The Swan Beyond Death

[Intro] [atmospheric keyboards, clean guitar melody, distant water sounds] Across the black current where no sunlight wanders a white shape drifts through eternal twilight Silent wings upon silent waters older than memory older than grief [Verse I] [mid-tempo melodic death metal riff, deep growls] The river carried no reflection the sky held no stars yet the swan moved onward through the mist of forgotten ages Its feathers shone pale against the darkness of Tuonela like moonlight upon a grave of stone [Chorus] [melancholic melodic death metal, powerful growls] Swan of Tuonela guardian of the silent stream Bearer of forgotten dreams Watcher of the dead Swan of Tuonela your wings disturb no water your song remains unheard beyond the veil of life [Verse II] [faster riff, melodic lead guitar harmonies] The dead watched from distant shores their faces veiled in fog As the white wanderer passed through reeds of silver-grey No hunter followed No arrow dared to fly For all who touched its path were claimed by endless night [Bridge] [slow doom section, keyboards and mournful lead guitar] The current never changes The mist never lifts Only the swan remains crossing the same dark waters through the turning of ages [Solo] [long melancholic Finnish guitar solo, folk-inspired melody] [Final Chorus] [larger arrangement, layered guitars and keyboards] Swan of Tuonela guardian of the silent stream Bearer of forgotten dreams Watcher of the dead Swan of Tuonela when the final river calls guide me through the darkness beyond the black current [Outro] [clean guitar, distant wind and water] White wings fade into mist The river grows still And Tuonela waits beyond the last horizon