Graveyard Dirt Shadows of Old Ghosts 1. Rise...Fallen Skies Through this valley of darknedd I walk alone Yet there is nothing I fear within the warmth of this eternal bliss Tears fall from the heavens but they can never wash away the fires that burn inside Wallow not in sanctum so dear With joy inside, no fallen tears Personified my tortured soul Rapturous in radiance, whole Land of my destiny Grace me serenity Shallow heart taste my despair Breathe in me, in night-times air Immortality, the Autumn fades Spring arise, torn from my pain Land of my destiny Grace me serenity I walk in wonder surreal Adorn the beauty that now I feel my dying cries Embrace the death in fires eye Caressing flames by candlelight Rise...fallen skies The night surene, her endless dark Its sins desire, my blackened heart The breeze it blows against my skin A radiance from within Amidst the fires now I'm free Romance this place, my destiny Death is near, deepest fear, Bring a tear to my eye From within comes the sin, Cast a gaze to the sky 2. A Tearless Lament Refrain the sentiment of loss and sadness My joys and airs console me no more Our love and our dreams still bind us together Return me to my love and lament me no more Compose my thoughts of sentiment hereafter For no tears can I shed upon her grave All emotion withdrawn for her voice it speaks softer Engraved in my heart where her memory remains "My elusive dreams of a peaceful dawn lie shrouded like the grey mist around the ivory moon My lonely sentiments portrayed by wonderous thoughts, and surrounded by the times of night-times airs While the orchestra of the wind played a melody so divine I wandered in the enchanting moonlight Awaiting the rising of the dawn and wailing silently at shadows of old ghosts" The faintness of her face, the fragrance of sweet lace And lie here so tranquil amidst dawning suns The faintness of her face, the fragrance of sweet lace And lie here so tranquil amidst dawning suns Forgiveness she knows not, she lies her a love lost Forsake me all others for my love it died with her 3. Gathering Storm Is this storm that gathers deep within our minds merely a breeze on the outside? Or could it be a calm that eases thoughts inside yet rages over all our kind? And draw from former days that which once was ours before the taste was soured And long for better days when all around is calm...and dare to dream once more In this wretched storms all seeing eye A thousand pearls of hate reside For the will of one no longer thrives but lies battered and swathed in shame But while the heavens thunder upon high The fires of hell still burns these eyes And by the charms of an angels soothing cry I am and shall remain unmoved Theres a white light here in the blackened sky And my eyes are drawn inside Its ghostly form weakens my spine Desolate the tears I've cried Pleasant waves soothe a sickened mind A moments release from my tedium These forlorn shores I leave behind Entranced by your beguiling eyes A cold cry rings yet I am warmed As fond waters swim silently seaward Womans caress a tuneful mourn And so I will flourish The rain that lashes my troubled brow, it soothes My heart at last cannot contain more grief For this time should be... The rain that lashes my troubled brow, it soothes My heart at last cannot contain more grief For this time should be...one of peace Yet anguish races like your wounded pride toward me Weep softly upon me so that I may feel the warmth of your tears Wash over me eternally Wash over me eternally