DARK TRANQUILITY - "PROJECTOR" LP 1999 TRACKLIST: 1. FREECARD 2. THEREIN 3. UNDO CONTROL 4. AUCTIONED 5. TO A BITTER HALT 6. THE SUN FIRED BLANKS 7. NETHER NOVAS 8. DAY TO END 9. DOBERMANN 10. ON YOUR TIME ----------- LYRICS "FREECARD" SET AGAINST THESE HARDEST HOURS ANGER PALED, FOR IN THIS FEAR THE THEFT OF PRIVACY WE ALL SEE IT BREAK SOMETIMES, SEE IT TEAR US APART THAT WHICH LEFT BEHIND SCREAMS OUT LOUD THIS NIGHT SO MUCH IS ASKED IN SILENCE EXPECT NOT AND YOU'LL FIND THOUSAND MILES FROM THE NEAREST TRUTH ROTATING, ENTANGLED - I CONTINUE NOT TO HEAL ANOTHER NO-NIGHT WAITS ITS TURN SO I CALL UPON MY FREECARD TO POSTPONE IF TIME WAS ONE WITH MANY FACES WHICH ONE WOULD CALL TO ME? WHERE ALL OUR PATHS IN ONE NOW END THAT WITH THE POWER TO GATHER THE MISLEAD NOW WILL LEAD THEM ALL ASTRAY SO PUSH IT EVER FURTHER TO UNSUSPECTING DARK BUILD THAT SECOND LAYER FOR THE HOURS TO TAKE FAST A REST FROM THE GIVING LIKE A HEART BETWEEN BEATS GREATER THAN THE NEED FOR COMMUNITY THE NEED FOR THE RIGHT SOLITUDE COME TO KNOW THAT AN OUTRAGE IS INEVITABLE THROUGH MANY TRY AN ESCAPE IS UNSUCCESSFUL IN THE MIDST OF A NERVE-NIGHT THE VICTIM OF SOULKILL TRUE SELF IS MERE TORTURE DEATH RIDES THESE NERVES --------- LYRICS "THEREIN" GENTLE STORM / THUNDERING SILENCE INFERIOR FORCE / UNCONTROLLED CALM VITAL UNLIKE / LOGIC/CHAOS/LOGIC THE TONE OF WHICH HIS BIRTH ASCEND THE BEAT THAT OF A HEART DESCEND REPEATING IN THE INFINITE AN INSIGHT MADE IT CLEAR ORDER STORMED THE SURFACE WHERE CHAOS SET NORM HAD THERE ALWAYS BEEN BALANCE? ... SURELY NOT THEREIN LIES THE BEAUTY IT WAS SOLID YET EVERCHANGING IT WAS DIFFERENT YET THE SAME SO I STARVE MYSELF FOR ENERGY THE SONG AROUND HIS SOUL WILL BEND THE NOTES THAT IN THIS HOLE WILL MELT CRAWL OUT OF SCIENCE A DREAMLAND IF YOU DEAR DISORDER CLAWED THE BOUNDARIES WE'RE ORDERED TO STAND CLEAR WAS IT ALWAYS DIFFERENT ... NEVER THE SAME? THEREIN LIES THE BEAUTY IT WAS SOLID ... [see above] AS THERE WERE NO WITNESSES THERE WAS NOTHING TO BE TOLD AS NOTHING COULD BE GRASPED THE STORY COULD UNFOLD SUPERIMPOSED ON THE ELEMTENS OF ANGER / FEAR / ANXIETY / HATE / DESPAIR / REMORSE SO BREAK FROM ALL THAT FEAR HOLD FAST EXPOSED NOW TURN TO ALL YOU LACK LET ECHOES BE THE ANSWERS RETURN FROM ALL THE SCREAMS WORDLESS NOW THE LAST ATTACK SO SILENT IT HURTS TO LISTEN WAS IT ALWAYS SOLID ... TO NEVER CHANGE? THEREIN LIES THE BEAUTY ---------- LYRICS "UNDO CONTROL" THERE WERE WORDS OF LUST IN THESE ARMS OF THE STRANGER AND THERE IN SILENCE THOUGH WERE WORDS OF NO MILDER SO IN THINKING OF THAT MADNESS THAT RAVAGE THE THOUGHTS IN THE LONELIEST OF HOURS I RESIST WITHOUT CONTROL THE DEMAND I GET FROM EXCELLENCE THE VOID I FELT FROM ANSWERING NOT ONLY AN ADDITION IT GENERATED NEED IN THESE ENDLESS NIGHTS OF FREEZING MY WEIGHT ON THE OTHER SIDE I RESIST WITHOUT CONTROL FEEL THE THORNS OF UNCONTROL CLAWS THAT SET IN SLEEPS DECEMBER LET LOOSE ON THE VERGE TALKED TO ME AS STRANGERS ONCE DID THE TONE WAS SET FOR WINTER SWEET UNCONTROL BEYOND PROPORTION INTO THE NIGHT SO STRIKE ME DEEPER I RESIST WITHOUT CONTROL FEEL THE THORNS OF UNCONTROL THE DEATH THAT CRAVED NO LIFE NOW ENDED IN RETURN DRIFTING UNCONTROLABLY WITHIN THE NIGHT SWEET UNCONTROL ... [see above] ----------- LYRICS "AUCTIONED" OUTSMART THE FEVER AND TAKE US FARTHER FROM THE KILLING LIFE IN CAPSULES A LIFE THAT CAN'T BELONG SO IF I WAKE UP DEAD TO THE WORLD WITH THE HELM AT MY COMMAND THE REACHING OUT OF THIS FACED TOMORROW IN THE 11:TH HOUR BECKONED CLOSER NOW AS NIGHTFALL SENDS IT'S GRACE CUE TO ENTER THE INSATIABLE IDEAL SLAM IT SHUT BUT THE PORTAL POUNDING LINGERS WHAT IS IT; IS TIME UNDONE CANNOT FALTER IN THE SECURITY OF LABOUR WAS I SUPPOSED TO BELIEVE? WHERE DID I SIGN DID I MISS THE AUCTION WHERE MY LIFE WENT UNDER THE CLUB? WENT THE HALF MILE WONDERED WHEN THE RESOLUTION WOULD COME LIFE BECAME TOO SOLID DILUTED BY THE ESSENCE OF DENIAL CAUGHT IN FIRE'S EYE THE SELF AND FILTER THAT IS I MY LIP WAS VENOM WORDS FORMED IN MY MOUTH HID BENEATH THE TOUNGE NEVER TO BE SEEN WHERE DID I SIGN DID I MISS THE AUCTION WHERE MY LIFE WENT UNDER THE CLUB? ---------- LYRICS "TO A BITTER HALT" FAINTLY ARISEN / TENDERLY TORN DREAMLIKE DECISION, UNCONSCIOUSLY BORN FIRM IN CONVICTION YET TEMPT ME THEY CAN DENY ME OF TRUST AND A DEMON I HIDE A DRIVE TO BE LESS THAN THE FORTUNATE A DREAM IN THE CASKET OF EDEN CRAVE THAT WHICH YOU DO NOT DESIRE CLING TIGHTLY TO YOUR DEEPEST FEAR I ROSE THE GREATEST MONUMENT AGAIN AND AGAIN I BEAR THE GREATEST TREASURE OF TIME AND A WORD TRESON SPILT ON THE LONELIEST OF GRAVES DESPERATION DEALT THE LOSING HAND AGAIN WHEREIN LIE THE PURPOSE OF THE DAY? ëS THERE RETURN IN SADNESS? DOES YOUR CEILING DIFFER MUCH FROM MINE WHERE WE SEE EACH OTHER HERE IN THIS LIGHT IS THAT PILLOW MORE THAN A FRAME THAT HOLDS THE CHAOS FAST? NOW HIS HAND A FIST GAIN CONTROL SILENCE FELL AND EYES NOW WIDENED FILLING UP THE STRENGTH COLLAPSING CAPABLE OF THE ENDING FROZE IN THE TRACKS BROUGHT TO A BITTER HALT ON THE FLOOR IT SEEMS THE STEPS ARE SHOWING LEFT A PRINT JUST LIKE IT DID IN ME WHAT HAS BEEN AND WHAT WILL BE NEVER CARE 'CAUSE I WAS IN BETWEEN AS I SAID WITH ON EFOOT IN LONELINESS YOU HIDE HERE IN ME ---------- LYRICS "THE SUN FIRED BLANKS" UPON OUR EVENING WHEN THE SUN FIRED BLANKS THERE RODE THE SICKNESS OUT OF OUR SIGHT CARRIED TORCHES BURNED OUT LONG BEFORE IT'S TIME AMONG THESE RUINS WHERE OUR LOVE TO BE FOUND AMBITION FALTERS WHEN NO BETTER IS TO BE KNOWN CLING TO THE UNFOUNDED PRIDE DEATH TO OUR BELONGING AND OUR MINISTY OF TWO SET THE HIGHER STANDARD AND TO A GREATER FALL DESCEND SLAVES TO ONE ANOTHER AND TO OTHERS BE IT NOT SOOTHING BE TEMPTATION FORCE THE CONSCIENCE TO A HALT CAUSED A HIGH VIBRATION A TENDER LIGHT TO BE PART OF YOU THE TWO-WAY ESCAPE DEATH TO OUR BELONGING ... (see above) ---------- LYRICS "NETHER NOVAS" WHAT LATE FORGOTTEN NIGHTS TO EMPTINESS HAS GIVEN AND NOW NOVEMBER MORNING WILL BE TAKEN ASUNDER THE SHOVEL STAINED WITH DIRT IN THE HOURS OF BELONGING DUG INTO THE UNDISCOVERED OF A LIFE, A PEST, A PLAGUE FALLING BACK INTO THE ARMS - NO NEVER ADMITTING TO A LIFE ALONE - NO CLAIMING THERE ARE SPARKS INSIDE - NO OUTSIDE LOOKING BACK - NO SO THE LIE NEVER STOPPED CLING TO THE WAVE IT CRIED AND ONWARD TO THE NIGHT EXPECTING NOT AND NOTHING IN THE PRESENCE OF A LIE THE DEEPER THAT IT DUG THE MORE NOW HAD TO GO SURRENDER WAS A FACT AND THE ROOM WAS DECOREATED - THE LIE NEVER STOPPED WHAT LATE FORGOTTEN NIGHTS TO EMPTINESS HAS GIVEN THE STRANGERS MAY THEY COME IN IGNORANCE'S DISGUISE SO INTO THE DARK WALKING TO LEAVE THE LAST OF TIMES KNEEDEEP IN DESPERATION TO FILL THE GAP BEHIND BOLDLY THREAD THE NIGHT FOREVER NOVEMBER THOUGHT ARE RIGHT - OH NEVER TAKEN FROM THE FALL - NO FRIGHTENED BY THE KEY BUT THE TRAIL BEHIND THE HOUSE FELT COMPELLING AND NEW - THE LIE NEVER STOPPED FOUND AT LOSS FOR WORDS, NOW WORDS AREN'T ENOUGH SOMEONE TOLD, A VACANCY WAS OPEN SOMEONE LAUGHED, THE SILENCE HERE WAS BROKEN DUG UP TO MAKE ROOM THE ROOM WHICH YOU FURNACED AND GRACED THERE IS NO VACANCY THE LEAST CAN FILL THE FOUNTAIN THE MOST WILL FLOOD THE MOLD --------- LYRICS "DAY TO END" WAITING FOR THE DAY TO END THOUGH SILENCE CAME TOO LATE TURN MY EYES INSIDE CLOSE THE LIDS DENY THE WORLD TO ENTER 'CAUSE I'M TURNING THE DESIRES DOWN AGAIN ROSE THE MONSTROUS OF HOURS IN BETWEEN TAINT THE THOUGHT THE TRAUMA BORN INSIDE ALL THE THOUGHTS THAT YOU DEFINED TREAD THE LIGHT AGAIN TAKE THE PAIN AWAY FEELS AS THOUGH TIME AS TEARS NEVER SEEM TO END 'CAUSE I'M TURNING THE DESIRES DOWN ... (see above) ---------- LYRICS "DOBERMANN" WHERE WERE THE EYES THAT FOLLOWED HOW COULD THEY'VE FOUND? THESE MISERY'S MERCHANTS STRUCK THE MESSAGE DEEP "WE HAVE COME TO STAY" DOGS FLED THERE IN THE DARK OF HIS PATH FEARED HIM AS ONCE THEY ALL DID LIKE A GHOST IN DAYLIGHT ON AN OVERCROWDED STREET HE WISHES TO BE SOMETHING HE IS NOT LIE A SHADOW AT MIDNIGHT THAT ORIGINATE IN AIR HE WISHES TO RELEASE DEEP IN THE BACK IT HAD CAUGHT HIM THE ANCHOR THEY THREW AT HIS LIFE OH THESE MISERY'S MERCHANTS DRAGGED THROUGH LIFE AS A BURDEN RUSHED OFF TO HIS CAGE OF GLASS TO OPEN THE SINGLE WINDOW A MEANS OF ESCAPE, OUT IN THE OPEN THERE ARE STILL HOLES IN THESE WALLS PUKING INFORMATION INTO THE UNWANTING PROBING THE LAST HOPE OF DEFENCE SO HE PLUGGED UP THE HOLES SHUT THE OUTSIDE WINDOW IN DOING THAT, MADNESS PAYED A VISIT ...AND THEN SUDDENLY IN MID-THOUGHT ESCAPE WAS A FACTOR AND AS FROM INSIDE PUSHING OUT WERE WORDS THROUGH FINGERS CAME UNCOVERING REVEALING THE TRUTH OF HIM THERE IN THE DARK... SKIN BEGAN TO CRAWL AS THEY NEARED HIM IS ALL PLEASURE RELEASE? OH THESE MISERY'S MERCHANTS SAW THE MESSAGE CLEAR "IT IS TIME TO PAY" DOGS FLED THERE ... (see above) LIKE A GHOST IN DAYLIGHT ON AN OVERCROWDED STREET ---------- LYRICS "ON YOUR TIME" NEITHER HERE NOR THERE IN OUR UNITY OF TWINE SOLITARY SANITY, TRADED IN FOR LIFE ONCE WE CRAWLED INTO THE ARTIFICIAL NIGHT ALL WAS LEFT AND I ARRIVED ON YOUR TIME THERE IN THE COLLISION WISH ANSWERS COULD ARRIVE WAS I KEPT UP FOR THIS? DID THE PHYSICAL EMOTION BREAK THE FALL OF SLEEP? I'D NEVER THOUGHT OF THINGS THAT YOU WOULD SAY COULD NEVER TELL IF WHAT YOU SAID WERE LIES IT'S IN HERE EATING IT'S DOWN THERE DRINKING BE WITH ME, NOT AGAINST ME BEAR WITH IT, LOVE AGAINST ME I'VE NEVER KNOWN IF THERE WAS ENOUGH TIME COULD NEVER TELL IF IT WAS DONE JUST RIGHT AN ICICLE THRUST TO SOOTHE THE DISORDER BETWEEN THE EYES WHERE THE WELL IS THE DEEPEST I'VE NEVER KNOWN IF THERE WAS .... (see above) AND SO UNEASE CARRIED WORDS THAT SPOKE OF NO MATTER WAS I HELD HERE FOR THIS? DID THE PATH OF DEVOTION STAY FROM WHAT YOU FELT? I'VE NEVER SEEN THINGS HERE IN THIS LIGHT COULD NEVER TELL IT YOUR TOUCH WAS DEEPER THAN SKIN ONCE I THOUGHT THAT WHAT NO TIME CAN HEAL IS HERE IN ME - BUT TIME PROVED ME WRONG DEEPER STILL TOWARD AN OUTWARD PRIDE NO MORE LIES - I'M HERE ON YOUR TIME