Stand aside now no one will survice can't tell you how I know In some time I will change my name and lay low In the light you can see me walk down by the way The one who did this to us well he got away
Keep it quiet here I will not tolerate your noise This is where I listen for the forgiving voice
Old light and new colours your picture hangs in the night Is this the right time to set one free and go away In the emptiness behind you I will walk about Surely you'll miss me but long live the doubt
What will replace us What will be our memory of this time Second hand impressions Hand them over so we can let it die
I remember one time when we were abroad I was laughing at a book I had bought But you were standing against the hotel wall Frozen in an unknown thought
I have no name my face a blur I speak only to answer them White noise becomes a voice I hear it constantly
I dare not break the circuit I rest only for a short time This time I promise I won't give up
I have no right to let it go I have no right to do so
My vision now is incomplete I am affected by the warmth A change of tone unusual sound Is this the time to decline
They control the circuit The embodiment of what I've done If I waver from this circle A second pass and then I'm found But he who walks behind me He once saw the morning sun
The thin darkness here Not strong enough to make you appear I once changed my style When they said hello I said goodbye I once played a role I was out there marketing my soul
The city of glass that I live in The coldness from my brothers skin
I trusted you you lied It's all I hear a fucking lie I don't give a shit it's over now It's all I know you broke the vow
Truth is I have seen it come Seen the ghost of the sun Can't have it undone In time we all call out for relief See two lovers meet Pass you on the street
Come by you have come far All I had I lost in the flood Come sit with me at the bar Tell me of progress strengthen my blood No one here knows my name I have traded my memories for things But I remember you clearly Do you remember that I used to sing
Why have you waited so long
Come by you have come far Long since I saw you so how have you been Come sit with me at the bar How long since they told you that they had found him No one here knows my name I gave up my worries for one good thing But I remember you clearly Do you remember that I used to sing
Was it because I never told you I was going away That you waited so long Was it because your fucking dreams Meant nothing to me That you waited so long
It runs from the top of my fingers Into my hands What is it I have been drinking I do not understand I thought I'd lost you my brother I'm so glad you came My regards to the ones that I love I miss them Tell them I love them I miss them
I could not breath against the wall The clash of light against the floor They held me up against the wall Too young to be ignored
Standing by a building Leaks out information Passive death of freedom gets me Where's my security Behind my back it goes Early morning's coming The risk that I am taking Recall a song that I heard as a child No more false immunity Inside the blistering cold
My youth unknown to me I'm walking by a wire What's left from me to breathe Cold smell of fire One day I will be free I was born to be no one My youth unknown to me I walked behind the sun
Emptiness within me Exit signs within me The one you're looking for is not here Had no security He will not come back
Bypassed the day I can hear them coming They walk round my door and speak of their coming My trial awaits got nowhere to run My only words how soon you have come
And I think about what you told me When I was about to join in
Defy only if you have a way to resist the lies Decline only if you have the intention of taking this advice Apply only if you're not afraid to see your spirit die Retreat only if you dare not hear yourself say goodbye
Who brought me here this place is familiar Where houses are black under the sun Strangers pass on streets with strange names All I can think is how soon they have come
Look at me now they have cut my hair It's a long way back They kicked me down and I could not rise I will never arrive
"Viva Emptiness!" 오랜 순례를 통하여 직관적 성찰을 얻게 되었다하더라도 세속에 몸을 담고 있는 이상 갈구는 운명적이고 그로 인해 시름은 깊어간다. 이것이 음악으로 화한 것이 캐터토니어(Katatonia)였다. 트래비스 스미스(Travis Smith)에 의해 앞뒤의 작품이 연결되는 커버아트를 입고 발표된, 스웨덴 언더그라운드 락/메틀씬의 거장인 캐터토니어(Katatonia)의 [Viva Emptiness]는 그들이 꽤 긴 여정에도 아직은 피로하지 않았음을 증명한다. 한껏 숙성된 서정과 완성된 기교가 만난 기품 있는 사운드는 여전히 캐터토니어의 이름에 걸맞다. 절제에 의한 점진적 진행에 의해 그 총화로써 결국 살라지는 격정과는 다른 방식을 취하고 있을지라도 여전히 그들답게 허무함이 짙게 드리운 동...
