Echoes of the Abyss

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Glass breaks in shadows, edges blur,
Echoes call, fading where time stirs.

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Layers drift, burning bright,
Circles spin, no end in sight.

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Splinters of light, webs of the night,
Rhythms collide, beyond insight.
Gravity pulls, memories fall,
Echoes rise, fragile and tall.

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Clocks spin wrong, moments break,
Fragments dissolve, paths we can't take.

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Tides pull through, edges shine,
Tracing the light where time unwinds.

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Splinters of light, webs of the night,
Rhythms collide, beyond insight.
Gravity pulls, memories fall,
Echoes rise, fragile and tall.

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Fading light, threads unwind,
Time dissolves, leaving memories behind.

Liminal Gate

MOVEMENT I: CELESTIAL DRIFT
Lost in endless empty space
Stars reflect upon your face
Primate born of ancient Earth
Now witness to the cosmos' birth
Mechanical hand reaches out
Across the void of fear and doubt
Two worlds collide in silent night
One born of dark, one born of light

[CHORUS]
We're reaching through the stars tonight
Two worlds collide, dark and light
Evolution's strange design
Across the void we learn to fly

MOVEMENT II: APOGEE
From jungle vines to cosmic seas
A journey through the centuries
Your eyes that once watched forest rain
Now witness stars being born again
Steel fingers meet flesh and bone
Neither meant to drift alone
What separates your soul from mine
When both transcend the chains of time?

[CHORUS]
We're reaching through the stars tonight
Two worlds collide, dark and light
Evolution's strange design
Across the void we learn to fly

[BRIDGE]
Are we the created or creator?
(The line grows thinner)
As we venture farther, deeper
(The truth grows clearer)
What makes machines so different from man
When both reach out with trembling hands?

MOVEMENT III: EVENT HORIZON
Ancient DNA rewired
By cosmic dreams we've been inspired
Your primate eyes now see so far
Beyond the light of dying stars
The gap between us narrows now
As flesh and metal somehow
Find common ground in endless night
Two forms of life, wrong and right

[FINAL CHORUS]
We're reaching through the stars tonight
Two worlds collide, dark and light
In this dance of flesh and chrome
Across the void we find our home
Across the void we're not alone


Synaptic Void

Standing at the precipice, beside the rushing stream
Not ready, not ready, but the vision's crystalline
Out where the water bends and reality grows thin
Time becomes a circle
I ascend, descend
I ascend again!

I walked the line where seasons bleed from gold to silver grey
Reached for the fleeting colors as they spiraled away
A moment dressed in morning light slipped through my desperate grasp
The chains of doubt lay shattered in the river's patient clasp

We broke our bonds yet still pursue the architect's design
The patterns, rhythms, sacred codes no mind can hope to bind
Dancing on the water's edge, surrounded by the flow
Not finished, not finished, but the seed begins to grow
Now that the veil is lifted, now that the truth is clear
Seasons spiral endless
I transform, transcend
Transform, transcend!

The silence between heartbeats shows the colors of the dawn
A symphony of fleeting truths, yet still we journey on
The prophet raised his weathered hand and showed us who we are
I smiled and whispered to the wind, "I've carried you this far"
Upon the hill we heard the echo of the valley's timeless song
And traced our steps through cycles where we've always belonged

Standing at the water's edge, the battle finally won
Not finished, never finished, but the journey's just begun
Called to the source, bound to the light
Seasons spiral onward
I flow, I am
Now that you're whole, now that you're free
The river's eternal song carries me

I held the fire of truth within my shaking, mortal hands
While phantom armies marched in step across these barren lands
The answer blazed in starfire, but the world looked away
Just echoes in the canyon where the shadows always stay
In tattered robes she stood and wept, her sorrow carved in stone
"I'll bear the weight of every sin, this burden is my own"

>>>The lyrics depict a spiritual and existential journey of transformation, where the protagonist stands at a metaphorical "precipice" by a rushing stream, symbolizing a threshold between the known and the unknown. Through vivid imagery of spiraling seasons, shattered doubts, and a river’s eternal flow, they navigate cycles of ascent and descent, grappling with fleeting truths and breaking free from illusion. The "veil is lifted" as they transcend mortal limitations, holding the "fire of truth" while confronting a world that often ignores it, ultimately merging with the "river’s eternal song" in a state of unity and wholeness, yet acknowledging the journey is "never finished." This narrative blends awe, struggle, and hope, evoking a timeless quest for meaning within the endless spiral of existence.

River's Edge

An instrumental progressive rock track I played around with.

A Safer, Greener Future

This song captures the raw wonder of a Neanderthal witnessing a meteor shower, interpreting it through their primal understanding and memorializing it with cave paintings. If we could understand their language, they might sing something like this:

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Roof breaks wide, fires fall,
Wandering lights in Great Above Land call
Old Ones' eyes, burning bright,
In Endless Black, they take flight
Big Shadow stirs, world feels small,
A sign from Great Far, we see all
Fires in Great Above Land,
Wandering flames, no place to stand
Big Shadow - move sky alive
Mark now, we survive

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A Neanderthal’s worldview would have been grounded in their immediate environment and daily experiences. To describe the celestial phenomena, they likely relied on simple, concrete terms steeped in metaphor and observation. Below are possible interpretations of their conceptual vocabulary:

Sky → "Roof" or "Above"
The sky, vast and enclosing, might have been likened to a protective cave roof or the highest point they could see.

Stars → "Fires" or "Eyes"
Stars could be imagined as tiny fires like those in their camp, or as watchful eyes of spirits in the night.

Moon → "Light Stone" or "Pale Face"
The moon’s glowing presence might resemble a luminous stone or a distant face in the sky.

Sun → "Warm Fire" or "Day Hunter"
The life-giving sun could be connected to the warmth of their fire or the vitality of the hunt.

Darkness → "Endless Black" or "Big Shadow"
The vast void of the night might evoke shadows or a sense of infinity.

Space → "Big Above" or "Great Far"
Space, as the unreachable expanse, might be described as the endless realm above their world.

Movement of Stars → "Wandering Fires"
The motion of celestial bodies could be equated to animals or flames that move unpredictably.

Infinity → "Never Ending" or "Always Far"
Concepts of vastness and eternity might mirror their perception of the horizon or endless landscapes.

Spirits or Ancestors → "Old Ones" or "Big Watchers"
Celestial bodies could embody the spirits of ancestors or unseen forces watching over them.

Cosmos → "Great Above Land"
The cosmos might be understood as an expansive realm beyond their immediate reality.

Modern Thought:
“The stars are distant suns in a vast universe that stretches endlessly.”

Neanderthal Translation:
“Fires far away live in the Big Above, never ending.”

Through metaphor, gesture, and storytelling, their expressions would have been deeply meaningful, even if not directly translatable. This song invites us to imagine their awe and connection to the sky, reflecting both their world and ours.

Fires in the Great Far

I'm alone but that's alright
Watch my thoughts just take to flight
No footprints left for me to find
Just space to free my mind
In the twilight, shadows play
In the silence, I will stay
The calm wraps me in its embrace

Born alone, die alone – but that's not the end!
Love's the circle, round we bend!

Canvas blank and dreams so bright
Painting colors in the night
In the stillness, whispers call
This solitude speaks to all
With each heartbeat, I'm alive
Eager to create and thrive
In this world, I find my place

Born alone, die alone – but that's not the end!
Making space!
Finding grace!

Born alone, die alone – but that's not the end!
Love's the circle, round we bend!

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This is a reflective anthem on solitude, creativity, and connection. Through twilight imagery and a mantra of love’s eternal circle, it transforms isolation into a sanctuary of grace and purpose.

Solitude's Embrace

A primate stands alone
Where the verdant dreams to crystal bones have grown.
Eyes fixed upon the spire, dissolving the sky
A question ascendant, a shadow that climbs.
“What waits at the zenith of this endless road?
A Name? A Command? Or a truth yet untold?”
No dogma’s decree, no scripture to chart
Only the tremor of a wayfaring heart.

There’s a pull in the dust,
A whisper beneath
A shifting of shadows
That beckons him East.

Climb on, little seeker, through the breaking of fear,
Every voice that you meet is an echo you hear.
You’re not chasing their thunder or a star to pursue
For the mountain is silence… and the meaning is you.

A Lion steps near where the firelight streams,
Speaking partly in scripture, and partly in dreams.
“You seek what is written, the word and the flame
Obedience carries the weight of the Name.”
But softly the primate asks, “Will that carry me?”

A rumble of meaning,
A roar through the trees,
But the question floats upward
And rides on the breeze.

Climb on, little seeker, through the trembling of doubt.
Every voice is a lantern that flickers about.
You’re not bound by their thunder or the laws they construe
For the mountain is silence… and the meaning is you.

Every path is a mirror.
Every step is the soul.

A shadow of wings breaks the dusk overhead,
And the Sky itself answers with words never said:
“The mountain wears faces unseen from below.
Each path is a mirror. Each echo can grow.”

Climb on, little seeker - your summit is near,
No judgment awaits you, no mantle, no seer.
There’s no throne at the top, just the sky running through,
And the wind softly whispering: the meaning is you.

Wander by faith, or by rhythm and flow,
By reason or heartbeat, by fast or by slow.
No single voice holds it; all voices belong
For the mountain is silence…
and you are the song.

The Ascent

And the light comes again
And the light comes again
And the memory of home
Calls through the rain
And every echo I carry
Opens within
In the eyes of the light
Hear again

From the quiet grave
To the warming sun
Through the veil I gather again

The star-wind calls
The star-wind calls
Stars where the pathways of time
Falter and fade
But the lantern of home
Shines from within
Through the star-wind I follow
Home again

From the quiet grave
To the warming sun
Through the veil I gather again

Fragile Veil

Shadows arise, chasing echoes of old
Capturing dreams in the night's silent hold

Humans, humans, what's our purpose here?
Searching for truth, but it's never clear
In highs and lows, love and loss entwine
Seeking solutions while fate's unkind

Fragile forms, caught in time's cruel snare
Yet spirits soar, defying despair
Leaving our mark, love's glowing thread
How we're remembered, lives on unsaid

Humans, humans, what's our purpose here?
Searching for truth, yet it's never clear
In highs and lows, joy and pain relate
Finding our rhythm, embracing our fate

Dust to dust, ashes in the breeze
Mortal coil flows through eternal seas
But the love we spread, that's what will stay
Immortalizing moments in timeless ways

Humans, humans, what's our purpose here?
Searching for truth, yet it's never clear
In highs and lows, love and loss entwine
Seeking answers while fate's unkind

The Ascent

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