Starless (starless)
And darkness waning slowly
A cold enigma
Would move me forward
Oh, hapless life
Now I pledge to you
All secrets revealed now
In paragraphs
(Trust me)
Over time you will heal
(Spit on or tend to my grave)
A man saved from a damnation's winter
And the corpse of your father was entombed
He's my haunting phantasma and my plague
Conjured up persecution of my virtue
My internal collapse and spiritual leprosy
A lord Juggernaut
Like the bearer of death, waiting
Decrepit strategies set, contaminating
Eating bits of wretched throne forevermore
Found no traction in this haze
Defiled, I'd long for sleep
A tainted family
In a tainted century
Could I justify my reasoning?
A gray mistake
A sunken cold back light
He was of inferior class, a servant to me
Ha, the irony in this perverted odyssey
If our father's word is true
We're bastards too
It's a riddle? No
Or a caper? No
A mockery? No
A deception? No
My sickly daughter looking on bewildered
A jewel in our hierarchy
My exalted successor, rise
In my life
I've asked of you
Take care of your kin, child
And their blood runs in mine
Over time you will kneel
Over time you will kneel
Rid yourselves of this abomination
In reverence, uprooted you are
And in the summary coming
The proverbial sanctum of mine is up for debate
The execution of will
The crowning of an heiress
You are tethered to command
Requiem devised and signed by hand
You are tethered to command
Requiem devised and-
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Starless (starless)
And darkness waning slowly
A cold enigma
Would move me forward
Oh, hapless life
Now I pledge to you
All secrets revealed now
In paragraphs
(Trust me)
Over time you will heal
(Spit on or tend to my grave)
A man saved from a damnation's winter
And the corpse of your father was entombed
He's my haunting phantasma and my plague
Conjured up persecution of my virtue
My internal collapse and spiritual leprosy
A lord Juggernaut
Like the bearer of death, waiting
Decrepit strategies set, contaminating
Eating bits of wretched throne forevermore
Found no traction in this haze
Defiled, I'd long for sleep
A tainted family
In a tainted century
Could I justify my reasoning?
A gray mistake
A sunken cold back light
He was of inferior class, a servant to me
Ha, the irony in this perverted odyssey
If our father's word is true
We're bastards too
It's a riddle? No
Or a caper? No
A mockery? No
A deception? No
My sickly daughter looking on bewildered
A jewel in our hierarchy
My exalted successor, rise
In my life
I've asked of you
Take care of your kin, child
And their blood runs in mine
Over time you will kneel
Over time you will kneel
Rid yourselves of this abomination
In reverence, uprooted you are
And in the summary coming
The proverbial sanctum of mine is up for debate
The execution of will
The crowning of an heiress
You are tethered to command
Requiem devised and signed by hand
You are tethered to command
Requiem devised and-
And darkness waning slowly
A cold enigma
Would move me forward
Oh, hapless life
Now I pledge to you
All secrets revealed now
In paragraphs
(Trust me)
Over time you will heal
(Spit on or tend to my grave)
A man saved from a damnation's winter
And the corpse of your father was entombed
He's my haunting phantasma and my plague
Conjured up persecution of my virtue
My internal collapse and spiritual leprosy
A lord Juggernaut
Like the bearer of death, waiting
Decrepit strategies set, contaminating
Eating bits of wretched throne forevermore
Found no traction in this haze
Defiled, I'd long for sleep
A tainted family
In a tainted century
Could I justify my reasoning?
A gray mistake
A sunken cold back light
He was of inferior class, a servant to me
Ha, the irony in this perverted odyssey
If our father's word is true
We're bastards too
It's a riddle? No
Or a caper? No
A mockery? No
A deception? No
My sickly daughter looking on bewildered
A jewel in our hierarchy
My exalted successor, rise
In my life
I've asked of you
Take care of your kin, child
And their blood runs in mine
Over time you will kneel
Over time you will kneel
Rid yourselves of this abomination
In reverence, uprooted you are
And in the summary coming
The proverbial sanctum of mine is up for debate
The execution of will
The crowning of an heiress
You are tethered to command
Requiem devised and signed by hand
You are tethered to command
Requiem devised and-
Writer: Mikael Akerfeldt
Copyright: Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Copyright: Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Performed By: Opeth
From Album: The Last Will And Testament
Language: English
Length: 7:30
Written by: Mikael Akerfeldt
Year: 2024