By the Banks

[Part I - Visions From Within]

By the banks of this river wide, I stand silent and unversed

Muddy waters from a violent tide, five snakes among the reeds immersed

This stream is the daughter of my dreams

She is the silver thread that binds the seams

Oh, stream from my darkest well

You are the visions from within my shell

In the footsteps of Persephone, I have sought to find a way

Searching for my queens epiphany, through the caves and to the light of day

In my wake, it is chasing mе, through these halls of blood and stone

A lightеd torch in my hand, my consciousness illuminates the throne

Oh, dream from my darkest well

You are the visions from within my shell

I seek your council, wisest Philemon can you tell me where to go?

To leave, to escape, across the horizon bright

Enter into another life

Dear Salome, will you comfort me?

Stay with me, and grant me clarity

To rise and to fall, it summons us all

[Part II - Argentum Ormr]

Silver snake, brilliant movement from another world deep underground

Mountains shake, as your body pour the silver seeds upon the ground

Awakened, by the sound of dragons roaring from an ancient keep

Portals, open up and lets the light flow down into the deep

Wanna be, gonna be all

Awaited, I am greeted in the depths beneath the River Styx

Elated, I am reseeded through the knowledge of hypostasis

Oh, my Persephone, your path has led me free

Your light is ever bright, illuminates our fright

A maze from dusk till dawn

It never stops, even if the final clever curtain drops

Life goes on, in every form facing riddles from whence we're torn

Let me steal another kiss, before I reconcile with bliss

This light it is my consciousness, the only light that I caress

Luminous from east to west

The well of life flows from my soul, opened are the doors of gold

I am the snake, the beast of old