Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Opeth
Opeth
Performer
Mikael Akerfeldt
Mikael Akerfeldt
Vocals
Martín Méndez
Martín Méndez
Bass Guitar
Martin Lopez
Martin Lopez
Drums
Per Wiberg
Per Wiberg
Hammond Organ
Peter Lindgren
Peter Lindgren
Guitar
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Mikael Akerfeldt
Mikael Akerfeldt
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Opeth
Opeth
Producer
Mikael Akerfeldt
Mikael Akerfeldt
Producer
Ander Alexandersson
Ander Alexandersson
Recording Engineer
Niklas Källgren
Niklas Källgren
Recording Engineer
Rickard Bengtsson
Rickard Bengtsson
Recording Engineer
Martín Méndez
Martín Méndez
Producer
Martin Lopez
Martin Lopez
Producer
Per Wiberg
Per Wiberg
Mixing Engineer
Peter Lindgren
Peter Lindgren
Mixing Engineer
Thomas Eberger
Thomas Eberger
Mastering Engineer
Jens Borgen
Jens Borgen
Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Ghost of Mother
Lingering death
Ghost on Mother's bed
Black strands on the pillow
Contour of her health
Twisted face upon the head
[Verse 2]
Ghost of perdition
Stuck in her chest
A warning no one read
Tragic friendship
Called inside the fog
Pouring venom brew deceiving
[Chorus]
Devil cracked the earthly shell
Foretold she was the one
Blew hope into the room and said
"You have to live before you die young"
[Chorus]
Devil cracked the earthly shell
Foretold she was the one
Blew hope into the room and said
"You have to live before you die young"
[Verse 3]
Holding her down
Channeling darkness
Hemlock for the Gods
Fading resistance
Draining the weakness
Penetrating inner light
[Bridge]
Road into the dark unaware
Winding ever higher
Higher
High, higher
High, higher
High, higher
[Verse 4]
Darkness by her side
Spoke and passed her by
Dedicated hunter
Waits to pull us under
Rose up to its call
In his arms she'd fall
Mother light received
A faithful servant's fee
[Verse 5]
In time the hissing of her sanity
Faded out her voice and soiled her name
Like the marked pages in a diary
Everything seemed clean that is unstained
The incoherent talk of ordinary days
Why would we really need to live?
Decide what is clear and what's within a haze
What you should take and what to give
[Chorus]
Ghost of perdition
A saint's premonition's unclear
Keeper of holy hordes
Keeper of holy whores
[Bridge]
To see a beloved son
In despair of what's to come
[Verse 6]
If one cut the source of the flow
And everything would change
Would conviction fall
In the shadow of the righteous?
[Verse 7]
The phantasm of your mind
Might be calling you to go
Defying the forgotten mortals
Where the victim is the prey
Written by: Mikael Akerfeldt
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