THE PHOERON Lyrics ============================= DTRASH60 - The ABSU Meditations Still (first) Born I have seen the future, and it troubles my heart; My past came also, it was very, very dark... All things come full-circle, it has always been said, But I must break this cycle, before it breaks me! (chorus) I Am an Ancient One, A grandfather soul reborn; I Am beyond Good and Evil, a fallen-one, but still firstborn! Stark concrete vacancy, empty shells of scholars, dead; Fascism reborn in me? I deny this fate, this dread! Failure is not an option, no matter the tears shed; To accept every man's fate, is to dive in the River of the Dead... Pagan Savior (chorus) Have you not heard? God is Dead. This is the end of days. The end is a new beginning. This is the Alpha Sphere. This is the day of the Phoeron. (Our) time is drawing near, this life is an empty haze, I summon the Pagan Savior, for this is the End of Days! Gazing down at our roots, this tangled web we've weaved, Perched on concrete treetops, bastard demons lost at sea... You know something's wrong! We've lost everything we know, most especially our souls; Our Gods are as good as dead, our brains rot inside our head. We must summon the Pagan Savior, our time is slipping away. We have nothing left to fear... for this is the End of Days! Gaze instead inside your heart, clear those cobwebs away, Under your mask is the Pagan Savior, and YOU are the End of Days. Forest-dark (chorus) All those who wander in mindscapes dreaming, Lose touch with all that this world knows... Shadows weeping, creaking; demons whisper through the night A forest is always dark, when you travel alone... It takes a stumble to reflect the image of the fallen, It takes aeons to forget the darkness of ABSU... A metaphor is only as good as the man that bears its burden, A burden is only as good as the metaphor it inspires. Voices calling, screaming; a Raven's caw breaks the night, A forest is always dark, when you run from your Self... der Übermensch "Of all that is written, I love only What a man has written with his blood. Write with blood, and you will find That Blood is Spirit." ~ Friedrich Nietzsche Look at yourself in the mirror, Reawaken your dreams. See the Devil in your eyes? Awaken the Overman! You are the dark storm cloud, You are the heavy rain-drops, You are the lightning that strikes, The Devil is in your eyes! The Overman is calling you, You are a thing to be surpassed! The Overman is calling you, How can you silence your heart? The Phoeron are the Overmen, This Devil is their burden. Come rest with us your traveller, And awaken your Overman! Dead, but Dreaming... I, fragmented phantom runaway; Ten tokens over-be-coming this place. All splendour stolen from grace; This, my night, never-ending day. (chorus) Fear is the Power of man's mind, It can see such wonders! This one gift is my stumble, I am dead, but dreaming... Reflected love on Woman's kind Eyes more fire than untouched. Agnosty a weak, broken crutch; Splinters tangled, choking vines... Morbid musings of lost souls, Heart more nightmare than Hell. 'Tis greater than any Abyss, Fallen angels shed no tears... Blood letting love-medicine: Rejected by sorrows greater than I; Poisoned by my healing touch! No tears shed for the fallen one... I am dead, but dreaming... Oh, Poison! (chorus 1) Claw along my spine, find the rift and tear it open Rip this carcass off of me, I don't want to die alone. (chorus 2) Wrap me in your wings, my Raven... Just long enough for this wound to heal. The old Liar's voice is haunting me: "An empty shell is all you ever were, "A broken child in a heartless world." ...Stolen from the grave of my mother's womb. It seems to me there's something else, Something new deep within. Did I find it in the Forest-dark, Or is this the curse of ABSU? I'm not an empty shell, "Broken" I'm not the old liar's voice, "Poison" I don't know what I am, "Crying" But I am something else, "Flying" All these lost thoughts, Come together somehow. All that is meant to be, Will come to pass in the end. Triadage Let the Eagle be burned by the Phoenix's wrath, Let the Raven be perched on God's rotting carcass. Let those of Wolf-blood consume whole the Last Man! Let all that we know be toppled and drowned. May all nations fall when their clay feet crumble. Your crutches are fuel for the Fires of Hell! You must never forget: Knowledge is Strength Fear is Power Silence is Wisdom Belial (chorus 1) I see a door, leading to nowhere I see my heart, broken in four Each piece so precious, but a lie Every tangle a false memory. (chorus 2) Gravity is my greatest devil Pulling me down to ABSU Clutching me with icy fingers Digging for me a watery grave. Oh, the agony of a lost soul A blasphemy left to die in Forest-dark Left to drink from the River of the Dead Another sacrifice to Belial... Nevermind your simple sorrows Nothing you know compares to this Suggestive of deceit, utter contempt Regretfully tainted by this world's grief. Maybe I believe I'm my own God But inside I'm still just a man My fate is set, unchangeable Believe me, I've tried to change. If I were a Raven I'd fly away But what's a wish when you're crumbling? When your life's little web crystallises In the mirror of your soul? Maybe death is the only thing that can save me At least then I won't be living a lie... But I can't face that place again! There must be something better than this. (bridge) The Earth is a cruel mistress but no love is sweeter than hers. The Earth is a cruel mistress but no love will I get from her! Yearning for a day free from spiders Starved to death for want of flies; I'm starved for the day of the Overman Rolling in my watery grave... I will only believe in a God that can dance, Somebody please come dance with me! Help me stamp away these icy fingers, Take Belial away from me! I hear there's a garden across ABSU, A place where Gravity has no hold; A place for Birds and dancing Gods, Beneath the temple of the Dark Gothick God! I will be a burden-carrier no more! The Raven's Call All roads lead to the River of the Dead, But only one road leads beyond it. I am standing here at the River's head, With all mankind pouring into the Abyss. I'm waiting for the Raven's Call Beneath the glory of the Morning Star It's been a long and winding road My feet only have trod it. I'll drop everything When I hear her voice. I'll forsake my past For her embrace. I'm waiting for the Raven's Call Beneath the glory of the Morning Star Her voice will give me strength I'm waiting to cross over... My Wolf-blood tells me to run Her voice tells me I can fly The Phoenix above me lights my path I'm ready to cross over... The Abyss was my home for many a day But I'll never live in fear again I'm listening to my Raven's Call... I'm crossing over. Secrets... Sitting alone in the dark, trying not to feel Boredom sets in at the greatest degree Secrets are whispered in my little ear Those who have passed on before, want me. Fear of my Self is the greatest pain But people say the power of love is greater Isn't it funny, to me they're both the same In the dark, Love is Fear, and Fear is Power... Sitting alone in the dark, trying not to feel Secrets are whispered in my little ear And as the worm of depression eats its way through the flesh The true meaning of Life ever proves to be Death...