The Throne Of Tragedy Lyrics - Singles - Arcturus

based on the poem "Tragediens Trone" by John Henrik Svaren, 

is translated by the undersigned, 

and hereby dedicated to Kristoffer Garm Rygg 

Hear! 

From this day forth 

are the heights of Horeb broken 

and the sea of sulphur-ice. 

And blasphemy! 

in heaven's chambers: 

Souls had fled their halls 

and closed was the book of life. 

And behold! 

The great, white throne: 

black 

with sacred blood 

Our father - 

Dead by his own hands: 

an epitaph 

worthy no king. 

And so is everything 

a nameless lie. 

Who, my god, 

am I? 

Man knows me 

as Lucifer, the serpent of old. 

The wretched hold my banner high. 

Your gift 

- all life! - 

I grant a grave 

Yet I am not your death. 

Come carry forth the crown 

to your once held throne. 

Here is where my suffering should cease 

- but alas; I am crowned 

in grief unheard of! 

In this lone monarchy 

- without a friend of foe - 

I greet the mourning sun 

with strife and a song: 

Please speak my name! 

And leave me not 

in the dust of death. 

I am weighed down 

beneath the tragedy crown, - 

nameless, 

and alone, 

a fatherless son. 

JHS 1996