At the Gates of Sleep-Insomnium

[00:23.17]Listen to the night, hearken to the silence [00:28.89]The wind sings in fir-trees, forest's music rings [00:34.74]Rueful is the tune, wailful the soughing [00:40.51]Soothing is the choir, murmur of the trees [00:48.29] [01:25.00]Time to forget all the heartache and pain [01:29.41]Time to leave behind all the toil and travail [01:33.88]Here where the water mirrors a still sky [01:38.32]Here a fair place for a child to lie [01:42.82] [01:43.90]Under the woeful sky, moss-grown our bed tonight [01:51.74] [02:11.60]Here we sprawl in mellow darkness [02:16.40]In warm caress of the night [02:20.51]Far away from world's betrayals [02:25.00]Afar from all the Heaven's might [02:29.64] [02:38.40]Better to dream, far sweeter to slumber [02:42.46]Than face the cold days, bear the grim longing [02:47.17]Time to rest a while, close the drowsy eyes [02:51.63]Sleep till the dawn, till the bleak morning [02:56.17] [03:13.90]Heed not the rustle or hoots of the owl [03:18.31]Heed not the ghosts that still dwell in the soul [03:22.75]Night brings us solace and serenity deep [03:27.18]Night brings at last neverending sleep [03:31.73] [03:49.41]Here we sprawl in mellow darkness [03:53.84]In warm caress of the night [03:58.25]Far away from world's betrayals [04:02.79]Afar from all the Heaven's might [04:07.52] [05:28.35]Better it would be to sleep forever [05:34.96]In silent shades of the evernight [05:42.71]Sweet are the dreams in the groves of death [05:49.97]Far away from the earthly woes [05:57.22] [06:26.30]Sound is the sleep under spruce's boughs [06:33.70]Serene are the dreams in the darkling shade [06:40.39]Gone are the cares of the waking world [06:47.51]Forgotten the sorrows of the weary heart