Marche Funèbre After the Storm 1. In a Haze Caught by demons Destroying trust A haze of pain Infecting your love A cauldron of emotions Summoning a mist of fear A haze of anxiety To possess your mind Locked the gates To your pearly harbour Locked out faith With whispers of darkness Lost in torments' maze A blind hellish haze Lost in torments' maze The desperate' ways Tainted by this miasma Corrupting your heart Born from old pain Disrupted by taint In a haze you locked your heart In a haze we went apart 2. Palace of Broken Dreams Before you can see the light A blinding of emotions Before you can feel the light A descent to your private hell The palace of broken dreams Crawling through the trenches Of love made war Cutting through strings of words Resonating pain (of others) Accept defeat Heal your wounds Stand up again Free from pain This insight and catharsis Will lift you to the light But first… the suffering (the darkness) No escape from distress Crawling through the trenches Of love made war Cutting through strings of words Resonating pain (of others) Get up on your feet Or down to the ground Resurrection or defeat Consumed by despair… of broken dreams 3. Devoid of Empathy A deserted wasteland A book without pages A lack of connection A tongue with thorns He acts devoid of empathy Unaware of his venom, disguised as sarcasm He hurts devoid of empathy Words as scourges, damage done A plain full of shards A forest without leaves A shipwrecked soul A ruin of broken hope How to control this collateral damage Of a soul devoid of empathy? How to live without more trauma With a soul devoid of empathy? A deserted wasteland A book without pages A lack of connection A tongue with thorns A plain full of shards A forest without leaves A shipwrecked soul A ruin of broken hope Pity the fool, of empathy deprived Speak out or turn your back Show love and live by example Or walk away and show your back To this deserted wasteland To this book without pages To this plain full of shards To this forest without leaves 4. Enter Emptiness Like a leaden blanket A devastating fatigue Like a siren's call to cease All lifehunger lost Enter emptiness – No lust for life Enter emptiness – No vital energy Enter emptiness – No will to act Enter emptiness – In Loneliness A lesson in lethargy Born under viral reign A teaching in nothingness Time out, knock out In these tired times – Nothing can be done In these tired times – Nothing will be done In these tired times – Only oblivion In these tired times – Oblivion Life-eating tiredness Killer of hopes and dreams Life-threatening condition Killing all love for life 5. Stranded A sparkle of pure light (fire) Between blue and green (eyes) Unexpected (fire) Uncontrolled (fire) A connection of souls Like a gentle stream Fed from opposite wells Intertwining in bliss Surfing the waves On turbulent waters Finding support In the arms of love Countless times we rose High to the sky Floating in ecstasy On clouds only we know Surfing the waves On turbulent waters Finding support In the arms of love The higher you rise To dreamy skies The deeper the fall To end it all Surfing the waves On turbulent waters Finding support In the arms of love From fire to water From wind to earth All hope disbanded Our love stranded 6. After the Storm I survived the eye and the storm Still hear the silence, lasting forever I endured the call and the end Still feel the shivers, vertebrae long Still hear the silence, lasting forever Head covered, eyes wide shut Broken, yet breathing Bleeding, yet moving A body almost ruined A mind merely sane I survived this living hell... to live After the end... to descend to hell? What is there to live for? Why should I keep moving on? More questions than answers More tears than laughter More crippled than healthy I lifted my head (chin up) And I opened my eyes Is this the beginning after the end? Is this the beginning after the storm? I remain scarred and deformed Blood and tears (after the end) I remain scarred and deformed Blood and tears (after the storm) Is this the beginning after the end? Is this the beginning after the storm?