ILIUM LYRICS

1. Mothcaste

I hide away when dawn brings light
I float away on plumes of darkest night
I travel on the blackest way
Entwined with darkness
And the slow brooding veil of decay

Like a moth
I am a creature of the night
Into the darkness
Death entwined - why am I
So drawn to light
Awakening my sight
Dichotomy my plight
Tormented I'm a mothcaste child

I fear nothing but the sun
Its glaring eyes burn through me
This blackness runs
Within my veins

Riding high on the starlight
The dark night protects me like a shroud
I am regent on the dark side
The burning of a lamp
Is all the light that I'm allowed

Like a moth
I am a creature of the night
Into the darkness
But then why am I
Drawn to light
Awakening my sight
Dichotomy my plight
Tormented I'm a mothcaste child

A creature of the night
I'm lusting after light
Sheets of darkness steal my sight
Forever I moan on the wind
The darkness begins
To lure you in

2. Hibernal Thaw

In the darkness of our lives
It seems you need a heart of granite to survive
In the valleys of our souls
The shadows cry in pain they can't escape the cold
But am I the only one?
Exposed and freezing in the blazing desert sun

Never shall I shake the hold
Of this surreal infernal cold
Ever in its icy mould
My freezing hell remains untold

With the logic of our minds
You'd think we'd find a way to value all mankind
In the fine print of our laws
Is there a precedent to start Hibernal thaw?
Half the world don't even care
If the other half are well or even there

Never shall I shake the hold
Of this surreal infernal cold
Ever in its icy mould
My freezing hell remains untold

The winter of our discontent
Defiles our church and government
So many think they're heaven sent
But are the last ones to repent

Never shall I shake the hold
Of this surreal infernal cold
Ever in its icy mould
My freezing hell remains untold

3. Tar Pit

4. Omnipaedia

5. Xerophyte

Comatose the desert rules
Its dreamtime mind reflects in pools once there
The fringe is dying fade away
To the darkness of another day's nightmare

Cumbersome it's choked with sand
The price is high with no demand buy now
The desert's eye is killing you
Its burning rays are grilling you die now

Quench your thirst oh can't you see
Mirage is but a fantasy you know
There must be water something swims
It's just your head but not your limbs stay low

Your dusty tongue is licking salt
The dancing dunes say it's your fault
Pay now
Look up a never ending sky
Reads your last rites it's time to die
Die now

Xerophyte lives
It breathes
It's called your bluff
It feeds your disease
Xerophyte's wild
Not tame
It owns the desert
It's time to reclaim

Devour all with tongues of sand
Indigenous exiled from barren land
Man paid for his greedy ways
Now counting down the end of days

Dead core Lord of the flies
Is the lord of the sands
Soon the law of the land
Fight for a chance to survive
Beating death you're alive
It's your life you can thrive
Slave whore the sun shrinks away
Night time swallows the day
System shut down delay
We will reclaim what is ours
What the desert devours
Don't allow our planet to shrink away

Xerophyte dies
It writhes
You've called its bluff
You've torn out its eyes
Xerophyte's child
Is slain
It's lost the desert
No more to gain

6. Nubia Awakes

Sand breathing in the desert
Choking on an ancient death
Calls from a sunken tomb of old

Long ceased decomposition
Ghostly voice of Anuket
This pharaoh's return has been foretold

Desert moves in respiration
Breathing with a blackened wind
See a spiral forming on the ground

An ancient face is reconstructed
Come to carry those who sinned
Anubis searching with him 'til they're found

They came
By night
And breeched the sacred site
And stirred his sleeping soul from rest

Pharaoh returns
The night air starts to churn
The ancient king begins his quest

Valley of the Kings re-opened
Naked corpses lie in wait
Raped now of their dignity in death

Shadow of a lurking jackal
Gorging hunger eats their fate
An underworld thirst drinks their fading breath

They came
By night
They breeched the sacred site
In Hades hear the distant bell

Pharaoh
Came forth
The thieves were dealt his wrath
Their souls went screaming down to hell

7. Ageless Decay

Mission Mars
An expedition to obtain the youthful stone
A cure at last
A drug injected to release the new hormon

Grim Reaper overthrown
By this super genome
No side effects are known

The rocks return
A media storm ensures the market soon will burst
Life sustaining tomb
In youth you shall become immersed

But you must die first
A cold wax beauty is dispersed
This blessing is a curse

Ageless decay
Your body perfect but it's now devoid of life
You won't fade away
You try to scream but still you face the coronary knife
A timeless death a sleight of breath to all you seem to have passed on
Paralysed your listless eyes so mesmerized cannot convey how they are wrong

No anaesthesia
The dead don't feel the pain
A mortal seizure
Imprisoning your brain

Ageless decay
Your body healing from the coronary knife
You won't die today
But still you're buried can't they see you're still alive?
You're aching skin conceals their sin, wounds are healed but no one knows
You're buried deep you'll never sleep your soul not reaped upon your coffin...

8. Eocene Dawning

Breathing in the misty air
Illuminates a speckled coat
The sunlight trickles through the leaves
Piercing the majestic trees
A lustful vision seethes

From the first small step
A mighty race stampedes
From a tribe amongst horses
Derived the most astounding class of steeds

Sentries in the canopy
Watching, waiting for their time
A shift in power, primal urge
Take these steps toward the earth
Stand firm on the verge

Seeking guidance from the stars
They speak of great heroic deeds
They speak of how the small beast stands
Dominating all the animals
Taming all the lands

From the first small step
A mighty race commands
From a nervous clan of primates
Is derived the maelstrom known as modern man

9. Fragmented Glory

Years ago in darker days
When health was crippled
By the plague
Men in armour standing proud
Yell their battle cries so loud
Young boys shown the way to kill
And face the enemy on the hill
Taught that war is glorious
To fight for their kingdom

All are lining up to fight
With their metal glaring bright
The final moment has begun
The order given for all to run

Warriors wielding swords
Fighting to protect their lords
Hatred rushes through their veins
No time to cry or feel the pain
Winning is the only way
But many men will lose today
Bloodshed on the battlefield
Fight for their freedom

Terror, anger, fear and hate
Certain death, a violent fate
No one wins in the end
Lose your life or lose a friend

Charge racing off to kill
Slaughter the enemy
Each man will fight to win
Fulfilling his destiny
Charge racing off to kill
Slaughter the enemy
Each man will fight to win
Fulfilling his destiny

Charge racing off to kill
Slaughter the enemy
Each man will fight to win
Fulfilling his destiny
Charge racing off to kill
Each man will fight to win

10. The Neo-Mortician

The slo'mo action replay shows a pliant twisted face
The child runs screaming wildly
To the newly bloodied place
His hostage breathes in hitches
A car speeds in the distance
Blood soaked on the windows
Breathes his final breath

Fast forward to the future
To the man with tortured heart
The one who steals the bodies
Before rigor mortis starts
His wife now staring blankly
Her whispers float away
His grief propels him onward
Bring her back some day

There's a manor in the country
lts rooms are occupied
but never laughter ventures past its doors
A dry and sterile coldness
In the rooms they never die
But neither life is cradled in its walls

By day he's a physician
A well respected man
His surgery has saved so many lives
An unknown neo-mortician
A saviour for the damned
But he knows that he is running out of time

He has contacts in the zoos
But they never know his name
Desperation brings them to him
For their rare and precious game
And society's elite
Have a casket waiting for them
Never meeting him in life
Sleeping in the cold unending night

There's a manor in the country
All its rooms are occupied
But never laughter ventures past its doors
A dry and sterile coldness
In the rooms they never die
But neither life is cradled in its walls

Now the years torment his presence
As his gnarled and wrinkled hands
Rub his temples as he tries just one more time
And he falls upon the carpet
There's a whisper in the air
And his wife's hand reaches for him
And her cries come back to haunt him
As he fades she comes alive
But he's not there

There's a manor in the country
All its rooms are occupied
But never laughter ventures past its doors
A dry and sterile coldness
In the rooms they never die
A woman sobs eternal
In its walls

11. The Little Witch Of Madagascar

Through the bustle I the market
Villagers are unaware
The little black pro simian
Observes them with its worldly stare

Scuttling through busy streets
The villagers now turn and freeze
Just another precious one
Points at them and walks away

The little witch of Madagascar
is a messenger of death
The little witch of Madagascar
A chill is running through your veins

The crowning jewel of the ocean
Haven for the bizarre
Centuries of superstition
See the magic fade away

Scuttling through busy streets
The villagers now turn and freeze
Just another precious one
Points at them and walks away

The little witch of Madagascar
is a messenger of death
The little witch of Madagascar
A chill is running through your veins

The little witch of Madagascar
is a messenger of death
The little witch of Madagascar
A chill is running through you veins

The little witch of Madagascar
Demonised - a tribal myth
The little witch of Madagascar
You should hang your head in shame

12. Idolatry

I stand alone here surrounded by ice
Its voice speaks to me
I am its sole deity
And it bows to me in awe
My power grows
A subject of idolatry

My trusted friend
My soul mate is this harsh blue land
Comfort sought and found
Sacrificed on icy ground
And it speaks to me in whispers as I stand
Relinquish now my sanity

Thunder in your eyes
Trapped within your mind
A meteor arrives
Burning through your sight
Devoured by the night
Evolution's throes
My vision comes and goes
A new god now grows
Whilst I write

I'll follow through the ages for idolatry
I bow down to your majesty
My faith is stronger than the fantasy
I'm your soul's disciple in your grace for

I know you are God
I am prisoner of earth
I lust your guidance through the stars
The forbidden path I now take
To risk my soul through suicide

I risk my life through suicide

The years have passed
Yet my vigour hath not waned
I see a dim light

My former god
A semblance of a man
A prophet stands here
Beaten down
Shackled and damned

You've dragged me through the ages for idolatry
Now standing victor over thee
My lust is greater than your empathy
I feed upon the idol that now falls to me
Almighty God
Fall to me almighty god







ILIUM LYRICS