Midnight Odyssey Firmament (demo) 1. From Forest To Firmament into the forest I hear a shivering voice She's calling me to mourn the end of life But which life ends, another's or mine In the end we all succumb to time And then I see her standing With her finger pointed at me She tells me when I fall asleep tonight That I will take my last breath of life Under the crimson fullmoon, My time will cease I'll leave the forest for the astral sky. Her words are sealed by a cold kiss Then she wanders out of sight. I try to stay awake all night The moon is low, my eyes are heavy I soon succumb to total exhaustion Though fearful thoughts dominate me I feel the end is nigh I can't pretend that this is a dream All I can do is look to the sky 2. Nocturnal Prey Drowning is misery, of thoughtlessness decay The shadows engulf me like a cunning predator And I am its prey, helpless and alone Without a prancing light to lead me away The sombre noises of the darkest night play in my head and their music is madness I am their prey, confused and haunted Without the insight to keep them away The stars are trying to lure me to their light The fire's calling me to share its warmth The wolves are howling to keep me on my toes The owl is watching me now he sees my movement from within the trees he senses unease and stares a little closer he smells my flesh from which will be a feast Of night's unholy minions. Lying in peace, no more air do I breathe The rats pick and prod and scavenge from my bones I am their prey, a blissful winter feast And now I smile, the pain has gone away. 3. Departing Flesh And Bone 4. A Host For Ghosts 5. As Dark And Ominous As Stormclouds Very quickly the night turns into day The darkness forced to hide to become shadows The solace of the fullmoon has been replaced By the glaring heat of the sun The rays pierce through me, my spirit wanes I wish to hide, though I have no body I feel so dry, I feel as if I could die again. As minutes pass I see the sign of stormclouds I see them forming as if in haste Someone or something is trying to shelter me I feel no need to shy away. The dark grey clouds have blanketed the sunshine The air is colder and still there is no sound I sense the start of thunder and pouring rain as my spirit flies into the storm. 6. Salvation Denied The rain pours down, it's freezing cold And soon I'm flying through a storm of ice I've not been this cold since the moment I died and though I left my flesh behind, I shiver. The thunder crashes down It's quite a dreadful sound and the lightning bolts go flashing around. And without knowing I'm struck a shock so strong and I go crashing back down to the ground. 7. Storms Of Fire And Ice 8. From Firmament To Forest Condemned to fall, I feel the weight of thousands as nothing halts my drop into the brimstone halls I see the moon and stars getting further away I know the fate that holds me, I know the pain to come. The light above gets smaller, I feel the heat rise The blackness of this dwelling mirrors the night sky And cries of pain surround me And hands reach out to grab me And evil souls possess me And show me tortured visions Now I wander weightless, my touch is freezing cold The souls have complete control, I've surrendered purgatory I know my future will bring me back once more To the forest where I died, to roam the earth once more... 9. From Beyond The Eighth Sphere Dis Pater ‒ Everything