IV Lingua Mortua
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IV. Lingua Mortua He couldn’t help it Kebad Kenya If the years of all humanity lay Strewn about him in their thousands debris Erratic and glacial white in the moonlight Reclining in silence on the river of time Hipasos of Metapontum by the Gulf of Tarentum Made bronze disks of varying thickness ring out Five hundred years before Christ Et pulsae referent ad sidera valles— It was Pythagoras however of whom it was said He possessed the secret of listening to the stars The valleys of Bleston do not echo And with them is no more returning Word without answer fil d’Ariane until your blood Hunts you down with opgekilte schottns Alma quies optata veni nam sic sine vita Vivere quam suave est sic sine morte mori Only in the wasteland does Rapunzel find bliss With the blind man Bleston my ashes In the wind of your dream
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IV. Lingua Mortua
He couldnt help it Kebad KenyaIf the years of all humanity layStrewn about him in their thousands debrisErratic and glacial white in the moonlightReclining in silence on the river of timeHipasos of Metapontum by the Gulf of TarentumMade bronze disks of varying thickness ring outFive hundred years before ChristEt pulsae referent ad sidera vallesIt was Pythagoras however of whom it was saidHe possessed the secret of listening to the starsThe valleys of Bleston do not echoAnd with them is no more returningWord without answer fil dAriane until your bloodHunts you down with opgekilte schottnsAlma quies optata veni nam sic sine vitaVivere quam suave est sic sine morte moriOnly in the wasteland does Rapunzel find blissWith the blind man Bleston my ashesIn the wind of your dream
