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The Descent
06:48
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entranced in tribal cults
is man - a blinkered child
his anchored soul denies
the doubled helixed truth
the roots run deep and long
and nurture still our breed
like fungal bloom upon
mycelium obscured
this bannered pageantry
this pride in time and place
invented histories
convincing you to be
not merely a result
of senseless providence
a sliver of a thread
a web that no one weaves
let slip thy pride
dress in the rags of time
the roots run deep and long
and nurture still our breed
like fungal bloom upon
mycelium obscured
let slip thy pride
dress in the rags of time
you're nothing but the froth
upon the tide of life
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At Omega Point
05:58
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Mysterium tremendum
Obfuscating clarity
Old demonic dread
It blots out the sky
A vanishing void
And all that is solid
Melts into air
The final cathedral
A broken visage
Bare ruined choirs
Rime-frosted mortar
The rising silence
Of entropy
A final null
See yourself in the mirror of death
At Omega Point
Where nothing is revealed
In majesty and might
The ladder cast aside
The sum of every end
All the labours of the ages
All the devotion
All the inspiration
All the noonday brightness of human genius
Are destined to extinction in the vast death of the solar system
The whole temple of Man's achievement must inevitably be buried
Beneath the debris of a universe in ruins
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The Stones And The Water
05:20
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The wolf is standing
On the precipice
How far that little step seems now
Balanced above the deep abyss
She steps on air
Between the river stones
In the pockets of her coat
The water slips
And fills the gaps
Like lovers long apart
That rushing sink onto
A muddy bed and dark
In fatal last embrace
The stones were weapons of the wolf
Arrayed against herself
When her teeth had failed
Fallen out
One And All
In her madness
Although she could have swum
She held her limbs petrified
Until the light went out
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Left Uncertain
01:20
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Untergang
07:23
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Schlaflose Nacht
Ein Blitz erscheint
Der Atem stockt
Die Arm vereint
Ein seichter Sonnenuntergang
Ein Gang hinfort
Welch‘ Schuld erwartet dich
Und doch kein Gott.
Das Licht verlässt die Tor‘
Dem Griff entzweit
Der Last die Arme hingereicht
Und viel erreicht.
Die Dunkelheit schlägt über
Der lange Weg und graue Pfad
Hüllt sich bald in Schweigen
Der Herzschlag lässt das Leben heil
Und Blut rinnt in der Dunkelheit
Wie sieht die Welt meinen Untergang
Den Abstand und die Leere.
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The Seeker
02:00
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The Hurt
05:48
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There are some who never fit
In these bright and airy rooms
Meagre flowers, sparse of leaf
Who have grown from bitter root
In a dried up,
Dusty corner
Where nobody ever goes
Like the garbage
Wilted flowers
Somewhere hidden out of sight
A mound of broken toys
Experiments that went awry
The shunned they turn their faces
From the judgement of the gaze
Backyard garden of the hurt
Twisted, bent, a stunted growth
Seeds tossed aside
Oh nevermind the sun
Nevermind the hurt
Oh well whatever, nevermind
In a dried up,
Dusty corner
Where nobody ever goes
Like the garbage
Wilted flowers
Somewhere hidden out of sight
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Alles Wird Still
06:43
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Ich sterbe nur
Weil es keinen anderen Weg mehr gibt
Ich presse das müde Blut
Durch meine verwahrlosten Adern
Wo es erhärten wird
In einem gefrorenen Teil von mir
Und wenn die Sonne nicht mehr hebt,
die Trauer im Herz versiegt
Eisig im eigenen Zweifel watend
In das leere Ende des Seins
Doch du siehst mich nicht
Die Trauer schützt
Alles wird still
Du spürst mich nicht
Die Trauer brennt
Alles wird still
Ich muss es tun
Weil ich nicht bleiben kann
Die Sehnsucht ruft ins Dunkel
Und wenn der Nebel bricht
Der Grund im Sinn zerbricht F
röstelnd hebst du die Lider
Und blickst erwartend ins Licht
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RISTRIDI Munich, Germany
Michael Woess, also known as RISTRIDI, is a metal guitarist and producer based in Munich, Germany.
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