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Solemn Songs of Nightsky & Sea

by NACHTMUSE

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Sky Garden 00:00 / 04:49

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1.
Sky Garden 04:49
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Majestic creation hanging above the Earth Celestial destination where ideas are given birth From across all continents minds meet to discourse Without fear, their tongues unguarded, people speak without remorse See how they find their fears of reprisal fade away Aligning with tribes in polarization day by day When they are spurred they see no reason to hold back When back on Earth they would never dare such an attack All manners of things are constantly changing hands Amusements, great knowledge available on demand Yet it is a place where armies form, united by belief Their tenets are spilling down to the world beneath See how they find their fears of reprisal fade away Aligning with tribes in polarization day by day When they are spurred they see no reason to hold back When back on Earth they would never dare such an attack... It's the Sky Garden. Wars of words become wars of blood upon once civilized streets Tribal factions formed above are no longer kept discrete See how they find their fears of reprisal fade away Aligning with tribes in polarization day by day When they are spurred they see no reason to hold back When back on Earth they would never dare such an attack See how they find their fears of reprisal fade away Aligning with tribes in polarizaton day by day Destruction is wrought in chaotic displays of discord From the Sky Garden the pen has transformed into a sword
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Under the Yoke 05:24
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I am an automaton Faithful to you every day At the break of dawn I rise I swing the hammer and crack the rock My bones slowly give away Under the burning glare of sun Your palace slowly takes shape When I once dreamed of holding dominion over myself I'm still yearning to witness the visions I have dreamt That I mourn The temple rises from the barren Earth And reaches for the endless azure sky A generation is dying in tribute Many empty joyless fleeting lives This heart and mind are filled with subtle treasures Grander things than this I could create Years pass by as I serve this lie for you To toil is my fate I am at your command Think not of me as human I simply execute your will These hands are locked in position Finger tips have long gone numb The fine motions upon my instrument Grind my joints, my songs are all done For my withering body is the tool of someone else This hammer is now the only way for me to live Forever more The temple rises from the barren Earth And reaches for the endless azure sky A generation is dying in tribute Many empty joyless fleeting lives This heart and mind are filled with subtle treasures Grander things than this I could create Years pass by as I serve this lie for you To toil is my fate Slaves to exalted emperor (Yet he's just another man) We toil to realize his dream (The vainest tribute to himself) For the slightest pittance we strive (While he lives in endless wealth) In his proud honour we will die
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Hiraeth 03:46
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Every page Quickly scrawled in my book Has hidden treasures to which I now look When once we lived Without any care Hungry to grow, to the future we'd dare And I'm striving to feel As we did so long ago, so long ago Try to recapture the way It was to live in better days, in better days I know we never will again Words always fail When tried to assign To the way that it was in that time in my mind The dusty mementos In the room where I sleep Have me suffer again a pain so sweet Every notch on my belt Every jewel in my crown Every badge that I bear from my travels abound Ring hollow as the years Increase life's weigh Compared to the journey of reaching this day And I'm striving to feel As we did so long ago, so long ago Try to recapture the way It was to live in better days, in better days Can't stop trying to feel If only I could turn away, could turn away In your eyes I see it too So there's nothing left to say, left to say I know we never will again
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The Night Is My Muse 04:19
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I must rid myself of tedium Escape the reservations of a common life Throw down the trappings that weigh me down The sun has set Now out into the night Aqua vitae, be my guide Sear away my cares By the moonlight's glare Am I finally free? Is this really me? The darkness of my inner eclipse Mutes my modesty and I revel in the night A craven madness grips my soul The sun has set Now out into the night Aqua vitae, be my guide Sear away my cares By the moonlight's glare Am I finally free? Is this really me? Out here my solitude is so sweet Nary an eye shall judge Elixir of carelessness, I drink you deep And shout joy unto the starry sky The night is my muse I must feel this forever to truly know myself Yet a crack of light I see afar And I know here I shan't remain The sun must rise Returning to my life And within me the truth shall hide
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Flood 03:25
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Time, the great devourer I stare into the depths of mystery Strange lands flourished where now they lie deep In ages of forgotten history Don't ignore voices of the past Encoded in the legends of our kin Under the soil and beneath the waves Are the places where we did begin This is the end of all we hold dear And we will be swept undersea Earth, great garden of life How kind you've been this last ten thousand years As every kingdom rises, it must as well fall Civilization's end almost near The time will come for cities to tremble And disappear into nature's decay The firmament shifts and the seas rush in Evidence hidden beneath the waves This is the end of all we hold dear And we will be swept undersea Swept into the sea...
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Diluvian 01:37
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Minor Kings 06:10
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Whispers on the end of his lips An old man unaffected by What they say you need to see Can you see the tension when they disagree? Can you see? Child you do not know what lies in store You could be an instrument of war In the ashes all and one remain Like a fractured group of minor kings Hold on to the memory As the candle fades to say goodbye To all those who came before Unquenchable greed, they bled the well dry Can't you see? I fear you will always live in need Victims of old decadence and greed In the ashes all and one remain Like a fractured group of minor kings Here they come, the bells of war Hear them ringing as it comes undone Hide yourself in my embrace Our tears fall as we see your world defiled Child you do not know what lies in store You could be an instrument of war In the ashes all and one remain Fearing what tomorrow brings Taking flight on chaos wings Like a fractured group of minor kings
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The Rivers Have Parted 04:05
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Two rivers once ran here Tracing two winding paths They breathed life Through the soil and into our lives And in our youth We could barely conceive Of our great fortune What we'd wish to retrieve And now we return To the place we once knew But the rivers have parted Split further askew And the soil is dry The dream is long dead Yet we compete Over the legacy We are truly consumed Over past glories Then taken for granted Now defining our every thought The world is so vast And ripe for discovery Yet here we dwell In thirst and dispute
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More Than the Moon 02:18
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I lie upon a stone With my gaze turned very high Needlepricked darkness Overhead slowly passing by Endless variation Being created and destroyed My outstretched finger points Towards the vastness of the void Why remain below Further we could go See what lies beyond our skies Such celestial scenes Are still beyond our means Beyond our means, our space machines A lifetime before mine They say the kingdoms did compete To pierce the clouds and rise above Claim an orbital seat Risking greatest sacrifice On lunar soil they walked Destiny is still calling More achievments to unlock Why remain below Further we should go See what lies beyond our skies Must such celestial scenes Still be the stuff of dreams Beyond our means, our space machines
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A Ray of Sunlight 06:01
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I live in a place without light Unyielding clouds block the sky Exhaling cold mist I look down while walking sodden paths And there are no stars above while I rest at night A ray of sun shining through the darkening cover of cloud Blessing us with vital light From this tear in ever-grey it showers, raining tears of joy Raining tears of joy Can this golden moment last or will it soon fade away? Recalling the warmth on my face I now understand this place Having seen the light I realize now the darkness in which I dwell Is as a lingering curse without end in sight It passed as sudden as it came, and clouds close up once more Return to coldness and grey From the prevailing ever-grey it showers, tears of sorrow Raining tears of sorrow I fear the light will never shine upon this place again A ray of sun shined through the darkening cover of cloud

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released January 4, 2021

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Main credits:

Geoff Hodsman: Guitar, bass, orchestration, percussion, growled vocal
Kirill Zorin: Guitar, orchestration
Maude Théberge: Lead vocal
Jeff Mott: Backup vocal

Additional vocal credits:
Snowmaiden: Track 1 and choir of slaves
Martin Drozd: Track 2 and choir of slaves
Lilly Gottlieb: choir of slaves
Agatha Hodsman: Track 8

All tracks composed and arranged by Geoff Hodsman and Kirill Zorin.
Mixed and mastered at Ecliptic Recordings by Geoff Hodsman.

Artwork by David Lanham

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released January 3, 2022

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