Willed by winter's so called frost
Fix the in anxieties from grip
The frost that burned the honorees
Underneath the heavy clouds
The lifted sword, the broken shield
The hand that drew the final word
From the frozen mouth of Arkhangelsk

Let them go, let them burn the world to cinders
Let the rats run down
Falling through the tungsten skies
The burning clouds of Arkhangelsk

To the eye of judgment now
What will stand when time of the end (time of the end)?

Center stone, into fire
All to nothing and nothing to lose
They gather groaning to the souls
Of the grinding wheels of Arkhangelsk

With one word, one movement in the fabric
Everything dies
The storm that sweeps the world away
From the frozen plains of Arkhangelsk

Inherit from the morning star
What others brought
And the land, forgot

Soaring through Van Allen belts
Through blazing stars, through dying suns
Collide not now, but carry us
Through the burning air of Arkhangelsk


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    Mikael Stanne:

    "I would say this song is mostly about depression. The lyrics were written by Niklas and his inspiration came from the Russian Arkhangelsk seaport city, which is situated in the Far North. During winter, because of the bad weather and the frozen sea, the city is completely isolated from the rest of the world. Suicides increase their frequency, because it's like the whole existence of these people is suspended for an indefinite period of time. When it's so cold and dark, you start to unconsciously turn off your life support systems one by one."

    Source: Bulgarian "Pro-Rock" Magazine, #67, March 2010 [Since the article was in Bulgarian, this is my translation, not his exact words in English, but you get the meaning.]

    ChesterBon April 24, 2011   Link
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    My Interpretation

    "Held by winter's chokehold fast Fixed in anxiety's firm grip Frost that burn the arteries" - Stanne is conveying the atmosphere in Archangelsk

    "Underneath the heavy clouds The lifted sword, the broken shield The hand that drew the final word From the frozen mouth of Arkhangelsk" - He's personificating the Archangelsk making it seem like alive ruthless warrior who's bringing judgement

    "Let them go, let them burn the world to cinders And let their heads hang down Falling through the tungsten skies On the burning grounds of Arkhangelsk" - Archangelsk rages on and hangs heads of all life down

    "To the eye of judgement now One will stand in the time of the end" - I think stanne is talking how he looks into the heart of Archanglesk and how it'll be the only one surviving

    "Sun to stone, air to fire All to nothing and nothing to lose They gather, drowned to the sounds Of the grinding wheels of Arkhangelsk

    With one word, one movement in the fabric Everything dies The storm that sweeps the world away From the frozen plains of Arkhangelsk" - I think it's telling how in the Archangelsk is destruction being brought upon everything

    "Inherit from the morning star What others brought and the land forgot" - I think it's talking about unearthly origns of the storm

    "Soaring through the narrow belts Through blazing stars, through dying suns Collide not now, but carry us Through the burning air of Arkhangelsk" - He's saying how destruction is inevitable and we are being carried throught it

    In the end to me this is the journey in the core of apocalypse...

    azrawon May 01, 2010   Link

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