Opeth

22 advanced vocabulary words across 16 songs.

determinationReverie/Harlequin Forest

firmness of purpose; devoting full strength and concentrated attention to something

Stark determination

Poisoning the soul

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sovereignBlackwater Park

ruling; a nation’s ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right

Wielding his instruments

Stealth sovereign reaper

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advocateBlackwater Park

speak up for; push for something

I am just a spectator

An advocate documenting the loss

Fluttering with conceit

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bereavementBlackwater Park

mourning; state of sorrow over the death or departure of a loved one

Still far from the knell

Taunting their bereavement

Mob round the dead

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lamentHarvest

complaint; express grief verbally

All I see is departure

Mourner's lament, but it's me who's the martyr

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gullibleHeir Apparent

easily fooled; naive and easily deceived or tricked

It's September and he covets the gullible

Skeletal wish

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affinityThe Leper Affinity

attraction; (immunology) the attraction between an antigen and an antibody

I am beyond death

Midst a dreaming affinity

Saving strength now, faint whispers

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receptiveThe Baying of the Hounds

having an open attitude; open to arguments, ideas, or change

So you take comfort in him

And you are receptive to stark wishes

No longer struggling to declare your stand

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rigidThe Leper Affinity

stiff; incapable of or resistant to bending

Your gaze covered in virgin snow

Rigid features

It's the shallow deeds who is to blame

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etherealMaster's Apprentices

delicate; characterized by lightness and insubstantiality

And disappear

Ethereal light

Showing me what I can do without

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sustainFolklore

keep up; lengthen or extend in duration or space

In a sea of guilt and shame

Will we sustain

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disposeClosure

throw away; give, sell, or transfer to another

Look inside - There never was a start

Peel myself - Dispose of severed skin

All subsides - Around me and within

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transparentBeneath the Mire

see through; transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity

Decrepit body wearing transparent skin

Inside the smoke of failure

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plightAtonement

dilemma; a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant one

Suddenly, I'm no longer aching

To honor my plights

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perpetualFamine

ageless; continuing forever or indefinitely

And I would die when my heart was empty

Become a ghost in perpetual void

And neglect all reasons why

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neglectFamine

ignore; leave undone or leave out

Become a ghost in perpetual void

And neglect all reasons why

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depictThe Lines in My Hand

picture; show in, or as in, a picture

The writings on the wall depict a truth that no one sees

A government of puppets blinded by another creed

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arcaneThe Lines in My Hand

secret; requiring secret or mysterious knowledge

We are dying in the wake of gods and decrees remain arcane

And everything around us is a consequence of pain

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enigmaUnder the Weeping Moon

mystery; something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained

Glisten to mark their presence

Set the enigma ablaze

Searching

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undertakeThe Amen Corner

attempt; enter upon an activity or enterprise

Those eyes, empty like a barren well

It was the only task I would undertake

To reap the harvest that was mine

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symmetryHeart in Hand

exact matching of forms; (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation

War in utopia

Slay cornucopia for symmetry

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perceiveHeart in Hand

notice; to become aware of through the senses

There was no time to surrender

And no reason to perceive

The burden of pain

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