The 6th track off Subterranean and The Jester Race, “Dead Eternity” tells a story dealing with the passing of life into death, the anguish of transpiring through life, through the acceptance of death itself, and the aftermath of how nothing else will ever come after life, for eternity.
[Refrain]
You'll never be alone again
You'll never die again
You'll never be born again
You'll forever be, stuck here in eternity
[Verse 1]
I bid you welcome to my world
They call me existence
You have just entered through the gate
To your journey towards eternity
[Hook]
This part I control (This part I control)
This part I control (This part I control)
[Verse 2]
In the beginning you'll fear nothing
As I climb beside you
Time will be your master
In this laborious part of human subsistence
[Hook]
This part I control (This part I control)
[Verse 3]
Black clouds embraces your soul
Slowly passing through
Repeating lacunas of anguish
When time takes your life
I will transfer you into
The bare grip of thinking tranquillity
Voices frilling the emptiness of the dead
[Bridge]
Floating seamless across the surface
Into chilling stillness
Nothing can help you now
Nothing, nothing
Nothing can help you now
[Refrain]
You'll never be alone again
You'll never die again
You'll never be born again
You'll forever be, stuck here in eternity
Dead Eternity was written by Jesper Strömblad & Glenn Ljungström & Jocke Göthberg.
Dead Eternity was produced by In Flames & Fredrik Nordström.
In Flames released Dead Eternity on Tue Feb 20 1996.