For Creatures Such As We
from The Body Cosmic by Iapetus
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lyrics
FOR CREATURES SUCH AS WE
Lifegiver;
burn bright!
Sear flesh from bone, boil blood in veins,
gild this glass heart; fuel, I am.
Chase away the darkness.
Dancing flames, on chariots ride,
to unmake the absence—to drown out the stars.
Lifegiver;
give life!
Reach out; stretch across infinity,
to infinity, from infinity;
ribbons of flame across the void;
yellow tendrils grasp at cosmic straws.
Defy the universe to grant us sight.
Gild this glass heart before it breaks.
An elegant orbit;
two bodies as one.
Gravitational caress;
a waltz of fire to scorch the abyss.
Lifegiver;
shine light!
Set a fire to this corner of the world.
Rid the shadows from these eternal walls.
Vanquish the monster of this design;
reveal the path from you to I;
open the sky;
travel the distance;
and I will make us whole.
I steal a molten kiss from the cosmos;
I suck the flaming air from open lungs.
You give what you are;
I take what I am;
a celestial merchant
with nothing to trade.
I am alone.
Your light wanes; your energy expires;
I’ve taken too much,
engulfed entirely by what I’ve desired.
Your death will be the death of us both.
But my heart—my heart, it beats still.
Be still my heart.
Gild this glass heart before it breaks.
An elegant orbit;
two bodies as one.
Gravitational caress;
a waltz of fire to scorch the abyss.
Birthed into nowhere,
ignorant of purpose;
a howl erupts from this desolate rock.
Spiraling outwards;
an echo through eternity.
Falling upon no ears;
joining the choir of a million cries more;
a plea for a spark to ignite the soul;
a plea for love in the vastness of it all.
Do you hear my call?
Lifegiver;
surrender to me!
Burden me with your creations.
Paint yourself across this dead space.
Illuminate color
where there was only grey.
Plant your seeds in rotten soil.
Give yourself unto me, fully;
power me, complete me,
and your fading light,
will blanket
my blossoming trees.
Lifegiver; give life!
Lifegiver; burn out!
You are my sun.
Lifegiver;
burn bright!
Sear flesh from bone, boil blood in veins,
gild this glass heart; fuel, I am.
Chase away the darkness.
Dancing flames, on chariots ride,
to unmake the absence—to drown out the stars.
Lifegiver;
give life!
Reach out; stretch across infinity,
to infinity, from infinity;
ribbons of flame across the void;
yellow tendrils grasp at cosmic straws.
Defy the universe to grant us sight.
Gild this glass heart before it breaks.
An elegant orbit;
two bodies as one.
Gravitational caress;
a waltz of fire to scorch the abyss.
Lifegiver;
shine light!
Set a fire to this corner of the world.
Rid the shadows from these eternal walls.
Vanquish the monster of this design;
reveal the path from you to I;
open the sky;
travel the distance;
and I will make us whole.
I steal a molten kiss from the cosmos;
I suck the flaming air from open lungs.
You give what you are;
I take what I am;
a celestial merchant
with nothing to trade.
I am alone.
Your light wanes; your energy expires;
I’ve taken too much,
engulfed entirely by what I’ve desired.
Your death will be the death of us both.
But my heart—my heart, it beats still.
Be still my heart.
Gild this glass heart before it breaks.
An elegant orbit;
two bodies as one.
Gravitational caress;
a waltz of fire to scorch the abyss.
Birthed into nowhere,
ignorant of purpose;
a howl erupts from this desolate rock.
Spiraling outwards;
an echo through eternity.
Falling upon no ears;
joining the choir of a million cries more;
a plea for a spark to ignite the soul;
a plea for love in the vastness of it all.
Do you hear my call?
Lifegiver;
surrender to me!
Burden me with your creations.
Paint yourself across this dead space.
Illuminate color
where there was only grey.
Plant your seeds in rotten soil.
Give yourself unto me, fully;
power me, complete me,
and your fading light,
will blanket
my blossoming trees.
Lifegiver; give life!
Lifegiver; burn out!
You are my sun.
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from The Body Cosmic,
released November 9, 2019
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