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Anathema · Weather Systems [2012]

[Spoken words:]

And I felt myself going. I was in a great deal of pain.

It was a very frightening experience,

I began to slip. I just started to feel myself going,

and I remember trying to hold on "I'll be OK,

I'll be OK" and it got to the point where I just couldn't.

And everything began to just become very quiet and

I can remember with every ounce of strength I had,

I wanted to say goodbye to my wife. It was important to me.

And I did, I remember just turning my head and looking

at her and saying: "I'm gonna die, goodbye Joan", and I did,

It was then that I experienced,

experienced what we call a near death experience,

for me it was nothing near about it, it was there.

It was a total immersion in light, brightness, warmth, peace, security.

I did not have an out-of-body-experience,

I did not see my body or any one about me,

I just immediately went into this beautiful bright light.

It's difficult to describe,

as a matter of fact is impossible to describe,

verbally it cannot be expressed,

it's something which becomes you and you become it.

I could say that I was peace,

I was love, I was the brightness, it was part of me.



Goodbye my friend

Love will never end



And I feel like you

And I breathe all truth



Love is the life breath of all I see

Love is the true light inside of me



And I know you somehow

As I hold you in my heart

In my heart



(Senses following me)



There's a fire in the sky

And I know it's you

There's a light that's so bright

And I know it's you, I know it's you

And I dream like you

Cause I believe in truth



For I was always there

And I will always be there,



[Spoken words:]

It's just so beautiful.

It was eternity, it's like I was always there,

and I will always be there,

that my existence on earth was very brief, instant,

I could say that I was peace,

I was love, I was the brightness, it was part of me.