Godhead's Lament - Opeth

Marauder

Staining the soil, midst of stillness

Beloved fraternity to an end

Red eyes probe the scene

All the same

Stilted for the beholder

Depravity from the core

Handcarved death in stoneladen aisles

I hide the scars from my past

Yet they sense my (mute) dirge

This is when it all falls apart

White hands grasping for straws

Sly smile, poisoned glare behind

Undisguised manmade nova

Mute cry, don’t dare to tread

Searing beams tracking you down

Adoring what never has been

Some will bring with them all they have seen

Searching my way to perplexion

The gleam of her eyes

In that moment she knew

Thought I could not leave this place

On this imminent day

As I’ve reached the final dawn

To what’s gone astray

What would they care if I did stay

No-one would know

What would they care if I did stay

No-one should know

Thought I could not leave this place

On this imminent day

As I’ve reached the final dawn

To what’s gone astray

What would they care if I did stay

No-one would know

What would they care if I did stay

No-one should know

Still brooding, soothing clam

That rigid, twisted face

Blank godhead, tear my name

Lost virtue, frantic lust

Sly smile, poisoned glare behind

Undisguised manmade nova

Mute cry, don’t dare to tread

Searing beams tracking you down

Adoring what never has been

Some will bring with them all they have seen

Searching my way to perplexion

In crumbling faith I saw her

Bearing her pain in the wilderness

The gleam of her eyes

In that moment she knew