The greatest verse?

[Dusk]

yah. i converted a person to metal with that part it rules.

 

[narcisco]

Well for me its Bleak, I just love the vocal melody.

 

[Anarkissed]

It's so hard to pick out a single verse...

Run away, run away. Just one second, and I was left with nothing. Her fragrance still pulsating through damp air. That day came to an end. And she had lost in me, her credence.

agreed!

MAYH has some of the best lyrics out of all the albums, IMO.

Once inside I heard whispers in the parlour.
The gilded faces grin, aware of my final demise.
And I cried, I knew she had lied.
Her obsession ahd died, it had died.
When can i take you from this place?
When is the word but a sigh?
When is death our lone beholder?
When do we walk the final steps?
When can we scream instead of whisper?
When is the new beginning, and the end of this sad MADRIGAL.

Whenever I hear that verse it's so powerful that it almost makes me wanna cry!!

And also from Orchid:

With anger the wind blew
Giving wings to my stallion
Clouds gathered across the moon
Blazing, the white light.

And finally from Deliverance:

Let me taste
Let me feel
I need to know what you keep inside
No need to speak
Just let it be
Carry out this wish for me let nothing interfere
RISE TO SUBMISSION!!!!!!!!

hehe.

The twisted vocals there always send a little chill down my spine.

 

[Eirik]

Just one second... and I was left with nothing...
Her fragrance still pulsating through damp air...
That day came to an end...
And she had lost to me her credence...

that part's just awesome...

and the transition to get there... awww... I love it...

 

[Episode 666]

Cant belive no one mentioned this part from "THe Night And the Silent Water"

"Am i like them?
Those who mourn and turn away,
those who would give anything,
to see you again.
If only, for another second"

 

[CrestForm]

Lost are the days of Spring
You sighed and let me in

Keep the beast inside
Shackled within my hide
Screaming out too late
Losing to my hate

Grew together with your skin
And paced the trails of sin

 

[atrocity]

So there I was.
Within the sobriety of the immortals.
A semblance of supernatural winds passing through.
The garden sighs, flowers die.
The gate was closed that day, but I was bound to carry on.
She could not see me through the windows.
In dismay, strangest twist upon her lips.
Graven face, she said my name.

 

[atrocity]

I am so alone, so cold
My heart is to scarred to glow
I wish the sunrise to come
Take my soul (away)
From this cold, lonely shell
I am free

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

I was foul and tainted, devoid of faith
Wearing my death-mask at birth
The hands of God, decrepit and thin
Cold caress and then nothing
I was taken away from my plight
A treason bestowed to the crowd
Branded a jonah with fevered blood
Ungodly freak, defiler

 

[Cutter]

For me, it doesn't get any better than:-

Devious movements in your eyes
Moved me from relief
Breath comes out white clouds with your lies
And filters through me

Your close to the final word
Your staring right past me in dismay
A liquid seeps from your chest
And drains me away

Mist ripples round your thin white neck
And draws me a line
Cold fingers mark this dying breath
This moment is mine

 

[atrocity]

The rain was waving goodbye, and when the night came
the forest folded its branches around me.
Something passed by, and I went into a dream.
She laughing and weeping at once: "take me away".
I don't know how or why, and I'll never know WHEN.

Fucking KICKASS

notworthy WOW one of my favorites, yeah simply KICKASS. notworthy

 

[Spod2508]

For me, it doesn't get any better than:-

Devious movements in your eyes
Moved me from relief
Breath comes out white clouds with your lies
And filters through me

Your close to the final word
Your staring right past me in dismay
A liquid seeps from your chest
And drains me away

Mist ripples round your thin white neck
And draws me a line
Cold fingers mark this dying breath
This moment is mine

I'd have to agree, the clean vocals make it even better

 

[Apoc]

They're all great!

Someone would mix an mp3 of the best parts..

Well, maybe not that good an idea.. they work better when they are kinda 'rewards' during the songs..

 

[Cutter]

I'd have to agree, the clean vocals make it even better

Yep. The harrowing lyrics insinuating murder don't really fit Steve's soft voice. Kind of makes the whole thing that much sweeter.

 

[The Evil Toucan]

Something that hasn't been posted yet:

"White face, haggard grin, this serenity painted DEATH!"

 

[TheFourthHorseman]

on top of all that you guys have mentioned :

Searching my way to perplexion
In crumbling faith I saw her
Bearing her pain in the wilderness
The gleam of her eyes
In that moment she knew

and

Into the orchard I walk peering way past the gate
Wilted scenes for us who couldn't wait
Drained by the coldest caress, stalking shadows ahead
Halo of death, all I see is departure
Mourner's lament but it's me who's the martyr

 

[deathbearer]

"I shant resist, in tears for all of eternity, she turned around and faced me for the first time"-Demon of the Fall

 

[[KOTNO]Narrot]

Something that hasn't been posted yet:

"White face, haggard grin, this serenity painted DEATH!" !

yea! best opeth verses there! with a halo of bitter disease/ black oaragon......just amazing!

 

[DE]

We walked into the night
Am I to bid you farewell?
Why cant you see
that i try
when every tear i shed
is for you?

!

definately. that's always so moving, almost as much as MDB - For My Fallen Angel.

 

[Demonspell]

Devious movements in her eyes...you know the rest.