[ti:]The Harrowing Years [ar:]Insomnium [al:]Across The Dark [by:]lndjove [00:09.21]Insomnium--The Harrowing Years [00:10.16]Music: Sevänen & Friman, Lyrics: Sevänen [00:11.54]--lndjove-- [00:13.80]......... [00:52.64]This I have learnt: [00:57.64]World forces all of us down [01:03.70]the fleeing years bend our backs [01:09.46]love but smears our hearts [01:14.69]Here I now lie still like a broken bow [01:20.06]soul sullen and rigid [01:23.09]with the will to die [01:25.81]sighing after the days long since gone [01:31.54]cursing every step on this ill-fated trail [01:36.39]"In vain I try (to forget) [01:47.32]In vain I try ( to forgive) [01:59.11]Black bird from evening sky [02:01.74]Raven from heaths of night [02:04.81]come and take my cares [02:06.97]carry away the grief [02:10.38]bereave me of my new woes [02:13.08]rend off these earthly throes [02:16.06]fly them to deepest lakes [02:18.45]to the starlit shores" [02:21.81].......... [02:23.34]This I have learnt: [02:28.31]even the sweetest wine turns sour [02:35.30]we work our fingers to the bone [02:41.25]all our efforts of no avail [02:46.52]Here we all are but troubled guests [02:49.58]on darkling earth [02:51.89]lost echoes that pine away [02:55.22]into the dusk [02:57.62]nothing more than the wind to rely on [03:03.23]nothing more than the death [03:06.25]to comfort us in the end [03:08.17]"In vain I try (to forget) [03:19.38]In vain I try ( to forgive) [03:31.86]Black bird from evening sky [03:34.56]Raven from heaths of night [03:37.60]come and take my cares [03:39.73]carry away the grief [03:43.17]bereave me of my new woes [03:45.91]rend off these earthly throes [03:48.86]fly them to deepest lakes [03:50.99]to the starlit shores" [03:57.16].......... [05:25.87]This I have heard: [05:30.81]all ends in serene sleep [05:37.26]all these sorrows are washed away [05:43.52]as we lapse into the night [05:52.18].......... [05:57.37]But I know it`s a