ORPHANAGE LYRICS At The Mountains Of Madness (1997 MCD) 1. At The Mountains Of Madness 2. Five Crystals 3. The Crumbling 4. Veils Of Blood 5. Sea Of Dreams 1. At The Mountains Of Madness ... the lavas that restlessly roll Their sulphurous currents down Yaanek In the ultimate climes of the pole That groan as they roll down Mount Yaanek In the realms of the boreal pole ... it's been not so long I accidently sold my former frame of reference to the cold thinking back, remembering, my tale seems so unreal I'm closed up but the time has come to reveal anxious, also ignorant, my investigative mind and led me there and led me to be so blind haunted are the mountains, I plead for your restraint or hope for men's survival will be faint all my days are nightmares and memories haunt my brain my former mind of knowledge has gone insane you'll never hear this twice 'cause once I had seen the sheen that filled the sky soon I'd die the mounts drew the bounds and I climbed one step too high soon I'd die the cold that had enwrapped my heart is bound to freeze my eyes the truth that seemed on our side had covered all with lies take off my hands, take off my feet take off my ears, rip out my tongue but don't hurt my mind, don't hurt my sense don't hurt my intellectual powers what is frozen you don't feel what hurts is what you lose but at this moment I gave up the ice had blown my fuse made out of cold, made out of fear God's will attracts, God's will is here all had begun, when led by fear, right at the end of the world high in the sky, here at the end of the world 2. Five Crystals evil roams the land of my dreams onslaught is the onset of coma ancients chase the crystals of black magic is the secret I keep searching in the land of my dreams gazing in the eyes of my dying conciousness I have to grasp the last stone failing means I will never awake slowly I drown in my sleep hoping my brain will awake my last crystal will fall in their hands leaving me to die alone in my sleep ride! I hear hooves pounding I see his mask, it's black ! I try escaping but I can't move I'm doomed sword ! flesh ! blood ! kill ! die ! sun will rise for you again now ... 3. The Crumbling what are you, where do you come from your appearance hits me like a bomb the words I say seem to stammer my mind all you do makes my spirit wind from your head to your feet it's all fine and your eyes shiver down my spine make my day, make my life worthwhile you must teach me again how to smile how to cry how to feel what's inside and to know that I'm dignified I want love but I do want pain come to me 'cause I am insane I take the step now we know what to do you understand my call it's the crumbling of my denial no one sees how we play this game slowly we fan eachothers flame we want love and we sooth our pain we feel fine 'cause we are insane screaming out, see my rage feel my flesh, thickened by my age hear the tone of my call it's the crumbling of my denial you will be mine ! 4. Veils Of Blood In the beginning I read the signs of decay I was not to know what would come over me today At the arrival of the train my body arrived It could have been me and my mind was revived The key of solutions is right in my hand I've seen the tomb in which that urn stands My coming days are ruled by death Maria, why these veils of blood? Or am I of that little faith? As I struggled through the corridors of my overactive imagination, or paranoia as some might say, the ultimate truth overwhelmed me: Like a fly in a web she had trapped me I am doomed...doomed... 5. Sea Of Dreams Unknown paths of the mind, glooming spheres of consciousness reveal the second face of your life When you please the soul, you'll be unfolded but serenity is lost as you fall into confusion of your mind Dusk you'll see! Sail the sea of dreams Vision immortality, escape the destiny of your real life Would you like to be drowned in sleep forever? Join me and stay then darkness will remain and drain your consciousness Then you'll see the world from beyond --coward solution, easy way out Real life ignored --fantasy taking over now Mirror the past --get a life or wake up dead What do you fear? --is it your mind or life you dread? I think it's you! The sea of dreams, its currents take you from the shores of existence Fail and dream Fail!