Opeth is a Swedish heavy metal heavy metal music band from Stockholm, formed in 1990. While the band has been through several personnel changes, singer, guitarist, and songwriter Mikael Åkerfeldt has remained Opeth's driving force since joining promptly after its inception.
While firmly rooted in Scandinavian death metal, Opeth has consistently incorporated influence by progressive music, folk folk music , blues rock and jazz into their... [read more] - Hex Omega
Two yearsIn your heartOne moment of doubtTwo livesTorn apartOne second from nowHeld himIn your armsYour fever subsideAlways safe from harmKept demons insideStill you always start runnin'Touch the lightFrom the...
- Burden
I once upon a timeCarried a burden insideSome will ask goodbyeA broken line but underlinedThere's an ocean of sorrow in youSorrow in meSaw movement in their eyesSaid I no longer knew the wayGiven up the ghostA passing...
- Coil
She told me whyShe told me liesAlways take care of thisI told her howI've always stayedAlways waitingFor nothing[x2]When I get out of hereWhen I leave you behindI'll find that the years passed us byAnd I can, see...
- Porcelain Heart
I, lost all I had (one April day),I, turned to my friends (nothing to see),I, wrote down a name (and read it twice),I, wallow in shame.I, said that I love (eternal skis),I, cling to my past (like childish dreams)I,...
- The Lotus Eater
Liquid is in your throat,For hopeless delight.After all you fell in love with death,Life has aborted.All you've had and all you became,The night is calling, you pray forth.A barren waste is your land,Crops they were...
- Heir Apparent
Long daysSlow wasteSew liesSow hateSo many years to clean the slateEndless despair within its wakeHis touch soiling what used to be cleanHis gaze burning on the edge of our drea***o moreCold paceSlow days (?)And again...
- Hessian Peel
Will their children cryWhen their mother diesAnd in the autumn of their livesWill they feel the same?[reversed lyrics 2:03-2:22]The longing for meComin' down like hailWhy did you leave me?Come here insideAnd tell me...
- The Grand Conjuration
MajestyFaithful mePour yourselfInto meWield your powerMartyr's priceStare me downTo the groundSlake my thirstEternal wealthHeathen keyRound my neckThis poetryOur blasphemyKnow the soundsOf infamyThe eyes of the...
- Isolation Years
There's a sense of longing in meAs I read Rosemary's letterHer writing's honestCan't forget the years she's lostIn isolationShe talks about her loveAnd as I read"I'll die alone"I know she was achingThere's a certain...
- The Baying Of The Hounds
I hear the baying of the houndsIn the distance, I hear them devouringPest ridden jackals of the earthDiabolical beasts and roaming the forestsIn wait and constant protectorsCalling you to sit by his sideYour self...
- Beneath The Mire
Haunted nights for haleyon daysCan't sleep to the scraping of his voiceNature's way struck grief in meAnd I became a ghost in sicknessWillingly guided into heresyBeneath the surface, stark emptinessAnd you'd pity my...
- Atonement
Cleared the fog that was veiled around meAnd blurred my sightsSuddenly, I'm no longer achingTo honor my plightsRising moon and my skin is peelingPast undoneSuddenly, I can't justifyWhat I had become
- Hours Of Wealth
Found a way to rid myself clean of painAnd the fever that's been haunting meHas gone awayLooking through my windowI seem to recognizeAll the people passing byBut I am aloneAnd far from homeAnd nobody knows meNever...
- Ghost Of Perdition
Ghost of MotherLingering deathGhost on Mother's bedBlack strands on the pillowContour of her healthTwisted face upon the headGhost of perditionStuck in her chestA warning no one readTragic friendshipCalled inside the...
- Reverie / Harlequin Forest
Into the treesPast meadow groundsAnd further away from my homeBaying behind meI hear the houndsFlock's chasing to find me aloneA trail of sicknessLeading to meIf I am hauntedThen you will seeSearching the darknessAnd...
- When
Red sun rising somewhere through the dense fog.The portrait of the jaded dawn who had seen it all before.This day wept on my shoulders.Still the same as yesterday.This path seems endless, body is numb.The soul has...
- Prologue
A morning in magenta, the petals fed from the dew. She held her breath for a moment, to pause off the stream. Still clinging to vast, old memories. And I would marvel at her beauty, playing through the rain. The...
- April Ethereal
It was me, peering through the looking-glass.Beyond the embrace of Christ.Like the secret face within the tapestry.Like a bird of prey over the crest.And she was swathed in sorrow, as if born within its mask.Her...
- Karma
And as they say, grief is only able to possess.The rotting body clad in ancient clothesis left behind with a wave of the hand.I have gone away. The bed is cold and empty.Trees bend their boughs toward the earth.And...
- Remember Tomorrow
[Iron Maiden cover]Unchain the colours before my eyes,Yesterday's sorrows, tomorrow's white lies.Scan the horizon, the clouds take me higher,I shall return from out of fire.Tears for rememberance, and tears for...
- Credence
Deserted again.You speak to me through the shadows.Walking in closed rooms, using cold words.Captured by the night.The yearning escapes from my embrace.Strange silhouettes whisper your thoughts, scream your...
- Epilogue
There it was.The final destiny.A sunrise that never came,still the night lamp that never faded away.Farewell was the word,and the afterglow was the brave morning.Rising and telling everyoneabout the beauty of its...
- The Amen Corner
White summer.So far I have gone to see you again.Hiding your face in the palm of your hands.Finding solace in the words I do despise.You snatch at every sound.And even though you believe that I am s***led within...
- Demon Of The Fall
Silent dance with death.Everything is lost.Torn by the arrival of Autumn.The blink of an eye, you know it's me.You keep the dagger close at hand.And you saw nothing.False love turned to pure hate.The wind cried a...
- Circle Of The Tyrants
[Celtic Frost cover]After the battle is overAnd the sands drunken the bloodAll what there remainsIs the bitterness of delusionThe immortality of the godsSits at their sideAs they leave the walls behindTo reach the...
- Madrigal
Our abode 'mongst the stars is waiting,long enough for our last breath of life.You stare at nothing, right through me,at times resembling the Devil's concubine.And me, I am the idol that would longto caress our eyes...
- Serenity Painted Death
Returned from a hibernal dreamVoices fell like marbleNo longer by my sideGone all that would linger Ripped from my embraceMelinda reflected in shaftsRed line round her neckMet the earth in silence White faced, haggard...
- Godhead's Lament
MarauderStaining the soil, midst of stillnessBeloved fraternity to an endRed eyes probe the sceneAll the sameStilted for the beholderDepravity from the coreHandcarved death in stoneladen aisles I hide the scars from...
- White Cluster
Still it came passing byThe pieces weaved together rose the sunAnd fooled me with another dayThe knocking message called for my life Sealed the spell of my scrawny bodySoil to skin, my next of kinDamp air grasped,...
- Benighted
Come into this nightHere we´ll be goneSo far awayFrom our weak and crumbling livesCome into this nightWhen days are doneLost and astrayIn what´s vanished from your eyes What came and distorted your sightSaw you...
- Moonlapse Vertigo
Kept warm by the light of the lanternLost sight of everything tonightMy presence blackens their patternA pock in the healthy and calm Their scorn behind your backMy promise would put them downNo trace of reverance...
- Face Of Melinda
By the turnstile beckons a damsel fairThe face of Melinda neath blackened hairNo joy would flicker in her eyesBrooding sadness came to a rise Words would falter to atoneFailure had passed the stepping stoneShe had...
- The Moor
The sigh of summer upon my returnFifteen alike since I was hereBathed in deep fog, blurring my trailSnuffing the first morning rays Weary from what might have been agesStill calm with my mind at peaceWould I prosper...
- Patterns In The Ivy 2
Without you I cannot confide in anythingThe hope is pale designed in light of dreams you bringSummer's gone, the day is done soon comes the nightBiding time, leaving the line and out of sightOne moonlit shadow on the...
- Still Day Beneath The Sun
There is a light that hits the gloom aroundShows the footprints round this graveDried up roses scattered on the moundHonouring the one engravedWill ever the morningCarry awayThe souls of those for whom we cry?Leaving,...
- In The Mist She Was Standing
Seven milestones.....Under a whatching autumn eyeContorted trees are spreding forthThe message of the wind With frozen hands I rode with the stars With anger the wind blewGiving wings to my stallionClouds gathered...
- The Twilight Is My Robe
Unto you I whisperThe wildest dreams In the coldness of night Shrouded in crystalsThrough a frosty duskSouls of the fullmoon awaitsTheir shadows ablaze We are all bendingOur tired leaves over your empty shellIn the...
- Under The Weeping Moon
Once again I´ve criedUnto the moonThat burning flameThat has guided meThrough all these years The lake from which you flow With eyes of fireOnce unlit but now aliveThis energy, sparklingLike a morning star The...
- Forest Of October
The memories that now rests in this forestForever shadowing the sunrise of my heartWings leave their nest at my comingSwaying away unto the cold glowing sky Dreaming away for a whileMy spirit sighs in peaceGazing unto...
- The Apostle In Triumph
In solitude I wander....Through the vast enchanted forest The surrounding skies are oneTorn apart by the phenomenon of lightningRain is pouring down my (now) shivering shouldersIn the rain my tears are forever lost...
- Death Whispered A Lullaby
Out on the road there are fireflies circlingDeep in the woods, where the lost souls hideOver the hill there are men returningTrying to find some peace of mindSleep my childUnder the fog there are shadows movingDon't...
- Windowpane
Blank face in the windowpaneMade clear in seconds of lightDisappears and returns againCounting hours, searching the nightMight be waiting for someoneMight be there for us to seeMight be in need of talkingMight be...
- Closure
Heal myself, a feather on my heartLook inside, there never was a startPeel myself, dispose of severed skinAll subsides, around me and withinThere's nothing painful in thisThere's no upheavalRedemption for my pathosAll...
- Weakness
Found you there in the blink of an eyeI miss youTurned away into a thousand dreamsFound out what they meanLost you there in a moment of truthI trust youGave away the one and only heartA gift to tear apartStain me,...
- Hope Leaves
In the corner beside my windowHangs a lonely photographThere is a reason I never notice itMemory that could hold me backThere is a wound that's always bleedingThere is a road I'm always walkingAnd I know you'll never...
- To Rid The Disease
There's nobody here, there's nobody nearI try not to care, dead eyes always stareLet these matters be, don't trust what you seeTake hold of your time, step into the lineThere's innocence torn from its makerStillborn,...
- In My Time Of Need
I can't see the meaning of this life I'm leadingI try to forget you as you forgot meThis time there is nothing left for you to takeThis is goodbyeSummer is miles and miles awayAnd no one would ask me to stayAnd I...
- To Bid You Farewell
I am awaiting the sunriseGazing modestly through the coldest morningOnce it came you liedEmbracing us over autumn´s proud treetopsI stand motionlessIn a parade of falling rainYou voice I cannot hearAs I am falling...
- Advent
It was all trueA parlour strode, and the night sets foreverI stray in the quiet coldAnd you gird me when I dare to listenElastic meadow, endless arms of sorrowLips try to form "because"Trying to adapt to the...
- Losing Today
In a cornerShe sits and waitsShe's waiting forHer heart to breakIt says it allDon't lose today
- She Calls
She calls across the seaThrough autumn rainsShe screamsShe howls in ecstasyShe callsShe calls through wind and rain
- Nectar
I arose from the lullabyEnduring yet another taleYou tempt me againWith your embrace, so taintedWithin the night you beckonCursing me with every glanceBring me throughCarry my empty shadowAnd guide me inside your...
- The Night And The Silent Water
And so you left usJaded and gaunt, some SeptemberWilted with the seasonsBut hidden inside the delusionI saw you eyes, somewhereDevoid of deathThe aura poises amidst (the storm)In solid tears I lingerA parlour glade,...
- Black Rose Immortal
In the name of desperationI call your nameA lamentation I sighAgain and againSpiritual eclipseThe gateways are closed for me to seekThe night...A veil of stars, watchingMy shadow is born from lightThe light of the...
- Morningrise
I cross the fieldAnd watch the sun go downA million people clapIt makes me frownLooking 'roundI see you slip awayYou seem moreBeautiful than yesterdayThe devil takesMy mind, but I don't careHe gives me all his loveHe...
- The Leper Affinity
We entered Winter once again***, freezing from my breathNeath the lid, all limbs tucked awayThis coffin is your abode from now and onwardsYour body is mine to availSuch a tragic sight you areSlave under my...
- The Drapery Falls
Please remedy my confusionAnd thrust me back to the dayThe silence of your seclusionBrings night into all you sayPull me down againAnd guide me into painI'm counting nocturnal hoursDrowned visions in haunted...
- Bleak
BeatingHeart still beating for the causeFeedingSoul still feeding on the lossAchingLimbs are aching from the rushFadingYou are fading from my sightBreak of morning, coldness lingers onShroud me into nightmares of the...
- The Funeral Portrait
You wait by the windowMorning's breath on the sillIdle hands given another trySo you wait and you savour the momentOutside the canvas turned whiteRuby eyes in the fogRain washing clean all the sinsA liquid gown that...
- Dirge For November
Lost, here is nowhereSearching home stillTurning past me, all are goneTime is nowThe omen showed, took me awayPreparations are done, this can't lastThe mere reflection brought disgustNo ordeal to conquer, this firm...
- Harvest
Stay with me a whileRise above the vileName my final restPored into my chestChorus:Into the orchard I walk, peering way past the gateWilted scenes for us who couldn't waitDrained by the coldest caress, stalking...
- Blackwater Park
ConfessorOf the tragedies in manLurking in the core of us allThe last dying call for the everlostBrief encounters, bleeding painLepers coiled neath the treesDying men in bewildered soliloquysPerversions bloom round...
- Patterns In The Ivy
[Instrumental]
- By The Pain I See In Others
Let me tasteLet me feelI need to know what you keep insideNo need to speakJust let it beCarry out this wish for me let nothing interfereRise to submissionI'm still beneath in the soilDiscard your clothesLet loose your...
- Master's Apprentices
There is a voice calling for meThere is a light coming down on meThere is a doubt that is clearingThere is a day that is dawningThere is a wound that is healingThere is a season waiting for meThere is a road that is...
- Deliverance
Floating on mistCrept up the caverns of my brainReceived no warningFrom nothing to a life codeWalk with me, you'll never leaveWait to see your spirit freeTell me how your heart's in needAs I drown you in the...
- Wreath
Falling inside againThis nightmare always the sameStill never enoughHalting at the brink of discoveryMoving into the darknessLeaking inside to cover upDragging me down and underEntangled and undone at once Old...
- A Fair Judgement
Losing sleep, in too deepFading sun, what have I doneCame so close to what I need mostNothing left hereCut the ties, uncovered disguiseLeft behind all intertwinedLost control, moved out of the role nowNothing's left...
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