Deadwing

Arriving Somewhere But Not Here

In Absentia

Heartattack In A Layby

Sin and a Smile

The third section of “Tome of Stars“ is “Sporogenesis“ , a haphazard chronicle of the years 2011–2020.  It marks a shift from the cataclysm of “Senescence“  into a period of withdrawal and emotional hibernation, its eleven sonnets seeking to reflect the padam of the collection’s bharatanatyam-inspired structure. 

In “Padam”, the poet opens “Sporogenesis” with a sonnet that merges the aesthetic language of classical Indian dance with the emotional register of personal loss. The speaker observes a divine dancer named Shringara, whose name invokes one of the highest rasas in Indian aesthetic theory: the sentiment of love, particularly as expressed through longing, separation, and divine union. As such, the dancer becomes a symbolic embodiment of shringara rasa, a living articulation of sacred love transformed by grief. Her movements, once ecstatic and radiant, have slowed into mournful lament. The poem takes a dual perspective, considering cosmic and emotional landscapes, on a love that once carried mythic force but has since disintegrated into sorrow and fragmentation.

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Lyrics

Shringara’s dance, once swift, now softly wanes,
Her pinions furled, she weaves a lovelorn song:
Two spirits twined by fate’s resistless chains,
Spark arcane flames—a bond both fierce and strong.

Lithe limbs with love caress the endless skies,  
Yet sorrow stings her eyes with winter rain. 
Reborn fate’s dungeons, lovers’ last goodbyes,
Rend hearts enveloped in unending pain.

She writhes in torment, star split in the dark,
Her silent scream stretched stark through timeless space.
Grand galaxies are maimed with glowing marks. 
Marred adoration weeps upon her face.

At last, I grasped the pattern in her stars,
And Shiva laughed: her story now was ours.

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Internet Archive
Book of sonnets:
archive.org/details/tome-of-stars/

Music:
Item 1, Anthesis: archive.org/details/Anthesis/
Item 2, Senescence: archive.org/details/senescence_tomeofstars
Item 3, Sporogenesis: archive.org/details/Sporogenesis_TomeOfStars/
Item 4, Anemochory: archive.org/details/Anemochory_TomeOfStars
Item 5, Quixotosis: archive.org/details/Quixotosis_TomeOfStars
Item 6, Scripture: archive.org/details/Scripture_TomeOfStars



Padam

“Reverberations in the Stars” is a poetic reflection on love, loss, and memory. The lyrics trace a journey from the beauty of shared moments under the stars to the inevitable collapse of a relationship. The recurring theme of reverberations symbolizes echoes of love that linger in the universe even after the bond has broken. The song balances cosmic imagery with intimate emotion, portraying both the grandeur of the universe and the personal ache of longing. Ultimately, it suggests that while love may fade, its resonance continues to live on in memory and sound.

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🎶 Lyrics (clean version)

Reverberations in the Stars  
by MOBest  

Intro  
Underneath the endless sky,  
I hear the whispers, wonder why.  
Every shadow holds your name,  
A burning light, a quiet flame.  

Verse 1  
We had it all, the world was ours,  
Danced beneath a sea of stars.  
But every step, it fell apart,  
Now reverberations fill my heart.  

Verse 2  
The waves would crash, the sun would rise,  
But we were blind to all the signs.  
A shattered dream, a fading glow,  
A story left we’ll never know.  

Chorus  
We were reverberations in the stars,  
Reaching out but fell too far.  
A symphony of broken sound,  
Lost but never truly found.  

Bridge  
And if the night could speak your name,  
Would it remember or forget the pain?  
The universe, it spins so wide,  
But I’m still stuck here by your side.  

Verse 3  
I see the light, it calls me home,  
But still, I wander, still I roam.  
A silhouette against the tide,  
The ghost of us I cannot hide.  

Chorus  
We were reverberations in the stars,  
Reaching out but fell too far.  
A symphony of broken sound,  
Lost but never truly found.  

Reprise  
We were reverberations in the stars,  
Reaching out but fell too far.  

Outro  
Underneath the endless sky,  
Your shadow lingers, whispers why.  

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Routine (feat. Ninet Tayeb)

Steven Wilson