V roce 1996 dva bývalí členové Uzi Suicide, Morten Veland a Einar Moen spolu s Kennethem Olssonem založili kapelu Tristania. Krátce před natočením dema v roce 1997 se skupina rozrostla o další členy: Vibeke Stene, Anderse Hidle a Rune Osterhuse....
Píseň: Bird
A friendly push Off the cliff - is all I need A sudden change Or a smile Could make me feel alive, Anything to take the ignorance away There is a hole in my chest where my heart used to be If you're looking for emptiness, I'm what you need Colder and darker and worse Sometimes life's just a curse My ashen face My snow-white skin Perfect Isolation Time – slips My asylum years Will end in silence Without tears All illusions lost All colours faded A senseless pain Transparent Imperfection Falling Like a sparrow to the ground Leave no trace of life Music as my ship set sails Through the window From the street Divine Goodbye Leave no marks upon my skin Dreamless sleep The convent walls on fire Goodbye Dreams and betrayal - hand in hand Falling apart in a drug wonderland Unable to move and talk Unable to care at all... Somebody is knocking at my door Somebody - I think I have seen before I'm trembled and shaken and stirred I wish I could be a bird
