Aephanemer - A Dream Of Wilderness [The Best Melodeath / Extreme Power / Gothenburg Metal Album]

Lyrics to A Dream Of Wilderness [The Best Melodeath / Extreme Power / Gothenburg Metal Album] by Aephanemer

Tracklist: 01. Land Of Hope [Instrumental] 02. Antigone [Verse 1] Behold crossing through the city gates Beyond walls too narrow for her fate Comes Antigone, as told by These old rhymes A brother that they chose to disregard And nothing more than an offended heart She doesn't fear to defy Decrees nor crimes [Verse 2] No mourning for this deceased Soon the prey of ravenous beasts Excruciating sight of flesh Mundane frailty is all that is left [Pre-Chorus] An echo of these noble lines One more timе [Chorus] Honor this mortal corpse A veil of dust on the dеad one Hades wants equal laws Two of us whom Death has won Summon the inner voice The city of stone and order Love is the daemon's choice Undergoes a tremor [Chorus] Defiance worthy of praise Sent her alive to the grave [Verse 3] An ideal of fortitude The one who never bends Feeds its heart of solitude Is either way condemned Such are the radical deeds And their tragic outcomes Ethical beacons we need At the forefront [Pre-Chorus 2] A glimpse of the light that still shines Across time [Chorus] Honor this mortal corpse A veil of dust on the dead one Hades wants equal laws Two of us whom Death has won Summon the inner voice The city of stone and order Love is the daemon's choice Undergoes a tremor [Outro] We don't know that we're blind Nor the harm that we inflict Without great figures by our side To guide us on this journey 03. Of Volition [Verse 1] We cannot strip off from Our emotional chaos As if it was borrowed clothes Covering our true self This is what entirely shape The actions to which we commit That we soon merely drape In a cloak of wit [Pre-Chorus 1] Whoever thinks he is speaking By the free decree of his will Or keep silent, or do anything Is living a daydream [Chorus] Elation or disarray Passions are the potent forces leading us along the way Within this mayhem Reason is solace but doesn't have empire over them Chaos, the mighty Cradle of causality ruling over reality Kairos, the right time To embrace disorder in order to sire the sublime [Verse 2] Our free will is so frail Volition is but a judge Lifting more and more the veil On what drives us What we seek through reason Is only to understand The sole way to craft freedom Within our hands [Pre-Chorus 2] Speaking out for justice Observing the silence of the wise By the conscious decree of the will Is living with open eyes [Chorus] Elation or disarray Passions are the potent forces leading us along the way Within this mayhem Reason is solace but doesn't have empire over them Chaos, the mighty Cradle of causality ruling over reality Kairos, the right time To embrace disorder in order to sire the sublime 04. Le Radeau De La Méduse [Verse 1] Ahead of her fellow ships The Medusa strayed from its path First secession in a long series With a dire aftermath Stranded far from shore The castaways escaped on crafts Some carried by running oars Others on a hastily built raft [Chorus 1] Like the waves of the sea beaten by the winds Crashing in their course above the abyss They'd be tormented in a thousand ways between The boards and the sails of the infamous machine Among the woеs that struck them And were worthy to rеlate Was to remember those men Who'd put them there and sealed their fate [Verse 2] The raft is hauled by the small fleet Helpless and exposed to deceit They dropped the ropes at the first fright Breaking the bond that kept them tied [Bridge] Maudits par leur nom leurs visages changés en pierre Comme si la gorgone avait paru devant eux L'hostilité primitive sur eux se resserre Sous les plus sinistres cieux [Verse 3] Twice doomed by mankind, exiled on the seas These branded soldiers were just out of their cells Caught up by the spite of relentless furies Once more prisoners of hell [Verse 4] Thirst had soon devoured them Redoubled by the sun's rays Legs and feet were skinned Salt water eating them away The counting of the drowned Taken by despair and storms Paced the days spent on this narrow and precarious floor Hunger had them slice the dead flesh of a former friend Feeding with dismay on this omen of their coming end Thrown into the sea, the wounded gave a tragic sight Yet all this was none compared to the violence unleashed at night [Verse 5] One by one nocturnal madness made them slaves Echoes of the fury of the waves Primeval fear filled them with sedition's breath Rising toward them from the ocean depths [Chorus 2] Like the waves of the sea beaten by the winds Crashing in their course above the abyss Out of a hundred remained only fifteen Saved from the ordeal of the infamous machine Although the woes struck again These living wrecks back on the earth Remember those other men Who rescued them, restored their worth 05. Roots And Leaves [Verse 1] What could be possibly true For all knowledge is incomplete? How relative is every value Making any norm doomed to defeat [Verse 2] Shall we grow in the dark With beliefs only for guides? Rejecting them like old bark Ever revived deceitful hides [Verse 3] Soon the bitter season of decline Will take away the regrets Like fallen leaves covering the ground They'll nurture the hope of renewal [Verse 4] Praises go to outgrowing oneself All praxis entails harmful effects Can one be driven by a dual will? A fulfilled life but devoid of guilt [Pre-Chorus] Now condemned to chase conflicting stakes The salience of suffering stains the pride of the human race [Chorus 1] We shed a new skin every year, getting strong We forget about fear, nothing's wrong Pushing all our roots into the depths Expanding all our sprigs with more breadth Driving us deeper into evil Dwelling closer to storms in new heavens [Chorus 2] The more we absorb light, with higher thirst The more we increase our fearsome lust Aspirations to heights mostly implies Reaching at the same time the lows of vice [Bridge] We can't even throw away our values and beliefs There would be nothing left of us We can't even cut apart our desires and needs We wouldn't even be alive [Verse 5] Blame is laid on repressing oneself Virtue doesn't ensure helpful effects The relentless raise of awareness Gradually unveils the one premise [Outro] Now condemned to chase conflicting stakes The salience of suffering stains the pride of the human race It remains when all certainties fade The science of joys and pains imbues all life with grace 06. Vague À L'Âme [Instrumental] 07. Strider [Verse 1] Let me tell you my story, my young fellows Sheltered by this new moon night I was not always this broken and old My veins have once throbbed with life [Verse 2] A strange day came when I learned by chance That each bit of my flesh and bones Did not belong to me alone, but to a man Who had claimed me as his own [Pre-Chorus 1] So, I raced, swifter than any of my peers In longer strides Every day that dawned on my serving years Until the fatal ride [Chorus] Whether we are hindеred by chains Or a burden under which othеrs bend Our nature is one and the same We run forward until the end [Verse 3] My unfortunate story does not end there A broken horse, almost dead I've kept on toiling for someone else's welfare Still standing on my four legs [Verse 4] Soon the day will come when I'll be led apart And each piece of my flesh and bones Will no longer belong to me, nor to one man But to any beast on the prowl [Pre-Chorus 2] This is how I will die and then disappear Under the moon My owner's buried body, covered with tears Will be of no use [Chorus] Whether we are hindered by chains Or a burden under which others bend Our nature is one and the same We keep running until the end 08. Panta Rhei [Verse 1] To forget the law of constant change Is like swimming against the tide All passes, nothing remains Yet our identity fictions abide Here we're unable to move Drowned in a maelstrom of pretense Here Zeno’s turtle proves That stillness is not a lasting defense [Verse 2] Although we've set an internal order To which we try to subdue others Our Parcae are still blind And they claim no sire but the endless night [Pre-Chorus 1] Far upstream, the source takes shape In a dream or an escape [Chorus] Sometimes a narrow, meandering maze Finally widening to embrace The horizon as a whole Calm and warmed by the sun's gleam Then turning to a rushing stream Ending in a waterfall [Verse 2] We see attributes and their exact inverse Rivers are called by many names Even if their natures seem to be diverse Water remains to stay the same [Verse 3] Gently, but without a moment’s respite Drawn by the flow of time Drop by drop, it all becomes a part Of a future fully unknown There's a before to everything But nothing like a beginning Going further onward Is merging more with the great course [Pre-Chorus 2] Soon downstream, in the watershed All the rivers will coalesce [Chorus] Sometimes a narrow, meandering maze Finally widening to embrace The horizon as a whole Calm and warmed by the sun's gleam Then turning to a rushing stream Ending in a waterfall 09. A Dream Of Wilderness [Verse 1] In the days of yore The spirits roamed the earth and sky Teeming with meaning A world of gods and magic rites Then knowledge gave laws To all as well as means to rule Creatures divided into Masters and soulless tools [Chorus] Disavowing the altars Of shrines built by human hand This is where we take shelter In a dream of wild homeland They go their own way under The aegis of an alliance Behind the ruthless struggle A fable of beastly choirs [Verse 2] Divе in the woods, the ivy is starting to coil Round your feet, rising up from the soil Out of timе, in this liminal space One must get lost to discover unknown ways [Bridge] We are there On the edge Of an ontological shift Lingering on the threshold To release or to tighten the grip On the wonders we behold [Outro] Or shall we now drain the sea? To find something left to dig up underneath? Grieve because never the world Will be enchanted again Two lost paths clearing a third One last nostalgic lament The conquering lords have reigned The gods and magic are dead Rejoice because what remains Is a whole new tale to tell 10. Old French Song [Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky cover][bonus] [Instrumental] 11. Le Radeau De La Méduse [French version][bonus] [Verse 1 / 1er couplet] Au devant des autres navires La Méduse avait quitté sa route Sécession présageant le pire Une Désastreuse déroute Echoués au large Les naufragés abandonnèrent le bâteau Certains portés par des rames D'autres sur le funeste radeau [Chorus 1 / 1er refrain] Tels les vagues de la mer, battue par les vents Se brisant dans leur course au-dessus de l'abîme Ils devaiеnt être l'objet de millе tourments Entre les planches et les voiles de la terrible machine [post-Chorus 1 / 1er après-refrain] Parmi les malheurs qui affligèrent Ces infortunés humains Souvenez-vous que c'était leurs frères Qui avaient scellé leur destin [?] Le radeau remorqué vers le rivage Est dépendant du soutient illusoire D'alliés qui larguèrent les cordages Rompant ce lien garant d'espoir [Bridge / Pont] Maudits par leur nom Leurs visages changés en pierre Comme si la Gorgone avait paru devant eux L'hostilité primitive sur eux se resserre Sous les plus sinistres cieux [Verse 2 / 2e couplet] Deux fois condamnés Par deux fois bannis Ces soldats flétris exilés sur les mers Rattrapés par la rancune D'implacables furies A nouveau prisonniers de l'enfer [Verse 3 / 3e couplet] La soif les dévora bientôt Redoublée par les dards du soleil Leur peau écorchée Par l'eau salée les privant de sommeil Le compte des noyés enlevés Par la détresse et les tempêtes Rythmait les jours passés Sur ce plancher étroit et précaire [Verse 4 (?) / 4e couplet (?)] La faim leur a fait trancher La chair de leurs compagnons morts Se nourrir de ce consternant augure de leur propre sort Jetés à la mer Les blessés offraient un spectacle absurde Tout ceci n'étant rien comparé au déchaînement de violence nocturne [?] Un par un la folie fit d'eux ses esclaves Frêles échos de la fureur des vagues La peur primordiale soufflant la forfaiture Remontant des profondeurs obscures [Chorus 2 / 2e Refrain] Tels les vagues de la mer, battue par les vents Se brisant dans leur course au-dessus de l'abîme Ils ne restèrent que quinze sur bien plus de cent Sauvés du supplice de la terrible machine [Post-Chorus 2 / 2e Après-refrain] Bien que les maux de prirent pas fin Pour ces épaves affligées de douleur Souvenez-vous de leurs frères humains Qui sauvèrent leur vie, leur rendirent leur valeur