Katatonia is a Swedish metal band formed in Stockholm in 1991 by Jonas Renkse (formerly aka Lord Seth) and Anders Nyström (formerly aka Blakkheim). The early Katatonia albums are noted for the overall melancholy of their sound, often giving them the classification of doom metal. Katatonia's more recent albums have progressed to a wider sound, with modern overtones, dropped guitars, symphonic synths and arrangements, alternative sounds and... [read more] - Liberation
Sold are the eyes I haveAnd cold is the wait for nothingAnd darkI write my name in a long lineHow is it possible for you to tryIt's coming trueI've changed my name but I will pass it on to youJourneyNo present...
- Departer
The blinding whiteSo far behind I amAnd runningOver idle groundThis eveningI kept my wordDid youI'm turning aroundWait for your soundOnly so farAccording to whoDeparterThe journey of our livesI'm (when) so slow...
- Forsaker
Rage from a distantThe name unfamiliarSpikes reach the heartTime set for rewind[Chorus:]The dark will riseAbandon your freedomGive up the right to find the true selfForsake your own reasonsForsaker [x2]Hand of a...
- The Promise Of Deceit
EveningComing through the crowdI hold my head highStrainingOut here dissonance surroundsI hold my head highI see the wings behind your backBurned all the maps to reach youWatching distant namesI saw dangerAnd then I...
- Inheritance
Our inconvenient burdenIt could be lifted off of usIf we gave upTo finally let goOf the free will that we were givenOur gravesAbove the timberlineOur name chalkedThe pressure of wealthNo longer foundThe unforgiving...
- New Night
The pledgeI've forgotten this timeI am so uncertainThat my heart will go onMy beloved oneIf you where here you'd findThat I'm not feeling wellBut that will have to go on[Chorus]And though summer unwinds nowI have no...
- The Longest Year
In the nights of old I always wishedIn the longest year that had me downAnd I would freeze if you ever asked meThat was my way[x2]Confront the guilt and try to overcomeDo not go awayI'm not there yet[Chorus]I can see...
- Day And Then The Shade
I will riseTo dreams of freedomAnd avowTo return the treason that came under your reignTe day and the the shadeI have sleptInside the season that froze within my grasp[Chorus]All my fears come into viewThere must be...
- Idle Blood
You thereBringer of my despairYou are stagnation of hope and willO you personify loss and remorseAnd you hide until my fears reappear[Chorus]The love for life once bright(Out of sight)A burning fuseThe only flame I...
- Ashen
Won't forgive your waysI strip my mind with all but scornThe scales of madness mesmerizeVoice your dead prayerHeyYou used meBut I had none to confideUnder a veil of starsWhere the darkness growsThe pressure from the...
- Nephilim
[Chorus]Loving motherHe has comeTo take your sonListenHow he strides the earthWhen only animals are awakeWhen the shattering of ideals beginGod of ruinWill come to you[Chorus x2]FallenFrom the faded skyNephilim comes...
- Onward Into Battle
In the still eclipseEvery light is a heartbeatIn the springWhere I watchThe sudden changeI find this so hard[Chorus]Onward into the battleTime is growing so dark around meI, shallow oneI burn us outDay by idle dayDays...
- Ghost Of The Sun
The thin darkness hereNot srong enough to make you appearI once changed my styleWhen they said hello I said goodbyeI once played a roleI was out there marketing my soulThe city of glass that I live inThe coldness from...
- Sleeper
O my your fever's highI lay my hands upon youO my haven't you heardThe truth is untrueNow I'm breathingI could not breath until you didI'm one second after youJust a second after youSomeone inside your roomWho is it...
- Omerta
Come by you have come farAll I had I lost in the floodCome sit with me at the barTell me of progress strengthen my bloodNo one here knows my nameI have traded my memories for thingsBut I remember you clearlyDo you...
- Criminals
The way the light hits the roadThe way I am unable to protect youOh I'm running awayI will never forgive myselfFor running away from youHe came back to your houseI didn't take it as a promiseAlways thought it was a...
- Walking By A Wire
I could not breath against the wallThe clash of light against the floorThey held me up against the wallToo young to be ignoredStanding by a buildingLeaks out informationPassive death of freedom gets meWhere's my...
- Complicity
I have no name my face a blurI speak only to answer themWhite noise becomes a voiceI hear it constantlyI dare not break the circuitI rest only for a short timeThis time I promise I won't give upI have no right to let...
- One Year From Now
One year from now will I be strongWill I stand up for what I've becomeEverything I have I will give youAnd everything I own I owe youOne year from now dare I call you mineA year ahead from now it's a different time
- Evidence
I hold my breath and check the timeOne minute no collapseIf you only knew what I would do for youOne thirty breathing lapseWe're going in my voice is thinWhen I tell you to rememberThat no one will find youMy promise...
- A Premonition
Stand aside now no one will survive can't tell you how I knowIn some time I will change my name and lay lowIn the light you can see me walk down by the wayThe one who did this to us well he got awayKeep it quiet here...
- Burn The Remembrance
Old light and new colours your picture hangs in the nightIs this the right time to set one free and go awayIn the emptiness behind you I will walk aboutSurely you'll miss me but long live the doubtWhat will replace...
- Will I Arrive
Bypassed the day I can hear them comingThey walk round my door and speak of their comingMy trial awaits got nowhere to runMy only words how soon you have comeAnd I think about what you told meWhen I was about to join...
- Wealth
Cool night gave my truth for a lieWill you be here when I tryI'm not set cannot do it yetWill you be here when I tryOur wealth breeds emptinessAnother day to compressMy lips are dry you gave me drugs to tryHold me...
- Relention
It's hard to say where I've beenOr am, sleeping in the darkI don't know where I liveDirty (splintered) palace wallsI'm returning from somethingTo somethingI'm returning from somethingTo somethingGuess I'm alright
- Instrumental
[instrumental]
- Gone
And if you think you've seen meI have to prove youThat you're wrong
- Saw You Drown
As through your shattered eyesIt all came togetherAnd your heart criesWeeping through the weatherAnother way to change your mindI'm weaker than they sayTo leave this all behindThe only way to stayDon't you knowI'm the...
- Nerve
High white waysShattered by rainPale dead wallsNerves pushed in painRed light facedMirrors of the deadPeople in the archwaysEyes full of leadAlways closing down myselfLower sights and never seeWorlds of noise and...
- Help Me Disappear
to completely dissolve,what method is usedi cannot sleep,my hands are bruisedthere's a hole in the wall,torn up anewone dead eye,the colour of youto vanish for lifeand promise to stayaway from the knowing,bird in a...
- The Future Of Speech
my prospects have become less promisingi find it hard to believe in anythingseems I lost my world and so I lost my faithand I can't go back to where I've beena brand new dayit can't get worsehear myself sayit can't...
- I Transpire
I can't say that I am freeas long as they returnif I had a way out of herewould I then return?they seldom will speak, nothey only breathe, slowdo they know that I'm afraid, so afraidthey depend on my worries, so I...
- Don't Tell A Soul
I have been destroyedby the perfection that is lifesee I'm moving soonsee my feet are already on the roadand if you know where I'm goingdon't tell a soulI live all for this thingthat I heard someone singwhen you have...
- Sweet Nurse
o my sweet nursepull the curtain aside for a whileso that I can for once havethe sun in my eyeyou smile and sayit's a fine dayo my sweet nursepull the curtain aside for a whilethen like a ghost at nightyou come around...
- Dispossession
it is to see a traitor go freeit is to feel a filter in meit is to leave the lights that I sawit is to ask: is it easy to goin this dead hourhere with youseconds are worthlessin this dead hourwhen all is blankminutes...
- Teargas
why have you put so many things into my eyesthat I can't see clearwho's paid you for telling me what I'm worthand run in fearit has been for me a strain to see alreadywhat have you donethe rising noisethe sharpened...
- Chrome
the walls are painteddifferent every secondmy eyes are of chromeit is televisioncan't let go of my legit's itching and bleedinglayer by layerI'm peeling awayburn down my houseand make something happenstab me in the...
- Clean Today
all the white lights fallingthe blue lights are fallingnight is warmcame down with a promiseI have my best shirt onI lower myself nowit is a way to forgotof last year's failurewill the streetlight reflect me well...
- Tonight's Music
who could call my name without regrettingwho could see beyond this my darknessand for once save their own prayerswho could mirror down just a littleof their sunhow could this go so very wrongthat I must depend on...
- Passing Bird
she's got black hairand she has got a black dressshe's pretendingthat her life is a messbut I cannot restwith so many worriesI can't lie downand say I am doneI live 'cause I need more lightI hope I can change todayshe...
- We Must Bury You
we had you down on your kneeswe were kicking you in the headwe tried to hang you from the treeswe didn't stop until you were deadwe must bury youwe must bury youwe must bury you so deepthat noone should find...
- Endtime
Now fall into a vacant spherePierced by the darknessThey called it deathAnd surrounded me with sleepThey lost the Earth in fireWaved it into a seaThis is not what you sawThe Earth in fireNow fall into a vacant...
- Day
Grey park look the sameAnd the days are paleI never thought it would rain this wayI should be knowing that, it used to be meLet's stay here for a whileIs something gonna happen today?Your smile has decayedIt will...
- Rainroom
We saw it all pass by and you went byAnd I can't control anythingWhen you said that life can't be what you wantAnd I really want everythingWhen I prayWhen I believeI saw it end long before it endedLife itself turned...
- Brave
If you didn't knowAll the momentsWhen I lose myselfI would tell the worldI'm catching flies by nowSpeaking to someoneBreaking the windowsThis house is deadThe sound of fallingWhen the pictures are movingBetween the...
- 12
Black theatre of loveViolet dances cast their bloodThe moon gave me flowersFor funerals to come12 shapes bow before herI am still one of them12 morbid ways to dieHer beauty scares meI'm falling deeperNo more pain to...
- Murder
Fallen idolHanged manGreat windsRides the millFurther into the vastLimits do not existFive day painCloser now than everBirds escapeMute flock of windsOne with weatherSight is getting dim
- Palace Of Frost
Garden, Still and ColdLeaves Once Green Turned To GoldWrapped In Fields, Eternal SkyI Bid Farewell, I Die...Birds of The Night, Sing My SongsOcean of Tears, Leads So LongSolitude of My Spirit, I Am FreeNow I Am Dead...
- Midwinter Gates
((Prologue))
[instrumental]
- Without God
Human Birds Watch The SkyWhere Dark Formations SailInfecting The Area of GodJhva Elohim MethI Am God - Creator of LifeI Am God - Enchanter of DeathDeath That Now Marks YouLife That Slowly Pass AwayScreams of Fear...
- No Devotion
I've turned down all devotionI'm so far from being herecan't bring forth more powerthan I have already done tonight I'm tryingand I see all dread in mebut then I lose againall hope of being someonethis lack of...
- Right Into The Bliss
by a black roadgiving a brief smilesomething's on the wayforgotten for a whileand you try to speak thiswithout a voice down by a black roadwe try to forget and try to make it throughsomeday we'll gofurther from this...
- For My Demons
well I'm hereand summer is gone I hearso pray for meas I now leave your townwhen did I say thisI will never leaveI can't recall thismoment in my lifeyou would never sleep at nightif you knew what I've been throughand...
- This Punishment
will I be strongno friends by my sidein a black roomno spirits abidewho is judge nowwhen I wait for thispunishmentwhen I come infrom where I've beenthey raise their voiceson a given signal
- Black Session
I sense infliction in the airit's only meI'm *** up old timesit's a remembranceo thisblack session in my mindo the blackI was too weak to fightonce more I let goit is a black sessionan invitation of sortsI keep on...
- Had To (Leave)
so you were with us until the last minuteand then you were gone from hereand I watched and I just figured outthat I will never see you againI had a choiceyou had to leaveinto the nightthis was my choiceit's so hard to...
- No Good Can Come Of This
this is no good way outbut it's a challenge or so I see itdeath's head upon my wallafield lies nothing but disorderno good can come of thiswhatsoever I can tell youno good will ever come of thisthe road to happiness I...
- A Darkness Coming
so nearso closesomething bad is seenbut Iseem to bethe only one that can seethere is a darkness comingand theythe othersthey don't know a thing of what's nextbut I'm not here to saywhat should be done about thisI just...
- Strained
endsometimes a start for othersendI don't know the word beginningsometimes fear is powerlike when I lost controlthis time it has to come to an endI'd like to try to live my life againI'd like to see where I was going...
- I Am Nothing
Tonight I am nothingit doesn't matter where I've beendelay of reaction isthe unseen movie of this lifeI remember one of my friendstelling me to go aheadWater on every sidethere's a dead spot in my eyeif I listen close...
- Nightmares By The Sea
beware the bottled thoughts of angry young mensecret compartments hide all of the skeletonslittle girl wants to make her home with himin the middle of the shore she wonders"don't know what you asked for""don't know...
- Fractured
knew I would fall if I triedso I held back for a whileyou pushed me so hard, I had to goI tried to be strong, then I failed I would like to say thisjust in case you didn't knowwell your soul is fracturedI know what...
- In Death, A Song
you came back to a place without sunand you don´t seem to know what you've done to menow I see darkness is what you left in meyou went with nothing to fearcame back with nothing to loseand with summer leaving us here...
- Cold Ways
I can't do what you doI'm just able to tear it downyeahStay in a cold minute of sleepSee the worldRight through the etherTwisting names inside of meElectric atmosphere to beMust carry on one last timeCannot end what...
- I Break
Sounds of imbalanceSleeps through the neverThe artificial lightsourceIs creeping with fliesAnd this time I breakI will never makeAnother dayDefiant to what's deliveredI will find a wayTo sever myselfExit all todayYou...
- Wait Outside
I burn the bridges behind meCan't tell you the truth so I lieI'm waving at someone behind youI filter my eyes when I look at the skyTime to loseTell them everythingSay I lost my lightYour word means everythingI cannot...
- March 4
left with spring aloneI withdraw from thisI lived so differentlyit wasn't good enoughI was with you alonewinter was gonethings once blurred are twice sharpenedwhen I think of what I could haveblood has left me even...
- Stalemate
What am I supposed to beIn my lifeIn your lifeIn our lifeIn this lifeI shut the door an closed my sightAt the end of the dayIt's not the way what it used to beThere's no way I'll seeThe beginning of things to...
- Deadhouse
Somehow better without thisHeadlights *** the citySomewhere I'm brokenNo sensations nevermoreWhat do you say when you speakI sense no timeDiscouraged television sleepNot awake until it's darkSomehow I never leaveThis...
- Sulfur
I'm drawing back timeto feel things once againas when I had found themI saw you grow oldersaw myself grow older toobut not as much as youif I only knewI had sulfur in my heartbut not enough strength to give it a...
- O How I Enjoy The Light
[written by Will Oldham, published by royal stable music (ascap)]It's us I liken to a coveya polar bear has breached apupthe palace walls arestrewn with tapestriesand the window panes aresplintered and shatteredwith a...
- Code Against The Code
Money growing on a treeThe cold you have come to findMoney going through the wireThe cold you have come to findYou once werethe one who had itYou once werethe one who had itThe code against the codeWaitSo much to...
- My Twin
The neck, and then the chainThe head is hung in shameThe neck, and then the chainThe head is hung in shameI thought that you had grownThat you'd carry onBut now that i am goneWhat else's been withdrawn?You used to be...
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