really are.

Turn to your friends,
Let them face the one you mirror.
And the demons that now rest on your side,
They will leave you on your own.

5. Covenant

Fear to walk down the aisle, feel the beat as you lead me on.
From the sky to the mire, shame and pride are the seed of harm.
Stand aside from the shadows, set your sight on the vein of life.
Taste the blood of denial, blow the candle with rotten breath.

I am waiting to face the hunter, to feast on my
Flesh, torn asunder.

The sinner will die,
Parading down through the misty light.
He becomes the night,
Upon the sacred and hallowed ground.
Away from the sun, in holy halls within walls,
Where the light won't reach down.
You give your seed to the frail.

Seek advice from the elder, falling down on your knees repent.
Be the crow and the angel, be my curse to the end of time.

Freedom lies in your own desires,
Freedom lives in your will.
Nothing's left as we're reaching higher,
Lust is thicker than sin.

The sacred leaves on the trees of hope,
Malice poisons our souls.
A wicked halo deprived of love,
Slithering to the cross

The sinner will die,
Parading down through the misty light.
He becomes the night,
Upon the sacred and hallowed ground.
Away from the sun, in holy halls within walls,
Where the light won't reach down.
You give your seed to the frail.

6. Penance

In silence, isolated, trying to stand on your own.
Naive and numb you feed the leech that will feast off your blood.
You wear indifference as cover to hide the demise.
Build up your walls, fill up the glass, let it bury your cries.

You're deceived by inner demons that were fed by your own hand.
Shaded veils hide your perception, shooting nails into the heart.

Still your mind, your soul, will find peace.
In the dream, you end and leave us.
You'll awake, without fear,
And your thoughts, your whole, will roam free.

Submersed in draining silence calmly inviting the curse.
All debts and broken vows are fragments detached from our loss.
The moonlight shone upon you staggering out in the cold.
You tried to leave this journey forcing your kin to behold.

Still deceived by inner demons that were fed by your own hand.
Shaded veils hide your perception, shooting nails into your head.
Still your mind, your soul, will find peace.
In the dream you end and leave us.
You'll awake without fear,
And your thoughts your whole will roam free.

Still your heart, your mind, will find peace.
In this life all ends, you'll leave us.
In your sleep careless you're falling.
See my hopes dissolving."

7. River

As I'm walking alone I remember the times when we played here.
Leaving a broken home making sure we were whole and together.

Every failure we shared, every night that we were forsaken.
I would dream of a life far away from it all but you.

All these words that I left unspoken,
I will say when I meet you again.
I see you but I can't feel your presence.
I feel you but you're fading away.

Time is wise and our wounds seem to heal to the rhythm of aging,
But our past is a ghost fading out that at night it's still haunting.

We are growing apart, still I know that inside you're aching.
But the scars that we share will remind us of who we are.

All these words that I left unspoken,
I will say when I meet you again.
I see you but I can't feel your presence.
I feel you but you're fading away.

All these words that I left unspoken,
I will say when I meet you again.
I see you but I can't feel your presence.
I feel you but you're fading away.

Let it all wither,
Let it all wither and let it go.

8. Rival

They promised this would be our home,
They led us here, to rest our hearts.

A shelter for the future born,
To embrace peace and harvest hope.

Divided from the ones we love,
We saw them slay what we adore.

The soil is dry the water foul,
There's only past where I came from.

The ones we leave are left behind in need.

For all I had, vanished.
My hands will burn your walls.

This is who I am, fallen.
An icon of the loss.

For all the fire.
For all the fire.

The sanctions that you force on us,
Asphyxiate the overcome.

Despair is built within our house,
Breeding the weak to feed the strong.

The thoughts you feed you can't restrain,
They'll turn to you
And be your bane.

For all I had, vanished.
My hands will burn your walls.

This is who I am, fallen.
Commander of the lost.
For all the fire.
For all the fire.

The walls are higher, fields are burning and my dreams
are all there is.
The light is blinding, no prayers answered for salvation
never came.

9. Lunacy

Can you see me, am I still here?
Tell me not to give in.
Can you hear me, is it time to walk again to that place in silence?
Go back to the shadows,
Back to the shadows.

Can they heal me?
Can they help me, be myself once again?
Can they?
Am I dreaming, am I feeling love or is this just consolation?
I'm begging the devil
To feed me venom.

There's a silhouette beside me, cutting tangles of my hair.
Will this lunacy allow me to remember who I am?
The reflection on the mirror shows me eyes that cannot see
And I'm trapped inside illusion, severed from reality.

In my head it ain't over.
I surrender and give in to delusion deep within.
It's in my head, taking over,
And the only voice I hear is a prayer for release.

All these pieces do not fit in my cosmic-self.
Overthinking everything.
Inconvenient, unexpected sounds that call for my strained reaction.
My own occupier,
Reset and rewire.

There's a silhouette that haunts me, and I know I can't be saved.
As the shapes are moving closer and my sanity derails.
The reflection on the mirror shows me eyes that cannot see,
And the calling of a vision alters my reality.

In my head it ain't over.
I surrender and give in to delusion deep within.
It's in my head, taking over,
And the only voice I hear is a prayer for release.

And I won't live in this sorrow
With no reason to get by,
When divided from your light.
No I won't live, I'll stay hollow
Without chance to reunite,
While I'm driven to the night.

You were pushed into a sidetrack,
Never to remain,
You had every intention to leave with grace.
When you're lying on your bed and descending into doubt
I just hope your light will still keep me warm.







SOEN LYRICS