Linoleum
She keeps the world at bay With walls built to stand come-what-may And with that coldness on display, they held until today She would hold her own Running all alone Ridding her road of every grain To stay in control But now She cries Alive Suddenly she is down on all four And the walls will support her no more Cries her eyes out like never before Onto this linoleum The bottled up and stored She's won every war And when she's out that door She will push ahead of you, frowning at the poor She would move so fast not to end up last Aiming for the finish line To smile at those she'd passed But now She cries Alive Suddenly she is down on all four And the walls will support her no more Cries her eyes out like never before Onto this linoleum The bottled up. And stored -- And sometimes Oh, just sometimes That's really all it takes: A hand on her shoulder Then she breaks Sometimes that's really all it takes: (Yes then) A word of kindness and she breaks (She breaks) And then the sum of damage done (Well she breaks) Spills out on stale linoleum (She breaks) Sometimes that's really all it takes: (She breaks) A gentle touch and then she breaks (She breaks) To see the sum of damage done (She breaks) Stain this linoleum (Oh, she breaks) Sometimes that's really all it takes: (Oh, she breaks) A word or touch and then we break (Oh, she breaks) And all this world's linoleum (She breaks) Can't hold the sum of damage done -- (She's becoming her last casualty) Itsy bitsy Spider Climbed the water spout (If she breaks then at last she'll be free) Down Came the Rain And washed the spider out (But she keeps it together once more) Now she stays on the ground So she'll never fall (And runs another day to fight another war) See she would rather drown Than lose control
Submitted by BloodShrine — Apr 25, 2025
Emelie is sad Emelie is sad Emelie is sad She used to be glad Now Emelie's been had Emelie's been had Emelie's been had She might never be glad Oh, but there is something deep inside her Oh, if we could only see inside her Now she's mine All broken inside A product of your fine Mortar grind Every crime is seeping inside Until they're all mine Burn them away Burn them away Jenny used to smile Jenny used to smile Jenny used to smile Now she'll only hide Jenny's in denial Jenny's in denial Jenny's in denial She might never smile Oh, but there is something deep inside her Oh, I know 'cause I have been inside her Now she's mine All broken inside A product of your fine Mortar grind Every crime is seeping inside Until they're all mine Burn them away Burn them away I used to be mine I used to be mine I used to be mine Now I'm feeling blind I'm too deep inside I'm too deep inside I'm too deep inside This mortar grind Now it's mine All broken inside A product of their fine Mortar grind (burn it away) All this vile sulfer and brine I keep deep inside Burn it away Burn it away Burn it away Burn it away
Submitted by Finntroll — Mar 26, 2026
If you wait If I could ask you to wait I'd get back Somehow To you If I could ask you to wait I'll bring myself Home to you I would walk on This road Through mud Through grass Through dust Through rain Whatever I find in my way I'll power through I'll power through Home to you If you wait If I could ask you to wait But I can't ask you to wait Though it breaks me Go I must ask you to go Go I must ask you to go Please go (I must ask you to go)
Submitted by Finntroll — Mar 26, 2026
You are all defining me Like you know me inside out And if I'd let it get to me You'd damage me beyond repair I have always done my best To block it out and keep myself But lately it has been so hard And I don't know where I end and you start These are the words that I have bled These are the tears that I have shed These are the bleak roads that I dread This is the home to which they led Can you hear me now? Can you see me now? Can you touch me now? Deep inside I'm GONE Deep inside I'm GONE Deep inside I'm GONE Deep inside I'm GONE And I have given more than most I've fucking overdosed on honesty But then, when I've given everything Then what will there be left of me? And who'll stand by this troubled man With a burning mind and a fever inside? See, if I cannot direct this flame It might just burn everything in it's way These are the words that I have bled These are the tears that I have shed These are the bleak roads that I dread This is the home to which they led Can you hear me now? Can you see me now? Can you touch me now? Deep inside I'm GONE Deep inside I'm GONE Deep inside I'm GONE Deep inside I'm GONE I just never seem to be enough You're too many mouths to feed Too many reached out hands to hold Too many broken hearts to heal And in the end, I'll spread too thin And gently overbleed Sadly overestimating The amount of me I'll let you crawl into my head I'll let you crawl under my skin I'll let you taste every tear I've shed I'm always letting you right in So crawl over the words I've bled I'm not really there Undress and crawl into my bed I'm not really there I'm gone Oh yeah You see Deep inside I'm GONE
Submitted by Finntroll — Mar 26, 2026
"So! EP is done then for shipping next week!" "Great!" "Alright!" "All four tracks! Good job!" "Finally!" "Thomas says we need a bonus track" "What?" "A bonus track?" "Yeah." "Like, a song?" "Like, an extra one?" "Yeah, apparently we need something exclusive." "We did four?" "Yeah, we got four!" "We have, we have four--" "We have four songs!" "--It's like a bonus chapter in a book. What, you read the last page and then 'Oh! Bonus chapter!" "Yeah." "This is weird, right?" "Yeah." "Well did you tell Thomas?" "I don't know.... I- I don't know I think-- I think it's just boring to play another song again. I mean we should try something else. Something more original, something in Pain of Salvation's vein." "Yeah, we've always wanted to go beyond music. I think it's a good idea--" "HAIR!" "Yeah? What do you mean like..?" "Hair. Human Hair." "....As a bonus track...?" "What's with hair--?" "What are we supposed to do with that?" "We put our hair in the CDs." "Uhhh." "Do you have any idea how many copies we're gonna have of the EP? How much hair can we possibly collect? I mean look at Fredrik he doesn't even have any!" "Yeah but--" "What's the point of-- What's the point of having hair?" "You can't comb your hair!" "But look at Fredrik he doesn't have any!" "Yeah, how will you contribute?" "I got my beard!" "We can have any kind of hair? I mean, someone's gonna get facial hair and others can get--?" "They can collect!" "Well, bonus-- Bonus hair!" "Bonus hair." "Oh come on that's just-- No. .... Everyone's happy with that?" "Yeah. Cool." "I think we have an agreement." "Actually it'd have to be a song. Thomas said so." "What?" "It'd have to be a real song." "He always says that!" "Yellow Raven?" "Well, since hair is not an option anymore I guess that's it." "Maybe next album!" "But next album! Next album we'll do hair. That's what I'm saying!"
Submitted by Finntroll — Mar 26, 2026
Yellow raven sipped the air Of thunder and of rain Yellow raven sipped the air Gentle eyes kissing the rain Where do you go, fantastic dreambird? Answer to my yearning Take me away from here Where do you go, fantastic dreambird? Take me away somewhere Take me away from here Oh, take me away The thunderbird began to cry The music died away The thunderbird began to cry And smoke was slowly drifting by Where do you go, fantastic dreambird? Answer to my yearning Take me away from here Where do you go, fantastic dreambird? Take me away somewhere Take me away from here Yellow raven, your heart's flying But your love is killing me
Submitted by Finntroll — Mar 26, 2026