Annwyn,
Beneath the Waves
Here,
thoughts cling airborne To a sea of voice so glorious;
mesmerizing
This is my body; this is my inner mind; What lies
beneath my eyes
Discarded years of elemental faith Beckoned to a watery
embrace with love upon his face
My appetite's unchanged
Sink
into dream: these enchanted depths The realm of muted
wisdom
Slowly descend; trust ignites the darkness And bliss
is this drowning moment
Believe
me I am sorry To charm with bitter eyes; mesmerizing
Careless magic turns upon itself, washed down in ritual
Your coin and prayer can't feed the wishing well
The silence glistens on my skin; the water urges charity
I crave a grander offering My appetite's unchanged
Here
I remain This is my body; this sea my inner mind
Find comfort in my arms Winds beckon above the surface;
storms wane forsaken
My gaze is baptism; mesmerizing
Come
to me Greet me with open arms Mesmerizing
The
Silver Circle
Come
to life my deviltry Possess this poor company
Our secret be benefit Their unhappy lack of it
Awaken my trusting friend My undisturbed reflection
So fluid your beauty All gears and teeth
Come
Alive
Come
to life my second skin To protect the madness locked
within
Yet I know a place where we can touch in tongues
Though words did betray us Did bury our past
Cry blasphemy
Cancer masters instinct Sad passive release
Come
Alive
Take
heed my dear ones The use of this spell may serve too well
Our mouth is our chalice Our tongue our sword
And truth holds a dozen doors One thrown open wide
shall yield one more
Yet mystery remains above their eyes
Come
Alive
Cantus
"The
lyrics to the song are in old Latin, and are not unlike the riddle
of the Sphynx:
the mystery of the ancient female deity, later intertwined as
a sexual monster.
Here are some of the lyrics and translations" - MR
saevym atque
ferum vipereumque malum
quod pinnis volitans super aethera cuncta fatigat teneat possideat
semper suis amoribus perfruatur
Loose translation: She is "A savage and serpiform
creature,
flying over the aether on her wings, exhausting one and all, let
him have her, let him possess her,
in her embrace of love he will stay forever."<
Dream
Of Macsen
Hear
me my beloved; I beckon thee through waves of dream and in mine
ears a voice whispers oceans of light and in thine eyes alone
begins
this journey of mine; is this love? Thou art Love; thou art Truth;
thou art a vision resplendent and I am born with recognition;
for I have known thee a thousand years yet never known thee before;
when
thy radiance spoke my name I was a king restored and my kingdom
pales in
the gloriousness of thee and my fortunes mask an emptiness filled
only
by this; where our world exists beyond this brilliant dream; I
shall
find thee, thou art the answer; I will find thee, thou art the
light
yet I am human and thy light dims with consciousness; I am man
and my
love shall dim in thy conquest; I am passionately human and I
shall
close my eyes to thee for truth proves me mortal to be; yes, this
is
love and I must put my heart to sleep for this is love; true love
dims
in human's keep and I am damned
Hear
me my beloved I beckon thee through waves of dream
And in thine ears my voice whispers oceans of light
And in mine eyes alone begins this journey of thine
Hear
me my beloved I have patiently awaited thee
For I remain confined within the realm of sleep
And in thy dreams I have long hoped thou wouldst see me
Hear
me my beloved I beckon thee through waves of dream
And my voice shall resurrect the deity
And this vision shall awaken thee as thou ought to be
For
this is love
Fade
And Remain
And
if I'd the spell to claim your existence
Your clandestine thoughts; your soul's soft persistence
I'd follow the mirror aglow with your image
Your water-grave eyes and your lingering fragrance
But
unknown by you; lost in the shadows I Fade and Remain
Love incarnate; mere irreligion I Fade and Remain
Oh my
kind can dwell with infinite patience
My reverie thoughts have traveled great distance
Yet deign I embrace you with meek adoration
Your fragile humanity rised with contrition
Love
incarnate; lost in perfection You Fade and Remain
Youthful; Timeless; Deification You Fade and Remain
Branwen
Slayne
O my
deare brother I am damnifyed at Caer Siddi
For myn housbonde hath this twelfmonth treated me with crueltie
Albe to please thee I didst cheerfullie accept his proffred hand
I was ne'er wary he was ruler of y Uffern land
For whan his gastfull subjekts they didst first espy hir freondlesse
Queene
Eftsoone they wept for I to them was noughte but a living thinge
hence with despight his consorted kingdomes stonie hart eshewde
And I am thrall'd to sufferance in poverte and servitude
For
I am one of three great queenes of the Cymry
Loneliness -- Patience -- Wisdom -- Happiness
O my
brother thou art Kinge of y Island o the Mightye
alfeare of thy rage hath plac'd silent centenells at Caer Siddi
Ynow for bane or worse that may betide I send my gentil byrd
Whilst I bemone mine outcast state tho hold my tonges unthrifty
worde
There mew'd withinne its tamed winge myn urgent message pleades
thyn ayd
battailous make thy complement and reskue this most piteous mayde
Heerin this underwourldlye gloome I implore thee to appeare
And carrye me to Aber Alaw for I am buried there
Loneliness
-- Patience -- Wisdom -- Happiness
(Unigrwydd) (Amynedd) (Doethineb) (Llavenydd)
For
I am one of three who broke their harts in griefe
Hob
Y Derri Dando
(Traditional Welsh Song)
Low
ye hills in ocean lie Hob y derri dando
Hide not Meirion from my eye Hob y derri dando
Still one view oh let me take Down derri down
Ere my longing heart do break Down down hie derri
down
My darling Mary do not frown Down down hie derri down
My darling Mary do not frown
O'er
the seas hath flown my heart Hob y derri dando
O'er the seas my sighs depart Hob y derri dando
And o'er the seas must she be sought Down derri down
Who lives yet always in my thought Down down hie derri
down
My darling Mary do not frown Down down hie derri down
My darling Mary do not frown
'Neath
the seas shall I reside Hob y derri dando
'Neath the water and the tide Hob y derri dando
For my longing heart did break Down derri down
When she another love did take Down down hie derri
down
My darling Mary do not frown Down down hie derri down
My darling Mary do not frown
Cernunnos
Beneath
the sediment of aeons In ancient repose
My trust lay eroded by age The old glory faded
And past times forgotten My reign given way to my
rage
Harmonious
the centuries The land and I were one
My Soil My water, My air Bringer of light
And Master of night
In balance The earth in my care
But
with the passing of days A new wind came blowing
With whispers of change On its wing
This tide of corruption Laid siege to my world
Usurping the throne of a King
Your
new gods Your new ways All seek to dispel
me
With doctrines of fear built on lies The hidden one
no longer I claim my dominion
To the sun of your age I arise...
...Of
your anger Your anger Your ignorance
Your blindness Your greed
Your progress Your conquest Your mania
Your need
Your sorrow Your sickness Your final,
parting breath Your hatred Your bloodshed
Your future Your deathI
will have none I will have none I will
have none I will have none
I, dread
lord of shadows With broken spell unto
this dying age I bid farewell...
The
Hand Of Man
Come
the tides We hear tell of the mortal season
Fed rife with rhyme and reason Tainted with despair
Kill-darkened
skies Painted black, so black with misery
Raining down with impunity
Oh, the cross we've brought to bear
In the
treason fields Where man again destroys what man built
Man wears the weighted cloak of man's guilt For the
blind we must remind
Raise
your eyes Behind a martyr's mask of supplication
I find you guilty by association Mute, somehow divine
I
Sing True I can see right through you
Thirst
for truth Spit out the lies inside and search for
meaning
The child in your hanging head lays bleeding Another
dream to drown
Ignorance
Seek your knowledge in the volumes of dust
Render all to ashes and rust And child, bring that
hammer down
I
sing true I can see right through you
These
latter days They bear eternal winter's coming frost
And the death of innocence In this dying age
we wander lost
Deny
the Hand of Man
Celebrate
Wherever mercy falls drunk you'll find me
In the gutter, ever in the company Of angels, and
of kings
Millennium
All the memories will fade like twilight
Take your place on either side of midnight And sing,
dear brother, sing
I
sing true I can see right through you
Right on cue That face you wear betrays you
*The
Sea Angler
(Words written by Goethe)
There
was a gentle angler who was angling in the sea
With heart as cold as only heart untaught of love can be
When suddenly the water rushed and swelled and up there sprang
A humid maid of beauty's mold and thus to him she sang
"Why
dost thou strive so artfully to lure my brood away
And leave them to die beneath the sun's all scorching ray?
Couldst thou but tell how happy are the fish that swim below?
Thou wouldst with me taste of joy which earth can never know."
The
water rushed the water swelled and touched his naked feet
And fancy whispered to his heart it was a love pledge sweet
She sang another siren lay more 'witching than before
Half-pulled half-plunging down he sank and ne'er was heard of
more.
~Rise
And Forget
I woke
up tired I woke up down on my knees tonight My eyes
were wet and I felt so dead inside
A grieving fragment of myself distorted memory Choking
tears as I slam the door again
I swallow
rage I taste its wisdom Nomadic fears force sanctuary
I drink in truth I spit out meaning Ever possessed
by the collective psyche
On dread subconsciousness
we spin and turn Inherent images strap us in position
Autarchic instinct commands the assigned performance
The abduction scene the sacred horn dance
I am enthroned I am imprisoned The mirror speaks to
my third face
Regeneration eternal mindless The questions wax the
answers wane
Suffer
Celebrate I Sing My Praises I Curse My Name
Suffer Celebrate The Spirit Comes To Life Ancestors
Reanimate
Seduction
leading straight from logic to nightmare Virility
misdirects the hunter's primal need
Extractions from a butcher's masterpiece So split
my skin and make me bleed
I woke up tired I woke up buried by dreams tonight
Compelled to kneel before another faceless beast
An ancient splinter of myself these are not my memories
Mutated visions theacentric reasoning
Suffer
Celebrate I sing my praises I curse my name
Suffer Celebrate The spirit comes to life ancestors
reanimate
I woke
up tired... I woke up down on my knees tonight...
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