Beneath The Mire Lyrics - Ghost Reveries - Opeth

Haunted nights for haleyon days 

Can't sleep to the scraping of his voice 

Nature's way struck grief in me 

And I became a ghost in sickness 

Willingly guided into heresy 

Beneath the surface, stark emptiness 

And you'd pity my conviction 

Whereas I thought of myself as a leader 

You'd cling to your pleasant hope 

It is twisted fascination 

While I'd ruin the obstacles into despair 

And I'm praising death 

Lost love of the heart 

In a holocaust scene memory 

Decrepit body wearing transparent skin 

Inside, the smoke of failure 

Wept for solace and submit to faith 

In his shadow I'm choking 

Yet flourishing 

Master 

A delusion made me stronger 

Yet I'm draped in pale withering flesh 

I sacrificed more than I had 

And left my woes beneath the mire