"Atonement of the Myriad" I am Ra - from whom time began I am the hub of a wheel A day star hovering over an endless sea I am not the harvest I am the seed I am Ra - from whom time began I am the hub of a wheel A day star hovering over an endless sea I will not pass away When I became the becoming became I have become the becoming I am one seeing myself divided I am two and four and eight I am the universe in diversity I am my transformations This is my coming together Here are my selves become one The essence of Atum Is primal goodness The essence of the cosmic mind Is permanent sameness The essence of the cosmos Is beautiful order The essence of time Is movement The essence of change is life! Life! (Repeat) When I became the becoming became I have become the becoming I am one seeing myself divided I am two and four and eight I am the universe in diversity I am my transformations This is my coming together Here are my selves become one

"Samsara is Nibbana" Bound to the boundless The force without force The unmoved mover 'Ever expanding yet always contained Limited by design yet vast In the scope of designation Awareness becoming aware of awareness! Bound to the boundless To wonder is to wander The unknown knower Aimless and directionless The journey is to the destination As the oracle is to the flame Advancing towards simplicity! Holding mountains with open hands Grasping pebbles with clenched fists Openness is wholeness Withholding makes powerless Live, evil, vile, veil!!! See the creator in all its forms! Perception from the centered Samsara is Nibbana! (Repeat)

"Longing & Loathing" Longing ... loathing Joined together yet separated Everything you've known is falling away It's better to die before you die Then - only the hollow remains Longing ... loathing Memories fade with every passing day "Why can't it be this way forever?" To never have to say goodbye and move on? Longing ... loathing He who mourns is he who's lost in shadows Does absence make the heart grow ever fonder? When haunted by the mystery of ages? The echoes from the void Where nothing hides...

"Empty Sky of Being" Empty is the sky of being Where upon the canvas of life is painted Ubiquitous reflections of the origin Centered in the whirlwind A calm that never ceases (Repeat) From pure potentiality Stems the arc of possibility Creating probabilities Informing all principles to be Empty is the sky of being Where upon the canvas of life is painted Ubiquitous reflections of the origin Centered in the whirlwind A calm that never ceases From pure potentiality Stems the arc of possibility Creating probabilities Informing all principles to be

"Dandelions in December" Cowardly lion King of the fools Respected through fear Dismembering the herds Devouring their hopes Chafing their dreams Clamping their throats So none speak against him Cowardly lion King of the fools Respected through fear Dismembering the herds Devouring their hopes Chafing their dreams Clamping their throats So none speak against him Clawing their eyes Blinding their truths He lies in their wake And growls with contentment He's pleased with the kill It wasn't his own He's caged by his pride And fed by his porcelain throne I'm going to teach you a lesson or two Talk back to me and I'll give you what's due This will hurt me more than it will hurt you I will apologize after I'm through Over and over I show you my ways If you don't like it Then why do you stay? The wind summons courage The Sun beckons scars I bring down the hammer And you see the stars My mouth's full of anger My fists carry rage You suffer in silence and pray for a change "He doesn't mean it" is all you can say I wouldn't beat you if you'd just obey!

"The Twitch" Honestly I cannot see A better way to Cease to be To entertain Without refrain The twitch Betwixt The final stage Convulsion like Orgasmic phase The rigid spastic Force displayed A ghastly thrust That shucks The corpse From the Fated ghost How I love to Watch you die Over and over Again and again!!! Oh, such a lovely Way to die! Coursing with a Hint of dread (Repeat) I love the twitch! Gotta love the twitch! Don't take away the twitch! Flick the switch to see the twitch! How I love to Watch you die Over and over Again and again!!! Oh, such a lovely Way to die! Coursing with a Hint of dread I love the twitch! Gotta love the twitch! Don't take away the twitch! Flick the switch to see the twitch! Honestly I cannot see A better way to Cease to be To entertain Without refrain The twitch Betwixt The final stage Convulsion like Orgasmic phase The rigid spastic Force displayed A ghastly thrust That shucks The corpse From the Fated ghost

"Sublime Insouciance" (Instrumental)

"Sleeping Giants" Sleeping giants Aging tyrants Blinded by The Veil of Maya Godhood - cloak of darkness Can you see the light Prevailing? That which sees But speaks no words Wisdom brought through Clashing herds Grace is found Through ignorance Pervading all that dream Acting like there is no failing Cursing all that hinders With faith comes only shameful Reminders of past Failing like there is no acting Hindering all that curses With shame comes only faithful Reminders of the past... Acting like there is no failing Cursing all that hinders With faith comes only shameful Reminders of past Failing like there is no acting Hindering all that curses With shame comes only faithful Reminders of the... Sleeping giants Aging tyrants Blinded by The Veil of Maya Godhood - cloak of darkness Can you see the light Prevailing? That which sees But speaks no words Wisdom brought through Clashing herds Grace is found Through ignorance Pervading all that dream

"Tatterdemalion" You, you always talk about the cross you wear You never talk about the cross that glares All seeing eye of your rotting god Your knees - they bleed to hide the grief You hold your breath until your mind turns blue You always pray to God to help you through A tribulation against all odds You sinned, repent, the end but NO!!! You have to tell the whole world about The legacy of The Sun's Black Shroud The ministry of misery To make a fool go preach his rule Christ is nothing more than an expletive The utterance is a compliment God damned the world and Christ still lives We speak his name most every day The day of judgement is closing in Much like a wound from a misplaced shiv But the battle scar shall always remain We wash in vain the crimson stain The robe of holiness will always be stained From the pressures of m(oral) restraint Neglect the beast inside You'll always bring shame Defame his name reptilian brain Praise your god In your sleep No regard Mindless sheep Tattered thoughts is all you keep Hold them near until they smear His written word - so absurd Likened to a polished turd The sacred vows - so profound Like dung upon the dusty ground Behold the mystery So called theology God always talks to me And tells me how to be A better man through sin His patience wearing thin Just like the masquerade His silver tongue persuades The Law of Opposites To play the role that fits Both sides are pestilence Offense is best defense The sport of war can tempt The act of love resents The tears of joy dry fast No lasting sentiments The solace - to obsolesce Reject all life's nonsense Agree to stubbornness Refute their honed weakness Destroy facade of God Tear down the walls that block It's not of arrogance It's in our best interest To be responsible The human animal Might be intelligent But doesn't represent A higher thinking lot Most form a giant clot Cajoled and cankerous Repeating past attempts Praise your god In your sleep No regard Mindless sheep Tattered thoughts is all you keep Hold them near until they smear His written word - so absurd Likened to a polished turd The sacred vows - so profound Like dung upon the dusty ground

"The Soul Grifter" I am the night I am decay I am the past that haunts To the sinister grave I am the dark From which all light Is cast away With a shadow's reach Of sufferance The body - it sways I am the blight I am dismay I am the constant threat Of grief that turns The dream to grey I am the storm of unrest The twisting dismal Clouds bereft No clarity of peace There's just the stifled mind I impart the muck and mire! I inflict the tragic plagues! I invoke the downward spiral! I ignite the flames constrained! (Repeat) I am the night I am decay I am the past that haunts To the sinister grave I am the dark From which all light Is cast away With a shadow's reach Of sufferance The body - it sways

"A Field of Crows" With plagues in the droves An overflow of grievances The mourning shall arise As the bodies are laid to rest Hungry they'll feed on the flesh As retribution The harbingers of sorrow An omen of what is yet to come... (Repeat) A field of crows Gathering to harvest All the souls departing Upon the wind Misfortune of the fallen The season's at an end It's time to reap them all (Repeat)