Midnight Odyssey
Biolume Part 2 - The Golden Orb
1. Dawn-Bringer
Amongst the ruins in this deep residing cave
Steps forth a being, who is freed from his chains
He looks up skyward at the early morning sky
The blackened canvas greets his blinded eyes
He feels a power, long-gone now returned
And with a deep breath, feels desire burn
The hopeless aeons have scattered like a dream
The night winds blowing, calling from the east
The titan rising, but his bones are still weak
He has no strength, and cannot wander far
He lurks in shadow and hides from the stars
There lies a presence, that fills him with fear
He senses daylight is growing ever near
He bides his time, ’til tomorrow’s duskfall
When the sun has gone
Watching for the presence of the morning star
Falling, when it is but the only one
Watching for the glow of the morning light
Hiding when the dawn breaks the night
Watching from the cracks in the dark below
Scanning all the stars in the sky
Watching for the glow of the solar fires
Hiding, in the safety of the dark
The bright son of dawn
Will herald the new day
The other dim stars
Will fade with the coming of the light
The golden braids of the dawn light
Will give all away
These deeds of the night
Must not be known
The morning stars lowers
To the ends of the sky
He precedes his mother
And ends the dark night
He shines but the brightest
His light burns so far
A long night now over
Rest morning star
The fires of sunlight
Will drain what is left
Of the titan’s life-force
And render his end
“Oh wanderer you’ve helped me
What I tell you is truth
My past deeds I have paid for
In silence and agony
Go look for yourself
At the sky turning soon
The embers of daylight, they burn
There are those who would seek to
Have me chained for aeons more
I pose no real danger
I am weak, old and frail
Don’t give into their deceitful words
What they promise is not true
They will trick thee, may your tongue be kept still”
The morning stars lowers
To the ends of the sky
He precedes his mother
And ends the dark night
He shines but the brightest
His light burns so far
A long night now over
Rest morning star
The fires of sunlight
Will drain what is left
Of the titan’s life-force
And render his doomed end
The bright son of dawn
Will herald the new day
The other dim stars
Will fade with the coming of the light
The golden braids of the dawn light
Will give all away
These deeds of the night
Must not be known
Dawn-bringer
2. The Saffron Flame
Night is over soon
The old titan looks towards the sky
And though he’s escaped the chains
He cannot leave his space confined
Dawn has awoken
Vines recede below
Lights in the caves grow dim
Down do the creatures crawl
Please, please come follow me
Now the morning comes
And the heat returns
Eyes, they follow me
And they talk to him
My wretched son
Hide, don’t let the saffron dawn see you
Come back down into the shade below
Fly back up towards the stars and go
Shade will save you from her jewel like eyes
Time’s not on my side
High her horses ride
Shades soon disappear
Deep the titan goes, so far below
Break, the morning light
You sense of my presence right away
I have missed my chance
To flee into the darkened world below
3. Golden Orb
Rose of the morn’
You ride and bring forth the light
Rising from throne lands in the ocean deep
From east you fly
On young Firebright and Daybright
Why do your eyes look so unwelcoming
These lands are cursed and I am drowned in fear
Why has this wretched path led me to here
The fire and darkness fight with little grace
In holy war there is no resting place
Dawn, what do you see?
With whom do you speak?
Don’t let him go
Don’t let him flee
I need to know
Why he has come
Who he has seen
Now stands a titan tall
And his eye is staring at me
I feel his burning rage
His light is overpowering
I run to fleeting shade
As the dark protects valiantly
Dawn’s children heed his call
Scalding winds blow angrily
Mortal, what did you see?
With whom did you speak?
Did you let him go
Or help set him free?
You need to know
How he had come
Who he had been
Here stands the titan tall
And his eye is glaring at me
I feel his surging rage
His light is sharp and blinding
There is no creeping shade
As the dark descends cowardly
Helios rises north
And I fall down on my knees
These lands are cursed and I am drowned in fear
Why has this wretched path led me to here
The fire and darkness fight with little grace
In holy war there is no resting place
I bow to him
The Golden Orb
With helmet gold
And dazzling robes
His stallions ride
With bursts of fire
His aureole
Glows as he speaks
4. Rise of Thunder
He rose in tragedy
Crowned in blood and patricidal prophecy
His last son was hidden
And there he grew to fulfil his true destiny
He quietly came to me
To seek a brethren to dispel his enemies
But no, I could not agree
His son would rise and overthrow this blasphemy
Lord of thunder conquered and claimed his throne
His father, in chains and banished
Here his anguish has stained the soil
His thoughts are clouded by years alone
Rising the lord of thunder - rise
Titans fall under his might
Rise of Thunder
5. Aurora Burning
Immortal though I am
I am plagued by a wrath so cruel
Spiteful, and hateful
She left me
With an endless flame
Burning
She cursed me
She plagued me with untold desire
Enchanting
Bewitching
Summoning a spell in ire
Passion inflicted
A thirst that will never be quenched
My weakened
Existence
Was born from a jealous rage
Burning
She cursed me
She plagued me with untold desire
Enchanting
Bewitching
Summoning a spell in ire
6. The Unconquered Star
Old and crippled, he wants the world to see who he is, and not who he was
He thought I would never be the one to see deep within the depths of the world
I fought and won
For his own son
I travelled far
The unconquered star
Try as he might
To keep out of sight
My reach is far
The unconquered star
Stand here under the golden rays of my great power
Bathe in the glow of stellar light and know I see all
Know the old one, is from a moment in time that cannot be reborn
As long as he lives, he’ll try to claim what once was his, and is no more
I fought and won
For his own son
I travelled far
The unconquered star
Try as he might
To keep out of sight
My reach is far
The unconquered star
Stand here under the golden rays of my great power
Bathe in the glow of stellar light and know I see all
Dusk returns and I must descend below the waves of the ocean
Night returns and my chariot must traverse back to the horizon
7. Below Horizon
To darkness I must return
Where my eyes can no longer see
My light shan’t touch this darkened land
Where this wanderer walks free
Our ancient order is crumbling
And soon will turn upside down
He knows not what is set
For the days uncertain-bound
When my chariot returns
On the next barren dawn
Will he help this titan rise
To challenge his final born
So off to the lord of the thunder
As the eye I’ve seen it all
I’ll speak the words of truth
In those mighty marble halls
Below Horizon
And dawn who rides with me
Who’s curse has left her weak
This young mortal, enamoured
Love’s pity she will seek
Below Horizon
This titan’s chains, now loose
Shall bound this fool instead
I’ll let him bare the madness
Of a fullmoon night in dread
When things come out to linger
And feed in pale moonlight
The air grows thick in poison
As creatures toil and fight
Now twilight falls upon them
The titan hiding still
I doubt he’ll care much for him
This prophecy fulfilled
8. The Chains Become Mine (Helios Invictus)
The loosened chains from tartarus have now become mine
Helios has punished me, for giving the old foe hope
I loosened the chain and I’ll take the blame alone
I stand here in darkness, bound to the rocks below
I played with a fire, I knew so little of
I mortal in soul, trapped in a titan world
His glowing lights sink below the barren earth
The crimson glow a rage which he has unleashed
I loosened the chain and I’ll take the blame alone
I stand here in darkness, bound to the rocks below
I played with a fire, I knew so little of
I mortal in soul, trapped in a titan world
Dawn, looks back with a tear in her eye…
I loosened the chain and I’ll take the blame alone
I stand here in darkness, bound to the rocks below
I played with a fire, I knew so little of
I mortal in soul, trapped in a titan world
9. When the Fires Cool
When my fires burned, on that breaking dawn,
my eye awakened to the world and the universe
When I gazed upon, all the lands unknown
and I felt a power deep within that helped all grow
All came to know and revere me so,
all would worship the light so blindly not knowing what’s to come
When the fires cool,
when the fires are no longer burning bright, the dark grows
When the fires cool,
when the fires retreat to the shadowed world and die
When my eyes are closed,
when the eye can no longer watch over your doomed world
When the fires cool,
when the fires see that there is nothing left
Worlds have come and gone, gods now forgotten,
wars and plagues have scourged the realm of men and the home of gods
I’m the constant being, every day I bring,
hope or fear to those who wait for me, days or months on end
Though it’s life I bring, death is close within,
worlds will one day see me coming near, and then disappear
What is left of me, when my strength gives in,
and the light turns dark inside of me, in the growing cold
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