Trail Of Tears Existentia 1. Deceptive Mirrors 2. My Comfort 3. Venom Inside My Veins 4. Decadence Becomes Me 5. She Weaves Shadows 6. The Closing Walls 7. Empty Room 8. Poisonous Tongues 9. As It Penetrates 10. Shades Of Yesterday 1. Deceptive Mirrors [K.R. Hagen, Thorsen, Nordhus. Lyrics: Thorsen] Tainted I stand here ridden with decease Nail me with a vacant stare Prepare me for release Sow a scar upon my face Plans for my resurrection laid to waste [Chorus:] It takes more than me to heal the infected eye I'd drain me dry to heal the long lost beauty It takes more than me to seal the infected eye I'll follow my fate to cut your tongue of hate Sink further down Let myself drown in my own self-deception Watch how the mirrors twist the truth Thoughts designed to destroy the average man Thoughts designed to erase our confidence Anger Frustration the message is now! These are all things that now pressure my soul I can see your face turning blue The fire in your eyes is fading too I can sense the fear running through your veins as the pictures turn to red [Repeat 1st verse] [Repeat chorus] 2. My Comfort [K.R. Hagen, Thorsen, Nordhus. Lyrics: Thorsen, Nordhus] My comfort Why do you let me fall when you see I'm about to absorb the torment Why do you hide and run away when I turn to the shades when I run from the hate If you could grant me some strength I could chase the thoughts away [Chorus:] Come lift me up Invincible Make it stop Invincible Don't play me false Never again I'll find my long lost salvation My comfort Why do you let me down when you see I'm about to deliver the poison Why do you hide and run away when I close my eyes and let my mind astray If you could grant me some strength I could suffocate the pain [Chorus] Come out from the shadows to face the day of retaliation I will consume the poison in your name and suck you dry What will it take for me to face these fearful hours To face the facts I cannot bear I'll consume the poison in your name Torment strikes you all the same A phase completed Now let it pass What will it take for me to face these fearful hours What will it take for you to help me find my long lost salvation My comfort My inner self Peace [Chorus] 3. Venom Inside My Veins [Hansen, Thorsen, Nordhus. Lyrics: Thorsen, Nordhus] My time to give in There's nowhere else to hide My time to swallow remaining drops of pride [Bridge:] How many tears have stained this soil? How many souls have vanished? I could have sworn I saw you passing by in the blink of an eye [Chorus:] You bring me down to further deepness as you focus the pain on my sides of shame You bring me down to a level below as you focus the pain on weakness Time to surrender Rip the last bit of hope Time to lay down Joy is not to be found [Bridge] [Chorus] Your venom still runs inside my veins Words of contempt to increase the suffering Thoughts I can't deny they still appear Black pulsating heart You bring me down Down Down [Bridge] [Chorus] 4. Decadence Becomes Me [Hansen, K.R. Hagen, Thorsen, Nordhus. Lyrics: Thorsen] Decadence becomes me Halfway into the second glass as I sit indulging in my mental filth Depraved Deprived Indulge with me and kill your pride Sin is in so join the fold Let the only truth be told [Chorus:] Decadence becomes me as my mind is getting sick Taken into hopeless solitude Decadence becomes me as I'm heading to the floor Someday I'll be out to have some more Decadence becomes me Halfway into the seventh glass My senses shaken as the green ones pass Depraved Deprived My image bleeds before your eyes Sin is in so join the fold Forget the rules that you were told [Chorus] I feel the light escape my soul Trying to gain control Temptations everywhere and I dare not resist No I dare not resist I'm too weak to turn away [Chorus] 5. She Weaves Shadows [Hansen, Thorsen, Nordhus. Lyrics: Thorsen, Nordhus] [Chorus:] Frail believer Won't you wipe away the shame Inject my soul and paint it black within a narrow frame I have no one to follow yet no time to linger I must face the day alone cause whenever around she tends to weave shadows See the innocent Not afraid to stay withdrawn from mother nature Bound Heaven's sent Doesn't speak my name but maybe later [Chorus] All mercy has been withdrawn as your world comes crashing down and desperation knocks on your door Why don't you dare to speak my name Damnation All the times we shared appears to have been in vain [Chorus] See the innocent Heading to the skies above from mother nature Bound Heaven's sent Doesn't leave me be but maybe someone later 6. The Closing Walls [Perez, Thorsen, Nordhus. Lyrics: Nordhus] Heading out in cold frustration on yet another route To chase your destination always ready to pursue Forced into the corner you spill your fluids to the floor As another filthy needle has pierced through once more [Chorus:] It hurt me hard and i fell low It hurt me hard pulled me below But they were many to pull until my lungs were full So vigorous upon a scale It is what I descendant To just the guilty, the wondered fail Save me the lash upon the scale It is what I descendant To just the guilty, the wondered fail Heading out in cold frustration on yet another route To chase your destination always ready to pursue In tears you spray the closing walls with wrists open wide In contrary to what you think you cannot ever hide Tears fall as you spray the walls The walls are closing further in on me Why can't these demons let me be I feel so cold I feel so sick [Chorus] 7. Empty Room [Hansen, Nordhus. Lyrics: Nordhus] Empty room a lonely child left to suffer Empty room and nightmare wild Never forgotten I never meant to do you harm And if I could reverse our story I'd never dare [Chorus:] All alone All alone I think and I shiver What could have been was never real I think, and I think and I shiver Candles lit and tearful eyes But not dreaming left to suffer Candles lit and strangled cries Never forgotten [Chorus] I never meant to ruin it all And if I could reverse our story I'd never dare 8. Poisonous Tongues [Hansen, K.R. Hagen, Thorsen, Nordhus. Lyrics: Thorsen] Dive into my arms now that all is forgotten and walk with me hand in hand towards the end No reason to attempt once you've been kissed by poisonous tongues I watch my hope as it hangs pale from an old fragile rope Dive into my arms now that all is forgotten and walk with me hand in hand towards the end [Chorus:] Present fear is consequence Smothered in my common sense Will let our history be past So we can sin together Dive into my arms now that all is forgotten and walk with me hand in hand I'll leave it all behind and descend into your arms Despite my promise Despite what I already said I'll leave it all behind and I'll fall into your arms If you could only open up my eyes and wipe them clean from all this malice I could have bought some time to lace my damnation [Chorus] 9. As It Penetrates [Hansen, K.R. Hagen, Thorsen, Nordhus. Lyrics: Thorsen, Nordhus] When your thoughts are carried down the savage filthy lane and winter flushes feelings down the drain Let me be the one who pulls you towards the sun Let me be the one to chase your demons on the run [Chorus:] The future is memories to be shared and we know those memories will remain The more I try, the more I love and the more I do makes the demons fly and the day you die will even make the flowers cry Venomous feelings as your thoughts are dragged through the smoke of life As it penetrates it's time to cease the day Intoxication to control the hate Whatever comes will kill your faith Leave it be and pour the blame all over me [Chorus] 10. Shades Of Yesterday [K.R. Hagen, Hansen, Thorsen, Nordhus. Lyrics: Thorsen, Nordhus] The shades of yesterday Decayed by maturity and these enchanting thoughts are victims of myself [Chorus:] Set your sails Head towards your faith All forbidden fruit tastes better than the seeds of yesterday The shades of nevermore Depraved by reality and these enchanting thoughts are victims of myself Would you like to annihilate? Would you like to leave it all behind? Temptation calls and all the doors are open wide Vivid are the thoughts vivid are the thoughts that I have tried to deny [Chorus] Temptation calls and all the doors are open wide Vivid are the thoughts vivid are the thoughts that I have tried to deny to deny in the past Condemned