In Aeturnum
While Heaven Wept Lyrics

Tearstained are the halls of my empty soul
My soul is empty, devoid of any comfort, and filled only with sadness.

Melancholia's haunting call is the only one I have known
I have only ever experienced melancholy and its associated feelings, as it has always been present in my life.

Innocence has lead me into this void
As a child I was innocent, but that has led me to this desolate and unhappy state.

While years eroded a youth I never enjoyed
Instead of enjoying my youthful years, they were slowly and painfully stripped away.

Through childhood I slept unsheltered from the scorn
As a child, I was constantly exposed to the scolding and criticism of others, with no source of safety or protection.

Now I've awakened with age to love ever lorn
As I grew older, I became aware of the lack of love and affection in my life, which only made my situation worse.

Forever and ever I'll search for the solace
I will spend my life searching for something to provide me with peace and comfort, but may never find it.

Which can only be found in an embrace
The only true solace I know is the comfort found in a warm embrace or loving touch.

In throes of desolation I prayed unto divinity
At my most desperate point, I prayed to a higher power for redemption and comfort.

I endured the emptiness and frigid pain but even god had forsaken me
Despite enduring the unbearable pain of emptiness and isolation, even my faith in a higher power could not provide me with solace.

I prayed to find a solace for my heart bereaved
I begged for something to provide my broken heart with relief and healing.

Only to be forgotten by the god I once believed
My belief in a higher power ultimately proved unhelpful, as I felt abandoned and unacknowledged by it.

Now I serve this punishment under the ice condemned
My current state of emotional suffering and isolation feels like a punishment, and I am trapped within these feelings like a frozen body trapped beneath the ice.

For my loss of faith to hell I was damned
My loss of faith has felt like damnation to hell, a place of pain and suffering.

Downfallen in iniquity, desolate I'll be
As I continue down this path of negativity and iniquity, I will only become more and more desolate.

My somber stare traverses sepulchers lonely
My gaze is dull and solemn, wandering among the graves of the lonely dead.

Eternally, my limbs sealed in place
I feel trapped and immobile within my own despair, as if my limbs are frozen in place.

Livid, and dead I bow my face
My face is lifeless and pale, and I feel as if I am already dead.

The only shelter from the cold
My only escape from the intense emotional coldness and pain is...

Of the ninth circle of hell
...an imagined refuge within the deepest depths of hell itself.

To see what awaits in forever
I search for an idea of what lies ahead in the eternal realm.

A lifeless gaze, my final endeavor
My final goal as I continue to feel lifeless and empty: to gaze upon eternity without emotion or passion.

I looked through the blackened skies
As I search for meaning and solace, I turn my eyes to the darkened, foreboding skies above me.

And beheld the radiance of paradise
Despite my feelings of despair and isolation, I caught a glimpse of paradise and felt momentary hope.

My eyes have frozen in false sanctity
Despite glimpsing paradise, my eyes remain lifeless and unfeeling, unable to truly appreciate or accept the concept of it.

Eternally bound, my tears have turned to ice
My fate is to remain forever trapped in my own despair, unable to find true solace and even my tears have turned to ice, frozen by the coldness of my emotions.