Borknagar
Urd
1. Epochalypse
The impact of meteor collisions
sprays rock over desert sand
I've seen the subversion changing our conditions
in the wildfire that scorches the land
A region flooded by horizontal cataracts
drowning in the debris flow
A force that despoils every human artifact
the deep and the shallow
Chains of extinction
in disruption's primordial hall
I hear the roaring legion
of ocean waves, trumpeting the downfall
I taste the salt, the seasoning of time
and smell the smoke of lightning's clime
Chains of extinction
in disruption's primordial hall
I hear the roaring legion
of ocean waves
A sudden cloudburst mounts the sky
lashing the shores of hope
I feel the arctic cold
as the elemental hazard
unfolds...
Years turn to decades, centuries to an era
A worldwide crisis opening its caldera
Chains of extinction
in disruption's primordial hall
I hear the roaring legion
of ocean waves, trumpeting the downfall
2. Roots
The roots thrust – into oblivion
beyond the verge of space
The erodent roots, the evolving loops
thrusts, yet free roaming
There is a horizon folded
blinding leaves of the universe
Throughout the inner core
my quest, my lore
Where the seeds recoil and return
where the potency explodes to burn
Where the roots weave into the branches
where dimensions blend into infinity
Where the seeds recoil and return
where the potency explodes to burn
There is a path running free
quintessential chemistry
Where the rivers recoil and return
fallen stars explode and burn
The branches reach into eternity
beyond the verge of stellar time
The evolving tree, the revolving spree
anchored in me means floating free
No time, no space can ever be
my hive, my home
I belong beyond the stellar dome
Blinding leaves of the universe
3. The Beauty Of Dead Cities
Concrete cracks, gives way to green
forests fall come glass and steel
The beauty of dead cities
the splendor of nature
Glass framed cities
untamed gardens
Wings in the meadow
asphalt hardens
Everything in its place
the duality of the natural order
An unforgiving faceless warder
Powerful green forces gray away
steel constructions lead life astray
The beauty of dead cities
the splendor of nature
Nature regains its natural place
cities absorb their needed space
The duality of the natural order
4. The Earthling
Children, behold the elders falling
hear nature chime, the widow calling
See that moldered face, once gazing
throughout horizons, throughout seasons
Men, behold the nature tolling
hear the depravity of man
See the sunshine blurring, once sharp and gleaming
Throughout winters, throughout summers
Nature, the venomous path of man
the existential gravity, the blinder of light
Mankind, bestride the glimpse of the Sun
instinctively oppose, the harvester of light
Elders, hear the mountains calling
behold the certainty, the leaves of future falling
See the downfall, in midst of the havoc
throughout ages, throughout generations
Nature, the venomous path of man
the existential gravity, the blinder of light
Mankind, bestride the glimpse of the Sun
instinctively oppose, the harvester of light
Dwelling the night towards further sight
I am the earthling, bearer of the past
I am the earthling, dwelling the presence
I am the earthling, exploring the future vast
I am the weaver of the Sun
I am the earthling, I am the weaver of the Sun
5. The Plains Of Memories
[Instrumental]
6. Mount Regency
Behold the northern plains
the entwined wintry mountains
Seasons of the cold, haven of the bold
the greatest column, the bearer of the sky
The winds are stirring and blurring
the seditious omen of erosion
A frozen spear of disharmony
the shattering yet celestial notion
Through the forests, wandering
Through the valleys, hasting
Upon the mountain shoulder, bleeding
The summit, the release of mind
The winds are stirring and blurring
the seditious omen of erosion
A frozen spear of disharmony
the shattering yet celestial notion
The rough side of the mountain
climb the bastion of existence
Hail this mountain, cherish these paths
the vast outskirts, the verge of existence
Where the winds sweep, corrode and explode
Behold the northern plains
Behold the wintry mountains
Hail this mountain, cherish these paths
the vast outskirts, the verge of existence
Where the winds sweep, corrode and explode
The momentum of horizon
the call of Mount Regency
7. Frostrite
Moving through fields
away from the great sea
up to the barren and cold
The wind gathers might
as the last trees passes out of sight
I plunge into the blight
Frozen landscape
see me, heal me
Awe strikes where even the air bites
and ice ceaselessly survives
Blue shades on white
announcing the rite taking place here tonight
Fading to black then explode in attack
hits the blazing northern lights
Spellbound I fight
the chaos, the colors painted in flight
And I watch and I sink in the snow but in spite
of this call from the other side I rise
My mind at ease
war harvest peace
Blood, fire
death cannot freeze
My father's gods
grant wisdom and odds
this is their gift through the bond
A spearhead, a zeal
I know what is real
to no one, nowhere I kneel
Frozen landscape
touch me heal me
Awe strikes where even the air bites
and ice ceaselessly survives
8. The Winter Eclipse
A long gone presence unfolds
through the eye of the winter eclipse
Where the moments of history hold
the shadows of a vast ancestral cast
This path walked by generations
eroded by man, illuminated by the Sun
Ancestors and fathers, as fathers and sons
the everlasting continuance
Of time, space and diversity
the bias of cosmic regency
manifested by the vast complexity
The winter seasons, the pain of sorrow
The fallacy of chaos, the emptiness of hollow
The cogency of reason, the reversion of future
The maze of evolution, the ways of elucidation
Ruinous and regenerative
the hive of an oscillating existence
Resounds through the halls of silence
rebounds under the dome of origin
Ruinous and regenerative
the hive of an oscillating existence
Of time, space and diversity
the bias of cosmic regency
manifested by the vast complexity
through the winter eclipse
This path walked by generations
eroded by man, illuminated by the Sun
Ancestors and fathers, as fathers and sons
the everlasting continuance
A long gone presence unfolds
through the eye of the winter eclipse
Where the moments of history hold
the shadows of a vast ancestral cast
9. In A Deeper World
Deify the universal coherence
existence
The progeny of subsistence
bearer of man, the heirs of amend
Soak into the stellar magnitude
Rise towards the sky
In a fiery union with nature
as one with every creature
Rove the windy mountains
fall of man, drain in the sand
Rise towards the sky
In a fiery union with nature
as one with every creature
Rove the windy mountains
fall of man, drain in the sand
...in a deeper world
Deify the universal coherence
10. Age Of Creation
[Limited Edition Digipack Bonus Track]
11. My Friend Of Misery
[Limited Edition Digipack Bonus Track][originally by Metallica]
Øystein Garnes Brun ‒ Guitars
Jens F. Ryland ‒ Guitars
ICS Vortex ‒ Bass, Vocals
Lazare ‒ Keyboards, Vocals
Vintersorg ‒ Vocals
David Kinkade ‒ Drums, Percussion
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