EVEREVE "Seasons"1996 Nuclear Blast 1. Prologue: The Bride Wears Black 2. A New Winter 3. The Phoenix / Spring 4. The Dancer / Under A Summer Sky 5. Twilight 6. Autumn Leaves 7. Untergehen Und Auferstehen 8. To Learn Silent Oblivion 9. A Winternight Depression 10. Epilogue Prologue: The Bride Wears Black ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Masks concealed the real mourning No noise were allowed Misfortune came with large steps Enveloped the future into a shroud The bride wears black tonight Valleys got deeper and deeper The summits disappeared in beautiful Clouds a path in sick infinity Deep abysses and beside it Travelled in endless trains Try to solve my existence Sins, often pure temptation Praised, hallowed, just lies Voices to hear, inner futility Be it true, be it my love Coming to torture you... ...to torture you with my devotion A New Winter ~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Don't care. It won't change anything. Perhaps I don't care, but it's not that easy to be sure when your laughter still resounds in my ears Don't care. Today I look at you through other eyes and more and more it seems to be sure I was blinded" Verdammtes leiden, saures lieben, Verdammt das leben, dessen Schem Verschwand, stillschweigend aber stetig, Um nunmehr stumppes Nichts zu sein Verdammt die Traume, die ich hatte Heut noch nab'und haben verge Sie sind nun schal, was ubrigblied Sind stille Tranen auf der Erde "Fur Hoffnung ist es me zu spat - Dacht'ich - Doch was ist mir geblieben? Wo ist die Hoffnung wo das licht? Wo der Frubling nach langem Winter, Der nun das graue Eis zerbricht? Verdammt sind wir, verdammt zu lieben" The Phoenix / Spring ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The phoenix "And from the ashes a Phoenix rose - with wings made of gold it gently touched me, a touch of relief. I was ready to start a new circle, hoping it would never come to an end. "Never too late for hope" - the grey ice melted - slowly..." SPRING Where is my world, The beggining of my life bound, Surrounded by light, Wandering aimlessly around. Hearing voices calling my name While I hover, world's dark stain. Where is my summertime? I'm longing for its warmth, Far too long I shivered In winter's icy force Clouds are above me Mid air caresses my lungs I let myself drift, waiting for spring sun. Soft grass - but it hurts to go over it, Pointed stings - running between I stick Brooks are roading, the water blood red Please let me drink, but I can't, I'm dead. Souls are screaming, mothers and sons Are slaughtering themselves, am I teaching a dream... The Dancer / Under A Summer Sky ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Dancer "And then, with a glistening beam of vivid light spring was gone and summer drew near, pervading our minds and our eyes were blinded with delight. For a short moment we joined in the dance of life and time disappeared, leaving us behind in our embrace..." UNDER A SUMMER SKY The air - massive like lead Too sultry to give, to give a sigh Sheer unbearable she lies on me Your love to me feels so dry To beat - unable to move Every attempt just a rude glide The sweat runs on bare skin Comes and goes like your love shine Under a summer sky of love I see your soul above Under a summer sky of love Your name in my heart I'll carve No sleep - a total repose The warmness pervades my blood No wind that breathes life A existence without you would be like being blind You're gone - like the summer will leave One day it will... be over The time slings yet slowly Like your love from my shoulder Twilight ~~~~~~~~ "First leaves touch the ground Shadows are to be our company An age draws near In which days die away, die softly When the light dwindles When the curtain falls The sun is conquered Grey veils cover the world And our hearts vanish in the void" Autumn Leaves ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Been has her being Urged to the dwelling of your ancestors All the long way to their resting place Now your place, nothing left, no more... Hungering your love lies in a coffin Can see the laughing vault Ramdripping on darkened woods Love's soul is fearlessly sold Escaped from our world My elegy accompanies you She's buried under autumn leaves... During a howling storm Dusty claws are grasping at her Thursting for infinity This is not her destiny... Untergehen Und Auferstehen ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Werde untergehen und auferstehen Erhalten durch elixiere gemischt aus blut Wer will mich halten, wer mich toten, Wer solite sie loschen, meine glut? Ich spucke feuer aus der tiefe meines Herzens Da meine welt zugrunde geht Mein hang zur qual hat sie zerstort Auf knien das ende herbeigefleht Hab'mich erborochen nachdem ich dich liebte Als du nackt vor mit lagst Ein zeichen demer augen, ein gutes Geschenkt dir aus schmerzen, auch wenn Du klagst Werd'dich vermissen, so tief der schmerz Die angst macht alles noch viel schlimmer Durch meine adern fliesst atzende saure Gedanken statt worte, statt liebe Gewimmer... Noch uber den wolken fliege ich Die luft voll der vogel gekreische Mein wille, er jagt mich, verfolgt mich Ein bestie auf der suche nach faulendem Fleische To Learn Silent Oblivion ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Huge and ashen and overfull roll the clouds to crush the horizon and affliction drops viscously as trip, depreves the mind I would just need to lern silent oblivion from the world" A Winternight Depression ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fading light - I see the shadows fall. I hear the darkness sigh. As it rises from a dead man's pillow. Taking his last breath to the winds outside. Threads of moonlight torch the ground. Show forms a cover of silence. Candlelight spreads its wings over my soul. The flame illuminates the night. Searching for answers, my mind's deceit. With myself torn to fragments, my life means defeat. Where is my saviour? Why did he leave me alone? In my winter frost palace where sorrows are sown. I try to find a way deep into my dreams. Try to flee from cruel reality. To be suspended into a sea of emptiness. And never, never wake up again. Did you ever hear a dead baby crying in its cradle? Did you ever see a black sun rising above a silent world? Did you ever speak words no one would ever hear? Did you ever scream out what you feel when you see the pain? I see a new day, the candlelight dies. The darkness meets the beauty of the light. Epilogue ~~~~~~~~ Und unter ew gem eise begraben Liegt die deele da und schreit Muss sich sich nahren, muss sich laben An des daseins dunkelheit - nichtigkeit English translate: Epilogue And buried under eternal ice There lies the soul and cries Has to nourish, to refresh On our being's darkness - nothingness. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Recorded and produced at Impulse Studio, Hamburg in august 1996 by Jan-Peter Genkel & Gottfried Koch. Co-engineered by Oliver Hoffman. Executive producer: Marcus Staiger. Mixed by Jan-Peter Genkel. Mastered at central Sound Studios, Hamburg by Jan-Peter Genkel & Norbert Achtelik. --== Taken from Roman Isakov's lyrics collection ==--