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The Inferno

by Shadow of Desolation

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1.
The Inferno 18:50
You were my everything, all I’ll ever be Now that I’ve lost it all, I’m going insane Oh, these lifeless years, drowning in sorrow No one sees my pain hidden behind my mask My mind has gone, it’s led me astray Ever since you died I’ve sank in self-despise The memories of you are fading away I’ll never see you again, but soon we’ll reunite I wish I had left this world instead of you, my love My sorrow, my despair are taking me whole My mind has gone, it’s led me astray Ever since you died I’ve sank in self-despise The memories of you are fading away I’ll never see you again, but soon we’ll reunite Needle marks in my skin, daily dose of suicide My world has burnt to ash, you’re always in my mind Another day, another high, just for one last time I look at your judging eyes with remorse of what I am Addiction now my only friend, though I still love you within While I am waiting for the end, for a new time to begin Deep down I feel I’ve failed you, I just wanna be free You’ll have to help me through, ‘cause this sickness is in me I’ve tried to take control but the drugs control me They’re the only thing that get me through the day I don’t think I can make it without you by my side My life turned to shit on the day that you died Addiction now my only friend, though I still love you within While I am waiting for the end, for a new time to begin Deep down I feel I’ve failed you, I just wanna be free You’ll have to help me through, ‘cause this sickness is in me This empire, ruins of me Addiction, set me free Only thing to cope with my pain, the pain of this cruel world This god forsaken man you can’t save, my time has gone One another fucking junkie, can’t take this anymore All that’s left of the old me is my love for you Addiction now my only friend, though I still love you within While I am waiting for the end, for a new time to begin Deep down I feel I’ve failed you, I just wanna be free You’ll have to help me through, ‘cause this sickness is in me This empire, ruins of me Addiction, set me free I promised myself I wouldn’t go this far But what other options do I have? They can’t see the pain inside of me No one sees my sorrow killing me from within My pain subsides my hatred, nothing for me to carry on Nothing can fix my sorrow, I have been waiting for so long I didn’t love you enough until you were gone This pain inside of me I can’t bear anymore I just want to end it all, I’m dying from inside There’s no decision, I’m done with my life After you left there’s nothing more for me One last thing for me to do to finally unite me and you My pain subsides my hatred, nothing for me to carry on Nothing can fix my sorrow, I have been waiting for so long I didn’t love you enough until you were gone This pain inside of me I can’t bear anymore My mind has gone, it’s led me astray Ever since you died I’ve sank in self-despise The memories of you are fading away I’ll never see you again, but soon we’ll reunite One last thought and its all for you The good and bad, all we went through They say only the good die young But I hoped we wouldn’t die at all An overdose to numb the pain You know that this is my fate All I’ve ever loved was you Now you’re gone and soon I will be too I slit my wrists open, no remorse as I gaze into your eyes This is the path I’ve chosen, because I know I won’t rise I can’t live this broken, it’s time I set my own demise My arms start feeling frozen, I bleed out as you watch me die
2.
Rain 04:46
Thousands dying around me, there’s no escape There’s no time for sleep, fighting to stay awake No food, no water, just a will to survive At the end of the barrel, it’s your time to die Fire from the sky, all hope is gone The storm rages on, this rain will kill us all I rise, I will take your life tonight In the trenches, I hope our world dies again Brothers in blood, bonded by war Our old lives live in the past All we have left is one another And one breathe could cleanse us away Fire from the sky, all hope is gone The storm rages on, this rain will kill us all I rise, I will take your life tonight In the trenches, I hope our world dies again
3.
Arisen 06:32
Out of their graves they crawl in the dark mist of the night Eating the flesh of those unprepared to fight Walking skeletons covered with rotting flesh Thousands swarming outside, army of the living dead They rise above the earth and will destroy humankind They walk these empty streets with hatred in their mind Survivors broken, beaten, starving Begging for mercy with hope in their blinded eyes This is the apocalypse you were all waiting for Abandoned, forgotten, this world is godforsaken No will to live but I was not raised to give up I will survive just to show that I can’t be broken They rise above the earth and will destroy humankind They walk these empty streets with hatred in their mind Survivors broken, beaten, starving Begging for mercy with hope in their blinded eyes The living dead No future in horizon Out of their graves The dead have arisen They rise above the earth and will destroy humankind They walk these empty streets with hatred in their mind Survivors broken, beaten, starving Begging for mercy with hope in their blinded eyes The living dead No future in horizon Out of their graves The dead have arisen
4.
I wake up bruised on a wreck of a plane Bone sticking out from the side of my arm Blood everywhere, I hear growls outside Silently I climb from the wreck and watch in fear Strangers surround me, spears in their hands I get a glance at their blood red eyes Necklaces made from bones hanging from their necks A dozen of them staring at me, I’d better fucking run I run through the jungle, look back, they’re following me There’s no way to outrun them, I’d better hide Into a dark cave I crawl, look back, they ran past me Deeper in the cave I go, searching for the others Deeper down I found the others, well what’s left of them Piles of bones, clothes, rotting flesh and an awful stench Is this some kind of a joke, or pure reality? Someone heading my way, is this the end of me? Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide Drenched in fear, I prepare to fight Waiting in the dark, with a bone knife A stab in the neck, blood spurting far I look in her eyes as she falls She was of my kind, what have I done? A crack behind me, a stab through my chest Blood flows on my shirt as I pass out I wake up in a foreign place Locked like an animal in a cage Manage to break the lock and sneak out While they’re having their feast Half-eaten bodies fill up the scene I don’t know if this is a dream What god-forsaken land have I fallen upon? Someone please save me from this nightmare... I find more of my kind around a fire I watch them closely, eating their friend Silently I attack, one by one they fall A man on the ground, begging for mercy I cut a part of him, starving There’s no other choice I look around and natives arrive They welcome me with open arms, I have become one of them
5.
Amongst the ruins a spectre walks Once royal but now forgotten Trapped in my ethereal state My body left to decay Help me, set me free Let me out of my misery Trapped in a world all alone I am the ghost of Alexandria From the depths of hell I rise I have been brought back to life To set my vengeance on humankind Now it is your turn to die Help me, set me free Let me out of my misery Trapped in a world all alone I am the ghost of Alexandria
6.
First sight of sunlight, how can it be so bright? So beautiful, yet so deceiving Under the surface for 25 years This is not how I imagined the world to be Our odyssey has just began The journey to the land unknown My hopes and dreams for humankind I hope they know my sacrifice My mission, my lifework A safe place for all of humankind This odyssey I won’t survive But for all of us, I‘ll take the sacrifice Our odyssey has just began The journey to the land unknown My hopes and dreams for humankind I hope they know my sacrifice
7.
You were my everything, all I’ll ever be Now that I’ve lost it all, I’m going insane Oh, these lifeless years, drowning in sorrow No one sees my pain hidden behind my mask My mind has gone, it’s led me astray Ever since you died I’ve sank in self-despise The memories of you are fading away I’ll never see you again, but soon we’ll reunite I wish I had left this world instead of you, my love My sorrow, my despair are taking me whole My mind has gone, it’s led me astray Ever since you died I’ve sank in self-despise The memories of you are fading away I’ll never see you again, but soon we’ll reunite
8.
Needle marks in my skin, daily dose of suicide My world has burnt to ash, you’re always in my mind Another day, another high, just for one last time I look at your judging eyes with remorse of what I am Addiction now my only friend, though I still love you within While I am waiting for the end, for a new time to begin Deep down I feel I’ve failed you, I just wanna be free You’ll have to help me through, ‘cause this sickness is in me I’ve tried to take control but the drugs control me They’re the only thing that get me through the day I don’t think I can make it without you by my side My life turned to shit on the day that you died Addiction now my only friend, though I still love you within While I am waiting for the end, for a new time to begin Deep down I feel I’ve failed you, I just wanna be free You’ll have to help me through, ‘cause this sickness is in me This empire, ruins of me Addiction, set me free Only thing to cope with my pain, the pain of this cruel world This god forsaken man you can’t save, my time has gone One another fucking junkie, can’t take this anymore All that’s left of the old me is my love for you Addiction now my only friend, though I still love you within While I am waiting for the end, for a new time to begin Deep down I feel I’ve failed you, I just wanna be free You’ll have to help me through, ‘cause this sickness is in me This empire, ruins of me Addiction, set me free
9.
I promised myself I wouldn’t go this far But what other options do I have? They can’t see the pain inside of me No one sees my sorrow killing me from within My pain subsides my hatred, nothing for me to carry on Nothing can fix my sorrow, I have been waiting for so long I didn’t love you enough until you were gone This pain inside of me I can’t bear anymore I just want to end it all, I’m dying from inside There’s no decision, I’m done with my life After you left there’s nothing more for me One last thing for me to do to finally unite me and you My pain subsides my hatred, nothing for me to carry on Nothing can fix my sorrow, I have been waiting for so long I didn’t love you enough until you were gone This pain inside of me I can’t bear anymore My mind has gone, it’s led me astray Ever since you died I’ve sank in self-despise The memories of you are fading away I’ll never see you again, but soon we’ll reunite One last thought and its all for you The good and bad, all we went through They say only the good die young But I hoped we wouldn’t die at all An overdose to numb the pain You know that this is my fate All I’ve ever loved was you Now you’re gone and soon I will be too I slit my wrists open, no remorse as I gaze into your eyes This is the path I’ve chosen, because I know I won’t rise I can’t live this broken, it’s time I set my own demise My arms start feeling frozen, I bleed out as you watch me die

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released February 12, 2021

Eero Kouvo - Guitars, Bass, Vocals and Drum programming

Artwork by Eero Kouvo
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