Novembers Doom Apothic 1. The Dark Host 2. Harvest Scythe 3. Buried 4. What Could Have Been 5. Of Age And Origin - Part 1: A Violent Day 6. Of Age And Origin - Part 2: A Day Of Joy 7. Six Sides 8. Shadow Play 1. The Dark Host The dark host where green stands tall The emotion of Summer fades Conscience versus consequence With a pure possession of fall This is the law, the law of the land Where Angels earn their keep The dark light, the dark light curse We cheated our way to midnight Enjoy the season before Winter arrives And bitter cold kills vibrant life We await our ghost, and it will bring pain I hope you enjoy your fall This is the law, the law of the land Where Angels earn their keep The dark light, the dark light curse We cheated our way to midnight Black is the soul of a dying sun, just before aphotic calm The moment the darkness arrives, be strong and be bold Remember the day, you said “forever?” It’s so unclear exactly what you meant Cloud cover erased the sunlight It’s much too late to wish for day No one’s listening to empty prayers Autumn’s spirit gathers our hearts Here we are in the absence of light Where the night’s chill touches our skin This is the time where nothing matters When clouds cover in nightly shade Where are the friends who promised loyalty? I never realized how wonderful it was I look back on that day of promise And now I understand “Forever.” Black is the soul of a dying sun, just before aphotic calm The moment the darkness arrives, be strong and be bold 2. Harvest Scythe Prison walls contain my laugh Knowing you can’t keep me down I will escape from your pathetic trap Greeted by the grand applause I am the hate within your soul I feed the anger you tried to hide In the end you locked me away And I’m bleeding for your madness Broken glass makes up the floor Forced to lay and bleed The enchanting choir of screams Cutting through like the harvest scythe I am the fear you have at night I haunt the dreams of those who know You’re afraid because you know I’m right For this night, I will feed on your eyes I cannot die, You know this is true You’ve tried to kill me, time and time again We’re bound by words, eternal calm You have no existence without me Broken glass makes up the floor Forced to lay and bleed The enchanting choir of screams Cutting through like the harvest scythe I am forever, and forever I shall lead Nothing you do can end my reign I am eternity, all kings bow before me To see my dead eyes, is to feel my lies Broken glass makes up the floor Forced to lay and bleed The enchanting choir of screams Cutting through like the harvest scythe 3. Buried I will drag you down to the earth I will torture you as you once did to me I will fill your soul with pain I will make you pray for your death The darkest place is where I make you mine Deep within the human heart Hidden away from the eyes of your kind No hope… No faith… No light... I will bury your flesh in the ground I will cover you with soil I will never allow your remains to be found I will die with the truth The darkest place is where I make you mine Deep within the human heart Hidden away from the eyes of your kind No hope… No faith… No light... When temptation grabs ahold To sing a dirge of defeat This weary soul can not shake the agony No patience for believers Despair bleeds hopelessness These thoughts leave me drained Futile and frail where light has died The darkest place is where I make you mine Deep within the human heart Hidden away from the eyes of your kind No hope… No faith… No light... I have been broken a hundred times Beaten and battered forever scorned Living life with the rope around my neck Just one push from the edge of life 4. What Could Have Been There's no easy way to see it disappear Always dreaming of what could have been Who will be there to hold you As the morning light breaks We long to be there for you And we can only hope you knew Deeper scars then any wound could be Cold is the way, and it will never leave The great healer, was our deceiver It's hard to close my eyes in the dark We'll never know what could have been As we try to understand this We miss so much, what we never knew As we carry on without you When the rain begins to fall We protect pure innocence Empty arms, we're changed forever When two hearts break together Deeper scars then any wound could be Cold is the way, and it will never leave The great healer, was our deceiver It's hard to close my eyes in the dark We'll never know what could have been As we try to understand this We miss so much, what we never knew As we carry on without you When the rain begins to fall We protect pure innocence Empty arms, we're changed forever When two hearts break together 5. Of Age And Origin - Part 1: A Violent Day A vision of cruelty now burn into eyes Tortured, trapped, and mesmerized Living resistance by hand or by throat Pull me to safety, hide from humanity Gallery of the assault Escape the obscure fiend Disappear in times absurd Seal the maze which holds decay A violent day, a day of joy Anger resonates through open halls Losing freedom, this potent lie Decadence fails to impress the beast Hunger controls the impulse Starvation for light‘s rebirth Pollute the mind with a promise of hope And another day I will neglect the love A violent day, a day of joy Anger resonates through open halls Losing freedom, this potent lie Decadence fails to impress the beast 6. Of Age And Origin - Part 2: A Day Of Joy This is where I belong And it is here where I will write To scribe the tale of age and origin Where words are mine and mine alone One truth, one tale And your judgement has no effect This is mine, this subtle lie Like a God who’s hope has died 7. Six Sides She once told me the box is where it lives Within those six sides, the enemy hides The power escapes under its cold breath And it’s my responsibility to watch it die. These years provide the stepping stone And it grows stronger before my eyes I chose to keep it alive I will choose when it dies No prayer, no hope, no wicked way A violent path of a fantastic mistake Dark corners where seclusion resides A funeral to escape her fearful gaze These years provide the stepping stone And it grows stronger before my eyes I chose to keep it alive I will choose when it dies A sickening sound of clawing, trying to escape Sealed tight, no air, and no light It needs nothing more then hate to exist I inherit this curse Like the scientist before the dawn A poison I create with stunning envy Asphyxiate the war that lives inside Remove the life and silence the cries Don’t you dare attempt to understand You couldn’t pretend, not then or now I’ve fathered this prison for too many years Kept alive to one day crush all dreams Within six sides, the enemy hides The power escapes under its cold breath It’s my responsibility to watch it die I once told her the box is where it died 8. Shadow Play A single movement attracts my attention A quick turn to see it disappear My struggle to witness what is real Thoughts prey on a realistic view Here is where the daylight fade Darkness leans on a morbid cain Thought’s deprived of sterile day A haunting by the shadow play So very still and silent I lay To trace your steps through shadows way The shadow represents a time before I knew A presence felt, cold and by my side I am your captive audience Show yourself, and prove I am not mad Here is where the daylight fade Darkness leans on a morbid cain Thought’s deprived of sterile day A haunting by the shadow play So very still and silent I lay To trace your steps through shadows way I can hear you. I know you are there. Your outline against the wall betrays Standing in the dark, lurking in my dreams I can hear your breathing across the room Insignificant within the infinite A road I have travelled many of day Swallowed by the black in nights sky Left to admire the beautiful failure Not much will become of me this night Not any night when the gallows fill Sleep will find the deserts sand This crushing fall steals my breath away Thought’s deprived of sterile day A haunting by the shadow play So very still and silent I lay To trace your steps through shadows way