PHANTASMA LYRICS

1. Incomplete

When I was a young girl
Father said to me
Life is nothing like a grand symphony
It's like when you know this one line
Sing it and repeat
But you don't recall the rest of the song
It's incomplete

You can spend your whole life
Trying to recall
Or enjoy the sound you've known
Or the words and the melodies
Don't they taste sweet
Why would you go and chase bigger dreams

When I was a young boy
My father said to me
Life is nothing like a grand symphony
Like when you know this one line
Sing it and repeat
You don't recall the rest of the song
It's incomplete

You can spend your whole life
Trying to break free
Or enjoy the home I've made
Oh our balance it can be disturbed so easily
Why would you go and chase bigger dreams

When I was a young girl
Father said to me
Life is nothing like a grand symphony
Like when you know this one line
Sing it and repeat
But you don't recall the rest of the song
It's incomplete

2. The Deviant Hearts (Give Us A Story)

Here in my arms
Reflections of my face
For you I'd make
The world a better place
Build a kingdom with four walls
I will keep you safe from harm
Here I've got you
Please worry not
Together we'll beat the odds

Somebody
Give us a story
Narrate all the places
That we'll never see
Give us a haven
For our imagination
So at least in our minds
We can attempt to be free

Hush now my child
All good things come in time
Days might look grey
But you'll soon realise
You can't take yourself too far
Remember who you are
Here I've got you
Please worry not
Remember your deviant hearts

Somebody
Give us a story
Narrate all the places
That we'll never see
Give us a haven
For our imagination
So at least in our minds
We can attempt to be free

Somebody, give us a story
Narrate all the places
That we'll never see
It's not that we're lonesome
But the days just get too long
And the splendid horizon
Is calling for me

Somebody, give us a story
Give us a myth, a legend, any old tale
It's such a small world
If we don't want to get hurt
But at least in our minds
It doesn't look quite as pale

3. Runaway Grey

October blocked my roots so forcefully
clouds and rain are weighing down on me
A rootless tree won't last a many storm
A frozen soul can't teach you to be warm

October clouds announce my time to leave
If I stayed I'd only take you down with me
This loveless child won't make a caring mother
Cold-blooded heart can't teach to love another

Runaway grey
Taking me away
Drift with the clouds to better days
Runaway grey
Taking me away

Hopefully time will heal the wounds
Hopefully I'll return to you

I've seen the end, it's pretty grim
My many warnings won't get through to him
I'll try to take all our misfortunes with me
He won't understand, but surely he'll forgive me

If someone would listen I would say it's over
If someone would listen I would say we're done
If someone would listen I would say we're all just
Staring down the barrel of a gun

4. Try

Look at yourself
Sitting and waiting
Look at your days
Wasting away
Where can you go?
And what scares you so?
And why does every moment
Make this feeling grow

Look at yourself
Look a bit closer
Look at the years
Passing you by
Life lost all its spark
And I've lost to the dark
And why does nothing
Take the edges off

Try, try not to get stuck
Get stuck into bigger things
And bite into bigger dreams
What good is a life
Spent every day in hiding

Your heart, a wild animal
Your rib cage a size too small
Can you feel it scratch the bone from deep within
I fold you a paper crane
A soul you can animate
With a new life, that you wish you could be leading
And if it don't work out well
Just let it all go to hell
I hear it's a most interesting place
Just don't let it go to waste

Look at yourself
Sitting and waiting
Look at your days
Wasting away
Life lost all its spark
And I've lost to the dark
And why does nothing
Take the edges off

5. Enter Dreamscape

Run away with me
Explore the endless possibilities
I'll break your fall and you'll break mine
It's how it is how it will always be

I pray infinitely
For a different deity
Than the atrocity that haunts me in my sleep

We all fall from our pedestal, into your dreams
Beyond concepts of "real" it is just an illusion
Lose your grip with me

Run away with me
For the horizon holds a mystery
I've got you back and you've got mine
It's how it is how it will always be

I'll pray each day and night
To keep these demons out of sight
To guide the both of you, back into the light

6. Miserable Me

Here you are my little ones
Welcome to my waters
Welcome children of the fall
Let me introduce:

I'm the voice that stirs the air
Force that fills the waters
I have drawn men to their doom
Women, children too!

But I won't drag you down
You've got my word on this
Dance the black waves now
Let my voice yours hearts caress

History misunderstood this deity
Miserable me!
Oh why is the deep dark-shored sea
The only friend to me?

Here you are my little pets
See my burdened shoulders
Help me lift the weight of debt
Burden off my past

I'm the voice that shakes the ground
Fills the air with wonder
I have drawn men to their doom
But never intended to!

I won't drag you down
If you just take my hand
Dance the black waves now
Help me lift the weight of debt

History misunderstood this deity
Miserable me!
Oh why is the deep dark-shored sea
The only friend to me?

History misunderstood this deity
Come set me free!
Oh why is the deep dark-shored sea
The only friend to me?

7. The Lotus And The Willow

A tree and another tree
Each by their own but underneath
A heart shaped knot of roots
Connects entire woods
It's a fine line between
Solitude and being lonely
Like a flower and a tree
That were never meant to be

'Cause he told me

Like the lotus and the willow
At the river by the meadow
Come the fall she will sleep
And the willow it weeps
And like all the star-crossed lovers
Say goodbye to one another
Like the willow I weep

Like the willow I weep

And it's a cold winter
And a cruel fate

You'll bend your branches down
I dig my roots into the ground
We used to be so close
We used to be so close
Love has transformed your face
I'm so sorry for how love
Arched your back for one embrace
Bring back our one embrace

I'll do anything

8. Crimson Course

Don't you think it is strange
Whenever you speak of what you feel
The sound leaves your body like a cry
A burning sigh

And still I cannot explain
Whatever chills me thrills me more
If this fire burns will you let it warm me first

For the sky shines in you
And familiar light
Unfolds me and unravels me tonight

Ahah… ahah… ahah…

[Chorus:]
Here I feel alive
Even though my heart it skips
I'll take the risk
Here I realize
Even though my fate's undecided
Still I will cross the bridge
Here I stand my ground
Even though the earth it shakes
I'll take the risk
Here I climb up high
Even though the branches may break
I'll force it into bliss

I have imagined this place
Whenever I spoke of it alone
The sound of my body like a cry
The burn inside

Yes the sky holds a promise
For you and I
Unfolds us and unravels us tonight

[Chorus]

Don't remember
Don't start hesitating now
And whatever you do
Don't look down

Do I fall or do I fly?
Will these pricks sail home tonight?
Will you follow on
The crimson course

[instrumental interlude]

[Chorus]

9. Carry Me Home

Over the hills and forests and the quiet homes
Past the lake and meadow; past the fields
Over grain that dances to the sound
Of the wind that sings a last

Goodbye
I close my eyes
As I sink into the night
My heavy heart takes flight

Your nightly wandering ephemeral
But you gave the meadow back its light
Oh the willow stands ethereal
As its branches wave a last

Goodbye
I close my eyes
As I sink into the night
My heavy heart takes flight

Carry me home on the wings of the night
Carry me home may our spirits unite
Carry me home on paper wings
Carry me home like you did in my dreams

Oh carry me home tonight
Carry me home we've been waiting so long
Carry me home for this moment to come
Oh carry me home tonight

Carry me home to the morning light
Carry me home before you wave me goodbye

10. The Sound Of Fear

Spirit sister, here we are
Ships beneath the waves of time
A heart to hard, we vowed the ache
I finally believe I'm fine

Don't waste your tears on me, I am through
The only thing I miss is you

I will not awake to the sound of fear
Every sound a sign for my heart not to beat
I will not awake, I will reappear
Anytime, anywhere, but here

Spirit sister, hear me out
I am not giving up, but letting go
From this day on, I'll never be
Afraid of being afraid anymore

Don't waste your tears on me, I am through
The only thing I miss is you

I will not awake to the sound of fear
Every sound a sign for my heart not to beat

I will not awake, I will reappear
Anytime, anywhere, but here

Oh, let me go
Oh, let me go

Don't waste your tears on me, it's all right
At least we got to say goodbye
Goodbye...

I will not awake to the sound of fear
Every sound a sign for my heart not to beat
I will not awake, I will reappear
Anytime, anywhere, but here

I will not awake to the sound of fear
Every sound a sign for my heart not to beat
I will not awake, I will reappear
Anytime, anywhere, but here
Anytime, anywhere, but here

11. Novaturient

For as long as I care to remember
For a small eternity
I've been hearing the calls
And witnessing the falls
Of a kind, as small as thee

For as long as I care to recall things
For many a century
I've been playing their game
And taking all the blame
Lonely soul, there's none like me

Save me
Tear me to pieces
Leave not a trace
Of what I have been

Save me
And shatter my being
You'll have a friend in me
Set me free!

Each star that's fallen from the sky
Didn't I satisfy
Your every wish?
Each king or queen that fell from grace

They have all seen my face
But sealed their own fate and
Each time your touch turns life to gold
Your destiny's foretold

I answer to your desire!
Is this how your kind
Repays its dues,
Shows their gratitude?

Save me
Tear me to pieces
Leave not a trace
Of what I have been

Save me
And shatter my being
You'll have a friend in me
Set me free!

I've known the torches and the scorn
But why didn't I comply
With your every wish?

I've known the lost and the forlorn
They have all seen my face
But sealed their own fate and
Don't buy into the hate and fear

Let all those poor souls hear:
You've brought this upon yourself
Is this how your kind
Repays its dues
Shows their gratitude

Save me
Tear me to pieces
Leave not a trace
Of what I have been

Save me
And shatter my being
You'll have a friend in me
Set me free!

I remember finding you here
I remember everything
Did you make up your mind about me

Used to think so badly of me…
I remember finding you here
I can vividly recall
If you wish this time, wish wisely
We will end this together once and for all

Save me
Tear me to pieces
Leave not a trace
Of what I have been

Save me
And shatter my being
You'll have a friend in me
Set me free!

12. Let It Die

Silent sleep, violent dreams
Sum up to silent screams
I can't manage to block them out
Fragmented memories

Tell my heart not to beat
For its pounding gets way too loud
Lay me down oh weigh me down
My mind keeps telling me lies

Most of all that if it was not for me
You'd still be fine
Every experience
All the places I've been

All the things I have said and done:
Half of it, too intense
Half of it meaningless
Maybe I have been better off.

The revenants alive inside the
Golden cage of my mind
But nothing changed, nothing took the pain away
So now it's time

To let it die
Let it die
Deceitful friend of mine
Life the veil and reveal all this time

Let it die
Can't keep the truth inside
See the pain and the fear and the lies
Silent sleep, comes to me

When I'm finally free
I can not wait to meet you there
All this time spent apart
Oh my deviant heart

Skips a beat, I'm no longer scared
The revenants alive inside the
Golden cage of my mind
But nothing changed, nothing took the pain away

So now it's time
Oh it's time to let it go
Time to face it, time to take control
Time to let it go

Time to face it all
Let it die
Let it die
Deceitful friend of mine

Life the veil and reveal all this time
Let it die
Can't keep the truth inside
Leave the pain and the fear all behind

And we'll meet on the other side

13. Symphony Of Light

[Bonus Track]

I've been waiting up for you
In the darkness
It's a thing I like to do
I watch you fill the bitter room

With honey
Replacing all of me with you
And the cries
That no one seems to hear

Are no longer here
I am as good as you are on
Your best days
I take the bad on all the worst

And it doesn't matter when or why
Your heart breaks
If your heart breaks then mine will burst
And you wonder

Why I'm strong when you are stronger
Can you please
Colour me a symphony of light
Take me high

Take me high
I will colour you
A deeper blue tonight
So please don't

Fade the colours back to white
One day I'll fill this empty space
So hollow
And in my solitude be free

I'll paint the blank spaces and I will know
That my mind's
Polluted by no one but me







PHANTASMA LYRICS