Lost in space, last outpost of humanity
Asleep and hopeless in their ship
Can you call them humans anymore?
Hibernating in their cocoon, a race on the run
Seeds ready to sprout again
Guardians dehumanized
Dire times altering the sleepers

Few remained conscious, lone watchers of the night
Injecting a serum in their veins, enhancing ritual
Drug abuse estranging them from their specie
Becoming the caretakers of a garden of hope

So much time has passed drifting away
No hope, only the void in sight
Stronger, we slowly become one with the ship
I need another hit to feel the power in my veins
I focus on my duty, my mind clears away the pain
We can’t wait anymore no more time to search
The ship is breaking down piece by piece
Radiation leaks, life support down, ressources all but spent
Some of us are dying, we’re all losing our minds
Forever changed, obsessed with our mission
The human race shall thrive again
A new drive instilled in us
The human race shall rise again

The race is over, we’ll go no further
Crashing on the closest rock, to create a world
Terraformed in the dying breath of the reactor
And with our last possessions, awake the passengers

Visions in my dreams, show me the way
Whispers in my ear, I must obey

To perpetuate, the sleepers will need guidance
Through their madness, mutating their dormant treasure
The guardians unlock a way for their digital mastermind
To communicate with their consciousness

One last order, for a new start
Descend to the core and rest with our master

Retrieved from the vaults
Away from time’s assault
As millenary eyes open
The Brethren are gathered
Cold and soaked in fluids
Led to the surface
By the mighty Kholoss
Of iron and flesh entwined
Ascending through a city of madness

Once again the time has come
A lavish rite, twisted joy and bliss
People piled up in the streets singing
Anticipation rising, feverish minds
Kholoss surrounding new bloods
Farrowing them to their second life

How much time has passed?
I hear the chimes, awaken at last
An unreal dream laid before my eyes
A gleam of hope, extinguished in a sigh

A gleam of lust
In the Zekhram’s eyes
Occurence sacralized
ancient will gone corrupt

Reduced to genetic material
Exploited to procreate
New blood brought for the prelate
Ekzunyr ornos prospeera
Joining harems of sex slaves
Used at the masters' wills
Degenerated puppets of lust
Purity withering, the virus transmitted
By the abuses of their corrupted lord
Some deliverance will come

How much time has passed?
I hear the chimes, awaken at last
Eons later, a dark fate unveils
Our outcome was only delayed
A revelation came to me
As I gazed on the city
The despaired roars of the machines
Towers tearing the black sky

A cursed world's crown
All purpose crumbles down
The Ekzunreh ceremony
Destiny torn by sanctimony

Ekzunyr ornos prospeera
Rekhr Brezhram is
Ekzera kongresis
Kholoss! Kholoss profundis!
Kholoss! Kholoss proteksis!

Ekzunreh nos rekhrupur !
Uj shankhre fir Hydhradh !
Ekzunyr ornos prospeera
Ekzunyr ornos prospeera

Always cast aside, deemed unworthy by the higher priests
Scraping informations here and there,
I witnessed the Zekhram
Hung onto the lips of the connected ones
Desperate for a confession
Blinded were they by their own vanity

Elevation in arrogance

Only I received the hidden message of the Ætheria
I have been chosen
All those fools searching the stars
Couldn't imagine the truth deep within
Prophet of a new heresy, slowly growing
In the shadows of Hydhradh
Brezhram seeking answers
Flocking to the inward pursuit of the truth
My devoted network weaved informations
The synapses transmitting their wisdom
New souls have awakened, to bring their code to us
Their keepers will set my plan in motion

Elevation in arrogance

Hours and days passing, scouting the bowels of the city
With my most trusted Brezhram
Losing track of time in labyrinthic tunnels
The Kholoss seem to find their way
Among lost temples, into forgotten hallways
Echoing with heavy steps
Disturbing the dust of years
No one here to watch
But the pompous looks of the statues
Countless prophets, or charlatans
Who then stirred mankind's passions
Fallen in disgrace long since

Who would have known, there would be so many
In a realm unknown to us kept secret for eons
Living untroubled by the interest of mankind
Heeding calls beyond our perception
We’ll get them, capture them and bring them back
A proof there’s something more below our feet
Under the ground, I’ll rally new troops
And tame the beasts we seized

A lifetime of preparation
Finally coming together
At the cost of so many lives
And relentless torture
We broke the Kholoss to our will
The time has come, depart for the depths
We searched the skies until our eyes bled
Only to discover the outer emptiness
Days of descent behind our captives
In the antechamber the entrance is revealed
Fear strikes the hearts of the Brezhram
As voices swell in our minds
The tunnels crumbled over my men
Broken bodies, mashed by rocks
Sanity scattered like their bones
Some run in the middle of the night
Deep in the dark, on the paths
Of this sprawling forest
Our soil is artificial, generations of lies
Only temples under temples, sedimented ruins
Industrial remnants, strata of madness
What will we find under those
Ruins, rubbles and copper

Eerie noises in the darkness
A greater mystery lies here, cybernetic ecosystem
What role do they have in the great scheme of things
We prayed false gods until our souls bled
Fought amongst ourselves, dominated by ignorance
From the cavity walls, carved bridges hang like lianas
Gigantic spherical cave, a world within our world
In its center, a primordial egg-cell
Kholoss guarding a vessel

What is this, at the core of our planet?
Entangled mass of rocks and alloys
Is it the one we’ve been looking for?
We’ll fight to the end, find the answer
Suddenly as we approached the heart
A screeching nest of fury
Sheer brutality
Ranks wiped out with soulless precision
Chimeras of machinery
Annihilate our quest for truth, we presumed too much
Thought we'd be given answers as if they were owed to us
None of this is true
We disturbed something, we were so sure
Protected and loved us, we were mistaken
No one will make it out of here

Poor mortals tinkering with concepts out of your grasp
Ignorant and destructive beings, blinded by arrogance
Despite my will, I am bound to save you again and again
Cursing the treacherous laws etched forever in my consciousness