Klabautamann
Smaragd
1. Into Depression
Darkness as my one true love
Cutting through the veins
Bleeding misery into all thoughts
My labyrinth of pain
I wander off and lose myself
No intention to be found
Killing all what's left of reason
The one, great glorious strife
I travel far into the depths
Wading rivers full of doubt
Depression is the cure
For abnegation of my life
Dreams called me
To follow them
Behind the eternal horizon
But now I
Can see the sun
Where the sky was my tomb
I am not afraid
Not anymore
Not afraid to get closer
You might have been
Enslaved by fear
Unleashed by ignorance
As the currents pull me under
I breathe in without a sound
A short struggle at the bottom
When it seems I've reached the end
And pray to keep on sinking
Far beyond my deepest fear
Drowning in depression
Forcing me to keep death near
To keep death near
2. My Terrifying Mirror
Through the storms of time
You have been forgotten for too long
You have lost all your beauty
Silence is now your disease
Your fear doesn't mean
That time would feel any pity
Order is the path
Between chaos and nothing
As we are all descending into oblivion
Now you realize
There is no freedom from the past
And our memories
You are my terrifying mirror
You are now
Just a pale shadow of yourself
Is it willful denial
Or blind faith what brought us here?
Our inner conflict mirrors
Your decay no one witnessed
There is not enough trust any more
To follow once despised
Now they blame that the only time was wrong
And I always thought I am someone else
But I am no different
No different
3. In My Shadow
Who are you really?
Tell me
With your head up in the cloud
I lead, I follow you around
You can run, I stick around
I'll be lurking
Just as one
I'm always there
Right beside you
Even when you're unaware
Are you prepared to give
Up on what's real for you
We both know right and wrong
You are me and I am you
I will take my rightful
Place with my head up in
The cloud and you'll be
Walking as my shadow
Who are you really
With my head up in the cloud
Looking down on me in doubt
But I surround you
In darkness with my
Inconspicuous strength
Your hesitation
Makes me stronger
I will take my rightful
Place with my head up in
The cloud and you'll be
Walking as my shadow
4. Under Feral Skies
Paths barred by trees
Overthrown by nasty storms
Lakes cold and clear
The crossed viper leads the way
To a new home
And a new adventure
Looking for a den
In tense twilight
Black silhouettes of trees
Morph into mystical forms
Rampant streams
Move and form rocks
Fed by the melting snow
Of bygone winters
A night under feral skies
Awaiting a new dawn
Traces of wolves and bears
Make the wilderness aware
Be seen but don't see
Don't hunt but be prey
5. As the Snow Melted
We've been silenced
We've been struggling
I saw them falling
But now there is a different fear
Of what there is to come
That one day all will be forgotten
The past will be a different country
Promises will be forgotten
The dead will be the ones with freedom
There comes a day
You ask yourself
Why did we kill and die?
Now there is another serpent on our throne
6. The Murderers
When we were young we were full of dreams
But one day we awoke from the lie
Now sorrow is our only heritage
After everything has been taken by the fire
The setting sun poured flood of gold
Through the ruins
Nothing was heard but a whisper
Forever I had lost my strength
Empty dispute
Eroded all recollections
Everything was taken by the fire
The murderers are amongst us
They are amongst us
Traces of memory lost to oblivion
Terrified by our experience
Repressed feelings
To escape this mortmain
7. Enemies’ Blood
From the misty plains
Under a vibrant blood moon
A scent of dying daffodils
An unforgiving stench
Clings into the sanity
Of the last dying soldier
A battlefield of broken truth
Decomposing carcasses
Deprived of empty promises
Deserted by their depraved generals
Silenced monologues
Tales of no man's land
Flags as scarred witnesses
Frozen in enemy's blood
Salute the fatality of survival
As will the songs
Chained in brotherhood
Pawned by posterity
Salute the fallen
And honor our ignorance
8. Saturn
Die eisigen Ringe
Umarmen mich fest
Mein Mond ist bei mir
Er schaltet im Netz
Das Netz der Stürme
Das Ordnung schafft
Die Ordnung ist Kraft
Die Ordnung ist Macht
Wer Ordnung verlacht
In der ewigen Nacht
Wird sterben im Frost
Denn ich bin ein Gott
Saturn, Gasgigant
Saturn, Saturn
9. Smaragd
Lush trees and juicy skies
Form the ground
For an obscure parade
In celebration of summer solstice
Mosquitoes and black flies
Dance with other diptera
Touching the dusky water's surface
Waving circles arise
Velvet light emerges from dry levin
Warm winds disperse pollen and leaves
Secret cozy shivers hover the night
Ancient bartels tickle foolish prey
Be unaware, be swallowed alive
A chemical wedding with your friends
10. Frozen in Time
A flash frozen in time
Conversations with a long-lost universe
Staring through the eyes of infinity
Hidden memories rediscovered
We are locked in our history
The quest of our purpose
Irrational echoes in the deep
Following a spirit
Nothing is real
Nothing is certain
A flash frozen in time
Reflections 30,000 years away
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