Empty vessel under the sun wipe the dust from my face another morning black sunday coming down again empty vessel empty veins empty bottle wish for rain that pain again wash the blood off my face the pulse from my brain and i feel that pain again im looking over my shoulder cos millions will whisper im killing myself again maybe im dying faster but nothing ever lasts i remember a night from my past when i was stabbed in the back and its all coming back and i feel that pain again i abhor you i condemn you cos this pain will never end you got away without a scratch and now youre walking on a lucky path i have to laugh but you'd better watch your back theres pathetic opposition theyre the cause of my condition ill be coming back for them ive a solution for this sad situation nothing left but to kill myself again because im so empty
Anathema, Empty

Life has betrayed me once again,
I accept that some things
will never change.
I`ve left your tiny minds
magnify my agony,
And it`s left me with a
chemical dependecy for sanity.
Yes, I am falling ...
How much longer till
I hit the ground?
I can`t tell you why
I`m breaking down.
Do you wonder why I prefer
to be alone?
Have I really lost control?
I`m coming to an end,
I`ve realised what
I could have been.
I can`t sleep
so I take a breath and hide
behind my bravest mask,
I admit I`ve lost control.
Anathema, Lost Control

Come into this night
Here we'll be gone
So far away
From our weak and crumbling lives
Come into this night
When days are done
Lost and astray
In what's vanished from your eyes
What came and distorted your sight
Saw you benighted by your fright
Come into this night
Your plight alone
Carry your weight
You are flawed as all of us
Come into this night
You only home
It's never too late
To repent, suffer the loss
Come into this night
When you're able
To undo your deeds
And atone with your lonely soul
Once you're into this night
All minds are stable
Forget all your needs
Lose the grip of all control
Opeth, Benigted

There is a voice calling for me
There is a light coming down on me
There is a doubt that is clearing
There is a day that is dawning
There is a wound that is healing
There is a season waiting for me
There is a road that is turning
There is a fire still burning
A sickness in me
Constant pace towards the end
The need is stronger
This time the need is deeper
There is a peace I am searching
There is a freedom I'm depending on
There is a pain that's never ending
There is a rain falling only on me
There is a dream I am living
There is a life I'm dreaming of
There is a death I'm awaiting
There is a home I am deserting
I hold my breath in wait
Only moments remain
Movement for departed hope
Effect for absent friends
Sever the faith from my body
Leave me begging for more
Take what I have and deliver me
Into everlasting sleep
Soothing trance
Colours fade
And disappear
Ethereal light
In a motionless scene
There is only me
I take what I can
Controlling you to get ahead
Fading away
And leaving
Long for sleep
Closer now
Lead the way into death
Every wretched dream
I've left behind
Every waking hour
I lie in wait
Sucked inside by will
Gone into the flood
All my questions unfurled
As I was put to the test
Once I'm below there's
No turning back
Plunging into the deepest void
Departed shell left drained behind
Pacing roads unknown
Searching for a new home
Desert in my eye
Barren lands inside
Opeth, Master's Apprentices