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Primaeval Sacrifice
04:39
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Neither non-being was
Nor being was then
Neither the realm of space
Nor the sky beyond
At the dawn of time
Under the horns of The Ure
In the vast depths of Khaos
The solitary Twin has roamed
Neither was death
Nor the immortal then
Nor was there the torch
Of night nor of day
The ending must come
That beginning might be
In the name of Truth
I sacrifice myself
The blade enters the flesh
The necessity of opposites
I dismember my reflection
The Order is established
My flesh becomes the Earth
The Sun was born from my eye
I shine like a star beyond darkness
I am the first mortal King to die
I abide in a radiant hall of death
Where the shadows entwine
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2. |
Serpent Slayer
05:18
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Prevalence of chaos
In depths of the mountain
The brooks of life
From of old held within
Smashing resistance
The earth is shivering
Bearer of the vajra
Splits the mountain apart
O glistening winged vermin
Abiding in the shadow
Come forth
Odious fangs clash
Against the bronze shield
Deadly bolts of venom
Wretched in suffering
Ancient charms of evil
Engulfed in fear
Ghastly incantation
Lost in the serpent's breath
O Light
O Thunder
Illumine
My sight
Descending the divine
Stone earth road
Enchanted by the ale
From the creek of Gods
Smash him with lightning
Smite him with thunder
Thy soul shall perish
By the fiery spear
Descending the divine
Stone earth road
Overcoming death
Into the great beyond
Smash him with lightning
Smite him with thunder
Black fate and death
Shall be upon thee
I give life
To the Sun and Dawn
The sacred streams
Shall flow again
and forevermore
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3. |
Moon Vessel
04:30
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An eerie lament
Echoes from afar
A maiden offers me
The silver bough
The magic mist falls
Upon the pale field
I descend below
The barrows of dead
Crossing the river
Of eternal oblivion
Passing by the hall
Where dead kings dwell
Parched with thirst
Beheaded prophet
Let me sip from
The Spring of Memory
Tell me the key
Reveal thy name
Thus in blindness
Thou shall see
Under the white cypress
I sacrifice my eye
The holy Soma I drink
From The Vessel of the Moon
An eerie lament
Echoes from afar
Enchanted by the secrets
I am falling
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4. |
Eternal Return
02:23
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The perennial silence cries
Under the sombre twilight sky
To the time of myth I return
The primordial wind blows
From the mountain of yore
The sacred reveals within me
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Light Runs Through Light
05:26
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Ye omnipresent
Borne on a golden car
Leaping from afar
In the arduos night
Radiance of light
Ye mighty force
O bring us across
The sea of darkness
Manifold in appearances
Unable to see the truth
Ephemeral forms reflect
In the mirror of emptiness
The essence is revealed
By the one-eyed sage
The honey of the Gods
Shines through me
The horns wail
Upon the vast steppe
Amid a cattle raid
I raise my sword
The existence
Is but an illusion
Under the red sky
I ride to death
As a sudden flash
In my darkest hour
A luminous vision
Came to me
A thousand-spoked wheel
Of all-pervading gold
Limitless and unbound
As the expanse of sky
Light runs through light
Unborn and immortal
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Perennial Incantation
05:41
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Above the ancient menhirs
Black become the Sun’s rays
In the blaze of Fates’ loom
The spell of time is dying
Dreary howl of the four-eyed hound
Echoes below the bridge of death
Bright stars fall out of the sky
Flames scorch the sacred tree
The rocky mountains collapse
Molten metal floods the soil
The ominous cloud falls
Upon the darkest age
There is no glimmering star
Nor yonder lightning shines
A dreadful cosmic winter
Foreshadows the final war
A stream of fiery ore
Tears pale corpses
An ultimate ordeal
The order is broken
The world is burned
Fallen are all the Gods
An oak sapling sprouts
Where the Sun shines no more
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King in the Mountain
07:32
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Throned upon
The sacred mountain
Where an eternal clarity
Shines forth
The eldest of trees
Is laden with blossom
And the sceptre falls
Into the shadow
Ritual slaying of the white mare
The land and the king are one
The sacred branch was torn
To an end my reign comes
I hang my shield in the dry oak
Broken was the blade of my sword
The fire of Solstice is burning
I am offered back to the Earth
I am the pole
Of a wheel spinning
I am the bridge
To the divine realm
I am the fire
Crowned by the Sun
Out of the darkness
I rose once
The land is dead and barren
Amongst the ruins I stand
In the heart of a mountain
Into an eternal slumber I fall
The bough of gold does glitter
In the depths of a dark vale
One day a King will come
And the Sun shall rise again
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