Letra de Temporary borders

Whispered words beneath the floating autumn leaves
Flying softly on the southern breeze
Fragments of light between the branches and trees
I wish I would stay here forever

The sun is sinking behind mountains of old
Brushing faintly clouds of red and gold

Night-time´s flinging a vast veil of velvet across fields and forest
Trespassing the havens of daylight´s temporary borders.
I knew my game could gain me but grief, the fairy tale was on though brief
Trespassing the havens of secrecy´s temporary borders.

Scratching the surface of times seemingly forgotten
Of you who once were mine betrothen
Digging ´neath layers of emotions now rotten
I feel myself slip away
Nostalgic entertainment tingled by the past
You were the one to be mine at last
But now my memory´s ever fading so fast
Keeping emotions at bay

Here I sit, and memories unfold
My feelings are hollow, I´m feeling so old

[Female]
"I feel it fade away and cry tears in solitude"
Trespassing the havens of night-time´s temporary borders
As shadows collapse in the mating of day and night, crows are circling in
ominous flight
Trespassing the havens of my own temporary borders (temporary borders)

[Solo]

I tried... I tried hard to believe
Thinking of us has left me but grief
I cannot look ahead, the past is all I see
Moments together, but time´s a thief

Shadows recurring from times long since passed
Our time and now in a perfect contrast

[Female]
"As I see you sitting by my grave
I feel your presence, but can´t say a word
Your heart and love, patient and brave
But my soul is too late for you to save"

I am probably a fool still thinking of you
Night after night...
There´s not much else I can do
For neither myself nor you
Maybe I should leave and never come back to this place...
But I know too surely that I´m only fooling myself
I´m only fooling myself

[Temporary borders - Comments]

[I had just joined illnath, got their lyrics and listened through all the music which was going to be on the CD. I was like a kid in a candy-store, and got to work that very evening at Tobias place with a lyric piece (which Tobias also participated strongly on). The lyrics I had received had some qualities, but mainly, I thought, I could do them better. The guys had already read some of my lyrics and pointed out ´Frozen constellations´, ´Bring down the witching hour´ and ´By the hands of violent winter´ as the only songs they did not want to change.]

[I guess the idea of a gothic romance in a moody black metal song is not very original. I assume I wanted to make a presentation of our own gothic romance song, and at the same time I enjoy writing these kind of lyrics, even though, as mentioned, they do not give much to the black metal scene today.]

[Partly based on the coming summer (it was written sometime in may, I think), partly based on my poor lovelife and strange feeling of suddenly being in another country doing music with people I didn´t know a week ago. I alone, yet somehow welcome and at calm here. Just like the narrator in the song. It was also a good possibility to use Lena´s vocals.]
[- Narrenschiff]