THE OLD MAN & THE SEA
the storm has raged here for hours, the water’s plunging in on me
the remains of my creation is swallowed slowly down
by the troubled sea
into unconsecrated ground
gone eternally, gone eternally
feeder of my visions, carrier of my soul
the last hope for the dreamers, now crashing to the shore,
pinioned and torn
in presumption and with my foolish pride i challenged the storm,
i challenged the storm
i’m the sole survivor, the only one left alive
now my limbs seem to fail me and time has blurred my mind
i’m doomed to this fate
the deal has already been signed and the hour’s getting late
the hour’s getting late, much too late
WHERE SOLITUDE REMAINS
i watch the clouds through my window, sail across the sky
and underneath the canopy, gulls, they wheel and glide
the shoreline stretches endlessly along these windswept plains
i wander through this barren land where solitude remains
i’ve made myself a universe in this far-off home
unseen from the outside world, here i live and roam
and though i’ve tried assiduously to heal the wounds with time
you’ll haunt me in my memories until i die
if i should meet you after all these years,
how could i find the words?
i’d greet you with silence and with tears for all the time we’ve lost
the days get shorter as weeks pass, summer turns to fall
the birds will cease to sing and chant and follow with the call
it’s getting clearer and the truth unsparingly reveals
i’ve drifted imperceptibly out to sea
if i should meet you after all these years,
how could i find the words?
i’d greet you with passion and with tears for all the time we’ve lost
time lost
THOUGHTS IN ABSENCE
face my fears, my soul is absorbed into black
dry my tears, fear and pain is what i lack
broken, torn i live with my light-eye drowned
ease and calm you give,
but life begins and ends with pain
my time has come now, this bird has flown
a glimpse of hope, but still an everlasting moment
walk with me, for i shall go no futher now
dance for me, my soul shall end its futile ride
dressed in gold i rise with my face to the sun
open the shallow skies
but life begins and ends with pain
my time has come now, this bird has flown
a glimpse of hope
but i walk this earth no more
THE FLOW
purposeless man of clay
darkness – roll away
a silent stream leads the flow,
moving on and on
random lines fall in place,
adulterines slowly fade away
i´m sucked in deep by the flow,
taken in by the undertow
WHEEL
my mind’s falling down endless tunnels
until i find myself in the void
somewhere down there i could hear them calling me
through walls of silence i heard them weep
the wheel was just about to roll me over
and for a moment i lost control
stars were falling and worlds colliding
i always knew that they would track me down
tried so hard to break through to the surface,
but entered into yet another dream
i held tighter on to the lifeline
and sensing light i broke free!
SAD RAIN
(bonus-track on Japanese edition)
the neon dawn has just begun,
the day is here that wasn’t meant to come
she’s walking by the frozen sea
trying to count the stars that she can’t see
a distant sound of black rain in the water
the pale moon shining soft through a cloud
the sun is turning black in the horizon
the wind is slowly tearing her apart
and so our time has come, my friend
the child who cries and no-one seems to care
the echoes of the birds are gone
the sky is painted grey, but it’s so warm
searching for a light in the darkness,
trying to keep your eyes from the dirt
taste the bitter wine of tomorrow
i’m walking on a path that never ends
Lyrics by Jan Erik Liljeström except Thoughts In Absence and Sad Rain by Nicklas Berg
