Swallow The Sun - Plague Of Butterflies Lyrics
[I. Losing The Sunsets]
Cold was the air that the evening wind brought
Silent and so quiet were the woods
On the eve of that night
So long that I could hear that voice
The whisper we all avoid
Sound from within, the quiet truth
I felt my blood slowly turning cold
Turning cold from waiting
Hours I spent there awaiting
Hoping for someone to come
To silent the voice that felt like thunder
In the chill of my world, she is the one
She brings the butterflies, pure light
When ever she comes by
The darkness steps aside
But I felt my blood turn cold
Hours I spent there awaiting
Watching the light fading
You're losing the sunsets, you will never get them back
The days you spend in loneliness are seconds in shades of black
Winter was cold, but summer is even colder
Nights have been longer, they have made me much older
You're losing the sunsets, you will never get them back
Every night you spend in loneliness are years in shades of black
Years pass, but has time stopped on me?
Morning always arises with vaster pain
And then it is sunset again
We weep the winds for your loneliness
Choir of broken dreams for the love you had
But now she walks forever lost in gray and woe
She's not forgiven, she's the one for winter to own
Not yours, old man, never again
She's the one for winter to own
[II. Plague Of Butterflies]
Silent people walking by
They are leaving, again someone is living
They don't seem to be well
Quiet death on their faces
Buried a few of them today
The children and the old by the road
I could give them shelter but they decide to go
Village is empty, dead, cold, empty
Only frozen bodies greet my arrival
Tortured by the plague, a ghost town
But her face I could not find
I searched for her in the woods again
And kept a light on my window, for anyone to come
But when even the trail of dead ended by the road
I gave up waiting, hoping
In this kingdom of my loneliness
On this throne of my thoughts
Maybe I'm the old one, sheltered by these woods
And when I lay my body to rest
I watch the ballet of shadows
Dancing through the flame of a candle
Taking me to sleep
But the night trembled my heart
For black wings moved upon me
Hoping for my time to come
I closed my eyes and took a deep breath
But like every night before, death did not come
The wings, they moved and danced
As a butterfly, they kept dancing
Dancing around my candle
But why are you here when Evael is lost still?
(But why are you here when Evael is lost still?)
The morning came with its cold caress
I curse your light for waking me again
The candle burnt down, and the burnt wings beside
Is this a sign of Evael, I arise
I opened my window, painted by thick ice
Took a deep breath and whispered her name in the air
The freezing summer burned my lungs again
As I walked through the snow
Looked deeper into the woods
And the trees waved their heads in sorrow
[III. Evael 10:00]
Cold, oh so cold is this air that the night brought
Silent, too quiet are the woods in the eve of this night
Once again I lit the candle on my window
And... and waited, waited for the sleep
Evael, my dream has been so alive
And this plague has cleansed this world for us
So please, release me now
Sink deeper to your loneliness
And you will lead her to your grave
She's lost in gloomy light
Still trying to hold her flame
You're losing the sunsets and you'll never get them back
This life you spend in loneliness is forever in shades of black
Wake up, old man, let it go, let it go
Was it a weak sound on my door that woke me up
Or the trees sheltering me from the night?
I kept my eyes closed but still felt the light
And the room was filled by butterflies
I rose with my heart beating
For the weak hope of the midnight's hour I prayed
And opened my door to the winter night
And she fell
She fell to my arms
In tears I carried her
And laid her down to sleep
Her eyes frozen from the thousand nights alone
She trembled and whispered
"I was lost in the woods
And the trees kept me away from you
For I brought the plague with them
With the butterflies"
Hush now and let it go
Close your eyes now
And we drift away, together away from the pain
Deep in this sheltering night, to a forgiving dream
Until one minute past midnight, the room was filled
Filled only with butterflies
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Swallow The Sun Plague Of Butterflies Comments
Much more original and beautiful than that Seattle grunge! Wow!
So many people say that sad and melancholic music only serves to harm people or make them more depressed. So many people have a massive misconception. Music like this that speaks from the pain of someones soul can really resonate with people. It shows others hurt like you and its okay to be sad, its okay to cry, and its okay to be dissapointed with the sad state of life. There is something empowering in that, something that helps heal, im not sure what it is but just the fact that its okay to not be okay is a massive step towards repairing or reconciling with the damage and self loathing. Be strong everybody because as terrible as it is there are others who feel the same way. You arent alone
Ever wondered why True Metalheads... especially death and doom... are usually the most peacefull and calm people? You just answered why... It is also a thing widely misunderstood by the majority of people unrelated to the scene... Its like... "Oh Death and Doom... he/she must be evil or have issues"... True beauty lies in the eyes and ears of the beholder...
How can music possibly be so phenomenal.
Super!!!
The first couple of instrumental minuetes are heaven
The outro of Evael always destroys me
SOS never ceases to amaze. This shit is transcendent.
Очень сильно! я просто рыдал при прослушивании
Whenever I close my eyes and listen to this song, the places it takes me are incredible... I only wish everyone could appreciate how amazing this truly is.
Amazing record!
At 12:10 I was like "Well, another slow song". In the next 10 seconds it scared the hell out of me :D I bloody love it!
2017 still the best
I first heard Swallow the sun at a concert when they opened for Scar Symetry. Swallow the sun was the best band playing that night. Been a fan since.
beautful to this more varied music freak
One of the most epic and beautiful pieces of music I have ever heard.
Thank you Swallow The Sun for the song and thank you Rixin Wang for uploading it. This song helped me through some bad times. This is just so majestic. The lyrics are so beautiful, the riffs and the melodies are amazing, and the vibe of this song is so good. And how the voices change. It's awesome. This is like a 1000 times better love story than Twilight
i always have goose-flesh when listening to this masterpiece
This song is my life
SHEEE'S THE OOONE FOOOR WIIIINTEEER TO OOOOOOOOOOWNNN!
3 people got the plague. But there's a very nice difference between likes and dislikes... for some reason......
This is just magical
Love this 😊
chug beer to this song
Greatest metal love song ever written.
ABSOLUTELY IN LOVE WITH THIS!!!!!!!
I've fallen madly in love.. with this song ;___;
Pretty damn incredible, huh? I haven't listened to it in so long and it still holds as one of the best single song record.
Kiitos Suomi.
A Canticle of Light
I bathe in the reverie of your impassioned allure,
And whisper fervently to the Seraphim:
For she, enjoined by the indulgence of such feral a dream,
Hath forsaken mightily the baldric of her Heaven’s idyll,
To sing enraptured the timeless praise of love’s first gleam
This is a fucking masterpiece
One of the most majestic pieces of music I've ever heard.
+gillywibble listen to symphany x, that is majestic
Majestic? Symphony x is great but majestic? We can all have our opinions I suppose.
symphony x is the worst music ever
symphony x lol... so teeny
27:43 is just amazing
What is 'doom' metal ? Loved this album first time heard got recomended. 🔜❤️
Best way to kill 35 minutes. 1st song I've heard from Swallow the Sun, I loved all 34 minutes and 37 seconds.
grande ep!!
I was reading Schopenhaur and his thoughts on music and it seems like this song is a perfect example of this: "We could therefore just as well call the world embodied
music as embodied will: this also explains why music causes every painting,
and in fact every scene from real life and the world, suddenly to emerge
in a state of heightened significance; and of course the more so the greater
the analogy there is between the melody and the inner spirit of the
given appearance.". In light of this song everything I see becomes so much richer with meaning and significance. The world is no longer the same after I found this song.
hm, interesting. I would like to hear Schopenhauer's ideas on Anal Cunt
The most beautiful Doom Metal song ever
read Evael in reverse, sounds pretty conceptual
+Vladimir Melikyan And the last parts name in reverse is "00:01 Leave" as in "one minute past midnight the room was filled only with butterflies"
Thank you both for such a smart and detailed observation! A subtle, yet outstanding example of congruity of form and content. Furthermore, it can be noticed that since the last word is pronounced, the guitar melody lead lasts just 1 minute more (between 33:10 - 34:10) until the outro kicks in.
One of the most beautiful songs ever recorded... I'm going to name my daughter after Evael
@666soccermom666 i decided so as well since the first time i've heared this heaven of album .... i wrote a story named Evael waiting on for a girl to be named so !!
@666soccermom666 I love your name!
+Michael Easton haha thanks im a guy by the way haha just wanted to joke around the whole satan mumbo jumbo with something completely ridiculous
im gonna fuck your daughter
@GRAVE BLASPHEMATOR da hell?
lindo som
LO QUE VENGA DE STS ES BELLEZA QUE BANDA NO ME CANSO DE ELLA DESDE EL 2006 LOS ESCUCHO Y NO ME DEJAN DE ENCANTAR
Every time I hear this I love it more. I've gave it away. Told people to buy it. Good stuff!
How the hell this has only ~250 likes... Pure masterpiece, with somekind of "freedom" to do things little bit different this time. Don`t know how to describe it. Just perfect..
Losing the sunsetsin alku & loppu: eräänkin kerran ollu karvat pystyssä. Hirvittää...
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FUCK YO ALL SUKA
A friend of mine left this world last night. This was his favorite song.
@Michael Easton this is how it always has been for me as well, I hope everything works out for you
hope his journey was swift and with minimal pain
THAT YOUR FRIEND REST IN PEACE....INSURANCE IS IN THE VALHALLA WITH ODIN AND THE WALKIRIAS...R.I.P
LOL!!!!
Chaz Martin I wouldn’t recommend to continue being apathetic as it is a horrible personality trait.
@1:40, is that in Shenandoah park, Virginia? I think I remember that exact tree over the dry creek.
almost 35 minutes and still too short :)
Of all the genres, artists, and songs I've been fortunate enough to come across―the latter numbering at least ten thousand, I would suppose―this ranks easily among the top twenty or thirty. The last two stanzas in particular, coupled with the melody that brings this piece to a close, are damn-near profound.
I'd like to thank this band not just for kicking ass, but more specifically for their contributions to my soul.
That's pretty well-fucking-put, brother! I have seen them play parts of this song twice, now. Anyone who knows the group's material goes nuts.
It should be at least top 10 im curious as to see what you would rank ahead of it
beautiful
but it sounds like evil when he sing it :P
What a masterpiece
pretty sure evael is the name of the girl my friend
what does evael meen?
The two Crimson songs by Edge of sanity hold the attention equally well.
Makes me just wanna go deep in the woods in the middle of fall and just relax.. this is just so godlike..
so much Beauty in this song
what People Say that? lol
Pink Floyd Echoes, Genesis Suppers Ready, InaGaddaDavida, Zeppelins Dazed and COnfused and Stairway to Heaven, YES Tales of topographic oceans, and now SWALLOW THE SUN - all have epic long songs.
I'm a big fan of Swallow the Sun, but this song is terrible... so much sour vocals here and there.
Could be among the top 10 in my list ;) \ ,, /
could it be the greatest metal song ever???
favoris!!!
And people say that you should only make 4 minute long songs because that's the attention span of a common listener. Well I'll be proud to say that I'm not a common listener of music and sit through the 35 minutes of epic doom metal, and enjoy every minute of it!
27:41 is amazing.
Swallow The Sun's first album was the first metal album I had heard that I could truly describe as "beautiful" and "haunting". I think they sort of peaked with that one and had a slight decline in quality after but this entire piece stands up there with it. Gives me chills every time...certainly one of the best doom-inspired bands of the last decade.
I've never heard of this, and it just popped up on the side while I was catching up with Dir en grey's newer stuff. Someone please explain to me why the hell this band has never been on my radar before.
FINALLY,Someone UPLOADS the entire masterpiece. Thanks man :D.
i have heard this song before but never with lyrics. it was amazing then and now with having read the lyrics along with the song. im blown away.
thanks for the upload
This is a pure masterpiece a fucking great piece of Metal, Persian salute to the great black death\doom Finnish band " Swallow The Sun "
i will find you in the woods i promise
So much beauty.
EPIC!!!!!