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
Lyrics in plain text format
