THORNS OF THE CARRION LYRICS

1. Naomi's Waters

Forgive this sullen man before thee
I am but a broken husk of shadows
In life, all I wanted was joy
yet there is now nothing left for me
....only death
I found pain in your dark eyes
The bittersweet kiss of your laugh mocks me....
And all I held dead to me...

The masks of joyless faces adorn the black souls here
The circle is forever broken, the funeral days begin
And all the scarlet sunsets that shall always fall
Will stand in silent mournings, to all the joys we've had

And I know what they'll find
When they try to look deep inside
How can they see inside my head
When all my life I lie dead
I found blood in the oceans she cried
The waters were wine of the tears she shed
Of all she lived

And I know what they'll find When they try to look deep inside
How can they see inside my head
When all my life I lie dead

The failure will always remain

Believe the lie, and see the tears I bring
The fallen ones are here
In this season of elegies
Believe the lie, and see the sorrow I've known
The fallen ones are here...In this season of death

From what I see, my world lies in ruins right before me
No this can't be, I've lost all of my faith from within
My funeral scene, the mourner's cry
but there not crying over me
This I believe,
For I've never gave in to that sad mind lie affair
I need no one to tell me that they love me
That is for the weak
My passion died with my mind
And I long for the end

Why do the voices pass with time
Does the heart erode and die
Am I cursed to live a lie
In time, I know that they'll want what's mine
And I know that they fear for their lives
I smile as each one dies, they'll die
In time, I know that they want what's mine
My thoughts will burn for their crime
So I will start {end time}...

2. Carmilla

Her eyes they burn, black as night
Like dreams draped in sylvan horizon
As shadows over the deep forest
She arrived in peaceful sleep..
Forgive me not, for I welcomed this deceit

I forged the joy, In the ruins of...

Among the broken stained glass I found life
The crumbling stones were as my youth
In ivy they laid as lilies upon the streams
For I saw the black swans as beauty
The hallowed view, the winding road of time
I dreams in gray, I dreamed alone...

Yet still her eyes spoke to me the sadness of
A life, of fear, of sorrow, the portrait of silence

And all I knew was sadness in the *pall* light of death
The funeral march passed as slowly as autumn days
The hymn was sung so bittersweet
so like winters tragic song
I shed somber tears of pride, yet she wore no pain

Yet still her eyes spoke to me the sadness of
A forgotten time of happiness that an never again be

Carmilla, I saw your face in the candle's flame
Carmilla, I felt your gaze and your languid embrace
Carmilla, I heard your laugh across the darkened walls
Carmilla, I knew your grin in the twilight of my death

Yet still her eyes spoke to me the sadness of
A weary heart for life and the scarlet tears we shed

The ruins of life lay within the tears
Yet still her eyes spoke to me the sadness of
For all she has loved, all she has known, At last must die...

3. Song For Lucretia

My tears sing your praise, in this house of sleep
For your kind voice has died with the harsh winds
(Though) The cold steals my scorn and pain of your death
I once saw forever in your eyes, yet now I see nothing...

My love I know the pain in you, I see the sickness sunrise
That dulls the light in you, I know you bear the burden
That bleeds us, that bleeds the tears, the tears of sorrow
Yet know the day shall die, and bring this pain to pass
For the memory of your life shall burn eternal

To rest the pain will come, and sleep forever more....

For I head your heart speak, the story of tears
And though the night must end, your sadness rained bright
The sullen colour of fear, the delicate shade of death
The hue of blood stained black,
in tombs of gray laced regret
An empyreal dance of silence, for when her soul burned
It darkened the red sky
For I die a thousand deaths, each day in absinthe's arms
In lucid dreams I see you, and hold you forever more
My love the day shall rise, with the tides of time
To wash upon our graves, and let us sleep forever more
And ever as I see the stars's fall,
I see her azure eyes upon me
And the clouds cry in white
For she is gone

My heart (My heart has died)
In her (In her pale arms)
My bride (My bride is gone)
For she weeps no more
My love (My love I cry)
In streams (In streams of somber)
My soul (My soul is gone)
With her laugh it fades
My dear (My dear I plead)
To speak(To speak your tears)
My sweet (My sweet i'm gone)
Before the dawn arrives
My heart (My heart has died)
In her (In her pale arms)
My bride (My bride i'm gone)
For she weeps no more

All the happiness in my life went with her smile

And as the days wear on the roses fade in the dry sun
The flowers are dead here, they speak my wilted heart

I have seen the pain and glory of death
And for all I know and care I seek this silence
For this is a vestige of joy and sorrows deep
And all I help dear to me has gone forever from this world
May she rise to behold once more the tears I've shed
Believe in me, for your bitter tears can beckon my end
Believe in my words, for they wither dead flowers
May the blood I shed stain this bouquet red once more
For I die for you, I die for you

4. To Covet The Dancing Wind

[the angel speaks]
"The wind is the carriage from which I arrive
And the storm's the road I travel
The frost on the window is my kiss
And the tears on your cheek is the wine they sip
You will never see again the ones you love
For I am your light and I am your darkness
This is your dream, this is your rapture
And bittersweet is this journey, this death"

[the old man]
I have seen your eyes shine before in this room
And through the years I cried the tears you sowed
You took from me my only love, my only care
And gave to me this empty shell, of empty days
I have waited for this night amid endless sorrow
Yet the agony of life is now too great a task
Though I dear your serene touch, I envy you
So let the trumpet blare the funeral march

[the mourners cry]
The dried flowers fill the room with the scent of death
On this night with the wind, may she carry you away
Your time is spent, the day is done, your struggle is gone
The rain is here, the time has come,
may you join your love beyond

[the old man]
I have seen your beauty among the hills
Among the graves that rest on pastures pure
With the fall of life I sought a god
Yet with this journey I found nothing...

[the mourners cry]
The dried flowers fill the room with the scent of death
On this night with the wind, may she carry you away
Your time is spent, the day is done, your struggle is gone
The rain is here, the time has come,
may you join your love beyond

5. Eve Of The Emerald Sun

Emerald rays pierced the dusk that morning
Painting a dull sickly color into my mind

The eve of the emerald sun was upon me
Denying me warmth, casting no shadows
My eyes were cold as I gazed into the sky
And all that was known was no frozen in glass

No angels voice, no devils whisper
Only this empty silence of nothing
I'm so alone, I feel as stone
And all that I touch, shatters into dust

So let this end, and bring this sorrow down
You'll never see the silence, you'll never know my pain
So let this be, I'll take this worthless life
I'll bleed the yet fallen tears, this is the last sleep...
No distance voice, calls for me
The light is dim, as it casts no shadows
My voice is cold, my sense is numb
My world has faded, my heart is empty...







THORNS OF THE CARRION LYRICS