In this deafening of silence people mourn We've cried us a river Who knows where all laughter be? On whom we place the blame? Her demise was theirs! Stained by their disease her screen recedes Our real eyes realized They beguile us all with their minds
[IX. The Age Of Confusion: Lust]
Our lusting flesh and piety, All coexist in the mist Put aside your chastity, Unveiling skin, magical sin
Controls the pile of heaving flesh, A twisted queen; "Sleep with me and work the loins The mind will stray, yield of life"
[X. The Age Of Confusion: Reason]
And as the orgies all fade And lust no longer attracts Then the brain will subdue the flesh Put the focus on facts
Human brain with a shameful part, Low names were high for loins and for breasts Us Hades may harvest, Fully at it's behest
[XI. The Aftermath]
I still cry and I still miss her I was just a little boy Running through the endless garden of our home
Away some say never, ever We'll leave this god forsaken place And ten thousand shivers Remain as we part
We're holding on, within our cradle of confusion We paint no rainbows in the dark No one will ever see us fade away Oh for so long, I was the wielder of illusions Our goddess gave in when she saw That we had killed the earth and burnt to flames
Every smile on every face here Fell and crashed to the floor All alone in the world crying desperately
Away some say never, ever We'll leave this god forsaken place And ten thousand shivers Remain as we part
We're holding on, within our cradle of confusion... But there's no hiding what we are We are the plague of all, For humanity there is no cure
God and Satan hand in hand Through the badland Took a flight uphill and down for man A king with ashen crown
[XII. Dining On Ashes]
What we reaping is what we sow Naked our truth smugly glows We leave all games behind, because; It took twenty years to come and go Then only did we all know And see how wrinkled and jaded we have grown
Looking out the window But there's nothing new Only darkness stares at you I would die to see the rain below the rainbow Just like others do
We crown the skies with our tiara; The life and fate of Aniara We write an endless symphony Now thousands were weeping And hundreds cried in dismay; Twenty years today! Repenting sinners pray
Easy come and easy go, We could have had it all you know Man's final day is here Search for silver dig for gold His desires not untold
Looking our the window All that he can see; His own reflection's final plea; "I would die to see the rain below the rainbow just like others do"
We crown the skies with our tiara... Repenting sinners will wither and fade
[XIII. The Curtain Falls]
Gladness fleeting, by whims and luck That is the way of life Looking, searching our hearts To find the "why" of it all Finding no way to our home
See, in silence we faded. Our great escape; Twenty four years inside Looking, searching our ship For life but just dust Falls on the graves of all
The halls of our ship now are Void of all but death Our lives have passed Our hearts were broken by the endless dark Our new paradise, The one to replace the one we burned so bad The god we hoped for left profaned, All wounded and forlorn on the home we scarred
Now here I stand, my dear, One heart still beats... I bid you farewell The curtain will now descend Somewhere in time we were living Remember us then!