The Throne Of Tragedy lyrics

Artist	Arcturus
Album(s)	Disguised Masters

Lyrics

[Based on the poem "tragediens trone" by john henrik svaren]
[Is translated by the undersigned, and hereby dedicated to kristoffer garm rygg]

Hear!
From this day forth
Are the heights of horeb broken
And the sea of sulphur-ice

And blasphemy!
In heaven's chambers:
Souls had fled their halls
And closed was the book of life
And behold!
The great, white throne:
Black
With sacred blood

Our father -
Dead by his own hands:
An epitaph
Worthy no king

And so is everything
A nameless lie
Who, my god
Am i?

Man knows me
As lucifer, the serpent of old
The wretched hold my banner high
Your gift
- all life! -
I grant a grave
Yet I am not your death

Come carry forth the crown
To your once held throne
Here is where my suffering should cease
- but alas; I am crowned
In grief unheard of!

In this lone monarchy
- without a friend of foe -
I greet the mourning sun
With strife and a song:
Please speak my name!
And leave me not
In the dust of death

I am weighed down
Beneath the tragedy crown, -
Nameless
And alone
A fatherless son

[Jhs 1996]

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