ARCTORA LYRICS

1. Hearts Ever Restless

I lay beside myself
With this emptiness
I feel joy at a distance
I have become so weary, worn over the gray days
A deep fog cradles me, seeps in apathy
What I had, in time,
I thought I'd forget

Once more the dusk is waning
And the veil shatters.

Oh how lost I was
What bitter dreams I held as burden
How the good never seemed good enough
In my quiet sunlight garden

I found solace in seclusion, detached from love or sorrow.

Besieged by feverish dreams,
The feast of a deathly sleep
Ravenous and terrible guilt within

I may have erred, I may have failed.
But my intentions were pure.
I knew not of the hurt
You felt as I withdrew.

The lies
The hatred
The paths
Divergent

In time the fires grew cold
Our paths untwined
Our eyes on the horizon
And our hearts ever restless
Oh how lost I was
What bitter dreams I held as burden
How the good never seemed good enough
In my quiet sunlight garden
I feel cold.

2. Arbiter of Fate

Soul sullen, heart lay torn
The only remedy is hate
The driving force, a seething storm
Behind dead eyes it burns
When the cold is all you've come to know
Hatred is like a spark of light
Like a moth to a flame, you are drawn

Break the chains, revel in the fire
Beast of darkness, roam and devour

Let not your heart be turned to stone
By all manner of earthly woes
Let not the shadows consume all hope
For in the end, you're the arbiter of your fate

Day after day, year after year
Chasing the shadow of the treacherous moon
The nightmarish truth
The summoning of gods

Give in to the pain, all your struggles are in vain
Branded be the servants, the sinful black sheep

Let not your heart be turned to stone
By all manner of earthly woes
Let not the shadows consume all hope
For you alone, are the arbiter of your fate

Break your chains!

3. The Last Winter

I remember the stories I was told as a child
Even if all was lost, the dark would subside
And as the shadows passed, the snows would soon turn to spring
Uncovering the trees to let the rivers sing

Oh how I long for the summer nights
The music, dance and drink
It was like it would never end
As the sun crowned the stars
I will cherish the memories
And bask in their warmth.

All light has faded
With the melodies
But I still hear your voices echoing
Towards the skyline
Where the clouds shimmer
This will be my last winter

Hope, such a fleeting thing
Yet it holds all power over man
It's the spark to always strive for something
To keep your eyes on the road, even if the destination is still unknown
But what if all your efforts fail and every with path you take
You just end up more and more lost?
What is there hope for if you know the road will only lead to more suffering?
After all this, would you have the will to keep walking?

All light has faded
With the melodies
But I still hear your voices echoing
Towards the skyline
Where the clouds shimmer
This will be my last winter

I'm sorry daughter
It's my fault you didn't make it home
But I'm glad you looked peaceful
Wrapped in a blanket of snow

4. I Am Human

A new kind of a decadence embodies this chapter
I can't stand this stench of ignorance
We build more and more atop a falling world
Endless is this material war, endless is our new form.

Obey the cycle of filth, their conceited ways
Feign concern, and now you try...
To fill the void, we are all exhausted of the search for a meaning
Hallowed toil, consume all you can
Entertainment bulimic

Grow, die, grow, die...

Where thy lay on beds of silk and gorge upon the blood of Gaia
Eyes glazed over the arson of Earth
Thy shame is yours alone to birth

A new kind of a decadence embodies this chapter
I can't stand this stench of ignorance
We build more and more atop a falling world
Endless is this material war, endless is our new form

I seek new purpose

Infinite eyes at the center of the hive
Become one with the transmutation
Flesh enveloping minds.

I wish to be, forever, an imperfect creation
This last piece of me you'll have to rip from my cold dead hands
I am human

Burn, beneath the ashes where you lie
Behind the lies which you swallow
Shut out, shut out
Shut it out

5. A Pale Image of What You See

I collapse under the weight of expectation
Gone are the days of when it all seemed so clear
Words painted black pour out on the paper
Crackling fire seeps through good intentions

I am not the man I thought I could be
May my deeds tell the story
I am the pale image of what you see
May the truth be my ruin

Ignite the fire
I once held dear
Revive the spark within
Ignite the flame
And bring me to life
Let me breathe again

Sink into the guilt

Oceans of aspiration
In drought they fade
Clouds of disappointment
Black skies follow every step

I am not myself
I am weak
Hear me
I'm drowning
Help me breathe

6. Wings of Wax

Bow to His image,
And our new god be born
With the truth revealed, now kneel
Be chained in sacred iron
The irony eludes you
To be trapped in draconian belief
Is the death of self-sacrifice
And the cardinal sin

Minds set forever in stone
Bearing resemblance to primates
Posturing acceptance
Reserved to those deemed fit

We chase these shadows
For all our lives
An empty promise
A labyrinth in which we hide
I felt their sorrow
I knew of their toil
I chased the dragon
Unrelenting, vain into the void

Misplaced faith
Blindly trusting to be saved
Place faith in this world
Place faith in yourself
Through all the hurt
Trust only what you see
Face the end with dignity

Brave the storm
Fear not the scorching sun
Wings of wax may melt
The final journey is the one within

We chase these shadows
For all our lives
An empty promise
A labyrinth in which we hide
I felt their sorrow
I knew of their toil
I chased your dragon
Unrelenting, vain into the void

7. The Storm Is Over

The storm is over
The rain has fallen
And washed away the pain and sorrow
So you can sleep into tomorrow,
Into your new home

You have gone where I can't follow
Clouds of black withdraw the horizon
As your ghost fades into the dark

The storm is over
Let go of worry, let go of pain
Rest your head now for a while
The rain has fallen
Let go of sorrow, let go of hate
Sleeping silent until the end of time arrives.

I hide my pain, locked away in empty room filled with empty promises
Agonizing over every single word left barren

It burns inside of me, like an inferno it ravages the very existence.
The lies now long forgotten, ripped out from root to stem

Each moment we had, laid out in a fragment of time
Each hurt we caused, reveals the truth in the lie

The storm is over
Let go of worry, let go of pain
Rest your head now for a while
The rain came down
Rivers flow
To drown
Barren words

8. Haaksi

We all seek a promise of something more
An ethereal purpose
The same lie courses through generations
Smouldering like embers

Like a stillborn son, pushed out to the sea
Ill-fated from the start
Thousand cradles floating, unknowing of the misery that will be

The waves lie silent, mirror of stars beneath
The hour grows darker and pale moon rising reveals

Tremble at the eye of the abyss
The further you fall, the more you will see

The darkness holds terrible secrets, left untouched for centuries
It stirs beneath your feet, rising to surface
As you gasp for air

Harbor of Death, skeletons crowd the seafloor.
The ocean turns black as it rises from the waves
The beast thrashes in the waters of the end
No light can reach your eyes now
Cursed from the moment you were born
Thrown away in sheer malevolence.

Opastimme lapsemme tuonelaan, joutsen siiville uinumaan
Meri aaltoihin ne köytti
Langetimme hautaan, valon myös nousevan
Olimme jo nähneet tämän maailman

Vaikka minulta vietäisiin kaikki ilon rippeet
Viho viimeinenkin valon säe
En suostu murtumaan
Vaikka tuntisin jo huomisen tuskan
Vaikka hukuttaisit minut pimeyteen
En ole valmis kuolemaan
Jos en saa elää

Tässä maailmassa kaikki kuolee
Kuihtuvat joskus vielä tähdetkin taivaan
Jos tunne en, tuskaa huomisen
En ole tuntenut mitään, älä anna minua pois

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ARCTORA LYRICS