Sirenia - The 12th Hour Lyrics






Clock is ticking, won't stop tricking me

The clock is ticking, time pass away
Now tomorrow is yesterday
Life is slipping through my hands
No one cares, no one understands

Can't you see that time
Becomes our foe
Time stares you right into the eye
With an ice cold heart and a grinning smile
Can't you see that life
Becomes our woe
Time pass by careless and vile
So treacherous, deceiving and guile

Time is the enemy
Unseen
Planing its tricks on me
Foresee
Won't ever let me be
You see
Cunning eternally
Leave me be

The hours pass by faster each day
Weeks and months just waste away
Year by year I feel more deprived
Thirty nine and barely alive

Can't you see that time
Becomes our foe
Time stares you right into the eye
With an ice cold heart and a grinning smile
Can't you see that life
Becomes our woe
Time pass by careless and vile
So treacherous, deceiving and guile

Would you still be right by my side
The moment our worlds collide
Would you be mine until the end
And again

Can't you see that time
Becomes our foe
Time stares you right into the eye
With an ice cold heart and a grinning smile
Can't you see that life
Becomes our woe
Time pass by careless and vile
So treacherous, deceiving and guile

We all fall apart
Like crumbling towers
At wits end, the gate is near
Soon I will be out of here

There is no time left
This is the twelfth hour
My days are done, my time is here
Cross my heart and have no fear





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  1. k.... m....

    I like their songs, including this one. But I don't like Mortem. And as far as I'm concern the rest of the band are sadly content with being his puppets/employees.

  2. K.... J....

    great song and great singer but what is it with this band they go through singers more than Spinal Tap went through drummers

  3. r.... m....

    This is music that resonates at a high level of vibration. People vibrating at higher levels appreciate it...

  4. l.... 1....

    Обичам Ви

  5. V.... T....

    ♥♥♥

  6. D.... ....

    The beginning is fucking awesome. Emma's vocals are just great.

  7. P.... ....

    Generic and boring. Zoldan should stick to opera as not even her operatic style suits the band.

  8. �.... �....

    This song is one of the reasons I can still love Sirenia, even without the specific sweet gothic vocals of Ailyn who also had started using some opera-like vocals and showed her real range in the Perils of the Deep Blue and The Seventh Life Path (and she even used some "whistle vocals" - if you haven't heard about them, just check in Wikipedia - I can't explain what they exactly are). I just cannot not confess this is the straight continuation of the sound Sirenia had achieved before Ailyn being kicked out. And this is the reason I'm literally BEING EATEN INSIDE FROM IMPATIENCE for the upcoming album in the end of October. Gosh, I can't even wait for the single in a week I think...

  9. g.... c....

    THIS EPIC UNIT NEVER SEEMS TO FAIL MY PONDERING..... I MUST BE A TAD SUPERFLUOUS......... THERE IS ALWAYS AN ODYSSEY WITH THEIR WORK..... FICTITIOUS....YET SO DAMN PULSING.... 9:14 PM HERE IN TRINIDAD DRAWING AND VIEWING THIS.........FREEKING....WOW...!!!! THIS PIECE IS DAMN HEAVY....""EERIE HEAVY"""...........MUST GET UP TO DATE WITH THEIR WORK........!!!

  10. I.... E....

    Catching them in Atlanta Sunday. Can't wait. :D

  11. A.... V....

    I liked Sirenia because it was original and it kept the darkness and classyness of real gothic metal now it's sounding like any other type of band out there like sonata artica even my chemical romance or whatever or all that crap that sounds the same everywhere. Hate this new album.

  12. C.... G....

    Same as always

  13. x.... B....

    I keep forgetting why I had left this side of metal, and now I remember. Because everyone is always comparing everything to fucking Epica or NightWish...Nobody is ever happy with anything these days.

  14. C.... Z....

    ME VOLO LA CABEZA

  15. A.... N....

    would prefer ailyn singing..but this is sirenia..epic song..reminds me of something from "at sixes and sevens"

  16. r.... ....

    dorý klip zajímavý ,moje 55 palců uhlopříčka se pěkně třepe dobrý

  17. C.... Q....

    it would make a good anime song the band darkcore should make a version of this

  18. C.... Q....

    I could see this in a game

  19. C.... Q....

    this song should be in a movie or something

  20. C.... Q....

    think samhain

  21. C.... Q....

    the time between midnight and three am is called the dark or witching hour that's when supernatural things are at it's strongest, especially at Halloween

  22. C.... Q....

    this song should be in a movie or game or something I would race to this song

  23. E.... B....

    I think I am stuck in 2002, maybe because I was so excited of their first album, after breaking with Tristania. *sigh* But this is really great. There is nothing negative I could say. It's just, I prefer the doom elements because it makes it darker, deeper....the melancholy is missing.

  24. C.... D....

    |MENDEL'S SAMURAI|

  25. W.... O....

    essa música é boa não só ela mais como o álbum tbm

  26. S.... O....

    Essa música é boa

  27. A.... I....

    Quede encantada me ha gustado la voz de la nueva cantante , no cabe duda que sirenia ha evolucionado a la perfeccion 😃

    A.... I....

    Sim. Esse caso mostra que existe momentos que para evoluir é necessário voltar as origens. 🤘👻👻

  28. J.... H....

    I really liked Ailyn. I loved the higher pitch. I hope I can get used to this singer. Until then Xandria Theatre of Dimensions is a master piece and so is epicas holographic principle.

    J.... H....

    And now Dianne is gone too :'(

  29. H.... L....

    does anyone know where the background quotes come from? I'm quite sure it's from a movie, I just REALLY NEED to know what movie it is.

  30. M.... M....

    Amo essa música!

  31. c.... c....

    ME ENAMORÉ <3 apenas conozco la banda pero sin duda voy a buscar mas!

  32. S.... G....

    Dim Days Of Dolor is a very interesting album, I loved the lyrics. They seem to speak about things which happen in our lives and describe our feelings

  33. A.... K....

    awesome!!!!

  34. F.... C....

    It's a nice relief since the previous works. Brings a bit more of old Sirenia back, though still missing Monika.

  35. E.... R....

    cade os porras dos brasileiros

    E.... R....

    realmente gothic metal no brasil ta triste o ecliptyka mesmo nem da pra chamar de gothic metal.

  36. M.... S....

    ~yeah buddy love the CD~

  37. b.... b....

    Great ! I know that emmanuelle was very good , but didn`t think so much ! :)

  38. J.... D....

    Really wish fans of my fav symph bands would stop dissecting and criticizing every single aspect of the song or band as a whole. Just listen and enjoy the fucking music. Stop the bitching.

    J.... D....

    I agree completely!

  39. K.... 6....

    Gosto muita da Ailyn,mas a Emanuelle Zoldan canta muito também

  40. B.... M....

    Love the slow part of te song

  41. S.... ....

    For me Emma is the best singer they ever had! ❤

  42. I.... R....

    The best song of Dim Days Of Dolor!

  43. b.... p....

    who is the lady in the grave;

  44. n.... e....

    I have heard this song twice, I can say it now...masterpiece.

  45. M.... M....

    melhor de todas as músicas da sirenia

  46. b.... p....

    definitely the best song og this album

  47. b.... ....

    Excellent!! Very good song. Sad that Aylin left. But Emma is a great singer too

  48. A.... A....

    Funny short description of 12th hour lyrics :
    Time is Best Healer.
    Best Healer heals everyone from all illnesses including aging.
    Are you tired of aging ?
    Do not try to fool Best Healer.
    Simply wait Best healer.
    Do not worry.
    You will not be missed.

    Do not forget Angel of Time has the pair Angel of Death is occasional death.
    Do not try to fool Angel of Death.
    Simply be calm and care.
    Do not worry.
    You will not be forgotten by this pair.

    A.... A....

    your creation?

  49. D.... D....

    Great song. I hope she will sing more Mezzo in the next Album. Great job Madame Zoldan!!!🤘

  50. A.... t....

    This Song is Grrrrrrrrrrrrreat !

  51. T.... R....

    does anyone know why sirenia never tours north america

  52. S.... S....

    I'm actually amazed at how good this album is, i was quite pessimistic about the new singer and the single that was brought out, but i am completely blown away.
    Goddess Of The Sea, Treasure N' Treason, Ashes To Ashes are utterly amazing.
    Sirenia Forever!!!

  53. B.... M....

    Mega geile Song wow

  54. D.... T....

    Good job!

  55. C.... M....

    Yeah x3

  56. M.... L....

    hermosa pieza <3

  57. A.... T....

    So they changed the singer?!!!,I never was that into Sirenia but I listen to them from time to time and I know there was another girl

  58. L.... D....

    Tecnobrega Symphonyc Metal

  59. �.... ....

    Where is Ailyn'? Sirenia themselves buried! This new singer only for choir !

    �.... ....

    This new singer Emmanuelle and for choir and for main singer because Emmanuelle is real super singer. Ailyn as only good singer even not for choir.
    "Professionalism among artists needs to prevail instead of all this BULLSHIT." is quote from comment below.

  60. k.... ....

    WTH? Another "fem-o-cide"? Personally this band will NOT survive this.

    Emanualle is a fine singer and I have no issues with her, i just know that Ailyn WAS THIS BANDS WHOLE IMAGE and she actually made this band into a major work as opposed to a 2nd tier act.

    THIS IS NOW A GROWING AND HIGHLY DISTURNING TREND among all the fem/symphonic bands and so far none of the bands are surviving it. IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN THESE GRAND FEM SINGERS that have been the entire actual iconic entities but EGOs & Assholes can not accept it.

    Leaves Eyes, Nightwish, now Sirenia are all the current product of: TEMPER TANTRUMS AND EGO MANIA and all have now gone into metal oblivion. Replacing singers like TARJA, Anette, Liv Kristen, and Aliyn with singers who can replicate or even MIMIC the originals is just gasoline on the fire. IT NEEDS TO STOP NOW.

    Professionalism among artists needs to prevail instead of all this BULLSHIT.

    Too many great people are being femocidically thrown out for no good reasons. SO far I am not impressed with any of the new albums done post ORIGINAL FEM. This is killing metal as we know it.

    k.... ....

    I agree that "Professionalism among artists needs to prevail instead of all this BULLSHIT." and from your list of singers only Tarja is real super singer. Tarja was fired because she has forgotten that the main in band is always composer. Others are only good singers and no more. They have been replaced by real super singers Floor, Elina and Emmanuelle. And you are right "Professionalism among artists needs to prevail instead of all this BULLSHIT."
    Morten has created Sirenia and had allowed Ailyn to be main singer on four albums, all this after super singer Monika. After super singer Monika only good singer Ailyn is clear downgrade it is strange times for Sirenia. Morten had waited enough time. Now it is time. "Professionalism among artists needs to prevail instead of all this BULLSHIT."

    k.... ....

    Alex Aga You talk nonsense. xD real,super,real,super! BULLSHIT

  61. s.... ....

    Emmanuelle is great. Also did a great job in Trail of tears 's existentia

  62. L.... ....

    Excelente, en mi humilde opinión Emma esta haciendo un excelente trabajo! ....

  63. V.... P....

    look! Sirenia has a new singer!!....aaaaand she's gone...

    V.... P....

    Victoria Pieroni dont worry another big boobed woman is coming to replace her

    V.... P....

    She's still there ;-)

  64. A.... W....

    i've been a fan of sirenia since ailyn was the vocalist but now she's quitted. idk but this new single doesn't impress me that much. this's disappointing

    A.... W....

    After such super singer as Monika only good singer Ailyn was clear step down. But now real super singer Emmanuelle will eliminate squeal sounds from Sirenia sound. Sirenia with Emmanuelle is True Sirenia.

  65. �.... �....

    По сравнению с предыдущими альбомами, которые сами по себе не очень хороши, этот - убожество. Да ещё и певица со своим контр-альто совсем не в тему.

    �.... �....

    Для нашего ебщества сойдет. Мы же самые ебщие. Мы можем употр еблять все что угодно. А певица меццо, а не контральто.

  66. o.... m....

    Je suis très heureux d’apprendre qu'une chanteuse francaise rejoint ce groupe unique en son genre !!!!!Mr Morten Veland est un génie... Emmanuelle est un magnifique choix

    o.... m....

    Sirenia with Emmanuelle is True Sirenia. I hope any too high sounds like squeal-whistle will be eliminated from all songs. And all songs will be adapted for mezzo range, may be excluding "Angina" from Vibeke times because this song contains some agile-coloratura elements. But Sirenia knows better. Of course this album is intermediate.

  67. S.... G....

    nice but doesn't have that classy gloom voice and sound of their previous albums.....

  68. J.... S....

    Did I just miss this song for 20 days?!

  69. M.... A....

    I'm not going to throw hate against the new singer because she's good and talented, and well, it's not her fault at all, but I don't really mind Sirenia since the last album. Perils of the Deep Blue was great, but now Veland's music sounds too monotonous, like if he were producing for the sake of producing. I also miss Ailyn, she may not have an epic voice but she was the stability and final identity of the band, and that's more important than anything. I don't really know what Morten was thinking, It seems as if he likes to collect vocalists or something, not cool.

  70. A.... E....

    One should never lose faith in Sirenia

  71. Y.... ....

    Man, I miss Ailyn. She was my favorite.

    Y.... ....

    8 inches

  72. M.... ....

    ...Yeah, this one song got me to pre-order this album. Thanks, I guess.

  73. G.... S....

    Can't stop watching! Amazingly nice!

  74. A.... I....

    These lyrics are raw and powerful, what is it with people criticizing them?!
    -_-

  75. N.... ....

    I loved Ailyn, but I'm glad to see Emma back in the band. This album is going to be amazing

    N.... ....

    She was part of the Sirenian choir.

    N.... ....

    And she sings First we take Manhattan

  76. R.... B....

    Ailyn's voice was too sweet for me but The seventh path of Life is the best album with her and I liked it....but this new singer is great. I'm going to buy their new album

  77. M.... M....

    cant wait for this new album i just love this song <3

  78. I.... U....

    "El reloj no se detiene, no se detendrá en engañarme"

    El reloj no se detiene el tiempo pasará
    Ahora es mañana de ayer
    La vida se me escapa de mis manos
    A nadie le importa, nadie entiende

    No puedes ver que el tiempo
    Se convierte en nuestro enemigo?
    (El tiempo te queda mirando a los ojos
    Con un corazón frío de hielo y una sonrisa de mueca)
    No puedes ver que la vida
    Se convierte en nuestro infortunio?
    (El tiempo pase por descuido y vil
    Así traicionero, engañanso y astuto)

    "El tiempo es el enemigo
    (Invisible)
    Cepillado de ti, de trucos en mí
    (Prever)
    No le gustaría alguna vez me dejas ser?
    (Lo ves)
    Astucia eternamente
    (Déjame ser)"

    Las horas pasan cada día más rápido
    Semanas y meses sólo se consumen
    En las cercanías me siento más desfavorecido
    Treinta y nueve y apenas con vida

    No puedes ver que el tiempo
    Se convierte en nuestro enemigo?
    (El tiempo te queda mirando a los ojos
    Con un corazón frío de hielo y una sonrisa de mueca)
    No puedes ver que la vida
    Se convierte en nuestro infortunio?
    (El tiempo pase por descuido y vil
    Por lo tanto engañoso traicionero y astuto)

    Le seguirá a mi lado?
    En el momento en que nuestros mundos chocan
    Estaría la mina hasta el final?
    Y otra vez

    No puedes ver que el tiempo
    Se convierte en nuestro enemigo?
    (El tiempo te queda mirando a los ojos
    Con un corazón frío de hielo y una sonrisa de mueca)
    No puedes ver que la vida
    Se convierte en nuestro infortunio?
    (El tiempo pase por descuido y vil
    Así traicionero, engañando y astuto)

    Todos nos venimos abajo
    Como torres temblorosas
    (Al extremo de los ingenios, la puerta está cerca
    Pronto voy a estar fuera de aquí)

    No hay tiempo que queda
    Esta es la duodécima hora
    (Mis días están abajo, mi tiempo está aquí
    Cruza mi corazón y no tiene miedo)

    I.... U....

    Israel Uvita Chido el poner la letra traducida.👍

    I.... U....

    Dustano Suárez Orosco de nada mi buen |m|

  79. E.... ....

    Takes 4 minutes to become a Sirenia song. I was hoping with the switch back to Napalm Morten would return to the sound of long ago but it seems he is determined to make Sirenia a mainstream goth band at all costs. A shame, the first two albums were amazing.

    But who knows, maybe this is just the outlier and the rest of the album is different?

  80. A.... ....

    . Emmanuelle is great but I miss Ailyn.

  81. b.... ....

    Epica is better

  82. A.... ....

    I fell in love with Sirenia of At Sixes and Sevens and now it seems that nothing can surpass it. The older I am, the more unimpressed with new music I get. And I'm 23 ... should I be worried? But really - this was meh.

    A.... ....

    Silmarisi same here,, judt a few songs from the past albumd but thats it

    A.... ....

    At Sixes and Sevens is a masterpiece. You can't expect the band to always deliver masterpieces. It's the type of album that only comes once in a while.

    It's like with Nightwish when with each release some people say "it's not as good as Once". Um yeah, most probably none of their albums will ever be as good as this one.

    So I just enjoy the new music even if it's not the best they've ever done ^_^

    A.... ....

    I'm the same age as you, and I feel the same way about music. Granted, I'm glad that I finally found a genre of music that I genuinely LIKE (symphonic metal), but as the years go on, I've also become harder to impress when it comes to music. In fact, it's become extremely rare that I immediately love a song the first time I hear it. Lately I have to hear a song multiple times in order for me to like it.

    A.... ....

    EmoNekoChan101 the more u listen to a genre, the more u will find less impressed cuz u get used to it and all u heard was just something similar from each band.

    A.... ....

    @Aria Isara Once sucked though.

  83. S.... D....

    then there adchire serious, I have no hair but wouahhhhhhhhhhhhh I hate to be the album

  84. P.... R....

    Finally I won't have to skip the female voice parts in a Sirenia álbum. Been in love with Emma's voice since Existentia from Trail of Tears.

  85. F.... A....

    Creo que esta canción le habría quedado muy bien a Aylin, ella estaba cambiando su estilo de canto, de hecho podría decir q estaba hecha para ella

  86. C.... L....

    back mortemia new album

  87. V.... ....

    I like her voice(I absolutely hate opera vocals most of the time) but I miss Ailyn :(

  88. Z.... Z....

    I don't know but you but the band sounds like EPICA now :D

  89. Z.... ....

    woo! Glad they got rid of Ailyn, tbh she kind of sucked. This new vocalist is awesome.

    Z.... ....

    she was fine....

  90. t.... ....

    Good song, but they could have done with some proof-reading of their lyrics before putting this darling online! I'm looking at you 1:42 "carless" and vile...

  91. k.... ....

    I will miss Ailyn, as I did Monika. Two great singers. Like this new song too.

  92. S.... S....

    HOLY!!! Sirenia is back!? HELL YES!!!

  93. S.... C....

    Bravo Sirenia, ahora a suenas a la típica banda metal genérica que está empezando y busca vender algún disco o dos entre sus familiares más cercanos con el mismo típico sonido y la misma típica canción que todas graban... Ole! ^^U

    S.... C....

    @Frozen Wave JAJAJAJAJAJ
    Puessss para no importar nadaaa y para no querer molestartee bien que te paras y te molestas en responder el comentario de MI OPINIÓN (como bien indicas)
    JJAJAJAJAJA
    no he visto respuesta mas patética en mi vida xDDDD jajajajaja gracias por las risasss!!
    Un besi!

    S.... C....

    Nah, sólo te lo hago explícito.

    S.... C....

    @Frozen Wave pues oks xd

    S.... C....

    ¿Ahora? Ya sonaba así desde hace muchos años. Esta canción por lo menos tiene una voz un poca más agradable, en comparación a la irritante voz de Aylin.

    S.... C....

    @Leonardo Barba para gustos colores, para mi es mucho mas irritante y sin personalidad esta...

  94. C.... E....

    I'm disappointed they switched singers again. Ailyn grew on me and now it's like starting from scratch with a new singer. The band underestimates how significant a lead singer is, especially one that has sung on their last 4 albums. Ailyn had a elegance about her in her presence and voice I admired.

  95. D.... O....

    finally! great sirenia, very gothic song!

  96. N.... ....

    3/10

    what the fuck is this crap?

  97. L.... P....

    Being a massively long time fan of Sirenia I'm not really upset about Ailyn going. I liked 13th Floor and Perils, but the other 2 albums she was on fell very flat for me (bar the odd song). To me this is like NDaaD mixed with ASaS/AEfE - so I'm very happy with the musical style. That and the new vocals are a lot more powerful than Ailyns - which I prefer to be honest.

  98. M.... C....

    Seems like 2007 - 2011 period vanished... That's good news! Back into the two first albums line, that's the "true" Gothic Metal I missed so much from this band and from the mainstream Goth Metal scene since Within Temptation / Evanescence dull style. Thanks. It will be awesome!

  99. L.... H....

    Porque no pusieron a esta vocalista en lugar de Aylin?

    L.... H....

    Porque es mejor. Se adapta más al sonido de sirenia. Sirenia saco lo mejor de Ailyn, pero este cambio fue a mejor.