Records
Dreams And Memories (August 2005)
Recorded and mixed by Ville Lagerström.
Cover art by Tanja Pelkonen.
World-weary (April 2005)
Recorded and mixed by JP Jokinen.
Some original copies of both demos are still available. Contact if you want to get these rarities!
Lyrics
- Dream On
- Flame Dove
- Gehenna
- Only in the Memories
- Orphan of the Wild
- Prisoner of My Mind
- Purgatory of the Pious Paedophile
- Random Dystopias
- Still Waters Run Deep
- To the One Left Behind
- World-weary
Dream On
Music & lyrics: Savonlahti
Dreams of love that will mend its scars
Dreams of countless yielding hearts
You must give peace to your soul one day too
But love the madness that flows in you
Dreams of leading a decent life
Dreams of not wasting a single night
Have you lived full if you're empty in death?
Some fear what comes after that last breath...
Bridge:
World around you turning cold
True fantasies are growing old
Chorus:
Deep inside you know we may have gone too far
But you've got to keep dreaming on
Even if the sky can promise you no dawn
Never stop dreaming on
Dreams of one God above us all
Dreams of no God to start a war
Who knows what's true in this world of dismay
Just heed not the words that will lead you to hate
Dreams of claiming the One Truth that's sought
Dreams of men filled with calm, humble thoughts
Things beyond nature should be left in peace
When carnage is clamoured to those who disagree
Flame Dove
Music: Järvinen – lyrics: Jukka Järvinen
Almighty kings
All dreams of glare
Those shiny wings
Those nests of mare
Wish you had burnt me then
With the sadness of your masquerade
Sawn over dancing glen
In a charade of a Passion play
Chorus I:
Trusting you my dreams
To fly up 'n deep
Granting you my fears
Keen as eyes of sears
Were you dream or lie
A paramour to death so nigh
Whether dream or lie
A ballad of a broken sigh
Chorus II:
An angel you flew
From Garisim – so due
From Ebal you bore
Over plateaus of gore
Gehenna
Music: Järvinen – Lyrics: Jukka Järvinen
I live in a dream
Of haze and azure
Of evil so sure
Of ocean of dream
I live of a dream
In cold and despair
As vain as unfair
Of bottles of dream
Chorus:
Take me down away from me
Feed me of my negligence
Break the scars inside of me
Free me of those meagre gems
From limbos to hells
From circles to depths
Not to make amends
Not to sign repents
I live for a dream
Unmaking me for
Your ocean of dream
Your haze and azure
Walking matildas
Walking down 'n back
Fading cadenzas
Fading all in black
Outro:
Strike me down again
With the ages of sin
Smite me back to hell
Under aegis of sin
Only in the Memories
Music: Järvinen – Lyrics: Keskimäki
In this life
Beyond the lights
And the grace
There lies a trap
Out there
An abomination
Waiting
To devour the dreams
Bridge:
Haven't seen the way out
Haven't felt the joy in weeks
Haven't seen the light
Haven't felt the warmth (of your touch)
Chorus:
Only in the memories
Only in my deepest dreams
I have felt the will
That now has left my fading soul
Always
Devouring
Everything
Beautiful
Waiting
For a moment
To catch the soul
And bring it down
Orphan of the Wild
Music: Järvinen – Lyrics: Savonlahti
Stargazing on a clear night and
trying hard to tame the restless mind
Craving surfaced by the maddening moonlight,
of knowing why I'm deprived of my own kind
Bridge:
Freedom of heart
Mind pure of stains
Worthless to him who never exposed them
Chorus:
I am here
Lonely orphan of the wild
Drowning into voiceless sounds
Lost and waiting to be found
Fading memories from the home of childhood,
they kept me hidden, sustained me silently and
finally dumped to these distant woods,
I found a shelter and killed when necessary
Prisoner of My Mind
Music & lyrics: Heino
Tell me why my friends can't all survive
Who am I to achieve something more
And what is the price that I have to pay
before all this is gone
Chorus I:
Would you step into my shoes and feel what it's like to be free
Could you really change parts with me, bare the guilt, responsibility
The cage live in isn't made of iron bars
It's made of thoughts that haunt me night and day
I can't get free although I well-behave
I'm a prisoner of my mind – forever
Chorus II:
I can't pretend that I'm not guilty – I am as guilty as can be
All I can do is hope for some mercy most of all from myself
Chorus III:
I hope you realize it doesn't make a difference
because you will be free some day
I've been out just waiting for you, but my sentence goes on and on
Purgatory of the Pious Paedophile
Music & lyrics: Savonlahti
Here I lay on my deathbed, of that I'm sure
Barely a day's work this old heart might still endure
Demons can't reach me inside of this holy place
Spent most my life praying within these walls of grace
I know I'll get to Heaven, they won't leave me out in the cold,
with all the years I spent preparing my soul
All my life I was a real nice guy, though I craved little boys at the age of five
Bridge:
Can I have my way with them in paradise, I know I've earned it
Or will they just neuter me and make me harmless, make me decent
Chorus:
This is the place where Hell and Heaven intertwine
At the Purgatory of the Pious Paedophile
Now I can see myself lying there on the bed,
when suddenly I'm struck by a strange and shocking dread
Am I really flying to a place where I want to be
Decades of decency, and now I should rest in peace
Love and passion, of those I never really learned,
I had my dreams and yearnings, some humble and some perverse
May I at last start acting them out, or will I face eternity of sitting on the clouds
Random Dystopias
Music & lyrics: Savonlahti
Prologue:
Selfless deeds of faceless men, they show me there's still hope for us
But sometimes all that fills my thoughts is just random dystopias
Nameless fear breeding hordes of narrow-minded warmongers
Suddenly the world is swarming with inhuman murderers
Neighbours turning into strangers
Countries tightening up their borders
Soon their sons our sent to fields of glory
Crying by their dying friends
and cursing all their enemies,
for centuries you still can sense their fury
Chorus:
Cry out your heart
Scream:
It is all against will
Decide it is your call
and not the brewing storm that shatters the still
Sun is rising in the east, but it can blind my eyes no more
Days when wind still cleared the skies are now sung of in folklore
Many said: we must start changing
Greedy men they kept on fighting
Always found some wise man saying: there's no need
Laws were bought to stay in business
Little done to stop the madness
In the end they silenced all the desperate pleas
Living in this land of wealth, where comfort is self-evident,
for years we were asked to give up just a tiny fragment
We watched the famine grow around us
No one had the guts to shake us
Those in power played on and withheld their words
Borders crossed with hopeless runs,
we greeted the with machine guns and
kept our honour saying they were invaders
Still Waters Run Deep
Music: Järvinen – Lyrics: Heino
I might seem a bit shallow to your eyes
The one who always leaves or is left behind
What's wrong with this guy, he's always alone
They wonder but don't want to know
There's much more to know than eyes can see
But do you really want to hear those things of me
They maybe jokes, they could be mere hoax
It's up to you – false or true
Chorus:
There are secrets unrevealed
in the still waters running deep
How could you know what I feel
My mysteries, they run so deep
So much going on today in my life
Keeping me occupied all the time
But how could I complain, I chose my way
Until the end, day by day
One day my task here will come to its end and
I can rest my hands and my head
After that – I really don't know
Maybe somewhere someone will show
To the One Left Behind
Music & lyrics: Heino
You have ruined all my life
But you're the best I ever had
There's no place for you in my heart
Though you leave a hole if you go
Why is it so hard to get along with you?
Is this what you call love?
You have torn me apart
And yet held me together
Your words have put me down
And lifted me so high again
Up to the cliff soon crushing down
Such blissful torture is our love
Chorus:
Sometimes I feel I'm in heaven
Or is my hell just little colder?
The weather was fine, just fine before you came back
Now the air is full of ash and brimstone
You're the angel of my dreams
And a demon with your cruel games
Light in the dark
Shadow covering the sun
Are you the one that makes me complete?
Or keeps me from my happiness...
Outro:
Somebody just kill me
Release me from this pain
For I can't take it anymore
World-weary
Music: Järvinen – Lyrics: Heino & Savonlahti
Night has fallen over us
Moonlight is our guide and ally
Our journey has no meaning
No one knows where this path is leading
The Road has been so tiring
Narrowing towards the end
How long can we keep on going
Was the quest really worth doing?
Chorus:
Seen all, world-weary
Come and take us, now we're ready
To give up our lives and end this aimless march
See her head bowed so low
She's chosen to bear the world on her shoulders and
always the good of others at heart,
never she strayed off the toilsome path
Dreams of a young man wither away
Year by year they fade as he calms down and
finally chains himself to a role
where strangers determine his fate and his goals