Original Version Digipack Rerelease Version 1. Intro 2:41 1. Intro 2:41 2. Deadly inner sense 4:36 2. Deadly inner sense 4:36 3. Paradise lost 5:30 3. Paradise lost 5:30 4. Our saviour 5:08 4. Our saviour 5:08 5. Rotting misery 5:17 5. Rotting misery 5:17 6. Frozen illusion 5:20 6. Frozen illusion 5:20 7. Breeding fear 4:14 7. Breeding fear 4:14 8. Lost paradise 2:09 8. Lost paradise 2:09 9. Internal torment II 5:54 9. Internal torment II 5:54 10. Eternal (live) 4:29 11. Gothic (mix) 4:42 12. The painless (mix) 3:56 total time 40:49 total time 53:56
Deadly Inner Sense A sea of twisted shapes Seek salvage from this carnage Frustration deep inside Writhe in utmost rage A tortuous embrace is embedded in their minds As hands from above grasp Emptiness they find. Paralysed from neck down Like fluid drinks Pressures increase on flesh Excruciating pain... These mindless thoughtless fools Corrupted in mind Crying out for the death Innocence they find... The silence looms before us, Free of trouble and strife While bodies pile in hundreds, Free from the gift of life. Drown in misery Deadly inner sense This place of doom a sacred shrine eternal punishment for all time The deadly inner sense Paradise Lost (1) Claws of death, grips my life Empty my mind and my knowledge is deceased Mindless and dumb, instinct gone. (2) Running in circles Not knowing where my fate lies... (3) Blinding, running through the eternal maze Surrounded by people the same Not knowing this place as the darkness falls above... Will we ever see the sun deteriorate away? (4) Feelings disappear Your eyes stare blank Another world to greet Life now ends...... (Repeat verses 2 + 3) Our Saviour (1) Kneel on the ground and pray to the Lord But will he hear your prayers Will hear your call, As you sit in the church And the madman speaks... Listen with awe at the lies he'll preach. (2) Only the mindless.. will listen and obey Worldwide wars... are caused by this uproar... (3) Pray.. to... rest... your conscience - for the sins you have done... Where is your god now as you're dying alone Brutal wounds cut deep No miracles to heal Watch your life now fade He's not there to help you die... (4) Raised upon repulsive lies From the time we were born Driven into heads, holy laws... Cast into a circle of preaching vomit All decent holy people Their conscience free Massive neurosis and impending doom And the holy power will be silent. (Repeat verses 2, 3, 4) Rotting Misery Unleashed upon man Their poisoning brains An empty grasp - a threat to all those sane. The daggers poised For shallow minds Unheard laughs... Disrupting all mankind This rotting misery (Chorus) The beggars are all gathered No others rule supreme... Rotting misery Clouded realities Brought before us Their pointless lives As all their faith is lost Morbid existence Of these poor souls Now must die to exist no more (Chorus) Frozen Illusion I lay in the darkest room, The door is locked, at chains I grasp... The chill runs through my bones In panic I grief. Oh please help me die... The walls close in on my existence Unreal illusions re-appear Darkness increases still... Frozen illusion I lay in the darkest room As images appear once more... The chill runs through my bones My body is stiff as my soul departs the earth. Breeding Fear Staring down into the depths Subconscious has taken my life Breathing this foul and dank air Eyes cannot penetrate the light No room to panic or move I pray my death will come soon. My sorrows are breeding on my fear. The tombs of 1000 lie near, Soon to diminish am I? Lying here, minutes from my death The nausea breeds on my fear Calling to the victims of fate The dead cannot answer my calls. My body falls to the depths And darkness has engraved my mind... No visions or solution Gagged for air, deeper below I sink... Lost Paradise (Instrumental) Internal Torment II (1) As you stare into the depths of darkness Illusions of your mind pressured by horror Standing on a plain of desolation The streams of frozen mist are shattered by the sun Travel through the uncaring skies Prepare for this defeat Once you're dead your eyes are shut forever Is it just the darkness that greets our pleas? (2) Trapped in my skull, sanities locked inside Can't express my feelings, the pain I must hide My body possessed by an unseen force Crippled for life As I try to speak my voice... No physical pain you will feel Is this mental insanity real? (Chorus) No future an obscenity Why was I chosen to suffer? Hoping I wake up and the curse has left my soul (3) Attempts at speech are drowned in laughter I writhe and grit my teeth in anger... why...? Not allowed to make decisions If only I could tell them all I can think (4) In my afterlife, I'll rise again Destroy all the ones who laughed Kill them all... Able to think, flex my limbs, talk and socialise, live my life Lyrics in plain text format	Line up Nick Holmes - Vocals Gregor Mackintosh - Lead Guitar Aaron Aedy - Rhythm Guitar Stephen Edmondson - Bass Matthew Archer - Drums Artwork Info Recorded at the academy, winter 1989 Engineered by Pat Grogan Produced by Hammy Female vocals on Breeding Fear by Key Field Key Field appears courtesy of Major Records All songs composed by Holmes / Mackintosh And published by Vile Music (PRS) UK Cover illustration Duncan Fegredo for Exploding Head Design 1989 Photography Porl A. Medlock All titles published by Vile Music (PRS) UK (c) 1990 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Peaceville (c) 1990 Peaceville Review Thre are a lot of good death metal albums at the time Lost Paradise is released. But Paradise Lost have given this album a different kind of sound. Most of the time it's pretty fast and brutal, but there's enough melody to keep it interesting. Especially the slower parts give it a doomy feeling. Personally I think it's one of the best doom death albums I know. Rating: 8 out of 10