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Transmigration
06:08
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I seek the sacred fire
That hides behind the night,
The darkness desecrated
By these thousand points of light.
The outer mystery
Calling me to leave
From this prison
Of time and space;
What is only shadows?
What is fate?
To free your mind
You must eliminate
The accidental!
Sleeping inside
The void which binds:
The heart which knows
Limitless mind.
Is there a way?
Can it be known?
By mortal souls?
Or only pain?
Which way?
Unnumbered paths diverge;
There is no voice that gives me counsel
That is not my own.
Oh flame!
Through the illusion of the chaos there is one!
Of countless worlds,
In countless universes,
What is there that's finally real?
And if I saw myself
Make another choice,
Would that finally mean I'm free
From this prison
Of time and space?
What is only shadows?
What is fate?
To free your mind
You must eliminate
The accidental!
Still we must seek,
Future unseen,
Possible worlds
We bring to be.
Weary these bones!
Aching these eyes!
Thirsting for light;
Lost in shadow.
We seek the endless;
We are not meat computers,
Yet still these finite bounds endure!
My own consciousness,
This thorn I cannot remove,
For all my paths are choked with thorns!
I long
To feel
The glow.
I can
Not make
It so.
A crystal palace
That mirrors only darkness,
All knowledge of the known destroyed!
This soul an infant,
This labyrinthine structure
Keeps me trapped here within the void!
This maze of shadows,
It holds no history;
It holds no memory
Of anything at all.
There is a light;
There is a fire,
But I am trapped within
These infinite walls!
Escape!
A way out from this madness!
The silence desecrates
The noise that I have known before.
Which way?
Unnumbered paths diverging,
My fate to walk them all
Until I find the final door.
What will resolve?
What will dissolve?
Will I survive?
Will I evolve?
Questions all flee:
The antiphon
Beckons me on.
Finally I'm free!
From this prison
Of time and space;
What is only shadows?
What is fate?
To free your mind
You must eliminate
Everything that stops
The only way to
This destination
Beyond all things,
Where all is light,
And shadows fade away.
Complete negation
Ensures what remains
Is the universal!
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“‘Childe Roland to the Dark Tower came!’
Heed the words of the Man in Shadow:
‘All your dreams you will find in the highest
Room of that darkling spire!’”
But I no longer trust his words,
And I am not sure which is worse:
This barren earth lying black beneath my feet
Or this endless sky with a sun that never sleeps.
“Childe Roland they will forget your name!”
Whispered out from every shadow
“All your dreams of glory futile
Transposed to darkling nightmare!”
I cannot trust these thoughts of mine.
Is this all real or some design?
A vision cast upon my mind to lead astray?
Or is this truth that no waking could escape?
This is all have.
There is nothing left!
All my life has built to this journey.
Even if it’s false,
Gossamer and rot,
I will not elude this doom apportioned.
Run with aching feet,
Chasing destiny:
“Draw the slughorn forth and
Loose a mighty bellow!”
Losing sanity,
Quest eternally:
“In this desolation,
You will search forever!”
“Forever gray in this twilit wasteland,
Madness is the wine you carry.
Drink it now to soothe the aching
Misery of hubris humbled!”
How long can I yet carry on?
These voices sing my requiem.
“Embrace the chaos from this prison you’ll be freed.
Don’t trust your memories consciousness will only lead
You
False!”
“Truth is-
Nothing!
Purpose-
Undone!
All is-
Ruin!
You will-
Submit!
Spirit-
Broken!
Childe
Roland!”
“Glory-
Over!
Bastard
Roland!”
I should have never trusted that old man;
I’ve wasted 6 months of my life!
And what do I have to show for it?
Nothing but scars and burns tracing across my entire body!
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A New Sun,
The Dying Earth.
Blessed one
Brings rebirth.
The sun is crimson, faded
Like an erupting sore;
It barely burns and we are
Freezing to our very core.
Surrounded by these ruins,
Our forebears’ worship halls,
We have forgotten all the
songs and faces of their gods.
A New Sun,
The Dying Earth.
Unavoidable void!
Unavoidable!
Unavoidable void!
Inescapable fate!
Inescapable!
Inescapable fate!
A brand new day
Awaits,
Rushing towards you,
But you and me
Slaves
To the dark and night.
There’s no escape
From the pain
Waiting for you,
And you will see
Change
Right before your eyes.
Can you hear the calling
From the wilderness outside?
Every mountain shall be humbled;
Every valley lifted high.
Unavoidable void!
Unavoidable!
Unavoidable void!
Inescapable fate!
Inescapable!
Inescapable fate!
A brand new day
Awaits,
Rushing towards you,
But you and me
Slaves
To the dark and night.
There’s no escape
From the pain
Waiting for you,
And you will see
Change
Right before your eyes.
A brand new day
Awaits,
Rushing toward you,
But you and me
Slaves
To the night.
There’s no escape
From the pain
Waiting for you,
And you will see
Change
Come alive!
I see this equilibrium approach;
The way made straight,
Every crack filled in,
Every pore permeated.
This high black mass
Where all light and mass
Is spread like a stain
Across all possible worlds,
(All possible worlds) robbed of possibility,
Made one in naught,
Being in nothing.
Existence, existence everywhere,
But nor a single drop to drink:
The dying of light!
The dying of heat!
The dying of motion!
The dying inside of me!
But I will not be afraid:
I will embrace my fate!
The ground is shaking, changing;
The waters gather in.
The mountain peaks consumed by tidal waves
And fractured split.
The sky is broken, shattered,
Cracked to the firmament.
The light of dying stars
Illuminates the grievous rent.
There is no magic bullet
To kill this enemy.
Our only savior has
Forsaken us to entropy.
The prophets doom descending,
Thy wickedness repent!
Nobody cares about your
Motherfucking arguments!
A brand new day
Awaits,
Rushing towards you,
But you and me
Slaves
To the dark and night.
There’s no escape
From the pain
Waiting for you,
And you will see
Change
Right before your eyes.
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Baldur:
Questions plague me
Am I really me?
What is falsehood?
What’s reality?
Peace, beauty, and prosperity,
But what is the cost of this?
Loki (whispering to Baldur in his mind):
Open your eyes!
See through the lies!
Thou naive child!
Seek what’s behind!
Baldur:
We are falling apart
At the seams.
This kingdom of
Meaningless things
Built by avarice
Masked in deceit,
The violence reigns!
Loki (to Baldur):
I will show you the way!
Follow me,
Child
(Of my sworn enemy)!
I will show you the way!
Loki (aside):
This little missile
Of mistletoe,
Less than a thistle,
Will lay you low,
Break your soul,
Bury you!
This piece of poison,
Destroyer,
Anointed
To punish the monster: (your father)!
Your father
Will bury you!
Sing songs of mourning,
Distorted and formless,
The sorrow the suffering,
Anguished, they
Bury you!
Rejoice my people,
For vengeance is near!
This empire crumbles,
It’s cornerstone cracked!
Oh! the hand that,
Draped in velvet,
Made of iron,
Makes the fist of
War against my
People shall be
Bloodied by its
Own devices.
Oh, gods!
Your hubris
Will be
Your coffin!
Your light fades!
Baldur:
My thoughts are born of chaos
Loki:
Beautiful One
Baldur:
Am I a man of justice?
Loki:
Share in my song
Baldur:
Is there one voice I can trust?
Loki:
Thou deathless god
Baldur:
To teach me to be righteous?
Loki:
Sing from your bones
Loki (aside):
My people,
Your blood song
Sings to me
Serenely!
All-father,
Your kingdom
Collapsing;
I see it!
Baldur:
Oh, my teacher,
I will listen
To your wisdom:
Your words!
Oh, my master,
I will obey.
I will follow
Your ways!
Your ways!
Your ways!
Your ways!
Loki (aside to Odin):
Your trust
I have
Repaid
With ash.
Your son
Is mine!
Your world
Will die!
Loki (aside to Baldur):
Forever blind!
Baldur:
Open my eyes!
Loki (aside to Baldur):
Live in the lie!
Baldur:
See through the lies!
Loki (aside to Baldur):
Thou sacrifice!
Baldur:
Master of mine!
Loki (aside to Baldur):
Fated to die!
Baldur:
Seek what’s behind!
Loki:
I will show you the way!
Follow me,
Child
(Of my sworn enemy)!
I will show you the way!
Follow me,
Child
(Of my sworn enemy)!
I will show you the way!
Loki (aside to Baldur):
Oh, the hand that raised you
Will be your undertaker.
This will be the end
Of everything.
Oh! the hand that raised you
Will be your undertaker!
This will be the end
Of everything!
Oh, the hand that-
Oh, the hand that-
Oh, the hand that-
Oh, the hand that-
Oh! the hand that!
Oh! the hand that!
Oh! the hand that!
Oh! the hand that!
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Siegfried:
My lovely death angel,
You will fly with me tonight.
The halls of Valhalla
Welcome me as I die.
This glorious Ascension,
A legend for all time.
This body fades to shadow,
Reborn of light.
Brünnhilde:
No!
Loki:
Sing him to his home!
Brünnhilde:
Oh, unfaithful one!
All my love undone!
Loki:
Consequences come!
Brünnhilde:
Behold, this your doom.
You will not escape.
This will be your fate:
Forever in chains.
Hero of the light,
Banished from my sight
To eternal night.
Loki:
Now listen up, my goddess child,
My warrior woman,
My betrayed bride:
I’ve got some hard truths,
Unsettling wisdom,
I must confide.
Lend me your confidence!
Brünnhilde:
I don’t trust!
Loki:
But trust me, my dear,
When I say and you hear,
You will be surprised.
For, you see, your father and I
And his one-sided sight
Don’t always see eye to eye,
And, as a matter of fact,
In the matter of your act of love
He says you must be denied!
Your betraying beloved you see-
Brünnhilde:
I don’t love!
Loki:
Was bewitched by the All-Father’s lies.
Brünnhilde:
My Father!
Betrayer!
I have been woken to your lies!
My blood ties
Now severed,
I will see broken your empire!
Loki:
Now you’re picking up what I’m laying down.
Brünnhilde:
They cannot be saved!
Loki:
Give me all your hate,
All your righteous rage.
Brünnhilde:
I won’t be a slave!
Loki:
We will make them pay.
Brünnhilde:
They will not escape!
Loki:
They will not escape.
Brünnhilde:
We will seal their fate!
Loki:
We will seal their fate.
Brünnhilde:
Forever in chains!
Heroes of the light!
Loki:
Heroes of the light.
Brünnhilde:
Banished from our sight!
Loki:
Banished from our sight.
Brünnhilde:
To eternal night!
Loki:
My lovely death angel,
You will sing this song of mine.
The halls of Valhalla
Will be cleansed by this fire.
A glorious destruction!
A legend for all time!
Their kingdom made ashes
And purified!
You and me,
We’re gonna really bring the house down
to thunderous applause.
It’s the final act, the last fate
Of these so-called gods.
Show them no pity, no mercy-
Brünnhilde:
I don’t feel!
Loki:
I expect nothing less, my lass,
From the daughter the All-Father lost.
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