1. Sempiternal Vortex

[Instrumental]


2. Catalepsy

Gravity-defying state
Suspended, in trance, downwards
The quiet below overwhelms
The obscurity above overwhelms

Benumb beyond belief
Entranced into relief
In estatic lethargy
Blissful deceit

Pendular motion, a glimpse of light
Lost admidst the vast and livid sky
There was rust in the needle
There is rust in the hooks

Render, surrender
Naked and aghast
Behold your soul drifting away
Rendered, surrendered
Naked and aghast
Watching your essence rotting away


3. Aura

Sanctum, sanctorum

It is late and the grey is closing in
Outside, and the scent is creeping in
Silently, flowing
Awash, awaiting, breathing

Boundless beauty unveils
Beneath an ageless wisdom
Beneath her decaying skin
Perfection revealed, untouched

Awash, awaiting, breathing

Touch gentle as air
Limbs naked and frail
Opened to you, an altar
Endless, timeless

Let us shut the doors and turn down the blinds
In praise of blindness
And dance under neon lights
In tribute of agelessness

We will bring her back together

The world is taking so long to die
"Le demon aussi etait un ange avant"
(the Devil himself was once an angel)