Towards And Against Amorphis

I have known the arcane lore On strange roads such visions met That I have no fear nor concern For hatred and obstacles of this world By stone-shoed wanderer I am taught My visions from fiery-eyed

AGAINST WIDOWS Amorphis

beside is The Devil weds a widow The grave one twice wed A widow's hand is rougher Than a dry spruce bough With which she strikes the playful Grabs the one who laughs A widow has had her games And

MOON AND SUN Amorphis

not gleam at all Nor will the sun shine at all Death opens its mouth The son of the Northlander Camo to look, to listen "There beyond the river is hero walking" He took one step and

MAGIC AND MAYHEM Amorphis

Hey there, tiny wench My perpetual serf Put stew in a pot Bring water for the guest Before we part Before your neck is broken You strike first Son of the north

CRAIL'S MYSTERIES Amorphis

he shall be a man most brave and noble in thought Thou shall kneel for him, for every man shall humble in front of our lord I stood upon the sand of the sea and the great wind told me to carry on

Veil Of Sin Amorphis

For the cold pale women I leave some of my goodness I leave the veil of sin And let go my dreams (pre-chorus:) Eternity follows me everywhere Your words so hollow won't go anywhere Distant shadows

WEEPER ON THE SHORE Amorphis

In the vale where I once listened out for the light Where the little birds warble The ptarmigans babble And my heart looked for some rest from its trouble I cast my eyes downward upon the seaside

Black River Amorphis

Still searching for my way The right way to be Still pondering What I’ve done I’m still thinking what I’ve said Still finding from within And all that I know Is still not enough I’m being held

Smithereens Amorphis

I let you take this breeding sorrow you're too close to see as the pride inside of you is smashed to smithereens this fire hunts the soulless and the weak bursting out the madness in me and through

The Smoke Amorphis

In my dream smoke followed me As on fire the whole world had been To the yard I walked in Up the frontstep and opened the door Cranes flew over to the North As I walked on dry And passed through a grove

The White Swan Amorphis

I set out on a longest road To seek the answers from Death I set out to the black sacred stream To seek out and shoot a white swan On desolate and stony paths From a mountain to a vale I reached

A Servant Amorphis

What was denied from poor I thought to be riches I run for them there and then It made me take my due To death I’d plunge with joy My happiness to claim I am prepared to face the war Under the black

Far From The Sun Amorphis

Nothing is more than too much I'm waiting for the tarnishing touch you wish for the last kiss goodbye like the child that cannot lie I walk away now from you and your sun it goes down from you

Enigma Amorphis

his due A shadow moved in Louhi’s mirror The fairest maid of them all Restless mind found her to his liking But the queen wanted more Louhi spoke in riddled tones of three things to achieve Find and

FORGOTTEN SUNRISE Amorphis

Once I had a mind And thoughts was given But nowadays, in this evil age All my sense is somewhere else Once I had a soul I was one with my god But now I am abandoned Banished from these lies

SONG OF THE TROUBLED ONE Amorphis

the thrush toils at The partridge asks for The hapless one takes The troubled one steals Puts upon a spade Sets on a runner Hides under a door Shields with a bath-whisk The farmer hammers And

ON RICH AND POOR Amorphis

Old folk remember And those today learn How before their time Life was different here: Without the sun people lived Groped about without the moon With candles sowing was done Planting performed

Grieve Stricken Heart Amorphis

Your helping hand is killing me If you see me suffer it's not your victory Sadistic forms of new way discipline Like I love myself I love to sin (pre-chorus:) And I want more And I want it low

Shaman Amorphis

Mother wept for her son She wept and sang Anxiously pondered fate His and her own A sun’s ray, in through the eye Glimmered in the room of mind Changing the woman shape Sorrow fled her face From

MISERY PATH Amorphis

We sail across the sea, In our thoughts we float over mountains All this vanity that we could hide The truth The truth is to be alive and to live your life in fear by hate and create our own gods

WARRIORS TRIAL Amorphis

As the sun falls down and the swell crashes into the shore The great warriors of doom and wind ride high Silent is the silence, the only breathing of horses sound, Cold northern steel, shining

Her Alone Amorphis

Only one can make me do my good deeds Only one and the shadow of that one Only one can make me do my evil deeds Only one and the shadow of that one Her alone I will lend my ear to Only her I will

Planetary Misfortune Amorphis

I hear you hear your worthless speech unheard and sensational feeding my comprehension let me see beyond all additional show me something real something low and dramatical when all this sinful

SIGH FROM THE NORTH SIDE Amorphis

prediction Distant gate, gothic grave Through ages our clan still remain In this proud land I grew up strong, My tears are flowing all around The wind is twisting my sorrow I still believe in truth and

FIRST DOOM Amorphis

The mountains of North Shall erupt and flames Of darkland will raise Hail to one who hails Blood for one who bleeds O you mistress of northland Queen of darkland I may wash my hands of the Evil

Greed Amorphis

blood Of redeemer of thy greed My hunger can't be satisfied With flesh of thy nazarene No gilded streets of heaven's grace Entice me in thy speech No holy mother doth condone All your pillage war and

Shatters Within Amorphis

was there Standing outside Looking in Beside my window Smiling face, shattering It's an old man's pride That climbs over understanding It wasn't your child That I was hurting (pre-chorus:) And

LEVITATION Amorphis

will shine, cast no shadows, not define I walk on water, float on air, there's no other to compare I have this fascination, no cause for deviation It's called levitation There's no cause to start and

Tuonela Amorphis

Sorrow is my bread And tears I drink as wine Oblivion my happiness Ground under teeth of time For cold be the stone When frost ve devoured the land Consolation is no gift Of winter's icy hand

Killing Goodness Amorphis

There's no existing misery that just fades away faint hearted mindless tracks through the wicked world the world of today and all the people wait too long makes them hate too much foolishness

Divinity Amorphis

Step into five fold mace As son as father in a frame Chorus: Someday fire wipes the rain Fears are frozen tears whisper Things that no one heras Cry now, cry now for me again Tomorrows pride and

MOON AND SUN PART 2 Amorphis

Go, look at the moon And inspect the sun!

Withered Amorphis

Withered be the flower Long past it's prime and bloom Forgotten on the stony bed This silent hillside tomb For coppered be the grip Of this wooded land A crude cold gauntlet Hides the boney hand

Forever More Amorphis

How does it feel Blessed to receive Be modest and forgiving How does it feel You can try to hate me But you're only hurting yourself (chorus:) Drifting in your shady memories Where to go when

The Night Is Over Amorphis

mankind Listen to me instead of a blind folk's speak Forget the mature plan We are but humans you'll see (chorus:) I can hear the silence See invisible emptiness Tarnish the halo of your guidance And

Withered... Amorphis

Withered be the flower Long past it's prime and bloom Forgotten on the stony bed This silent hillside tomb For coppered be the grip Of this wooded land A crude cold gauntlet Hides the boney hand

Drifting Memories Amorphis

How does it feel Blessed to receive Be modest and forgiving How does it feel You can try to hate me But you're only hurting yourself (chorus:) Drifting in your shady memories Where to go when

Nightfall Amorphis

As a rot to rape the spring sown seed A plague sprang forth of his tracks Churns ran red when cows milked blood And famine cracked poor backs Who would hear a lament sad Under the bright blue sky

Rusty Moon Amorphis

with the stars Reflected in her eyes Chorus: It's the blaze that beckons men Into the woods, of beaten path Is the sight of the fire that No maiden's eyes should have Iron does as iron's told And

BLACK EMBRACE Amorphis

your limbs Terror, when the fear freezes your nerves Horror, when the pain climbs up your veins Darkness, creeping under you skin Moment of life, when we all have to choose, which way to go and

AND I HEAR YOU CALL Amorphis

I must be out of my mind as I hear you call My name is even though I can't see you anywhere Surely this feeling must be coming from something Someone gave me yesterday as I searched for you And

Goddess (Of The Sad Man) Amorphis

Astonishment when I bend over you creep Put a noose around my neck Which side I decide it's my time to reap It's your side wicked and deaf Take me to the place I can sleep Wipe away all misery

Captured State Amorphis

So many years I've been fading And closed the doors behind Pay that price if you lost it all The end is not the past recall (pre-chorus:) Waiting for the enclosening darkness And there you will

Mourning Soil Amorphis

Feel the ground the mourning soil close your eyes and lay confront the passage of time eternity which you cannot betray barter away this haziness down to earth this sparkling distress thereafter

Weaving The Incantation Amorphis

A mind dejected, blood boiling with anger The storm of the warpath now sings in my heart Your pleadings useless, I now shall disregard I leave you to weep and to fear for me I’m ready for my end My

Silent Waters Amorphis

A day’s light told me of my son’s fate The sun showed the way, grim and severe Pulled under the raging waters, my child Sank in the drowning currents, my son..my son..

TO FATHERS CABIN Amorphis

O old man, good god Careful man of heaven Keeper of storm clouds Make misty weather And create a tiny cloud In whose shelter I may go

SUMMER`S END Amorphis

foot With a sacred blade cut the berries down Dug up the dreaded mandrake root Tread my path to summer's end This bequest I leave you she says You will see what could be evergreen Turn to copper and

Sign (Bonus Track) Amorphis

Far from here, a house forsaken On lands of yesterday The silence of the night has crept in As weeping of the women As thoughts of solitude As sadness and as grief In a dim deserted room A token

Higher Ground Amorphis

I climb to the higher ground to see what's behind the sun step on the hands made out of clay the hands of stained mortals all there is and all you'll have bless the one who cannot cry there is