(Plus ca Change) The Wytching Hour
Plus ca change, plus c’est le meme chose
The wytching hour is hour is fading fast,
into the void we call the past
A well of souls these memories,
remind us of what can never be again
Reach out if you’ve a mind to,
from the city lights that haunt you
You’re only on the outskirts,
as you stare into the distance
Follow! Follow me home!
Follow me! Follow me home!
I know the way thought i’ve never been
I know if things i’ve never seen before
Embittered by your travellers’ fare,
l’estranger takes you unawares
Reach out if you’re inclined to,
From the nightmare you’ve been blind to
Murdered on the outskirts,
lost spirit I implore you
Follow! Follow me home!
Follow me! Follow me home!
We can talk of beginnings and we can talk of ends
We can talk of creation and of death
But I cannot control you, so listen to my words
Follow me home before the banshee scream is heard
Wander in limbo, you widdershinned a church
Follow! Follow me home!
Follow me! Follow me home!
The wytching hour is fading fast in the void we call the past
A well of souls, these memories recede into eternity again
Follow! Follow me home!
Follow me! Follow me home!
The wytching hour…
Lyrics by Ian Holman
Song: Ian Holman (O.R.M.E.)
This arrangement: Holman/Speight/Berry
Taken from the album Heaven in Decline – Japanese album bonus track only
Safe Little World
So what do you do when your whole world falls apart?
And what do you say to take the guilt from your heart?
How many questions hold answers you cannot give?
And the hope of dying becomes the only reason to live
Whilst they look down, down on your life, lost in their own…
Safe little world, protected by the lies believed
Safe little world, conscience ignored and truth deceived
Safe little world
Safe little world, that fool could be you
Remember those phases, hope decayed and so alone
Nowhere to run, and nowhere to hide
After endless nights you lost sight of the otherside
The guilt of failure, the last emotion cried
How many times, have they held you down,
in power, in their…
Safe little world, protected by the lies believed
Safe little world, conscience ignored and truth deceived
Safe little world
Safe little world, that fool could be you
How many times have I wondered why,
after all the years you said goodbye
And even now, can’t believe your lie,
that you’d rather leave than let it die
My jealous ways were misunderstood,
wouldn’t change my words even if I could
Because, because you dragged me down,
because, because you dragged me
Those desperate days are now distant and long ago
The pain of youth has healed as love begins grow
How many questions hold answers you cannot give?
And the hope of dying becomes the only reason to live
Safe little world, protected by the lies believed
Safe little world, conscience ignored and truth deceived
Safe little world
Safe little world, that fool could be you
And your world comes tumbling down
Lyrics by Rachel Iden (Speight)
Song: Speight/Berry
Taken from the album Heaven in Decline
Maelstrom
You are a perfect sphinx
Are you hiding jewels that become black diamonds in the rain?
Is it safe to lay in the arms of embrace?
On the feast of fools will Dagonet laugh and call my name?
Have I cast beyond the moon again?
Dare I place my trust in the kiss of a chameleon?
Enchant me now, for I am falling down
Haunted as I run into the maelstrom
Enchant me now, for I am falling down
Haunted as I run into the maelstrom
There are times that I escape this fear
These clandestine thoughts are silenced by your touch
Is my love so pale that I fade into the darkness of your mind?
Will my wishes belie the truth of you that I may find?
Have I cast beyond the moon again?
Dare I place my trust in the kiss of a chameleon?
Enchant me now, for I am falling down
Haunted as I run into the maelstrom
Enchant me now, for I am falling down
Haunted as I run into the maelstrom
I used to have such strength within
But my resolve ends as the storm descends
Will we be submerged by our uncertainty?
Drowned in our search for purity?
Enchant me now, for I am falling down
Haunted as I run into the maelstrom
Enchant me now, for I am falling down
Haunted as I run into the maelstrom
Lyrics by Rachel Iden (Speight)
Song: Speight/Berry/Holman
Taken from the album Heaven in Decline
Love Amongst the Ruins
One day a child in a playground
One day a child in a playground, a flower blossoming
Love a cast web of spells, drawing you in
Haunted by the memories of a heart hurt before
Crimson is the pain as lovers leave once more
Let this temple, this shrine be your guide
Chaos rains down there’s nowhere left to hide
Love amongst the ruins, slowly falling apart
Love amongst the ruins, the ruins of your heart
You laugh as death’s cold hand, captures your heart
You cry as everything you believed in, slowly crumbles apart
Does the dawn hold the answers you prayed for all night?
Did you find salvation as the blackness turned to light?
The lights burn blue like the the ghosts in your past
Farewell whispers from before the die was cast
Love amongst the ruins, slowly falling apart
Love amongst the ruins, the ruins of your heart
Everything’s crumbling away
Everything’s fading to grey
Love amongst the ruins, slowly falling apart
Love amongst the ruins, the ruins of your heart
Lyrics by Rachel Iden (Speight)
Song: Speight/Berry
Taken from the album Heaven in Decline
Also appears on the early demo ‘Love Amongst the Ruins’ & the album Caged
Labyrinthine
He said ask and you shall receive,
was she a fool to believe him?
Like a moth to his flame, passion takes the blame
Is this all too much to sacrifice?
With temptation so strong are you ready, ready to pay the price?
Labyrinthine, lost in mazes
Labyrinthine, Saturnalia phases
Wheels within wheels forever turning, your dreams are burning
Labyrinthine, forever lost in you
I see a child in her eyes,
lost in fear and confusion
When she succumbs to his flame,
will she seek absolution?
Her blood runs cold as the obsession grows
So bewitched by his words, were they true?
Or just an illusion?
Labyrinthine, lost in mazes
Labyrinthine, Saturnalia phases
Wheels within wheels forever turning, your dreams are burning
Labyrinthine, forever lost in you
These moonlight hours they slip away,
there are no more fate cards left to play
You’re enchanted by this stolen time,
when morning comes will you pay for your crime?
He only shows a mask of rejection,
hiding his affection
Tension builds and uncertainty prevails,
her inner strength pales
Is this a union worth fighting for?
Even if you win, will you still have your dreams any more?
Labyrinthine, lost in mazes
Labyrinthine, Saturnalia phases
Wheels within wheels forever turning, your dreams are burning
Labyrinthine, forever lost in you
Lyrics by Rachel Iden (Speight)
Song: Speight/Berry
Taken from the album Heaven in Decline
An early demo version also appears on the album Caged
In Chimera’s Shadow
How can I agree to this conspiracy of silence,
knowing that soon you will fall from my arms?
Beyond the fear of losing you,
I know I cannot save you
All plans laid and promises made,
there’s nothing I can do
How can I dream, when no dream is real?
Truth’s bittersweet kiss is all I feel
In Chimera’s shadow
These days my emotions change,
from laughter to tears like rain
I can’t remember yesterday,
when nothing will remain the same
Yet within you shines a strength,
that this curse can never darken
I would give my soul if I could take away your pain
How can I dream, when no dream is real
Truth’s bittersweet kiss is all I feel
In Chimera’s shadow
There is no mercy here
Looking in from the outside,
behind precious eyes hide,
the knowledge of all thing yet to come
Who will catch me when you fall?
Who will know to search when im lost?
There is no mercy here
Who will catch me when you fall?
Who will know to search when im lost?
There is no mercy here
How can I dream, when no dream is real
Truth’s bittersweet kiss is all I feel
In Chimera’s shadow
There is no mercy here
Lyrics by Rachel Iden (Speight)
Song: Speight/Berry/Holman
Taken from the album Heaven in Decline
Also appears on Incarnations
Garden of Thorns
Can you see this fallacy, our Eden tumbles into dust
The fragments of truth and trust lie scattered to the breeze
Nothing can quell the fear that you read my mind, see through the lies
Hear echoes of whispered words left behind
When I lie beside you I feel so alone, so alone
Will I find the strength to leave you
Even though i’ll drown if I stay
Here in the garden of thorns in which we lay
Behind my smile cold tears cascade,
this secret pain, cuts from deep within
I lost my love for you where contentment ends, and illusion begins
I cannot set you free, i’ve forgotten how to be on my own
So we walk like ghosts around this void that was once our home
When I lie beside you I feel so alone, so alone
Will I find the strength to leave you
Even though i’ll drown if I stay
Here in the garden of thorns in which we lay
When did I lose my free will?
Does it wait for the light of truth in me still?
Can you see, can you see, can see this fallacy?
The tears you think I cry for you, I only cry for me
I am the rose whos thorns never choose to see
If I dare leave where can I run,
can the deeds of a shallow heart ever be undone?
Will I find the strength to leave you
Even though i’ll drown if I stay
Here in the garden of thorns in which we lay
Can you see, can you see, can see this fallacy?
Lyrics by Rachel Iden (Speight)
Song: Speight/Berry/Holman
Taken from the album Heaven in Decline
Shades of Darkness
I cannot wake from the nightmare
My greatest fear this is real, and not a dream
If I could wish these deeds undone
I know I couldn’t stopped the decay, once it had begun
Should I lament this decline,
cherish a requiem for time?
Should I lament this decline,
cherish this requiem?
There is no way I can change your direction
The path you walk is chosen to gain distance from here
But you are blinded by the weakest reflection
And the motive for betrayal remains unclear
Should I lament this decline,
cherish a requiem for time?
Should I lament this decline,
cherish this requiem?
Come light and shine through this sadness,
and shades of darkness
By winter’s grey dawn my lost soul is blessed,
and shades of darkness
Driven to fall by this bitter temptress,
into shades of darkness
When I needed you more I was only offered less,
and in shades of darkness bound
I wear a mask to hide my intention,
I must escape to quieten these screams of discontentment
You cannot see how far you are falling,
when all words of care meet tears of resentment
Should I lament this decline,
cherish a requiem for time?
Should I lament this decline,
cherish this requiem?
Come light and shine through this sadness,
and shades of darkness
By winter’s grey dawn my lost soul is blessed,
and shades of darkness
Driven to fall by this bitter temptress,
into shades of darkness
When I needed you more I was only offered less,
and in shades of darkness bound
Lyrics by Rachel Iden (Speight)
Song: Speight/Berry/Holman
Taken from the album Heaven in Decline
The Veil
I dare you, I dare you…
Sometimes I disbelieve,
that there’s anything left to share with you
Every secret shown to strangers,
every friend a distrusted danger
I scream within and dream of escape,
I’m too tired to talk, you haven’t care to wait
All the love I held inside, slowly turning to hate
When love grows deathly pale, and sanity sacrificed
From behind the lifted veil, the awareness of betrayal
This game has been played so long,
I scarely know reality
Disillusioned now I see,
you’ve no second thoughts in betraying me
Your poisoned words confuse and spin me around,
In your truth so false another promise found
Always in a world of lies,
suffering fragile ground
When love grows deathly pale, and sanity sacrificed
From behind the lifted veil, the awareness of betrayal
(I dare , I dare, I dare you to cross the veil)
One day you will turn to find you’re alone,
I will not return
You cannot see the damage done to your heart,
to ashes it will burn
I watch as you are tricked into the web,
of a heart of ice
Who waits for another to become her latest sacrifice,
sacrifice…
This is the final phase,
yet I can’t believe we’ve come to this
A power in our trinity,
seeking guidance in divinity
No longer will I be held down,
you have little influence here now
The wickedness of this maenad,
can no longer be allowed
When love grows deathly pale, and sanity sacrificed
From behind the lifted veil, the awareness of betrayal
(I dare , I dare, I dare you to cross the veil)
Lyrics by Rachel Iden (Speight)
Song: Speight/Berry/Holman
Taken from the album Heaven in Decline
Cascades
Do you see the colours fade?
Nostalgia draws me to return to where our ghosts still play
Do you ever think of me?
I am haunted by winter’s chill as it breathes your memory
Do you remember whispering forever?
Regret still aches within for a love, that can never be
Did you plan to cheat my heart?
Was I careless to believe the promise of a stranger?
I was trapped in your web of dark illusion
All I want is for the truth to take away this confusion
As you walked away did you dream of the tears i’d cry?
How could you have cared if you never stayed to say goodbye
Within my soul this memory burns,
the future you denied
Your ghost remains whilst all else fades,
the legacy left behind
Within my heart this memory burns, the future you denied
Your ghost remains whilst all else fades,
within my soul, this pain cascades
All alone in this silent room,
why does this ache remain now the story is so old?
I think you stole a part of me,
for I fear nothing will touch me now my heart is cold
Why did you leave a wish that in time, you would want to return?
This lesson of my foolishness, is the last my heart will learn
Within my heart this memory burns,
the future you denied
Your ghost remains whilst all else fades,
the legacy left behind
Within my heart this memory burns, the future you denied
Your ghost remains whilst all else fades,
within my soul, this pain cascades
Just let this fade away…
Lyrics by Rachel Iden (Speight)
Song: Speight/Berry/Holman
Taken from the album Heaven in Decline