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Mythic Overture

2013-09-21T19:19:28Z

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===Verse 1===

Hear the voice of the Muse! I invoke thee which hovered 
In time before time on the face of the waters; 
Attend to her words, ye assembled herein! 
Thus spake she of old to the poets and fathers. 

Long ago, when the gods did the work 
(An energy transfer, as Kelvin attests), 
The Lord of Sky Anu stretched forth his hand 
And with labours for gods humankind he oppress'd 

===Verse 2===

And Pkharmat the Forethinker looked on man's plight, 
That a system closed off was the realm of the gods; 
No transfer of heat could occur therebetwixt, 
So with heavenly fire did the trickster abscond. 

The flame of divinity gave he to man 
And their eyes came alight with the wisdom they'd sought; 
No longer in ignorance, nor childhood: 
The door to the rose-garden never unlocked. 

===Verse 3===

And the whole world groaned, for man was but clay, 
Ill-suited the ultimate state to withstand; 
To entropy always the Earth will incline 
Eventual balance, but doom for the land.

And entropy reigned in the world, I repeat! 
Though Adonai once had Leviathan slain; 
The coldness of death! 'tis the thermodynamic 
Equilibrium the world shall someday attain.

Heat Death

2013-09-15T06:26:10Z

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Three o'clock 
The city fog descends upon 
The neighbourhood 
Looking from the balcony 
One cannot see down shrouded streets 
Past two blocks.

No stars above in the endless black 
The streetside trees stretch forth their boughs 
To grasp and claw at nothingness 
Nought to see except what lies below 
The concrete track 
There alone to see 
Its every asphalt groove and mound 
Thrown in stark relief 
By lamplight that discovers 
Neither the road ahead, nor the sky unbound 
But shutters both, and draws the gaze down.

Amidst the fog, one cannot glimpse 
The human faces of the neighbours 
The man at his piano, the girl immersed in books 
The child with its building bricks 
Assembling worlds, starfish hands curled in determined fists 
Isolate, disparate, forsaken, in schism 
Within the abysm of the mist.

Between the heat and cold there is the fog 
Human warmth spread increasing thin 
A host of embers scattered to the wind 
Losing heat without a core 
Where was the hearth, cold grey ashes 
Lifeless dust about the floor 
Separation, slow dispersion 
Of tiny points of light ever growing dim 
Approaching the ultimate inertion 
And weak against the encroaching chill of night to contend: 
Entropic end.

Only the concrete can one see 
Ten steps ahead perhaps, no more 
Heads bowed down to trace the immediate path 
In the aging walk paved by slow machines 
To count the cracks, avoid the crevices 
Never lift their sights to meet the solemn, lidless stare 
Of an everpresent cloud of witnesses.

If I came with songs and poems of old to clear the haze 
Would you hear the words I spoke to you? 
And should you feed thereon with faith and thanksgiving? 
No, my people, you should turn your face away 
For what are the words of the poets and prophets? 
Who can discern them? And who is willing? 
Bound in chains of darkness, we eke out feeble lives 
Tired roles we endlessly reprise 
Drinking, laughing, never seeing face to face 
Divided, we are swiftly conquered 
And the voice that crieth in the wilderness 
Is as utterly alone as all the rest.

But the Word of the Lord came to me in a roundabout way 
And as I stand upon the stage 
To call upon that ancient Muse 
I see your faces unconfused 
Behold the book which bound am I to impart 
The scroll inscribed upon a consecrated heart 
Comfort ye my people, saith your God 
For between the cold and heat there is the fog.

The everpresent cloud of smoke, the mist 
Which rises fragrant from the coals, thrice-blest 
Eclipsing faces 'midst the gentle but unwavering effluence of light 
Stand aright! 
Our souls are spread increasing thin 
A breath, a whisper upon the wind 
The Lord possessed me at the beginning of his work 
By the Self-same wrought the renewal of the earth 
Remember, O Man, that dust thou art 
A dying ember upon the hearth 
Separation, slow dispersion 
A flickering light grows ever dim 
Approaching the ultimate inertion 
And weak to stand as night encroaches on the world's overflowing brim: 
O Elohim, the end, the end 
Wisdom! Let us attend.

Heart o' Darkness

2013-09-09T03:19:11Z

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===Verse 1===

Walkin' to a party on a windy night with the papers blowin' round like autumn leaves 
Street lamp sputters as I see dudes leanin' out of windows smokin' pipes in shirt-sleeves 
There's a lady goin' with me through the narrow streets and I really wanna ask her but I don't know how 
And she's wonderin' what's the matter but I don't dare tell her and I'm wishin' she could see just what I'm feelin' now 
'Cause I got a 

===Chorus===

Heart of darkness 
Woman, can't you see? 
Heart of darkness 
The darkness inside of me 
Heart of darkness 
Something no one's ever seen 
Heart of darkness 
It's impossible to say just what I mean! 

===Verse 2===

Walkin' up the steps and within that moment are revisions and decisions that I could make 
The scene is so familiar, I been here so many times, I could change things up, make a great escape 
But in I go, and I know my life is but a series of conventions I observe as I approach my doom 
And she's standin' there - I wonder, what's she thinking? do I have a chance? and how should I presume?

===Chorus 2===

Heart of darkness 
Woman, is it true? 
Heart of darkness 
Darkness inside you too 
Heart of darkness 
No one can ever know 
Heart of darkness 
Livin' in a dreamworld - alone.

===Verse 3===

Walkin' back home like I do every night, 'cause I never do anything different in life 
The door to my apartment, twenty-three. Memory! You have the key - the last twist of the knife 
Could I have chosen something else, another way for myself, a pathway leading through a rose-garden wall? 
Wipe my mouth and laugh, 'cause there's no way of knowing where anything is going - darkness all.

===Chorus 3===

Heart of darkness 
Woman and man apart 
Heart of darkness 
Cry across the abysm of art 
Heart of darkness 
Because I hope one day to see 
Heart of darkness 
And let my cry come unto Thee.

Something to Bleed

2013-09-09T03:13:00Z

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===Verse 1===

There's two cents in my pocket to clear away 
Can't find much, but it's what I've got to pay 
There's a nail stuck the floor here where I lay 
I swear there was a bed here yesterday

And I don't know 
Where did it go

===Chorus===

I need something to stand on 
Something to land on 
Under my feet 
Yeah I need something to live for 
Something to give more 
Something to bleed 
Something to bleed 
Do you need 
Something to bleed

===Verse 2===

One day my best friend bought himself a gun 
Pressed it to his head to kill everyone 
Told my parents all my work was done 
They told me I'd only just begun

And I don't know 
Where does it go