1. HOWLING PRIMITIVE COLONIES

Cryptic extracts from the hollow island
Eradicate their minds, empty are the mines
Life was left behind
Drastic polarization of the bone pluckers and the wise
Excavation led to madness
The altars on the plains
Always at the zenith
The council gathered them

They only appear in the crystal ball
They are the essence of toil
Builders shipped to another planet
Howling primitive colonies recoil

They keep flying off the ledges
Dark angels donated that wing
Stellar belief in fairness
They hoard and rage away
At noon, the scholars watch them
Writhe in dismay

Howling wishes at the upper echelon
Left to rebel against themselves
If you want to be seen
The eye will forever be there

They only appear in the crystal ball
They are the essence of toil
Builders shipped to another planet
Howling primitive colonies recoil


2. EON 3

Father of thought
Collider of hopes
Flayer of dreams
Ghostrider of sleep

Celebrator of absence
Builder of fear
Constructor of hatred
Denier of sound

Taunter of wisdom
Captor of the fringe
Swirler of innards
Unleasher of confusion

Stainer of stardust
Patronizer of meteors
The collector of the asteroids
Avalanchor of despair


3. BLACK DAWN AFFILIATION

Unworthy opponent
In its garish hew
Oval ringleader
Voodoo witches brew

Tie you to your victim
Rule in Hell's domain
Stern and cold aggression
Mantra and refrain

Trailheads ablaze
I turn and watch you
Accomplish nothing
A long ways away

Tremendously sturdy clout
Sad eyes behold the untouchable
Leveled virtue beacons
Rattle in the sack of gloat

Rugged angry mountains
Heave - and come to life
Distinguished majesties of hatred
Woe be the ill-fated

Black dawn affiliation


4. AND IN THAT MOMENT I KNEW THE ANSWER

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5. THE BIRD PEOPLE OF NORDLAND

On the outskirts of what the glaciers left us
Symbiotic keepsakes of olden times
They created dynamic structure of living
Meticulously sheltering and harvesting the eider

Then man began to probe
Bask in the fossilized abode
Wild weather brought layers of death
To the bird people of Nordland

There they lie, oh joy
In beautiful abundance
With sounds and straits
We couldn't believe our eyes

Hovering, bursting, sparkling
We never felt this way before
To think the winds gave us sanctuary
On a cold, golden shore

There they lie, oh joy
In beautiful abundance
With sound and straits
We couldn't believe our eyes

Hovering, bursting, sparkling
We never felt this way before
To think the winds gave us sanctuary
On a cold, golden shore


6. THE HEAVY HAND

To the hilt
Hamhanded but dead certain
Unveil the riffsmith
He knows no other

Dust-up at the graveyard
Busy constructing squares
Eik og furu sammen sitte
Konstruerer marerittet

By secrecy, we are bound
Heavy is the head that wears the crown
Aggressor emeritus
Taught by the heavy hand

Insomnia is a nightmare
Firewood warms twice
If it's cold, just keep on walking
A bridge too far and close your eyes

By secrecy, we are bound
Heavy is the head that wears the crown
Aggressor emeritus
Taught by the heavy hand

Writing your books
For a three-legged table
The heavy hand
Will never close this fable


7. THE LONE PINES OF THE LOST PLANET

Outlandish sound of alien winds
Heart sinking trespass
Weird planet compass
Torn from ice volcanoes on Pluto

And there they were
Disheartened and age-ridden
Creaking moans heard by none
The lone pines of the lost planet

Communication is scarce
And hope burns like a hollow asteroid
Sucking on hydrothermic chimneys
Puncturing the aquifers

And what they see ahead
And what they see ahead
Is like the wall of kontiolahti
Life lulls in its atomic abeyance
Sad lone guardians best left alone, yeah