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==The Declaration== | ==The Declaration== | ||
You want our source, our primal cause? | You want our source, our primal cause?<br> | ||
WE ARE THE SHADOWS OF YOUR WORLDS' MASS | WE ARE THE SHADOWS OF YOUR WORLDS' MASS<br> | ||
old dark dust ever gravity-flowing | old dark dust ever gravity-flowing<br> | ||
INTELLIGENCES WHORLED ROUND EACH WORLD'S CORE, | INTELLIGENCES WHORLED ROUND EACH WORLD'S CORE,<br> | ||
9 H O U R G L A S S P I N C H E S I N A G A L A C T I C W I N D | 9 H O U R G L A S S P I N C H E S I N A G A L A C T I C W I N D<br> | ||
Too large - to see | Too large - to see<br> | ||
too small + to miss | too small + to miss<br> | ||
our mass binds = your matter frees | our mass binds = your matter frees<br> | ||
.our philosophi | es lay divided. | .our philosophi | es lay divided.<br> | ||
We try to guard and nurture you. | We try to guard and nurture you.<br> | ||
AND WE CHERISH YOU AS SHADOWS CHERISH FLAME | AND WE CHERISH YOU AS SHADOWS CHERISH FLAME<br> | ||
watching your swift bright lives flicker, die | watching your swift bright lives flicker, die<br> | ||
SUSTAINED BY THE PATTERNS OF YOUR THOUGHT – | SUSTAINED BY THE PATTERNS OF YOUR THOUGHT –<br> | ||
B U T D I S T A N T U N R E A C H A B L E | B U T D I S T A N T U N R E A C H A B L E<br> | ||
Beyond - what we are - or what we were | Beyond - what we are - or what we were<br> | ||
the answer lies + in severing | the answer lies + in severing<br> | ||
two sides = a single coin | two sides = a single coin<br> | ||
.alliance and contact | solitude and silence. | .alliance and contact | solitude and silence.<br> | ||
Do you understand our fates are intertwined? | Do you understand our fates are intertwined?<br> | ||
FOR YOU SEED THE ANISOTROPY WE SUSTAIN | FOR YOU SEED THE ANISOTROPY WE SUSTAIN<br> | ||
but decay is decay is decay | but decay is decay is decay<br> | ||
A COLOSSAL FRAGILITY, A COMPLEX FIDUCIARY. | A COLOSSAL FRAGILITY, A COMPLEX FIDUCIARY.<br> | ||
T O N G U E L E S S W E T R Y T O S P E A K | T O N G U E L E S S W E T R Y T O S P E A K<br> | ||
There must be - another way | There must be - another way<br> | ||
we must become + more than we are | we must become + more than we are<br> | ||
always together = never touching | always together = never touching<br> | ||
.dependence i | s deathfated. | .dependence i | s deathfated.<br> | ||
==The Nine== | ==The Nine== |
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