Opeth - Porcelain Heart (Audio)

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LYRICS
I lost all I had that April day
I turn to my friends
Nothing to say
I wrote down a name
And read it twice
I wallow in shame
I said, that I love eternal schemes
I cling to my past
Like childish dreams
I promised to stay
And held my breath
I went far away
I see roots beneath my feet
Led me through wastelands of deceit
Rest your head now, don't you cry
Don't ever ask the reason why
Kept inside our idol race
Ghosts of an idol's false embrace
Rest your head now, don't you cry
Don't ever ask the reason why

[@jasv49]

To an ordinary band writing this would've been a once in a lifetime achievement, while Opeth writes those on a regular basis

[@TheHauntingOne]

No joke, their music is legendary

[@decadence34]

TRUTH

[@_meric_]

welcome to prog

[@nylfgaard]

Yes he’s welcome to prog!! But still.. he’s on point !

[@blueCc29]

drumming is absolute madness

[@BenDrew42]

Hey....thanks for your comment. I love the drums also....I feel the same way. Cheers my friend

[@stepitupandgo67]

that first break tho

[@namzop]

Try listening to that on 10 while driving a diesel on the #1 doing 140 just to keep up.

[@xxjayxx517]

@@BenDrew42 aA

[@jro341]

@Milton Arbogast let’s see a video of you doing better.

[@lorenzobarichello5180]

"I've lost all I had that April day" R.I.P dad, we used to listen to Opeth every single day, and you loved this song too. 04/20/2019

[@RADEoN1337]

my dad died may 1st 2016, we knew it was coming in March. I always thought that lyric was an omen.

[@jana731]

I'm so sorry for your loss :(

[@danielderma3473]

Sorry for your loss. Stay strong today

[@lorenzobarichello5180]

@@danielderma3473 Thanks, today marks two years since his death

[@Genoflesh]

I am sorry for your loss. I lost my loved one too and this one was "our" track. I come once in awhile to honour our sweet memories:

[@katyja8812]

I lost all I had (that April day) I turned to my friends (nothing to say) I wrote down a name (and read it twice) I wallowed in shame I said that I loved (eternal schemes) I cling to my past (like childish dreams) I promised to stay (and held my breath) I went far away Icy roads beneath my feet Lead me through wastelands of deceit Rest your head now - don't you cry Don't ever ask the reason why Kept inside our idle race Ghost of an idol's false embrace Rest your head now - don't you cry Don't ever ask the reason why..

[@TheBushwooky]

What I love about this is how Opeth is able to make an eerie and heavy song without the use of Death Metal vocals. Nothing against them using them in other songs but it's nice to see them know when to turn them off.

[@PreciseGameplay]

TheBushwooky It really says something about their versatility and skill as musicians.

[@anesthetized7053]

+TheBushwooky i really have an aversion to death metal vocals so im weeding through the things i dont like... normally this would annoy me but this band is so great & i think its cool that they can do both

[@92stefanovic]

The whole album is eerie, and Akerfeldt made the song mellotron heart wich adds to the eerie feeling :) Mellotron is one of my favourite instruments

[@Yashiro-nene_dies]

If you notice, the guitars sound absoultley brutal without down tuning or excessive distortion. Just loud and powerful.

[@moaazkhalil1028]

They made acoustic guitar sounds pure evil on a lot of there songs

[@hude63]

These guys are geniuses ...

[@alexbott4121]

19toh63 that's what I said then everyone's like no you're a genius then I'm like no no, you're a genius then we all chuckle and swirl our brandy glasses

[@AndresLopez-mt4en]

The parts where he does 'Ahh..' feels like grieving to me, so intense.

[@Reznor_Meeks]

it is, the song is about his late gf that committed suicide

[@bgockel]

This is the song that got me into Opeth. What a masterpiece.

[@Kahleelhak]

I found a Headbanger's Ball CD on the side of the road one day when I was a teenager. This song was on it, along with End of the World by god Forbid, Trigger Full of Promises by Walls of Jericho, Vulture by A Life One Lost, and Nothing Remains by Chimera. That whole CD was absolute gold. This song was the most brilliantly put together in the whole thing, and was my first Opeth as well

[@KosmosDream]

The first song I ever heard by them

[@danielbetancourt1483]

Same

[@MarcoTheBlue]

Same here. A very good way to start.

[@Leishtek]

Welcome to the Opeth family. =]

[@ggian8424]

I too

[@alexbott4121]

+Dr. Paradoxia lmfao

[@Greasyheels]

2:14 I'm just amazed by the drums, it's just incredible

[@sirhatsalot2649]

your profile pic fits the comment XD

[@DentApSten]

+Freezie Pop Axenrot is god amongst men

[@prog9761]

+Peter Dimoff all hail Axenrot our Lord and our God

[@vezok716]

+Freezie Pop He's like "fuck you guys, I'm gonna do a drum solo"

[@jessecabaniss4070]

Freezie Pop lol seriously. It's so rare to hear someone go out of the pocket so perfectly.

[@QuasarEffect]

This is, I believe, a work of perfection.

[@Panda0nxtc]

Ahhhh nothing like some opeth at the end of the night

[@aestechtic7608]

Actually metal is best when you listen at night

[@emanuelxavier9923]

"Have you try turn off and on again?"

[@marcusking8507]

3:28 is one of the most powerful, mournful riffs I've ever heard.

[@antoinehemi4266]

You can't pass out while hearing this rif

[@marcusking8507]

@@antoinehemi4266 That's not what I meant.

[@Cluless02]

Opeth are the Masters of Mourn!!

[@ritualdeathmetal]

This part sounds like the first lead part from Under The Weeping Moon

[@salbill4484]

For me there is a slight bit of hope in there, like there is a struggle, light and darkness - either way, it's incredible! What do you think about Drapery Falls?

[@te0nani]

One of the greatest songs ever written.

[@alessa_cybergoth]

4:57 I can't help myself... I burst into tears whenever I listen to this part.

[@newcomerjason7791]

Axe's drum fill from 2:14 - 2:29 is incredible..... Sounds so off then he pulls it together..... 🤘🤘

[@aricchabot3372]

I wallow in shame.

[@Cluless02]

They are fine art!

[@ZaidPhyre]

3:22 This transition always gives me the chills

[@kfury1527]

Don't you just want to close your eyes and relax when 4:57 hits?

[@thenoble39]

The bridge is sad and beautiful

[@geetbehera3593]

As for the freakout solo in "Porcelain heart" we just did maybe 20-30 takes. I lost the sense timing and rhythm (too complicated) since Axe is playing all over the place, and couldn't foresee when the part should end. Somehow Axe perfectly understood the "beat" and nailed it a number of times, but it wasn't crazy enough until we got what's on the album. It was basically standing ovations in the mixing room once we got that down. Fucking tricky shit, not studio trickery! - Mikael Akerfeldt

[@faberartis1]

2:14. Axenrot solo *-*

[@Take12music]

Listening to this song brings back so many memories. Still as good as the day i bought the CD. Still as good as the day I got to see it live.

[@jesseguzik114]

Opeth is more than music, this is art!

[@DoTheDishesOrElse..]

Well.. I mean.. Music is a form of art

[@scarlett01]

music is more

[@mymom5213]

Music is art

[@tyanarusxex2423]

Chilling how the first vocal part of the song mimicks Closure in the Damnation Album.

[@gijsklis9966]

2:13-2:29 Drums!!! :)

[@serhat6181]

Absolutely stupid xD but i like it

[@therightfox6790]

I lost all I had (that April day), I turned to my friends (nothing to say), I wrote down a name (and read it twice), I wallowed in shame. I said that I loved (eternal schemes), I cling to my past (like childish dreams) I promised to stay (and held my breath) I went far away. Icy roads beneath my feet, Lead me through wastelands of deceit, Rest your head now, don't you cry, Don't ever ask the reason why Kept inside our idle race Ghost of an idol's false embrace Rest your head now, don't you cry Don't ever ask the reasons why.

[@pelbug72]

10 years ago this was my favorite song by them. Nothing has changed a bit. 4:57 gives me chills

[@Anonymous-re9fd]

Pelin how old is this song? Lol

[@trichila6397]

Andrei White 10 years old

[@toprak3479]

4:57 - 6:10 is where it's at

[@erotomaniac51]

This song is almost 15 years old

[@ramikhalil2516]

one of the best Opeth songs

[@moishe43]

A work of genius. Fits into many, many genres of music

[@goodndead8064]

Masterpiece.

[@lordiblees]

Axenrot goes absolute nuts before the 2nd verse. I've never heard anything like that.

[@barakburt4099]

Me either bro. Thats why he's the best

[@TheFbiFilesRepeat]

@@barakburt4099 time stamp? plz

[@justs_]

@@TheFbiFilesRepeat Dude this is just an 8 minute track, it’s not that hard to find smh

[@TheFbiFilesRepeat]

@@justs_ how to be a dickhead

[@justs_]

@@TheFbiFilesRepeat not my fault you weren’t paying attention, maybe if it’s an instruction vid or a live performance I’d understand, but dude you really asking for a timestamp in a *song* Like just enjoy the whole damn thing

[@1996pola]

I love that song so much and Mikael voice

[@marwan88jo]

4:57 - 6:10 The moment that you realize that the whole song in one hand and this part is another world!

[@lukaweiss9147]

We will miss you Axe...

[@savvas773]

😭😭😭

[@niqlaslundqvist3711]

@@savvas773 He just HAS to come back... Take that vaccine and grab the sticks.. Who could possibly replace him?!?!

[@hermanpineda369]

The lyrics in there music always speaks too me in a very deep level very well written amazing music from an amazing band...

[@mogshade66]

Terribly sad I missed them when they came to the viking bar in Wellington. Love this song. So sad it's about a passing 💚

[@moheeto0]

Dislikers have absolutely no taste in this musical masterpiece

[@Cluless02]

Haters are afraid of feeling emotion.

[@Cole-li7hq]

perhaps they just dont like it

[@emanuelxavier9923]

Dislike = This I like 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@serhat6181]

Dislikers generally don't like the drum fills in this song.

[@handsofdoom119]

What a masterpiece

[@serhat6181]

Why Opeth songs are like a musical PTSD 😃

[@byronturner3728]

Omg those drums!!

[@benevolentwaffle7438]

Why is this albums so good?

[@ivanbailon7161]

It's simple... A Masterpiece.

[@yvesverly1023]

This song is amazing !

[@dudemanaric]

I wrote down a name And read it twice

[@celtislam]

Amazing music

[@obscurasomnia5121]

Amazing drums

[@WhiskeyLullaby018]

it's not just a song, this is art!

[@SriVatsav786]

3:26

[@dheerajdeshmudre3889]

This song is so good.. I don't understand why it has less views.. this is one of the best songs they've made..

[@Peanuts76]

Deep feeling of sadness and sorrow, griefing over my past everyday.....

[@cortarelva]

This is the only Metal Song that makes me feel like Im living in Victorian times.

[@Ralpyu]

Sizi kimse tanımasın,Sadece nadir kişiler bilsin.O kadar değerlisiniz bende .

[@compleCCity]

What a great band …

[@amberlundeen]

Perfect.

[@marammahfouz475]

My absolute favorite❤️

[@07randa]

masterpiece

[@mimioverton4097]

Absolutely maravillosa !!! Adore 🙏🏼

[@13TheAlexander]

This is so beautifull.

[@jarinygard782]

What a gem 🖤

[@nestigios]

guys is this the album when all these guys were fatefully in love with the same woman?! actually i love her too !!!

[@MrJcrook88]

i can remember watching the music video for the grand conjuration on mtv x as a kid...little did i know how much i would come to love this band!

[@tailshhgaming94]

Those drums are absolute madness. Time signatures galore! Jesus Christ what a good mind fuck that was!

[@tomasolivares4984]

The grand conjuration 6:19

[@chainsawyoars]

Watching the music video for burden followed by this on Mtv2 when I was a teenager made me fall in love with this band. And now I realize if Opeth wasn't so groundbreaking, my favorite band, BTBAM, may never have even made it to the light. Also, they are fellow swedes and will forever have a place in my heart. Thank you for all these beautiful pieces. Porcelain Heart following Burden is the perfect duo of soul shattering nasterpieces.

[@zbyszekchudy4800]

Uwielbiam ten numer

[@inassjalal8735]

December 2020 and still enjoying this track

[@karmen8873]

2021 and still enjoying as well ;)

[@ramaiop8890]

Super Art ! ❤

[@thenoble39]

haunting

[@ahha5419]

that's great

[@dillonwatson8718]

I like the part at at 4:57, because is totally like Still Life by Iron Maiden and Spiders by System of a Down.

[@Pink_Floyd_Forever]

3 years ago

[@deminybs]

i've heard lots of snippets from opeth that sounds like maiden, SOAD, tool, pink floyd etc

[@michaeljones7372]

I love you, Thank you

[@toscatosca6496]

Epic

[@najmdinne2298]

wow opeth wooooooow💎💎💎

[@andrewmartin3226]

Awesome awesome awesome.

[@giancarlogradosbernal2931]

This amazing song is perfect for Anime and manga Berserk

[@reducetheatoms]

This song feels like " I will die but your love will forever be mine "

[@DoTheDishesOrElse..]

Well, from what I read, this song is about an ex-girlfriend of Mikael committing suicide after they broke up, so uh, yeah I guess you're right

[@daghetto101]

@@DoTheDishesOrElse.. 12 years after they broke up.

[@materreyessan2489]

te amooooo eths yeaaa

[@luvabean]

i'll never know what you do... and you'll never know my specific unrequited... but for years, you have helped me spin my tales... i wallow in your tears, sculpt them to reach my words and step out of them with you on my shoulder, thank you....it gives me goosebumps. if it will give breath, it allows... and enjoins. many years later, all is what it is

[@luvabean]

i have this song and always related to it... originally wanted to post my "porcelain heart" story... after just the first comment, i realize i am not as faint. my heart has gone through some stuff. alas, i am not as delicate. i bow my head for those who fall to the undertow. prayers with heart and hands clasped. the sadness is, the nothing. i wait...long..... when i feel it, just to make sure i write and i wait longer and then the sun WILL come. hold out and write... hold out til you almost die... and if you have to call your brother or sister. please, i promise, just hold out.... hang baby. something is around the corner if yer willing to look. if anything, peek...and step back...and call your bro. just find love outside

[@trichila6397]

Great hangover cure

[@trichila6397]

Vad bra att hittar dig har igen efter dessa månader

[@scottishbabefe]

Fuck they are phenomenal musicians it has to be said

[@PassiveDissimulation]

Just got some acoustic panels for my Klipsch reference speakers and begun listening to Opeth in a new light. Two words describes this moment. “Holy F*ck!”

[@Cluless02]

This shit is like a shot to the veins - flooding the bloodstream. 6:20 is when I've got it up to around 130db. Fuck-yeah Opeth!!

[@OmegAtlAnt]

3:34 Edge of Sanity - Crimson has entered the chat

[@NeoSpaceMax]

0 Dislike, eso es genial! esta cancion es imposible de odiar, sencillamente una de las mejores canciones de opeth

[@MBlacktooth]

Ya tiene 28 .. el mundo es una porquería.

[@davidcamfield8946]

God the oboe and English horn duet

[@sagarn18]

I lost what I had

[@derpy_dog5354]

Best alarm if you keep falling asleep

[@jayxx_slayer9456]

This is such a super villain introduction song

[@scentlessapprentice88]

It certainly would make for a good one 😉

[@pranavverma6161]

sooooooooooooooooooooooooo sad!!

[@majedahmed89]

Going to travel to Berlin to see your 25th anniversary concert! Respect from Palestine \m/

[@spirytus9063]

Majed Ahmed long live palestine

[@mayoarm11]

@@spirytus9063 not a country, bro ;)

[@carlosgarzon1799]

@@mayoarm11 fuck u piece of shit

[@lucius5787]

Long live palestine

[@oneflyingwhale]

@@mayoarm11 nfokho

[@aymanlafaz]

riff at 6:11 very similar to under the weeping moon 1:56

[@Act23ful]

goddammit!

[@kreationkaze]

Flower travellin' band FTW

[@SuninSanDiego]

To me peak Opeth was Ghost Reveries, a masterpiece album, GOAT level, every moment of that album is incredible. Afterwards, there are moments of brilliance, like this piece, which is amazing, however, these moments seem to come far fewer between as you move forward through time.

[@alessa_cybergoth]

I completely disagree. Watershed was a brilliant album. Even Heritage, Pale Communion and Sorceress had several good moments.

[@SuninSanDiego]

@@alessa_cybergoth I did say there were flashes of brilliance afterwards... I also really liked Sorceress and Pale Communion. But those were mixed in with song that I really didn't enjoy. It's not like Ghost Reveries where you could play it forward to back, back to forward, and every song was is brilliance to me. For context, I didn't really enjoy a lot of their earlier stuff too, it's just Ghost Reveries is where Opeth and I gelled perfectly. I do that with other bands too like Lacuna Coil, I absolutely loved Karmacode, but most of their other stuff is meh and forgettable to me.

[@chrischampagne]

Everyone that started with this song please go back and listen to Blackwater Park, believe Steven Wilson helped produce. MASTERPIECE.

[@Celatra]

this song and album is good on its own right.

[@yorvenezia3724]

To You, Justyna...

[@aquawicket]

Today was the day youtube stopped advertising what people "disliked". And this was the video I was watching when it happened.. ^_^

[@oniruddha4982]

4:57

[@tvcommercialsshowsgamerracingf]

I Listen This Song On Heavy Metal Radio On Sunday April 24 2016 During The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series At Richmond International Raceway For The Toyota Owners 400.

[@galkaler]

My bday ayyyyy