The Funeral Portrait Lyrics

The Funeral Portrait lyrics

You wait by the window 
Morning’s breath on the sill 
Idle hands given another try 
So you wait and you savour the moment 
Outside the canvas turned white 
Ruby eyes in the fog 
 
Rain washing clean all the sins 
A liquid gown that covers all 
Your loathe turns endless 
Opened mirage sooths your sense 
Locked on the pinnacle 
The best secret within 
 
Like a derelict child 
Heart burning for a stranger 
Ascending to the meek 
Flock round the liars in awe 
 
Caked in the soil beneath 
Fear me when we meet 
Turn away in admiration 
My firm grip round the nucleus of joy 
 
Enough of this 
You will leave me now 
You will see it now 
Perish at my hands 
 
Solo: Lindgren, Åkerfeldt, Lindgren, Åkerfeldt 
 
Close to you 
Tangled up in hair 
Fresh stigma looks 
Shall I take you with me 
And it is cold 
Ruby eyes in the fog 
It is me 
 
And you are just like them all 
Stained by the name of fathers 
I’m greeting my downward fall 
Leaving the throes to others