Internal Landscapes by Anathema

Have a few friends going through some tough times and have read a few posts on ATS that verge on the topics listed in the subject so this song jumped into my brain...


Band: Anathema
Song: Internal Landscapes
Album: Weather Systems

(Opening dialogue)
And I felt myself going
I was in a great deal of pain, it was a very frightening experience,
But I began to slip
I just sort of, 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, 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 there 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 anyone about me,
I just immediately went into this beautiful bright light
It's difficult to describe, matter of fact it's 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

(Lyrics)
Goodbye my friend
Love will never end
And I feel like you
And I breathe all truth
Love is the lifebreath of all I see
Love is the truelight inside of me
And I know you somehow
As I hold you in my heart
In my heart
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
And I dream like you
And I believe in truth
For I was always there
And I will always be there

(Closing dialogue)
And 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 just a very brief instant
I could say that I was peace,
I was love, I was the brightness
It was part of me

a reply to: opethPA

I've never had this experience explained so well!!

Thank you for bringing it to my attention..

Peace

originally posted by: operation mindcrime
a reply to: opethPA

I've never had this experience explained so well!!

Thank you for bringing it to my attention..

Peace

The dialogue is from one of the well known NDE's stories of the 70s: Joseph Geraci .
It's basically his telling of the last seconds of his life , what he experienced in death and his return.
Might be worth reading into more given your experiences.

a reply to: opethPA

I have never heard of the guy or his story but I will most certainly read up on it.

I have never had any connection with all the NDE stories i've read because I didn't recall seeing myself or anybody else. Even the whole concept of self was gone.

Thank you again for the suggestion!!!

Peace

ETA: great music by the way...

originally posted by: operation mindcrime
a reply to: opethPA

I have never heard of the guy or his story but I will most certainly read up on it.

I have never had any connection with all the NDE stories i've read because I didn't recall seeing myself or anybody else. Even the whole concept of self was gone.

Thank you again for the suggestion!!!

Peace

ETA: great music by the way...

Cool..Hopefully his story has some resonance with yours..

Here is the studio version of the song as the dialogue is a bit harder to hear on the live version. Put some headphones on, light a candle and just zone out to this song.. =)

a reply to: opethPA

Powerful song. Loved this! Thank you opethPa!