Nocternity

Lyrics to The Red Dawn



The Spiral Archway of thought

The deeping well of memory

The silver fountain of Inspiration

The brazen vessel of knowledge



Oh, distilled drop by drop

Goldengreen nectar, gathered by yearning petals

Sliced out of the raw surface

Of the Eldest Tree, and root of the Earth



Oh! How we crave to know!

Oh! Countless the skeletons of this tomb!



Sacrificed, in olitude, lives

As candles that slowly meld into Darkness

Is Truth hidden there?

Is this a part of the Masterplan?



Ask thy shadow, to slowly crawl

Entangle your head

In its long fingernails



And the chill of the grave

To lean over, to your ear

And whisper to you a single truth



Awake!

...all but in vain

Kept in captivity lie their children

By liars of old

Deceivers and enemies of man



In Vain?

It's our turn now...

Do we lay silent?

Or, choose to know



Awake! Ask thy shadow!

Awake! Choose to know!