A Canorous Quintet The Only Pure Hate 1. Selfdeceiver (The Purest Of Hate) Dusk has come to pass The irreversible darkness surrounds us Scared away from the light No mercy will be shown Your blood will flow Weakminded, you deserve to die Filled with the purest of hate My axe rips the air Deformed beyond recognition The unpurest of all Not even worthy of the ignorance The ignorance of your slayer Kneel on command [*] you, you couldn't believe Couldn't believe it was for real Until you realize, that it is you The selfdeceiver There is nothing, all must end For the selfdeceivers [Repeat verse 3] [*repeat] It is you who are crawling Crawling in a world of shit And still you enjoy it But even when there's nothing Lets to crawl for you're still stuck In your pile of fucking shit The blade will fall To end it all 2. Embryo Of Lies Hidden thoughts of hate Trying to manipulate the fate Unseen is the power of every man They who see they don't understand (blind, blinded by fear) Truth they will not hear Neverending sadness Turn into pure madness [*] a beatiful pattern op emptiness An empire op distress The ruler of darkness In an embryo of lies Unseen is thi power of every man They who see they don't understand Neverending sadness Turn into pure madness [*repeat] On memories they feed But the air is so hard to breath Short fragments of delight To forget the icy fright Wish hothihg else but to die And to stop the internal cry Waiting for the ehd to come Soon it will all be gone [*repeat] 3. Red Trust! The blind man leads the way A burnt out candle in the hand Chasing for eternity nevermore Pleased witn being lost forever The touch on your face, it's lost Too weak, too afraid to find salvation Liquid illusions all that is seen Believe in easy dreams. You can have it all! Thoughts becomes to real, the end is hear! Sun moon nothing's left to see Stars all surrounding us As we enter into endless nignt It burns inside, tear it apart Leave it all, face grim reality Shed a tear for the lost Weakness lies in trust And the foolish await the arrival Castle of promises imprisoned Don't believe the words! [Repeat verse 3] [*] red is the colour of our dreams Our blood, our life, our nignt When all ends up darkened Red is the colour of our dreams Our blood, our life. Our night I'm bleeding to death, red [Repeat verse 4] [*repeat] 4. The Void Horrified by the magic of night I'm enchanted under the spell In pain i scream once again The pain i thought that i would feel It came upon me early this time [*] i try to escape into the void Into my nomansland How else would i survive [x2] Trapped in the spidersweb She who will eat out my heart Leaves he with laughters of malice As many nights before I fear it's my dying breath Still i do this with pleasure Although i know it's pointless and useless I end up witn tne poison Running through my veins (doomed to) eternally suffer Eternally die Eternally arise Immortal in my suffering [x2] I try to escape into the void Into my nomansland How else would i survive [*repeat] The void [x2] 5. Everbleed Born to bleed with desert dream With no illusions and no need Made of steel but not for real To feel is to sin Turn blank pages in an empty book There's nothing left to win Born to bleed in a desert world Silent agony: everbleed 6. The Complete Emptiness No hope, no cure No destination anymore So empty yet complete I've seen it all before A gleam of light revealed But always out of reach I was never to know It wasn't part of the show You need the truth, but truth hurts What i need is not what is offered Answers i don't want to hear I'm sorry i can't help you i suffer too [*] no nope, no cure No destination anymore So empty yet complete I've seen it all before The truth it kills Without any blood spilled Relieved from life An urge to fulfill Life is worthless, life is pain Here i have nothing to gain My blood runs down tne drain (blood rain) In spite op my dreams, i hold back For now long will i hold back? Don't know what life is for But i don't wanna see anymore [*repeat] 7. Retaliation Hate has bleeding within me I am turned inside out Wish you felt the pain i feel A thorn tearing from inside I bleed the invisible blood The blood of my soul I wish i had the strength to turn my back Turn my rage against you Make you bleed the way i do Bury you within my darkness Stifle in my close embrace Until there's nothing left to hate Only the purity of a newborn life [*] condemned because there is no cause Seas of sorrow drowing me I'll live forevermore still nevermore I'll become your greatest fear Take you down to me To perish in hy heart of darkness Until the end of time Until the end of time In this world of pain Sorrow is all you'll gain You get what you deserve! Your daydreams end! Inside this blackhole of my life Nothing can exist no more Forever engulfed, Forever lost, within myself Within hy tihe [Repeat verse 2] [*repeat] 8. Realm Of Rain (Crystal, Chapter One) Misty shadows grips the heart Souls reunite in order of chaos [*] Wnite knights guards the treasures of dreams In the centre of the storm a man is to emerge To find the pleasure beyond the lost horizon Now hidden beyond a realm of rain Entering the vein of black Blood runs red in seas of sorrow Tne sun burns grey in a cloudy sky Confusion! Many questions why? It's time to leave this earthly palace The crystal is stolen, as worlds collapse Reality disappears, shaking in disgust The crystal leads astray A foul taste of truth Blood runs red in the flow of forever Springs of salt runs down the face Left alone in silent disgrace [*repeat] As the leaves slowly falls to the ground Forever captured spirits of life The pathis gone without a trace Lost in a universe of deceit But somewhere in the distant (a light breaths its last sigh) 9. The Storm (Crystal, Chapter Two) The storm is closing in A shadow of a man drifting by His life is all forgotten He doesn't know the purpose of his dreams Relive this world from sorrow and pain A struggle in misery it shall be In his search for the lost horizon Pain and suffering is his lost friend As he opens his eyes and looks at the Rainfilled skies, grey as forever [*] Lightning strikes as he finds that A rainbow is bringing light to his eyes Now he's the rider of the lost In search of paradise and joy But the man without a shadow Stands in his path The storm is closing in, again and again Lifting a sword in desperation Cuts through lifeless air, he is gone The tale of gods are to be told And a raging battle unfold Leaving his world destroyed in desperation The path will be neverending As he ride through the forest of cold Ice breaks free he is on his way [*repeat] 10. Land Of The Lost (Crystal, Chapter Three) Riding the winds Across tne raging seas To reach the kings in the land of the lost A turbulent sea winds of cold Reaching the harbour, they are safe Entering the gates, castle of splendor History of 3,000 years has passed Walls endless as he no longer sees the sky Mighty forces takes his hand As the wolf becomes a part of his destiny Join us in our search for the land of the lost Join us in our search for the land of the lost [*] Once again crossing the raging seas To enter the forest of misery Trees are closing in as the moonhawk Cross the skies The trail is filled with withering bones Since battles of old As they are to spill the blood of the poor No longer unknown, followed by darkness henchmen [*repeat x2] Endless speech, time is running out of hand Dark forces stands in their way Trying to bring disorder to his thoughts Swords of lightning end their will Once again victory has been won The meeting is done Mother earth breaks evil bonds As his mind is freed When he leaves the elders With their support Linus Nirbrant / lead, rhythm, acoustic guitars Leo Pignon / lead, rhythm guitars Fredrik Andersson / drums Jesper Löfgren / bass Marten Hansen / vocals The only pure hate was recorded and mixed at Sunlight studios Stockholm, Sweden, during November, December 1997 Recorded and produced by A Canorous Quintet, Tomas Skogsberg and Jocke Pettersson. Mixed by Tomas Skogsberg and A Canorous Quintet Mastered by Mia Lorentzson at Polar Studios - Stockholm, Sweden Paintings by: Pontus Dahlgren 1997 Artwork by: Guerilla Art The purest thanks goes out to all A Canorous Quintet Supporters zines and underground people cheers to Our friends and all the bands we know - you know who You are. Metal is the law! All music and lyrics written and arranged by A Canorous Quintet between 1995 -1997 (all lyrics written between 1993- 1997) Logo by: Anders Hedberg, Leif Argelid and A Canorous Quintet Band contact (include irc for sure reply) A canorous quintet, c/o Marten Hansen. Hjortronvägen 75. 196 35 Kungsangen, sweden