Torchbearer Death Meditations 1. Portals [Instrumental] 2. The Momentum Nothing is really here But what is in front of you The enigma of the present Are you one of them That looks for it behind the corners Or one that have seen The true emptiness of the now The electricity that binds us For the grand great of the microbe That rule is a constant truth It can not be changed nor reset And all must abide and accept How complete the void stays yet All things unchanged except right here And right now - contemplate and resign Unto the possibility and the past It is all that we are granted [Chorus] What casts the shadow of doubt It must be cut down, down to the ground And replace that - that uncertainty With a will and a marrow Made of steel and of stone All things of matter or dust on this plane Cast away by the lady of fortune And a dark one - a presence of no devotion Leads on from a second to a tomb The treasures of all time Can be found in this world The reason for what lies In the spun thread of life Nothing is really here But what is in front of you The enigma of the present Are you one of them That looks for it behind the corners Or one that have seen The true emptiness of the now And how death is ever near What casts the shadow of doubt It must be cut down, down to the ground And replace that - that uncertainty With a will and a marrow Made of steel and of stone 3. Coffin-Shaped Heart You may rest in doubt forever And the choices will be made for you Concerning good and evil No rash judging should be done Where the view is broad Atop and above, from within But is that really so It all lies for you to decide No heavens would care If you only did dare Sigh and moan Cry or scream The facts won't wash away But one end there will be In the heart of all that That do come here No flow or devotion or aim To be found It will forever stay the same And the art of them That climb and ascend The start of things anew and reborn Free of the worrying and any scorn And any scorn... Through all the nights thick with mist And the blank unrelentless of days Eagerly keep eyes open to see What tool to be picked up for your final A pondering of might through a peeking top And the shadow, and the dark side Of your existence will be forgotten [Chorus] The limbo unmade into a garden Coffin-shaped heart And dawning suns to rise for that - That sole one Coffin-shaped heart And who would have thought it - Thought it to be true Coffin-shaped heart That all answers were found - Found in there In the heart of all that That do come here No flow or devotion or aim To be found It will forever stay the same And the art of them That climb and ascend The start of things anew and reborn Free of the worrying and any scorn And any scorn... The limbo unmade into a garden Coffin-shaped heart And dawning suns to rise for that - That sole one Coffin-shaped heart And who would have thought it - Thought it to be true Coffin-shaped heart That all answers were found - Found in there 4. At Takao River A road was leading on To the land of eternity For a man on his last travel When he came to cross Over a bridge broken Dismounted and pulling heavy weight Tremendous effort and struggle This man did fail Through grasped the piling firmly And giving mighty shout It still sank to the rivers step And when the man returned he died After the Takao river After the Takao cross After the Takao river That man, he died One man's death Giving another one the gifts unforeseen By destiny and by chance 5. Severings This will leads the way Even beyond when life runs out For the craving and the yearning Nothing ends in no haste Deeply considered beforehand When that day or night do come we never did fear it But knew with certainty [Chorus] It surely would come Oh yes, for us all Would our spirits fail and be weak This action would not be done This will occur By simple determination It will occur By simple determination We will see this come to an end Transforming into a werewolf Or a hatefilled revengeful ghost Makes the already dead remain Leaving with one more task to be made In that armour and attitude One can meet and be taller than giants As the goal is kept always in sight Though with head cut off, he should not die This is our discipline, this is all martial valour [x2] It surely would come Oh yes, for us all Would our spirits fail and be weak This action would not be done This will occur By simple determination It will occur By simple determination We will see this come to an end 6. In The Shadows Of Leaves [Instrumental] 7. Death Meditations The perfection of the spirit Perform the ritual of dying Deep in yourself, on the somber set scene Make no mistake You must already be there Retreat your body and your mind inside [Chorus] Consider it already over You must be dead by now Leave the gate And the enemy is silently waiting So die already Disheartening mind And no one can stand before you Stand before you Then let the torments begin And meditations set up behind closed eyes Your flesh being ripped by arrows And bullets from blazing guns Knives carve holes in your chest And spears impale every limb Surging waves carry you away And waters burst your lungs You are thrown into the midst of great fire Then in heavy storm struck down by lighting A mighty earthquake shakes and eats you up Then you fall from a thousand-foot cliff Consider it already over You must be dead by now Leave the gate And the enemy is silently waiting So die already Disheartening mind And no one can stand before you Stand before you 8. Penumbra Sands brought by storming air Covering all that was of good Killing and suffocating any organism To make fertile lands unborn Nothing so painful As a hole filled with regrets No man good willing Would take this one sin in Into the nights of glowing Holds no one thing too high It can save you when lights fade I will always be there Such is our secret way now From which no one will fall And nothing seemed to matter No remorse They say it burns so vile The scriptures of this life In fears that must be over I will never turn back Unchained and bloody untamed Comes out when no one sees To raise what some call limbo [Chorus] So when they go light at heart In great joy and become elated When they habitually jump Without consideration When they are so very distraught So in that blinding sorrow Take it in and swallow it down Don't stray in thoughts away No regret shall pass Over the threshold Elevate and transcend What was before now Now that it is almost Almost over and done with The osmosis of a strange being An environment made of putrefactions And rocky roads in labyrinth's design Where the obvious dark is seen white Into the nights of glowing Holds no one thing too high It can save you when lights fade I will always be there Such is our secret way now From which no one will fall And nothing seemed to matter So when they go light at heart In great joy and become elated When they habitually jump Without consideration When they are so very distraught So in that blinding sorrow Take it in and swallow it down Don't stray in thoughts away No regret shall pass Over the threshold 9. Dying Codex And with no shaking hands Holding tight to cold steel And an even colder ideal Hammering the soul til it is hard as a rock [Chorus] Not in any kind of dying Could there be a greater peace Never being in for a burden now Could there be a greater peace If ones sword gets broken You strike with hand and foot If your hands and feet get cut off You press your enemy down with your shoulders When the old gather the young And those who have lived Tell of the inevitable death That is when life is defined And do begin Thus the path is set Life has begun Onward march Not in any kind of dying Could there be a greater peace Never being in for a burden now Could there be a greater peace Codex...Dying Codex 10. The Aphotic Depths Our bodies are given life from the midst of Nothingness. existing where there is nothing Is the meaning of the phrase "form is Emptiness". that all things are provided for By nothingness is the meaning of the Phrase, "emptiness is form". one should not Think that these are two separate things Christian Älvestam ‒ Guitars (rhythm), Vocals (additional) Pär Johansson ‒ Vocals Patrik Gardberg ‒ Guitars (lead) Rolf Pilve ‒ Drums Tomas "Plec" Johansson ‒ Bass