Gothic
Original Version Japanese Import Version Picture LP Version 1. Gothic 4:51 1. Gothic 4:51 1. Gothic 4:51 2. Dead emotion 4:38 2. Dead emotion 4:38 2. Dead emotion 4:38 3. Shattered 4:01 3. Shattered 4:01 3. Shattered 4:01 4. Rapture 5:09 4. Rapture 5:09 4. Rapture 5:09 5. Eternal 3:55 5. Eternal 3:55 5. Eternal 3:55 6. Falling forever 3:35 6. Falling forever 3:35 6. Falling forever 3:35 7. Angel tears 2:40 7. Angel tears 2:40 7. Angel tears 2:40 8. Silent 4:42 8. Silent 4:42 8. Silent 4:42 9. The painless 4:02 9. The painless 4:02 9. The painless 4:02 10. Desolate 1:51 10. Desolate 1:51 10. Desolate 1:51 11. Gothic (live) 4:11 total time 39:24 total time 43:35 total time 39:24
Gothic Denying our restlessness Frustrations tension eludes The past was clean Where thoughts were mild The present day horrors alive Slowly passing timeless horrors Lives within all fear The mourning in my tears Drown all the past We lived beneath these years Awaiting for the call For all life to expire Passive to this day To infinity we'll fail [sings: "fall"] The light is dim before us Shadows appear and fall A barrage of savage ways Only the darkness can filter through [Awaiting for the call For all life to expire Passive to this day To infinity we'll fall Lives within all fear The mourning in my tears Drown all the past We lived beneath these years] Dead Emotion Struggle with emotion Feel the pain burn deep Within our nerves The mourning of lost life Commands our actions night and day The foul realism is unleashed Upon the earth we'll bleed Banish all fond memories As the lord beckons us to judgement Degeneration is close at hand The mortality coil is weaker The pain is close to heart Now leave the real [sings: "ruined"] world to your god The kindness of deaths grasp Relieves us from the pain Shattered Stare at the dark foreboding walls I turn and look away The fear it haunts me While I sleep [Sleep] Now as life is torn apart The walls they lead the way This tortured journey Almost at the end... [At the end] Look at time upon the skies I turn and look away The truth it haunts me Wake me from sleep [Sleep] Rapture [Is life or death] In agony we are now Twisted unblessed we must strive... Repulsed by the false harmony Blinded by truth that eyes can't hope to see Foolish man must die For the sins that he creates Forgive lord - we must be weak Remove the weight of sin Release harmony Resist the throes of his embrace Ignorant laws thrust in our face [Is life and death For the sin that he creates Forgive lord - we must be weak Remove the weight of sin Release harmony Raptured] Eternal Why can't we hear The time must come for us to leave here Emotion has withered away Out burnt out love has decayed Obsessed to leave the earth Tragedy has overrun since birth Now our righteous fathers weep As we greet eternal sleep Are we born to pass away Cry at all that remains "Chosen words" fail to sustain The wisdom of powers heard In dismal thoughts seemingly absurd Now as hope and glory dies We'll scream at our demise Are we lost forever more [Now our righteous fathers weep As we greet eternal sleep Are we born to pass away] Falling Forever Sickened by the feelings within Laughing at my pain Forget the lies, live the reality Eager Waiting for a chance to indulge In this "sinful perversion" I have grown weak now God may forgive and save Our "precious souls" Lift the curse from us [Forget the lies, live the reality] Embrace all the distorted thoughts Indoctrinating sins In this our earth the love is lost As disruption begins [Embrace all the distorted thoughts Indoctrinating sins In this our earth the love is lost As disruption begins] Madness As the soils of the earth Greet our cries Falling forever Silent After all wars We lie, as shelter falls The world is but hell A place darkened out by time Submit to the fall Live in peace for years Turn back the hands of time Light shines before As lives are torn Morals slow decline We'll live in cold fear Until we lay dead Silent our pleas Search for the end The Painless Locked inside this peaceful tomb Entwined on seas of endless bliss The painless... Strength is released The horror passes through our eyes Diversions cast upon our souls The meek shall inherit our fears Stray from this tranquil place Guarded by all fear Submit now to this curse In out plight for existence Reach the sky not falling down Sunlight shines in heaven Stray from this tranquil place Lyrics in plain text format	Line up Aaron Aedy - Rhythm Guitars Nick Holmes - Vocals Gregor Mackintosh - Lead Guitar Stephen Edmondson - Bass Guitar Matthew Archer - Drums Artwork Info All music - G. Mackintosh All lyrics - N. Holmes All arrangements - Mackintosh / Holmes Engineered by - Keith Appleton Orchestral arrangements - Keith Appleton All orchestral sections performed by the Raptured Symphony orchestra All female vocals by - Sarah Marrion Photographer (front cover and gatefold) - Richard Moran Photographer (inner bag) - Porl A. Medlock Front cover & gatefold concept - Mackintosh / Holmes Back cover - R. Mackintosh Recorded at Academy Music Studios, West Yorkshire, Nov/Dec '90 and Jan '91 P.L. Merchandise / Info: P.O.Box 411, Bradford, W. Yorkshire BD6 2LQ (Send IRC/SASE) Review 'Gothic' is one of the best albums ever. It is a big influence of the whole gothic doom metal scene and on most doom bands nowadays. Every song on it is great, each one having an own atmosphere, though they're all very melodic and melancholic. The only negative thing I can think of is that 'Gothic' isn't about twice as long. So everyone who doesn't know this album should be shot. Well, at least be kicked. Hard. Rating: 9 out of 10