Rotten Flowers Lyrics

AS I OPEN THE OLD GATE,
AMBIANCE CHANGES, SKY IS GREY
ETHERIAL ODD WINDS APPEAR,
THE EVIDENCE OF PAST NOR LIFE

EVERY STEP I LEAVE BEHIND,
MARKING PAST, PRESENT AND AFTERLIFE
IN FRONT OF ME, A ROTTEN GRAVE
CARVES OF TIME MARK ELDER PAST

FLOWERS ON THE TOMBSTONE,
COVERED IN GLAS, ENTAIL A LIFE
THE AMBIT CHANGE TO UNKNOWN MIND,
WHILE HAUNTED VISIONS TURN ME DOWN

PAST IS NOW AND DEATH IS LIFE,
TURNS PRESENCE TO AFTERLIFE
A PROCESSION (OF SHADOWS) WALK BESIDE,
HOLD A COFFIN, THAT CONTAIN A LIFE

THEIR UNKNOWN FACES, COVERED BY FOG
AS SKY IS CLEAR... BUT DARK
SHADOWS OF PAST AND ELDER TIMES,
CATCHED BESIDE THE LIFE AND DEATH

MEMORIES AND VISIONS MERGE ONE,
IN THIS HOUR NOW... IN AFTERLIFE
PAST IS NOW AND DEATH IS LIFE,
TURNS PRESENCE TO AFTERLIFE

WHISPERINGS OF THOUSAND TONGUES,
TELL ABOUT THEIR LIFE
PAST AND PRESENCE BECOME THE SAME,
THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF DAY NOR LIFE

AIR IS COLD AND FEELS UNREAL,
NOTHINGNESS BUT BLACK AS LIGHT
KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM,
ENLIGHT MY SPIRIT HERE...

IN THE PLACE OF NETHERWORLD...
WHILE HAUNTED VISIONS TURN ME DOWN
PAST IS NOW AND DEATH IS LIFE,
TURNS PRESENCE TO AFTERLIFE

SHADOWS APPEAR... ARROUND ME!
TAKE ME BACK TO PRESENT TIME
IN DREAMS, IN LIFE, IN DEATH OR NOW,
THE AFTERLIFE A WORLD UNKNOWN...

AWAKEN, IN FRONT OF THE GRAVE,
IN BLEEDING HANDS, I HOLD THE ROTTEN FLOWERS
DEATH IS NOT THE END OF LIFE,
AS LIFE IS DEATH AND PAST ALIVE!!!

THE SECRETS OF DEATH