Ghost of Mother
Lingering death
Ghost on Mother's bed
Black strands on the pillow
Contour of her health
Twisted face upon the head

Ghost of perdition
Stuck in her chest
A warning no one read
Tragic friendship
Called inside the fog, uh
Pouring venom, brew deceiving

Devil cracked the earthly shell
Foretold she was the one
Blew hope into the room and said:
"You have to live before you die young"

Devil cracked the earthly shell
Foretold she was the one
Blew hope into the room and said:
"You have to live before you die young"

Uh, holding her down
Channeling darkness
Hemlock for the gods
Fading resistance
Draining the weakness
Penetrating inner light

Road into the dark unaware
Winding ever higher

Ha ya ya ya ya ya
Ha
Ha ya ya ya ya ya
Ha
Ha ya ya ya ya ya
Ha
Ha ya ya ya ya ya
Ha ya ya
Ha ya ya
Ha ya ya

Darkness by her side
Spoke and passed her by
Dedicated hunter
Waits to pull us under
Rose up to its call
In his arms she'd fall
Mother light received
A faithful servant's free

In time the hissing of her sanity
Faded out her voice and soiled her name
Like torn-out pages in a diary
Everything seemed clean that is unstained
Incoherent talk of ordinary days
Why would we really need to live?
Decide what's clear and what's within a haze
What you should take and what to give

Uhh!
Ghost of perdition
Saint's premonition's unclear
Keeper of holy hordes
Keeper of holy whores, uhh!

To see a beloved son
In despair of what's to come

If one cut the source of the flow
And everything would change
Would conviction fall
In the shadow of the righteous?
The phantasm of your mind
Might be calling you to go
Defying the forgotten morals
Where the victim is the prey
Ha!

Ha
Ha ya ya ya ya ya
Ha
Ha ya ya ya ya ya
Ha
Ha ya ya ya ya ya
Ha
Ha ya ya ya ya ya
Ha ya ya ya
Ha ya ya ya
Ha ya ya ya

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Name  Ghost of Perdition
Artist  Opeth
Album  Ghost Reveries