Qethaladüm
Their Silent Ballad

Tracklist

• 1. The Soul Sharpening Hours (08:48)
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  Come to me
  In the grand stillness of the mind
  And revel
  In internal infinity
  
  Fall now
  Constrained by false tethers
  And unlink
  From the wakeful world
  
  And seek now
  Forever which that has been withheld
  In your mind’s eye
  Opened - once more
  
  And seek now
  That which is your birthright
  The clarity of the eternal
  Awakened - within.
  
  Now within grasp
  Reach out - into the unknown
  And see what is waiting
  Just beyond the veil
  
  And peer out
  Into their heavenly glade
  Not with disgust
  But with knowing
  
  And feel now
  The wisdom surging
  The wakefulness
  Forever - untainted.
• 2. I Must Escape (05:25)
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  I’ll try again - to escape, this body of mine
  The cycle repeats - there is, no other way
  Buried the needle - in the haystack I can’t see
  My own reflection - so pale, and dead!
  
  I - Must Escape!
  I feel your hatred now but I will not relent.
  I - Will stand astray!
  Clasping the tightened rope I mock your final day.
  
  Everywhere I am - I have already been
  Wherever I turn - I see it in my sleep
  Nights of rest - repugnant now, and gray,
  Lost I was - drowned in endless rain!
  
  Not anymore!
  
  Every time - I lay awake,
  I can feel it - standing, behind me
  Every time - I feel its presence,
  It's making me - need to escape.
  
  I - Must Escape!
  I feel your hatred now but I will not relent.
  I - Will stand astray!
  Clasping the tightened rope I mock your final day.
  
  I - Will Escape!
  I’ve drawn myself to hell, and now I seek the end.
  I - Won’t fade away!
  You’ll be my final one to carry on my name!
• 3. You Left Me Behind (05:26)
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  They took my life - wretched in the morning light,
  Lost and afraid
  
  I swore to you - never to begin again
  But here I am
  
  I've paid my price - please grant me the pass of time,
  And set me free
  
  I've lost so much - held on to your pallid touch
  Am I awake?
  
  They found me there - broken by the final rest
  In my demise
  
  I crawled to you - tainted, sick and suffering
  Yet you declined
  
  Never again I'll fall
  For this weakening pain
  My death is my own
  To wield!
  
  I've paid my price - please grant me the pass of time
  And set me free
  
  I've lost so much - held on to your pallid touch
  Am I awake?
  
  You hate me
  You Left me behind
  
  You hate me
  You hate me
• 4. Memento (Of a Lossless Time) (07:06)
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  I felt your presence
  Beyond the gnarled pines
  Your withering figure
  Could no more - deny me what was mine
  
  I had lost all ambition
  Enshrined in the black
  What time had raped from me
  I would surely take back
  
  But beneath the gray
  I saw - your fearful face
  Forlorn, and trepid
  What more could I - stand - to - lose - !
  
  In the wake of your misery
  My memento –
  In the wake of your misery
  I’ll find you there –
  
  I could await you no longer
  Not in the haze of that day
  All but sorrow lay on those words
  And the tongue - knew - no - misery
  
  There was nothing of hatred
  And of bleak silence in death
  There was naught that - could near reach
  The ears of the child that slept
  
  And I could not fathom
  The smile that you wore
  This endless absolution
  Had quelled all fear in my heart
  
  I’ll find you there
• 5. Godless Day (05:00)
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  The death of dusk
  Has crossed my eyes
  And now the sky turns black
  
  When I died
  They shifted gaze
  And turned their wretched backs
  
  Sleeping now forevermore
  I will light this world aflame
  There is no rest for the ones who fall
  I will anguish not at your pain
  
  This is your godless day
  
  Grinding teeth
  I will not love
  When the light above grows false
  
  Take from me
  All that I am
  And grant me what I want
  
  With three eyes closed
  In flames you’ll fall
  And I will see this end
  The last on earth
  My holy spawn
  Is above your hopeless ilk
  
  In time - you’ll come to worship
  My omniscient figure
  In death - you’ll grow to care
  When I am judgement
  
  In spite - you’ll try to flee
  But to where?
  In fear - you’ll call my name
  But I am malice.
  
  The crumpled flesh
  Is no longer mine
  Forsaken - I am now
  
  By humanity
  I am beyond
  This mortal skin I’ve shed
  
  In reverence
  To the outer god
  Who has let me rule this day
  
  I am met
  With the impossible
  The servitude I’ve sworn
  
  There is no might
  Without its cost
  An eternity for my rage
  
  In wicked bliss
  This punishment
  Was wrought upon my frame
  
  Like a raging wind
  From beyond my sight
  An imperceivable change
  
  Invisible
  My shackles are
  Now you smile at my pain.
• 6. The Man in My Eye (06:48)
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  Instrumental
• 7. Their Silent Ballad (13:31)
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  The fragments
  Of their silken cloaks
  Grace - my palms
  
  They dance
  About the corners
  Of my eyes
  
  Aloft - they whisper
  Tales of old
  To my child
  
  They’re lost
  In this trance
  In this life
  
  Can you - hear them?
  
  Or have you - left me too?
  
  I know you’re there
  Still awaiting my call
  I vow to lead your dance
  Forevermore
  
  I can see them now
  Gowned in white
  They flow like water
  Away from strife
  
  You wasted it all
  On what was never real
  I carried you away
  But you stood astray!
  
  I tried to save you
  From all of their hate
  What spectral wishes
  Have torn you from me?
  
  I know you’re there
  Still awaiting my call
  I vow to lead your dance
  Forevermore
  
  I can see them now
  Gowned in white
  They flow like water
  Away from strife
Duration: 52:04