Antony And The Johnsons - The Lake Lyrics






In youth's spring, it was my lot
To haunt of the wide earth a spot
To which I could not love the less
So lovely was the loneliness

Of a wild lake, with black rock bound
And the tall trees that towered around

But when the night had thrown her pall
Upon that spot as upon all
And the wind would pass me by
In its stilly melody

My infant spirit would awake
To the terror of the lone lake
My infant spirit would awake
To the terror of the lone lake

Yet that terror was not fright
But a tremulous delight
And a feeling undefined
Springing from a darkened mind

Death was in that poisoned wave
And in its gulf, a fitting grave
For him who thence could solace bring
To his dark imagining

Whose wildering thought could even make
An Eden of that dim lake

But when the night had thrown her pall
Upon that spot as upon all
And the wind would pass me by
In its stilly melody

My infant spirit would awake
To the terror of the lone lake
My infant spirit would awake
To the terror of the lone lake
My infant spirit would awake
To the terror of the lake

Springing from a darkened mind
So lovely was the loneliness
In youth's spring, it was my lot
In its stilly melody

An Eden of that dim lake
An Eden of that dim lake
Lone, lone, lonely
Lone, lone, lonely
Lone, lone, lonely





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  1. I.... S....

    Gorgeous voice! Melts my heart every time I hear him!

  2. c.... ....

    funeraaaaaaaaaaaaal

  3. J.... L....

    Nobody told me that the lyrics are made by E A Poe !

  4. B.... s....

    I wish Antony and the Johnsons would cover Nina Simons, Wild is the Wind.... they would do this perfectly. I love his voice, the setting, fireplace crackling, cold rain mist.... alone, again.

  5. L.... E....

    This will be the last song I hear.

  6. L.... ....

    I poured up myself in this lake

  7. N.... N....

    Dune purete incomparable...😌🙏

  8. L.... -....

    bonjour

  9. M.... G....

    Une façon de chanter dans une âme pure et une sensibilité hors norme... C'est si beau 😍😍

  10. O.... M....

    Pas de mot, seulement le cœur qui bat très fort en écoutant cette chanson.

  11. M.... ....

    Grazie, Grazie, grazie

  12. N.... E....

    Superbe

  13. A.... ....

    Incantevole

  14. n.... m....

    A video with a ballerina dancing to this would be perfect.

  15. A.... W....

    I'm so honored to listen to this.

  16. B.... B....

    Comme toujours, une voix extraordinaire qui vous envoute avec une mélodie magnifique .

  17. Z.... K....

    My school's VPA (Visual Performing Arts)prorgam had a dance performance and the seniors made a couple dance peices and one of the seniors happened to be the bestfriend of Conrad Roy III - a boy that was dating a girl that convinced him to kill himself and speciffically told him how to do and said it would be ok if he did in 2014 (it was a big story around the US) - and she used this song for the dance piece. Backstage everyone was crying. And the movements made more of an impact. It really moved me

  18. G.... ....

    ♪♫♥ ;)

  19. n.... ....

    muito linda ..

  20. M.... ....

    not the GAoTS version though.

  21. k.... ....

    one of the most beautiful songs ever created

  22. L.... S....

    Una de las canciones más hermosas que he escuchado en mi vida. Esta, junto con Bird Girl, River of Sorrow, Hope There's Someone, I Fell In Love With a Dead Boy y Knocking on Heaven's Door, han tocado mi corazón ♥.

  23. D.... F....

    omg With this song I identify so much when i was 14... my infant spirit would wake to spy a girl I was in love.. beside the lake.

  24. F.... D....

    De las mejores canciones, con letras preciosas, que he oído en mi corta vida.
    La música de ahora, de los más famosos, jamás *nunca* podrán hacer algo tan precioso como esto.
    Felicidades.

  25. I.... K....

    In youth's spring, it was my lot
    To haunt of the wide earth a spot
    To which I could not love the less
    So lovely was the loneliness
    Of a wild lake, with black rock bound
    And the tall trees that towered around

    But when the night had thrown her pall
    Upon that spot as upon all
    And the wind would pass me by
    In its stilly melody

    My infant spirit would awake
    To the terror of the lone lake
    My infant spirit would awake
    To the terror of the lone lake

    Yet that terror was not fright
    But a tremulous delight
    And a feeling undefined
    Springing from a darkened mind
    Death was in that poisoned wave
    And in its gulf a fitting grave
    For him who thence could solace bring
    To his dark imagining
    Whose wildering thought could even make
    An Eden of that dim lake

    But when the night had thrown her pall
    Upon that spot as upon all
    And the wind would pass me by
    In its stilly melody

    My infant spirit would awake
    To the terror of the lone lake
    My infant spirit would awake
    To the terror of the lone lake

    Springing from a darkened mind
    So lovely was the loneliness
    In youth's spring, it was my lot
    In its stilly melody
    An Eden of that dim lake
    An Eden of that dim lake
    Lone, lone, lonely...

    I.... K....

    Ivana Krsmanović beautiful

    I.... K....

    😂😂

    I.... K....

    thanks!!

    I.... K....

    thank you.

  26. J.... S....

    My brother died, b4 i had breathe in me, I miss him still. But a little less now that I have found Antony and The Johnsons. Wail away brother me! I love what you do!

    J.... S....

    Dear Jonathan,
    I am So Very Sorry for your loss...My Husband died by His own Beautiful hand,two years ago;26th December 2014....I know the Grief....XOXO

    J.... S....

    Jonathan Swart from italy Bergamo .....i love you. Marilena 🙏❤️

  27. E.... P....

    Everything about this is beautiful

  28. x.... ....

    what a voice, what an artist, what a beautiful soul

  29. K.... B....

    by so far the best of the saddest song ive ever heard.

  30. W.... ....

    Poe would be pleased.

  31. F.... P....

    J'écoute ta musique cela me transporte vers ta douceur...merci

  32. E.... ....

    So lovely was the loneliness 
    Of a wild lake, with black rock bound 
    And the tall trees that towered around.

  33. I.... ....

    He's got the most beautiful of voices,  He can take you to places you could've only imagined... Amazing Geezer!!

  34. h.... ....

    As Richard Corben pointed out in Haunt of Horror - and Poe would agree - this poem is about dumping corpses in isolated lakes, not mortality, solitude or any of that transcendental crap. Enjoy.

    h.... ....

    Actually its based on a true story about a lake whose waters were reportedly poisonous. Two lovers died there, first the girl, then the man went insane from heartache and was never seen again. Its assumed he drowned himself. A couple poets wrote about it.

  35. p.... ....

    grate to my girlfriend for this one..

  36. R.... L....

    This song, and the poem it is based off of, is a beautiful take on mortality.

  37. J.... G....

    Espectacular. Un dios.

  38. a.... ....

    This song touches me very deeply. One of my favorites.

  39. X.... ....

    I cried a man-tear

  40. t.... ....

    0 dislikes.. you're doing it right guys!

  41. M.... ....

    i just love it enough said

  42. S.... ....

    Sooooo beautiful OMG thankyou soo much for sharing this. I almost cried when I started listening to this :OOO

  43. G.... S....

    brilliant.

    i was diagnosed with cancer 4 years ago.

    during my treatment i was in a "hypersensitve" physical state. my nerve endings were on fire and i felt like . . . in addition to the fear of death . . . i would have a nervous breakdown at any minute.

    A&TJ was basically the only thing I could listen to. this work lives in the space that occupies the mind when it slows down and realizes the fragility of this live plane.

    the world is so much better with AH in it.

    peace to you.

    G.... S....

    you dead by now?

  44. t.... ....

    Hi is this a live version? Could you tell me which one?

  45. H.... V....

  46. s.... ....

    Thank you for uploading this song! Love you

  47. S.... ....

    beautiful melody, words and voice... I keep listening to it as if in trance. It really is a special song, this one :)

  48. S.... D....

    Beautiful song. First time I hear it was very early in the morning when the alarm clock woke me up with this wonderful song. It is always a pleasure to listening again and again. Piano sounds so deeply sad. Does any body knows where to get or buy the piano music sheet for this song?

  49. C.... ....

    this to me is the most beautyful and the best song out of all his wonderful songs. i love this song and i love to his hear his music. and i have to agree. Poe would be proud.

  50. L.... ....

    Poe would have been so proud for this...

  51. P.... ....

    Erik, kusje!!:P
    Xx P

  52. v.... ....

    Nett. Etwas poröse stimmt :)