1. Mirrors

Watching me
Watch myself

My moon-beamed
monsoon-sweeped mirrors
are sun-burned
with suspicion!

2. The Unbodied Serpent

Before a yawning gulf of time he stands
alone in the long-drawn evening twilight
melting into the everything, swallowing darkness
he stands, his soul, an empty cauterizing wound

His psyche:
Oh, unbodied serpent
the eye deep in thought
oh, unbodied serpent
full of pride and glory

In his bare hands he clasps a star
a star reflected by the pure steel of this knife
(and) he wonders, is the star one of his memories
or a future over the yawning gulf of life?

His eyes meet the sea, his survivor
and survivor of the spiral of time
the wind (which blows away the time)
caresses his face as a passioned gasp of breath
and disturbed by images, he heard the call

His psyche:
Oh, unbodied serpent
the eye deep in thought
oh, unbodied serpent
full of pride and glory

The moon sank low under the edge of the world
a sight he might never seen
behind the lenses of his eyes the emptiness took place
and on his body appeared a rose of the purest blood

3. The Ancient King

(365 BC) The Macedonian godchild... we hear his name
his father Philip... blessed his fame!
Aristoteles... his name we sing
wisdom and courage he taught our king!

From Greece until the Indus, may my faith forget to speak
Egypt shall be mine, Alexandria shall be born
with 35000 men I stand, the Persians we shall stride
all those other men, their lives forlorn!

Alexander the great!

King Darius, your fleet I made to sink
all the continents of the world shall belong to me
I spread my words, with violence or with peace
because hellenism is my faith, so kneel or be dead!

Across the world, my armies will march
towards our goal, the land of the unknown
I'm the king of the world, the messenger of gods
one king, one people, for our soil we will fight!

Alexander the great!

Entire Corinth, they hoped to see this mighty king
all, except one, named Diogenes of Synope
while he was enjoying the warmth of the sun
Alexander arrived, with his head up high
he greeted the man: "Get out of my sun"
so said Diogenes. Alexander, unconcerned, spoke:
"If I would not be Alexander the great.
I would like to be Diogenes"

Alexander the great!

4. Smoky Mountain

No more grim triviality persues your breasts
firmly heaving upward, containing naught but red wine

Closing the chapters of a life within the confines of memory
this past of mine covers a deeper love, a touch of humor not quite my own

Closing the picture, this place of mine
covering deeper spaces never suspected to find you all
breaking out so much harmony within

Ever so silent, ever so alive discovering a humor that is not quite my own
A life I've never suspected to find you all inside

I remember the mountain, I remember you all
I'm sorry to say this picture isn't real

5. Millennia

Out of his caverns came a curious caveman
into a world unchanged by human hands
first in time, at the dawn of man
unaware of the swords, the bloody wars
a million lives in a finger full of shit
a necessity to kill to survive
now left behind in between the stars

In cigarette fumes so loud and clear
four thousand million years implode
to Cambrium wine the king endears
his wings to sanction mayfly years

By a lack of love the genius creates – Millennia
to the burning point of sublimation – Millennia
holier than holy the heavens collapse – Millenia
in science, in earth and in procreation – Millennia

Lightning is the fundamental power of the universe!

The secret of the sun is now revealed
and brought to life by civilisation
out of the many came forth the few
ephemeral, a genius forms a generation

Wisdom can't be stopped by senseless guillotines
the world spins around, the time turned back
medieval sounds of siege aren't stronger
than victorian pride and prejudice

In cigarette fumes so loud and clear
four thousand million years implode
to Cambrium wine the king endears
his wings to sanction mayfly years

By a lack of love the genius creates – Millennia
to the burning point of sublimation – Millennia
holier than holy the heavens collapse – Millenia
in science, in earth and in procreation – Millennia

I do beseech you honestly
no spaceship rides on carelessness
in plastic forms the fumes are born
the lighter lits a mad god's death

By a lack of love the genius creates – Millennia
to the burning point of sublimation – Millennia
holier than holy the heavens collapse – Millenia
in science, in earth and in procreation – Millennia

6. Le Secret Du Soleil

En descendant l'escalier de sa chambre
pour la derni?re fois, je savais
qu'il n'y?taient plus de r?ves
mais d'autant plus de r?veils

7. Ultra Mare

My little girl
you fascinate me
intrigue me
amuse me
draw me away
and lift me up
from the heaviness of thought

Undressed
nothing exists without
these warm hands
draw you away
and lift you up
curling and crawling
nothing exists outside

My little girl
light of my life
lustre of my crown
sing to me your silly songs
amuse me
seduce me
convince me and remind
that something exists inside

Undressed
I want to make you feel
like a leather jacket
I want to wear you out
touching softly
the unbearable
essence of life

Tristful black
may do
without me
when I'm into you

8. The Summergate

Its surface playful as silver birds
the stream trickles through the gateway
the sun embroidering
intricate patterns upon the rocks
scattered about by time itself
once again I hear the soothing whisper of
my fair lady, the dryad of summer gate
beautiful yet broken descants, firm but trembling

This is the past turned to present
remembering this blissful picture
torn apart your loss
a dying petal on a ravishin flower

I hear the falls where I first met you
mingling with my tears, the flow of life
I feel my hand upon the cold stone
where before I caressed your white skin

This twilight grove of willows
is darkened by your presence
your flaunting black hair engulfed by the sun
joining the dancing shadows upon your tomb

This is the past turned to present
remembering this blissful picture
torn apart your loss
a dying petal on a ravishin flower

Ruakha
Ruakha treiaki'u enki e-shaosa'ye

9. Weltschmerz

(outro)