Chess with the Abyss Lyrics
| Band | |
|---|---|
| Album | Abrahadabra(2010) |
| Type | Album (Studio full-length) |
| Genres | Symphonic Black Metal |
| Labels | Nuclear Blast |
| Ranked | #40 for 2010 , #1,410 all-time |
Album rating : 84.5 / 100
Votes : 41
Votes : 41
4. Chess with the Abyss (4:08)
Old dreams return
Disillusioned I yearn
Am I buried beneath sand and clay?
The caress of cold soil
With limbs crippled to the coil
Locked inside a nightmare womb
Tarnished and grief stricken
Emptiness within a void
Longing for the sun to shine
To discourage the demonoid
Salvation!
Darkness reborn!
We seem to keep fading away
Holding on to that last final sway
A doctrine of self salvation
Darkness reborn on resurrection day?
Stagnating in dead waters
While circling above the surface
Of the deep pale desert sea
Cutting that other life of lines
Salvation!
Wish we'd never met
Salvation!
And rather gone our seperate ways
Salvation!
All times spent together
Salvation!
Are the darkest of days
Salvation!
Darkness reborn!
Disillusioned I yearn
Am I buried beneath sand and clay?
The caress of cold soil
With limbs crippled to the coil
Locked inside a nightmare womb
Tarnished and grief stricken
Emptiness within a void
Longing for the sun to shine
To discourage the demonoid
Salvation!
Darkness reborn!
We seem to keep fading away
Holding on to that last final sway
A doctrine of self salvation
Darkness reborn on resurrection day?
Stagnating in dead waters
While circling above the surface
Of the deep pale desert sea
Cutting that other life of lines
Salvation!
Wish we'd never met
Salvation!
And rather gone our seperate ways
Salvation!
All times spent together
Salvation!
Are the darkest of days
Salvation!
Darkness reborn!
Abrahadabra - Lyrics
| 1. Xibir Lyrics | 2. Born Treacherous Lyrics |
| 3. Gateways Lyrics | ▶ 4. Chess with the Abyss Lyrics |
| 5. Dimmu Borgir Lyrics | 6. Ritualist Lyrics |
| 7. The Demiurge Molecule Lyrics | 8. A Jewel Traced Through Coal Lyrics |
| 9. Renewal Lyrics | 10. Endings and Continuations Lyrics |
Abrahadabra - Album Credits
Additional musicians
- Snowy Shaw : Bass, Clean Vocals
- Dariusz "Daray" Brzozowski : Drums
- Geir Bratland : Keyboards
- Kristoffer Rygg(Garm) : Vocals on 10
- Agnete Kjolsrud : Vocals on 3, 10
- Andy Sneap : Guitars on 3, 9
- Ricky Black : Guitars on 10
Other staff
- Dimmu Borgir : Producer
- Andy Sneap : Mixing, Mastering Engineer
- Russ Russell : Engineer (guitars, bass)
- Daniel Bergstrand : Engineer (vocals, drums)
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| Rank | Song | Album | Rating | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Mourning Palace | Enthrone Darkness Triumphant (1997) | 98.8 | 14 |
| 2 | | In Death's Embrace | Enthrone Darkness Triumphant (1997) | 97.9 | 16 |
| 3 | | A Succubus In Rapture | Enthrone Darkness Triumphant (1997) | 97.5 | 12 |
| 4 | | Spellbound (By the Devil) | Enthrone Darkness Triumphant (1997) | 96.7 | 14 |
| 5 |  | Gateways | Abrahadabra (2010) | 96.5 | 12 |
| 6 |  | Reptile | Spiritual Black Dimensions (1999) | 96.9 | 8 |
| 7 |  | Progenies Of The Great Apocalypse | Death Cult Armageddon (2003) | 96.9 | 8 |
| 8 | | The Insight & The Catharsis | Spiritual Black Dimensions (1999) | 96.3 | 8 |
| 9 |  | Kings Of The Carnival Creation | Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia (2001) | 94.4 | 11 |
| 10 | | Dreamside Dominions | Spiritual Black Dimensions (1999) | 95.7 | 7 |
| 11 |  | The Serpentine Offering | In Sorte Diaboli (2007) | 96.3 | 4 |
| 12 | | Master Of Disharmony | Enthrone Darkness Triumphant (1997) | 93.9 | 9 |
| 13 |  | Alt Lys Er Svunnet Hen | Stormblåst (1996) | 94.3 | 7 |
| 14 | | Tormentor Of Christian Souls | Enthrone Darkness Triumphant (1997) | 92.3 | 13 |
| 15 | | Sympozium | Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia (2001) | 93.3 | 9 |
