Crushed Dreams

Tristania

You choke a scream
Crushing a dream
Made the scheme real

Show this sinner your precious god
Lift the blame off my shoulders
With a simple thought
Show me life's pleasure
And how it is caught
Not just the air I breathe
Or the dream I forgot...

The last smile
The last word
It's time to face the final outcome
The pagan
The godless deeds
Fall...
Deep...
Your vacuum made complete

Exterminate...
Eradicate...

Preparing for death
Awaiting the light to shine on us
Wishing the sun to fall down on our heads
Show us the joy in the world that we're living in
Turn our dreams into sin

Your first breath
The far tolls
It's you these bells were made to call for
The pagan
The godless deeds
Crawl...
Deep...
The last hypocrisy

Walk the path
The shining path

Lift this prayer to heaven's heights
Feed my mind with the most glorious thoughts
Sacrificing all my dreams
For this I will serve and honour to death
Or do I just fear the tyrant's wrath


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    one of the most beautifull songs i've ever heard... but this lyric seems to be missing some parts...

    samaraon June 24, 2003   Link
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    These lyrics have been copied straight from the band's website, but the Latin heard in the background isn't listed. I managed to find this on a fan site (crusheddreams.net/index.php):

    Mortuus in anima omni Pulcher Extiteram Volat Niger Sors Salutis De quo ludunt venti Feror ego velunti Vaga

    Translated to:

    I'm totaly dead in the soul Beauty has been flying Black fate turns against me played with by the winds I'm gliding vegabond

    From my rather fleeting knowlege of Latin, this seems fairly accurate. It's not a professional translation though, so take it with a pinch of salt.

    DezSPon August 11, 2006   Link
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    Here is a different translation:   Dead in the whole soul    Beautiful destroyer flies    Black Fortune of help    Played with by the winds    I am carried along

    rhennaon May 17, 2007   Link
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    Well, to talk about the meaning, the song seems to be about the sacrifices if catholicism or maybe religion in general.

    Timelessnesson December 11, 2010   Link

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