I woke up tomorrow and the colors were all dull
 I was stuck with gnawing headache, like a drill put through my skull
 And it seemed just to get stronger, I had never felt such pain before On this ocean of confusion, I heard an unknown voice
 I was lost in my delusion and I never had a choice
 Because this was the sound of reason, this was what I had been chosen for

 He poisoned me that moment when he stepped right up from hell
 You see, no man has a perfect and impenetrable shell
 He got me while I slumbered, he got me while my guard was down Sensing his perfection, I had never felt so small
 He said, "Open you eyes", and I stepped right through the wall
 To the far side of the fences, I had never been that far from home

 Awake my ghouls
 They stain my soul
 They preach my doom
 They raise my tomb

 Corpse Candles, 
Embrace me, keeps me awake
 Who will sleep well tonight
 Corpse Candles,
Within me, leading astray
 As I follow the light


The scenery is changing, and I know what happens then
 As I see things through this doorway that was never ment for men
 And I sympathise with Dante, although he of course was wrong about hell

 And I will call out for mercy, and my guide will show me grace
 While he leave me in control again, for now in any case
 And I fall right to the floor, the floor of this very god damned cell Awake my ghouls
 They stain my soul
 They preach my doom
 They raise my tomb

 Corpse Candles, 
Embrace me, keeps me awake
 Who will sleep well tonight
 Corpse Candles,
Within me, leading astray
 As I follow the light

 Silent morning, never-ending days and dreaded nights
 And what use is there for colors if the room is naked white
 But I know that it's nothing compared to this inner custody

 The sun is but a memory, the moon is never up
 And my head is like a highway where the traffic never stops
 At least I'm not all lonely, at least he keeps me company