Viva Emptiness Lyrics Album by Katatonia
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Album Lyrics
1. Ghost of the Sun
The thin darkness here’s not strong
enough to make you appear.
I once changed my style, when they
said hello I said goodbye.
I once played a role,
I was out there marketing my soul.
The city of glass that I live in,
the coldness from my brothers skin.
I trusted you, you lied,
it’s all I hear a fucking lie?
I don’t give a shit, it’s over now,
it’s all I know, you broke the vow.
I trusted you, you lied,
it’s all I hear a fucking lie?
I don’t give a shit, it’s over now,
it’s all I know, you broke the vow.
The thin darkness here’s not strong
enough to make you appear.
I once changed my style, when they
said hello I said goodbye.
Truth is I have seen it come,
seen the ghost of the sun,
can’t have it undone.
Truth is I have seen it come,
seen the ghost of the sun,
can’t have it undone.
In time we all call out for relief,
see two lovers meet and
pass you on the street.
I trusted you, you lied,
it’s all I hear a fucking lie?
I don’t give a shit, it’s over now,
it’s all I know, you broke the vow.
I trusted you, you lied,
it’s all I hear a fucking lie?
I don’t give a shit, it’s over now,
it’s all I know, you broke the vow.
The city of glass that I live in,
the coldness from my brothers skin.
The city of glass that I live in,
the coldness from my brothers skin.
2. Sleeper
Oh my, your fever’s high,
I lay my hands upon you.
Oh my, haven’t you heard
the truth is untrue?
Now I’m breathing!
I could not breath until you did,
I’m one second after you.
Now I’m breathing!
I could not breath until you did,
just a second after you.
Someone inside your room,
who is it there behind you and
what does he want from you?
Someone inside your room,
who is it there behind you and
what does he want from you?
Sleeper, what did you see?
I close the window to the street.
Parents died and left their child,
unattented for a while.
Now I’m breathing!
I could not breath until you did,
I’m one second after you.
Now I’m breathing!
I could not breath until you did,
just a second after you.
Someone inside your room,
who is it there behind you and
what does he want from you?
Someone inside your room,
who is it there behind you and
what does he want from you?
Sleeper’s song, will you listen to me sing?
The bird is here, I can see the edge of his wing.
If you die now, how can I then live on?
Don’t give up, you must live on.
Sleeper’s song,
will you listen to me sing?
The bird is here,
I can see the edge of his wing.
If you die now!
3. Criminals
The way the light hits the road,
the way I am unable to protect you.
I’m running away, I will never forgive
myself for running away from you.
He came back to our house,
I didn’t take it as a promise,
always thought it was a lie.
He went too far, the fucker.
It’s not like I owe him money,
this is different.
So gather your strength and break free,
or you will surely die.
Gather your strength, don’t follow me
because I will surely die.
The way my eyes cannot move
and the way I hope to be protected.
For one moment I thought that I was
lost among the lights of houses.
He came back to our house,
I didn’t take it as a promise,
always thought it was a lie.
He went too far, the fucker.
It’s not like I owe him money,
this is different.
So gather your strength and break free,
or you will surely die.
Gather your strength, don’t follow me
because I will surely die.
My dreams, dreams of violence,
see them coming true.
My dreams, dreams of violence,
see them coming true.
He came back to our house,
I didn’t take it as a promise,
always thought it was a lie.
He went too far, the fucker.
It’s not like I owe him money,
this is different.
So gather your strength and break free,
or you will surely die.
Gather your strength, don’t follow me
because I will surely die.
4. A Premonition
Stand aside now,
no one will survive,
can’t tell you how I know.
In some time I will change
my name and lay low.
In the light you can see me
walk down by the way.
The one who did
this to us, well he got away.
Keep it quiet here,
I will not tolerate your noise.
This is where I listen for!
Keep it quiet here,
I will not tolerate your noise.
This is where I listen for
the forgiving voice.
Keep it quiet here,
I will not tolerate your noise.
This is where I listen for
the forgiving voice.
It haunts my dreams…
Keep it quiet here,
I will not tolerate your noise.
This is where I listen for
the forgiving voice.
It haunts my dreams…
5. Will I Arrive
Bypassed the day, I can hear them coming.
They walk ’round my door and speak of their coming.
My trial awaits, got nowhere to run, and my only
words how soon you have come.
I think about what you told me,
I was about to join in.
Defy only if you
have a way to resist the lies.
Decline only if you have
the intention of taking this advice.
Who brought me here, this place is familiar,
where houses are black under the sun.
Strangers pass on streets with strange names.
All I can think is how soon they have come.
I think about what you told me,
I was about to join in.
Defy only if you
have a way to resist the lies.
Decline only if you have
the intention of taking this advice.
Apply only if you’re
not afraid to see your spirit die.
Retreat only if you dare
not hear yourself say goodbye.
Look at me now, they have cut
my hair and it’s a long way back.
They kicked me down and I could
not rise, I will never arrive!
Look at me now, they have cut
my hair and it’s a long way back.
They kicked me down and I could
not rise, I will never arrive!
Defy only if you
have a way to resist the lies.
Decline only if you have
the intention of taking this advice.
Look at me now, they have cut
my hair and it’s a long way back.
They kicked me down and I could
not rise, I will never arrive!
6. Burn the Remembrance
Old lights and new colours,
your picture hangs in the night.
Is this the right time to set one
free and go away?
In the emptiness behind
you I will walk about.
Surely you’ll miss me but
long live the doubt.
What will replace us,
what will be our memory of this time?
Second hand impressions,
hand them over so we can let it die.
What will replace us,
what will be our memory of this time?
Second hand impressions,
hand them over so we can let it die.
I remember one time when we were abroad.
and I was laughing at a book I had bought.
But you were standing against the hotel wall,
frozen in an unknown thought.
What will replace us,
what will be our memory of this time?
Second hand impressions,
hand them over so we can let it die.
Old light and new colours,
is this the right time?
In the emptiness behind you,
surely you miss me…
7. Wealth
We die, we all!
Cool night, gave my truth for a lie,
will you be here when I try?
I’m not set, can not do it yet,
will you be here when I try?
Our wealth breeds emptiness,
another day to compress.
We die, we all, we die, we all!
My lips are dry, you gave me
drugs to try, hold me when I die.
The sky has frozen to a wall,
we die, we all!
My lips are dry, you gave me
drugs to try, hold me when I die.
The sky has frozen to a wall,
we die, we all!
Our wealth breeds emptiness,
we die, we all…
8. One Year from Now
One year from now will I be strong,
will I stand up for what I’ve become?
Everything I have I will give you,
everything I own I owe you.
One year from now dare I call you mine,
a year ahead from now it’s a different time.
Everything I have I will give you,
and everything I own I owe you.
Everything I have I will give you,
and everything I own I owe you.
Everything I have I will give you,
and everything I own I owe you…
One year from now will I be strong,
will I stand up for what I’ve become?
Everything I have I will give you,
everything I own I owe you.
9. Walking by a Wire
I could not breath against the wall,
the clash of light against the floor.
They held me up against the wall,
too young to be ignored.
Standing by a building, leaks out information,
passive death of freedom gets me, where is
my security, behind my back it goes.
Early morning’s coming, the risk that I am taking,
recall a song that I heard as a child, no more
false immunity inside the blistering cold.
My youth unknown to me,
I’m walking by a wire.
What’s left for me to breathe,
cold smell of fire.
One day I will be free,
I was born to be no one.
My youth unknown to me,
I walked behind the sun.
I could not breath against the wall,
the clash of light against the floor.
They held me up against the wall,
too young to be ignored.
Standing by a building, leaks out information,
passive death of freedom gets me, where is
my security, behind my back it goes.
Emptiness within me, exit signs within me,
the one you’re looking for is not here,
had no security, he will not come back.
My youth unknown to me,
I’m walking by a wire.
What’s left for me to breathe,
cold smell of fire.
One day I will be free,
I was born to be no one.
My youth unknown to me,
I walked behind the sun.
10. Complicity
I have no name, my face a blur,
I speak only to answer them.
White noise becomes a voice,
I hear it constantly.
I dare not break the circuit,
I rest only for a short time.
This time I promise
I won’t give up.
My vision now is incomplete,
I am affected by the warmth.
Change of tone, unusual sound,
is this the time to decline?
I dare not break the circuit,
I rest only for a short time.
This time I promise
I won’t give up.
I have no right to let it go,
I have no right to do so.
I have no right to let it go,
I have no right to do so.
They control the circuit,
the embodiment of what I’ve done.
If I waver from this circle,
a second pass and then I’m found.
But he who walks behind me,
he once saw the morning sun.
He once saw the morning sun!
I dare not break the circuit,
I rest only for a short time.
This time I promise
I won’t give up.
I have no right to let it go,
I have no right to do so.
I have no right to let it go,
I have no right to do so.
11. Evidence
I hold my breath and check the time,
one minute, no collapse.
If you only knew what I would do for you,
one-thirty, breathing lapse.
We’re going in, my voice is thin
when I tell you to remember
that no one will find you.
My promise from the heart,
if we part my pulse will
guide you through.
Be still for a moment,
everything depends upon you.
If you die I will die too!
Once we were heroes but
everything has changed since then,
now they recognize you too.
I stay too long, something’s wrong,
you walk out of the picture.
I hold my breath and check the time,
one-thirty, I collapse.
We went in, my voice was thin
when I told you to remember,
that no one will find you.
My promise from the heart,
if we part my pulse will
guide you through.
Be still for a moment,
everything depends upon you.
If you die I will die too!
Once we were heroe but
everything has changed since then,
now they recognize you too.
I’m the evidence, you passed the test
and that’s so good for you.
Oh love, will you read the letters
I will send to you?
Will I come along,
will they let me out to take the test?
Oh love, is the score
enough for me to pass the test…
12. Omerta
Come by, you have come far,
all I had I lost in the flood.
Come sit with me at the bar,
tell me of progress.
Strengthen my blood!
No one here knows my name,
I have traded my memories for things.
But I remember you clearly,
do you remember that I used to sing?
Why have you waited so long,
why have you waited so long?
Come by, you have come far,
long since I saw you so how
have you been?
Come sit with me at the bar,
how long since they told you
that they had found him?
No one here knows my name,
I gave up my worries for one good thing.
But I remember you clearly,
do you remember that I used to sing?
Why have you waited so long,
why have you waited so long?
Why have you waited so long,
why have you waited so long?
Was it because I never told you
I was going away that you waited so long?
Was it because your fucking dreams
meant nothing to me that you waited so long?
It runs from the top of my fingers into my hands,
what is it I have been drinking, I do not understand.
I thought I’d lost you my brother, I’m so glad you came,
my regards to the ones that I love, I miss them.
Tell them I love them, I miss them.
13. Inside the City of Glass
(Instrumental)
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