Igne Defendit
Cave bestia inferius
In oriente immortalitatis

Follow the ghost of a dream
Make port at the edge of the sea
The heart weighs like stone on a journey alone
I'll sink it and then take my leave

Thousands of places to see
A few special faces to leave
Take what you need, there is nothing to see
But a dreamer who travels alone

Still I yearn for the warmth of an angel
Though heartless, I still feel the cold
I could dance in the arms of an angel
When the weariness takes its toll

Bound by the ghost of a dream
And haunted by specters of grief
Distant, the glow of the promises old
The cure for mortality

Still I yearn for the warmth of an angel
Though heartless, I still feel the cold
I would sleep in the arms of an angel
When the weariness takes its toll

Follow the ghost of a dream
Before the weariness takes its toll

Your eyes glowed like the sun bleeding in the sky
No words exchanged, we knew that it was time
A flood of senses from another life
Our souls are king and queen again

Caress the dark, two hearts beating in the night
Two mortals bathed in dying candlelight
Short of breath, you set me alight
Once lost, I found my home again

Intoxicated body, mind, and soul
Fill me with your love until I am whole
Stay with me, if only for tonight
Don't want to walk alone again

My dear, I stand before you with open arms
And a heart with an iron exterior
I will understand your reluctance, but charm
Has blessed me with her favor

Turn away tonight, I know that it's hard
To fathom a life all alone

Would you follow me into the darkness?
Stay by my side and fight with me
Share every breath, let me guide you into prosperity

Every crest, every quest, every journey
All of this could be ours
But I will walk the road to the ocean and sail
Until sirens welcome me home

By now, you know tedium's something I despise
Though the time we've spent is enchanting
Tempestuous and tameless, our passions combined
Fearless and free to explore

Hear me out tonight, for nothing can stand in my way
But I must ask

Would you follow me into the darkness?
Stay by my side and fight with me
Share every breath, let me guide you into prosperity

This is the moment
Show me you're not like fools I've lost
Say that you mean it
Out of love and wanderlust

I will walk alone
I will walk alone until sirens welcome me home

Every crest, every quest, every journey
All of this could be ours
But I will walk the road to the ocean and sail
Until sirens welcome me home

Would you follow me into the darkness?
Stay by my side and fight with me
Share every breath, let me guide you into prosperity

I will walk alone to the ocean
I will walk alone
I will walk alone until sirens welcome me home

The howl of the wind will sing me to sleep
The breath of the cold won't devour me
I'll stay in love, and I'll stay alive
Calling the chaos my home
I'll count every star and think what could be
A limitless sky full of dreams
One day, I know we'll reunite
And one day I'll find what makes me whole

Burning out like a fire in the cold
Suffocated by time and by snow
I'm paralyzed by the demons inside
But my instincts will not let me go

Out into unmapped darkness
Stand guard on the glass of a dreary sea
Ignite the fires for one more night
Push on where I'm meant to be

The howl of the wind will sing me to sleep
The breath of the cold won't devour me
I'll stay in love, and I'll stay alive
Calling the chaos my home
I'll count every star and think what could be
A limitless sky full of dreams
One day, I know we'll reunite
And one day I'll find what makes me whole

There's a creature that haunts tales of old
They say it follows the ones without hope
Magnificent beast, come consume me
And release me from my cage of bones

Out into unmapped darkness
Stand guard on the glass of a dreary sea
Ignite the fires for one more night
Push on where I'm meant to be

The howl of the wind will sing me to sleep
The breath of the cold won't devour me
I'll stay in love, and I'll stay alive
Calling the chaos my home
I'll count every star and think what could be
A limitless sky full of dreams
One day, I know we'll reunite
And one day I'll find what makes me whole

Destiny's a funny girl, she took me by surprise
And fate, I hear, is back in town to revel in disguise

Like a fool, I've loved and lost and now
I've found you in this stranger town
I wonder if this meeting's by design

And so I succumb to cinnamon, sweat, and rum
Laughing with stars in your eyes and your hair undone
And I pray one day our stars align
So I might hold you one more time
And succumb to cinnamon, sweat, and rum

It seemed that luck was on my side
You took my breath away
Alive and well, you guided me -
A beacon through the grey

Like a fool, I've loved and lost and now
I've found you in this stranger town
Letting you go was never a choice of mine

And so I succumb to cinnamon, sweat, and rum
Laughing with stars in your eyes and your hair undone
And I pray one day our stars align
So I might hold you one more time
And succumb to cinnamon, sweat, and rum

Like a child I was swept away
Held by stormy ocean's gaze
And I swear the night caught fire around us

Ego ad finem
Omnia tenuit cari
Ego in finem

Ravenous beast
Is it lonesome in your depths
Apart from humanity's stench?
Has the disease of our life reached your watery bed?
As you cleanse our poison with every watery breath

What is the point?
Where is the joy?
Suspended in dreams built on sand
Still disenchanted, but out of respect
I bow to you, king of the end

And in mortal flesh and expiring lungs
And a heart that still weeps blood
I stand upon this rotting deck
Alone, contemplating the company of your depths

Ego ad finem
Omnia tenuit cari
Ego in finem

Ravenous beast
Masterless one
Why have you surfaced again?
I'm awake in a cradle of wind and stars
Exhausted and longing to drift away with you
Freedom reeks in ivory jaws
Repair the wounds time could not mend
Passionless, burnt down to marrow and bone
And specters of love to be missed

Boundless exhaustion, ambition forgotten
One single step from the Earth to transcend
Out of this rotten cage, so the needs of my soul
Might cease to exist

Ravenous beast
Ancient guard of the northern sea
Drowner of worlds and granter of dreams
I bow before your majesty and accept my fate
For it remains as unchanging as your rule

The stars and the sea and the rain are all gone
The void reveals itself to me
Am I in the belly of the beast or is the beast in me?
The sleep I longed for takes me, and I dream
One single step from the Earth to transcend
Out of this rotten cage, so the needs of my soul
Might cease to exist

Midsummer's night, revelers caught in a haze
The air hangs thick with their perfume
You're enchantingly eloquent?in?every phrase
As we?dance to a familiar tune
Black and?white memories swept me away
And the eyes of someone I knew
Made me succumb to familiar pains
'Neath the light of a silvery moon

Stockholm or Paris, London or Venice
Where did we last rendezvous?
Centuries passed since the last time you swore
That you would see me soon
Toe to toe, ancient soul pierced by your gaze
Graceful hair kissed by pale blooms
I'm a fool, I'm moondrunk, and I'm tasting stars
'Neath the light of a silvery moon

Drawn by words of late romantics
Strange, familiar elegance
If I am dreaming, let me sleep through the night
Forget the broken promises
Embrace the warm and tenebrous
The world only fades for the length of a sigh

Speaking in couplets and drinking our wine
The glow of the dawn comes too soon
Just two poets lost in time
'Neath the light of a silvery moon

Hopeless traveler
Hapless prisoner
Bound by land, and I by sea
Our fates forever run side by side
But never intertwine

Broken poet
Lost and floating
In the wreckage of all my deeds
My ship's in pieces, my heart and pride
At the mercy of the tide

I will bury you among the stars
That litter the skies of my heart
Next to the moon that you placed in its folds
So lovingly, so long ago

Dancing pony
Always lonely
Beneath the lights of your destiny
My dear, every day that goes by
You are on my mind

But I bury you among the stars
That litter the skies of my heart
Next to the moon that you placed in its folds
So lovingly, so long ago

And days will dawn, and you'll fade from sight
And if we're done
I'll meet you there
Without a doubt, without a fear
I'll see you on the other side or in another life
Search within yourself and you'll find
That I too had never left

I will bury you among the stars
That litter the skies of my heart
Next to the moon that you placed in its folds
So lovingly, so long ago

I walk this earth in torment
I bathe in anguished waves
I carry this storm inside
No rest and no escape
Unfounded fire feeding the siren's call, the keening
Defeatedly yearning to be lost in death's sweet embrace

I do not fear the darkness
I do not fear the cold
This mortal form is tired
This weary soul is old

Memories of life
Nightmares of waterlogged remains
Agony bleeds
And robs me of dreams
No reconciliation
No rest and no escape
No carnal worldly sin
Could ease this ancient ache

I do not fear the darkness
I do not fear the cold
This mortal form is tired
This weary soul is old

O deepest, darkest sea
As I slip into perdition
May I glimpse the absolution of mortality's delusions?
For here is an eternal continuance
Free of adversity and useless martyrdom

I do not fear the darkness
I do not fear the cold
This mortal form is tired
This weary soul is old

Fading into peaceful oblivion
Bright lights behind closed eyes
My spirit one with the ebb and flow, the tide
The rumble of my soul still and quiet now
My heart fluttering against the iron bars of my body
Fighting to stay awake

The dream is dead
I'm finally free
So please, forget
Entirely
All that I was in life
Do not mourn or ache for me
Know that I found peace
So, with love from the other side
The dream is dead
And so am I

The trouble with eternal life is love grows old and people change
The world crumbles as you stay the same
One day you may awake and find
You're left alone within your mind 'cause everything you loved has passed away

I'll bend the boundaries of time for you
Over and over again
Follow the songs that the sirens sing
Until we're together again

So now with flesh that won't decay
And with these bones that never break
We've lifetimes to meet and make amends
We'll sing every song, taste every wine
Until we're drunk on moonlight and on
Dreams achieved, for this is not the end

I'll bend the boundaries of time for you
Over and over again
Follow the songs that the sirens sing
Until we're together again

I have conquered death
In your final breath
I'll guide your lost and lonely soul back home to shore

I'll bend the boundaries of time for you
Over and over again
Follow the songs that the sirens sing
Until we're together again

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