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Tracks
01. Career Suicide (Is Not Real Suicide)
02. Travelling Alone
03. Alternate Ending
04. Lightning & Snow
05. Finality
06. Death Is Not An Exit
07. Adora Vivos
08. Silver
09. Modern Life Is Architecture
10. Kiss My Ashes Goodbye (Part 1)
11. Kiss My Ashes Goodbye (Part 2)
01. Career Suicide (Is Not Real Suicide)
Music by Woods Of Ypres
Lyrics by David Gold
We were born to live, in a desperate time
Where it seems the death of dreams, is the end of life
But we have only one life to live, just one opportunity
And failure is not the end of the world, that's just society!
Career suicide is not real suicide, Career suicide is alright
Career suicide is not real suicide, Career suicide is fine
We are all expendable, and we can be replaced.
They have supplies of infinite lives, and no time to waste.
But we have only one life to live, one time to exist
And though there is no afterlife (after all), there is still more to life than this!
Career suicide is not real suicide, Career suicide is alright
Career suicide is not real suicide, Career suicide is fine
Career suicide is not real suicide it's not real suicide at all...
Career suicide is not real suicide, it's not the end of the world...
Death is the failure of our parts,
Failure is just the death of dreams
There's more to life than suc-cess
but only death is real...
02. Travelling Alone
Music by Woods Of Ypres
Lyrics by David Gold
When I look around you I understand why you believe
I see your evidence of God, all around me
You have so therefore you are. But I have not.
You've seen the evidence of God in your life, but I have none.
When I was questioned, I shook my head and starred
I was traveling alone, and had nothing to declare
He asked how I knew for sure
And would I tell everyone I knew
If it would hurt to know the truth
I can be thankful to be alive but I despise this life.
in all my years, at best, have only learned just to survive.
But When I look around you I understand why you believe
I see your evidence of God, all around me
You have so therefore you are. But I have not.
You've seen the evidence of God but I have not and I have none
(When he asked me,) I shook my head and laughed
I never had a taste for life
and I felt there was no turning back
Would I try to take away their hope?
Replace it with reality / and offer them reality
Exchange their joy with my bleak view
And leave them miserable like me?
I have searched and I have tried to find a place where I can be
I love my homeland dearly but never carved a place in society
But When I look around you I understand why you believe
I see your evidence of God, all around me
You have so therefore you are, but I have not
You are too rich for hate, and I am too poor to love.
When I asked him, he shook his head and stared
"I see no evidence of God, in the men from the west"
03. Alternate Ending
Music by Woods Of Ypres
Lyrics by David Gold
In the darkness, under the stars, With enough warning, to pull off to the side, in time
In the end, was there anyone to share in your joy?
I woke up one day...and realized it was already over
Back On the highway, under the moon, my final moments, still wondering about you...
In the end, was there anyone to share in your joy?
I woke up for years without you, to realize it was already over, for me
Now making amendments... to the dream / story...
Changing the ending, as I would like it, to be
We were together, in a memory
And We live forever, in finality.
Holding on...To a dream...
When the end... couldn't come slow enough for me.
Holding on...
04. Lightning & Snow
Music by Woods Of Ypres
Lyrics by David Gold
There was a flash of lightning, Followed by snow
In a moment of silence (for myself), After a shock to the soul
With a look of disbelief, Alone and numb to the cold
I knew the last moment had passed, Before enduring years of sorrow
There was a crack of electric light, coming down from a darkened sky
My dreams flashed before my eyes, as they were erased from my life.
There was a flash of lightning, Followed by snow
'Twas just the moment of change, Before years of sorrow
The shock and awe, the fright and woe
I only had one life to live, and life said no.
The loss of love, has left me hollow
All bliss twists into pain, Where there was joy, years of grief have followed!
There was a flash of lightning, followed by snow
It struck my heart, only once...which made me want it more
The emptiness it left in me, will always need to be filled
For it will be there all the time, from now on, forever more.
There was a crack of electric light, coming down from a darkened sky
My dreams flashed before my eyes, AS they were erased from my life.
There was a flash of lightning, Followed by snow
Twas just a moment of pain, Before years of sorrow
The shock and awe, the fright and woe
And when I asked for a second chance, life said no.
05. Finality
Music by Woods Of Ypres
Lyrics by David Gold
When we have all gone, to the silence of eternity...
To first be forgotten, and lost in, the records of the earth
Could I still miss you, then, in the time and space after life
When no one is searching anymore, and where we are nowhere to be found
We didn't spend our life together
and I will miss you forever
The choice was mine, To long for a time, that will never come
Though we leave the world apart, I, still went peacefully, quietly,
with you, still, firmly... in my heart.
I will wait forever. I wait...
06. Death Is Not An Exit
Music by Woods Of Ypres
Lyrics by David Gold
The bleak life and modern times
Of grey skies and electric light
Life... life... So life is precious, after all
Respect the body, for it is all you really are
Life... life... So life is precious after all
Protect the body, for it is all that keeps you on
We are confined, to the nature of reality
Where the failure of our system, will be the end of our dream
Between the fields of darkness, before and after we exist
Earth is a spiritual place, but there is nothing after this.
We were nothing... for a billion years before our time
And we will be... nothing more again, for an eternity yet to come
Whoa! Death is not an exit (death is the flick of the switch)
Whoa! Death is not an exit (death is a flick of off the switch)
The bleak life and modern times...Of grey skies and electric light
In the bleak life and modern times...Of grey skies and electric light.
07. Adora Vivos
Music by Woods Of Ypres
Lyrics by David Gold
A moment of silence... but not one moment more
The dead are to be forgotten, we are here to be...adored
Look me, in the eyes, don't believe a word they say
For life is good, life is glory, though we live, one life only
Tell me, in real time, don't hesitate to profess
Love me, in the flesh, don't wait 'till death to sing my praise
A moment of silence... but not one moment more
The dead are to be forgotten, we are here to be adored
IN the bleak life and modern times, Under grey skies and electric light
Mortal men are living gods, More real than any God ever was
Adora Vivos - Our people are civilized... Love the living while they're still alive
Adora Vivos - Our people are civilized... we shouldn't worship the dead.
In The bleak life and modern times, Under grey skies and electric light
Where the living still walk the earth alone, more real than any God ever was
In bleak life, (We are realer than gods!) - More real than any God ever was
In modern times (we are realer than Gods!) - More real than any God ever was
Under grey skies and electric light, we the living still walk the earth alone
Where mortal men are living gods, more real than any God...ever was.
A moment of silence, (for the dead) but not one moment more
They've all gone to be forgotten, we're still here, to be adored
Look me, in the face, and don't believe a word I say
This life is hard, this life is lonely, and we are here, for one night only
See the pain, in my eyes, the defeat, of my age
Feel the urgency of time, and don't wait 'till death to sing my praise
A moment of silence (for the dead), but not one moment more
The dead are to be forgotten, we are here to be adored
If you're waiting for tomorrow, save yourself for another day
But if you're living in the moment, don't wait ('till death) to sing my praise
In The bleak life and modern times, Under grey skies and electric light
Mortal men are living Gods, More real than any God ever was.
08. Silver
Music by Woods Of Ypres
Lyrics by David Gold
Come when you need me, leave me when you need to be free
Come when you want me, leave me when you need me to understand
Did you fall out of love, because you fell in love again?
Did you fall out of love, because you fell in love, with someone new?
When the new love, shined with all the promise of all I couldn't give to you.
And the new life offered all you wanted, and you had to choose
I helped to carry you, I took good care of you, I wanted us to continue
But I knew, that you would leave, when the time was right for you.
Life was a relay I passed it off to you. You ran away, and won the race
You never looked back, to see what happened to me, For I was only second place
When the new love, shined with all the promise of all I couldn't give to you.
And the new life offered all you wanted, and you were asked to choose.
We come together to share your sorrows - where you save yourself for someone else.
You keep your distance in times of hope, while I cry (for you) all by myself
When you're silver, you never come first, When you're silver, the truth always hurts.
I don't want unconditional love, I'll always need to be judged
I don't want a traditional love, I'll always need to be wanted/loved by someone else
When did the city make you so cold?
We share your sorrows but I dine alone...
When did the city make you so cold?
I cry alone - while you dine with someone else
When did the city make you so cold?
We cry together but I dine alone...
When did the city make you so cold?
We share your sorrows but I dine alone... I always dine alone...
09. Modern Life Is Architecture
Music by Woods Of Ypres
Lyrics by David Gold
When we're young, we design a plan, we work, we build, we make it real
and in the moment it becomes complete, The first cracks start to appear
A weak foundation, finally revealed
in the desperation, when the walls came tumbling down
Oh, In my prime - Oh, never to return
Oh, as I once was - A broken man, Living half a life... (without you...)
On the path to recovery, As a sign of the times, / with the empires crumbling
I left all dreams abandoned, On the steps of a modern life
In defeat we redesign the plan, and we give it just one more chance
As we take another deep breath, and prepare for the worst, again
A life in crisis, is always threatened by time
For the longer it takes to be restored...
the less likely it is to occur.
Oh, In my prime - Oh, never to return
Oh, as I once was- A broken man, Living all alone... (without you...)
On the path to recovery, with the empires crumbling
I left all dreams abandoned, On the steps of a modern life
On the path to recovery, with the empires crumbling
I left all dreams abandoned with you, On the steps of a modern life
There is always hope, of course, that one day, we will rise again
but this modern life architecture, Is crumbling, under the weight of the world.
10. Kiss My Ashes Goodbye (Part 1)
Music by Woods Of Ypres
Lyrics by David Gold
To mourn the end is to say goodbye
Not To yearn for that which we will never have again
We cry for our life together - because we know it will end
And we try to understand, how we could ever love again
Save your tears, at the end of our time...
We've cried enough in our lives, / at the end of our time, just kiss my ashes goodbye
We miss them so much now that they are gone
Took them for granted for living, so long
We read their words again, and we listen to them again
as we start to understand, what they were trying to say, all along
Ohhhh, save your tears,
At the end of our time, kiss my ashes goodbye.
Whoa! Kiss my ashes goodbye.
11. Kiss My Ashes Goodbye (Part 2)
Music by Woods Of Ypres
Lyrics by David Gold
Curse all those who were so vain
who felt entitled to hold a place on the earth as a grave for their remains
but no monument for me, please... I am not one of them
I didn't need it in life, I won't need it in death
Whoa, just kiss my ashes goodbye
Whoa, when I die...kiss my ashes goodbye
When words become irrelevant,
and you start to feel as though ...you've been misled
Keep me out of sight, leave me out of mind...
when the thought no longer serves you / when I no longer serve you, just let the memories die (...and move on)
Whoa, kiss my ashes goodbye
Whoa, when I die...kiss my ashes goodbye.
Band info | Discography | Bio and logos | Videos | Trivia | Edit lyrics [Print this page] Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on MySpace StumbleUpon.com Delicious
Tracks
01. Career Suicide (Is Not Real Suicide)
02. Travelling Alone
03. Alternate Ending
04. Lightning & Snow
05. Finality
06. Death Is Not An Exit
07. Adora Vivos
08. Silver
09. Modern Life Is Architecture
10. Kiss My Ashes Goodbye (Part 1)
11. Kiss My Ashes Goodbye (Part 2)
01. Career Suicide (Is Not Real Suicide)
Music by Woods Of Ypres
Lyrics by David Gold
We were born to live, in a desperate time
Where it seems the death of dreams, is the end of life
But we have only one life to live, just one opportunity
And failure is not the end of the world, that's just society!
Career suicide is not real suicide, Career suicide is alright
Career suicide is not real suicide, Career suicide is fine
We are all expendable, and we can be replaced.
They have supplies of infinite lives, and no time to waste.
But we have only one life to live, one time to exist
And though there is no afterlife (after all), there is still more to life than this!
Career suicide is not real suicide, Career suicide is alright
Career suicide is not real suicide, Career suicide is fine
Career suicide is not real suicide it's not real suicide at all...
Career suicide is not real suicide, it's not the end of the world...
Death is the failure of our parts,
Failure is just the death of dreams
There's more to life than suc-cess
but only death is real...
02. Travelling Alone
Music by Woods Of Ypres
Lyrics by David Gold
When I look around you I understand why you believe
I see your evidence of God, all around me
You have so therefore you are. But I have not.
You've seen the evidence of God in your life, but I have none.
When I was questioned, I shook my head and starred
I was traveling alone, and had nothing to declare
He asked how I knew for sure
And would I tell everyone I knew
If it would hurt to know the truth
I can be thankful to be alive but I despise this life.
in all my years, at best, have only learned just to survive.
But When I look around you I understand why you believe
I see your evidence of God, all around me
You have so therefore you are. But I have not.
You've seen the evidence of God but I have not and I have none
(When he asked me,) I shook my head and laughed
I never had a taste for life
and I felt there was no turning back
Would I try to take away their hope?
Replace it with reality / and offer them reality
Exchange their joy with my bleak view
And leave them miserable like me?
I have searched and I have tried to find a place where I can be
I love my homeland dearly but never carved a place in society
But When I look around you I understand why you believe
I see your evidence of God, all around me
You have so therefore you are, but I have not
You are too rich for hate, and I am too poor to love.
When I asked him, he shook his head and stared
"I see no evidence of God, in the men from the west"
03. Alternate Ending
Music by Woods Of Ypres
Lyrics by David Gold
In the darkness, under the stars, With enough warning, to pull off to the side, in time
In the end, was there anyone to share in your joy?
I woke up one day...and realized it was already over
Back On the highway, under the moon, my final moments, still wondering about you...
In the end, was there anyone to share in your joy?
I woke up for years without you, to realize it was already over, for me
Now making amendments... to the dream / story...
Changing the ending, as I would like it, to be
We were together, in a memory
And We live forever, in finality.
Holding on...To a dream...
When the end... couldn't come slow enough for me.
Holding on...
04. Lightning & Snow
Music by Woods Of Ypres
Lyrics by David Gold
There was a flash of lightning, Followed by snow
In a moment of silence (for myself), After a shock to the soul
With a look of disbelief, Alone and numb to the cold
I knew the last moment had passed, Before enduring years of sorrow
There was a crack of electric light, coming down from a darkened sky
My dreams flashed before my eyes, as they were erased from my life.
There was a flash of lightning, Followed by snow
'Twas just the moment of change, Before years of sorrow
The shock and awe, the fright and woe
I only had one life to live, and life said no.
The loss of love, has left me hollow
All bliss twists into pain, Where there was joy, years of grief have followed!
There was a flash of lightning, followed by snow
It struck my heart, only once...which made me want it more
The emptiness it left in me, will always need to be filled
For it will be there all the time, from now on, forever more.
There was a crack of electric light, coming down from a darkened sky
My dreams flashed before my eyes, AS they were erased from my life.
There was a flash of lightning, Followed by snow
Twas just a moment of pain, Before years of sorrow
The shock and awe, the fright and woe
And when I asked for a second chance, life said no.
05. Finality
Music by Woods Of Ypres
Lyrics by David Gold
When we have all gone, to the silence of eternity...
To first be forgotten, and lost in, the records of the earth
Could I still miss you, then, in the time and space after life
When no one is searching anymore, and where we are nowhere to be found
We didn't spend our life together
and I will miss you forever
The choice was mine, To long for a time, that will never come
Though we leave the world apart, I, still went peacefully, quietly,
with you, still, firmly... in my heart.
I will wait forever. I wait...
06. Death Is Not An Exit
Music by Woods Of Ypres
Lyrics by David Gold
The bleak life and modern times
Of grey skies and electric light
Life... life... So life is precious, after all
Respect the body, for it is all you really are
Life... life... So life is precious after all
Protect the body, for it is all that keeps you on
We are confined, to the nature of reality
Where the failure of our system, will be the end of our dream
Between the fields of darkness, before and after we exist
Earth is a spiritual place, but there is nothing after this.
We were nothing... for a billion years before our time
And we will be... nothing more again, for an eternity yet to come
Whoa! Death is not an exit (death is the flick of the switch)
Whoa! Death is not an exit (death is a flick of off the switch)
The bleak life and modern times...Of grey skies and electric light
In the bleak life and modern times...Of grey skies and electric light.
07. Adora Vivos
Music by Woods Of Ypres
Lyrics by David Gold
A moment of silence... but not one moment more
The dead are to be forgotten, we are here to be...adored
Look me, in the eyes, don't believe a word they say
For life is good, life is glory, though we live, one life only
Tell me, in real time, don't hesitate to profess
Love me, in the flesh, don't wait 'till death to sing my praise
A moment of silence... but not one moment more
The dead are to be forgotten, we are here to be adored
IN the bleak life and modern times, Under grey skies and electric light
Mortal men are living gods, More real than any God ever was
Adora Vivos - Our people are civilized... Love the living while they're still alive
Adora Vivos - Our people are civilized... we shouldn't worship the dead.
In The bleak life and modern times, Under grey skies and electric light
Where the living still walk the earth alone, more real than any God ever was
In bleak life, (We are realer than gods!) - More real than any God ever was
In modern times (we are realer than Gods!) - More real than any God ever was
Under grey skies and electric light, we the living still walk the earth alone
Where mortal men are living gods, more real than any God...ever was.
A moment of silence, (for the dead) but not one moment more
They've all gone to be forgotten, we're still here, to be adored
Look me, in the face, and don't believe a word I say
This life is hard, this life is lonely, and we are here, for one night only
See the pain, in my eyes, the defeat, of my age
Feel the urgency of time, and don't wait 'till death to sing my praise
A moment of silence (for the dead), but not one moment more
The dead are to be forgotten, we are here to be adored
If you're waiting for tomorrow, save yourself for another day
But if you're living in the moment, don't wait ('till death) to sing my praise
In The bleak life and modern times, Under grey skies and electric light
Mortal men are living Gods, More real than any God ever was.
08. Silver
Music by Woods Of Ypres
Lyrics by David Gold
Come when you need me, leave me when you need to be free
Come when you want me, leave me when you need me to understand
Did you fall out of love, because you fell in love again?
Did you fall out of love, because you fell in love, with someone new?
When the new love, shined with all the promise of all I couldn't give to you.
And the new life offered all you wanted, and you had to choose
I helped to carry you, I took good care of you, I wanted us to continue
But I knew, that you would leave, when the time was right for you.
Life was a relay I passed it off to you. You ran away, and won the race
You never looked back, to see what happened to me, For I was only second place
When the new love, shined with all the promise of all I couldn't give to you.
And the new life offered all you wanted, and you were asked to choose.
We come together to share your sorrows - where you save yourself for someone else.
You keep your distance in times of hope, while I cry (for you) all by myself
When you're silver, you never come first, When you're silver, the truth always hurts.
I don't want unconditional love, I'll always need to be judged
I don't want a traditional love, I'll always need to be wanted/loved by someone else
When did the city make you so cold?
We share your sorrows but I dine alone...
When did the city make you so cold?
I cry alone - while you dine with someone else
When did the city make you so cold?
We cry together but I dine alone...
When did the city make you so cold?
We share your sorrows but I dine alone... I always dine alone...
09. Modern Life Is Architecture
Music by Woods Of Ypres
Lyrics by David Gold
When we're young, we design a plan, we work, we build, we make it real
and in the moment it becomes complete, The first cracks start to appear
A weak foundation, finally revealed
in the desperation, when the walls came tumbling down
Oh, In my prime - Oh, never to return
Oh, as I once was - A broken man, Living half a life... (without you...)
On the path to recovery, As a sign of the times, / with the empires crumbling
I left all dreams abandoned, On the steps of a modern life
In defeat we redesign the plan, and we give it just one more chance
As we take another deep breath, and prepare for the worst, again
A life in crisis, is always threatened by time
For the longer it takes to be restored...
the less likely it is to occur.
Oh, In my prime - Oh, never to return
Oh, as I once was- A broken man, Living all alone... (without you...)
On the path to recovery, with the empires crumbling
I left all dreams abandoned, On the steps of a modern life
On the path to recovery, with the empires crumbling
I left all dreams abandoned with you, On the steps of a modern life
There is always hope, of course, that one day, we will rise again
but this modern life architecture, Is crumbling, under the weight of the world.
10. Kiss My Ashes Goodbye (Part 1)
Music by Woods Of Ypres
Lyrics by David Gold
To mourn the end is to say goodbye
Not To yearn for that which we will never have again
We cry for our life together - because we know it will end
And we try to understand, how we could ever love again
Save your tears, at the end of our time...
We've cried enough in our lives, / at the end of our time, just kiss my ashes goodbye
We miss them so much now that they are gone
Took them for granted for living, so long
We read their words again, and we listen to them again
as we start to understand, what they were trying to say, all along
Ohhhh, save your tears,
At the end of our time, kiss my ashes goodbye.
Whoa! Kiss my ashes goodbye.
11. Kiss My Ashes Goodbye (Part 2)
Music by Woods Of Ypres
Lyrics by David Gold
Curse all those who were so vain
who felt entitled to hold a place on the earth as a grave for their remains
but no monument for me, please... I am not one of them
I didn't need it in life, I won't need it in death
Whoa, just kiss my ashes goodbye
Whoa, when I die...kiss my ashes goodbye
When words become irrelevant,
and you start to feel as though ...you've been misled
Keep me out of sight, leave me out of mind...
when the thought no longer serves you / when I no longer serve you, just let the memories die (...and move on)
Whoa, kiss my ashes goodbye
Whoa, when I die...kiss my ashes goodbye.
Det Som Engang Var
Viking Bastard
refraction
Member
I like the lyrics on Allure of the Earth a lot. The Will to Give is very good as well, if not that well written at times.
azal
love is the answer
they are not awful, it's just his style. extremely direct, almost to the point of sounding infantile. Considering he's a native english speaker and guessing that he has a slightly above average intelligence (considering he was the creative force behind this band musically as well), I'd say the simplicity of the lyrics is 100 percent intentional.
Sometimes they make me cringe as well, but I respect it as a legitimate style of writing lyrics and I think it works well with the music, especially recently.
refraction
Member
Well, David was a huge Type O Negative fan, and to me his style of lyrics really seems influenced by ol' Pete. I love this album...such a shame he had to go and die.
Det Som Engang Var
Viking Bastard
E-bortion
Omae wa mo shindeiru
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I'd hope they were as he intended, otherwise that would be bizarre. I respect anyone who is willingly putting their words out there for others, doesn't mean I find it any less awful 
Bad lyrics are bad, no matter the style, or in this case how "direct" they may be. If they suck, they suck. Complex styles can suck. Simple and direct can suck. Suck = suck = suck.
This isn't to say cheesy and depressive are always bad. Look at Patrick Walker's lyrics. Very, very direct and simple. His lyrics are also cheesy as hell. I still think they rule, though.
I'll go on to say that not all of Woods' lyrics suck, just most of them. I think it's their later works that I like less and less lyrically but still love musically. Woods 5 is amazing but god, the lyrics make me cringe. If I want that kind of lyrical content/delivery I'll listen to Katatonia (which I do, frequently.) That being said, I'm still a huge fan!
Bad lyrics are bad, no matter the style, or in this case how "direct" they may be. If they suck, they suck. Complex styles can suck. Simple and direct can suck. Suck = suck = suck. This isn't to say cheesy and depressive are always bad. Look at Patrick Walker's lyrics. Very, very direct and simple. His lyrics are also cheesy as hell. I still think they rule, though.
I'll go on to say that not all of Woods' lyrics suck, just most of them. I think it's their later works that I like less and less lyrically but still love musically. Woods 5 is amazing but god, the lyrics make me cringe. If I want that kind of lyrical content/delivery I'll listen to Katatonia (which I do, frequently.) That being said, I'm still a huge fan!
derek
Grey Eminence
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