Borknagar - Quintessence lyrics
Tracks 01. The Rivalry Of Phantoms
02. The Presence Is Ominous 03. The Ruins Of Future 04. Colossus 05. Inner Landscape 06. Invincible 07. Icon Dreams 08. Genesis Torn 09. Embers 10. Revolt 01. The Rivalry Of Phantoms Music & lyrics by Øystein G. Brun
The tide of the substances
Furious force, a stunning course A war unbroken It's the coil of the combining ends The dawn of the random fall I summon the winter, the autumn's son The way of those, the way of mine I summon the winds, the rage of storms My way is for those, the sinners' kind Damnation groan, hear the call The tide of the substance, spins in the core Like a furious force kept stunning beyond It's the coil of the combining ends The dawn of the random fall I summon the rivers the oceans' son The way of those the way of mine I summon the motion, the presence of time My way is for those, the sinners' kind Beware the sight of those Those who where my sight Beware the hate of those Who rivals as the storms Who storms as rivals At the plains, in the havoc The rivalry of phantoms The erosion is my war, die you may The wind is my passion. Utterly you weep The rivers are my blood, drown you may The wind is my passion, the passion to fight 02. The Presence Is Ominous Music & lyrics by Øystein G. Brun
Prior to the forces of primacy
Concealed by the essence, the profane Withdraws in manners of erosion Spine of the universal conflicts Swept towards a new domain Reversed in time, proceed in time Swallowed by dimensions Swallowed by the flames I see fear so clear in the eyes The eyes that burn by sight I see fear so clear when you die The cries that torches swept by I am yet to see the good victorious Thunder tamed by silence I am yet to see the man victorious Death tamed by life Swept towards a new domain Reversed in time, proceed in time Swallowing dimensions Swallowing the flames I see fear so clear in the eyes The eyes that burns by sight I see fear so clear when you die Spine of the universal conflicts As the motion of winds and oceans I am on the isle of existence, the mountains at my trail I am prepared to die, when the faith comes around to fail Swept towards a new domain Reversed in time, proceed in time Swallowing dimensions Swallowing the flames I see fear so clear in the eyes The eyes that burns by sight I see fear so clear when you die 03. The Ruins Of Future Music & lyrics by Øystein G. Brun
Upon the ruins of the future
I climbed to behold A distance so pale An existence so cold Resembling the views These angels of damnation As my mind came and flew Upon the ruins of future I stood to be told That the future will fail Upon the hands that fold At the edge of the horizon I saw the harmony of havoc The path of the marauders Transient yet tremendous Upon the failure, denial of token Upon the speech, in my tongue spoken The sign, the pulse that protrude The resound, the return The sequence that conclude, the fall of man Upon the ruins of the future I climbed to behold A distance so pale An existence so cold Resembling the views These angels of damnation As my mind came and flew Upon the ruins of the future I settled to be bold When the downfall arises, as I am told The denomination of the grandiose demise Granted as the imious impetus Upon the failure, denial of token Upon the speech, in my tongue spoken Upon the ruins of the future I settled to be bold When the downfall arises, as I am told 04. Colossus Music by I.C.S. Vortex Lyrics by Asgeir Mickelson
From out of static time has grown
Existence formed by substance unknown Prelude to matter, shift of disorder Completion of bonds between chaos and order The era of seasons, the essence of being The continuous process awakens the living Absorber of every flickering sun Arranging the pieces to vivid perfection The stream of mortality flows uncontrolled A boundless downward spiral to prospective void Existence takes its toll, extinction unfolds The Colossus falls back from its threshold The cosmic grip so tight. Heed the celestial call The rise, the voyage, the fall - tangled womb of mortal soil Universal key of inception, pulled out of the grind The growing seed of creation and time Complex fusion, the bond of four - the nature's core Universal ritual, aesthetic beauty adored The pendulum upholds the carnal deceit Eternal, endless, indefinite The paradox, render and the merge is complete Nothing but the process is infinite Nothing but the process is infinite Eternal, endless, indefinite 05. Inner Landscape Music & lyrics by Lars A. Nedland
Incorporation
Analysis Space/time, travel, silence, and freedom Combinations Flash back - fast forward Repetition and rearrangement Internal/external Fragmentation 06. Invincible Music & lyrics by Øystein G. Brun
I was born a fragment of future
Raised by the dawn of existence I grew as one with the elements Shown the cause of extinction I have seen worlds bloom to explode And horizons flush into voids of fire and ice I have seen worlds explode to bloom The dawn, the existence and the fall I was raised by the dawn of existence Breathing the fire of every sun I was born a fragment of future Raised by the dawn of existence I turned grey in the storm shadows Showing the cause of extinction The substance of invincible motion is invincible as the substance in motion We rise again as you fall I have seen life extinct to bloom 07. Icon Dreams Music & lyrics by Øystein G. Brun
The energy of the wisdom haze
Rinses the tide as a blend of fire Upon the shores, where fires blaze The pulse of time, shades of light Plains stroked by the slumber sleep Mountains embraced by rafting time Swept into a new horizon The source of life, the course at sight Rise into a liquid dream Where horizons burn, burn till dawn My domain Where horizons burn, burn till dawn Rise into a liquid dream Where the mountains groan, groans till dawn The energy of the wisdom haze Rinses the tide as a blend of fire Upon the shores, where fires blaze The pulse of time, shades of light 08. Genesis Torn Music by Øystein G. Brun Lyrics by Asgeir Mickelson
Temptation impales the vulnerable
Transforming the breed as it strains to erase Cleansing the body and perfecting the bliss Falling further into its enticing hypnosis Absurd scenery of strength and endurance The mundane endeavours for the perfect resistance Evolution axis bent. Manipulation results Contrast condemns and the answer insults Genesis torn Enigma solved Utopia found Euphoria born Expanding origin stagnates at last Bows down in unity when paradise is lost Dirt grows in catharsis - raise of the inbred Totality rejects the efforts of the misled Genesis torn Enigma solved Utopia found Euphoria born Extinction embraces the crippled presence Altered away from the salvaging renaissance 09. Embers Music by Øystein G. Brun
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10. Revolt Music & lyrics by Øystein G. Brun
I fed the fire with my flesh and desire
Split the blood upon existence Tracing trails, a furious tail Barely touching the mirror of reality The deformation of what depression denote A spiritual fusion, drown in conclusions Derail the path, the course that... The solar solace within the hideous Here upon the heralds of dawn The dawn of eternity A northern notability Revoke the revival of revolt Burn the treason, the trinity Yearn the heat of the fire Face yesterdays tomorrow The heralds of the past The winds of a history cast The profound spiritual fusion Glimpse inward to my world A fragment of fire, hordes of imagery An illumination of all illustrations The solar solace within the hideous Here upon the heralds of dawn The dawn of eternity A northern notability Barely touching the mirror of reality The deformation of what depression denote A spiritual fusion, drown in conclusions Derail the path, the course that... I fed the fire with my flesh and desire Split the blood upon existence Tracing trails, a furious tail To the centre of chaos Burn the treason, the trinity Yearn the heat of the fire Face yesterdays tomorrow The heralds of the past The winds of a history cast The profound spiritual fusion Glimpse inward to my world |