Below: Across The Dark River

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Published on April 9, 2023 5:18:19 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CI766BSYX0U

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Across The Dark River 2014 Metal Blade Records
Doom Metal / Sweden
https://belowmetal.bandcamp.com/album/across-the-dark-river

I. Trapped Under Ground 00:00
II. Bid You Farewell 07:32
III. Ghost of a Shepherd 13:20
IV. Portal 18:01
V. In My Dreams 24:22
VI. Mare of the Night 24:55
VII. The Whitechapel Murderer 30:38
VIII. Across the Dark River 37:28

TRAPPED UNDER GROUND

Wake up alone in the darkness
Praying that this is a dream
Coldness surrounds me in silence
It's harder and harder to breathe

I find myself in a casket
I scream and I scratch to get out
Trying to bring back the memories
How did I end up in here?

Is this how I cease to be?
So this is the bitter end?
Panic spreads in my body
No one answers my cries

Buried alive
Trapped under ground
The walls are closing in

Buried alive
Trapped under ground

Taking farewell of the life I had
Oh Father, take me home
No one is here as I fade away
Open the gates for me

Gathering all of my strength now
The last try to brake my way out
The walls are getting closer and closer
My hope is slowly dying with me

Buried alive
Trapped under ground
The walls are closing in
Buried alive
Trapped under ground

BID YOU FAREWELL

The air is cold
The sky is clear
Frost covers the soil
Autumn came
And took you away
Leaving nothing but pain

Oh, how cruel life can be
The grief is slowly killing me

In despair we bid you farewell on this day
In my heart you will live
On though you're gone

We're here to take
A last goodbye
In the heart of October
To pray, to cry
Can't bring you back
And it's hard to accept

Leaves wither and die
Under autumn skies

In despair we bid you farewell on this day
In my heart you will live
On though you're gone

GHOST OF A SHEPHERD

Now listen closely
I will tell you a tale
About a shepherd who
Lived here long ago
One day he heard the sweetest voice
Call upon him from an ancient well

As he leaned over and
Gazed into the deep
Something grasped for him and
Pulled him down the well

A watery grave
He sank to his doom
His spirit lived on
It's haunting this place

An apparition, the shepherd
Has been seen
Sometimes when full moon
You still can hear him scream
Searching for his long lost herd
The wails in torment from the pit below

Fallen in shadows
Swallowed into black
A soul in agony
Never to find peace

A watery grave
He sank to his doom
His spirit lived on
It's haunting this place

PORTAL

Midnight hour
The tolling of the bell
Echoes over these forsaken lands

Haunting whispers
A gathering of souls
Faceless figures are slowly rising

Shadows moving
Silent in moonlight
Seems like this graveyard comes to life

Into darkness
They're marching one by one
Are they dead or still alive?

Deep in the woods
Wicked silhouettes
Circle of ghouls
A portal to the dead

Spirits summoned
Around the dancing flames
Opened a gateway down below

Dark illusions
I can't believe my eyes
But I know what I just saw

Deep in the woods
Wicked silhouettes
Circle of ghouls
A portal to the dead

MARE OF THE NIGHT

Lying awake in the dark
I'm afraid to fall asleep
A scratching sound in the walls
A cold breeze under the door

In my dreams
Mare of the night
Have mercy
Save my soul

I feel a presence in my room
A creature is reaching for me
Something is entering my bed
A demon sits upon my chest

In my dreams
Mare of the night
Have mercy
Save my soul

What causes these weird nightmares
These dreams of dying?
Unwanted, uninvited
But still it's there

I suffocate every night
So hard to breathe
What is this evil presence?
I wake up screaming

ACROSS THE DARK RIVER

I take you on my vessel
And carry you across
This dark and raging river
To distant shores

This is your final journey
But don't forget to pay
A coin under your tongue
Is enough for me
A ferryman's fee

Those who cannot pay me
Will not reach their goal
They'll forever wander
Aimlessly

Black rocks mark the shoreline
Of eternity
A place where you can enter
But never leave

The hound of Hell awaits you
Three-headed is the beast
The guardian at the gates of
The underworld

Farewell my passenger
My work here is done
I leave you in the hands of
My master

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ꜱʜᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴄᴏᴘʏʀɪɢʜᴛ ʜᴏʟᴅᴇʀ ɴᴏᴛ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ꜰᴀɴ ᴘʀᴏᴍᴏᴛɪᴏɴ, ᴘʟᴇᴀꜱᴇ ᴅʀᴏᴘ ᴀ ʟɪɴᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴍᴀᴛᴇʀɪᴀʟ ꜱʜᴀʟʟ ʙᴇ ᴅᴇʟᴇᴛᴇᴅ. ᴛʜɪꜱ ɪꜱ ᴀ ɴᴏɴ-ᴍᴏɴᴇᴛɪᴢᴇᴅ ᴄʜᴀɴɴᴇʟ ꜱᴏ ɪ'ᴍ ɴᴏᴛ ᴍᴀᴋɪɴɢ ᴍᴏɴᴇʏ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴜᴘʟᴏᴀᴅᴇᴅ ᴍᴀᴛᴇʀɪᴀʟꜱ. ᴛʜᴀɴᴋꜱ