"The Bitter Longing" 2020

by Illvilja

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goobmang Brilliant atmospheric black metal album with a very cold winter-like authentic feel. Favorite track: The Beauty and The Crippled.

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1.	I Dream of Afterlife 05:11	lyrics
I dream of afterlife, there I talk to death Bitter conversations about his master plan The reality of time is on hold My story unwritten, my path untold My life has no clarity, this burden inside of me Into the storm, in heavy rain… All I feel is pain Eating my breath away, standing by this crossroad In smoke… In vain, wishing upon a falling star A fire into the sky, cosmic hummingbirds falls into the earth A sparkle into the dark, thunder and lightning As blood stains the rain, I kneel before my grave… I have traveled as far as I can see, in my dreams I got all I ever need, this place is beautiful As the rain pours down the garden, I dance while it grows The white rose, as the tears falls I see death smiles at me, as I enter my dream A bizarre feeling of reality, the time is on hold Escaping my sanity, I’m left alone In a forest follow the water streams Distant fading screams, outside this world Looking in, all this pulsing pain Escaping storms in heavy rain, am I trapped inside Still soul searching, in my own version of purgatory? I dream of afterlife, there I talk to death Bitter conversations about his master plan The reality of time is on hold My story unwritten, my path untold I dream of afterlife, there I talk to death Bitter conversations about his master plan The reality of time is on hold My story unwritten, my path untold
2.	The Beauty and The Crippled 05:00	lyrics
She was found on a winter’s day Bedded down in a wooden cradle Frosty with snow in her hair A pounding heart, the need for love Purple lips with sunshine for sight She’s a beauty for sore eyes Who could leave her, who could forget? As the pain aching while she cries… The Beauty and The Crippled Hiding in shadows, afraid of the world They hiding in shadows, lurking in corners Afraid of the world they were born in… Treated like monsters, in the light of a day Something evil, to get rid of Unholy and a shame to this world Hated wrongfully mistreated Painful in dusk… She was found on a winter’s day A beautiful child, left for death Meant to be, forgotten like trash Thrown away, the crippled Misjudged, loving and caring Raised her like their own With love and warmth, protecting her Against the cruelty in the world… The Beauty and The Crippled Hiding in shadows, afraid of the world
3.	Our Kingdom and Our Home 04:00	lyrics
This is our Kingdom, this is our home Here we always lived, until the end On our coldest day… Look at the skies, follow the ravens As they fly, into the clouds Of the mountains high… Our Kingdom and our home On the top of the mountains high Follow the ravens at the sky… This is our mountains, this is our land In a circle of crows, into the smoke of fire At the top, so high In a cloud of mist, our memories As far we can remember We never believed, in Gods… Our Kingdom and our home On the top of the mountains high Follow the ravens at the sky… At our forefathers’ pride, as warriors In war, we sacrifice our lives With mighty pride, followed by our children Like us… In a remote past Here we will rest, at the end on our coldest day… Our Kingdom and our home On the top of the mountains high Follow the ravens at the sky…
4.	The Bitter Longing 05:38	lyrics
I see the fire in the clouds, at the horizon, the beautiful sun occurs Painting red at the skies, it feels like my dreams slowly becoming The bitter longing… I suffocate in emptiness, hopeless in vain Forgotten and wishful of death, drowning in mind Smiling as life slowly comes to an end I close my eyes and fall into the bitter longing… I see the lightning in the clouds, at the horizon The beautiful moon occurs painting stars at the skies, drowning into its light blinded into its sacrifice, dragged into the deeps of the night hunger to feel… Rise… I suffocate as I paint My dreams wide awake, it hopelessly Becoming my bitter longing… As I walk alongside the ghost of bitter pasts A weakness of the coldness, in the weak light the dance of death, bittersweet emptiness I see the pain in their eyes, at the horizon, a beautiful death occurs Painting blood at the skies, the pain and the sorrow Becomes the great horror… My bitter longing, I suffocate in vain I’m driven insane… Deep into the forest, into the mist, the mountain of doom Sacrifice at night, in blindness into the deeps of hunger Laying down in a bed of poison ivy, nightmares becoming true The great escape and the hunt for you, I paint dreams wide awake I close my eyes and fall into the bitter longing… My bitter longing…
5.	Leeches 04:18	lyrics
Looking down at this earth, this beautiful earth With love, of it’s nature and all it’s life Not with hatred as certain mankind Destroyers, harvesters of sorrow Leeches of this earth, a plague of this planet Like a storm of fire, burning down the ground High above the mountains, at the sky From the darkest clouds Tears falling down at this earth This scorched earth, with pain In the eye of nature, all it’s life is dying At the hands of man, death is certain Destroyers, leeches of this earth A sickness of this planet With a knife into mother earth’s heart In riches and in greed, we will suffocate this earth Hunt for wealth and power Strangled in dirt, life without meaning It’s nothing worth, the harvesters of sorrow The leeches of this earth Looking down at this earth, this beautiful earth In sorrow, as life fades away It’s another mans glory, the natures pride In life when it’s bloom, in doom and destruction At the hands of man, it leaves only certain death in plan The leeches of this earth…
6.	War 05:08	lyrics
I am death, the executioner, I am wrath Behind the breath of the dragon The serpent control it’s smoke and it’s fire As it burns the earth… The sound of war, as the soldiers screams In pain and over lost, at the sea’s As they sinking down beneath Into the abyss of eternal black Eating their souls as they falls… I am war, I’m the hunger, I am blood Behind the fear, that you feel As the smoke clears The fire still burns down your bones Feel the pain, the smell of burnt flesh Trash! The sound of war, beyond the horizon Screams to welcome death Breath in the poison fog Who’s next in line, to suffocate Into the clouds of poison gas To be the hero and stand against death… And stand against death… War!!! War!! I’m the fire, that breathing down your neck There is no paradise, no hope This is war! As soldiers screams in pain Thousands rotting bodies, in the mud Some still burns and some is still bleeding I am death, the hunger, I am wrath Behind the breath of the dragon The serpent control it’s smoke and it’s fire As it burns the earth, the sound of war… War!!
7.	Malice 05:37	lyrics
Falling down from grace, into the dirt of Malice With pleasure they rise, behind the shadows Speak now or for ever hold your tongue Your dirty, filthy tongue And drink the blood of the offerings Follow the candle lights, that burns into the night Graves a head the cemetery Of, you sweet one, who dances beneath the stars Naked… We call upon insanity Follow the dark butterflies, as ashes falls from the sky We paint the world in black… Thought Malice… Holding back, the demons of Malice Trying to break out, from this tomb Just to take a breath, spitting out the dirt Deep inside my lungs burns I creep and I crawl, down this fucking hell hole Over rotting corpse and demon spawn Follow the stars that shines, into this dark night Blood a head the cemetery Oh… Feel the sweet rain, as it heals my pain The pressure, I call upon insanity… Follow the dark clouds, as ashes falling down We paint the world in black… Thought Malice… Falling down to earth, into the deeps of Malice With lust they rise, behind the fires Sleep now or forever be awake Your beautiful sleep, into the eternal dreams of Malice… Follow the trace of blood, as rain falls from the sky We paint the world in evil, with fire… We lay down to sleep, with Malice…