That waits at the edge of the distant horizon And we are all strangers in global illusion Wanting and needing impossible heaven Chasing the dream as they swim out
Songs of the ANATHEMA
The fragments of connection died Some things just won’t fade with time Hide behind a transparent eye You can’t see me but I can you… Betray without a moment’s
My life’s minds plagued by lyssophobia In a cage solitude locks me in As the dark blackened walls close in on me Dementia strikes, there’s no turning back Drowning
Is there anybody in there? Just nod if you can hear me. Is there anyone home? Come on, now. I hear you’re feeling down. Well I can ease your
As a shadow is cast overhead I rejoice in the coming of the gloom Lifting my eyes to view what, to me, is beauty I decipher what is read
a light that shines behind the veil trying to find it And all around us everywhere Is all that we could ever share if only we could see it
your good intentions are boring take me away if it keeps you sane then it’s ok if I play it safe would it save me I’d like to get
With loving passion, oh your radiance A serenade I cry Your silk lined coffin the lachrymatory To hold a mourner’s tears Ethereal splendour Pale skin and down cast eyes
Asleep is the rose, in tired innocence… dreaming time away. Secure in the comfort of slumbers faint embrace. Blissfully ignorant, unaware of the imminence… Recurring memories emerge from the
If I begin to feel lighter Hold me down And I’ll be yours for evermore God bless this mess I’m in For it is time To be rid of
staring out upon the sea the waves are washing over half forgotten memory Deep within the moment laughter floats upon the breeze rising and falling dying down within me
Where have all the flowers gone? Just what went wrong? Innocence, insanity, irony Stone cold reality Oh lord come and save me Do you think we’re forever? I’ve been
Your dream world is a very scary place Your dream world is a very scary place to be trapped Your dream world is a very scary place Your dream