Aphonic Threnody A Silence Too Old 1. Annabelle I swore to myself no one would change me into a heartless beast, no deceptions, losses, pain But now that you left me I have become that beast Annabelle I miss your embrace Annabelle More than life itself And the fire In which we danced Is now ashes with which I draw my death Lord, why did you have to steal her from me? Everything she was was in your name, above mine Devotion and righteousness An eternal flame From which the embers still burn my soul Still burn my soul I can't take this sorrow when she was the cure Our home is now grey, sullen, insecure I wander, empty, like a ghost who lost the way No light can shine as bright as the words she said Our home is gone The way is shut My life is done My joy is cut The time is nigh Drown in the night The sins I'd do to get her back The thoughts of them alone are a knife in her back But it's too much, too much emptiness in my heart In my soul, in my home, everywhere she was I would rip the heavens apart for a glance I would tear the depths of hell for a dance Luminous eyes, crying molten lava Mouth speaking in tongues and larvae It's too late to go back Hell is here on earth, I am its swords I am the punisher of Gods, mark my words 2. Light the Way The flesh removed The iris shivering Catatonic corpse, pain Drifting in the void, in a maelstrom of pain A feeling is born, the line that links the insane Through the ordeal, a light sparkled from nothingness Suffering through zeal, imperfection at its best Shine from the dark you've come from Grasp the light in the somber foam Light the way to the ones incomplete Absorb the doubts, the nerves, the deceit Elevate your pain higher for your soul to rise Darken your heart even more than others can do Can't you see the endless path? Infinity and beyond known dimensions? Walking on the weight of years Death being just a glimpse Stars lighting the way to the stairs of eternity Staring at the darkness around falling at my feet Shine from the dark you've come from Grasp the light in the somber foam Light the way to the ones incomplete Absorb the doubts, the nerves, the deceit The endless path is right in front of me Infinity and beyond known dimensions No more weight of years No more death 3. A Silence Too Old Awaiting the fall, crystals in the eyes Writing the last song before I say goodbye I've drowned too much in the waters of my tears Supposed to be the strongest of my tier Too many battles fought, victories are now sour Always standing, never yielding, never surrender Capitulating, the strenght fading Cornered, my arms are weakening And the sword, the only friend I know Is too heavy to bear for the unknown Constant was my faith, immuable was my devotion Tell me, where is the deity loving murderous actions With so much blood on my honor, on my hands What am I, what have I done to the time's sands? Capitulating, the strenght fading Cornered, my arms are weakening And the sword, the only friend I know Is too heavy to bear for the unknown Hypnotizing visions of freedom Colours flying, everything above The flutter of daziness embalms me I stutter, I mutter, I fall Revenge on the Sun Icarus avenged A silence too old Which is cut with a blade 4. Further On On and on, again and again, The reach is a horrible illusion, but not the fall A glimpse of hope is a parasite on my landscape On and on, further on, I am walking to my fate Faith is an unbelievable ember which clings on life Like a possible cut to be made with a broken scythe The sun is low and shall never rise up another time On and on, further on, I am walking on the line Faith is an unbelievable ember which clings on life Like a possible cut to be made with a broken scythe On and on, further on, I am falling to nowhere On and on, bleeding on, on the further I lay On and on, life is gone, I am caught by the tides On and on, further on, embracing cold suicide Further on 5. Oath of Nothing A frozen gate opens to me as I stand in the snow The end of the line, the final path to walk A fierce warrior awaits me for a final battle A long time duty, but such a dark score to settle How it all changed The flame in my eyes is fading away The flame in my eyes is fading away The gate now closed, I see my enemy's fatigued face Older then I remember, I can forget time and its pace One could feel the struggle to simply stand The armor's heavy to wear on such unholy land How it all changed The flame in my eyes is fading away The flame in my eyes is fading away I realized that the ages did not spare me well My sword is a burden, all the steel is just a veil For another useless duel in the honor of no one As meaningless as can be the life of anyone This is a farce, old friend. Where are we, now In this desolate wasteland, no one will see us bow 6. The Void of Existence Dreaming a simpler life, dreaming of a way to escape of it all Wielding a lighter mind, one that could handle the hardest fall Being a better man, a safety for my loves and for my own I want to leave all behind, but with you all the time I want to leave all behind, but with you all the time You give me peace of mind Wielding a lighter hand, one that can rise from being down Half life now gone, can I now rest on your chest? I have nothing to prove, nor anything to make you impressed Stuck in this prison of flesh and awaken nightmare I want to leave all behind, but with you all the time You give me peace of mind I want to leave all behind, but with you all the time You give me peace of mind Many times I thought this is not for no one to bear And with the most delicate feather, you caressed my head And there was no need to speak about all words unsaid Let me sing a requiem for the lost ones Let me scream it all so high Let me sing a requiem for the lost ones So I can bury myself to life Peace of mind I've come to make amends, cause I was broken too many times And I consumed it all, the excuses flowing down all the lines, all the lines A spiral in the darkest of hell And would they hear my cries?