OpethBlack Rose Immortal (20:09)

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Black Rose Immortal is a 20 minute epic by Opeth from their 1996 album Morningrise.

Lyrics:

In the name of desperation
I call your name
A lamentation I sigh
Again and again

Spiritual eclipse
The gateways are closed for me to seek

The night…
A veil of stars, watching
My shadow is born from light
The light of the eye, in darkness

Over troubled waters memories soar
Endlessly, searching night and day
The moonlight caresses a lonely hill
With the calmness of a whisper

I wear a naked soul
A blank face in the streaming water
It is cold in here
Frost scar my coat with dust

Eyes attach to your mute portrait
We spoke only through thoughts
Together we gazed, awaited
Hours brought thirst and the rising sun

Sunbirds leave their dark recesses
Shadows gild the archways

Do not turn your face towards me
Confronting me with my lonliness
You are in a forest unknown
The secret orchard
And your voice is vast and achromatic
But still so precious

Lullaby of the crescent moon took you
Mesmerized, its kaleidoscopic face
Granted you a hollow stare
Another soul within the divine herd

I have kept it
The amaranth symbol
Hiddin inside the golden shrine
Until we rejoice in the meadow
Of the end
When we both walk the shadows
It will set ablaze and vanish
Black rose immortal

It is getting dark again
Dusk shuffle across the fields
The evening trees moan as if they knew
At night I always dream of you
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  • impulsiveS

    It makes me sad that Mikael will probably never write stuff like this again. [3] But at the same time it's a good thing that Opeth evolves and don't make the mistake of repeating themselves.

    13 hours ago
  • blackemperior

    19:01

    yesterday evening
  • hipstatomic

    It makes me sad that Mikael will probably never write stuff like this again. [3]

    last week
  • thegorian666

    It makes me sad that Mikael will probably never write stuff like this again. [2]

    9 days ago
  • Metality

    You mean "will definitely never".

    18 days ago
  • spiteface

    It makes me sad that Mikael will probably never write stuff like this again.

    26 days ago
  • versionfiv

    i have some ~15 minute mp3 that says its from a 1993 rehearsal..

    last month
  • AshaDeliverance

    this is too short :\

    last month
  • dark_wisdom

    there's a riff at the second part (13:48 exactly) that sounds like the "ohhhohhhh" chorus section of mercyful fate's "is that you melissa?"

    last month
  • LiquidEternity

    My version of this song is around 23 minutes... but that might be because I keep rewinding it to about 18:55 over and over again.

    last month
  • ManiektheGiant

    masterpiece

    March 2012
  • Sanity_Theorist

    All about the last 8 minutes...holy crap is this awesome. Spent 3 hours of my life on this track!

    March 2012
  • salagadam

    lastfm radio's version sux. some riffs are very unclear.

    March 2012
  • goku_utd

    Damn right it is.

    March 2012
  • DivisionEule

    Too short.

    March 2012
  • goku_utd

    My favourite Opeth of them all.

    March 2012
  • goku_utd

    Holy mother of God!

    February 2012
  • ferociousdanny

    Opeth needs another epic.

    February 2012
  • The_opethian

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    February 2012
  • rezdechausee

    Wow, Mikael's (clean) singing ability has definitely improved since this album...

    January 2012
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