Cathedral The Ethereal Mirror - Violet vortex (intro) 1:55 - Ride 4:47 - Enter the worms 6:05 - Midnight mountain 4:55 - Fountain of innocence 7:13 - Grim luxuria 4:46 - Jaded entity 7:52 - Ashes you leave 6:21 - Phantasmagoria 8:43 - Imprisoned in flesh 1:47 Violet Vortex (intro) Ride Lack-lustre vacuum magnetises the land Scopeless material un ruthless demand Concrete spectacle superficially grand Divine animation buried in sand We'll rise from the ashes of stagnation Crystal warrior of damnation Nullified grafters manufactured from the womb Out of the repro-clinic into household tomb Drag the nothing tiring through coal-dark undeground Drive the wheels of iron round and round We'll rise from the ashes of stagnation Crystal warrior of damnation Scouring eyes sear through that book of lies And to the truth, well our search is agrified Whilst the yawn drone of physical mechinery March in robot mode to terminal destiny Microscobic observance, forsaken innerland Spiritual inertia, obsorbed in bland Well our significance shan't sink in their charade 'cos through their drab pantomime I say we're gonna ride! We'll rise from the ashes of stagnation Crystal warrior of damnation Enter the Worms Ardorned daggers, ruby hifted swords Unfailing crucifiers, striking mortal cords Huge violent serpents in volumes rolled All holy poisons poured in cups of gold Ooh these instruments so blessed and old Here lay death's sceptre - truth untold Without mercy or Love, forgiveness - exile me Blades of goodness set me free Madness my destiny Alone forever exile me Sharp swords, bright lightnings set brave souls free Past gods blind eyes through infinity Of all these vessels transformed to clay Rich ashes blown to dust - swept away! Now take me steel to the gift of skies Deliver me from weakness from flesh that rides Without pity or Love, forgiveness - exile me Blades of goodness set me free Madness my destiny Alone forever exile me Ooh to think how pleasent your touch would be In that all my lovely limbs would fall away And drop to nothing in their soft decay Unto my frail heart, the worms shall find a door Enter the weary pulp - into the core! As all of my flesh lay soft on the floor Released this soul from me, forevermore! Into the loud tide screaming silent words Out of this dreary world in screeching awe Without earthly Love, forgiveness - exile me Blades of goodness set me free Madness my destiny Alone forever exile me Midnight Mountain Sliding down a mountain, as dusk passes to day The antidote of elation, now lifeless masses wake Jaws of suxiety open, the luring vampire of agifity A fatal invitation, sight hasing from me Oh midnight mountain, I require Inner re-location, back to my pinnacles high Drowning in empty faces, sinking in banal I crave the isolation of eventide when perception climbs I just need the injection, a dose to boost my flight A sonic blast of moonlight, nucleus ignites Oh midnight mountain, now I'm revived Stimulus transcending back to pinnacles high Screaming at doleful skies, absorbing all my sighs Responding to my cries - downcast a thunder of reprise Won't let the next sunrise, signal my landslide From ecstatic highs, I'm on top of their demise Fountain of Innocence Fountain of youth Lifespring flows into a well of truths Of cold and dim repose I craved to be as high as the pillary clouds To walk among the tall Who used to look back down and frown Now here I stand by the wasteland, where our dreams began From these once golden fields our curiosity ran... I chased the sugar claw through temptation's door The bitterness I found... sweetness I taste no more From the playground to the slayground The sombre middleground absorbs the emptiness Look back across the marble sea of discovery A fountain of innocense flows in juvenescence I'm resident in corners of sentiment I face the wall - discovery terminal But there's no more false truths I wish to discover And I am psysically unable, to tread back down those corridors Fountain of youth, oh how I bathed in your innocence And now in cold response, I must face the bitter truth... Grim Luxuria Cold sin and fire, burning wrath and anger This crippled splendour of lust so dire yeah! Insane visions of beauty, groanings so empty Wriggling in agony, the frail corpse of love that's me Hair and eyes, limbs and faces Bending hard in fierce embraces Ooh this loveless rage, come give me pain Arcane exotica, ooh grim luxuria Twisted lust on fire, love the bastard liar Sick grins of pleasure, wapred torsos in heaven Bending tongues - saliva Flickering lifeforms of grotesque On the floor bones crackin, like evil dogs mauling Grunting in this ecstacy - shaking screaming dawning me! Pleading eyes, mangled faces Torn apart, in growling places Ooh this seething cage, white light in vain Arcane exotica - grim luxuria Twisted lust on fire, love - the bastard liar Oh sweet sanctity - hell is pouring over me Jaded Entity Here, glibbering alone... Oh the earth and heavens, they so tire me Tomorrow's dreams encased in a velvet sanctuary The crumbled throne of worldly gain Is glory forgotten, and now just nothing remains We've come too far, we are so close Inside, one forever weeping As the vain morning dawns, all life fades away You can take me now, beyond the violent veil And whatever flames the night in these deeds I've done In fate's control, at last my time has come We've come too far, we are so close Inside, one forever weeping Death is death, the little host that squirms Smell the dark - the coffin's closed And I so soft, ooh so soft No movement and no breath No ears, no nose - no eyes Death is death, in life's sepulchre No sight, no sound, no cry, and always... Always... death is death - yeah! (alive again) feeaaergh Damp skin in greying sheets, decaying bed absorbing me Bleached white ceiling above - dehydrating visions of love Vitality slides back down the walls, saturating the velvet floor Numbness writhes in all I adore Wasting here, can't see the door... Ashes You Leave Weep for autumn skies shrouded in misty air Weep for thy solemn dearth, and for thy chill despair Ashes you leave, as you ascend from me Phantasmogoria Rowntree's ad lib into LSD Imprisoned in Flesh Wishing that the sun would shine Flesh wasting dreams inside In this prison burning light Which fades on the outside I only want to believe That there's a place better for me A union where lost souls meet Where I can share this flame with thee Hide and reach beyond entropy In all that you seek Burn with me