Darklands Darklands 1. Intro [music: helmersson] [instrumental] 2. Serpentkiss [music: sanga/bergius | lyric: barthold] She hurt so bad, still I welcome her with open arms Her eyes so green - Turns black in the dark My heart infected with a serpentkiss My heart infected, the reptile she is She crawls me all over with the coldest stare Eyes blackened like the colour of her hair So fall and rise, fall and rise Bring me down and cover my eyes My heart infected with a serpentkiss My heart infected, the reptile she is 3. The King Of Crows [music: sanga | lyric: barthold] Out in the wastelands they circled above On that cold Septemberday Had a good taste of evil and contempt The scapegoat never gets away Crown the king of crows Crowned by misery Crown the king of crows The wretch on a throne And their fangs dug deep into him King of sundown, prince of the weak The small bitches stung hard I can tell 'Cause the crow, that's me Crown the king of crows... Wanted to feel somekind of love He found it nowhere Where is the shelter of God He found it nowhere Crown the king of crows... 4. Swansong [music: sanga/barthold | lyric: barthold] [part I: The Gallery] In this frustration - Mistake upon mistake A chill inside that haunts me My reflection in your gallery In my reflection - Who are you in flesh depicted? A face I'll only use for a while These words without sound These words echoes in me The guilt weights heavy within Beneath the skin and bones There's someone telling me Break the mirror and set me free These words without sound These words echoes in me [part II: Quietus Of A Butterfly] When the music has stopped And lights are low Will you turn your back on me? Hate me for what I know? 'Cause I know, I know, I swear you're there with me in my dreams You're a poison running through my veins a wound that just won't heal inside 'Cause I know, I know, I swear you're there with me in my dreams My butterfly sing for me My butterfly drink me deep Want to fly free but no wings will carry me 5. Through Your Veil [music: sanga | lyric: barthold] The fragments of me, a tragedy Brought to humankind in this decadens of out time A dying breed an death is in me From decay an art was created Wont you let it shine you through Can you feel the velvet to your skin? Can you feel the dust in you eyes? I can see through your veil 'Cause what I lost is what I found She looks into the light Remember all those times From decay an art was created Wont you come and follow me through Can you feel... The beauty of decadens I bring to you What you think of as beautiful depends on from which view Can you feel... 6. Intermission [music: helmersson] [instrumental] 7. Green Light Attraction [music: bergius/barthold | lyric: barthold] Through these waters - Down we go My green light attraction - In a world unknown Sheltered in the ocean - The tide takes me far Rips the bluish vision as the fire gets my heart Down on me, like you were before - Down on me And I take you down beneath - Where I bring you back your sleep I give you double the pleasure in stainless steel Sun cast the wings that never learned to fly Over the surface of this ocean - In which we're bound to lie Wy tounge works with the water - Sea-green light attraction And as we all the time sink further down Of body and mind we are contradiction Down on me... 8. Of Love And Lust [music: sanga | lyric: barthold] With a leather smile you embraced me A taste of wine as you suck me in The tenderness of the cunning snake A chain of gold that crawls your skin In the night I am your dawn To illuminate your heart The incense licks the walls Into the exquisite, torn apart Enshrouded in the blackest lace Sweat and blood stain your lips Flowers falls to the enchanting sounds of music brought to life The strings played on are the ones between the two of us tied Enshrouded in the blackest lace Sweat and blood stain your lips Lie down and close your eyes Deliver yourself to ecstasy Of ove and lust - Until the dawning of day Of lve and lust - Here's a new night's ache Let it go, just let it flow - Ride the morning sun Seductive sense of never having enough Ride the mourning son Of love and lust... 9. A Memory Of You [music & lyric: barthold] To come back to you, oh, sweet days - Wild with the scent of sin By the tombs of Pharaohs - We rode the desert Back to these days again Where we would feel the sun nailed to our skin Back to these days of youth With life for me and you As I remember it all starts flowing - Like a rain that runs through me All I ever wanted to have - All the things she brought to me Back to these days of youth With life for me and you And I am lost in a memory of you 10. Her Sinister Emanation [music: sanga/barthold | lyric: barthold] So calm and peaceful in putrescence she lies Her flesh like petals spread around for flies Under the sun glowing yellow and red Beauty and corruption upon her funeral bed Her sinister emanation Bring me honey and nectar - from the garden of delight Fruit and blossom come out tonight With flowers in bloom and sweet summerdays Shall you be alike this filth in decay See how everything is ment to be See how everything in the end grows weak I am yours in sickness and in suffering Produced by Darklands & Micke Christmansson. Recorded at Clav Studio summer -98 by M.Christmansson. All songs by Darklands. Artwork by A.Sanga. E. Barthold - vocals A. Sanga - guitars, piano, tamburine R. Bergius - bass Paul - drums Uno Helmersson - organ, ack. guitar, piano