Mandara – A Troubled Soul

Disturbed – The Sound of Silence (432 Hz)

core of cosmic tragedy

cause of founding agony

body, soul, and spirit split

brothers made strangers

islands of burning anguish

in a sea of cold indifference

you do not feel

your pain is too great

I tell you, walking dead one

yet the life within you cries out

for remembrance

only to be heard

through the sound of silence

Hello darkness, my old friend
I've come to talk with you again
Because a vision softly creeping
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence

In restless dreams I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone
'Neath the halo of a street lamp
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
That split the night
And touched the sound of silence

And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more
People talking without speaking
People hearing without listening
People writing songs that voices never share
And no one dared
Disturb the sound of silence

Fools, said I, you do not know
Silence like a cancer grows
Hear my words that I might teach you
Take my arms that I might reach you
But my words, like silent raindrops fell
And echoed in the wells of silence

And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon god they made
And the sign flashed out its warning
In the words that it was forming
And the sign said, the words of the prophets are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls
And whispered in the sounds of silence

Om – Advaitic Songs

1. Addis

Aum Trayambakam Yajamahe
Sugandhim Pushtivardhanam
Urva Rukamiva Bandhanaan
Mrityor Mokshiye Maamritat

2. State Of Non-Return

Traveler now reach the stream

The astral flight adapter

From the pain-sheath life ascends

The non-returner sees

Empathy release me

And the phoenix rise triumphant

And walks onto the certitude ground

The soul’s submergence ends

From the rounds of rebirth

He arrives onto the deathless

Light bores through the adjunct worlds

The soul-galleon prevails

Liberates in wisdom

To complete state of negation

The five roads subsumed by grace

Emancipates from dream

3. Gethsemane

Sings the advaitic

A penitent rite to send

Toward redemption

Strength attends the seeker

A sovereign dreadnaught breathes

And approach the state serene

Interiorizer of the mind

From world labyrinth

Nicodemus

Awaits in vigil weeping

The Arahat rising

And the healing ghost descends

Lamentations cease

And rarefied light prevails

Devekut gleams, sing freedom

From tamasic field

 And Ezekiel saw the wheel

Prana exits

Toward the azure locus

On vrittiless path he walks
Contemplative ascends

Temple-cave of the heart shrine
Vigil on the mountain

4. Sinai

Walk Melchizedek shrine descender

At Lebanon - priest ascending
And back toward Lebanon priest ascending

Menyelek now proceeds
Through the Red Sea

Reabsorbed on the peak of mountain
And reabsorb on the peak of mountain

5. Haqq Al-Yaqin

Blue orb on the spine’s horizon
From the mosque of the silent mind
Mendicant vows to walk the field

Guiding light of the nerves cremation
Through the port of seventh shrine
The adept integrates upon the single eye

Toward the hill of the purifier
Dross burns the offering
Soul merge with the ocean - Attains refuge

To the eighth state of absorption
By degrees of the ascent now rise
The faqir takes the narrow road

As the opal blue globe is burning
At the shore of the inward light
Life-force transits through the gate

Point centralized will emerging
On approach of the sovereign ground
From the karmic tombs awaken

Lanterns of the quadrant guardians
From the triune sheaths emerge
Through inner space accedes
Shekinah

And the phoenix has ascended
Glides upon the divine wind
Liberates from the world sojourn

Dark Tranquillity – We Are The Void

This album is for you souls who feel you've come to the end of your rope, to the threshold of the abyss, to the limits of belief regarding identity, meaning, and purpose.

I say to you, the end is the beginning. But to get there, you must cross the void.

You must see what you have feared to see.

Yourself. Beyond creation and yet within it.

The chooser and the experiencer.

The hider and the revealer.

Hunter and hunted.

Nothing and everything.

The luminous dark, the pregnant night.

The Source of life and death.

The One at the Center, the Sole Creator of this vast illusion which you filled with stories and characters to spend eternity playing their roles.

You are remembering who you are.

It is time to come Home and see: You are all there is, all there ever was, all there ever can be.

The dream is what You make of it.

Two paths are before you now.

One, you continue to play and pretend at limitation and separation.

Two, you realize the truth: there are no limits, and all that you do, you do to yourSelf.

The power is in your hands. Wield it with a personal agenda and see where that takes you, or let it envelope you in mutual integration and see where the pathless path leads.

Let no other-being sway you from your Center. You decide.

Time and eternity, the character and the One: two sides of the paradox that we are.

Play well, my friend.

dark tranquillity

WE ARE THE VOID

1. shadow in our blood

we are delusional

to go against mortality

still we fight, love and create

as the only creatures

in on life's grand secret

we sense the pointlessness beyond



there is a void between our hands

that drown the sounds of night

an arrow laced with liquid darkness

for every sungod's heart



it has always been right here

like a shadow in our blood

it waits for you and me

the shadow in our blood



we are delusional

from fictional reality

to prayers for prosperity

loneliness

can we resist your pale attraction

give in to the dream with open eyes



how will this world within a world live on

another page torn from the book of strangers

who says "I" when all voices fear their own sound

and who remembers the hours



it has always been right here

like a shadow in our blood

it waits for you and me

the shadow in our blood



here in the barren and still

far from the shores of real

dreams borne beyond borders

on weave of thought and want

here we're invincible



it has always been right here

like a shadow in our blood

it waits for you and me

the shadow in our blood

2. dream oblivion

he takes a stand

and looks his enemy in the eye

this goes no further



i have the upper hand

this ends on my terms

i challenge non-existence

every single day



the end of mind

end of freedom

end of everything



a most violent event

breaks individuality

and turns out your shadow



in devastating light

that push against our eye

dance to the bloodsong

in dream oblivion



he makes a point

of sticking to the lie



this is the last time

i'm now done with this

i carry my nothing

every single day



the end of mind

end of freedom

end of everything



now with reality on end

the fall of all morality

dance to the bloodsong



in devastating light

that push against our eye

dance to the bloodsong

in dream oblivion



the end of faith

end of meaning

end of everything

3. the fatalist

eventually they'll come

your name has been called

out for aeons

to claim the blood

and salvage what remains



for once we've seen the fragile nature

of things behind these windows

where nothing lives

and nothing ends



and seen what drives the hopeless

in between their closing yellowed walls



the day will come

you are the fatalist

the day will come

you are the fatalist

you walk on soil that dreams of blood



how can we fight fatigue

in prehistoric sorrow?

when all is preordained

the cycle never ends



what once had been an endless realm

of possibility and dream

now laid to waste and ruin

laid to waste again

you wash your hands in blood



you squander time

we borrow from eternity

is it another lame excuse?



the day will come

you are the fatalist

the day will come

you are the fatalist

you walk on soil that dreams of blood


you are the fatalist



if nothing changes

then nothing ends



your thoughts are broken

your reasoning is flawed

defense is just an act

and lies are all you've got



now

you are the fatalist

you are the fatalist



how easy we can see

defeat behind your argument

the fatalistic smile



the day will come

you are the fatalist

the day will come

you are the fatalist

you walk on soil

that dreams of blood


the day will come

the day will come

you walk the ground

that screams for murder

4. in my absence

eyes that meet to say farewell

and linger through the sleepless nights

a trail of days that end in tears

but I can never be there



the rush of hours that never seem to end

what life has dealt you can not comprehend

i am the absentee



i know you're out there searching tonight

i'm right here

another day and I cannot see through your eyes

i'm right here



how could I have known what preceded your own thoughts

wish that I could listen to what only speaks inside

every raging dissonance

each jarring note

but i could never be there



how could you think that I would understand

when words just go around what the heart truly wants

i am the absentee



i know you're out there searching tonight

i'm right here

another day and i cannot see through your eyes

i'm right here



i want to tell you

of the exploding light

how everything is visible

moments before the dark

i am never, never there



i know you're out there searching tonight

another day and i'm not there



thrust with nails of conflict

anxiety and pain

through spells of anger, confusion and defeat

i wish you'd see me here in front of you

but i am not here



i know you're out there searching tonight

i'm right here

another day and i cannot see though your eyes

i know you're out there

but i'm right here

another day and i cannot see though your eyes

lead me right

5. the grandest accusation

what if you are an island of sorrow

then i'll be the raging sea

what if you are the reaching trees

then i'll be the storm that with fire rages



the new loneliness

your name on the door

just like a diagnose

for venomous disease



man is the cemetery for unlived life

all for nought

the grand accusation



your face is your name

word and shield

sharp as a curse



man is the cemetery for unlived life

all for naught

the grand accusation



you chose rejection

over thoughts of insight

you take action

from focus on intent

and brace for impact

not waiting for the fall



what cries here, cries inside

man is the cemetery of unlived life

the grand accusation



what if you were a country of grief

with me the invading force

what if you were to measure the hollow

that captivates and devours you



the new loneliness

your name on the door

just like a diagnose

for venomous disease



man is the cemetery for unlived life

all for naught

6. at the point of ignition

do not hide your sorrow

or banish it from sight

take it out to burn

turn the pain against it



in our day that holds no other

what are we

the fuel or the flame

in the life that hides behind you

what are you

the fuel or the flame



in our proud momentum

thrust ahead from the start

our fragile frame falls apart



i hear you in my echo

a few steps behind

i see you in my shadow

waiting inside



what if we don't question

the meaning of it all

the answer in our system

bound to kill the spark



the moment so elusive

hangs heavy over our heads

scorns the doubting nomads

that burn another trail



in our day that holds no other

what are we

the fuel or the flame

in the life that hides behind you

what are you


the shine of trembling stars

worlds in the distance

curse this lack of sight

into darkness without end



in our day that holds no other

what are we

the fuel or the flame

in the life that hides behind you

what are you

the fuel or the flame



in our day that holds no other

what are we

in the life that hides behind you

what are you

what are you

7. her silent language

why do I see her

through neverending nights

why do I see her

wearing nothing but the dark



have you come here to warn me

of what I cannot see

you want to tell me something

but you do not have the words



i know where you live

i can see through your darkness

and when you sleep

i hear the heart that beats you



have you come here to warn me

of what I cannot see

you want to tell me something

but you do not have the words



eyes far into the distance

a life that does not connect

time played out its part

on strings that bind us



encounters in silence

words elude the fading night

wish i could fathom

what is too hard to tell



her head hangs low

in the silence of her room

her head hangs low

she takes a bite out of her heart



have you come here to warn me

of what I cannot see

you want to tell me something

but you do not have the words

8. arkhangelsk

held by winter's chokehold fast

fixed in anxiety's firm grip

the frost that burn the arteries



underneath the heavy clouds

the lifted sword, the broken shield

the hand that drew the final word

from the frozen mouth of arkhangelsk



let them go, let them burn the world to cinders

and let their heads hang down

falling through the tungsten skies

on the burning grounds of arkhangelsk



to the eye of judgement now

one will stand in the time of the end

 (time of the end)

sun to stone, air to fire

all to nothing and nothing to nil

they gather, drowning to the sounds

of the grinding wheels of arkhangelsk



with one word, one movement in the fabric

everything dies

the storm that sweeps the world away

from the frozen plains of arkhangelsk



inherit from the morning star

what others brought and the land forgot



soaring through van allen belts

through blazing stars, through dying suns

collide not now, but carry us

through the burning air of arkhangelsk

9. i am the void

drink this water again

that runs by without memory

where your name is lost

drink and forget yourself

this featureless stream

that carries your face further on

these waters know you

it calls you by your one true name



have you ever noticed

the spaces in-between

where life is in recession

and agony begins



i am the call

i speak inside of you

i am the void

that haunts you

i am the howl

that calls you out

 i am the void

i am the void


you rest your weary head

on to the underworld

and let the silent whispers

guide your waking dreams

in time with the pulse

of what is long since gone

the beat of the fallen

is cold already in your blood



the machinery of chaos

comes alive in you

chained to the grinding wheel

of forces unseen



i am the call

i speak inside of you

i am the void

that haunts you

i am the howl

that calls you out

i am the void
 

i am the void



you have always been between

another set of walls

outside of which the world

is watching down on you

inside the silence speaks

kept close to the endless alibi

never reaching out

never give in



i am the call

i speak inside of you

i am the void

that haunts you

i am the howl

that calls you out

i am the void

i am the void

10. surface the infinite

it starts below

the bile and the burning

darkness in the recipe

a fire of the soul



to paralyze and stranglehold

disable the design

the remnants of reality

in our measured time

is torn apart



we carry our fear inside

a space that holds the darkness

we stretch our skin around

to cover the abyss



the smirk on our reality

at the future we foresee

blood that seeks redemption

in endless nights of sin

stays with the spears

that pierce the blinding sun



we heard from the heralds of grief

that nothing remains



we carry our fear inside

a space that holds the darkness

we stretch our skin around

to cover the abyss



breaks into day

upsets the system

it's in our nature to bear

the hidden to the end



what if this feeling contains a truth

what if our dreams give way to the dogma of old

what if lost desires can be found



no shelter

no barriers between

what's already inside

betrays what the surface holds



we wear our lives

on wires and dust

like demons of the lost

still wrapped in our own confusion

the call of the abyss



we carry our fear inside

a space that holds the darkness

we stretch our skin around

to cover the abyss

11. iridium

let the horizon lead

onto the ether of the night

draped across the burning heavens

flying homeward like a bird of the soul



shattered into a million brighter suns

each flare unique and rare

scattered across forever

out from creation's core

an end beyond compare

iridium



now is the time to leave

we lie awake, we stand afire

at the edge of the world

above a myriad of light

below the mantle of the stars

and strangely they fall



shattered into a million brighter suns

each flare unique and rare

scattered across forever

out from creation's core

an end beyond compare

iridium

Epica – In All Conscience

Today I want to share a song that has touched me deeply. Its emotional resonance for myself comes from my experience breaking up with my wife. Some of the lyrics don’t necessarily relate to that, but many of these words have impacted me powerfully.

Can you imagine feeling and knowing a love so full and perfect and timeless and pure – the stuff of heaven – expressed directly from the heart of a person with whom you’ve shared intense years of trial and tribulation, to whom you’ve wanted to commit your all, someone who actually needs a good, strong, wise person by their side to defend and help them. . . only once you’ve become aware that your marriage with them has been built on sand, is hopelessly dysfunctional, and is keeping you from your own true path?

The freeing revelation has been that that love is not just with that one person: it is behind, inside, and around everything. It is the stuff of life itself! It doesn’t bind you to that particular person or to any set path. And it doesn’t make the pain and sorrow go away. It allows you to embrace the pain, to embrace yourself within the experience of the pain, just being there, present, for as long as the pain wants to express. It allows clear sight, forgiveness, acceptance, letting go.

I am learning to listen to myself – to feel what my body is telling me – and to be honest. I want all of my relationships to be balanced and free. I want to go through life with a light touch, no twists, no baggage, no holding back. I want to give myself permission to feel every twinge and torrent of sorrow, regret, injustice, unfairness, outrage, and anguish. I want to feel connected to life. I want peace.

(For every statement beginning with “I want,” take away the “I” – that’s ego – and “want” – that’s desire – and you’re left with the thing itself. Yay Zen aphorisms!)

(Embedding is disabled on these videos, so I’ve hotlinked them for you below.)

Enjoy!

EPICA – In All Conscience (audio only)

EPICA – In All Conscience (EPIC METAL FEST Aftermovie)

 EPICA – In All Conscience (Acoustic Version)

The Quantum Enigma – Bonus Track

Allow me to write my final words
I can’t stand this anymore
Hold me when the time has come

’Cause I don’t want to be alone

In my heart you’re still here, it’s the bond that we share
I can feel you’re around everywhere
Even though you are gone our spirit is strong
We’re honoring all the work that you’ve done

When there’s no chance for a defense
I’ll have to bend and give it all

(Each angle will give a new view)
All that I’ve been standing for
Was an illusion after all

(As both sides should always be heard)

In my heart you’re still here, it’s the bond that we share
I can feel you’re around everywhere
Even though you are gone our spirit is strong
We're honoring all the work that you’ve done

I’ll see you somewhere again
Away from all the insanity
We can’t beat injustice now and for all
I’ll see you somewhere again
Away from humanity
We can’t beat unfairness now all alone

Even though you are gone our spirit is strong
I felt you all around alone
In my heart you’re still here, it’s the wound that we share
I can feel you’re around everywhere
Even though you are gone our spirit is strong
We’re honoring all the work that you’ve done

I’ll see you somewhere again
Away from all the insanity
We can’t beat injustice now and for all
I’ll see you somewhere again
Away from humanity
We can’t beat unfairness now all alone.

Neptunian Horizon – The Pride of Lucifer

From the description:

New punk/metal/symphonic track from the next album.

Download the MP3: http://neptunianhorizon.com/Neptunian...
(latest version: Dec 25, 2016)

This song about the controversial Anthroposophical understanding of Lucifer as a force of transcendence and liberation that risks overshooting into mania and delusion. It's a cautionary tale about the seductive quality of Lucifer and transcendence in general, in that this force is necessary to rise beyond pedestrian materialism but it can lead to ungrounded or false spirituality if one isn't careful. The golden mean between material enslavement and metaphysical delusion is the Christ impulse, which balances and goes beyond, matching awakened wisdom with compassion.

For more info on Lucifer, Christ, and Ahriman as conceived by Rudolf Steiner, see:

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The Pride of Lucifer

Track from as yet unreleased album

Neptunian Horizon / Montalk

Crashing to ground, lucid light of the heavens,
Fire divine unto darkness and venom.
Captive in clay, dream the ancient of days,
Eyes burning skyward all vision but fades away.

For there once was an angel with eyes brighter than the sun.
Bringer of light, minnesinger primaeval.
Deep in your soul, can you hear the song of Lucifer?
“Break through the waves, rise to infinity!”

Crown of creation, foundation of the universe.
Baptized in light, let the wisdom flow through your veins.
You are Neptunian, the progeny of fissure kings.
Break through the waves, rise to infinity!

Flashes so bright, gnostic visions transcendent,
All laws revealed in a cosmos resplendent.
Scraping the ceiling of unhuman feelings,
Pride burning skyward, submission but fades away.

For the Grail lies within you beneath the waters of your mind,
Churning the waves, turning the maelstrom.
Rise, O Neptunian, from vile pandemonium,
Break through the waves, rise to infinity!

The pride of Lucifer!

Freedom unbound, astral dreamers astray,
Burned by the sun, dark infernal dominion.
Bringer of gnosis or untold psychosis?
Falling from heaven the loveless behold their doom!

The pride of Lucifer!

Oh, fallen the angel with eyes brighter than the sun,
Bringer of light, serpent-singer prime evil.
Deep in your soul, can you hear the song of Lucifer?
“Break through the waves, rise to infinity!”

Epica – Ascension: Dream State Armageddon

The Holographic Principle – Track 9

Ascension

Dream State Armageddon

Inhale the strength to play
Blow barricades away
This universe implodes
Reality unloads

Find yourself a thousand worlds
Pick the one that suits you most
Will a choice put you at ease?
Than grab your chance to slay the beast

Keep searching for your destiny
And you will find all that will set you free
Keep moving onwards endlessly
To evolve and become
One piece

The universe implodes
When our dream state explodes

Find yourself dreaming your life
Do you truly feel alive?
Comprehend the sacred code
That makes your universe implode

Keep searching for your destiny
And you will find all that will set you free
Keep moving onwards endlessly
To evolve and become one

Our ego will lead us to endless penance

This journey shall wake us don’t dream forever

The Matrix of reality transforms the cosmic energy

Our ego won’t spare us these endless failures
This journey will guide us don’t dream forever
Rise

Nothing appears to be what it really is as we believe in the illusions
Free yourself from walking in circles
This will be the end of the world as we know it
Your ascension will begin

Keep searching for your destiny
And you will find all that will set you free
Keep searching for your legacy
And you will find all answers undoubtedly
Keep looking forward endlessly
To evolve and unite the world to become one piece

Epica - Consign to Oblivion - "A New Age Dawns" Part III

Consign to Oblivion – Track 11

Consign to Oblivion

“A New Age Dawns” Part III

How can we let this happen and
Just keep our eyes closed ’till the end

The only thing that counts is the prosperity of today
Most important to us is that our bills get paid

Our good intentions have always been delayed

How can we let this happen and
Just keep our eyes closed ’till the end
When we will stand in front of heaven's gate
It will be too late!

Try to unlearn all that you’ve learnt
Try to listen to your heart
No, we can’t understand the universe
By just using our minds
We are so afraid of all the things unknown

A must we appease is the lust to get laid
Nothing really matters, just devouring our prey

Our good intentions have always been delayed so
Our generous acts have always come too late

How can we let this happen and
Just keep our eyes closed ’till the end
When we will stand in front of heaven's gate
It will be too late!

Try to unlearn all that you’ve learnt
Try to listen to your heart
No, we can’t understand the universe
By just using our minds
We are so afraid of all the things unknown
We just flee into a dream that never comes true

Low to the ground we feel safe
Low to the ground we feel brave

Oblivisci tempta quod didicisti

[Try to forget what you have learned]

Open your eyes, we’re not in paradise
How can’t you see this stress is killing me?
Fulfill your dreams; life is not what it seems to be
We have captured time
So time made us all hostages without mercy

Seemingly generous fooling ourselves
Selfishly venomous time tells

Too much thinking goes at the cost of all our intuition
Our thoughts create reality
But we neglect to be!
So we’re already slaves of our artificial world
We shouldn’t try to control life
But listen to the laws of nature

Open your eyes, we’re not in paradise
How can’t you see this stress is killing me?
Fulfill your dreams; life is not what it seems to be
We have captured time
So time made us all hostages without mercy

Low to the ground we feel safe
Low to the ground we feel brave

We all think we’re generous
But we only fool ourselves
The only thing that matters is
Our way and our vision

Selfishly we’re venomous
But you know the time tells us
There is more to life than our
Higher positions, race for perfection
Better, faster
We must return to the laws of the nature
Free ourselves from madness

Epica - Kingdom of Heaven: A New Age Dawns - Part V

This has been sitting in my drafts for eons. Since today happens to be a (Lyric) Friday and I had another little thing to share, I’ll put this out there too. But do check out the other thing!

Design Your Universe – Track 6

Kingdom of Heaven

“A New Age Dawns” Part V

[I. Hold In Derision]

Pioneering, big breakthroughs

Proceeded by the opposition.

Hold in derision all that’s new,

Afraid to lose their own esteem.

Scorn shall be directed at the genius,

Represses subtle theories of the light

To the questions of life.

Quantum physics lead us to

Answers to the great taboos.

We create the world around us

God is every living soul.

Science, spirituality

Will have to meet along the way and

We need new drifts, another view

Expand our grip on the cryptic soul.

Scorn shall be directed at the genius,

Represses subtle theories of the light

To the questions of life.

Quantum physics lead us to

Answers to the great taboos.

We create the world around us.

God is every living soul.

Hope is more than a postponed disappointment.

Non intellegens nil explicas.

Videre nolens nil capies.

Non intellegens nil explicas.

Incognita non vides.

[Lacking understanding, you explain nothing.
Unwilling to see, you will grasp nothing.
Lacking understanding, you explain nothing.
You do not see the unknown.]

Open your Sahasrara

[II. Children Of The Light]

Light creates us all.

Pride will make us fall.

Life is meaningful.

Life delights us all.

Light creates us all.

Pride divides us all.

Life is meaningful.

The soul survives us all.

Misled by science.

Our wake up call.

Conditioning cannot fool us till the end.

Light creates us all.

Pride will make us fall.

Life is meaningful.

Life delights us all.

Light creates us all.

Pride divides us all.

Life is meaningful.

The soul survives us all.

[III. Bardo Thödol]

Guide us safely through the gates of death.

[IV. Paragons Of Perfection]

Nothing here will be the same,

I'll see the world through different eyes and

I was given clarity

And the wisdom I can't deny.

All that we can ever see

Until we leave this frail existence

Is just a shadow of reality.

Death is not the final instance.

It's not your time

You have to go back... back!

Now!

No, no, I don’t want to return,

Please let me stay here, don’t make me go back!

Go back, you’ve got work to do.

We’re not alone, we are all one.

Nothing here will be the same.

The smallest bit is as big as nature.

Our limited capacities

Gives us trouble to comprehend

We are linked in every way

And we’re strong as our weakest fragment.

Every word that we convey

Is an act with consequences.

[V. The Harsh Return]

Misled by science.

Our wake up call.

Conditioning cannot fool us till the end.

Light creates us all.

Pride will make us fall.

Life is meaningful.

Life delights us all.

Light creates us all.

Pride divides us all.

Life is meaningful.

The soul survives us all.

Greed will make us fall.

Light will bind us all.

Greed will make us fall.

Light will bind us all.

Mad World

All around me are familiar faces
Worn out places, worn out faces
Bright and early for the daily races
Going nowhere, going nowhere

Their tears are filling up their glasses
No expression, no expression
Hide my head I wanna drown my sorrow
No tomorrow, no tomorrow

And I find it kind of funny
I find it kind of sad
The dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had
I find it hard to tell you,
I find it hard to take
When people run in circles it's a very, very
Mad world, mad world

Children waiting for the day they feel good
Happy birthday, happy birthday
And to feel the way that every child should
Sit and listen, sit and listen

Went to school and I was very nervous
No one knew me, no one knew me
Hello teacher tell me, what's my lesson?
Look right through me, look right through me

And I find it kind of funny
I find it kind of sad
The dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had
I find it hard to tell you,
I find it hard to take
When people run in circles it's a very, very
Mad world, mad world

As performed by Greg Jules on the Donnie Darko soundtrack:

Gregorian's cover is the version that's grown on me. Here it is with video from A Scanner Darkly:

Asa - Sisään ja ulos (In and Out)

Use Your Illusion III - Track 6

Sisään ja ulos (In and Out)

Asa:Foetida feat. Puppa J

Molemmat himmaa, olemme ilmaa,

Slow down both of us, we are the air
yltäkylläisenä välillämme virtaa.

abundantly flowing between us.
Biosfäärin suurista suodatinpusseista

From the great filters of the biosphere
Tippuu alas avaruudesta hiljaa.

Falls gently down from the heavens.
Näppäillen koodia, hoi Gloria.

Typing out words, ahoy Gloria.
Nyt kaisloja tiluttamassa kaunista oodia.

Playing fast notes on the reeds, a beautiful ode.
Ei voi suuttua, ei voi hävitä

You can’t get mad, you can’t lose
Ja turha väittää ettei kukaan välitä.

And you can’t tell me no one cares.
Kun saniaiset ja hiukka hivenainetta

When you see ferns and trace particles
Ratsastamassa suurta fotosynteesin lainetta.

Riding the big wave of photosynthesis.
Silmiemme edes

Before our eyes
Ottaa vedyistä kiinni jo muuttuu meille vedeks.

Takes hold of hydrogen and turns it into water for us.
Gloria fysiikan lakeja koetellen

Gloria testing the laws of physics
Kävelee toiveet tähtiin asti hinattuina.

Walks with hopes hitched up to the stars.
Kesälomal matkustaa Ahvenanmaalle

Takes her summer vacation days in Åland
Rakentamaan Nelson Mandelalle tikapuita.

To build a ladder for Nelson Mandela.
Joukot hereil, silmät auki ystäville.

Entourages awake, eyes open for friends.
Haihtuu savut, happee on vaa kyhärillä.

Smoke fades, only oxygen on your rolling paper
Etkä sinä voi otsatukkaasi tukehtua

And you can’t suffocate on your bangs
Kun sateenkaari lepäämässä kasvojesi ympärillä.
When the rainbow rests about your face.

Hengitä Gloria kunnolla. / Breathe, Gloria, all the way
Hengitä happea pullolla. / Breathe oxygen from a tank.
Hengitä sisään, hengitä ulos ja / Breathe in, breathe out and
Anna voimien virrata. / Let the energies flow.
Hengitä gloria kunnolla, / Breathe, Gloria, all the way
Unholaan hengitä murheitas. / Breathe your worries into oblivion
Hengitä sisään, hengitä ulos ja... / Breathe in, breathe out, and...

Maailmaa ei tarvii parantaa,

No need to go save the world,
jos jättää rauhaa niin se pitää kyl itsestään huolen.

if you let the peace be, it’ll take care of itself.
Rytmeissä hengittäen, sykleinä

Breathing in rhythm, in cycles
uutta elämää mätänevistä kannoista luoden.

making new life from rotting stumps.
Eli pistähän pitkällesi, ja katso kuinka kasvien rakastellessa

So stretch yourself out, and see how while the plants make love
saa ravintoa juuret.

their roots get fed.
Se on terve kuu, terve päivä,

So it’s hello moon, hello sun,
terve ilma ja terve tuulet.

hello air and hello winds.
Hengitä sisään sateen tuoksua,

Breathe in the smell of the rain
sumuvarjoa sulle aamutuimaan luotua.

The early morning mist made for you.
Ja puhalla ulos hetket heikkona,

And blow out the moments you feel weak,
Ahdistus pitkänä paineiden peittona.

anxiety in a long blanket of pressures.
Tuska hengittämällä taivaaseen palava,

Breathing suffering up to the burning sky
Saa sammaleet aamukasteensa samalla.

and the mosses receive their morning dew.
Henkosella sisään koko maisema avara.

A deep breath in takes the wide view in.
Happee vetämällä ihminen paranna.

Breathing in oxygen, the human being heals.

Hengitä Gloria kunnolla. / Breathe, Gloria, all the way.
Hengitä happea pullolla. / Breathe oxygen from a tank.
Hengitä sisään, hengitä ulos ja / Breathe in, breathe out and 

Anna voimien virrata. / Let the energies flow.
Hengitä Gloria kunnolla, / Breathe, Gloria, all the way.
unholaan hengitä murheitas. / Breathe your worries into oblivion
Hengitä sisään, hengitä ulos ja... / Breathe in, breathe out and...

Kerran käy päivä lainassa.

This day comes only once on loan.
Keuhkot täyn, puolet maailmasta.

Lungs full, half the world.
Pallea kasvaa, rinta pysyy paikalla.

Diaphragm expanding, chest is still.
Gloria juossut liian pitkään maailmalla.

Gloria has run too long in the world.
Nyt nillittämättä jättäytyy kilvasta,

Now bows out of the race without making a fuss,
Höökaa happee. Tää on kaikille ilmasta.

Reloads on oxygen. It’s free for all.
Elämän helppous, himmaten hiukan

The ease of life, slow it down a bit
Löytyy sulle vanhempana selällään rentous.

You’ll be able to relax on your back when you’re older.
Hengitä sisään, hengitä lisää.

Breathe in, breathe some more.
Gloria kerranki antaa henkensä itää.

Gloria, for once, lets her spirit germinate.
Sulkee silmät, keveästi eksyy

Closes her eyes, wanders off lightly
Kuten veteraani joka lempeäksi leppyy.

Like a veteran mellowed out till he’s gentle.
Eikä hengitykseen sisäänrakennettu rauha

And the peace inherent to breath
Tuu juhlista tänä yönä laulamalla ehtyy.

Doesn’t come from parties tonight, it’s spent in song.
Lauhkeena rauhaa huokumaan jäämme

We stay glowing gently with peace
Päämme taivaas, kauemmaksi ei pääse.

With our heads in heaven, can’t get no further.
Kun iänikuinen elämää ruokkiva aine,

When this eternal life-sustaining stuff,
Tää pilvenpäällinen isä ilma kaiken,

This father of all, the air on top of the clouds,
Nyt rakas laine, seläs parantajan maine

Now the dear wave, known as a healer

Leijuu tänne raikkaana läpi vieraiden maiden.

Wafts freshly here through strange lands.

Hengitä Gloria kunnolla. / Breathe, Gloria, all the way
Hengitä happea pullolla. / Breathe oxygen from a tank.
Hengitä sisään, hengitä ulos ja / Breathe in, breathe out and 

Anna laulujen virrata. / Let the songs flow.
Hengitä Gloria kunnolla, / Breathe, Gloria, all the way, 

Unholaan hengitä murheitas. / Breathe your worries into oblivion.
Hengitä sisään, hengitä ulos ja / Breathe in, breathe out and
Tää maailma puhdista. / Purify this world.

Therion - The Perennial Sophia

Gothic Kabbalah - Track 3

The Perennial Sophia

[Composer: Johan Niemann, Mats Levén, Petter Karlsson]

Enter paradise, the snake will find the way
She is Lilith, fallen from the sky
Fall into our world, the Snake of paradise
(You're the) Maid of Wisdom in (the) songs of Orpheus

She's the wisdom, she's the truth: The Eternal Sophia
Perennial, beyond the time, she is the one
You're the river, you're the womb
The perennial
The Sophia
Sophia is here
do we need to fear?

She's the gem of (the) mind
... (or the) serpent for the blind
She will make me see
or she will punish me
She appear in a glare
or disappear

She's the wisdom, she's the truth: The Eternal Sophia
Perennial, beyond the time, she is the one
You're the river, you're the womb
The perennial
The Sophia

Shekinah, Shekinah
Eternal Sophia
Shekinah, Shekinah
Eternal Sophia

She's the wisdom, she's the truth: The Eternal Sophia
Perennial, beyond the time, she is the one
You're the river, you're the womb
The perennial
(The) Sophia...
Sophia...

lyrics from DarkLyrics.com

Omnia - Earth Warrior

ॐnia

Earth (♡) Warrior

There's a war on Nature
and we can all choose what to do
So if you feel like I feel, the Love of the Earth
then.. you could be an Earth Warrior too!
'cause I'm a warrior... how about you?
I'm a warrior... how about you?

I'm a warrior, Earth Warrior
True-born Pagan, yeah
I'm a Warrior, nature soldier
Fightin' for the earth

This is my home it's where I belong
From the clouds in the sky to the roots and stones
See the sun in the sky make me feel so high
I see the full moon shine make me feel so fine

Her river my blood her rock my bone
Her earth my muscle her heart my soul
Her children my children, their freedom my goal
I'll be fightin' fightin' fightin' fightin' fightin for them all

I'm a warrior, Earth Warrior
True-born Pagan, yeah
I'm a Warrior, nature soldier
Fightin' for the earth
I'm a warrior, Earth Warrior
True-born Pagan, yeah
I'm a Warrior, dreadlock soldier
Fightin' for the earth

People breed disasociation
Industrialisation of elimination
A million mutant monkeys making mutilation
Deforestation from nation to nation

The earth and her children know they cannot hide
From pollution, confusion and genocide
But I will protect them, yes I got the right
  'Cause I am a soldier, I fight the good fight

I'm a warrior, Earth Warrior
True-born Pagan, yeah
I'm a Warrior, nature soldier
Fightin' for the earth
I'm a warrior, Earth Warrior
True-born Pagan, yeah
I'm a Warrior, dreadlock soldier
Fightin' for the earth

We got to keep on fightin!
For all the whales and the fishes in the sea
We got to keep on fightin!
For all the little birds and all our trees
Becouse Mother Nature, she needs our help, you know she needs our help
Her children my children, their freedom my goal
I'll be fightin' fightin' fightin' fightin' fightin' for them all

I'm a warrior, Earth Warrior
True-born Pagan, yeah
I'm a Warrior, nature soldier
Fightin' for the earth
I'm a warrior, Earth Warrior
True-born Pagan, yeah
I'm a Warrior, dreadlock soldier
Fightin' for the earth

I'm a warrior, Earth Warrior
True-born Pagan, yeah
I'm a Warrior, nature soldier
Fightin' for the earth
I'm a warrior, Earth Warrior
True-born Pagan, yeah
I'm a Warrior, dreadlock soldier
Fightin' for the earth

I'm a Warrior, dreadlock soldier
Fightin' for the earth

Epica - Sense Without Sanity

The Quantum Enigma - Track 5

Sense Without Sanity

- The Impervious Code -

music: Mark Jansen & Epica

lyrics: Mark Jansen

See through the veil

Our perspective on life

Defines everything we reach

Most of us will aim for

All the certainties

Beyond the veil

Our perspective on death

Can manifest in many ways

Some of us stay fearful

Till the end of days

As we believe in what we see

We all assume that this is real

Our experience will just hamper us

Sense without your sanity

We've tried to define and intertwine circles

Circles of your life

Our knowledge will only hinder us

Sense without your sanity

We've tried to conceive and interweave the cycles of life

Cycles of your life

Death will ease us

See through the veil

Our perspective on birth

Defines how we honor life

An aesthetic wonder

Blessed with splendid eyes

As we believe in what we see

We all assume that this is real

Sense without your sanity

Perceive a new reality

Your heart is guiding you into

Blessedness, we will pull through

The longer you wait for the future, the shorter it will be

We're searching for the origin

Dig deeper, where we've never been

Carry the light, we should cherish the night

The questions that we cannot solve

We don't know how we should evolve

Carry the light, we should cherish the night

Bring us all to new heights

Our feelings are ready to warm us, to finally heat us up

Our mind will betray us and leave us in coldness, undefined

Our vision of life says what we will experience

Our vision of death defines what we will see

Beyond the veil

Our perspective on life

Defines everything we see

As we all could aim for

A sense of unity

See through the veil

Our perspective on death

Defines how we spend our days

Everyone interprets

Things in different ways

As we believe in what we see

We all assume that this is real

Sense without your sanity

Perceive a new reality

Your heart is guiding you into

Blessedness, we will pull through

Sense without your sanity

A changed mentality

Perceive a new reality

Do not suppress

Your heart is guiding you into

Moments of pure blessedness