THE SILENT ENIGMA Anathema

THE SILENT ENIGMA In dreamland grandeur I held mesmerised peace Innocence breathed again A mind's escape Leave walls of tears behind Ethereal vision haunting still .....

Silent Warrior Enigma

Long ago, for many years White men came in the name of GOD. They took their land, they took their lives A new age has just begun.

Alone Anathema

"I gave you my soul You left me dying (Freezing in the cold wind that screams through the silence, in the barren wastes of my heart) Within the walls Of my mind... alone The winter serenade Fell silent

One Last Goodbye (Remastered) Anathema

How I needed you How I grieve now you're gone In my dreams I see you I awake so alone I know you didn't want to leave Your heart yearned to stay But the strength I always loved in you Finally gave way

REGRET Anathema

alone in a crowded room, Thinking to myself "There's no escape from this fear regret loneliness... " Visions of love and hate A collage behind my eyes Remnants of dying laughter Echoes of silent

ONE LAST GOODBYE Anathema

Additional lyrics transcribed by Phil Morgan) How I needed you How I grieve now you뭨e gone In my dreams I see you I awake so alone I know you didn뭪 want to leave Your heart yearned to stay But the

... ALONE Anathema

ALONE I gave you my soul You left me dying (freezing in the cold wind that screams through the silence, in the barren wastes of my heart) Within the walls Of my mind ..... alone The winter

A DYING WISH Anathema

A DYING WISH I bear the seed of ruin A golden age turned to stone Elysium ..... to dust For this, a tragic journey A vision of a dying embrace Scattered earth Silence .....

... AND I LUST Anathema

By the golden beauty of dusk and the sun low in our sky By the haunting shadows of trees and graves, mesmerized am I.

THE BELOVED Anathema

THE BELOVED (Words: V.Cavanagh, Music: D.Cavanagh) Another day unfolds, still I exist Never felt so cold, I never knew I was turning away Though I can't explain, I only love you now that your missed

CERULEAN TWILIGHT Anathema

The winds fell silent And in my cerulean twilight I left myself once again ..... it's overwhelming Suffer yourself, and let me die here awhile

Anathema Himsa

Come close to the unfamiliar warmth Coy gesture To paralyze Beloved Covetous Stuns the brute with uninvited praise The troubled times The tear aways Disconnected But forever demanding Cataclysm The slate

Enigma Amorphis

On his trail the stones they grew He was lead astray Forces strange he had to face Magic unseen When he asked, he was not answered But he would not yield What he asked for was not given A shape

Enigma Trapt

Do we know how to get the message across We turn the lights off to find a way out It’s hard to get through to grasp what was lost Don’t turn the light off and leave me in the dark Hey, I’m pleading

Enigma Trapt

do we know how to get the message across we turn the lights off to find a way out its hard to get through to a grasp what was lost don't turn the lights off and leave me in the dark hey im pleading

The Voice & The Snake Enigma

The first bowl on the earth the second bowl on the sea the third bowl on the rivers the fourth bowl on the sun the fifth bowl on the beast the sixth bowl on the stars the seventh bowl on the air

Pulled Under At 2000 Metres A Second (Remastered) Anathema

sea The mirage ahead says that they can be free Become lost in delusion drowning their reason Swept on by the current of selfish ambition Frightened ashamed and afraid of the blame The questions are screaming

Hindsight Anathema

That sweeps through nature like a ripple in an ocean, sending cascades of timeless wonder through the air, on the song of a bird, the freshness of the morning air.

Dreaming Light Anathema

Suddenly... life has new meaning Suddenly... feeling is being And you shine inside And love stills my mind Like the sunrise Dreaming light of the sunrise Suddenly... don't have to be afraid Suddenly..

SUICIDE VEIL Anathema

SUICIDE VEIL (Words: D.Patterson, Music: D.Patterson & D.Cavanagh) A sacrifice in the flight of dawn The beauty of twisted reality In my heart, my dreams A sacrifice for freedom Alone in the

Leave No Trace Anathema

Born to the glare of the senses Spoon fed reality infused A new inherent passive contentment You are so easily amused Here and now we are gone in a heartbeat A dream in the passage of time Chances are

Leave No Trace (Remastered) Anathema

Born to the glare of the senses Spoon fed reality infused A new inherent Passive contentment You are so easily amused Here and now We are gone in a heartbeat A dream in the Passage your time Chances are

Panic (Remastered) Anathema

You know you ain't going nowhere You're stuck inside while the mind is flying You said you'd help me in the morning Twisting on pins into my eyes And dragging on the ceiling below you Fixing up the walls

THE SWEET SUFFERING Anathema

THE SWEET SUFFERING As a shadow is cast overhead I rejoice in the coming of the gloom Lifting my eyes to view what, to me, is beauty I decipher what is read in the cloud The verse is shouting

Judgement (Remastered) Anathema

The inequity of fate The pains of love and hate The heart sick memories That brought you to your knees And the times when we were young When life seemed so long Day after day You burned it all away All

JUDGEMENT Anathema

JUDGEMENT (Words: V.Cavanagh/D.Cavanagh, Music: D.Cavanagh/J.Douglas) Asleep is the rose, in tired innocence dreaming time away. Secure in the comfort of slumbers faint embrace.

ETERNAL RISE OF THE SUN Anathema

ETERNAL RISE OF THE SUN (Transcribed by Phil Morgan) An unstoppable end The world turns every day An ending with no end So, for this time of morning I can no longer cry Even though the story

WE, THE GODS Anathema

WE, THE GODS How can you climb a mountain to kill a God? Why do you cross unknown lands, to kill our Gods? Why do you build walls ..... to starve our Gods?

We The Gods Anathema

Is it for the same reason you blind us? Is this why you punish our children? And rape our sisters? When will we drown When will we burn? Will you die with us?

AT ONE WITH THE EARTH Anathema

AT ONE WITH THE EARTH The intense grasp death's strangle-hold has over me confines me to my own personal agony Set me free, let me go Release the chilling grasp with which it clutches me The

MEMENTO MORI Anathema

MEMENTO MORI My life's minds plagued by lyssophobia In a cage solitude locks me in As the dark blackened walls close in on me Dementia strikes, there's no turning back Drowning in the stygian

The Dream Of The Dolphin Enigma

In every colour there's the light. In every stone sleeps a crystal. Remember the Shaman, when he used th say: "Man is the dream of the dolphin."

The Voice And The Snake Enigma

the first bowl on the earth the second bowl on the sea the third bowl on the rivers the fourth bowl on the sun the fifth bowl on the Beast the sixth bowl on the stars the seventh bowl on the air

The Screen Behind The Mirror Enigma

Here's the mirror Behind there is a screen Turn around On both ways you can get in The experience of survival Look around just people, can you hear their voice Find the one who'll guide you to

CRIES ON THE WIND Anathema

CRIES ON THE WIND (Words: D.Patterson, Music: D.Cavanagh & D.Patterson) Reaching out...

MINE IS YOURS TO DROWN IN Anathema

MINE IS YOURS TO DROWN IN (OURS IS THE NEW TRIBE) Be smothered in life Listen, listen, listen The written word will devour you And burn your mind I'm burning your mind I am entering your soul

The Roundabout Enigma

Life is a wheel of changes But changes are life And someday we will have to say good bye But our spirit will survive Love is phasing Love is moving To the rhythm of your sight In the darkness

The Gate Enigma

Closest approach to earth 34,600,000 miles Mean distance from the sun 141,600,000 miles Period of rotation around the sun 1.88089 years Sidereal rotation period 24 hours,37 minutes, 22.66

HOPE Anathema

HOPE (Spoken word transcribed by Phil Morgan - These aren't part of the original lyrics to "Hope") I was not put here by anyone in fear I came alone as me Just an idea in a long chain of discovery

Unchained Tales Of The Unexpected Anathema

Unbroken unchained relentless to regain What we have lost A grip on reality screaming deep down within me as I count the cost Holding on in spite of the doubt Always trying to find it out That we could

NAILED TO THE CROSS Anathema

NAILED TO THE CROSS Your souls are nailed to the cross The blood still runs but the wounds will heal and leave scars of rememberance.

Temporary Peace (Remastered) Anathema

Deep inside the silence Staring out upon the sea The waves washing over Half forgotten memories Deep within the moment Laughter floats upon the breeze Rising and falling dying down within me And I swear

Temporary Peace Anathema

Deep inside the silence staring out upon the sea The waves washing over half forgotten memories Deep within the moment laughter floats upon the breeze Rising and falling dying down within me And I swear

ALL FAITH IS LOST Anathema

ALL FAITH IS LOST As the dawn emerges I cry in grief Sorrows flow, the sadness of another day tortures my heart Life fades. Echoes, voices calling Within my mind. Shadows.

Are You There Anathema

Are you there The wonderful to know All the ghosts all the ghosts Freak my selfish out mind is happy Need to learn to let it go To know you'd do no harm to me Since you've been gone I've been lost

Breaking Down The Barriers (Remastered) Anathema

Floating with nowhere to hide Unspoken twist back inside How did we get here Life don't belong here Feel like I just never tried To find a way back to the outside It stops me from breathing Kills all the

A Fine Day To Exit (Remastered) Anathema

Long way from home Nowhere to go What made the river so cold The sweat of thoughts Trickle down my brow Soaking and stinging my eye You've got to face it head on So you can turn this thing around 'cause

ETERNITY PART 1 Anathema

ETERNITY PART 1 (Words & Music: D.Patterson) As I turn away from a life so grey, Where have all the flowers gone? Just what went wrong?

Pittless (Remastered) Anathema

Is it the emptiest of All your broken hearted feelings A serious misconception To choose a path that led to ruin I live for today Can't get away from the burning inside Ashes to ash Dust to dust So quick

SHROUD OF FROST Anathema

SHROUD OF FROST Undying odyssey ..... a myriad of times The soul has seen Through eyes of heaven The imperium of earth Nothing left to perceive Help me to escape from this existence I yearn