DTRASH113.1 - THE PHOERON - Universal Equation

LYRICS

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BURN

[chorus:]
The more I have,
The less I hold.
Slipping amongst trappings,
Drowning in toys.
Not a forest, chasm or infinite sea,
Just emptiness and nausea.
The absence of self lost
Amongst distractions of the void.

But an eager pain remains,
An irritation of the core.
A piece of something
That will not let go.

[chorus]

[Repeat verse 2]

It will not let go...

Trouble on the home-front,
Heartburn of the soul;
Gentle and soothing burn,
Much like the lust of a whore.

[chorus]

Not a forest, chasm or infinite sea,
Just emptiness and nausea.
The mind tripping over itself
Amongst overgrowths of the void...

OF FIRE AND TEARS

Fire and water rise up,
Swelling in my chest.
A little farther to go,
To awaken.

(awaken, awaken...)

[chorus:]
Eyes of fire, full of tears,
I yearn for vision again;
To see the world renewed,
Not lost in dreams.

(At the Trickster's mercy)

Something molten chills my spine,
Up and down the ladder.
The stairway to my mind,
To vastness.

(Those hissing tongues...)

[repeat verse 1]

[chorus]

(At the Trickster's humour,
His hand is played)

A draft blows through a great hall,
Potential without purpose.
The fire burns my eyes again,
And I cry.

(I cry, I cry...)

[chorus]

Not lost in dreams...

MIRROR, MIRROR

Mirror, mirror, behind my eyes—
Reveal to me the mysteries,
The darkness and light suppressed.
Show me the truth behind the lies.

Be to me as the Scryer's bowl;
My mind, the waters, the dead of night.
Show me the heart of every star,
Oh you! The Mirror of the Soul.

Mirror, mirror, behind my eyes—
Remove the veil fear makes me wear;
The true self waiting in the Shadow.
Shed away this robe of lies!

Be to me as the open sky,
Let me count the stars that reflect my heart,
Despite the void that does not tremble.
Oh you, the fire of my eyes!

Carry my burden down the road of light,
That brings the horizons together;
As my heart swims in the waters of heaven,
Oh you, my one and only guide.

[Repeat verse 3]

Mirror, mirror, behind my eyes
Reveal to me the new psychology
Dissolve the splinters of my shattered mind
Do away with my bicameral disguise!

ENDLESS DOWNFALL

There is no tomorrow
When yesterday is forgotten,
When our downfall is forgiven,
But our triumphs are stolen.

The past and the future
Must be glorified as eternity,
In the endless now,
The four-faced sphere.

We must pay for the sins
Of all our fathers
If we are to earn
Our birthright and name.

We are one family
That must suffer together,
Endless revisions
To the one eternal race.

DEAD, BUT DREAMING

(see DTRASH60 - The ABSU Meditations; track 7)

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