An unfortunate journeyThrough a bleak sea oflonelinessI carved through the wavesof griefIn a black vastness of selfdoubtI have never felt so aloneSo pitiful and wretchedand lowI'm tried by a terrible windThe misery and the painsblowFill my vast sails of ruinSteer me toward a bleak endA horizon of purples andredsThe still waters of mywelcome endThe clouds of grey comeoverheadA storm will hunt me downAnd rip the guts out of mybodyThat I would surely drownThe unforgiving windsearchesAnd lashes me like a whipThe self-pity overwhelms meMy heart sinks like a shipThrashing out at tormentand painThe maddened sea engulfsmeI let myself be swallowed upThe magnificent weightupon meDeeper i go, deeper downDidn't think it could get anyblackerThe cold bites, the pressurebuildsI think i no longer matterCan't tell if my eyes are openor closedThe grieving waters swallowThe pain I'm in through mylife of sinThe Devil will doubtlessfollowLoneliness is agonyFor those of you who knowA war of grief and sadnessragesThrough mind, body andsoulWhen lovers die andfriendships fadeWhen kin all lie forgottenThe gates of agony spewforthYour memories, stinkingand rottenSo deep now i feel so numbI'm ravaged by utter lossThe guilt, the grief, theastounding painMy body, they all will washI hope I ne'er return to lifeOh, Christ just let me goLet death devour my SimplesoulLest my misery growI quietly leave. A lonely sightRelieved of all my guiltTo join a wall of deepestHellThe Devil himself has built.
MY DYING BRIDE - DEEPER DOWN
An unfortunate journeyThrough a bleak sea oflonelinessI carved through the wavesof griefIn a black vastness of selfdoubtI have never felt so aloneSo pitiful and wretchedand lowI'm tried by a terrible windThe misery and the painsblowFill my vast sails of ruinSteer me toward a bleak endA horizon of purples andredsThe still waters of mywelcome endThe clouds of grey comeoverheadA storm will hunt me downAnd rip the guts out of mybodyThat I would surely drownThe unforgiving windsearchesAnd lashes me like a whipThe self-pity overwhelms meMy heart sinks like a shipThrashing out at tormentand painThe maddened sea engulfsmeI let myself be swallowed upThe magnificent weightupon meDeeper i go, deeper downDidn't think it could get anyblackerThe cold bites, the pressurebuildsI think i no longer matterCan't tell if my eyes are openor closedThe grieving waters swallowThe pain I'm in through mylife of sinThe Devil will doubtlessfollowLoneliness is agonyFor those of you who knowA war of grief and sadnessragesThrough mind, body andsoulWhen lovers die andfriendships fadeWhen kin all lie forgottenThe gates of agony spewforthYour memories, stinkingand rottenSo deep now i feel so numbI'm ravaged by utter lossThe guilt, the grief, theastounding painMy body, they all will washI hope I ne'er return to lifeOh, Christ just let me goLet death devour my SimplesoulLest my misery growI quietly leave. A lonely sightRelieved of all my guiltTo join a wall of deepestHellThe Devil himself has built.