Crystallization from Phynai by Étale

Lyrics:

Liquid
Swim through this fluidity of mind 
Open
Embrace mutability divine
Unbeknownst to us we begin
We begin our dance
Our dance with death

Unbeknownst to us we begin
We begin our dance
Our dance with death

Refract
Words as light, their angles sharpening
Harden
Truth and lies as one, crystallizing
Unbeknownst to us we begin
We begin our dance
Our dance with death

Mirror
Reflection inspires introspection
Crystal
Chilling stare that lacks all affection
Unbeknownst to us we begin
We begin our dance
Our dance with death

Perhaps there’s no answer
Possibly, these lines don’t intersect
Except at some strange place
That we will never…

Memory

Remind me who I am
Shades of sunset paint your face

Perhaps there’s no answer
Possibly, these lines don’t intersect
Except at some strange place
That we will never…

Here
Deep in the wood
Stands a tree where I once stood
Presence towering
Dead
No longer flowering
Branches carve a fractal in the sky

Wrapping around
By the serpent vines they’re bound
They’re devouring
Darkness overpowering
All resilience fades now into gray

Turning away
As the night envelops day
What just might have been
Something so benevolent
Transformed into something so austere

Do you recall?
Something?
Anything at all?
What you once had been?
Before you were captive in
Gnarled prison
Fortress arboresque

Leave the crying for the weak
Be the refuge that you seek
Grant no one entry
To this conjured world so bleak

And it’s wrapping all around
Stifles sight and snuffs out sound
What I’ve created
Rooted firmly in the ground

• Death Metal
• Jazz Fusion
• Metal
• Progressive Folk Metal
• Progressive Rock
• folk
• folk jazz
• progressive
• progressive death metal
• progressive folk
• progressive metal
• New York