KATATONIA 1998 "Discouraged Ones" I BREAK SOUNDS OF IMBALANCE SLEEPS THROUGHT THE NEVER THE ARTIFICIAL LIGTHSOURCE IS CREEPING WITH FLIES AND THIS TIME I BREAK I WILL NEVER MAKE ANOTHER DAY DEFIANT TO WHAT'S DELIVERED I WILL FIND A WAY TO SEVER MYSELF EXIT ALL TODAY YOU CAN'T SEE THIS DID YOU EVER SAY I BREAK SEVER I WILL FIND A WAY VISIT ME WHEN I'M THERE THE WEAKNESS OF HOPE IS THE STRENGTH OF DECLINE REMEMBER WHAT'S PAST WAYS AND WHAT I'VE BECOME THE JOY OF NOT BEING SOMETHING I NEED I'M ONLY WEATHER BUT ONLY TO ME STALEMATE WHAT I AM SUPPOSED TO BE IN MY LIFE IN YOUR LIFE IN OUR LIFE IN THIS LIFE I SHUT THE DOOR AND CLOSED MY SIGHT AT THE END OF THE DAY IT'S NOT THE WAY THAT IT USED TO BE THERE'S NO WAY I'LL SEE THE BEGINNING OF THINGS TO COME TRAPPED IN THE WAYS OF THE WEAK DEADHOUSE SOMEHOW BETTER WITHOUT THIS HEADLIGHTS FUCK THE CITY SOMEWHERE I'M BROKEN NO SENSATIONS NEVERMORE SOMEHOW I NEVER LEAVE THIS DEADHOUSE SOMEHOW I DON'T MIND BEING GONE AND IF YOU REALLY THINK YOU'VE SEEN ME I HAVE TO PROVE YOU THAT YOU'RE WRONG WHAT DO YOU SAY WHEN YOU SPEAK I SENSE NO TIME DISCOURAGED TELEVISION SLEEP NOT AWAKE UNTIL IT'S DARK RELENTION IT'S HARD TO SAY WHERE I'VE BEEN OR AM, SLEEPING IN THE DARK I DON'T KNOW WHERE I LIVE DIRTY PALACE WALLS I'M RETURNING FROM SOMETHING TO SOMETHING, TO SOMETHING I'M RETURNING FROM SOMETHING TO SOMETHING, TO SOMETHING GUESS I'M ALRIGHT IT'S HARD TO SAY WHERE I'VE BEEN OR AM, SLEEPING IN THE DARK I DON'T KNOW WHERE I LIVE DIRTY SPLINTERED PALACE WALLS COLD WAYS I CAN'T DO WHAT YOU DO I'M JUST ABLE TO TEAR IT DOWN, YEAH STAY IN A COLD MINUTE OF SLEEP FEEL THE WORLD RIGHT THROUGH THE ETHER TWISTING NAMES INSIDE OF ME ELECTRIC ATMOSPHERE TO BE MUST CARRY ON ONE LAST TIME CANNOT END WHAT HAS BEGUN IN YOUR EYES, IN YOUR EYES YOU'RE ALIVE BUT IN MY EYES, IN MY EYES YOU'RE A LIE YOU CAN'T DO WHAT I DO I JUST ABLE TO RUIN YOU, YEAH STAY IN COLD WAYS OF WINTER SEE MYSELF RIGHT THROUGH THE ETHER IN MY EYES, IN MY EYES YOU'RE THE LIE GONE A DEAD START IN MY HEAD AND THE DAY'S BEEN LAID THE THINGS I REALLY WANT ALWAYS TORN FROM MY HEART YOU NEVER SAW THE WAY HOW I WANTED YOU TO STAY AND NOW WHEN YOU'RE GONE I'M ON MY OWN WHEN I WAS THINKING THIS WAS SOMETHING PERMANENT YOU WERE ALREADY THINKING OF GOING AWAY LAST RESORT AND HERE THE AIR THAT I BREATHE ISN'T DEAD ENTER LIFE OF WHAT'S STILL HERE CLOSE THE DOOR AWAY FROM NEAR SHROUDED IN AUTUMN'S GRAVEN ASCENTION THOUGHT THE BRIDGE WAS OVER NOW LOST THE TRACK ASTRAY SOMEHOW WHO'S PAINTING MY LIFE IN SORROW BLUE A RELIEF FOR A DISLOCATED MIND SHELTER FOR THOUGHTS ASYLUM FOR MY SOUL FINDING THE ONLY PLACE I NEED TO KNOW SALVATION FOR A LONELY SINKING KIND ALL MY DUTIES BE DONE A FEW YEARS OF TAKE NEVER LEAVING AGAIN YOU'RE FOREVER NERVE HIGH WHITE WAYS SHATTERED BY RAIN PALE DEAD WALLS NERVES PUSHED IN PAIN RED LIGHT FACED MIRRORS OF THE DEAD PEOPLE ON THE ARCHWAYS EYES FULL OF LEAD ALWAYS CLOSING DOWN MYSELF LOWER SIGHTS AND NEVER SEE WORLDS OF NOISE AND WORLDS OF LIGHT EXPECTING NOT TO BE NOT CLOSE ENOUGH FOR YOU TO HEAR A BREATH OR STEAL A SIGH BUT JUST CLOSE ENOUGH FOR ME TO TAKE A STEP AND PASS YOU BY SAW YOU DROWN AS THROUGH YOUR SHATTERED EYES IT ALL CAME TOGETHER AND YOUR HEART CRIES WEEPING THROUGH THE WEATHER ANOTHER WAY TO CHANGE YOUR MIND I'M WEAKER THAN THEY SAY TO LEAVE THIS WORLD BEHIND THE ONLY WAY TO STAY DON'T YOU KNOW I'M THE END OF WHAT WE'LL BE AND RIGHT BELOW US THE LAST THING YOU'LL SEE IN THE WATER I SAW YOU DROWN DOWN THE WATER I SAW YOU DROWN AS THROUGH MY SHATTERED SIGHT YOU'RE NO LONGER HERE AND MY HEART CRIES SLEEPING THROUGH THE LIGHT ANOTHER WAY TO CHANGE MY MIND NEVER IS THE DAY TO LEAVE THIS ALL BEHIND THE ONLY WAY TO STAY INSTRUMENTAL DISTRUST RUNNING MY WAY TOWARDS OBLIVION INSIDE MY HEAD ELECTRIC INSOMNIA IN YOUR MIND I'M FED WITH DISTRUST HEADING FOR ANYTHING BETTER THAN THIS I WANT TO BE FORGOTTEN I WANT YOU TO FORGIVE HOW I AM LOSING ALL THIS IT'S JUST THE WAY I LIVE RUNNING MY WAY TOWARDS OBLIVION INSIDE MY HEAD SMOKESCREEN'S GONE LEAVING ALL THIS TO BE UNDONE HEADING FOR ANYTHING BETTER THAN THIS RUNNING MY WAY TOWARDS OBLIVION OUTSIDE MY HEAD ONLY THE DARK IN YOUR MIND I'M THE END OF IT ALL HEADING FOR ANYTHING BETTER THAN THIS All music & lyrics by Nystrom / Renske. Jonas Renske - Drums / Guitars / Lead Vocals Anders Nystrom - Guitars / Keyboards / Backing Vocals Fred Norrman - Guitars Micke Oretoft - Bass (c)(p) 1998 AVANTGARDE MUSIC Printed by Andy (andrew@ns.econ.msu.su) -------------------------------------------------------