Ghost of Perdition Lyrics
Band | |
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Album | Ghost Reveries(2005) |
Type | Album (Studio full-length) |
Genres | Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock |
Labels | Roadrunner Records |
Ranked | #2 for 2005 , #80 all-time |
Album rating : 91.8 / 100
Votes : 81
Votes : 81
1. Ghost of Perdition (10:29)
Ghost of Mother
Lingering death
Ghost on Mother's bed
Black strands on the pillow
Contour of her health
Twisted face upon the head
Ghost of perdition
Stuck in her chest
A warning no one read
Tragic friendship
Called inside the fog
Pouring venom brew deceiving
Devil cracked the earthly shell
Foretold she was the one
Blew hope into the room and said:
"You have to live before you die young"
Holding her down
Channeling darkness
Hemlock for the Gods
Fading resistance
Draining the weakness
Penetrating inner light
Road into the dark unaware
Winding ever higher
Darkness by her side
Spoke and passed her by
Dedicated hunter
Waits to pull us under
Rose up to its call
In his arms she'd fall
Mother light received
And a faithful servant's free
In time the hissing of her sanity
Faded out her voice and soiled her name
And like marked pages in a diary
Everthing seemed clean that is unstained
The incoherent talk of ordinary days
Why would we really need to live?
Decide what is clear and what's within a haze
What you should take and what to give
Ghost of perdition
A saint's premonition's unclear
Keeper of holy hordes
Keeper of holy whores
To see a beloved son
In despair of what's to come
If one cut the source of the flow
And everything would change
Would conviction fall
In the shadow of the righteous
The phantasm of your mind
Might be calling you to go
Defying the forgotten mortals
Where the victim is the prey
Lingering death
Ghost on Mother's bed
Black strands on the pillow
Contour of her health
Twisted face upon the head
Ghost of perdition
Stuck in her chest
A warning no one read
Tragic friendship
Called inside the fog
Pouring venom brew deceiving
Devil cracked the earthly shell
Foretold she was the one
Blew hope into the room and said:
"You have to live before you die young"
Holding her down
Channeling darkness
Hemlock for the Gods
Fading resistance
Draining the weakness
Penetrating inner light
Road into the dark unaware
Winding ever higher
Darkness by her side
Spoke and passed her by
Dedicated hunter
Waits to pull us under
Rose up to its call
In his arms she'd fall
Mother light received
And a faithful servant's free
In time the hissing of her sanity
Faded out her voice and soiled her name
And like marked pages in a diary
Everthing seemed clean that is unstained
The incoherent talk of ordinary days
Why would we really need to live?
Decide what is clear and what's within a haze
What you should take and what to give
Ghost of perdition
A saint's premonition's unclear
Keeper of holy hordes
Keeper of holy whores
To see a beloved son
In despair of what's to come
If one cut the source of the flow
And everything would change
Would conviction fall
In the shadow of the righteous
The phantasm of your mind
Might be calling you to go
Defying the forgotten mortals
Where the victim is the prey
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Ghost Reveries - Lyrics
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3. Beneath The Mire Lyrics | 4. Atonement Lyrics |
5. Reverie / Harlequin Forest Lyrics | 6. Hours of Wealth Lyrics |
7. The Grand Conjuration Lyrics | 8. Isolation Years Lyrics |
Ghost Reveries - Album Credits
Members
- Mikael Åkerfeldt : Guitars, Vocals, Mellotron, Songwriting
- Peter Lindgren : Guitars
- Martín Méndez : Bass
- Martin Lopez : Drums, Percussion
- Per Wiberg : Mellotron, Organ, Piano
Other staff
- Opeth : Producer, Engineer, Art Direction
- Jens Bogren : Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Mastering Engineer
- Thomas Eberger : Mastering Engineer
- Rickard Bengtsson : Recording Engineer
- Anders Alexandersson : Recording Engineer
- Niklas Kallgren : Recording Engineer
- Travis Smith : Artwork, Layout, Art Direction
- Anthony Sorrento : Artwork
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10 | Reverie / Harlequin Forest | Ghost Reveries (2005) | 96.4 | 25 | |
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