IN THE BEGINNING Amorphis

I have a good mind Take into my head To start of singing Began reciting We seldom get together And meet each other On these poor borders The luckless lands of the north Those words we have

The Smoke Amorphis

In my dream smoke followed me As on fire the whole world had been To the yard I walked in Up the frontstep and opened the door Cranes flew over to the North As I walked on dry And passed through a grove

Shaman Amorphis

Mother wept for her son She wept and sang Anxiously pondered fate His and her own A sun’s ray, in through the eye Glimmered in the room of mind Changing the woman shape Sorrow fled her face From

ELEGY RELIEF Amorphis

Long evenings full on longing Low-spirited my mornings Full of longing too my nights And all times the bitterest.

BLACK WINTER DAY Amorphis

This is how the lucky feel How the blessed think Like daybreak in spring The sun on a spring morning But how do I feel In my gloomy depths?

Summer's End Amorphis

In the morning mist by the waning moon through the woods she set on foot With a sacred blade cut the berries down Dug up the dreaded mandrake root Chorus: Tread my path to summer's end This bequest

MISERY PATH Amorphis

We sail across the sea, In our thoughts we float over mountains All this vanity that we could hide The truth The truth is to be alive and to live your life in fear by hate and create our own gods

Silent Waters Amorphis

A day’s light told me of my son’s fate The sun showed the way, grim and severe Pulled under the raging waters, my child Sank in the drowning currents, my son..my son..

Black River Amorphis

Still searching for my way The right way to be Still pondering What I’ve done I’m still thinking what I’ve said Still finding from within And all that I know Is still not enough I’m being held

VULGAR NECROLATRY Amorphis

Erosion of life I see it makes the passion burn in me Life it always withers away Death will eternally stay Corpses in their coffins forever rest in peace ?

Shatters Within Amorphis

Once I was there Standing outside Looking in Beside my window Smiling face, shattering It's an old man's pride That climbs over understanding It wasn't your child That I was hurting (pre-chorus

THE CASTAWAY Amorphis

A bird flew out of Lapland An eagle from the North East One wing ruffled the water And the other swept the sky It's tail skimmed the sea It flutters, it glides It looks, it turns round "

THE PILGRIMAGE Amorphis

In his eyes The evil spirit rise Turns to darkness with Satan's name "As the time is right dead bodies rise up from their graves And when the time comes near Oh, I see the prince of glory&

DROWNED MAID Amorphis

I went to wash at the shore I went to bathe in the sea And there I, a hen, was lost I, a bird Untimely died Let not my brother Ever in this world Water his war-horse Upon the seashore!

SUMMER`S END Amorphis

In the morning mist by the waning moon through the woods she set on foot With a sacred blade cut the berries down Dug up the dreaded mandrake root Tread my path to summer's end This bequest I leave

Enigma Amorphis

On his trail the stones they grew He was lead astray Forces strange he had to face Magic unseen When he asked, he was not answered But he would not yield What he asked for was not given A shape

God Of Deception Amorphis

The god of deception a man with your face see him still wondering searching for your grave needles called luster it's only a one night stand and you are six feet under dead by your own hand

SONG OF THE TROUBLED ONE Amorphis

What the thrush toils at The partridge asks for The hapless one takes The troubled one steals Puts upon a spade Sets on a runner Hides under a door Shields with a bath-whisk The farmer hammers

SIGH FROM THE NORTH SIDE Amorphis

True Celtic power from the cape of Cornwall Cry of hope, angels cry This was omen, our sign, prediction Distant gate, gothic grave Through ages our clan still remain In this proud land I grew

Rusty Moon Amorphis

Bahted in the rust of moon Is the death beds lullaby Sung so softly with the stars Reflected in her eyes Chorus: It's the blaze that beckons men Into the woods, of beaten path Is the sight of

Tuonela Amorphis

Sorrow is my bread And tears I drink as wine Oblivion my happiness Ground under teeth of time For cold be the stone When frost ve devoured the land Consolation is no gift Of winter's icy hand

Smithereens Amorphis

I let you take this breeding sorrow you're too close to see as the pride inside of you is smashed to smithereens this fire hunts the soulless and the weak bursting out the madness in me and through

CRAIL'S MYSTERIES Amorphis

he shall be a man most brave and noble in thought Thou shall kneel for him, for every man shall humble in front of our lord I stood upon the sand of the sea and the great wind told me to carry on

MOON AND SUN PART 2 Amorphis

Go, look at the moon And inspect the sun!

THE LOST NAME OF GOD Amorphis

Crushing the chains of faith To find the way of immortality, We're hiding behind the cross To find shelter, we're searching for the name of god In this maze of hatred The name of god is lost

Sign (Bonus Track) Amorphis

Far from here, a house forsaken On lands of yesterday The silence of the night has crept in As weeping of the women As thoughts of solitude As sadness and as grief In a dim deserted room A token

The Way Amorphis

Forging the future from the timeless stone Oh let me know how far I can go Answering the questions thet no one ever asks Float through the sea of madness And face the everlasting task So lonely

KARELIA Amorphis

"The sound of thousand warriors The fields of thousand battles Still, in our hearts we can hear the great hymn of Karelia."

MAGIC AND MAYHEM Amorphis

Hey there, tiny wench My perpetual serf Put stew in a pot Bring water for the guest Before we part Before your neck is broken You strike first Son of the north

INTO HIDING Amorphis

The islander slips into hiding And takes to his heels Out of dark Northland The murky house of Sara He whirled out of doors as snow Arrives as smoke in the yard To flee from bad deeds There he

The Night Is Over Amorphis

We craved the light from the darkness It's a morning of misfortune The dawn of a mankind Listen to me instead of a blind folk's speak Forget the mature plan We are but humans you'll see (chorus

WEEPER ON THE SHORE Amorphis

In the vale where I once listened out for the light Where the little birds warble The ptarmigans babble And my heart looked for some rest from its trouble I cast my eyes downward upon the seaside

Towards And Against Amorphis

I have known the arcane lore On strange roads such visions met That I have no fear nor concern For hatred and obstacles of this world By stone-shoed wanderer I am taught My visions from fiery-eyed

Greed Amorphis

Not thirsty am I for the blood Of redeemer of thy greed My hunger can't be satisfied With flesh of thy nazarene No gilded streets of heaven's grace Entice me in thy speech No holy mother doth condone

Way Amorphis

The Way by Amorphis Forging the future from the timeless stone Oh let me know how far I can go Answering the questions that no one ever asks Float through the sea of madness And face the everlasting

BETTER UNBORN Amorphis

Better it would be for me And better it would have been Had I not been born, not grown Not been brought into the world Not had to come to this earth Not been suckled for the world If I'd died a

Nightfall Amorphis

As a rot to rape the spring sown seed A plague sprang forth of his tracks Churns ran red when cows milked blood And famine cracked poor backs Who would hear a lament sad Under the bright blue sky

Alone Amorphis

Tear dimmed rememberance In a womb of time Breath upon me Possessed by the passion Fate will set you free Infertile Chased be the precious When flesh is an enemy Fair weather man (pre-chorus

Captured State Amorphis

So many years I've been fading And closed the doors behind Pay that price if you lost it all The end is not the past recall (pre-chorus:) Waiting for the enclosening darkness And there you will

LEVITATION Amorphis

In the darkness I will shine, cast no shadows, not define I walk on water, float on air, there's no other to compare I have this fascination, no cause for deviation It's called levitation There's

BLACK EMBRACE Amorphis

Terror, when the darkness binds your limbs Terror, when the fear freezes your nerves Horror, when the pain climbs up your veins Darkness, creeping under you skin Moment of life, when we all have

Shining Amorphis

My soul is bleeding I feel so small Afraid that this will never end I can't understand the pain in my bones I sleep through another trance Climb over the rainbow From here you can see so much

FORGOTTEN SUNRISE Amorphis

Once I had a mind And thoughts was given But nowadays, in this evil age All my sense is somewhere else Once I had a soul I was one with my god But now I am abandoned Banished from these lies

Crimson Wave Amorphis

She's riding on a crimson wave Truth sat on her shoulder Planets before melting face The keys for the wounded Sinking into underground Please the one who wants it Something is pulling you down It's

Divinity Amorphis

Last day brings the grace For bearers of forbidden name Step into five fold mace As son as father in a frame Chorus: Someday fire wipes the rain Fears are frozen tears whisper Things that no one

Forever More Amorphis

How does it feel Blessed to receive Be modest and forgiving How does it feel You can try to hate me But you're only hurting yourself (chorus:) Drifting in your shady memories Where to go when

Drifting Memories Amorphis

How does it feel Blessed to receive Be modest and forgiving How does it feel You can try to hate me But you're only hurting yourself (chorus:) Drifting in your shady memories Where to go when

I Of Crimson Blood Amorphis

I am of crimson blood Nought shall hold me Mirror mine the dark of night Reflects me in water Ablaze are my eyes My soul consumed by woe My braids weaved by the wind An image, black in my mind

Weaving The Incantation Amorphis

A mind dejected, blood boiling with anger The storm of the warpath now sings in my heart Your pleadings useless, I now shall disregard I leave you to weep and to fear for me I’m ready for my end My

Grieve Stricken Heart Amorphis

discipline Like I love myself I love to sin (pre-chorus:) And I want more And I want it low Of course you wont forgive me But I wont crawl Look out for number one I pray on you it has begun Let the