"The Perfumed Jungles Of Chrysantion" lyrics

"Crystalline galaxies and prismatic clusters of stars engulfed Ilmarion, as he shifted forms into a thousand different beings at once, with all the knowledge of the aeons sifting through him. Yet, he could not remember. Just one aspect of the Universe obscured to him; his own self, his name and his past.

Every night he had searched for clues and signs, and lately; the orchid-scented opiates had allowed him to dream in the day too. But for naught, he was nowhere nearer an answer. Not until one dream, when a twisted being in the shape of a great Elephantine Star-God with a thousand eyes spoke to him.

As he awoke, he did not remember a word uttered, but his heart had been filled with great longing to travel across the Great Sea, and into the perfumed jungles of Chrysantion."

Light rays glow like the elder stars
Shining, prismatic surreal
Dreaming, spoke to the ancient gods
A secret, I long to reveal

See that haunting nightmare before me
Eyes fiery they gaze at me
I'm confronted by ivory madness
But woke to an enchanted scene

In this maze where nature rules supreme
I'm going deep to the heart of the dark
In this wild primeval scented dream
A shadow might say who you really are

Visions, far and forgotten wars
A shadow of what I have been
Like I've come from the great afar
My memories like secrets unseen

Speak, oh great and ephemeral star-god
Have I traveled the northern seas?
Was I a great and all powerful mighty lord?
My quest now is revealed to me

In this maze where nature rules supreme
I'm going deep to the heart of the dark
In this wild primeval scented dream
A shadow might say who you really are

Before me, a hundred divisions
Call of the empire, Chrysantian steel
Falling in line with the legions
Marching by thousands concealed
To the heart of the Eastlands
My journey now will begin

In this maze where nature rules supreme
I'm going far to the heart of the east
In those lands where great domes golden gleam
A shadow have said you will find who you are