Netherbird Shadows and Snow 1. Shadows and Snow So resounding those promises broken They still echo through this my darkened realm Countless the days now since past Still lingering and long, the shadows they’ve cast On me! These are blood soaked lands With memories... Shadows and Snow From these fierce whipping winds We are all hardened and shaped Shadows and snow From which we’re carved and born Origin and our bourn Resounding those promises shattered They still echo through this my darkened realm These are blood soaked hands With memories! Shadows and Snow From these fierce whipping winds We are all hardened and shaped Shadows and snow From which we’re carved and born Origin and our bourn Origin and our bourn And we can see! I have walked the endless path, to meet myself I have walked the endless darkness, to set your echoes free I have heard the hymn of the world, it lacks words and melody In the shadows and frost I found them, which ones they used to be Used to be! These are blood soak lands With memories! Shadows and Snow From these fierce whipping winds We are all hardened and shaped Shadows and snow From which we are carved and born Origin and our bourn Origin and our bourn! 2. Twilight Gushes Forth... As the sword of midnight Splits the shield of daylight And twilight gushes forth from ancient wounds cut so deep... It might seem forever It might seem eternal But believe me it just ain't so... All and everything, will be nothing, only darkness, and cold The scorching rays of daytime The guilt laid in plain sight Every belief will be so proven false, as the universe is no more The cycle will end, darkness eternal Darkness and cold they shall prevail It shall quench the hurt, the guilt and all sins It will forgive us The cycle will end, cold is eternal Darkness and cold they will remain It shall slake the moon, the stars and the sun And in the end forgive us For what we’ve become As the sword of midnight Splits the shield of daylight And twilight gushes forth from ancient wounds Upon eternity... Whatever the roots of your sins One day they will all be absolved By darkness eternal absorbed Every progress will be proven useless Every god will be just as dead as you and me The cycle will end, darkness eternal Darkness and cold they shall prevail It shall quench the hurt, the guilt and all sins It will forgive us The cycle will end, cold is eternal Darkness and cold they will remain It shall slake the moon, the stars and the sun And in the end forgive us For what we’ve become 3. Nightwards (interludium) 4. Ode to the False (Esse non Videri) Ve dig ynkedom! Esse non videri In the realm of falsehood you are a king Your mirror reflects a god Yet I see no one, no one at all Be gone! I can see no one at all! You are never gonna be the one You are forged in the wrong flames Your feeble curses go unheard I’m a non believer We shall cast you down the pit Your high throne will collapse Your fragile angels will behead themselves Out of regret and disgust Esse non videri An ode to a king without a court A god without a creed A church without belief You are never gonna be the one You’re a castle built on sand Your dogma rings so sad and hollow I’m a non-believer We shall to watch you fall We’ll live to outlast you Your legions will abandon you Out of regret and disgust A transparent empty shell Devoid of passions blood My ode to you the false Is all I will bestow My last poisonous offering To whom betrayed us all A last boon to which you might cling As we make you fall, down The scarred will slowly drain you into dust You stare at me but I see right through you Be gone Esse non videri In the realm of falsehood you are a king Your mirror reflects a god Yet I see no one, no one at all, be gone You are never gonna be the one You are forged in the wrong flames Your feeble curses go unheard I’m a non believer We shall cast you down the pit Your high throne will collapse Your fragile angels will behead themselves Out of regret and disgust