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Burst Into Life
05:30
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High up in the trees there is a nest
Three eggs await the moment to finally hatch
And there it is, in one egg the first cracks appear
This young chick is the first to see the earth this year
Helplessly it begins to beg for food
See the diligent mother disappear into the blue
She feeds it with all her energy, but hunger perseveres
As the first crack in a second egg appears…
And from the day of birth
The struggle for survival is on!
Burst!
Burst into life
A thousand seeds are sown, but only few survive
Burst!
Burst into life
After the strength to grow we must strive
Now two chicks beg for their mother’s next kill
Growing with each bite, strengthened is their will
And as the third chick is born and is begging for its share
Not a chance to eat it gets, kept away from mother’s care
A cold wind blows through the nightly trees
And as the morning comes, the weak one has deceased
Mother takes up the one who died so soon after its start
No source of food is spilled, they rip its flesh apart!
Cause from the day of birth
The struggle for survival is on!
Burst!
Burst into life
A thousand seeds are sown, but only few survive
Burst!
Burst into life
After the strength to grow we must strive
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2. |
Instinct
04:58
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It’s always there…
Underneath the surface
Often locked up and denied
The irrational beast
Deep within
Screaming at me night and day
As with a spider
Driven to create its web
It leads me
It inspires me
To things unimaginable
And it will fight its way out!
From the depths rise flowers of fire
Bees fly out without a thought building their hive
Instinct
To the skies - snakes of smoke
Live from the heart, fuel the soul, intensify life!
Explore the depths
And release firebirds
Into the firmament
Fear! Combativeness! Liberated lust!
Pathways to freedom
To an honest existence…
From the depths rise flowers of fire
Bees fly out without a thought building their hive
Instinct
To the skies - snakes of smoke
Live from the heart, fuel the soul, intensify life!
‘The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift’
(Albert Einstein)
The hermit created a world of comfort
Secluded from instinctive forms of life
But still it lies at the root of reason
Transcending the power of our thoughts
It’s always there
And it’s there to stay
A continuous development
Each advantage in the struggle for existence:
New strength coming over me…
From the depths rise flowers of fire
Bees fly out without a thought building their hive
Instinct
To the skies - snakes of smoke
Live from the heart, fuel the soul, intensify life!
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3. |
Ramfight At Sundown
05:08
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Slowly the sun disappears
A mountain landscape in the shimmering
A small valley with on both sides a hill
On each hill appears the silhouette of a ram
Dead like silence among the rocks
A threatening concentration
A bird breaks the silence
The trial begins…
With rapid speed the rams storm towards each other
Enormous aggression strengthened by the pounding pain of death
The heads held against each other – the pressure is high
The rams withdraw to prepare for the next attack
Brutal are nature’s ways to decide our fate!
Who will dominate? Who will procreate?
Only those who have the strength to carry deserve life
When nature strikes the hammer, whose turn is it to die?
And again they storm onwards an awful bloody fight
‘til one of them collapses…
To drag through life, crippled and subordinated
‘til the impending end…
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Endure The Cold
05:36
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Sunrise above the Antarctic plateau
The slow melting of the ice floes
And I wade through the passable waters
Flying through the ocean with the others
We grouped together and then I saw you
I felt your entire being come through
A glare of sunlight on the crystal ice
When ultimate bliss in me began to rise
And like crystals of snow we came together
Standing across each other for hours on end
You sensed that I would endure the cold for you
And then you left me with your greatest gift
Snow sweeps over the Antarctic plateau
I warmly protect your gift while the severe wind blows
Are you underneath the frozen waters?
As I intensely hold this like the others
And when it breaks and comes to life
In this frozen lifeless storm of ice
Are you down there under the sea?
And do you think of me?
Although all of us here are abating
Proud and full of love I’m awaiting
And on the crystal ice my heart burns
When the group you left with returns
And like crystals of snow we come together
Standing across each other for hours on end
I have endured the cold for you
Our future now ensured…
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5. |
The Wild
05:00
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The wild, out there is the wild
And I will experience it!
The dewy grass, the mist in the mountains
This morning my journey begins…
But this is dangerous and exhausting
I sink in these trenches and slip on the rocks
And with the rain of last night
Falls have exploded into violent pools of savagery
It pushes me, drags me and blows me away
These chasms, they terrify me
Stung by the thorns, burnt by the nettles
All my energy is gone…
I don’t know where to run or hide
‘Cause this is the wild!
This is the wild – Where I began
This is the wild – Where I will end
This is the wild – Where I lost and found myself again
This is the wild – So beautiful
This is the wild – Yet merciless
This is the wild – Bringer of life, bringer of death
And in the night, utter darkness overtakes
Should I sleep? The temperature lowers
And I can hear predators hunt for preys
Glints of moonlight grimly shining through the trees
Hypothermia - slowly hypnotizing me
And the wind softly speaks my name
My entire being was spawned from the earth’s womb
Tied to nature’s laws
That bring both happiness and gloom
Will it feed me or eat me, will it take me in?
Should I fight or flight?
The wild rages through my body
I myself am the wild!
Why should I try to run and hide…
When I am the wild?
This is the wild – Where I began
This is the wild – Where I will end
This is the wild – Where I lost and found myself again
This is the wild – So beautiful
This is the wild – Yet merciless
This is the wild – Bringer of life, bringer of death
Under civilization’s stones
Upholds the proud untainted throne
Don’t ever try to run or hide
Cause we’re all bound to the laws of the wild!
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Hunger
05:01
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These grounds are barren, these lands are cold
This season many grim occurrences will unfold
A pack of wolves gather, sixteen they are
Driven by hunger they set out a journey far
No deer, no hog, no hare here in these desolate lands
Yet, when sixteen wolves co-act they make a powerful stand
Their blood is freezing and cold are their eyes
Soon the pack will hunt a victim of great size…
A herd of bison, grazing the fields
When the wind took their scent their presence was revealed
Carefully the skulking wolves approach the herd
Fear is growing though the perilous footsteps can’t be heard
Then the wolves arise, the flock they terrorize and shoo
Chasing the bison, the weakest of the group they turn to
But then the herd regroups and stronger than the wolves they are
Steaming with anger they defend and their sharp horns leave scars…
The wolves are weakened, starving to death
Severely biting they fight for each other’s dying breath
But then a being walking upright through the fields appears
It doesn’t notice that eleven starving wolves are near
And in a circle they come growling at their final chance
Paralyzed by fear the victim stares in trance
Then without warning they attack, tearing through flesh and veins
Horrible cries of death echo over the plains…
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7. |
The Pecking Order
05:54
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Born alone, destined to survive alone until the end
Like a leaf in an autumn storm
But through the mist I sense a variety of life surrounding me
Sometimes familiar and sometimes I can’t relate at all
Should I consider them friends or foes?
Will I benefit or lose?
Alone some storm the earth and take their preys
But when they weaken, the bitter scythe of death awaits
So with full force together some gloriously survive
Within a pecking order, of blood deprived
We gathered together and achieved heights I never could have reached alone
And we flourished like a blossom
But then all that we gained had to be divided…
I fought until I fell for my share within this hierarchy of hell
Have my allies become my foes?
I have to fight before I lose!
Alone some storm the earth and take their preys
But when they weaken, the bitter scythe of death awaits
So with full force together some gloriously survive
Within a pecking order, of blood deprived
‘Du bist nichts, dein Volk ist alles!’
I was pecked until I bled, yet I was warned for dangers from the skies
Moral behaviour evolved to establish the welfare of the tribe
Altruism and empathy
Crucial instincts to cooperate as a successful race
But in the end, it’s each for its own survival
Whether we share together or take alone
Whether we use each other’s abilities to stay alive
Or whether we strangle others and parasitise
With full force together we gloriously survive
Within a pecking order, of blood deprived
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8. |
A Celebration Of Decay
07:24
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Enormous clouds of gloom, heading into my direction
I've reached the top of life, staring into a deep abyss
The black tarantula crawling up my naked body
The grave is opening, this is the end!
Should I long back for youth and sparkling energy?
Paintings and buildings are restored…
Why do we remove the sight of decay from our eyes?
Why do we look away when the story ends?
To decay, die and rot, to make way for new life
To come full circle with the earth
O wanderer, one day you'll reach your destination
Death: the fulfillment of life!
To die...
An oasis of death in a desert of life
For larvae and bacterial life
May they eat away my deadly cold body
And as flies swarm towards the skies
Where there’s life... there is death!
Autumn leaves: red, gold and brown
Medieval castle ruins
The richness of beautiful wine...
Wisdom hides behind the wrinkles
Fulfilled of drinking many years of life
The end is looming, the circle can be closed
To embrace the unknown…
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Celesterre The Hague, The Netherlands
Dark and epic heavy metal unit, functioning as the Mouth of the Earth. Often describing scenes from the natural world. Sometimes calling out for help. Always emphasizing that man is but a small and futile segment within the grandeur of nature…
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