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SENTENCED LYRICSShadows Of The Past (1991)1. When The Moment Of Death Arrives2. Rot To Dead3. Disengagement4. Rotting Ways To Misery5. The Truth6. Suffocated Beginning Of Life7. Beyond The Distant Valleys8. Under The Suffer9. Descending Curtain Of Death10. Wings11. In Memoriam12. Mythic Silence (As They Wander In The Mist)1. When The Moment Of Death ArrivesWasted years left behindas an old man nears to deathPraying his lord to forgive himfor the sins he never committedThe fear of dying- the fear of the fires of hellThe fear of living- the fear of endless tribulationThe scars of life- the scars from a faceless worldThe wings of Death- unfold me and ease my painDeath... comes as a relief......from the mortal suffering......young again......travelling into the ageless timeMemories of his past lifevividly in his mindFeeling himself alive againwhen the Moment of Death arrives!"flee in the darkness of deathwhere exists no pain no fear;a relief from the earthly... suffering......WHEN THE MOMENTOF DEATH ARRIVES..."2. Rot To DeadDark eyes meet in a black corner of the earthHate burns scars within our mindsFalse shall be separated from the trueThe moment of departure follows timeNocturnal wrath unfolds us...Melancholic silence surrounds...Walls are breeding malignant seeds...The spawn of hate shall be unleashedRot to Dead!!!Face to face - brother against brotherThe bitter taste of loss of own idealsAtmosphere of evil, selfish mindsin a battle which no-one will prevailParadoxal tranquillity...Leads the Fiend out of our minds...Raging wrath - now weeping sorrow...But Hate remains in our hearts...3. DisengagementDarkness fills the lifeCovers the tired mindlike the darkest damnationanxiety, oppressiona wounded soulmanages to escapefrom exhausted body,from the bleeding prisondisengagement, dark visions,forgotten personalityfeeling of lossnocturnal suffocationtears like bloodstench of decayedalone...without a bodylife...is turned to hellliving in emptinesstorture of the timelessinto the black piecesof total chaos and sorrowNo blessingno chances to surviveleads the wayto infernal deathdisengagement, dark visionsforgotten personalities4. Rotting Ways To MiseryInto the life after deathwhere all is said and donewhere sanity is forgottenwhere humanity is goneInto the abyss I fallArising Evil is all I seeI hear a blasphemic callthe Touch of Death is all I feelRotting Ways to Miserythe earth is burning under my feet"Sacrifice your soul for meAgainst our common enemy... god"Behind the depths of dyingHe is whipping my skinThis is the End... of libertyI am in the fires of evilnessHell's gates were open for methey were my destinyanyone can be chosento be His slaveRotting Ways to Miseryare the chosen one's infernal destiny5. The TruthAt the primitive timeswhen the earth was bornGenerations came and wentlived in ignoranceSomewhere in the Darkness of Timelies open the ultimate fate of life0132 ("Mullan rakoseen vaivun")No one can show us the right wayis this enigmatic destinyThis way is going where we are coming fromThe Time has come...6. Suffocated Beginning Of Life7. Beyond The Distant ValleysYour senseless theoriesare rising once againCausing pain within my mind- I'm losing the controlBut in the kingdom to comeBehind the seven seas...Beyond the distant valleys...It's me who decides!!!Your flaming thoughts......are tearing my soul apart!I'm harvesting......the sow of your curse again!You've destined me to suffer......as you were the master!You've taken my inner self...Confusion will rule till I die!!!8. Under The SufferFirst came the wind, dark clouds and the stormThen came the snow which covered the ground whiteWe saw them descending from cloudsfrom the Bloodred SkyWe just stood there and watchedas they came, saw and conqueredThis beautiful sightmade us blindwith joy we welcomed the intruderas immigrants for their dominionlike an epidemic Virusthat spread over our homesIt came like a cold windand took away everythingIn the ruins we stoodwith the living onesWe saw them raping our womenand killing our children9. Descending Curtain Of DeathDeath - Awaking from a dreamwhat we also call lifeLife is not real - only Death isWhen the Curtain has descendedThe Nightmare is OVER!10. WingsThe shadow of windflees to pain to realityThe breath of nightnow disappears to distanceOn the margin of emptiness......streams pour through an altar!The stars blasted into darkness......changing scents, colours!The sleepless face...sterilized by drops of pain...Skies, mirrors, screams...shapes foundering into the sceneBeyond my eyesBeyond my wordsEchoes of empty promisesThe touch of conclusionEager to see...Eager to show those who see!No-one answers, no-one isLeave me here!11. In MemoriamIn the dark... in deathEyes can't see... I cannot feelNo voices... no light... no existenceA dreamlike void surrounds mesilence... emptiness... peace of mind... in deathIn emptiness...I focus my thoughts on my lifeIn death I have the time to think of the pastSolitude...won't break my peace of mindBecause here I must dwell eternallyIn memoriam...For the one that once was meEntombed remainsA gravestone marks I've passed away...(Sacred... to the memory of myself)12. Mythic Silence (As They Wander In The Mist)[INSTRUMENTAL]Oulu, 1st of October, 1995So here it is. The shadow from our past. Namelyour debut album "Shadows Of The Past", for the firsttime available for the worldwide distribution.This album is far from the musical path we areventuring at the present, but it is in deed a fairdocument from the twilight of SENTENCED.As a special addition for the request of many fans wehave included the "Journey To Pohjola" demo from '92.Everything is re-packaged and re-mastered.This is Death Metal! I hope you can sense its truespirit right here, right now... Let us gather our hearts inthe dark and cold...On behalf of SENTENCED,Taneli Jarva"Meit kaikkia musta kuolo p h n koppaa." (Aleksis Kivi)Miika Tenkula - lead guitar, vocalsSami Lopakka - guitarTaneli Jarva - bassVesa Ranta - drums
