MISERIUM LYRICS

1. Wanderer

the wanderer returns home
ashes to ashes
dust to dust
stars to stars
souls to souls
leaving all matter behind

leaving the taste of death behind
with the cold earth of mud and rigid bones
leaving the ashes behind

parting from all the glittering stars
from all their lights and from all the shadows they cast
parting from all the vast emptiness
that fills the hearts

leaving behind the concept of prayers
the patterns of heaven and hell
"Parting is all we know of heaven,
And all we need of hell."

tearing memories apart
one by one
through the void
holding onto his dear image only
to guide them on the way
where no stars shine
and they cannot navigate by their light

"omnia per ipsum facta sunt et sine ipso factum est nihil quod factum est"

an eternal return to the infinite horizon
to the veil that mortal eyes cannot penetrate
past the wandering stars and the standing stars
past the firmaments and the prime mover himself
back to the void
the image
the idea
to where it all began
for that's where it has to end
for the beginning shall be the end
and the end shall be a beginning anew
as the beginning and the end are the same

2. Insubordinate

tastes of tongues
and tastes of triumphs
smells of perfumes, autumn nights

textures of skin
just like velvet
pattern of a summer sky

wind in the hair
music of joy
sound of laughter and delight

passionate dance
scorching romance
a face remembered all by heart

When the cataracts of the Hells have opened
We swarmed out and reigned free
We were young and bald
We thought we own everything
While in fact we possessed nothing
We were mere parasites on the surface of the Earth

printed in letters of golden tint
to be shielded for eternity
by the power of words
like sheltering cocoons

the bitterness of defeat
and the uneasy taste of lies
the sound of distant, painful cries

the smell of blood
and dripping sweat
tainting the pure white velvet

As the embers of youth went cold
And our folly of freedom has passed away
We came to realize that we were alone
We have chosen exile of our free will
Though never knowing the significance of our solitary confinement

printed in letters of ashes
to be remembered for eternity
as a memento of our fears
as a warning of what’s to be

And by the time we became aware of that, it was too late to make amends
We were outcasts

nails to the heart
thorns to the skin
losing the loved, losing the kin

voices of anguish and death
the echo of a final breath

you’re above us all
yet we write our history
subordinate
not enslaved
in our ways, we are free







MISERIUM LYRICS