A Forest Of Stars - The Corpse of Rebirth
Original Version CD Version CD-R Version 1. God 16:26 1. God 16:26 1. God 16:26 2. Female 13:56 2. Female 13:56 2. Female 13:56 3. Male 13:04 3. Male 13:04 3. Male 13:04 4. Earth and Matter 9:40 4. Earth and Matter 9:40 4. Earth and Matter 9:40 5. Microcosm 10:26 5. Microcosm 10:26 5. Microcosm 10:26 total time 63:32 total time 63:32 total time 63:32
1. God Silence shattered like ice, incipit rage in myriad voices of the wind All light now absent as the banshees howl No solace in the maelstrom. Even the sun's afraid to rise around here It's ice cold as far as the eye can see Relentless winter restraining the new mourning rays. Frozen in thought whilst seeking oblivion. Got scalded by summer, given the cold shoulder by winter We'd watched the world go by... Shifting slowly from here to there, going in the direction of everywhere, but arriving neither here nor there Now there's a taste of blood in all the throats around here. Asked for a shot of winter in my holocaust, it caught my throat afire on the way down Wrought iron gateways pleading, under-used ovens awaiting further problems Countless eyes closing, rhyme boring reason. It wasn't very sunny that weekend, sitting and watching this world stumbling to its end. All rain all everywhere Shining wet skies' tears. Sun hides in fear just around the corner from here Just around the corner, see? Over there! God's... eyes... closed 2. Female The moon pushed the sun down the spiral-staircase of time Bright neck broken, twisted beyond repair So now there's only darkness standing there Arms outstretched Predatory parasite Vacant light From the tunnel of night. It's colder here since the war, all colours took on a shade of grey The streams have run slower since you went away Even the summer is slouching now Sun not waxing, but waning - walking disappointedly away Moon with no hope of saving the day It's time I remembered that I have forgotten Rainy season beyond sense and reason Endless sheets of glass Streets awash with horror Bullets in the back of summer Filthy water everywhere Not saved by incantations Summer sun always gone Left my smile all alone back there Forced to simply sit and stare At nothing Nothing Summer's always gone Temperance overrule Temper under ruled Time - Oh, she's short Wait - Oh, she's long Where she went I'll never know All I know Is she's gone Gone? 3. Male Rough pencil scrawls of what could have been... Bright flowers there were I somehow couldn't catch their scent it seemed Colours weren't quite right...? A fumbled tickle of summer sandblasted by the jackbooted night Sun went down Moon rose We basked in the whitewash somewhere near opaque silence Just as ghosts in a storm of black noise... Cold fixed stars shining all over the tight tarpaulin of unsun void only. Separation All stars screaming ...needle holes in heaven... Another nameless soul on the blacklist Snorted the sun, saved the moon for morning Now awaiting further gathering of the clouds Bathed in grey stroke black -no way out it keeps coming back Noise preventing rebirth We bathe in shreds of whispering glass Moon fell Sun cried Kept the dragon down, chasing the moon now With my teeth? And claws! Down dragon Moon chased Teeth wide open Claws at your pretty throat Afell asun, arose athunder! I am an e-flat mage Chemical curses on the rampage Head full of daggers For the backs of random strangers I suggest you keep an eye or three Upon your enemies... my dear! Accidental summer caught mid coitus Smiling winter zips the [?] up ...Saunters aways with a whistle Whilst the good weather bleeds rain, torn asunder ...Tears for the cold dried only by their owner Nowhere left now, death of our only summer 4. Earth And Matter 5. Microcosm Nothing now but cages and railings All topped with barbs Even the weather's apologetic Sees no rhyme or reason All exits barred now Love left lonely, gave way to the grave Left my smile somewhere on the journey between that and loss The walls of another god's house encrusted in mould Sewage poured from ceiling, damp liquefied floor A building devoid of use, now A weather beaten grave Untended, no longer remembered By those who left the queue For mourning Merrily kicking the skulls of ex-deities Through the ex-halo hoops of toes up ex-angels More trophy heads for my walls No more crying about heaven or a lack of it No more to be found wanting Hoping for a safety net My lake of passion still edged with rust Her waters fouled by the corpse of lust So, I dug the last few feet of the six myself All too eager to taste the dust I laughed as I threw the first handful of earth I smiled as I watched the topsoil spread Autumn she sprang over summer into winter All was lost. All is lost. So much more snow than sunbeams these days What once was? What once was. The cold she marched through the rain Past the corpse of rebirth Blacked out the sun's last refrain Endless cycle ended Lyrics in plain text format