Pain of Salvation

[LongLife]

Winning a war T5

[Music by D. Gildenlow & D. Magdic]
[Lyrics by D. Gildenlow]

Once there was a world out on these fields
that was untouched
Grateful for its love we thanked the earth that gave so much
And oh, I loved it so!
Once there was a pair of eyes
unbroken just like my heart.
Belonging to a father and his son
now torn apart
And oh, I loved him so!

"Why, mommy?
Tell me why daddy is walking away
leaving me!"

I remember birds of pray
dark shadows piercing the ground!
Faceless men came shouting
about a pride to which we were bound
And oh, I searched for him so!
"Faith darling, have faith my son!
Your daddy is winning a war..."

"...for you!"

Daddy need me, love and lead me
Your superseding war won't feed me!

Watch fathers and sons
pale cling to their guns
Marching line by line
leaving reason behind
Their eyes now tensed with fear;
enemies are near
But all armies are
only fathers and sons...

Earth bleeding through their proceeding
All greedy vultures are needing

WAR! WAR! Dad - who is winning a war?
And dad - who is it for?
I won't shed a tear - I won't show no fear!
Won't disappoint you dad
(all greedy voltures need war)
I WON'T MISS YOU DAD!

Daddy need me, love and lead me
Your superseding war won't feed me
Daddy need me, love and lead me
Your superseding war won't feed me

 

[LongLife]

Reconcilation T5

[Music & lyrics by D. Gildenlow]

I thought I'd seen hell
Thought I knew it all
Now I know too well
Hell is to wake up
But it makes all the difference
Hej!

[tema]

Tasting the tears in my mouth
Taking the weight on my shoulders
The hours and days of your life
Don't necessarily make you older

I'm sick of running away
Along these bloody streets
I'm sick of predators and prey
Of being everybody's end!

I've washed my hands of your blood
Thought it would leave me clean
But with time on my hands
It turned to mud forming this crust of sin

Now - to be truly free
I'll let it come to me
So - break me if you must
When you break this crust
Freedom is to see

Hear this voice, see this man
Standing before you I'm just a child
Just a man learning to yield

I hate these hands soaked in blood
I hate what these eyes have seen
Up to my knees in filth and mud
How it hurts to become clean

I was always on my mind
But never on my side
So run - but if you run away
You'll always have to hide
So if you need to run
Run for help

 

[LongLife]

Dryad of the woods T5

[Music by D.Gildenlow]

[instrumental]

 

[LongLife]

Oblivion Ocean T5

[Music & lyrics by D.Gildenlow]

Sleep is too quiet, dreams are too painful
truth is the bed of this ocean of lies
Sinking through layers of untouched oblivion
soaking from spirits but still far too dry

Losing all barbed fences Lucid - no defences

"Where is my mother?" the child asked the soldier.
The soldier was watching them both fade away.
Nine words create an oblivion ocean:
"Dad tell me, will I be dead very long?"

Losing all I lived for. Losing all I fought for.

Oh god if you save them
I swear I'll always hold them in my hand!
Oh god if you save them I'd take them west
We'd start again in the promised land.

When life is wearing thin we pray:
The gods are close at hand when man is astray.
But when it all is said and done - is he to thank the gods
For just taking his son?

Sleep... is too quiet, dreams are too painful
truth is the bed of this ocean of lies.
Words can create an oblivion ocean:
"dad tell me, will I be dead very long?"

Losing all I lived for. Losing all I fought for.

Oh god if you save them
I swear I'll always hold them in my hand
Oh god if you save them I'd take them west
we'd start again then

Oh god if you save them I swear:
I'll always hold them in my hand
Oh god if you save them I'd take them west
we'd start again in...
...the promised land.

 

[LongLife]

Undertow T5

[Music & lyrics by D. Gildenlow]

Let me go
Let me go
Let me seek the answers that I need to know
Let me find a way
Let me walk away
Through the Undertow
Please let me go

Let me fly
Let me fly
Let me rise against that blood-red velvet sky
Let me chase it all
Break my wings and fall
Probably survive
So let me fly
Let me fly...

Let me run
Let me run
Let me ride the crest of chance into the sun
You were always there
But you may lose me here
Now love me if you dare
And let me run

I'm alive and I am true to my heart now -
I am I, but why must truth always make me die?

Let me break!
Let me bleed!
Let me tear myself apart I need to breathe!
Let me lose my way!
Let me walk astray!
Maybe to proceed...
Just let me bleed!

Let me drain!
Let me die!
Let me break the things I love I need to cry!
Let me burn it all!
Let me take my fall
Through the cleansing fire!
Now let me die!
Let me die...

Let me out
Let me fade into that pitch black velvet night

 

[LongLife]

Chainsling T5

[Music & lyrics by D. Gildenlow]

Please let me be yours please never leave
Please stay here close to me
All love we shared where is it now?

Please let me be better than I was
Please don't give up on us
The thought of leaving you - I do not know how

I can feel the pain you have inside
I see it in your eyes
Those eyes that used to shine for me

I can feel the wildness in your heart
That's tearing us apart
My love how can I help if you don't want me

There is nothing you can do to help now
I am lost within myself as so many times before
There's nothing you can do to ease my pain
I am so, so sorry but if you love me you must let go

Two young souls in the dance of a chain sling
Love once born from the ink of Solitude
Bidding to dance in the swing of a rope end
Walking their Remedy Lane through this
...interlude of pain

Who will be there now? When I lose my one true love?
(When I lose my love)
I am falling now - Darkness below and above

There is nothing you can do to help now
I am lost within myself as so many times before
There's nothing you can do to ease my pain
I am so, so sorry but if you love me you must let go

Two young souls in the dance of a chain sling
Love once born from the ink of Solitude
Bidding to dance in the swing of a rope end
Walking their Remedy Lane through this interlude of pain

Who will be there now? When I lose my one true love?
(I am falling now)
Have I lost myself? To love someone else...

Please let me be yours please never leave
Please stay here close to me
All love we shared where is it now?
Please let me be better than I was
Please don't give up on us
The thought of leaving you...

...I DO NOT KNOW HOW

 

[LongLife]

Brickwork VI (Ascend 1)

[Music by D. Gildenlow]

[instrumental]

 

[LongLife]

Brickwork VII (Ascend 2)

[Music by D. Gildenlow]

[instrumental]

 

[LongLife]

Brickwork VIII (Second Love)

[Music & lyrics by D. Gildenlow]

day after day, nothing's changed you're far away
but I want you to know I can't sleep anymore
by the nights
night after night the stars are shining so bright
though my pain is larger than Universe tonight

want you to know I can't sleep anymore
by the nights, by the nights
day after day I want you to say
that you're mine, you are mine

year after year, oh, tear after tear
it feels like my heart will break in two
you came like a wind, I couldn't defend
you cut my heart so deeply the scars won't mend
I'll never believe in love anymore, after this, after this
can never change or re-arrange what we lost, what we lost

[F. Hermansson]

time after time I am wasting my time
living in a past where I was strong
but now I am gone, I leave no shadow when I'm alone
I'll stay forever in my dreams where you are near

want you to know I can't sleep anymore
by the nights, by the nights
day after day I want you to say
that you're mine, you are mine
want you to know I can't sleep anymore
by the nights, by the nights
day after day I want you to say
that you're mine, you are mine

 

[LongLife]

Brickwork IX (Ashes T5)

[Music & lyrics by D. Gildenlow]

You claim I don't know you, but I know you well
I read in those ash eyes we've been through hell
I've walked with the weakest just to feel strong
You've given your body just to belong

Let's burn together, let's burn together (baby)

his pain will never end
These scars will never mend

I taste your sorrow and you taste my pain
Drawn to each other for every stain
Licking the layers of soot from your skin
Your tears work my crust to let yourself in

Touching you harder, touching you harder now

As we walk through the ashes - I whisper your name
A taste of pain to cling to
As we walk through the ashes - You whisper my name
Who's the one with the sickest mind... now?

This pain will never end
Our s-s-s-scars will never mend
Cleansing sweat
We are just using each other, too depraved to stay alive
But too young to die
And we hurt - Thus we hurt

Scrubbing it harder
Too late to back out now
Scrubbing it even harder
We are just so darn broken baby!
[Scrubbing ad lib x2]

As we walk through the ashes - I whisper your name
A taste of pain to cling to
As we walk through the ashes - You whisper my name
Who's the one with the sickest mind now?

[D.Gildenlow]

This pain will never end
These scars will never mend
Damn this dirty bed
Damn this dirty head