Hulder
			The Eternal Fanfare

1. Curse from Beyond


2. Burden of Flesh and Bone

To shed the ancient flesh of a finite form
And revel in endless realms unknown
Escape the ruthless clutches of a life forlorn
To wander the desolate scapes alone
I know not what my purpose be or if I shall return
Certainty is eclipsed by the fog of death
A fate for which I have yearned

Through the eyes of eternity
The self is freed
Through the haze of misery
I wander endlessly

Traverse unspoken lands beyond
Such wondrous marvels shown

Transcend unending burden of flesh and bone
Walk boundless lands unseen
Free from the grip of creation's own
Cold, callous brutality
As I wander the desolate scapes alone
With acceptance of what I've become
I shall enter the vast abyss
Fate will not be undone

Through the eyes of eternity
The self is freed
Through the haze of misery
I wander endlessly


3. Sylvan Awakening

Silent slumber of the trees
Frost will soon embrace the land
Rain falls through salt and earth
'Neath unflickered glow of moon

Cold to mortal flesh and mind
Unwavering to the plight of mankind
Crushing desperation envelops all
Anointment of a sylvan awakening

In shadows cast 'neath alpine peaks
Threads of woe are spun
Woven into existence
Where life and death are one

Whispers of ancient voices call
Echoes from within the forest's depths
Thunder of times no more
Shrouded in the mysteries of night's fall

Cold to mortal flesh and mind
Unwavering to the plight of mankind
Crushing desperation envelops all
Anointment of a sylvan awakening

Exsanguinate the form of lost primordial wealths and wisdoms
Adorn myself with sap and transcendence - absorbed you shall be
Ground thine feeble roots in lost tradition
Through unspeakable truths you shall be reborn

Silent slumber of the trees
Frost will soon embrace the land
Rain falls through salt and earth
Anointment of a sylvan awakening


4. The Eternal Fanfare

Through gates of profane reverie
To the lands of darkened lore
Journey the plains of sanity
To arrive at evil's door
Sweet sulfurous symphonies
Fill the blood red skies
With deafening hymns of pain
An eternal well of cries

Songs of wretched blasphemies
A tune to halt my thoughts
A strange fire takes hold of me
My mortal soul doth rot

The tune it chills my spine
I long not for the land above
A welcome tome to soothe my mind

Within the eternal fanfare

A flock of unending penance tarnished by crimson shame
Profanation reared in solitude to rule the new domain


5. A Perilous Journey

I roam the earth on alchemy's trail
Never far behind, yet it escapes me
I long for a sign of my journey's end
In curious desperation I tread on

The beasts feed my hunger
Another rain will quench the thirst
The horned moon it guides me
Through unrelenting woods
I fear no solitude
My fury serves me
Onward and down
To valleys unknown

Laid upon the fur and soil
Rest but sleep not
For I am but mortal

A curse as old as time
Tempting from beyond
Close thy weary eyes
and let the vessel rot

That which I have desired for as long as I have bled
Has torn my withered souls and made my earthen bed