[Verse 1]
So dark
Once an amusement park
Troubled whispers sound
On a mute merry-go-round
So cold
Once a playground of gold
Caved in long ago
And then poisoned with the snow
[Verse 2]
Oceans of time
Broken patterns align
Hearts washed upon the isle
It carries your name
Like radiance in the rain
The wailing sirens alarm
[Pre-Chorus]
Old memories hang on and gravitate by weights of sorrow
Through cracks and wounds our pain reflected in a thousand mirrors
It is time for deeds to take the shape of vows and codes of promise
The time to let our minds speak silently in the act of darkening
[Chorus]
Out of reach (Out of reach and gone from view)
One step behind (Now light is one step behind you)
Other side (On the other side of the soul)
Final role (The void resolves one final role)
[Verse 1]
So dark
Once an amusement park
Troubled whispers sound
On a mute merry-go-round
So cold
Once a playground of gold
Caved in long ago
And then poisoned with the snow
[Verse 2]
Oceans of time
Broken patterns align
Hearts washed upon the isle
It carries your name
Like radiance in the rain
The wailing sirens alarm
[Pre-Chorus]
Old memories hang on and gravitate by weights of sorrow
Through cracks and wounds our pain reflected in a thousand mirrors
It is time for deeds to take the shape of vows and codes of promise
The time to let our minds speak silently in the act of darkening
Darkening
[Chorus]
Out of reach (Out of reach and gone from view)
One step behind (Now light is one step behind you)
Other side (On the other side of the soul)
Final role (The void resolves one final role)
[Outro]
Collapse into absence
Collapse into absence
Collapse into absence
Collapse into absence
Collapse into absence
The Act of Darkening was written by Jonas Renkse.
The Act of Darkening was produced by Jonas Renkse & Anders Nyström.
Katatonia released The Act of Darkening on Mon Aug 27 2012.