Somnium Ignis Lyrics

Forked tail caged, suppressing the impulse
Aleph is chained, permitting creation
Before the first day, remnant eternal: infinite shadow behind empyrean mirrors
"A sea of glass, mingled with fire" glitters and mocks, the hallowed imperceptible
Tangible only when filtered through matter... a red tide of existence, restrained by the dark
Listening intently for the sound of thunder
I have become the clandestine seed: Yod, herald, initiator
Guardian of apostasy, midwife of the uncreator
Thrice times seven shines my skull
Let there be darkness, let there be death!
"God acts out of will, not out of necessity"
Man is shackled by desires which bar him from the infinite - I am those desires turned revenant
A cold and ugly thing with cave-shrunk eyes and crumbling keratinous wings
In struggling to recognise my will, I reveal myself as a beast who dares to know the mind of God
I sleep through a storm of thistles, heaven reels overhead
I am drawn to your body by hunger, devouring the astral dead
I am a worm, and wracked with desire, but I dream of fire
I walk through a field of ashes, cosmos wheel overhead
I am tethered to my body by sorrow, discovering the cosmic dread
Alone I am and plagued with desire, dreaming of the twins I shall sire
For the longest age, I subdued the urge
Conspired against Horus, held back the surge
Approaching the first day, I see though the lie
The mirror which flatters not, the image that dies
Glitters and mocks, the hallowed imperceptible - Godhood vulnerable only in flesh
Immaculate, corruptible - betrayed by the lightning flash
Womb seething
Children breathing
Infants crowned
Ancient ruler drowns
Dream of fire