Ihsahn - Will You Love Me Now? lyrics

One great man was silent of his superiority
He was openly flattered and hated silently
Another spoke of his will to aspire
To create beyond himself
And the self-inflicted impotent man
Felt spat at by all ambition

The solitary pierced the skin of denial
And the blood would colour the sky
A futile display to those whose heads
Are always turned towards the ground

Staring into the mud
Into the heart of emptiness
Where they squirm desperately
Like wing-clipped flies
And the whining parasite man
To whom pity and gloating are the same
This spineless parody of man
Will devour even himself in secrecy
In secrecy

Will you love me now?
You, whose feeling of dignity is
A matter of subtraction will you love me?
Now that I have revealed your un nakedness
Will you love me now?
You whose perception of justice equals
Your will to corrupt will you love me?
When I cut trough all the
Layers of your vanity will you love me now?
You, who cling to a heart so fragile
Even your gods must suffer for you
Could you love truth?

Could you love truth even in secrecy?

And they gathered in their halls of justice
Halls of mirrors halls of echoes
And they gathered in their houses of worship
Within the walls of the unspoken
Sheltered from the rain