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When

  (09:14)
Track 03 on album My Arms, Your Hearse  (1998)

Red sun rising somewhere through the dense fog.
The portrait of the jaded dawn
Who had seen it all before.
This day wept on my shoulders.

Still the same as yesterday.
This path seems endless, body is numb.
The soul has lost its flame.
Walking in familiar traces to find my way back home.

So there I was.
Within the sobriety of the immortals.
A semblance of supernatural winds passing through,
The garden sighs, flowers die.

The gate was closed that day,
But I was bound to carry on.
She could not see me through the windows.
In dismay, strangest twist upon her lips.

Graven face, she said my name.
Once inside I heard whispers in the parlour.
The gilded faces grin, aware of my final demise.
And I cried, I knew she had lied.

Her obsession had died, it had died.
When can I take you from this place?
When is the word but a sigh?
When is death our lone beholder?

When do we walk the final steps?
When can we scream instead of whisper?
When is the new beginning, the end of this sad Madrigal.
 

Opeth


My Arms, Your Hearse  (1998)

Opeth: My Arms, Your Hearse

01.  Prologue
02.  April Ethereal
03.  When
04.  Madrigal
05.  The Amen Corner
06.  Demon Of The Fall
07.  Credence
08.  Karma
09.  Epilogue
10.  Circle Of The Tyrants
11.  Remember Tomorrow