SYMPHONY OF HEAVEN LYRICS

1. SoulRetch

Face down, spewing wretched bile
No memory of that time
A sickening reality with no escape
Expose my inside

This putrid hatred seeps into the dark
Body strains and sanity splits apart
Curses fly under the moonless sky
This retching of my soul

Never ending evil haunts these walls
A dark cloud descends

I've failed in my weakness, hope has left
Surely God will uproot, replant
While I wait in the mire and the mud
All that's left here is what use to be

Nothing left here, save what should not be
Fire in the soul, bred destruction to the mind

Pierce the heart, leaves what's good all for behind
Save and comfort these tired eyes

SoulRetch, SoulRetch

Recollection of a life lost
Weighed down, covered in the ash
Tranquility and pain by my side
Slipping away, out of my grasp
Slipping away, all slipping away
Drink down the death

2. Light upon the Pillars

These scars left memories
Cold and ice, and frozen wind
Drifting to forgotten now
Becoming nothing but a dream

Night terrors, ripped apart
Awakening to nothing
The waves keep crashing against the shore
Over and over, again once more

The point of change within
For battles will not leave a man the same
Was I punished for no reason at all?
Or was it the fire that I needed
To cleanse all from the forefront of my heart

Upward and wrapped about
A soft painful glow, and darkness beyond
The light upon the pillars burned into my mind's eye
This close to leaving it all behind

Many paths have I traveled
And yet it stays before me
The snow still lingers in the air
Still falls upon my dreams
Fields of frozen delusion
Wastelands of beautiful pain

Leave me but still abide
Be gone, but reside within
Treasure the agony
Inhale the taste of this soul's retch
Bathe in misfortune's neglect

Let it revive me inwardly
Stripped down to the dregs
Let evil be seen for what it is
Let God be true, every man a liar
As I think upon my death

Sing your dirge, and weep within
Cover yourself in the ashes again
Sing your dirge, and weep within
Cover yourself in the ashes again

Sing your dirge, weep within
Cover yourself in the ashes again
Sing your dirge, weep within
Cover yourself in the ashes again

3. To Gaze upon Destruction

Destruction before my very eyes
Infiltrated by evil from the skies
Destroy the innocent among us
Crush them with dark power
No longer hidden from sight
Set ablaze the air tonight

Begin the struggle, calling out
Eradication of inner doubt
Buried, never to be found
To gaze upon destruction, cast to the ground

The mystery of evil's becoming
The riddle of it's use
Death brings no light to it's disciple
It glories in it's abuse

Oh Righteous Destruction from on High
Rain down Your fire, let the wrath be nigh
To destroy our flesh in the lands
To gaze upon destruction by the work of Your Hand
Oh God, the All-Consuming Fire, see the wreckage we have caused
Extinguish the old life within our bones
As You gaze upon our destruction

Destroy this heart
Bury this lie
Rescue this wretched soul
Annihilate this waywardness
Save us from on high, from on high
Hear my cry to You
Let Your saving wrath and fire bring us through
God's Providence save me through reflection
His Divine Power within destruction
Destruction from on high

I am a man who has seen affliction
In darkness, walking without light
Surely against me, He has turned His Hand all the day and night
In dark places He has me dwell
He has shut out my prayer
My souls been filled with rage, filled with rage

Let me sit alone in silence
My God is near in the violence

4. Entropy

This Cold descends upon my soul
The rain falls in darkest skies
Why is my pain so precious?
Why are my sorrows so warm?
Agony's Icey breath embraces me
Buries me in sweet decay

Depth of life I had not reached
Panic stricken, end of me
Entropy proceeding
Soon I'll be ice cold, nothing left
Nothing left but death

Death seems now better than life
This absolute suffering
I've reached my end, hold me close Father
Now it's gone, now it's gone
This absolute suffering
Changing my life, frantic, dark
Screaming, agonizing
Burning up what remains
This world has spun apart
Extinguish the life from my heart

5. Dead Winter Fields

Pages turn, the chapters close
The sun sets on a bleak Day
Rising again to an evermore darkness
Vanity truly it seems, the wind rushes onward
Fools we are

Soon will be your time and mine, it will all be taken from you and I
Inescapable coming vision, trapped in the aftermath
The plants withered quickly, down to dust
Only regret as snow on dead winter fields

Time will have you as well
Old and forgotten, cold and rotten
Crying in the soul for unhealing scars
The beauty was vain, the purpose was pain

Can't come to grips, departed
Grieving-hearted, lost again
Up within the loft, peer inside the box
Empty now from the tears, purpose lost from the years

Surely my words fall swiftly on
Missed by all whose near
Like the rust that abounds
Nothing left to do but waste away

Can you feel the death in my veins?
Can you see it's becoming?
In the ice of winter's grip
My inner self transforming
Look into these hands of mine
See the rusted scars of time
Darkness breaks into the soul
Devours all that's left

Freeze creeps in and kills the heart
Ice has done its frozen part
Bury the hope in the fields
Never to be felt again

6. The Darkest Nights

Sit within my inner darkness now
The moonlight mocking me
The warmth of the night has returned
Distant faint lights, echo in my eyes
Echo in my eyes

Nightmares inside and terrors without
The ground wraps me in its warm embrace
The sounds of my pain dissipates
Into the surrounding world
Singular existence now
To walk this life as dead
Utterly alone inside this reality now
Echoes from the light
Inside dark nights

This life has lost its Heart
Suffer with no cause
Bleed the soul 'til all is gone
Straight through the darkest nights
Drowning in the sorrow, praying for the light, the light

Further into despair I sink
My heart opens wide to speak
Free me from the mud and mire
Of You oh God I seek

Asphyxiated by the smoke and flames
Buried by the torture
Seeking for Your Face
This afflictions ripped apart my soul
This infliction has left this empty hole
The feeling of the end has only just begun
No rising of the sun, the darkest nights have come
Life's long journey in the cold

My life has lost its heart
Suffer without cause
Break my soul 'til all is gone
Straight through the darkest night
Praying for the light
Drowning in the sorrow

7. The Grieving

Stare into the night
Whispers from the past
Aching heart within
A dark that everlasts
Grieving my soul
The pain carries on
Reaching the dawn

Shine brightly as the rain falls down
Hold me tightly as my heart hits the ground
Penetrate my soul
Rescue from this darkened void
Lead me through this agony
This agony

Suffer my heart to speak so weakly
Render this fate to die off quickly
The Grieving is here, death feels so near
And ever living, ever growing nightmare
All the light has disappeared

The Grieving is here, death feels so near
An ever living, ever growing nightmare
All the light is gone

The horror grips from within
The sunlight in my head is dim
The terror rips out my eyes
My hands are empty, lifted to the sky

Oh God why again? Can't You hear my prayer? Will you not take this away?
Will it all end this way? Is this what's become of me?
Through this terror I cannot see
Trapped in this cycle of lies and deceit
Deceit

The Grieving skies fall on me
Engulfing my sense of hope

8. The Arch of Time

Across the frozen sky
Time waits for you
Look into the night
Feel the scars etched into you

The Arch of Time stretches across my life
Echoes of times gone by
Feeling the pain of all that's left
Of all that's left behind

Never return to peaceful bliss
Who could see such plans
Could see such plans as this

Is this really all my life was for?
Daggers in the back and war
Oh God I need You here
This existence I ask what for

Is this really all my life was for?
Daggers in the back and war
Oh God I need You, oh God can't see You
This existence I ask what for

Across the frozen sky
Time waits for you
Look into the night
Feel the scars etched into you

9. Verge of Annihilation

Calling out to me from afar
Distress and fury, darkness and worry
This moment waited for it's time
Far away and powerless, into this chaos I sink

The stars are spinning 'round my mind
The pavement chases darkened ground
This world escapes away, this earthly life is in an early grave

I feel the rage take over my heart
All is black under this mourning sun
Endless night of suffering
All has come together to push me to...

The verge of annihilation, destructions come untold
The brink of decimation, the fire burns this cold

Return to former times, bring forth the former mind
Burn this new death at the crossing of the times
Rip apart your flesh which would rot
Cover your soul with mourning death
Wash away this dross, let your heart be filled with guilt
Better it is to carry this burden than die within the filth

God hear my prayer, restore my life
Annihilate this wicked night
Expose this lie to save this heart
Cover this place with Your Light
As we walk on the verge of annihilation

This terror procession in the mind
The fires from the depths destroy the blessed times
Threw into the pit of despair
Seeing all that my soul has to bare

I feel something reach down and save
Let Your Fire bring death to this grave
A thousand times more, heat this flesh
As we stand on the verge of annihilation

10. Obtaining Tranquility

Countless hours spent staring at the skies
Trying to find meaning, in this paradox of life
As the tossing about continues onward
Focused solely on the lies

The venture of growth begins to avoid becoming
A man without a chest
Obtaining tranquility, in the end I feel
Nothing but vain futility

A journey not of destination
Trials by fire, wind and ice
Sorrow, guilt and shame
Buried in despair, this life is more than I can bare

Calling out, Immortal God, save me from this pain
Battered down, in the dust, this life that you have slain

I've reached my end
Further down the path
I see my end is near
Coming, coming to the last
All I held so dear has passed

Endemic and Beautiful
I see the end, the end

My journey, not of destination
My trials by fire, wind and ice
My sorrow, guilt and shame
Buried in despair, my life is more, than I can bare

Obtaining Tranquility
Seeking Serenity
Calm this storm, in my soul
Purify this darkened heart
Calm my storm, in my soul
Purify my heart

Higher than the stars above is the One who wrecks Men's souls
Destroyed my heart, broke me apart, and changed this heart of stone
Trampled down into the ground, but the One wrecks Men's souls
Destroyed my heart, broke me apart, and changed this heart of stone
Put flesh upon these bones, forever more alive

11. Amid the Righteous Oaks

The Lord Bless you, and keep you
The Lord make His face shine on you, and be gracious to you
The Lord lift up His Countenance on you, and give you peace

Numbers 6:24-26

12. Flesh and the Power It Holds (Death cover)

I told you once but I will say it again
When you live the flesh it's the beginning of the end
It will take you in, it will spit you out
Behold the flesh and the power it holds
Passion is a poison laced with pleasure bitter sweet
One of many faces that hides deep beneath
It will take you in, it will spit you out
Behold the flesh and the power it holds
Touch, taste, breathe, consumed
Deja vu, already knew from the first encounter
But now I know to let go of words to speak no more
Like a wind upon your face you can't see it but you know it's there
When beauty shows its ugly face, just be prepared
Passion burns like fire carried by the wind
The end of a time, a time to begin
It will take you in, it will spit you out
Behold the flesh and the power it holds
It's build you up one way and tears you right back down
A time to begin the end of a time
It will take you in, it will spit you out
Behold the flesh and the power it holds
Touch, taste, breathe, consumed
Deja vu, already knew from the first encounter
But now I know to let go of words to speak no more
Like a wind upon your face you can't see it but you know it's there
When beauty shows its ugly face, just be prepared







SYMPHONY OF HEAVEN LYRICS