Amorphis

[fox69]

"Heart's Song"

"Heart's Song"



The spirit of clouds I am...
and the spring creeks singing...
A stillness within a river great...
A rainbow on the falls...
A blackness of waters...
The spirit of man...
In a warrior straw-haired

I am not a god...
I am not a god...
A man I'm not...
I am my people, the song of my tribe...
The wisdom and the skills...
A sword turned into poem...

I am the oaken sage...
The bone-hurting one...
The boulder on some riverside...
The eye of the golden hawk...
The embrace of red bear...
The song in the heart...
In the heart of the man...

I am not a god...
I am not a god...
A man I'm not...
I am my people, the song of my tribe...
The wisdom and the skills...
A sword turned into poem...

I am not a god...
I am not a god...
A man I'm not...
I am my people, the song of my tribe...
The wisdom and the skills...
A sword turned into poem...

 

[fox69]

"Her Alone"

"Her Alone"



Only one can make me do my good deeds
only one and the shadow of that one
only one can make me do my evil deeds
only one and the shadow of that one

Her alone I will lend my ear to
only her will I obey
her alone I will always want to serve
only her I will defy

Only one can make me wage all my wars
only one and the shadow of that one
only one can make me do all my deeds
only one and the shadow of that one

My understanding under her advice
birth of my knowing under her advice
my desires I fulfill by revolting

 

[fox69]

"Higher Ground"

"Higher Ground"



I climb to the higher ground
to see what's behind the sun
step on the hands made out of clay
the hands of stained mortals

all there is and all you'll have
bless the one who cannot cry
there is no night
there is no sunlight
until you refuse to die

I'd let you sleep now
but I don't know how
I'd let you grieve now
but I don't know how

I chant the songs of madness
to be the chosen one
still all these bleeding wounds
cannot be cured by sadness

all there is and all you'll have
bless the one who cannot cry
there is no night
there is no sunlight
until you refuse to die

I'd let you sleep now
but I don't know how
I'd let you grieve now
but I don't know how

 

[fox69]

"Highest Star"

"Highest Star"



Under the vault of heavens
I stood alone, waiting
The blaze of silver shining in my eyes
My hands of gleaming gold
The red of iron in my veins
The blue of steel in my bones
The sparkle of blackness of coal in my hair
My chest golden with waved

It is my heaven
It has my eyes
It is my space
It has my shape

I knew it was my masterwork
I felt the strength of gods
Revised the soaring heights
Let the heavens be aligned

I listened with care the place for the moon
Made sure of the tones
Painted through void the route for the sun
Made out the locus of stars
I pierced the distant dome
For the lights to seep through
I checked the curves of borders of all
And placed the highest star

It worked and sun and danced
It shone and gloved and gleaned
It circled, curved and blazed
It pulsed, burned and waned

It flowed from my bones
And bolted from my fingers
And settled on and over me
And made me face my longing

 

[fox69]

"Hopeless Days"

"Hopeless Days"



I never wanted
I never wanted to be born
Into this cruel world
Into this cruel world I was torn

Left behind with grief
Lacerated by life
Shackled into caves of grieves

From an union
From an union of force and fear
Arose my kin
Arose my kin enslaved

In hopelessness
In hopelessness and suspicion
The seed of eternal tomorrow

I was born a captive
A captive of the night
In between
Hopeless days

I was born on sleet
On sleet covered roads
I've been driven by howling winds

A beggar, a drifter
A refugee from my own life
And a companion
Companion of the ghostly lights

But still they came
They found the way to get to me
They beckoned me to follow

I was born a captive
A captive of the night
In between
Hopeless days

I was born on sleet
On sleet covered roads
I've been driven by howling winds

 

[fox69]

"House Of Sleep"

"House Of Sleep"



I will never sleep alone (never without you)
Whatever you say to me
I already know
If I said something to you
You would take those words
There's so much power in those words

(You don't know) You don't know nothing yet
About the dreams I have
I will make you sleep
(You don't know) You don't know nothing yet
About the dreams I have
Sleep is a house for lovers

You will be the mistress (of that house)
You will be given the wide belt
And the big key to the gate
If I said something to you
You would take those words
There's so much power in those words

 

[fox69]

"I Of Crimson Blood"

"I Of Crimson Blood"



I am of crimson blood
nought shall hold me
mirror mine the dark of night
reflects me in water

Ablaze are my eyes
my soul consumed by woe
my braids weaved by the wind
an image in my mind

Leave I must now with haste
me who tires of quiet life
me who's path leads to war
me who fears no death

I yearn for more
I yearn to rise
I yearn for everything
I yearn for you
I yearn to rise

 

[fox69]

"In The Beginning"

"In The Beginning"



I have a good mind
Take into my head
To start of singing
Began reciting

We seldom get together
And meet each other
On these poor borders
The luckless lands of the north

Those words we have got
From the North's furthest fields,
From the heaths of Kalevala

 

[fox69]

"Into Hiding"

"Into Hiding"



The islander slips into hiding
And takes to his heels
Out of dark Northland
The murky house of Sara
He whirled out of doors as snow
Arrives as smoke in the yard
To flee from bad deeds

There he had to become someone else
He must change his shape
As an eagle he swept up
Wanted to soar heavenward
The sun burnt his cheeks
The moon lit his brows

 

[fox69]

"Into The Abyss"

"Into The Abyss"



This long road
Paved with victories
These monuments
Named after heroes
On this spring-like night
When the trees are blooming
I languish upon this road
I perish on the icy path
Who are you
Why have you called me here
(And the wind steals the sound)
And this long road
Where are you leading me
(And the snow erases the tracks)
It leads the way
Tireless through the dusk
Forces me to carry on
Flowers wither… lights and stars go out
I blindly fall down
Into the abyss of sleep and death
Why I’m the one
The chose one… When I’m no one
I strain to, to hear the call
But the wind steals the sound
I strive to, to keep on trail
And the snow erases the tracks