Watershed Lyrics From Mikael

[ThepOpeth]

Well using the two deciphered texts I tried to put the lyrics together, though there still appears to be lines missing, maybe someone can figure them out. By the way, credit to liquidcow and heresiarch for the code, as well as everyone else busy playing detective.

1. Coil

She told me why
She told me lies
Always take care of this

I told her how
I've always stayed
Always waited for nothing

When I get out of here
When I leave you behind
I'll find that the years passed us by

And I can see you
Riding through the fields of sorrow
And I can see you
Riding through the fields of sorrow

When you get out of here
When you leave me behind
You'll find that the years passed us by

And I can see you
Riding through the fields of sorrow
And I can see you
Riding through the fields of sorrow

2. Heir Apparent

So many years to clean the slate
Endless despair within its wake
His touch soiling what used to be clean
His gaze burning on the edge of our dreams
No more

And again he rides in, it's September and he covets the gullible
Skeletal wish - hunter
A thousand lies, cast from the throne of secrecy

Hear him spewing forth a meaning to miserables lies
See the twisted hand of doubt seal the affair
The insect trust - believer
Your body a vehicle to

Pearls before swine they are nothing but blind
Submit to nothing and swallow my spit of scorn
Invisible king - dying
Procession of woe, struck down by sorrow

A burden so great weighs heavy on old and withered beliefs
The swift solution crumbles beneath the mock notes of a masterpiece
Death in his eyes - waiting
Spiralling judgement, provoked in the rains

This futile test drowned in the levee of deception

In the year of his sovereign
Rid us of your judgement
Heir apparent


3. The Lotus Eater

The liquid is in your throat
One hopeless delight

The barren waste is your land
Your crops they were sown to die
The skin is a mirror
The eyes hollow with ignorance
Health runs from your lips
Tucked in and safe in a world of sleep

All those years caring for a liar
A benefit road that is winding higher
You're a moth too close to the fire

You are stuck in a route of confusion
Changing and waiting and seeking the truth of it all

Fleeing your sorrows
Pushing your spirit away
Seeking the weakness of the psyche
A whisper from the heart of evil
Luring them all into despair
Presenting the goods of a saviour

And cries out
For the restless will also die
A selection culled from the damned, drawing a life-line of one
A friend died in your room and sought the birth of a follower

Overheard us talking in a smoke of lost hope
The language of a parting so clear and so true
Overheard us talking


4. Burden

I once upon a time
Carried a burden inside
I sung a last goodbye
A broken rhyme I had underlined
There's an ocean of sorrow in you

A sorrow in me

I saw a movement in their eyes
That said I no longer knew the way
I had given up the ghost
A passive mind submit to fear
And the wait for redemption at hand

Waiting to fail

Failing again

If death should take me now
Count my mistakes and let me through
Whisper in my ear
You've taken more than we've received
And the ocean of sorrow is you


5. Porcelain Heart

I lost all I had
(That April day)
I turned to my friends
(Nothing to say)
I wrote down a name
(And read it twice)
I wallowed in shame

I said that I loved
(Eternal schemes)
I cling to my past
(Like childish dreams)
I promised to stay
(And held my breath)
I went far away

Icy roads beneath my feet
Led me through wastelands of deceit
Rest your head now don't you cry
Don't ever ask the reason why

Kept inside our idle race
Rest your head now don't you cry
Don't ever ask the reason why

6. Hessian Peel

Will the children cry
When their mother dies
And in the autumn of their lives
Will they feel the same

Her longing for me coming down like hail
Why did you leave me

Come here inside
And tell me how
How in my final days
I'd find the rhyme

The light comes on the signal for us to act our lives
You wait beneath the white sheets and you wait forever
We all left you alone

Lock the children away from harm
They're no longer your reason why

You felt abandoned in a flock of friends
Singing praise for the dead
Awaited the face of the moon to ascend
And followed the sound in your head

7. Hex Omega

Two years in your heart
One moment of doubt
Two lives torn apart
One second from now

Held him in your arms
Your fever subsides
Always safe from harm
Kept demons inside

Still you always start running
Towards the light from the moon
We saw a mother cry
And left a space here

Technically from Mikael haha and no one post them on lyrics sites, let's keep this within the forumers!

 

[Godhead59]

Very nice! The lyrics to Heir Apparent are staggering imo.

 

[ThepOpeth]

Very nice! The lyrics to Heir Apparent are staggering imo.

agreed.

 

[BefriendedUnit]

You didn't need to repost it, and your thread lacks any spoiler warnings for those that want to solve the cipher on their own. take it down plz/

 

[Amaran9th]

You didn't need to repost it, and your thread lacks any spoiler warnings for those that want to solve the cipher on their own. take it down plz/

Not to mention there are still lyrics missing so it is still very much a work in progress. And I am not Mikael, I'm not even one of the guys who translated the code.

 

[Cerberus III]

Yeah this thread is sort of like a premature birth...

 

[Vega Skater]

Agreed. Cerberus, I keep thinking your Mario avatar is Raul Julia as M Bison, it's freaking me out!

 

[Metamyr]

It might be as "mature" as this birth is gonna get... Unless there's more code hidden elsewhere, the rest will just be speculation...

Also, I don't think a spoiler warning is really necessary, since the code translations are all garbled anyways, and this is the pieced together version.

 

[froghawk]

This version is more complete, and indicates where the missing text is:

COIL

She told me why she told me lies
Always take care of this
I told her how I've always stayed
Always waiting for nothing

When I get out of here
When I leave you behind
I'll find that the years passed us by

And I can see you
Riding through the fields of sorrow

When you get out of here
When you leave me behind
You'll find that the years passed us by

And I can see you
Riding through the fields of sorrow


HEIR APPARENT

(Missing lines)

So many years to clean the slate
Endless despair within its wake
His touch soiling what used to be clean
His gaze burning on the edge of our dreams no more

(Missing lines)

And again he rides in, it's September and he covets the gullible
Skeletal wish
Hunter
A thousand lies, cast from the throne of secrecy

Hear him spewing forth meaning to miserable lies
See the twisted hand of doubt seal the affair
The insect trust
Believer
Your body a vehicle to ?

Pearls before swine they are nothing but blind
Submit to nothing and swallow my spit of scorn
Invisible king
Dying
Procession of woe, struck down by sorrow
A burden so great weighs heavy on old and withered beliefs
The swift solution crumbles beneath the mock notes of a masterpiece
Death in his eyes
Waiting
Spiralling judgement, provoked in the rains

This futile test drowned in the levee of deception

In the year of his sovereign
Rid us of your judgement
Heir apparent


THE LOTUS EATER

The liquid is in your throat
One hopeless delight

(Missing verse)

The barren waste is your land
Your crops, they were sown to die

The skin is a mirror
The eyes hollow with ignorance
Health runs from your lips
Tucked in and safe in a world of sleep

All those years caring for a liar
A benefit road that is winding higher
You're a moth too close to the fire

You are stuck in a route of confusion
Changing and waiting and seeking the truth of it all

Fleeing your sorrows
Pushing your spirit away

The weakness of the psyche
A whisper from the heart of evil luring them all into despair
Resenting the goods of a savior

And cries out
For the restless will also die

A selection culled from the damned, drawing a lifeline of one
A friend died in your room and sought the birth of a follower

O brother, you are a killer and you target yourself
I wish you had never come back for us to see the beckoning end

And the pride of a mother brought flaws in a mother's son
And the love from a father was used by a father's son

Overheard us talking in a smoke of lost hope
The language of a parting so clear and so true
Overheard us talking


BURDEN

I once upon a time
Carried a burden inside
I sung a last goodbye
A broken rhyme I had underlined
There's an ocean of sorrow in you

A sorrow in me

I saw a movement in their eyes
That said I no longer knew the way
I had given up the ghost
A passive mind submit to fear
And the wait for redemption at hand

Waiting to fail

Failing again

If death should take me now
Count my mistakes and let me through
Whisper in my ear
You have taken more than we've recieved
And the ocean of sorrow is you


PORCELAIN HEART

I lost all I had that April day
I turned to my friends - nothing to say
I wrote down a name and read it twice
I wallowed in shame

I said that I loved eternal schemes
I cling to my past like childish dreams
I promised to stay and held my breath
I went far away

Icy roads beneath my feet lead me through wastelands of deceit
Rest your head now - don't you cry
Don't ever ask the reason why

Kept inside our idle race
(Missing line - Ghost of an idol's false embrace)
Rest your head now - don't you cry
Don't ever ask the reason why


HESSIAN PEEL

Will the children cry
When their mother dies
And in the autumn of their lives
Will they feel the same

Her longing for me coming down like hail
Why did you leave me

Come here inside and tell me how
How in my final days
I'd find the rhyme

The light comes on
The signal for us to act out our lives
You wait beneath the white sheets and you wait forever
The light comes on
Your weakness (Missing line)
So I left you alone
We all left you alone

Lock the children away from harm
They're no longer your reason why
(Missing lines - Seeking ? with a dagger
Skin is marked by the years of trials)

You felt abandoned in a flock of friends
Singing praise for the dead
Awaited the face of the moon to ascend
And followed the sound in your head


(Note: backwards lyrics also missing)


HEX OMEGA

Two years in your heart
One moment of doubt
Two lives torn apart
One second from now

Held him in your arms
Your fever subsides
Always safe from harm
Kept demons inside

Still you always start running
Towards the light from the moon
We saw a mother cry
And left a space here


Other:

Your mother told me to stay and your father told me to stay
They said I'm the son now and they told you that you never existed

My best friend who I'd been supporting financially told me I was nothing without him

A drop of blood was visible between her fingers
She gave me the cup of coffee and said I like you
I have always liked you very very much

There is a surreal painting on her wall
Looking at it I couldn't decide whether the person in it was looking at me or walking away from me
I had made it years ago and it was made as a self portrait of the future me

The address is already marked down in my map
I am very familiar with the place as I'd studied it since I drew the map at age

She was trying to get my attention by getting overly intoxicated
She said I had changed her life and that one day we would be married

 

[BefriendedUnit]

yeah but no one outside of the cipher thread knew that it was the lyrics

 

[Heresiarch]

Some day the "your mother told me" part is from The Lotus Eater at 3:10, although I tested that and rejected it when I was working out the lyrics last night.

 

[Heir Apparent]

Heir Apparent lyrics SLAY!

 

[DEMIgOD]

i cannot wait to read these with the album!

 

[Whisper and Weep]

Hmm.. I have a hunch about something
The lyrics that aren't in the songs could be telling the story of the artwork book.

Picture 1- Your mother told me to stay and your father told me to stay
They said I'm the son now and they told you that you never existed

Picture 2-My best friend who I'd been supporting financially told me I was nothing without him

Picture 3- A drop of blood was visible between her fingers
She gave me the cup of coffee and said I like you
I have always liked you very very much

Picture 4- There is a surreal painting on her wall
Looking at it I couldn't decide whether the person in it was looking at me or walking away from me
I had made it years ago and it was made as a self portrait of the future me

Picture 5- The address is already marked down in my map
I am very familiar with the place as I'd studied it since I drew the map at age

Picture 6- She was trying to get my attention by getting overly intoxicated
She said I had changed her life and that one day we would be married

Something to think about.

Also note: The picture where it looks as if the kid is watching his parents argue has the same yellow and white curtain as on the cover

Its possible that the man sitting at his desk on the cover is in fact the boy grown.

 

[froghawk]

realistically, we're missing very little. about 6 two-word phrases from HA, a verse from TLE (2-4 lines), 1 line from PH, and 3 lines from HP. Plus all of Derelict Herds, of course. Really not bad.

 

[Necropeth]

This is fun founding out the lyrics but for fucks sake put up a spoiler wanring. I had no clue this was the code when i clicked on it....but oh well.

 

[HoursOfDebt]

Its possible that the man sitting at his desk on the cover is in fact the boy grown.

you just blew my mind... now im scared.

 

[Perdido]

If you would've either read the thread title or simply left the thread after seeing what appeared to be the deciphered lyrics in the original post, you'd be fine. Seems simple to me, and I don't consider myself a genius.

 

[Necropeth]

Watch Mikael come by and be like "You idiots, they are all just regular people, nothing special."
No but seriously i hope theres a cool story behind all this

 

[HoursOfDebt]

yeah and i hope it involves ninjas.