Cryptal Darkness They Whispered You Had Risen 1. Always, Forever 2. They Whispered You Had Risen 3. To Blackened Skies I Suffer 4. All That Remains 5. Naked She Lay To The Virgin Snow 6. I Bleed 7. Last Embrace 8. A Dream Unremebered 1. Always, Forever 2. They Whispered You Had Risen [Music and Lyrics By Mark Kelson] For centuries I've walked this world alone immersed in the serenity of the shadows filled with the blood of life between your world and mine... help me They whispered you had risen your love means more than life itself your neck burns with uncontrollable pain that won't cease until you rest in the shadows The dark air of the night so cold I can show you truth beyond your dreams your fiery tears they seared me as we stared into the candles flame how do you comprehend a bond of such intentioned sacrifice I plead with the darkness your skin is of purest ivory and as you weep I catch your ebony tears we melt in our hidden desire... Please submit your soul to me to become my destiny I beckon to you through the mist of the everlasting rain spill your blood stop our pain be my bride of darkness you are me and I am you forever... The pale moon it comes alive in your eyes I weep why must the sun ever rise for in this darkness your radiance consumes me for this I give you life... eternal They whispered you had risen your love means more than life itself your neck burns with uncontrollable pain that won't cease until you rest in the shadows The dark air of the night so cold I can show you truth beyond your dreams your fiery tears they seared me as we stared into the candles flame Death it yields immortality as the darkened wind cries your name as you leave your mortal dread your blood fills me with ecstacy together at last I now know that I can be free... 3. To Blackened Skies I Suffer [Music and Lyrics By Mark Kelson] I stand in the rain looking for the answers why do I feel this way withering like a dying rose I must join you as in life and death we shall unite as one to dance in the ever growing darkness Why must it be this way held together by sorrow my overwhelming desire is to end this suffering what do you think I see when I see myself death seems so cold yet feels so warm My mind is in turmoil I search in wild despair for another way out but in vain I touch the blade to my heart... I yearn for your kiss from your soft loving lips I have reached the end and my time is complete it all seems so clear I know what to do ending my life to be wed in the grave... 4. All That Remains [Music: Mark Kelson and Oneil Alexander] [Lyrics: Oneil Alexander] As the light of the ever fading sun dies like a candles flame taken by the wind darkness reveals it's beauty from the shadows haunting it beckons me calling my name Slowly I transcend into a world so dark a place where the sun never rises the wrath of the heavens send onward storms blood rains from the skies wounds... so softly So warm so soft like the taste of your tranquil kiss your tranquil kiss from your soft bleeding lips the anger of clashing thunder sings a song of hate sings a song of hate so strong... A black rose blooms it blooms from a weed and reeks the dark sent of death I close my eyes and all I feel is sadness only to open them and see darkness Is this a dream I wish to never awaken darkness I beg of you take me eternally each step I take closer pulls me further away So warm so soft like the taste of your tranquil kiss your tranquil kiss from your soft bleeding lips the anger of clashing thunder sings a song of hate sings a song of hate so strong... "In this garden of grief I stand alone scarlet rain it falls and I dream of you the angel I thought I knew the angel I thought was you..." 5. Naked She Lay To The Virgin Snow [Music and Lyrics: Oneil Alexander] Her dying embrace still haunts within through the blackest shade of nightfall her enchanting voice it whispers serenades a dark romance... yet never again fate so tragic is mine to keep forever will I miss her last dying kiss As the sun sets before my very eyes so lifeless she sleeps never to rise an erotic dream of a winters kiss so warm it melts like the snow in my hand An ebony tear sheds only for you beyond this sorrow deep within me a promise we made evermore I loved you and still I do "The light of our dying sun faded so long ago captured by this immense nightfall my sweet goddess... so pale so cold naked she lay to the virgin snow" Her dying embrace still haunts within through the blackest shade of nightfall her enchanting voice it whispers serenades a dark romance... yet never again fate so tragic is mine to keep forever will I miss her last dying kiss The time we shared your virgin kiss and that of mine you took from me I surrender my everything to you then you gave your self to me Under a sunless sky beyond the midnight hours to dance in the shadows while the sun sleeps I held you with affection in my weak arms I wish I never let you go As I walk the path of this lonely journey dreamlike it rains sadness so endlessly awaiting the dusk to descend remembrance and my tears for you shall fall eternal... 6. I Bleed [Music and Lyrics: Mark Kelson] I bleed like no man I drown in my pain tear it out take it away my heart I no longer need I scream like no man I cry in vain tear it out take it away my soul I no longer need All because of you... I'm a fool for you blinded by your touch take my eyes take them away lost in you... forever I die like no man all because of you I bleed... 7. Last Embrace [Music and Lyrics: Mark Kelson] Your eyes tell of lost love your tears tell of your pain I tremble as we kiss as we embrace our passion Darkness soothes a hungry soul and in the twilight I dream in the darkness we dance this moment shall never end I caress your delicate skin melting into black silhouettes I embrace thee my beloved a moment I can not bare to end In the darkness we dance as the candles flame dies our pain fills my heart the sorrow of our last embrace... Darkness soothes a hungry soul and in the twilight I dream in the darkness we dance this moment shall never end 8. A Dream Unremebered Line-up: Mark Kelson - Vocals & Guitar Chris Burton - Guitar Martin Powell - Violin & Keyboards Oneil Alexander - Drums Facts: Layout: Mark Kelson for SCREWart Engineer: Mark McCormack Producer: Mark McCormack and Cryptal Darkness Released in Australia: 1999 Released in Europe: Mid 2000