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Title: Mercyside [Add this track to my blog]
Album: Illumination
Year: 2007
Lyrics:
You can hate me for
All the things I do
You should let my heart go
Whatever you decide to do

You can make me bleed
You can make me cry
You can make me fall
You can make me live or die

And I'll wonder how
And you'll wonder why
And you'll wonder why

For years the world has been
Falling apart
Like the dynamite would
The surface is swollen;
Cold
But underneath, the blood always boils

It's getting harder
Getting worse now
Every day

We're growing colder
Digging deeper
In my mind

It's getting harder
Getting worse now
Every day

We're growing colder
Digging deeper
In my mind

You laughed
But your smile never reached your eyes
You cry
But your eyes never shed a tear

And I wonder how

You laughed and you
Untied your hair

There are things to do
Things we never could tell

The surface is swollen;
Cold
But beneath, the blood always boils

It's getting harder
Getting worse now
Every day

We're growing colder
Digging deeper
In my mind

Nail me
Choose me
Blame me
Every time you light
Your fingers
I'm not what I decide

It's getting harder
Getting worse now
Every day

We're growing colder
Digging deeper
In my mind

It's getting harder
Getting worse now
Every day

We're growing colder
Digging deeper
In my mind

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Title: Down [Add this track to my blog]
Album: Illumination
Year: 2007
Lyrics:
My violent mood swings peak
And my hands are as heavy as rocks
I have no time and no space
I am falling behind
Just take me home
My patience has all run out
And I feel like yelling; - it is too much
I have abandoned all charm and all grace
I have fallen behind
There is no god

The night is cursed
Loud and blurred
Still it rains
Still it rains
It rains like hell
It rains like hell

Rain on empty shells
Rain on empty shells

My violent mood swings peak
And my hands are as heavy as rocks
I have no time and no space
I have fallen behind
There is no god

The night is cursed
Loud and blurred
Still it rains
Still it rains
It rains like hell
It rains like hell

Rain on empty shells
Rain on empty shells

Rain

It rains like hell
It rains like hell
It rains like hell
It rains like hell

Rain on empty shells
Rain on empty shells

Screaming voices
Ring in my ears
I don't want to know their names

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Title: Equilibrium [Add this track to my blog]
Album: Ashes
Year: 2005
Lyrics:
This is the slowest dance
The dance of a thousand years
The dance of the frozen statues
Clinging together in tears

This is the darkest fight
The fight of a thousand years
The pounding of blood
Through our veins
In our veins
In our eyes
The circles of fear

I cling to you
So cold, so bright
Cling to me through the night

In our veins
Through our veins
The circles of fear
I cling to you
Cling to you
So cold, so bright

Motionless faces
Park of the wasted
In the pale gloom
I hang on to you
In the pale gloom
I am safe and cool

I swim in you
In your dark rivers
Dive in your mind
Search for your monsters
Search for resistance
Sink into the mud
Dance in the halls of insanity
Yet madness is
Your highest deed
Your vanity

Mistress - you made me
Mistress - you saved me
In your cold hands
I am just a tool

Mistress - you made me
Mistress - you saved me
In your cold hands
I am safe and cool

I swim in you
In your dark rivers
Dive in your mind
Search for your monsters
Search for resistance
Sink into the mud
Dance in the halls of insanity
Yet madness is
Your highest deed
Your vanity

In the end of 1996 a star is born from the dark sky of our Northern lover "Norway" . Exactly from Stavanger the fabulous city of melancholic sky where the dusk meet his lover the dawn so far between the Goldy sand of the deep ocean.

Tristania was formed at the end of 1996 by Einar Moen , Morten Veland and Kenneth Olsson from the remains of their previous band Uzi Suicide . Later, Anders H. Hidleand Vibeke Stene joined the band, along with bassist Rune Osterhus In May 1997 their first EP. Tristania , was released. The same year Tristania released its first full length album, Widow's Weeds . A year later, following the Angina single, they recorded their second full length album, titled Beyond the Veil , which is thought by many fans to be not only the finest Tristania project but also the album which best represents the band's sound. The music is considered very atmospheric and full of deep melodic passion. Morten Veland left shortly after the release of Beyond the Veil due to musical differences.

In 2001 their third album, World of Glass was released. The growling vocals on this album were sung by Ronny Thorsen, a member of Trail of Tears, and the clean vocals were sung by Jan Kenneth Barkved, and Østen Bergøy. . Bergøy then joined the band as a permanent member, and so did Kjetil Ingebrethsen , who was in charge of singing death vocals.

The band's fourth album – Ashes (2005) – was the first of Tristania's albums on the SPV label after their contract with Napalm Records expired. The album takes the once heavily atmospheric gothic sound of the band and replaces it with a decidedly more progressive style. The choirs are gone, as are the more challenging vocal parts reminiscent of World of Glass and Beyond the Veil. Anders Hidle and Einar Moen add their vocals to certain tracks on the album. Two of the songs were actually written by the Tristania .com webmaster, Kjartan Hermansen ("Libre" and "Circus") while the song "The Wretched" is based on "Ascending: Descending" – a poem by Hermansen.

Also on Ashes, the violins of Pete Johansen – which so often accompanied the previous Tristania albums – were replaced by the cello melodies of Hans Josef Groh. The album marked a lyrical and musical simplification of the band.

The Ashes Tour in Europe (minus Einar Moen, who remained at home to work on more material for the band, but is still an active member) brought about another change for the band, the addition of a second guitarist – Svein Terje Solvang – who previously played with the band for touring purposes. His addition to the band as a permanent member in May 2005 marked the first time Tristania has had a two-guitarist team since Beyond the Veil.

In April 2006, Kjetil Ingebrethsen left Tristania to embark on a lower level musical career.

On February 27 2007, Vibeke Stene left the band to teach singing and on October 19 2007, Mariangela Demurtas (ex-Reel Fiction, Alight) is announced as the new female singer.

Østen Bergøy - Clean Vocals
Anders Høyvik Hidle - Guitars/Composition/Vocals
Rune Østerhus - Bass
Einar Moen - Synth/Programming/Composition
Kenneth Olsson - Drums
Svein Terje Solvang - Live Guitar/Vocals
Mariangela "Mary" Demurtas - Female Vocals hhhhhhhhhh she's the only who think this Bitch (ex-Reel Fiction, Alight)