Katatonia - The Act Of Darkening Lyrics

Pure beauty... ♥

Just amazing. One of my Katatonia favourites.

Freaking amazing band so glad i found katatonia

Not a fan of the band, but I remember than when I found out this song, I listened to it over and over again for days. One of my favorite songs in general. Funny to find out it's a bonus.

i'm an opeth fan for life. and I've always loved this band, to find out mikael akerfeldt did an album with them blew me away. love katatonia

lyrics: So dark

Once an amusement park

Troubled whispers sound

On a mute merry-go-round



So cold

Once a playground of gold

Caved in long ago

And then poisoned with the snow



Oceans of time

Broken patterns align

Hearts washed upon the isle



It carries your name

Like radiance in the rain

The wailing sirens alarm



Old memories hang on and gravitate by weights of sorrow

Through cracks and wounds our pain reflected in a thousand mirrors

It is time for deeds to take the shape of vows and codes of promise

The time to let our minds speak silently in the act of darkening



Out of reach and gone from view

Now light is one step behind you

On the other side of the soul

The void resolves one final role



Collapse into absence

I recommend you to listen it watching the photo gallery of Pripyat. Fits like a glove.

What an amazing song for a bonus track.

It's a shame, I don't have this song on the album I have. It's a wonderful soft song.

Anders Nystrom's song... He is so talented... Jonas and Anders are Katatonia's soul.

Amazing.

amazing

One of the best choruses I have ever heard.

I love the song. I am very crazy man. I do my personally Chart since 1979 and these song is entering yesterday at 10 from 20.

Прелесть. Вещь ! Очень похоже на ранних Genesis

Katatonia acoustics are seriously the shit! This is my fav song from these motherfuckers from now on :D

FUCKING FUCKING AMAZING

Positively amazing. Pure beauty...

@AssChavez WELL... I ain't so sure this song is positive exactly. It might sound like a pretty uplifting and happy tune until you understand the lyrics.. but it sure is damned amazing.

What does he start singing in the background at 5:17?

Sounds like
"Out of the light, into the night"

@Lord Immortallix You're right :D It does sound like that, thanks :)

@Patrik Vorg ur welcome :)

i love it

for some odd reason this song makes me happy? impossible I LOVE IT

@Cory Sacrilege Extreme I don't know, it's actually meant to give out a sort of nostalgic depression strike in the listener's emotions to be honest.

Their B-side tracks are better than most bands A-side tracks.
Katatonia has become my favorite band beside Kreator.
They are so unique and beautiful, dark, often depressing. Katatonia knows how to reach my heart and recently I lost something very important thing in my life. The music kinda tells me to move on, and My twin also managed to let me break out in tears.  I don't even really know why I am saying this here, but yeah. Katatonia has taken a big influence and important part in my life. Thank you, Jonas. Please keep up the brilliant work.

Fuckin beautiful

Anders wrote this one. He's amazing. He can go from death metal (Bloodbath) to something like this. A true artist.

I wish I could find out where I can purchase these bonus tracks.

they are something else, definitely one of my favourite bands

pOrcuPinE-THonia

Does anybody know the lyrics behind "collapse into absence" at the end?

It is absolutely beautiful. But fucking sad as hell. I wouldn't want that connotation at my wedding, unless you plan to ride off together and kill yourselves.

this would be a perfect song to dance to at a wedding. <3 :)

Don't mind me, i'm just obsessed.

the whole album is a masterpiece!!!

Katatonia have a long tradition of original and wonderful bonus tracks: Quiet World, No Devotion, Sulfur ecc

Ashen was pretty good.

It kind of is for writers.

Kata-tree.

remember unfurl, dissolving bonds, ashen... and now this!
why, but really, why are the bonus tracks one of the best?

Just amazing!!!

amazing-enough said

That intro!!!!

yes in did. i thought i was the only one who thinked that. katatonia is the most inspiring band i have ever listen to. Long days and peace to these guys!

this song is from other world... so beautiful

WTF. this is Katatonia? Well I guess bands eventually evolve and create wonderful compositions as this. Brilliant!

Porcupine-tonia.

I prefer Anders writing, I like what Jonas adds, but Anders comes up with the best stuff. Apparently he had writers block since TGCD and I think its coming back on this album. I look forwared very much to the next as he recently said he got it back.

only Katatonia's and Limbonic Art's bonus tracks are good.Most bands' bonus tracks are completely mediocre.

Do you know Anathema? That's some good stuff too ;)

this is real good music, I will be buying this album soon
ànd it is good for the soul

They did ! Check out the special edition of Dead End Kings LP

wow, freaking sweet song!

Where did you read that? The booklet states that Nyström wrote this one.

Stunningly Beautiful!!! I'm completely blown away by this and 'Second' and I'm pissed off that I didn't buy the special edition cd. Fuck it! I'm going to buy the special edition because the 2 bonus tracks make the album even more amazing. I LOVE YOU KATATONIA!!!

IMO, should have been the closing track on the main part of the album
veery different from what they did before and sounds really great. and also the could release it as a single!

Why did they not include this song on the album? SO AMAZING!

I wasn't sure who wrote this but I knew that Katatonia didn't make this song alone :) The harmonies are different, as someone already said happy chords...but still one of my favorite!

My favorite song from the release (the entire album is fantastic) I just love this magical bright facet from the kings of sadness.

Yep. I'm informed about all these artists ;)

yes...from porcupine tree the best gang...opeth mikael, katatonia, porcupine tree.

Steven Wilson wrote this song.

Omg. A nice answer. I did not know this was possible.
Even an adequately musical analyze. You astound the whole YT community.
Love.

Why isn't this on the album? it is better than any of the songs on there.

This is one of KATATONIA's biggest masterpieces!

I love everything katatonia has done so far, just because I don't like this song, I don't know what music is?

1:40 the happiest moment in my life

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amazing !!!!!!!!!!!

It's also on Swedish edition

--authoritative argument

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Agreed. I wish it never existed.

bleh, this is one of the worst tracks they've ever done.

Hmm, it's certainly a bit different. More interesting than Second, I'll give it that, But the faster vocal lines and lack of heavy guitars make it sound a bit foreign coming from Katatonia. It's a very good song, but I can easily see why it didn't make the cut. It wouldn't gel with the other songs very well.

The first minute of this made me raise an eyebrow, but by 1:40 I was taken away. Lovely song.

I already know about them, good stuff.

Oddjob....but still amazing

I need to hear more stuff like this.

This song sounds a lot like something off of Devin Townsend's "Ghosts" album

This shouldn't have been just a bonus track. Damn!

By far the worst song released by Katatonia ever.

I love everything else of them btw.

LOL. I don't know what to say.

because they are the bonus tracks xD!

Love it. Unlike any other song they've released...never expected an acoustic bongo song.
Awesome

You can leave whenever

Yeah, Unfurl is simply the tits!

What the fuck? Katatonia is dead.

ANATHEMA VOL.2

remember unfurl... why are the bonus tracks always the best tracks?

What happened to the first bonus track called "second" ? That one is even better

Love his voice.. So soothing

OK, I'd say this is something new from Katatonia, which is great, because I've missed that in the new album a bit. Awesome song!!

I love this song.

Ahh that voice ...so incredible!:)