1. Canto I (The Search)

Many seasons have passed since first my search began, with each night came a quest....
to escape from a world where I could find no peace, only despair.
Each night brought a sense of hope and each day, despair.
Some nights I would catch a glimpse that would soon
disappear among a myriad of thoughts and images,
but still I would wade through and seek what I knew was waiting to welcome me...
Elysium to Greece, Byzantium to Yates.
Few brief glimpses had strenghtened my desire and the lust for my own paradise,
gave strenght to my withering soul.

2. I Was Alive Then...

In the breast of the sky, I saw them gathered in flight,
casting down their enveloping aura, as leaves would fall,
it touched my every pore.
The kindest words of echonian tongue no longer fell on deaf ears and
I could feel their joy as it carried me into the clouds.

And for six days and six nights, I was as they were...
I too spoke in echonian tongue and sang the songs of Byzantium.
As Midas had with touch,
I was granted with a vision,
as a gold world embraced me and kissed my soul.
I was alive then.

3. Sundrenched (Beneath The Very Skies We Sought)

A season died,
no tears were shed,
my eyes turned gold,
there was fire in the sky.
We were sundrenched.

My world turned green and breathed as a new-born,
my eyes turned gold there was fire in the sky.
We were sundreched.

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Chantress, she who within the magic of the ivory can act as a siren to the angels.
You hold within your very eyes an eclipse and with you also comes a sun,
whose arcane light can destroy all in it's path

It is not really so I have told myself,
but to a man whose own reflection is threatening,
such rational words fall forever on deaf ears.
And, yes, you hold Eden and your golden aura that
I have held in my hands will take me to other worlds where
the fruits of Eden are life itself.

And as love itself seeks our nectar,
to read your next chapter is all I have wished for,
but a blank page will enlighten no man.

5. We Stood With Time

And love itself sought our nectar, and time itself stood still...
no man before had tasted the fruits of such immortality and when
your hands touched my face time itself kissed my soul.

And our souls fell, and angels had wings, we had grace below us.
We became no man, no love would escape our sun and where once an arcane cage gripped me,
my soul, now I could swim free in the oceans of time.

I too have embraced a new day as a new life only to find that complacency
can life creeping behind and closing my eyes to a world that wished
to embrace me and kiss my very soul.

6. Your Name

Though I've called your name a thousand times, my words are blown back into my face.
The wind makes my skin harder still.
The clouds race by over-head and I fight to remain standing,
the signs of endless journeys shows in my weakened stance.
I wish for the ground to open.

I have been around the world and back,
I have re-lived every memory,
re-dreamt every dream and felt every touch (again).
Still the clouds will race, the wind will cut and soon I will fall.
The dust will form a mound that shall be my tomb,
never to be whetted by the tears of mourning
because I was lost long ago in a colder world and lost you..... forever?

I believe that each man craves the soul rejuvenation that,
for centuries, authors and poets of the world have immortalised through
the written and spoken word.
I believe that each man wishes to harness the power of the burning sun
and rejuvenate the soul that, for many of us, lies dead.

I too have travelled these paths and found that most lead only to a bare world.

7. Canto II (Arrival, And Submergence)

I stood and watched, but I could not believe,
I was new to this beauty... why had I been before?
The metallic glowing blue, provoked memories long dormant
and the deep red clouds flowed with the elegance of a queen.
I was so far, yet the ambiance was so strong and I could feel my soul trying...

Trying to break free from this restricting mortal vest.

Soon my spirit flies through the night sky, unrestricted...
free, like sand flowing through my fingers.
Here I sense real peace, sinking into the clouds,
I can forget the old world and despair no more.

Sunrise brought a new day and I was drenched in my sun
it's warmth rejuvenated my once withered soul
Here I sense real peace, is this my paradise?

8. And The Waters Were Like Wine

But the soul becomes fond' she said, as another day lay down and died.
Is it not time I said 'to abandon these chains that
bind us and gather together the wood to fuel our fire?'.

Fear not she said for as love itself seeks our nectar, so too will time grant you a reprieve
Words that washed over me as the waves lapped against me
and the waters of time wished to envelope me and kiss my very soul.

9. Longing For Edens Rain (And Winters End)

Beneath the very skies that I had, for so long, sought in vain.
An arcane sun hid behind clouds who were to be my salvation.

Nectar of the gods, you once said, now it was their tears I craved,
to wash me of this all enveloping and soul destroying aura.
And Love Itself Seeks Our Nectar? I asked.
Only you can answer that' he said.

Why then do I feel as though I am standing
before the court and telling them I have kissed Eternity.
When clearly by my withered face, I have not?.

Still I stand desolate, the path of tears distinguished on my face and it has not rained in so long.
Does this winter have an end?.

10. Promised (So Many Years Have Passed)

In a pool of tears, that are my own, I am sitting still crying.
So many years and still no sign, so many years I am waiting.
You promised me you would wait for me, but now as the sun sets once more

I am thinking that you have forgotten me.
My eyes have seen and shed the tears for a promise, the promise you never kept.