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King Obscure
02:23
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I shine bright
I burn
In most obscure places
I sing loud
I declare
In an empty hall
I build temples, statues,
And monuments
In barren lands
I know of love
I share
In cryptic fashion
I shine bright!
I soar…
But seek me not
You’ll never find me
I remain a king obscure
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Terra Incognita
03:37
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So long have I mistaken the map for the land
All my work and musings, calculations and plans
Could never have accounted for this uncharted land
I stand on the brink of my former existence
Mourning the death of who I once was
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Standing at the mercy of many mountains
I have been here before, so long ago
Lost the map and threw away the key
So much suffering entwined with beauty
Land of forgotten treasures
Land of neglected pain
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My Star
02:10
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Only in darkness
Can I see you
This morningstar
It never fades away
I’m still wandering
In search of home
My star of hope
Leads the way
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5. |
Crossing the Abyss
04:38
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A daunting acclimation to the psychic plane
Reluctantly embracing the gifts of schizophrenia
Moving deeper and deeper into the blessing of pain
Now a specter inching and agonizing through the chasm of Daa’th
The Madness Road…
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6. |
Freezing The Sundials
07:13
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Freezing the Sun….
….Freezing the Sun
Arise and fall again
But you still keep me
Frozen in Time
Father Winter
I look North to you
In the darkest of days
I am an apprentice of your tradition
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7. |
Chapel Perilous
06:35
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I stand here broken at your service
i shed this skin until I am naked
I bend knee for you
In the dark night of the soul
I slip into the deepest and most fearful
Inside there is an untouched well of feeling
Untended and free
It speaks the language of the heart
Absurd! I reach for the sword of reason
Afraid! I drink from the cup of sympathy
The wand of my true sight, the valor of the five
Im scared, oh, like a child Entangled in this matrix
In vain I try to make sense of the shapeless
The doors close behind me
Dissolution of the “I”
Alone inside
Enter spirit
Exit pride
As the self begins to die
And through all that suffers
Return me to a sea of light
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8. |
Crestfallen
05:00
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Crestfallen and crushed at the brink again
Transmitting the immeasurable grief of Mother Earth
A vessel for her agony
A channel for her pain
As the masquerade fades away
In the wandering wind I will be….
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Every man must be his own undertaker
Seeing to the dead within himself
Tending to his own graveyard of fractured spirits
Otherwise doomed to haunt the chamber of the third dimension,
Endlessly
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10. |
Chasing Shadows
05:08
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Here I hide
Hidden in Shadows
Soul I’ll find
Hidden In Shadows
No way out
Bleeding this ending
The way out is through
Feeding the empty
Disguised as truth
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11. |
Two Winters
05:16
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Somewhere beyond the fragmented sense of self
Some place between worlds
Where time stands perfectly still
Earth seized me
Sent me to the heart of Two Winters
Then she released me
To carry her sound everywhere I go…
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Steadfast
04:02
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There is no greater reward beyond your name
There is no greater fame than this utter devotion
I ask for nothing
I chant your name simply to hear it, without cease
To speak it is such subtle grace
I ask for nothing more
I try not to think, because you can’t be thought of
I wait mindlessly for your experience
I know you are always on time
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13. |
Rekindled
05:42
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Beacons are lit
Reach the flame to every corner
Leave none unchanged
Lead the way out
Sear the soul
Holding you closer
Feel the inferno rage
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14. |
Return To Earth
03:03
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Ill catch you when you’re fading
My heart will always sing your song
Earth is the place you belong now
And when you’re weak , I am strong
Its not your time to leave it all behind
This is not your curtain call
Stay with me
Stay with me……
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Gates to the Morning Bloomingdale, New Jersey
Progressive blend of Post-Black Metal from North Jersey
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