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Sydämessäni virtaa joki täynnä mustaa, elotonta vettä joka myrkyttää ajatukseni, tekee maailmasta ruman ja synkän
Tuonen musta joki virtaa sydämessäni
Tuonen musta vesi hukuttaa toivoni
Yritän olla vahva, yritän pitää kaiken sisälläni, mutta kun patoan sen musta joen, se tulvii yli
Tuonen musta joki virtaa sydämessäni
Tuonen musta vesi hukuttaa toivoni
Kun sen musta joen yritän padottaa se tulvii yli, vetää minut epätoivon pohjalle
(THE BLACK RIVER TUONI FLOWS IN MY HEART)
In my heart flows a river of black, lifeless water that poisons my thoughts, makes the world ugly and dark
The black river Tuoni flows in my heart
The black water of Tuoni drowns my hope
I try to be strong, try to keep everything bottled up, but when I dam that black river, it runs over
The black river Tuoni flows in my heart
The black water of Tuoni drowns my hope
When I try to dam that black river, it floods, pulls me down to the depths of despair
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Bränt Barn Skyr Elden
05:53
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En social paranoia utvecklas när ens förvirring har lett till förnedring en gång för mycket
Bränt barn skyr elden
Outtalade signaler som jag ej kan förstå
Ditt hjärta är en sluten bok för mig, för ditt ansikte säger mig ingenting
O' att inte kunna tala utan att såra eller såras
Hån, våld och tårar avskräcker likvärdigt
Bränt barn skyr elden
(ONCE BITTEN TWICE SHY lit. Burned child shuns fire)
A social paranoia is developed when one's confusion has led to humiliation once too often
Once bitten twice shy
Unspoken signals that I cannot comprehend
Your heart is a closed book to me, because your face tells me nothing
Oh, not being able to speak without hurting or being hurt
Mockery, violence and tears deter equally
Once bitten twice shy
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Mänskligt Avskräde
07:00
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En blandning av äckel och medömkan
Den blicken har jag lärt mig känna igen
Kanske erkänner du min rätt att existera
Men du vill inte ha mig nånstans i närheten
I livets avträde
Är jag mänskligt avskräde
Avskum i dina ögon
Jag är en råtta, en untermensch
Du skyr mig som pesten, om du mig ens minns
Oönskad, ratad, knappt ens värd att bli hatad
Spotta på mig, och glöm bort att jag finns
I livets avträde
Är jag mänskligt avskräde
Avskum i dina ögon
(HUMAN WASTE)
A mixture of disgust and pity
I have learned to know that look
Maybe you recognise my right to be
But you don't want me anywhere near you
In the latrine of life
I am human waste
Scum in your eyes
I am a rat, an untermensch
You avoid me like the plague, if you even notice me
Unwanted, rejected, barely even worth hating
Spit upon me, and forget I exist
In the latrine of life
I am human waste
Scum in your eyes
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Only for Ourselves
04:07
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(lead: Sometimes Dead is Better)
The dead have gone beyond the reach of pain
It's the living who suffer torment and tribulation
Why do we weep over slabs of meat?
The fairytales that they keep telling us have got it all wrong
It's not when we die that we are sent to hell, that's when we are set free
The dead are immune to war, famine and pestilence
Neither do they feel the sting of fear, longing or sorrow
We cry only for ourselves!
The fairytales that they keep telling us have got it all wrong
It's not when we die that we are sent to hell, that's when we are set free
Why do we weep over slabs of meat?
We cry only for ourselves!
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Armour of Hatred
06:14
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How many lies until the truth loses all meaning?
How many betrayals until I bite the hand that feeds me?
How am I supposed to trust you, when a knife in the back is all I've known?
No good deed goes fucking unpunished
My heart hardens, blackens, just to survive
In a world of human beasts, why should I be the one with a conscience?
Giving in to the inky blackness
Safe from harm, safe from hope
Wearing my armour of hatred
Coated in frost and venom
Radiating hatred in stinking tendrils
Ask not of my heart, for it is a rotten lump of tar
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Hopelorn Sweden
Formed in 2008, Hopelorn is a mongrel crossing of turbocharged Crustgrind and melancholic Black Metal.
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