HELEVORN LYRICS

1. A Sail To Sanity

Sought out, killed by chance, raped and slaughtered
Rockets wake me at night
I must leave the certain death
One of the few who values life

All my hope is over
In this sea I abide
Now I sink like a stone
In dark hues I confide

Put a torch to my home
The others are gone, buried
All I have lost, I miss them
Their death is in vain

Waves, take me to the truth
Will I ever be found?

Burning salt in my throat
They've come so far, as have you
A drowning at dusk, farewell

Haven't they paid enough?
They're more than a memory in my own life
Something worse than
Something worse than a slow goodbye

Died by chance
Died so far, hundred miles behind

All my hope is over
In this sea I abide
Now I sink like a stone
These waters hold my cries
No one will bury me

2. Goodbye, Hope

So long have I tried to stand aside
A noble 'cause, bread of life for all mankind
You've turned your back on me
You've chosen death over being free
Foolish man you can't back down from your pride

It's over, you have taken my all
Six eyes, three necks, broken knees, muted beauty
Ripped from the breast, slit ear to ear

A candle lit for those already gone
There is no chance of coming back
Foolish man you can't back down from your pride
The noose is tied, the hot wind blasts your saddened frown

I give my body to the sea
May the waves crash over me
Privation of all I saw as need
Wretched ingrates, you cannot believe

Cut out, cut off, it burns my lungs
I try to fight but my body stops

It's over, body thrown on the beach
Beaten down, skin stripped clean
With you, become you, bloodthirsty lust for the innocent
Forced to the ranks of evil's grudge
I can't leave now, I am you

3. Blackened Waves

Rolling by, weary, uneven planes
A darkness lurks
Slowly, I am given to the mystery
I am drawn into its depths

A wall of, formidable strength
The power is palpable

As I hold on to your hand
Our bodies shaking in the cold, hard rain, "Help us!"
Will someone send us a raft?
Better we're eaten than left to starve

Floating by, the need for human touch
I'm all alone
Sadly, I think I am on my own
I am the only one left

These angry waves… are crushing me
Oh my god, it's hard to breathe
The poison swells in my flaccid body
Maybe I should swim back to what I know

Are lead pills easier to swallow than white powdery waste?
Should I hand you my head, or pull out my own tongue

The scales of deep constrict my body's weakness
I look to the sky and it cries for me

Once I held on to your hand
Now I'm fighting to stay alive, helpless
What will happen to the race of man?
Better to be lost than remembered wronged

Born for slaughter, raising child soldiers for pain
Giving our daughters, and all our hopes for your gain
Not even a wet escape, so take me, away

4. Aurora

Every night I sleep in a lonely hole,
My head encapsulates thoughts of lead
Every night I wait for someone else,
To remember me and collect my dust-ridden remains

Eighty-one years to wake up
Tell my children, I'll write to them tonight
Hold my hand, I'll no longer lay down
Everywhere my thoughts are sprouting life

I need to see him
The one who'll bring me to the path of light

Every day I try to keep away the vultures flying over my head
Every day I yell from this hole that you dug last night for me

I died for something
Could it be that I died for nothing at all?
I never hurt anyone,
Yet you kicked in my door and invited me to a shallow grave

If I could have it my way
If I had never died
I would spread the peace I held inside

Eighty-one years to wake up
Can you hear me begging for my life?
Raise me up, you won't keep me down
My presence is living in your mind

Hold my hand, I cannot stay in the ground
Spitting dirt, standing up, I will change what you know
Let me breath, give me air
Not here nor there, but underneath

Let me breath, let me up
Rising from down below

Anyone who wants to stand up
Must be willing to be laid down
Everyone chooses his stone
Every man his thorny crown
I will stand up, Aurora, I will stand up

5. Forgotten Fields

How do we cope? Unearthing what we've known
They are breaking the silence
Died for just believing
You won't die again, the souls are rising
A brazen triumph of faith

How can I forget?
What you are and did for me

Look at my empty home
Overgrown and cover'd in leaves
A silken afterthought
Dead, limp and lifeless
A shadow buried deep
How many of us exist
Unified without air to breathe

Why didn't you stay silent?
Broken but alive
How can I forget?
No one is here
No one ever talks back to them

I cannot fathom
So early you filled the hole
Mine are in the ground
But yours could be next
The scoffer made somber

And those who forget pay in eternity
Oh, don't you turn away
You must honor them
It will all come back on you

If you wait for me to break down and give my life away
I'll dig you out on bended knee
No one dreams in these forgotten fields
Ideas are never undone

6. Nostrum Mare (Et deixo un pont de mar blava)

Θα σου δώσω μια γέφυρα,
Πάνω από τη γαλάζια θάλασσα,
Που να ενώνει τον κόσμο των ονείρων με τα μάτια σου
Και να εκτείνεται από την Αλκούντια στην Αμοργό.
Από τη μήτρα σου, στην καρδιά μου.

L-ilwien jikħalu mas-sikta tagħna,
Fejn titwieled il-kanzunetta.
Jiena niċħad l-ilma u l-għatx,
Il-ħolma passjonali u l-memorja.

Te dejo el agua y la sed, el sueño encendido y el recuerdo

أترك لك مجموعة من الأسئلة
بحيث تملأ أصابعك بالضوء
مثل تلك التي تضيء عيون بني سيدو

Et deixo un pont de mar blava
Que va del somni fins els teus ulls
Un pont que ajudi a solcar
La pell antiga del mar
Del teu ventre al meu cor

Que desvetlli la remor de tots els temps
I ens ensenyi l'oblidat gest dels rebels

E a Ponza la morte per vivere verso il mare
Lo spazio pieno di luce dove si rispecchia il mare… il mare

Qu'il nous dévoile le bruit des siècles, qu'il nous enseigne le geste oublié des rebelles, avec la rage du chant, avec la force du corps, avec la joie de l'amour

Et deixo un pont de mar blava que va dels somnis fins els teus ulls
Perquè servis el nord en el teu navegar.

גשר של ים כחול כדי שנרגיש יותר קרובים.
גשר המאחד גופים וחיים שונים, שונים.

Et deixo un pont d'esperança
I el far antic del nostre demà
Perquè servis el nord
En el teu navegar

Et deixo l'aigua i la set,
El somni encès i el record

Et deixo un vers a Sinera
Escrit amb traç d'un blau lluminós
Que cantava a l'Alguer
Per cantar el seu enyor...

Et deixo l'aigua i la set,
El somni encès i el record.
I a Ponza la mort
Per viure cara al mar… el mar... el mar.
L'espai ple de llum
On s'emmiralla el mar... el mar... el mar.

Et deixo un pont de mar blava
El blau del nostre silenci
D'on sempre neix la cançó.

7. Once Upon A War

A woman taken from home
To appease the warlords' thirst
The children give themselves up
What must be done to save their own innocence?
Innocents!

Why do we fight, no one wins
So sad now, I see you go
An eye for an eye, kith for kin
What must be done to forgive and to forget

I loved you as if you were my own
A bloodstained prize
A gallon per ounce

You think you are never wrong
Human error and pride,
One another, grieved in hate, our sons will feel our sins
Nothing changes on earth's sodden ground

I loved you as if you were my own
No one knows you as I, having seen you at your worst
An inner coward and thief
You'd snatch a purse to drink to your neighbor in the dirt

You think you are never wrong
Human error and pride,
One another, grieved in pain, our sons will feel our sins
Nothing changes on earth's sodden ground

You think you are never wrong
Human error and pride,
One another, meant to suffer, our sons will feel our sins
Nothing changes on earth's sodden ground
As we lived we will meet our end

8. The Path To Puya

To the southwest land deep under the earth
There lies the way

I no longer breathe, but I'm not dead
I rest on your lap, I cannot move around

Sharpen your knife, sharpen it quick
Those large black eyes fill with blood for my long trip
Take the meat from the beast before the fifth day
Remember me and toast before the end of time

Watch me arise, I can see my path before me
They call me sick, but death embraced me long ago

May you judge over me
I'll scale the mountain to arrive in heaven, trust in me
This old body will rest in a stone cave
To the north of this boat are lying all my ancestors

I am going to escape from this world of lions
Now open all the gates, I can hear them call

I will never die alone, I'll stay until you get here
Don't use my name again, Puya awaits your arrival

Hold me and take me to a bed now it's the time to say goodbye
Say goodbye and pray

Lives and time, moments passed waiting to be taken
To deny my ascension will be my worst failure

[The afterworld is Puya, "the land of souls," which is to the southwest under the earth. By a lavish death feast the deceased will reach Puya. He is judged by Pong Lalondong and then climbs a mountain to reach heaven, where he joins the deified ancestors as a constellation which guards mankind and the rice.]

9. La Sibil·la

El jorn del judici
Parrà qui haurà fet servici.

Jesucrist, Rei universal,
Home i ver Déu eternal
Del cel vindrà per a jutjar
I a cada u lo just darà
Als mals dirà molt agrament:
- Anau, maleïts, en el turment!
Anau, anau al foc etern
Amb vostro príncep de lo infern







HELEVORN LYRICS