Known World Narrows Lyrics

Waking in the dark
Native hesitation
Sword pierces armor
Anemic culture of mist
Flung to the ether

Ages perceived as unblessing
Scholars will grow blind
In the blossoming of insight
Reckoned losses mounting
Treasured forms relinquish construct
Scouring what archaic prose remains
In volumes acclaimed

Persist while the known world narrows
Find courage, hold fast while the known world narrows

Volunteer every ardent conclusion
To be left dead to history
Judgement's noose has been raised
Turn away from the hex of illusion
Scorching the atlas of the cursed
Mocking their birthright

Persist while the known world narrows
Find courage, hold fast while the known world narrows
Heritage abandoned at the gallows
Persist while the known world narrows
Lantern throwing its light upon the future
Find courage, hold fast while the known world narrows

Waking in the dark
Native hesitation
Sword pierces armor
Anemic culture of mist
Flung to the ether

Grotesque pledge of convention
Paints hideous dreams of object tomorrow
Nauseous by the flash of illustration
The world disappears