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As the Light Fades
06:44
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As the Light Fades
Endless void
Writhing sea
Beckoning the silence call to thee
Ancient earth
Raging sky
Where is salvation, voice in the darkness?
Answer our cry
Sleep now in reverie
Haunted by futility
Pilgrims on the path of no return
Holding vigil as the light fades
Longing for the morningtide to carry you away
Sleep now in reverie
Haunted by eternity
Pilgrims on the path of no return
Far beyond this suffering
Grieve now for the wandering
Walk away and watch the children burn
As the light fades
As the light fades
As the light fades
As the light is fading
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The Precipice
The blade is ready
The knot is made
The note is written
Dark serenade
A place of parting
A time to die
The black horizon
The bitter cry
A search for reason
What have we done?
A shroud of mourning
Obscures the sun
The silent coffin
The final words
A plea to heaven
In the frozen earth
Step back from the precipice
Walk away from the ledge
Share the sorrow pushing you to the edge
Step away from oblivion
Walk away from the end
Let me help you carry this weight of suffering, of pain
This place of parting
A time to die
The black horizon
The bitter cry
The silent coffin
The final words
We make a plea to heaven
In the frozen earth
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Yearning
Give light to my eyes or I’ll sleep in the earth
My days are the evening shadow
Record my lament, list all of my tears
These eyes grow weak with sorrow
A life that we shared
These echoes of time
Summer has passed and beauty has died
To know and be known
Now slipping from me
Fear in your eyes when a stranger you see
So here I will stand
An ocean between us
To whisper your name as memory fades
And so I will wait
At the edge of forever
To see you return, to carry you home
My heart broken again
These embers will die
To rest in the earth
And winter will end
Beauty return
As memory fades
Entwined in the grave
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When the Spirit Departs the Body
And here I am
Cracked and empty vessel
This journey done
I will leave you here
And here you are
Gathered at the parting
You’ll journey on
Travel well my dear
And as the light
Dies on the horizon
A darkness comes
I will fear no pain
And as the sun
Falls behind the mountains
For one last time
I will speak your name
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Confessions
05:02
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Confessions
Weave a wicked tale
Vacant words regale
Truth obscured and veiled
Lies unfolding
Poison on the lips of children
Drinking in derision
Funeral confessions, nightmares gilding
Blood and birth made for you a crown
Quell the heathen fire
Raise them from the mire
Take all you desire
In God’s name
Poison in the hearts of children
Offspring of perdition
Silent requiem without contrition
Blood and birth made for you a crown
Poison on the lips of those we hear
Poison in the hearts of those we fear
Build upon the bones of those the strong oppose to build the empire
Poison in the place of bitter tears
Ruler, ordained
Liberate, invade
Ruler, punisher
Conqueror, crusade
Beneath these statues towering high and far
Our children buried, face to the stars
A promise whispered, a bleeding crown
This silent place, for all to drown
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Aefnian
03:31
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Aefnian
Daylight dying
Moonrise shining
Summer leaving
Shadow breathing
Candles lighting
Winter greeting
Time for sorrow
Wistful sleeping
Nightfall coming
Moonlight dreaming
Father, Mother
Silent grieving
Forest dancing
Season yielding
Twilight veiling
Shrouding, waiting
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The Search for Meaning
14:11
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The Search for Meaning
Burning candles flicker through the night
Sleep now, rest here, waiting for the light to break through
Fragile, fallen, shelter through the storm
Sleep now, rest here, longing for the dawn
Faint heart, burn bright as you wait to see the light
And we are here, nameless from birth
We search yet blind and bound to earth
And we are one, a thought frozen in time
Weep for a world that waits to die
And as we weave these darkened dreams
Come taste the bitter tears we bleed
And in our eyes, a sorrow that we share
A burden far too great to bear all alone
What is this life? Vanity all
A span of days we can’t recall
What is this death? The comfort of a friend
The search for meaning at the end
All our gods are broken
Silent as the grave
All our hope is fading
Scorn and fear remains
Emptiness and whispers
Unavailing eyes
Will the earth remember?
Will she hear our cries?
Burning candles flicker through the night
Sleep now, rest here, waiting for the light
Burning candles flicker, holding back the night
Faint heart, burn bright as we wait to see the light
Fragile and fallen, we shelter through the storm
Sleep now and rest here as we wait to see the dawn
All our gods are broken
Silent as the grave
All our hope is fading
Scorn and fear remains
Emptiness and whispers
Unavailing eyes
Will the earth remember?
Will she hear our cries?
Will the sky behold us
In our crimson pain?
Death and rage and hatred
Call us from the grave
Burning candles flicker
Waiting for the light
Will the earth remember?
Will she hear our cries?
What is this life if not a sorrow that we share?
What is this pain if not a burden that we bear?
What is this death if not the comfort of a friend?
What is this endless search for meaning at the end?
Burning candles flicker through the night
Sleep now, rest here, waiting for the light
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