(All awash in Scarlet rising Bloodbath birth marking A passing age)
Adoration For the elder gods Was a closing chapter Now the sky Is a vacant throne
Apparitions Patterns we projected Shake me out of slumber Pull me back To the deep unknown
TO DECODE:
Inscriptions On the inner circle Interwoven spirals Signaling We're not alone
(All awash in Scarlet rising Bloodbath birth marking We're not alone)
So, pin me down To your vast embroidered web. By witchery, self was conceived...
I made a bride of the moonlight Endured refusal for a thousand lives She guided me through the temporal streams In turn, how I would disgrace thee
We made a shrine of this mountainside Built our blood from its root and vine A sylvan ashram to shelter me In turn, how I would betray thee
I made communion with a hungry wind It lapped the salt from my calloused skin And I know, I was warned not to fall for the meek In turn, it preys on me
Take cover Never saw it coming (Cover) Touching down Where pressure points meet Timelines diverging At the Trailhead of Eternity
Take shelter Never saw it coming (Shelter) Breaking ground Where four corners meet Ley-lines converging At the Gatepost of Infinity
...form was perceived...
No present tense No middle mixture gradients No tender hex
Through and Through The Future Past Through and Through
Just the gnashing of teeth (Passing Through) Just the wedding of two extremes Just my own failing grip (Passing Through) Losing feeling in my fingertips
Overlooking a scene from the slaughter Of Innocence My alternate Selves strain and fracture
Undertaking a rite on the altar Of Experience No deviant Virtues recovered
Sculpting my death mask From living rock / kcor gnivil morF Shielding my true face From the Other...
Letting go to grasp The paradox / xodarap ehT Contrary logic pervades...
Passing Through The Looking Glass Passing Through
Overlooking the slaughter Suspended in time Staring out from the amber Overlooking a scene from the slaughter
RITUALIZE THE COLLAPSE
Through and Through The Future Past Through and Through