Lyrics in English

All Backworld Lyrics (en) Total 35

Backworld - Ashes to Diamonds

{Verse 1} In the age of the alchemist Lived a mage who sought the emerald mist And he sailed into the great abyss To the land of the alchemist

Backworld - All Things

On the first day of the morning Lightning struck without warning Birds filled the trees And greeted the dawn Opened the skies With their morning song The second

Backworld - The Children Of Eden

The Children of Eden Play in the yard Flying over the hedges To follow the stars Whispering in the tall grass Moving shadows of clouds Songs of innocence lost

Backworld - Eternal Return

Tall sheaves of grain Bowed by the sun Stand before God At the trumpet call Fields are overgrown Leaves have turned to gold And the sheaves are gathered home

Backworld - Love and Its Disintegration

All through the night Beneath the passions flow Into the glow beyond desire Ambitions fail Victims turned away True angels fall And love dissolves Pray, I

Backworld - In This New Dark Age

Darkness grows gently around us Now it has found us In this isolation The signs in the stars are uncertain Behind the blind curtain Demons are drawn to our dreams

Backworld - Come the Bells

I see her now Lying with her face turned to the wall The stars are gone And its time to greet the bringer of the dawn She turns and smiles Tragic eyes Like beads

Backworld - Eveningward

In the half-light, in the evening In the time between light and darkness The day becomes a crawling shadow That withers like grass in the bright sunlight Morning sows the seeds,

Backworld - Lullaby Land

The wandering spark That play in the dark Is calling you home To sleep Cover your eyes Look for the light Of lullaby land I'll be by your side In

Backworld - The Golden Path

{Chorus} Where do we go from here Which is the way back home That leads to Heaven from Hell And down the golden path {Verse 1} I couldn't

Backworld - The Tide

Beneath the hearts flowing stream Rise the elements of nature's cruel force Like waters run to the see Bearing our souls we lay naked on the shore And the tide rolls

Backworld - A Shepard's Tale

Once upon a time I left my pride and all that was mine I laid down with the lambs Folded my hands and prayed to the sky Because I, I wanted to be untied Wine flowed

Backworld - A Place in Heaven

Am I distant as it seems Praying for a pleasant dream Like a rising storm Creature of passion I'm down on my knees Living in a world of chaos Working from a

Backworld - Gospel of Mary

What goes flying through august clouds Cut the golden sky Lonely sound descends to her Like a judgement pronounced upon her head Drifting in the open space Vessel

Backworld - Melody

Harvests lying in the fields Now we're rising from the ground Waking from the Autumn sleep Now we're scattered by the wind And you know we will always be Born

Backworld - Little Red Stars

An angel made of wood spoke to me from her dream She was telling me that dogs are at her heels The tide is coming in It's slipping under the door The dark is full of teeth

Backworld - The Sparrows

Five O'clock in the morning comes again The hour of emptiness Mother beside me wide awake But we're not speaking Even as she's beside me I am alone As I

Backworld - Hand's of Ash

I feel the touch of your soft hands of ash Calling me back from the dead And thus my love I will give of my heart I will rend it apart once again I remember it was just

Backworld - Lady of Sorrows

Alone in her chamber Well after midnight Praying in silence Falling apart She rises slowly Born up by angels Lady of Sorrows Pierced through the heart

Backworld - Come Sunday Morn

Come Sunday morn Come Sunday morn In the morning chapel lights We will meet each other's eyes Knowing that our hearts are burning through Come Sunday morn Come

Backworld - New Light

An empty cross against the sky The mind and heart are reconciled A song to the lamb who has died The silver spear in his side And each note leaves a hole in my skin And

Backworld - Lake of Ice

Shame is Prides cloak Prisons are built with stones of Law Brothels with bricks of Religion The pride of the peacock is the glory of God The lust of the goat is the bounty

Backworld - Leaving the Isles of the Blest

I rose up on golden wings Into the hands of God I was dropped from the hands of God For praying at the grave of Jesus Praying at the grave of Jesus It's hard to

Backworld - Beautiful Dream

Beautiful dream, beyond my imagination All that I've seen All that is left All that is hiding Returning to me is a language long forgotten Denied by silent

Backworld - Season of Sacrifice

Nearing harvest time, we are simple and blind On the garden path, content in our blindness The flower of deceit will fulfill our desire Sustain our belief in the beautiful lie

Backworld - Harrow of Skulls

Washed in the tears Of the innocent one A season in hell A passionate flood And thought becomes a seed A promise - sacrifice The beginning becomes the end And ashes

Backworld - Lies & Lullabies

All the damage that you've done All the harm that you still do Lighting the bonfires of the new Dark Age The endless torments you put us through All the battles that you

Backworld - Mary Of The Blue Sky

Mary of the blue sky You've been trying too long to see Veiled in blue and green Suffering in complete silence Nothing's ever exactly as it should be If you believe

Backworld - The Desert Has 12 Things

You must love nothingness You must flee something You must remain alone And go to nobody You must be very active And free of all things You must deliver the

Backworld - God Against All

We walk alone in a deep forest Together, yet apart, we form a dark chorus The leaves are turning into blood and gold Jesus wept while the others slept and he was sold Pale

Backworld

Backworld

Backworld grew out of the World Serpent apocalyptic folk scene in London, combining traditional English folk, experimental and minimalist classical with fin de siècle mysticism.
Founder Joseph Budenholzer’s collaborators include Antony Hegarty (Anohni), Little Annie, Lydia Lunch, Isobel Campbell, Jarboe, David Tibet, Michael Cashmore, Drew McDowall, Maya Hardinge, and Ridge Theater.