Original Version LP Version Japanese Import Version 1. Shroud of false 1:37 1. Shroud of false 1:37 1. Shroud of false 1:37 2. Fragile dreams 5:32 2. Fragile dreams 5:32 2. Fragile dreams 5:32 3. Empty 3:00 3. Empty 3:00 3. Empty 3:00 4. Lost control 5:50 4. Lost control 5:50 4. Lost control 5:50 5. Re-connect 3:52 5. Re-connect 3:52 5. Re-connect 3:52 6. Inner silence 3:09 6. Inner silence 3:09 6. Inner silence 3:09 7. Alternative 4 6:18 7. Alternative 4 6:18 7. Alternative 4 6:18 8. Regret 7:58 8. Regret 7:58 8. Regret 7:58 9. Feel 5:28 9. Feel 5:28 9. Feel 5:28 10. Destiny 2:14 10. Destiny 2:14 10. Destiny 2:14 11. The silent enigma 4:12 total time 44:58 total time 44:58 total time 49:11 Digipack Rerelease Version Rerelease Version 1. Shroud of false 1:37 1. Shroud of false 1:37 2. Fragile dreams 5:32 2. Fragile dreams 5:32 3. Empty 3:00 3. Empty 3:00 4. Lost control 5:50 4. Lost control 5:50 5. Re-connect 3:52 5. Re-connect 3:52 6. Inner silence 3:09 6. Inner silence 3:09 7. Alternative 4 6:18 7. Alternative 4 6:18 8. Regret 7:58 8. Regret 7:58 9. Feel 5:28 9. Feel 5:28 10. Destiny 2:14 10. Destiny 2:14 11. Your possible pasts (Pink Floyd cover) 4:29 11. Your possible pasts (Pink Floyd cover) 4:29 12. One of the few (Pink Floyd cover) 1:51 12. One of the few (Pink Floyd cover) 1:51 13. Better off dead (Bad Religion cover) 4:23 13. Better off dead (Bad Religion cover) 4:23 14. Goodbye cruel world (Pink Floyd cover) 1:41 14. Goodbye cruel world (Pink Floyd cover) 1:41 total time 57:23 total time 57:23
SHROUD OF FALSE We are just a moment in time, A blink of an eye, A dream for the blind, Visions from a dying brain, I hope you don't understand Words & Music D. Patterson FRAGILE DREAMS "Tonight your soul sleeps, but one day you will feel real pain, maybe then you will see mee as I am, A fragile wreck on a storm of emotion" Countless times I trusted you, I let you back in, Knowing... Yearning... you know I should have run... but I stayed Maybe I always knew, My fragile dreams would be broken for you. Today I introduced myself, To my own feelings, In silent agony, after all these years, They spoke to me... after all these years Maybe I always knew... Words & Music by D. Cavanagh EMPTY Empty vessel under the sun wipe the dust from my face another morning black sunday coming down again empty vessel empty veins empty bottle wish for rain that pain again wash the blood off my face the pulse from my brain and i feel that pain again im looking over my shoulder cos millions will whisper im killing myself again maybe im dying faster but nothing ever last i remember a night from my past when i was stabbed in the back and its all coming back and i feel that pain again i abhor you i condemn you cos this pain will never end you got away without a scratch and now youre walking on a lucky path i have to laugh but youd better watch your back theres pathetic opposition theyre the cause of my condition ill be coming back for them ive a solution for this sad situation nothing left but to kill myself again because im so empty Words & Music by D. Patterson LOST CONTROL Life has betrayed me once again, I accept that some things will never change. I've let your tiny minds magnify my agony, and it's left me with a chem'cal dependency for sanity. Yes, I am falling... how much longer till I hit the ground? I can't tell you why I'm breaking down. Do you wonder why I prefer to be alone? Have I really lost control? I'm coming to en end, I've realised what I could have been. I can't sleep so I take a breath and hide behind my bravest mask, I admit I've lost control. Words & Music by D. Patterson RE-CONNECT The fragments of connection died Some things just won't fade with time Hide behind a transparent eye You can't see me but I can you... Betray without a moment's thought Regret nothing but getting caught Your time has come and here I stand Why should I hold out my hand to you... I could never turn to you Silenced by that look in your eye Feel I'm slipping back again Black cold night I toss and turn I'm sinking, feel so ...drained Shroud me, blind me, sick, weak, empty, drag me ...into pain I tried so hard, don't drown me, bound to me, self indulgently ...crazed Black as coal, my sunken soul, will it ever be ...saved? Come on and twist that knife again Well I'd like to see you fucking try Never going back again An answer won't come from me Confront your own worst enemy What does your mirror see Is it time to face up to me? Words & Music by V. Cavanagh INNER SILENCE When the silence beckons, And the day draws to a close, When the light of your life sighs, And love dies in your eyes, Only then will I realise, What you mean to me. Words & Music by D. Cavanagh ALTERNATIVE 4 It's killing you, you're killing me, I'm clinging on to my sanity, All I need is a short term remedy, Come and hide me from this terrible reality... Dreaded memories flood back to me, But there's still a wilful mind behind these cold, psychotic eyes, Now I tread this path so differently, I've opened my mind and darkened my entire life. I'll dance with the angels to celebrate the holocaust, And far beyond my far gone pride, Is knowing that we'll soon be gone, Knowing that I'll soon be gone... Words & Music by D. Patterson REGRET As I drift away... far away from you, I feel all alone in a crowded room, Thinking to myself "There's no escape from this fear regret loneliness..." Visions of love and hate A collage behind my eyes Remnants of dying laughter Echoes of silent cries I wish I didn't know now that I never knew then... Flashback Memories punish me again. Sometimes I remember all the pain that I have seen. Sometimes I wonder what might have been... Visions of love and hate A collage behind my eyes Remnants of dying laughter Echoes of silent cries And sometimes I despair At who I've become I have to come to terms With what I've done The bittersweet taste of fate We can't outrun the past Destined to find an answer A strength I never lost I know there is a way, My future is not set, For the tide has turned But still I never learned to live without regret. Words & Music by D. Cavanagh FEEL I've feeling I may not be coming down from this, I was searching through the heavens and somehow I slipped, I feel, I'm seeing so clear Trying to forget tomorrow and all that's happened, This is not the way, the way I was meant to be. I feel, I'm seeing so clear, I thought I was never going to die. I feel, I'm seeing so clear, We need more time. Slipping away, I think I'm gonna crack, Misplaced trust, loyalty stabbed in the gut. I feel, I'm seeing so clear, I thought I was never coming back, I've been down for awhile, And now I'm coming back... Words & Music by D. Patterson DESTINY I tried to murder the lonely, Contemplate our mortality. Into infinity, Frozen memory Wipe the tears from yesterday, A time for change, take the pain away. Angel, my destiny, Can you feel me? Words & Music by D. Patterson Lyrics in plain text format	Line up Vincent Cavanagh - Voice, Guitar Duncan Patterson - Bass Daniel Cavanagh - Guitars Shaun Steels - Drums Artwork Info Recorded at the Windings Jan / Feb '98 Produced by Kit Woolven Assistant Engineer - Simon Dawson Mixed at Parkgate by Kit Woolven Assisted by Doug Cook Mastered at Transfermation by Noel Summerville All tracks published by Vile Music Piano and keyboards played by D. Cavanagh & D. Patterson Charming violin played by George Rucci Drum loops on "Empty" programmed by Andy Duncan Front cover artwork by Tim Spear Cover concept by D. Patterson Band photography by Lili Wilde Management - Paul Loasby / Fay Woolven One Fifteen The Gallery 28-30 Wood Wharf Horseferry Place Greenwich London SE10 9BT Tel: +44 (0)181 2930999 Fax: +44 (0)181 2939525 E-mail: mail@one15.demon.co.uk Anathema F.C. - P.O. Box 777, Heckmondwike, West Yorkshire, WF16 0XS, U.K. Anathema F.C. (Germany) - Bossardstrasse 13, 22309 Hamburg, Germany www.peaceville.com Review To be honest, after "Eternity" I expected Alternative 4 to be even softer and less interesting, and this was true, so it wasn't such a disappointment to me. But still, after listening to it a few times, it's still an interesting album, it is very soft with only clear vocals and relaxed music, but some songs still remind me of the earlier albums. The artwork is a bit dissapointing too. It's all very simple and black/white. So allthough it's not a bad album, I still think it's the worst they ever made, and I fear from here on it will only get worse... The rerelease contains some Pink Floyd covers, even one that hasn't been on any other cd yet! Rating: 7.5 out of 10