UNDER THREAT LYRICS

1. Out Of The Timeless Void

Out of the timeless void
The unfathomable reach beyond manifests
Bringing forth the frame of the visible world;
...The breaking of formlessness into form

Out of the void
The cosmogonic round begins
From uncreated endless dark
...Beginning in the end

Out of the timelessness
Into which everything dissolves
Silence of the unknown emerges
Translated into shapes
Forever present, Imperishable

Out of the sea of night
Into which everyone descends
Living being and living cosmos
Come back renewed
Aeon after aeon endlessly around

2. The One Into Manifold

From the manifested void
Emanations of a new born cosmos coming forth
The play begins, the dance of space and time
Unfolding chaos, genesis of life.

Eyes of the demiurge opening wide
Awareness of the self distorting unity
Multiplicity of forms in growing expansion
Self dismemberment of Atman has begun

...And the One broke into manifold
Illusion of duality began
Perspective shifted from the central cause
And so the One broke into many forms...

Male and female brought about
In God's own image
Paradox of dual focus, beginning of the fall

From the manifested Void
The emanating presence willingly yielded its flesh
Into a harmony of forms, poured into being
The inevitable began

We are He and He is us
What he became live in all
Undivided He remains in us

We're characters
In a divine cosmic play
We are Vishnu’s dream, One in manifold

Divided in play, undivided in reality
We come into form to always dissolve back into him

From the other side of the veil, the created field we behold...

3. From The Matrix Of Destiny

Venus-mother!
You are the virgin morning star
Demoness!
You remove this veil of maya

Cosmic mother!
You create, preserve, and destroy
Mighty Kali!
Swallowing us back into the dark void

Thou art the living fount of hope
You clear up the skies and bring the storms
Thou art the peace of paradise
You dwell within the sanctuary of my heart

Lady of my abundance
My life and death depend on you
Universal goddess
Only the One can see you in true form
Oh great Ishtar
Precipitator of my destiny
Born of the divine Creatrix

I am

From the matrix of destiny
I've been born to play my cosmic role
To the matrix of destiny
World redeemer shall return

Ilmatar!
In thy womb the unborn hero
Water Mother!
Shaper of all that we see

Nourisher!
You are the life of everything that lives
Womb and tomb
You are the death of everything that dies

Back into the cosmic mother-sea
Oh number nine!
All shall emanate and then dissolve
Again and again...

4. The Grandest Ordeal

Nothing in life could have ever prepared me for this
The thin ice I was walking on cracked right under my feet
The familiar ground on which I used to base my whole being
Is far behind now and all i see is a vast ocean ahead

Several thousand miles away
I left a whole life far behind
Now I'm shedding my skin to get through
The threshold where the past must die

From the belly of the whale
I must break out to be born again
I have to head for the unknown path

The grandest ordeal

Everything changes, the past feels like it was a dream

Reality, time and all that which we love to control
The illusion then suddenly fades, the big picture I see
But still I am trapped in this tormenting deceiving self

Haunted by the memories, a prison in my head
The power to let go seems to grow weaker day by day

I have no choice but to turn to the demons inside
A long inward journey awaits and there's no turning back
I might not survive the dark forest of my shattered soul
But this is the path I must take right here in front of me.

5. This Karmic Affinity

There has to be life to ensure death
There has to be death to ensure life

It's the ultimate paradox

There has to be light to ensure dark
There has to be right to ensure wrong

Only in contrasts we live

Silence of the unknown
Shines through every form
Eye of Prajna, show me the way
To the cosmic door!

Wisdom of the void
Break all this chains of conventional thought!
Shatter all these notions of self
(Once and for all)

We need our beliefs and concepts
To fulfill the idea of ourselves

We fail to see past the symbols

We need our plans for tomorrow
And a past to look proudly back on

To build up whom we are today

Want it now!
I have strived enough
When will I finally arrive at my goal?

What's the point? Where’s the end?
Cannot wait no more
Need to reach success
No matter the cost

I need more
Cannot have enough
I must make you mine, must have control over all

I deserve, I demand
Life is way too short
What have I done wrong?

I cannot seem to escape this recurrent sorrow
This futile grasping for what cannot be reached

I cannot deal with all the sadness and horror
This tragic wheel of birth and death
This karmic affinity

There must be a reason why we are here, why we're alive
Or is it all a problem of semantics?
Are we all stuck on metaphors?

6. Order 666

I am he, the mighty one, the axis of the world
Microcosmic mirror of the macrocosm
Now through me you'll receive
Wealth and earthly joy if you bow before me

I am king, sovereign, unequalled and supreme
Blessings are to come to those who praise my name
For the good of my land, all opposers I shall slay

By divine right - the throne is mine!
Don’t you dare - to question my laws!
For I'm the chosen One

Fateful day for mankind
When the enlightened one
His transcendent source forgot

Alea iacta est, balance has collapsed, Nimrod in the throne
has given Order 666

Agent of the cycle, architect of chaos
Havoc time is here, this is the day for blind atrocity

Obey order 666!
Only the worthy ones will live to see another day

Execute order 666!
Bloodshed is the price for prosperity

No one can escape
The tyrant deep inside
That dragging enslaving force
Fuelled by fear and desire

Only birth can conquer death
Regeneration we must face
All beginning has an end
Attachment to the world
Brings only disgrace

7. Dedalus Incarnated

I shall not serve, I shall not praise
That in which I no longer believe

No fatherland, no home and no church
Shall bound my true self nor dictate who I am

I won't compromise nor settle down
My inner voice has never screamed this loud

No more right or wrong
Now I'm free to speak my heart out

No more ends to serve, no more artificial disciplines
No more tyranny upon me...

Turn inwards and see
Follow the thread and find the truth of your being
Time to escape the maze
The clues are there; my craft will set you free
I am Dedalus

I fly above the hostile waves of life
Moving as I will I manifest
The ancient ways

I shall not serve, I shall not praise
That in which I no longer believe

No more ends to serve nor right or wrong
No more artificial disciplines
No more tyranny upon me

Fly above the sea
Spread your wings and find the artist within
Time to reconnect
The source is there, the timeless vision awaits
I am Dedalus
I found the tune of the everlasting song
Wholeness, harmony and radiance
Dwell within my soul

Out of this prison
The time to slay the tyrant inside has come
The gates of perception are cleansed
To transcendent horizons I shall now flee!

I am the seer guiding the way
Out of desire, social duties and fear

I am the maverick holding the key
To unlock the door to the wonder beyond

Open yourself to what lies out of sight
Turn to the center, to the still point

Don't turn away

Turn inwards and see
Follow the thread and find the truth of your being
Time to reconnect
The source is there, the timeless vision awaits
I am Dedalus
I found the tune of the everlasting song
Moving as I will I manifest
The ancient ways

I, saint and demon
I do not strive for dark nor light no more
Can't deny what I've become
Nomad at heart forever more...

8. The Redeeming Insight

Dissolution of the illusion
Magnificent destruction
Temporality and duality disintegrated at the bottom
Of the abyss

"Namu amida butsu"

The transcendent God was my mirror
Now I am my own mirror
This God and I have vanished
Back into the bliss of Eden
In selflessness

I, you and I are the cold mist of dawn, and a drop in the sea,
Wherever you may turn, is a reflection you see

Nothing left to say "I" just disappeared,
We are all but cosmic dust transformed into beings

I, you and I are the cold mist of dawn, and a drop in the sea,
Wherever you may turn, is a reflection you see
I, you and I are the roar of the wind and the night thunderstorm, wherever you may stand, right at the centre you are
Nothing left to say "I" just disappeared, every moment that you live is all that there is

9. Master Of The Two Worlds

Concentration of the spirit drawn away
By the taste of the fruits of temporal knowledge
From the centre of the eon
To the peripheral crisis of the moment,
Losing balance,
The hero falling

Why should I return?
From this enlightened world?
Why should I descend?
Back to the temporal forms?
Now I must understand,
Form is void and void is form

Sometimes sage, sometimes fool
Everywhere in many forms,
Honoured or insulted
The shifter of the hidden revelation within all
Can be seen in a thousand faces

Emissary and messenger
Of unity in this multiplicity,
The man of eternal bliss, the world navel,
Immovable at the centre of the source

As dreams that were momentous by night
May seem meaningless in the light of day
So the poet and the prophet
Can discover themselves playing the idiot
Before a jury of untrained eyes

Open wide to your necessary annihilation
To be reborn in the realisation of truth

The master of the two worlds now returns
To restore the balance of life

10. To The Great Unknown

The time has come
For me to join the whole
The quest of a lifetime
I shall follow beyond
In nothingness, the truth I shall find

Do not mistake my resolution for pain or illness
For the power of my sight has no equal
My soul is ready, my mind is ripe
To cross the threshold, to enter the timeless void

To complete the circle in unity
To enter totality and abandon bitter and sweet

To join the thousand heroes
And leave the million sorrows
I offer my spirit in dissolution
To the great unknown

In a deathlike state I wander aloof into the night

Embracing the light of my one way journey
And the radiance of its vast immensity
I reach out to grasp the fruit of the tree of knowledge

Purified, true and immortal
Embraced by the waters of time eternal I drown

To join the thousand heroes
And leave the million sorrows
I offer my spirit in dissolution
To the great unknown

My mind is ripe, my soul is ready
Standing at the edge of the abyss
I stare into the deep
I shall not fear!!

I shall not!!

11. Timeless Void

UNDER THREAT LYRICS