HORIZONS
Edge of Sky and Sea
Yo ho!
Risking it all for a chance
Beyond these hulls to join in the true fight
Cast cares aside, up to the heights, amid the bright
Gazing out across the sea to see what lies ahead
The plotted course on faded charts
The plot beneath remains unseen
Time and tide flow wide
There upon the hold the captain stands
Spyglass in hand seeking the lands
Of mystery, the mystery
Out beyond the edge of sky and sea
Awaits our destiny
The brewing storm foretells
Of what is yet to come for us
Scorched by silence
Far from the point of an endless page
Drenched in doubt
Close to the source of a finite wage
The restless waves within our hearts
Bleed out to stain our hands
Relinquish
Yo ho!
Now is the time, all hands ho-ay
Pull the line, tighten the slack
Give your all, hold nothing back
No prey, no pay; Yo-heave-ho!
Ask no questions, there’s no time
Give your all; relinquish now
*gasp*
Hey, yo-ho!
Push yourselves, push yourselves
To the line, to the line
Give it up, give your all
Hold it down deep within
Hold it fast, hold it true
Hold it down ‘til the end of time
Heave, heave, heave
In The Shadows
Storm clouds forming deep in shadow
Schemes of mutiny rise to surface
Seeking reason, obscured vision
Endless toil, for what purpose?
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Darkness falling, spirits haunting
Time ending, all repeating
Hypnotizing, sight enchanting
Time unwinding, all repeating
Gathered hatred toxicating
Drop the chains down; burst the veins out
Scorched embers burn
Push through the skin
Boil deep within
Oath forsaken
Until…
Shore now in sight…
We toss aside…
Mirage
Washed up, broken; left ashore, woken
Bright above the scorching sun
Search for what’s next; over, on, upward
Endless dunes as far as we can see
Striving onward, distance vast forward
Splits us from the mystery
Thirsting after treasure, great riches
Endless dreams fill mind with fantasy
Blinding light
Pass on through desert waste
Haunting bones, distant shrouds
Breaking through mirages
Hunting ghosts, far off sounds
Diving to the depths of mystery
Hold fast the goal
Chasing ancient promise of gold
Reflection of the darkness old
Pursue past the space hidden ‘neath the sand
Structures rise
Out of the land, out of our eyes
Out of their hands, out of our minds
Pass on through the gate
Open sight; behold light
The Collapse
Go!
Reaching into secrets of the deep
Breaching fortress; hidden answers to reveal
Shrouds and darkened shapes
Linger out among edges of our gaze
Holding out their wares; beads and faded gold
Cannot break their stares
Face the collapse
Disengage the quest
Face the collapse
Disengage the quest
Promises to see out beyond the real
Hidden secrets deep
Inhale purple smoke, elixir of lies
Swallowed by the cloak
Face the collapse
Disengage the quest
Face the collapse
Disengage the quest
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Face the collapse
Disengage the quest
Whispered Fate
Dancing light flickering
Shadowed walls fall away
Whispered fate burned to ash
Risk it all
Push yourselves
Drop the chains
Striving on
Gazing out
To the end
Through the skin
Reflection
Whispered fate lingers on
We return, we return, we return
Vengeance
Doom has come upon the land
Forged outside the sands of time
Life demands a sacrifice
Grand cacophony impends
Wrath to reign our cause is just
Grind the gears to dust and blood
Death of lust obtains the prize
Thrust the sword into their eyes
Lingering behind their motives a greater truth
To breakdown strongholds of souls, of minds
Clinging to your life is hopeless
To live you must release your core desires to the breath above the deep
Light the torch and bring it down; crackle cries out burning sound
Deconstructed mass of glowing flame
Purify the iron flows; flesh that pumps the four bellows
Quaking earth erupting from within
Dash their hope across the ground
Waves that crash, cascade dense earth
See the blades that slash, they glint
Burn it all to dust and ash
Hear the fade, a flash of life
Tear a gash to pour out blood
Lash them with the cat of nine .. .. .. tails
Scorch the earth
Burn it all
Embers of Reflection
As the words pour out, a void remains
Forsaken times, forgotten names
The faces blur, the sight unseen
To clench the fist for frustrated dreams
Sick of the fantasy; what is real or was meant to be
The uncertainty is killing and withering
Smoldering the life from me
Numb from the loss, crumble the bones
A choice still remains, but God only knows
Mist and smoke condensed for a purpose
Advancing to eternity; looming deep infinity; falling for affinity
Deceitful repetition, fanatic revocation
Pointless replication, all is lacking vision
Time is a fire, we just can’t feel the flames
We radiate outside against the starlit sky
An ever-changing surface yet the substance always constant
Holding to a crushing vibrant truth
Death is silenced; take a breath
Hold your breath
Sands are shifting, blood congealing
Time unwinding, all repeating
Turn to face the far horizon
A new dawn
The Far Horizon (A New Dawn)
Gasp for breath
As we turn to face the far horizon and bright new day
Call to arms
We fight once more against the great black and deep abyss
Raise the blackened flag
Gather all now; one heart, one mind
Against the plague of fear, of doubt, of strife
And the dead will rise
Death will find us all
The dead shall speak within the endless space
The corpse will rise from fields bounded in time