Alive Again: The Breathing Shadow, Part IV

The memories of you will never fade away You will always be a lonely stranger to my soul Where are you now? I guess that I will never know Maybe you have died again to have a body of your own. One day you will be reborn, no recollection at all No memories of who you were and who you used to be, no One day I have to explain, relive the heartache and pain ‘Cause you have the right to know it used to be, yeah I now that your soul will be alive again You’ll be around us like the wind and the rain and the stars One day your soul will be alive again I really hope you won’t remember who you were and what you could do

Submitted by Warbringer — Apr 26, 2025

I’m in too deep, climbing up and down these walls My heart is lost though I never thought I’d give it up Now I’m back in the darkness of the waiting room for ones to be I sacrifice your body and my soul So that he’ll be coming back for you So that he’ll be coming back for you ‘Cause you feel all the darkness surround you You’re selling your soul to the shadowman In pain, you are begging your master to guide you Back to the dark though you don't know why And now you realize that your soul is no longer alive And then you feel that you are dead inside The stars align in a formation never seen before A premonition, a prophecy And the shadow has returned to life I hope you won’t remember who you were and how you used to be You gave it up ‘cause you couldn’t take the pain Of always looking through a strangers eyes At the stars alight in the newborn night They are falling from the sky And the colours here around me is fading to gray… Now I can feel that the powers surround me Caught in the spell of the shadowman The spirits awake and they gather to hide you ‘Cause this is the end and I don't know why What in the world can I have done to deserve the pain That is burning inside me as I close my eyes The light of the day has awakened to open up my eyes Where are you now, did he take you away? The spirits arise, and they tell me that they will show the way They will lead me to a sanctuary If you were there it would really ease the pain (ah…) He will return tonight. Now you're on the outside looking in Waiting for the battle to begin Waiting for the shadowman to take a part of me Wonder why he couldn’t end it all When he had the chance to make me fall Could it be the love inside of you? Now I can see that the darkness surround me The night is in league with the shadowman All of the spirits are gathered beside you Guarding your soul in the candlelight If we are strong and fill our hearts with love we’ll survive The joy and the laughter will defend your life

Submitted by Finntroll — Apr 26, 2025

All I can feel is the beat of my heart And I count every breath that I take The darkness will drain all the pleasure and pain And delete all emotions inside of me (For better or worse) There’s shadow in my soul now I feel it inside as I am fading away (The replay of my life) I see it running in my mind now Familiar faces smiling back at me On the day I was born Now I’m dying alone A view from the past will remind me of the good times That I had in the innocent days I was one of the young with a spirit so strong Never knew make believe from reality (The tears that I cry) Through the eyes of the betrayer It might be the last that I taste in this life (There’s no room for the sorrow) in this is image of a lifetime Only delight and the joy life has given me… Oh, it’s taking me back to the glory days I smile as I fade in this empty space The memories awake and this feels like I’m alive (Like I’m alive) in this glory days I have no regrets I know there is no return Awaiting the end it all But I’m walking of air every minute in here This is a beautiful way to go It’s taking me back to the glory days I smile as I fade in this empty space The memories awake (memories awake) and this feels like I’m alive (Like I’m alive) in this glory days I know the end will soon be here And all I am will disappear I wish I could stay in wonderland And relive the glory days

Submitted by Finntroll — Apr 26, 2025

The darkness returned in this void where I will fall All the dreams from my past they’re all clouded by their call I’m getting used to funerals that no one attends So I’m following the shadows to where they will descend, oh All I can hear is the rhythm of my heart And the blood that will run for the last time in my veins Nothing here can save me I am already forlorn So let me leave this body, let my soul be reborn Now I feel that I’m fading away (fading away) Another destiny, a different day I am no longer you, I’m falling You are no longer me, I’m falling We are no longer one, I’m falling The feelings growing stronger Now I know that it’s you (I know that’s you) After all these years of pain you’re finally through The pattern in the sky I see a soul is reborn The shadows, they gather in a celebration of life Now I know he’s no longer falling (falling) Now I know he’s no longer falling (falling) Now I know that he’s no longer falling (falling, no longer falling)

Submitted by Nargaroth — Apr 26, 2025

The dawn replace the night It brings me shelter from the darkness And let me live another day I hear the night birds sing Their final encore to the moonlight The morning sun is on the rise In the safety of the light I see the world ignite For some a day, for some a lifetime The spirits all around us Are so anxious in their daydreams I know something here ain’t right I hear that you're awake Your eyes are smiling when you see me You are purity personified In the safety of the light I see the world ignite For some a day, for some a lifetime The real life tragedienne Defy the shadows again Out of the darkness, into the light A will of steel inside Rule over time and tide Out of the darkness, into the light The nightfall dim the light And bring me closer to the darkness And deprive me of another day Oh, I hear the night birds sing Sing their tribute to the moonlight While the sun dies in the sky The real life tragedienne Defy the shadows again Out of the daylight, into the night I must be strong inside Now there’s no place to hide Out of the daylight, into the night Among the shadows here All goodness disappear Out of the daylight, into the night I must be strong inside Now there’s s no place to hide Out of the daylight, into the night

Submitted by Lake of Tears — Apr 26, 2025

Anyway the wind blows I know you will return And we will face it again Now someone calls my name I hear the echoes in the rain Now you have come for me I can see the dark reflection I can feel it in the air The beginning of the end I hear the voices call Knowing that there’s no hope at all Soon I will join the dead When I’m gone, I’m gone forever I will never tell you The reason why I left you all alone Dust to dust, ashes to ashes The pride and passion The trials and the tribulations end tonight And I’m never gonna be there when you stumble I’m never gonna be there when you fall I hope that someone out here will remember and tell you about me Suddenly the world was filed with silence And even though me moonlight disappeared I can see my destiny before me It’s real, no delusion I can feel my blood run cold Oh, the creature I behold It’s got the kingdom of the night in its hands The world around is liquefied All the life around me died I feel so weak and now power is taking over me Now I feel his energy surround me I’m falling lifeless to the ground Paralysed I’m fading Beyond you, beyond me Shadowland, a place of beauty A world eternal where wonders will never cease to be A bed of nails or a bed of roses Your life can end here or be sent back into reality again… I realize I’m deep inside of nowhere The chamber where the shadows seal your fate And I’m sure that there is someone else here with me And it feels like I know you Now the shadowman is rising here before me I can see him glowing in the dark Then I hear the echo of a whisper You're over, I’m eternal! We must improve the shining hour Her soul is laid to rest We will never meet again Your life is in our hands Please live to fight another day Someone will come for you She has put us on mettle Practice what your preach We must find a mother to the son A boy as right as rain Still far too young to share the pain We’ll find you another home The cradle is left in a doorway For the world to find him If we only have faith in the angels Someone will take you to their heart You awake and cry out in anger Now the world have found you A hush bye in the arms of a stranger Maybe they have found a home for you I watch your tear filled face So pure, in a state of grace If the wish is the father to the thought You are the answer to my prayers I know it can be true Someone will come for you But until then I keep you warm And be the mother you deserve Although the world have been untold It’s like the truth won’t unfold Why have you come here? Why am I the one? You're bringing hope to world And put an end to my grief Of all the loved ones I’ve lost in my days You are the light inside! For a decade and half For more than five thousand days You have been here by my side And you have grown so tall and strong Even though I know that you won’t stay forever And that both of us will leave this world one day Our bonds will be eternal Our bonds will be eternal Our bonds will be eternal Our bonds will be eternal Our bonds will be eternal Our bonds will be eternal

Submitted by Sexy Gargoyle — Apr 26, 2025

The time has come to tell story You have to know I must unveil the truth about the way that we are Oh, I’m afraid I can’t imagine what it must be like To hear the words that I’m about to tell you Your world is a lie Oh, no I can’t believe it, nor deny it Can someone tell me what I am to do now? Why was I abandoned, did they leave me for dead? The writing on the wall leaves me in a state of shock. Oh, who I am? I’m just a stranger to myself My heart is aching I must find the truth of my life. Now I will be searching night and day Until the day I will reveal the secret A necessary evil but I’ll do what it takes I just have to find the one that will end the state of shock Now I will be searching night and day Until the day I will reveal the secret A necessary evil but I’ll do what it takes I just have to find the one that will end the state of shock I wave goodbye I see you crying But I’ll return to tell the story So I can paper over the cracks in my soul I can hear the voices in the night It can be real, it’s my imagination I know that I am worried that I’m tired and afraid Just a stranger in the dark living in a state of shock Living, living in a state of shock Living, living in a state of shock Living, living in a state of shock

Submitted by Finntroll — Apr 26, 2025

I look around I don’t like what I see The darkness looking back again Now I am waiting for the day to appear And to let the sunlight rescue me I fell asleep after walking for days Trying to restore the world And in my dreams I heard voices so clear They’re calling for me endlessly I heard s story from another life of mine About the foe that lives beyond this world I heard a tale about a shadow once a friend That brought me with him to the end And that I’ve only got myself to blame And I returned from the vision so real Confused not knowing what to do It feels like I have been alive in a dream In a parallel reality Oh, through day and night I think about the dream It has never felt so real before And now I am so afraid to fall asleep And to know how the story the ends And why I’ve only got myself to blame Now I’m back in the dream, and I am loosing self-esteem The voices say that they are spirits from the past They explain about the one that rules the kingdom of the night And how my mother was betrayed And led astray in the world beyond the world (the world beyond the world) (The world beyond the world) Oh, the spirits tell me – do remain in light And never ever let the darkness here (never let the darkness) Take you in its arms and lead you to slumber ‘Cause the shadows in the dark will deceive (will deceive you) Then nothing can relieve And if you won’t believe Then you’ve only got yourself to blame (Only got yourself to blame)

Submitted by Finntroll — Apr 26, 2025

I can’t believe that this is happening to me So many years of being young, wild, and free When I’m living like a refugee A plague upon my soul for all eternity? How come I never knew until the night that she had spoken? Why did she have to tell me about the way we used to be? She made a sacrifice for the sake your survival I’m awake in shadowland Somebody take me to landscape where the dawn awaits Wide awake in shadowland Let me unite with my reality in the light of day again The spirits took me to the valley of the light Where the rays of dawn prepare for battle with the night Withering dandelions are scattered in the wind And right there by a gateway, no, I can’t believe the sight Someone is standing there in a silver blue reflection You see the one that you were in the life you had before It’s just a memory – they come alive here by the gateway I’m awake in shadowland Somebody take me to landscape where the dawn awaits Wide awake in shadowland Let me unite with my reality in the light of day again As I enter the gateway I can see it disappear into the mist It seems like there is no return from here I feel so peaceful inside, like my soul is laid to rest The landscape is so enchanting, I’m spellbound by the light … What is happening to me?… The dream is taking to me places unknown I’m not so sure that I wanna be here anymore I’ve lost the power to control my awaking I’m imprisoned in the world of sleep I can’t believe that this is happening to me A plague upon my soul for all eternity, yeah! Right here in front me I see the angel of illusion She’s just another image from the corners of your mind She’s just a fantasy from your imagination I am lost in shadowland Nothing can take me back to where the dawn relights the day All alone in the shadowland And I wonder if I’ll ever feel alive again

Submitted by Lake of Tears — Apr 26, 2025

Life, is forever in this world of light Beyond the veil of time and space Here I hide from the shadows Nothing here can hurt me I feel stronger now I was revived at the gate No more tears and no more pain Here in the empire of my mind I can hear the spirits calling They say that I must leave now Or become the dreaming dead Death in eternal, life is not I've made my choice this is where I belong A slave to illusion Nothing here can hurt me I will never leave Never return to the gate No more lies and no more sorrow Here in the empire of my thoughts And for as long as the world is turning And for as long as the sun burning I will be here, forever and never leave And for as long as the world turning And for as long as my heart is yearning I will be here, forever Forever and never leave Back in the world A family is gathered Around a hospital bed Mourning for their son Living thru the machine A gypsy woman found him lifeless in the cold In the forest, near the three from the legend of The breathing shadow For as long as the world is turning And for as long as the sun is burning They will miss you forever and never forget And for as long as the world is turning And for as long as the sun is burning They will miss you, forever and never Forever and never believe that you are gone You stop. It's over now The machine is silent and so are you The gypsy woman spoke to your coffin She said: I hope you liked my bedtime stories.

Submitted by MetalElf — Apr 26, 2025