Music Video
Dälek - Black Smoke Rises (2002)
Lyrics
I miss the burning of my flesh
I'm content in simple, earthly pleasure
Meaning only in breath you censor
Walk amongst the blessed
Digress into false posture to assume role of coal walker
I seek my lost muse
What must she feel right this instant?
Does my name even bring about vague, distant memories?
Blurry, bloodshot eyes scan that familiar candlelit room
I am consumed by these questions
All too often upon my sad, weary tongue
Perhaps she will visit me here again some day
Only to find I am not the one she remembers
(If she even remembers)
Black smoke rises to a Heaven I do not know
Slowly gaze to take in our sorrow
Black smoke rises to a Heaven I do not know
Slowly gaze to take in our sorrow
Black smoke rises to a Heaven I do not know
Slowly gaze to take in our sorrow
Why question a life only borrowed?
Black smoke rises to a Heaven I do not know
Slowly gaze to take in our sorrow
Black smoke rises to a Heaven I do not know
Slowly gaze to take in our sorrow
Black smoke rises to a Heaven I do not know
Slowly gaze to take in our sorrow
Why question a life only borrowed?
(I'm surprised by my lack of resolve)
I thought I could be pure
I thought I could endure winding, lonesome road which still lies ahead
I sit with hands upon chin in disbelief
Grieve the passing of my content
I breathe contempt for my surroundings
Without consent, grasp the hand of what man might be passing
"Do you hold the book housing answers?"
Straight-faced with laughter, only comprehends my plight after
"Son, I must have burnt that chapter"
("I only want to recapture what was once mine")
("Nothing is yours")
("Shall I be lured upon the same crossroads as Robert Johnson?")
("Only if you believe in myth")
Black smoke rises to a Heaven I do not know
Slowly gaze to take in our sorrow
Black smoke rises to a Heaven I do not know
Slowly gaze to take in our sorrow
Black smoke rises to a Heaven I do not know
Slowly gaze to take in our sorrow
Why question a life only borrowed?
Black smoke rises to a Heaven I do not know
Slowly gaze to take in our sorrow (Help)
Black smoke rises to a Heaven I do not know
Slowly gaze to take in our sorrow
Black smoke rises to a Heaven I do not know
Slowly gaze to take in our sorrow
Why question a life only borrowed?
I miss that burning of your flesh
I thought you once to be pure
How could we endure simply earthly pleasures
When your own soul you censor?
I lost all truth as I tread that winding road
What I feel eternal is the bliss of my quiet grief
I am but a distant memory
The candle of thought long has been extinguished
No man has no answer
Let me rest this sad, weary tongue
My only true possession
Black smoke rises to a Heaven I do not know
Slowly gaze to take in our sorrow
Black smoke rises to a Heaven I do not know
Slowly gaze to take in our sorrow
Black smoke rises to a Heaven I do not know
Slowly gaze to take in our sorrow
Why question a life only borrowed?
Black smoke rises to a Heaven I do not know
Slowly gaze to take in our sorrow
Black smoke rises to a Heaven I do not know
Slowly gaze to take in our sorrow
Black smoke rises to a Heaven I do not know
Slowly gaze to take in our sorrow
Why question a life only borrowed?
Black smoke rises to a Heaven I do not know
Slowly gaze to take in our sorrow
Black smoke rises to a Heaven I do not know
Slowly gaze to take in our sorrow
Black smoke rises to a Heaven I do not know
Slowly gaze to take in our sorrow
Black smoke rises to a Heaven I do not know
Slowly gaze to take in our sorrow
Why question a life only borrowed?
Why question a life only borrowed?
Why question a life only borrowed?
Why question a life only borrowed?
Why question a life only borrowed?
Written by: ALAP MOMIN, WILL BROOKS
