1. |
Odyssey
06:46
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Bid your farewell
and turn your back
to the ashes
of our
Alesia
Cast to land
our lines
Let us leave
our refuge
behind
To a world
that is never ours
To a time
of a thousand jesters' days
This is an odyssee
(And we are sailing nightmares)
It seems we're loosing
all our bearings
there is no star in sight
No beacon, nor horizon
Guiding our journey
with a light
A myriad of forms
twisting from
the cloak of night,
chimaeras
made of void
A maelstrom
into chaos rides
De profundis,
the abyss smiles
Mare nostrum,
or just maria of the moon
Where can we go from here?
Don't listen
to the sirens' song
When our bow
breaks through waves of fear?
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2. |
Anachron
06:31
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Our traces disappear,
like writings
in the sand,
wash out
with another tide
Our sanctuaries,
the places
where we breathe
wither into vacancies
Our traditions
as stage plays
hollow out
of meaning
And then we are wolves,
grey
and without teeth
we hunt behind
the pack
Two ravens leave,
not to return
from a wilderness
of horrors
Here Saturn reigns,
the devil of solitude,
and queen nostalgia
with crown of leaves
and horns
From the ruins
howls a tragic chorus
Anachron,
under those stars
we die alone
one moment here,
then we are gone
We turn away
and shed a tear,
for good old days
that never were
But then we are knights,
our swords wear
stains of rust
our coat of arms,
cobwebs and dust
On donkeys' backs,
we roam the battle fields
to overcome
the giants of time
And now we are dreams
no one remembers
songs that echo
from antiquity
We sing of decay,
as worm gnaws
at the root
to feed the soil
for a new seed
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3. |
The Glass People
07:23
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Once upon a time,
a father's son,
a mother's daughter
Hands that held,
and hearts
that felt
Words that still
were heard
and meanings
understood
A frost crept in
like thieves
Who thought
that it would?
No tragedy,
nor curse of fate
but never ceasing
drop of
enstrangement
Like stains
on shards of glass
slight changes
of the light
Like ghosts
they walk the earth
(They're) fading
out of sight
Whispers haunt the night
and echo through the silence
As water, as blood
they flee from the hearts
Leaving nothingness
but someting more
than emptiness remains
Like stains
on shards
of glass
refractions
of the sun
Like ghosts
we drift the worlds
Mirages to be gone
We're fading
out of sight,
once
we were human
The way divides
our lives,
for the sake
of union
We roam beneath
moon's light
Sleepwalkers in Necropolis
The silver chord
still binds us
to the ways of flesh
We're disappearing
in the shadows
Translucent
to your eyes
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4. |
Sophia
06:20
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From the heights of the mind
my descend I begin,
follow the way of the water,
down to the valley wide
Through the wilderness of pan
to the chill of the bones,
follow the call of the mirror
whistling across the well
I am you,
a coward,
I hide behind a human mask
I am you,
a liar,
I twist the tounges of truth
This night has eyes
to pierce all veils
this night has wings
to cover
His mouth eats light
to mingle
with the clay
what brings forth life
My hands break the surface
to embrace the mire of Khem
I loose myself in the darkness
deep calls to deep within
I am you,
a thief,
I steal what's not been given
I am you,
a shadow,
just waiting on the other side
This dark has ears
to hear
fears grow to a whisper
this dark has tongues
to speak
and to remind
Her pearls,
they shine
as eyes
of a midnight sun
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5. |
Dreamtide
06:14
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Oh let the flood arise
from the roots of dream
through the doors of perception
to drown all landmarks
For the tide has come
from the dawn of the ages
to erode the foundations
to dissolve the structure of man
Dreamtide, the worlds collide
Dreamtide, reality subsides
Drum the thunder, sing the rain
Let the primal rise again
Let them open their mouths
to spew forth the waters
Let the reptile speak
with the pulse
in the veins of the land
Transcend the circles of time
in the wake of a world before
Arise from beyond the real
as the lines of song are reborn
Let the tempest carry away
the walls of man's identity
and the impossible reign
Vivat discordia
A universe of colors
A caleidoscope of night
transforms in spiral dance
A flood to merge
with forms of old
Engulf thee irony ages
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6. |
The Darkness Within
09:03
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You speak of darkness,
of shadows haunt your night
You veil yourself in black,
to hide your desires from sight
I wear - a cross,
a beetle concealed in my chest
I walk the earth
under the sun of the dead
There is a darkness within
a cavern not known to the sun
a place deepening the below
And under the abyss she sleeps
Her coils entangle in dream
Her scales emanating a glow
Here lies the spring of a force
revolving around everything
evolving through all
As a messenger, I come with letters
A path is lying out clear
The fool, the moon and the mage
From the chalice a dragon appears
Rejoice for she raises her head
and sways in waves of power
You weave a witches spell,
and dance, lit by the candles
Is this what you call hell?
A glimmer of scarlet fire
At the cross-roads I offer feast
the court of my trial forsake
pour out the wine of libation
My bed in annihilation make
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7. |
Chant (bonustrack)
07:17
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Oh come, thou waves,
to wash over the sands
Cleanse the grounds
from the soil of man
Let me go down
into the depths of blue
to caress the black of her hair,
to calm her wrath
I call on the watchtower
under the emerald star
shining in the west at dusk
Guide the journey
I call to the sea
who roars without mercy
and swells like a pulse
Anima mundi
I cut my shadow away from my feet
to dance with the silver queen
through a kingdom of salt and foam
in the light of a fourteenfold moon
May her body writhe
her crest to rattle the nightsky
and shake glints from the stars
like pearls to the earth
I call to the mirror
window to the fathomless deep
Release the view of a vision
of life unfurling beneath
Show me the phantasms,
the mirages below
Let me hear her song
enchant from a world without stain
Oh rise, thou waves
to wash over the sands
Cleanse the grounds
from all traces of man
Let me arise
from a reign of wonder
Loose the grip
of your embrace
and let me walk again
0n the roads of Ys
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Anael TH, Germany
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