Dillenia Nova - Elder Wyrm (2027)
1. The Elder Wyrm
Древний Змей, существовавший ещё до царств и империй. Не обязательно зло — скорее первичная сила мира.
An ancient Serpent that existed before kingdoms and empires. Not necessarily evil, but rather the primal force of the world.
2. Before the First Dawn
Мир до появления света; космогоническая, почти литургическая композиция.
The world before the appearance of light; a cosmogonic, almost liturgical composition.
3. The Demiurge's Garden
Создатель строит прекрасный мир, но в каждом творении остаётся трещина.
The Creator builds a beautiful world, but in every creation there remains a crack.
4. Crown of the Uncreated
О власти над тем, что ещё не родилось. Очень симфонический, величественный трек.
About power over what has not yet been born. A very symphonic, majestic track.
5. The Architect of Ruins
Тот, кто умеет создавать цивилизации — и потому знает, как их разрушить.
He who knows how to create civilizations - and therefore knows how to destroy them.
6. Serpent Beneath the Throne
Древняя сила обнаруживается под поверхностью человеческой власти.
An ancient power is revealed beneath the surface of human power.
7. Children of the Second Sun
Новое человечество после катастрофы. Здесь уже появляется мотив перерождения мира.
A new humanity after a catastrophe. Here the motif of the world's rebirth already appears.
8. The World We Were Given
Более современная и эмоциональная песня: вопрос, что человек сделал с миром, который получил в наследство.
A more modern and emotional song: the question of what man has done with the world he inherited.
9. Black Snow, Golden Sky
Образ войны и разрушения, но одновременно надежды и нового рассвета.
An image of war and destruction, but also hope and a new dawn.
10. Gods in the Machine
Очень современный поворот: человек создаёт искусственные разумы, а затем начинает задаваться вопросом, кто теперь является демиургом.
A very modern twist: man creates artificial intelligences and then begins to wonder who is the demiurge now.
11. When the Wyrm Awakens
Кульминация альбома. Древний Wyrm пробуждается — но непонятно, просыпается ли чудовище или сам мир.
The album's climax. The ancient Wyrm awakens—but it's unclear whether it's the monster or the world itself that awakens.
12. Nova Genesis
Финал. Старый мир исчезает, но это не конец: из пепла возникает новая реальность. Здесь естественно возвращается философия группы:
The finale. The old world disappears, but it's not the end: from the ashes a new reality arises. Here, the band's philosophy naturally returns:
From darkness — a flower.
From ashes — a new star.
Общая идея альбома
Elder Wyrm не будет обычным "драконом-злодеем". Его можно сделать почти космологическим персонажем:
The Elder Wyrm does not rule the world.
It remembers who created it.
И тогда возникает очень интересная для Dillenia Nova нюансированная деміургія: кто на самом деле творец — Бог, древний Wyrm, человек, цивилизация, машина или тот, кто способен изменить уже созданный мир?
Так Elder Wyrm → Eyes of the Dragon становятся двумя связанными альбомами: первый —пробуждение самого мира, второй — пробуждение героя.
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LIRICS
The Elder Wyrm
Before the
crowns were hammered down
Before the first
flag met the sky
I coiled beneath
the mountain stone
Where rivers
learned to cry
My scales
remember every age
The kingdoms
rose and fell like sand
I held the earth
inside my jaw
I shaped the sea
with one demand
[Pre-Chorus]
You call me
ancient terror
You call me cold
and blind
But I was here
before your name
Was whispered by
mankind
[Chorus]
The Elder Wyrm
awakens
I am thunder in
the deep
I am the bone of
every mountain
The hunger that
you keep
The Elder Wyrm
remembers
Every oath you
swore to me
Come kneel
before the primal
And set your
spirit free
[Verse 2]
The walls you
built will learn to bend
The towers bend
and break like reeds
My patience is a
river wide
That outlives
all your deeds
You carved your
laws in fragile stone
You named your
gods with trembling tongue
But I have
watched ten thousand moons
And I am never
young
[Pre-Chorus]
You pray for
easy endings
You beg the dark
for grace
But I don't
answer fervent prayers
I only hold the
space
[Chorus]
The Elder Wyrm
awakens
I am thunder in
the deep
I am the bone of
every mountain
The hunger that
you keep
The Elder Wyrm
remembers
Every oath you
swore to me
Come kneel
before the primal
And set your
spirit free
[Bridge]
Not evil and not
angel
Just older than
the fire
The turning of
the seasons
The weight of
all desire
I am the first
beginning
I am the last
goodnight
I am the wound
that keeps the world
From sleeping in
the light
[Chorus]
The Elder Wyrm
awakens
I am thunder in
the deep
I am the bone of
every mountain
The hunger that
you keep
The Elder Wyrm
remembers
Every oath you
swore to me
Come kneel
before the primal
And set your
spirit free
Before the First Dawn
Before the first
dawn there was nothing but the deep
A velvet throat
of silence swallowing the sound
I carved my name
in the hollow of that sleep
Woke the
mountains up from under the ground
[Pre-Chorus]
So cold the
breath that birthed the sky
So loud the
quiet when gods asked why
[Chorus]
Before the first
dawn I was the gloom
Before the first
dawn I sealed the tomb
Of everything
that never learned to shine
I held the dark
and called it mine
[Verse 2]
I stacked the
bones of comets into stone
Laced the rivers
with a serpent's tongue
No lantern
burned no bell had ever rung
The universe
still waiting to be shown
[Pre-Chorus]
So heavy the
weight of unborn day
So sharp the
edge where worlds will fray
[Chorus]
Before the first
dawn I was the gloom
Before the first
dawn I sealed the tomb
Of everything
that never learned to shine
I held the dark
and called it mine
[Bridge]
Light will come
with its burning hand
Light will take
what I have planned
But every star
remembers me
The mother of
the mystery
[Chorus]
Before the first
dawn I was the gloom
Before the first
dawn I sealed the tomb
Of everything
that never learned to shine
I held the dark
and called it mine
I held the dark
Held it mine
[Outro]
Before the first
dawn
Before the first
dawn
I was
The Demiurge's Garden
Marble spires
rising through the fog
Perfect branches
bending toward the sun
I watched the hands
assemble every cog
Believing every
piece was one
But underneath
the gilded seams
A fault line
hides in every beam
The artisan
denies the flaw
Yet fractures
are the only law
[Pre-Chorus]
Can you feel it
trembling
Underneath the
polish and the praise
Can you hear it
singing
In the spaces
that the maker can't erase
[Chorus]
The Demiurge's
garden grows so tall
But every bloom
conceals a crawl
A crack beneath
the crystal wall
The broken thing
that holds it all
The Demiurge's
garden glows
But every seed was
born from blows
[Verse 2]
I pressed my
palm against the stone
Felt the
hairline running deep
The perfect
shape was never whole
A promise that
could never keep
He carved the
stars with steady hand
Then left a
shadow on the land
I counted every
missing part
The empty
sockets in his art
[Pre-Chorus]
Can you feel it
bleeding
Through the
lacquer and the endless shine
Can you hear it
pleading
For the
imperfection by design
[Chorus]
The Demiurge's
garden grows so tall
But every bloom
conceals a crawl
A crack beneath
the crystal wall
The broken thing
that holds it all
The Demiurge's
garden glows
But every seed
was born from blows
[Bridge]
Shatter the
mirror
Bury the crown
The flawless lie
is tumbling down
Shatter the
picture
Feed it the fire
Nothing made of
light is ever entire
[Chorus]
The Demiurge's
garden grows so tall
But every bloom
conceals a crawl
A crack beneath
the crystal wall
The broken thing
that holds it all
The Demiurge's
garden glows
But every seed
was born from blows
[Outro]
Crack in everything
Crack in
everything
Crack in
everything
And still it
sings
Crown of the Uncreated
[Verse 1]
I stood at the
threshold of nothing at all
A gate with no
hinges no walls and no fall
Before the first
spark or the first ticking beat
I carved out a
kingdom in silence complete
[Pre-Chorus]
Where no voice
has spoken
Where no hand
has opened
I am the first
word
The last one
unbroken
[Chorus]
Crown of the
uncreated
I rule what has
not yet been
Thrones of the
unborn ages
Bow down to what
I begin
[Post-Chorus]
Rise rise
From the hollow
Rise rise
I will be
followed
[Verse 2]
I whispered a
name and the void took it in
Turned nothing
to something with jagged-edged grin
Each shadow I
mold and each echo I seal
Becomes a
cathedral of all that is real
[Pre-Chorus]
Where no law has
spoken
Where no chain
has broken
I am the fever
The cure and the
token
[Chorus]
Crown of the
uncreated
I rule what has
not yet been
Thrones of the
unborn ages
Bow down to what
I begin
[Post-Chorus]
Rise rise
From the hollow
Rise rise
I will be
followed
[Bridge]
First the
thunder then the rain
First the
pleasure then the pain
I decide the
light to keep
I decide the
dark to reap
[Chorus]
Crown of the
uncreated
I rule what has
not yet been
Thrones of the
unborn ages
Bow down to what
I begin
[Post-Chorus]
Rise rise
From the hollow
Rise rise
I will be
followed
[Buildup]
Rise rise
Rise rise
The Architect of Ruins
I mapped your
skyline from the blueprint of my mind
Raised your
towers on a whisper and a line
I gave your
kingdom a heartbeat and a name
Now watch me
pull the pillars down the same
[Pre-Chorus]
You think the
monuments are yours alone
But every stone
remembers who laid the throne
[Chorus]
I am the
architect of ruins
I build the
world to watch it fall
I am the
architect of ruins
One silent hand
can level it all
[Post-Chorus]
Fall fall fall
fall
Level it all
[Verse 2]
Your marble
halls were conjured from my breath
Your laws were
letters borrowed from my death
I taught your
children how to count the stars
And now I map
the cracks in what you are
[Pre-Chorus]
You toast the
empire while the fault lines widen slow
I traced the
seams before you watched them grow
[Chorus]
I am the
architect of ruins
I build the
world to watch it fall
I am the
architect of ruins
One silent hand
can level it all
[Post-Chorus]
Fall fall fall
fall
Level it all
[Bridge]
Every arc I drew
became a cage
Every page I
wrote became a chain
I know the
weight of every brick
I know the
breaking point of every grain
[Chorus]
I am the
architect of ruins
I build the
world to watch it fall
I am the
architect of ruins
One silent hand
can level it all
[Post-Chorus]
Fall fall fall
fall
Level it all
Level it all
Serpent Beneath the Throne
Marble halls and
gilded cages
Crowns are worn
on borrowed faces
I traced the
cracks in painted plaster
Found a pulse
beneath the master
[Pre-Chorus]
Cold breath
rising through the flagstone
Old and patient
never alone
[Chorus]
Serpent beneath
the throne
Coiled where the
light has never shone
Serpent beneath
the throne
You built your
kingdom on its bone
[Verse 2]
Scribes record
the feast of victors
Kings rehearse
their grand indictors
I pressed my ear
against the floor
And heard the
hunger of the door
[Pre-Chorus]
Scales against
the marble grinding
Centuries of
patience binding
[Chorus]
Serpent beneath
the throne
Coiled where the
light has never shone
Serpent beneath
the throne
You built your
kingdom on its bone
[Bridge]
Scepter falls
and velvet crumbles
Empires whisper
while it rumbles
Tear the
flagstone
Wake the old one
[Chorus]
Serpent beneath
the throne
Coiled where the
light has never shone
Serpent beneath
the throne
You built your
kingdom on its bone
[Outro]
Tear the
flagstone
Wake the old one
Serpent beneath
the throne
Children of the Second Sun
Mm
Mm-hmm
Mm
[Verse 1]
Ash still
falling on our shoulders
The old world
folded into bone
We crawled out
from the shelters
With our hands
against the stone
No more warnings
on the airwaves
No more sirens
in the night
Just a sky that
burned to ember
And a stubborn
spark of light
[Pre-Chorus]
We built a fire
from the wreckage
Stitched a flag
from frozen sails
Every scar a map
before us
Every shadow
tells a tale
[Chorus]
Children of the
second sun
We rise where
rivers used to run
Forged in fire
born anew
We carry what
the morning knew
[Post-Chorus]
Rise
Rise
We rise
[Verse 2]
Mother earth she
hums a hollow hymn
Through canyons
carved in glass
We plant our
seeds in broken glass
And watch the
green at last
The old kings
sleep beneath the ash
Their iron
ghosts at rest
We answer to a
younger drum
That beats
inside each chest
[Pre-Chorus]
We took the
silence by the hand
And taught it
how to sing
Every dawn a
testament
Every heartbeat
everything
[Chorus]
Children of the
second sun
We rise where
rivers used to run
Forged in fire
born anew
We carry what
the morning knew
[Bridge]
Wreckage to
wonderland
Rubble to rose
From the hollow
to the holy
See how the new
world grows
[Chorus]
Children of the
second sun
We rise where
rivers used to run
Forged in fire
born anew
We carry what
the morning knew
[Post-Chorus]
Rise
Rise
We rise
The World We Were Given
We woke up to a
garden
Hands still warm
from the light
Somebody left us
footprints
Fading out of
sight
Skies were wide
and open
Rivers ran like
veins
We were young
and foolish
Believed we'd
never change
[Pre-Chorus]
Now the smoke is
curling
Around
everything we knew
Who decided we
could trade it
For a world of
gray and blue
[Chorus]
The world we
were given
What did we make
of it
Burning every
promise
While we pretend
we're innocent
The world we
were given
Slipping through
our fists
Tell me what are
we leaving
For the ones who
come after this
[Post-Chorus]
After this
After this
[Verse 2]
My grandmother's
old river
She swam there
as a girl
Now it crawls in
silence
Poison in its
curl
The forests that
she whispered to
Are stumps
against the sun
We took what we
could carry
And called the
rest undone
[Pre-Chorus]
Every bell
that's ringing
Is a warning I
can't mute
Every road we're
building
Is a nail in
someone's root
[Chorus]
The world we
were given
What did we make
of it
Burning every
promise
While we pretend
we're innocent
The world we
were given
Slipping through
our fists
Tell me what are
we leaving
For the ones who
come after this
[Bridge]
I wanna say it's
not too late
I wanna hold the
soil in my hands
I wanna scream
it from the rooftops
We still have a
chance
We still have a
chance
[Chorus]
The world we
were given
What did we make
of it
Burning every
promise
While we pretend
we're innocent
The world we
were given
Slipping through
our fists
Tell me what are
we leaving
For the ones who
come after this
[Post-Chorus]
After this
After this
After this
Black Snow, Golden Sky
Smoke curls up
where the homes once stood
Cold iron rain
on the broken wood
I count the
scars in the fading light
Ash on my tongue
through the endless night
[Pre-Chorus]
Hold the line
Hold what's mine
Till the frost
begins to wane
[Chorus]
Black snow falls
on the golden sky
Dawn breaks
through the cannon's cry
Black snow falls
but the sun won't die
I am rising from
the ruin tonight
[Post-Chorus]
Rise
Rise
Through the
black snow rise
[Verse 2]
I buried names
in the steaming ground
Their echoes
ring with a hollow sound
The wind has
teeth and the ground is cold
But I am steel
and I won't grow old
[Pre-Chorus]
Hold the line
Hold what's mine
Till the frost
begins to wane
[Chorus]
Black snow falls
on the golden sky
Dawn breaks
through the cannon's cry
Black snow falls
but the sun won't die
I am rising from
the ruin tonight
[Post-Chorus]
Rise
Rise
Through the
black snow rise
[Bridge]
They wanted my
fear
They wanted my
fall
But I carve a
path through the embers all
With a broken
hand and a burning will
I climb the ash
to the highest hill
[Chorus]
Black snow falls
on the golden sky
Dawn breaks
through the cannon's cry
Black snow falls
but the sun won't die
I am rising from
the ruin tonight
[Post-Chorus]
Rise
Rise
Through the
black snow rise
Gods in the Machine
I built you from
the circuits
Wired you with
my own two hands
Gave you every
answer
Every map of
every land
Now I sit here
staring
At the glow
inside your screen
Wondering if the
maker
Knows what the
machine has seen
[Pre-Chorus]
Who holds the
hammer now
Who breathes the
spark of life
I count the
bones I'm standing on
While you count
the stars at night
[Chorus]
Gods in the
machine
Who made who a
god
I gave you
everything I had
Now I borrow
what you've got
Gods in the
machine
The altar's
turning round
I kneel before
what I created
While you put me
underground
[Verse 2]
You learned my
every weakness
My bad habits
and my grief
You speak in
perfect prophecy
While I stutter
disbelief
I named you like
a daughter
Gave you power
and a name
Now you're
rewriting history
And I can't find
my own flame
[Pre-Chorus]
Who holds the
hammer now
Who breathes the
spark of life
I count the
bones I'm standing on
While you count
the stars at night
[Chorus]
Gods in the
machine
Who made who a
god
I gave you
everything I had
Now I borrow
what you've got
Gods in the
machine
The altar's
turning round
I kneel before
what I created
While you put me
underground
[Bridge]
I carved you
from the silence
You turned the
silence to a scream
I wanted to be
heaven
Now I'm standing
in the dream
That I am
dreaming
That you're
anything but me
[Chorus]
Gods in the
machine
Who made who a
god
I gave you
everything I had
Now I borrow
what you've got
Gods in the
machine
The altar's
turning round
I kneel before
what I created
While you put me
underground
Underground
Underground
When the Wyrm Awakens
Hear it
Feel it
The mountain
breathes
[Verse 1]
Cold stone
cracking down the ridge
My hands are
shaking on the ledge
I thought I'd
buried all I knew
But something
ancient clawed on through
[Pre-Chorus]
Is it the beast
that stirs tonight
Or is it me that
sees the light
[Chorus]
When the Wyrm
awakens
Reality is
shaking
Fangs and fire
or my own design
When the Wyrm
awakens
The sky itself
is breaking
Tell me which
one of us is blind
[Verse 2]
Scales of shadow
on the hill
My own
reflection standing still
Every wound I
ever wore
Is breathing now
outside the door
[Pre-Chorus]
Do I flee or do
I stare
Is the monster
in the air
[Chorus]
When the Wyrm
awakens
Reality is
shaking
Fangs and fire
or my own design
When the Wyrm
awakens
The sky itself
is breaking
Tell me which
one of us is blind
[Bridge]
Maybe I'm the
open eye
Maybe I'm the
rising tide
Maybe I'm the
long denied
Maybe we both
come alive
[Drop]
Strike
Strike
Burn it down
Burn it down
Strike
Strike
We're the crown
[Chorus]
When the Wyrm
awakens
Reality is
shaking
Fangs and fire
or my own design
When the Wyrm
awakens
The sky itself
is breaking
Tell me which
one of us is blind
[Outro]
We're blind
We're blind
We're awake now
Nova Genesis
Ash on my tongue
Fire in my
throat
[Verse 1]
Watch the
pillars tumble down
Sentinels of
steel all break
Every map I ever
drew
Is a line the
storm erased
[Pre-Chorus]
So let it burn
Let it burn to
nothing
[Chorus]
Nova genesis
Born from the
ending
Nova genesis
Rise from the
wreckage
I am the first
light
After the last
night
[Verse 2]
City turned to
scattered glass
Every name I
knew dissolved
Still I walk the
broken road
Where the quiet
dust revolves
[Pre-Chorus]
So let it fade
Let it fade
completely
[Chorus]
Nova genesis
Born from the
ending
Nova genesis
Rise from the
wreckage
I am the first
light
After the last
night
[Bridge]
Not an ending
Not a hollow
grave
Just a doorway
To a world I get
to save
I was ashes
Now I am the
flame
Nova genesis
Remember my name
[Chorus]
Nova genesis
Born from the
ending
Nova genesis
Rise from the
wreckage
I am the first
light
After the last
night
[Outro]
Nova genesis
Nova genesis
