The Prophecy Revelations 1. Odyssey Take me through this wilderness of mind. That withered and failed beneath the skies. All that was is now in ruin All that will be is fading like the dream. Wandering through a veil of sadness Calling out to my lover, I miss her embrace. These are the days when all is fallow So stare on through your window pane. Mask of serenity just illusion About to break on the inside Torn to extremity in a lucid dream An odyssey of sorts through visions ...of fire! Faith will bind your soul to mine Hollow of heart, unsound of mind Turn your head towards the sky And together we will overcome. Mask of serenity just illusion About to break on the inside Torn to extremity in a lucid dream An odyssey of sorts, fates entwining! Ethereal words carried on the wind Lead me towards your cry An exodus to the ends of the Earth Carries me closer to this destiny. Faith will bind your soul to mine Throughout this journey, an odyssey of minds Leave the despair lost behind And make the journey last forever. 2. Rivers Tie me down restrain the thoughts flowing through my mind. There is blood on my hands not from my veins Tears in my eyes stain my face I Wash my hands clean Wash them clean in the river. And there will be no more pain tonight No more words of hate and spite The storm has passed and I'm still alive Purge my thoughts of the night you died. You died! Left me alone! This eternity! To suffer! Now I bask in this shameful prison, lost in the desert of my thoughts These visions in my head are all I can see Remembrance of a time I can not forget But I Wash my hands clean Wash them clean in the river. This will be your last sunrise. One last day before the end of your life. You won't breathe this air no more. For this will be the night that you died. As she crawls from the depths of this great river all ghostly and pale with ruined eyes she sees my shadow in the light of the fading day. Resurrection born from the anger of the dead. River call me home my final resting place. Resurrection born from the anger of the dead. Allowed to walk the earth to reciprocate the deed. And the river remembers Meandering witness Ancient! 3. Cascades Shadows cast where he eternal lies Cascades of rain falling from the skies You hide behind your shadowy veil Desolation's call not far away The bleak call of winter fills your thoughts These summer days now at an end This pain eats away, poison in my soul Through the heart, burning back, right through my veins Try to escape, try to fail, there's no where to hide Stand alone, lose your mind, surrender of your grace A lament to last for the rest of your days this barely noticed of tragic tales All alone in the desert of winter, reborn, riven from the grave Darkness rising over the sun, disseminate into the grey You suffer for want of virtue, virtues you could never uphold Your legacy in ruin displayed for all to see Your tears fall like the autumn leaves Your destiny or so it seems? Be still in time you'll understand Wake up from the dream you think you're in Be gone all the demons that surround Beware as the heavens grow dark again We dance, standing naked in the rain Cascading down make us whole again Vivid memories filled with so much pain This past long gone - yet you remain But still you remain Mourn each and every passing day And the rain comes down To wash away your tears Why do you grieve your life away? And all you want is to live in pain When all you need are these cascades of tears 4. Willow's Hope Locked in this perpetual winter Withered and forlorn Folded over is the willow Lonesome dowager of the field Mourning for life now relinquished Until Death calls for She… As we walk blindly into the night - Obscured by shadows Race to meet our demise - Dead by dawn Hope that we will be remembered - Tall and proud If only we knew that the willow alone - would weep for us For we are forsaken forever The willow of the field, Why do you weep? For me? You weep for us all! Lashed by the winds of autumn But still you stand austere Branches bent and broken, The weight of feelings you bear The grief laden wail of the widow Calls to all who would hear her... 5. Revelations I would be the summer rain The Autumn sun upon your face And I will be here for you The light that blinds your eyes Follow me into the fire follow me into the dream. Through all these heartaches I'll comfort you to the bitter end But it's all coming down A touch of winter on your soul I will be your guide tonight Deliver you from the storm So Here the call of this your Angel And Lie with me forevermore Follow me into the fire follow me into the dream. These silent hours pass by unnoticed A time to think of what's at hand But it's all on your head You can never shake these feelings away And I fall into a darkness Shadows cast upon my soul But, with these revelations I may yet still be whole You find yourself so incomplete Is the life you lead a forlorn destiny? The weight of words are on your back Is the life you lead worth the pain? Worth the pain The ever surging of the tide. Brings you ever closer to your knees What you need? At the breaking of the day - When all is gone And all you see - Shadows from above And all you hear - Echoes a far You will never, never believe Images ugly yet beautiful, haunt my mind What is this - I look into your eyes See the darkness that keeps you tied Why All the suffering you cry? Its All for the hate I bring Is this a sign of things to come My Angel fallen from Grace I'll take you down now into my world. To the fires so deep within the Earth For your love for you lust. You're mine forever A tapestry to weave my art Seared flesh to carve my will These revelations brought me down - to a level of darkness I had never seen These are my revelations 6. Of Darkness Dare to Search for truth To the point of agony Betrayed by the flesh Awake to this reality! Searching, for something that you can never have A feeling, that's just out of you're reach You grasp feebly, to all that you believe A cruel abasement of your beliefs. Walk in the shadows - this darkness is my life Behold, Behold this light, it burns your eyes. Are you blind? Are you alive? Strength waning in life, the end in sight All these thoughts ease your mind for just a while. Veiled in the shadows - a shroud covers me The Frailty we try to hide A Failing that was never overcome I'm reeling as I recall these memories In this cold world I am alone Alone! I am alone. Without your hand to guide me Onwards Through this darkness That is all of my life. Words from your lips, Tempt me, Bind me into dark With Lies, All your Lies But I believe, Your words mean everything to me And when the world lays dying at your feet I am yours Forevermore Weary of life, waiting for an end to come Lay down to rest, no time for bitterness or regret This damnation is mine alone! Walk in the shadows, this darkness is my life. Lay down, lay down your head to die, one last time. Feel your heart cease to beat, you cease feel (anything) Your last breath a dying whisper caught in your throat But on you live..... 7. Broken How do we mend - these lives that lay broken? How do we live - with these fears left unspoken? And I yearn for someone to hold Someone to be my anchor in this life How do we find - those lost forever Recollections of mine - are lost in this ether Images caught in my cold memory Reverence yet! I still owe to her being These swollen eyes bless me with tears As you renounced all these vows you swore and believed. Turmoil that can't be resolved Conflict of will driving deeper Where hope is all but deceased Wallow in your desperation And as you drift away - There's nothing left to say Unable to face the pain - Only this emptiness fills my soul But right until the end - You will pray for me Hold me in your arms - Bless me with your caress. Struggle upwards towards the light Breathless paralysis dragging you down Staring eyes of glass as the world grows dark all around There was - There was no release There was - There was nothing left… For me. But when you speak - All I hear are tears falling Falling down on me - Baptize me with your grief It's so hard to live - When you look away When you look away - and I am left here all alone (with just my self to blame) I am empty - all dead inside- and I can never heal Yes I am Broken- All cleaved in two - Too many thoughts -of what might have been - and can never be If you had died - then at least - at least I could have grieved. All I am is broken - broken down - all down When you're alone - When you're afraid What will you do - to save your sanity? Is this dream - Where I never wake? Yes I am broken - all dead inside - and I can never heal - all cleaved in two Too many thoughts of what might have been and can never be Bleak is this place - when mortality is forsaken for the dream where broken men weep Greg O'Shea: Guitar Matt Lawson: Vocals John Bennett: Drums Katie Colbrook: Keys Gavin Parkinson: Bass Recorded at Performance Studios, Huddersfield. Produced, mixed and engineered by Alan Smith Mastered by Steve Kitch at Audiomaster Cover Art and layout by Alex Pietjoux at Skyland Productions