Akercocke Renaissance in Extremis 1. Disappear In the movement from Present to past I simply disappear There was despair Beyond care Now I must disappear There can be no more triumph Only defeat Only defeat Like a breath upon a mirror I have come to accept No more beginnings No more to give There can be no other way I must believe, please let me believe The memories fall behind There can be no other way I simply cease to exist I disappear A rain of purification Onto trophies of defeat 2. Unbound By Sin Climbing Rebuilding Lifted high Absorb, achieve Unknowingly reach a zenith Change your perspective Assimilate Educate Review the mode Forging on Achieve your ideal Become all that you can be Its been too long Too long away Shake of the past And understand When the time is right Be prepared to toil Your right to win Dont give up the fight From darkness comes light Unbound by sin Cast off Your chains Release Potential The will to win Never give up Never Compromise 3. Insentience Means to channel pain Catharsis in the main A feedback loop A fear of change Hate, hate and anger Born from wounds Felt irrepressible From ancient mind Animal mind Unleash the possible There seems like no escape The toughest choice to make Inaction spells an end Chance what you have to lose I watched the light grow cold And felt my soul grow old Yet I could not forsee How strength would come to me 4. First To Leave The Funeral With honesty I repay you With clarity I betray you Place my hands gently Over your ears To save you the sound Of my scream A retreat into reverie The ghost of hands held tight If the eyes are closed Perhaps you never walked away Cold to the bone Cold as a grave The memories The rain The tears The rain is a gift From the night When was was the last moment No final touch What were the last words? No final words When was the last glance? No final look From beginning To end These are the same stars That watched you 5. Familiar Ghosts The pain is howling insistent and keen Indistinct Dissipates Devouring Breaking At the seams Devouring The pain is howling Insistent and keen End to all Things I believed Only a trace Of an echo remains In the tumult Indistinct Disspiates Devouring Breaking At the seems Devouring Wit remains blunted Hunter now hunted Found and lost I was found, Now I am lost No way back through The Inscrutable black That scythes the senses to the quick Painful patterns Here to remind me Create and Destroy The weakness and the shame Perpetual loss, no gain Impossible to touch 6. A Final Glance Back Before Departing I can't breathe From thinking of you I can't breathe From seeing the truth Suffocate Devoid of life Asphyxiate Now I'm blind Veritas Semblance of truth Evidence Without proof Break, this wall of lies Curse your intent I, will defy With heresy Abort the bile That you spew forth Perpetual lies I deny Purity spoiled by filth Pierce poison mask Crushed by intent Without mercy Don't be fooled Because I walk & talk Don't be fooled Don't be fooled Because I'm dead inside Don't be fooled Just dead inside Emptiness belongs here Here inside 7. One Chapter Closing For Another To Begin A phase of life Blighted by stasis Suspended and hanging by a thread Kiting like a spider Reluctant to go Then I feel my spirit rise And I know it's not my time I can see it in your eyes This is not my time Watch the blood meld With warm water Watch the blood meld With warm water Lassitude not sorrow Bereft of feeling Beyond despair Then I feel my spirit rise And I know it's not my time I can see it in your eyes This not my time One chapter closing for another to begin 8. Inner Sanctum There's a place To which I go Far from here No one knows A pure retreat Bereft of noise Regain centre Regain poise Anger Is just a symptom of the pain Anger In which so many years were lost But there's an answer To it all Requires conviction Commitment to the cause Beware the falls Beware the pitfalls of the lost Just don't despair Many time we fall to rise Desperation is fought with reason Drag the threads out One by one Don't give up Give up trying The sanctuary Is in my mind A place to heal Ubound by time Individual to us all 9. A Particularly Cold September Essential pleasures Curtailed & denied Desperate measures Regrettably tried The evening twilight Close its eyes Incomplete circle Divisions arise Being paid to keep the memories No one else would ever want Recompense for the sights You cannot un-see To fatalistic fears The circle incomplete Determined to let go Rejected, decayed Protected & saved From further incident or tragedy To fatalistic fears The circle incomplete Determined to let go Strange to be strangers once more Palpable distance between us all Strange to be strangers once more