Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Mikael Akerfeldt
Lead Vocals
Fredrik Åkesson
Guitar
Waltteri Väyrynen
Drums
Joakim Svalberg
Background Vocals
Ian Anderson
Flute
Joey Tempest
Background Vocals
London Session Orchestra
Strings
Martín Méndez
Bass
Mia Westlund
Harp
Mírjam Åkerfeldt
Spoken Word
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Mikael Akerfeldt
Songwriter
Dave Stewart
String Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Opeth
Mixing Engineer
Mikael Akerfeldt
Producer
Stefan Boman
Mixing Engineer
Miles Showell
Mastering Engineer
Dave Stewart
Additional Producer
Joe Jones
Recording Engineer
Lyrics
And now in tranquil fortitude
The shifting sands of time
I was sick with fever (he's sick with fever)
Hand on the hymns (collapsing, expiring)
Ashen eyes in delirium (no)
Soliloquay in suspirium
No! No! No!
A lock on the sanctum
One of the cursed, forever in debt
Daughter, my unfortunate son
I bequeath you verity
Twins, usurping strands of flesh
You are not mine!
Poison loins of mother
Cursed my vigorous seed
Longing for a child
My love for her
Birthed a controversial plan
Her eye on him
One so ordinary, soon in nameless grave
The bane of my existencе
Sordid flesh communion
Gold in mouth, he impregnatеs
Swallowed my shame
Like a man of affairs
Lineage and name
Still fast in my prayers
Writer(s): Mikael åkerfeldt
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