Bal-Sagoth - The Epsilon Exordium Lyrics
[Instrumental][From the journal of Professor Caleb Blackthorne III, discovered May 1899, near the great Temple at Tiahuanaco, Peru:][23 September: 1893]Upon extensive examination of the nefarious arcane codex known as The EpsilonExordium, I believe my search may at last be drawing to a close. Indeed, Ifeel that perhaps the great discovery which has eluded me for so long mayfinally be within my grasp. And yet I must be cautious, for twice more haveI seen the figures in the night, watching me in silence from the confines ofthe darkness. I cannot discern their features, only that they are vaguelyhuman in shape, save for their arms which seem abnormally long and oddlyjointed. My native guides are becoming increasingly agitated and skittish,babbling incoherently about the guardians of the tombs... citing legendsfrom their ancestral past which speak of mysterious travellers who reputedlycame down from the stars in great silvern chariots drawn by steeds of flame.At any rate, I have my trusted Martini-Henry .45 calibre breech-loadershould these silent stalkers prove malign and ever deign to lay hold of mein the night. I have at last translated the carvings on the stone fragment Iunearthed amidst the ruins of Angkor Wat. To my astonishment, I found that itpredated the construction of the temple itself by countless thousands of years,and that it spoke of the same subject as did the hieroglyphs I beheld on thewall of the concealed chamber which I and Lord Blakiston discovered within theGreat Pyramid in Egypt. Successive examinations of the edifices at Giza andKarnak revealed further parallels too precise to be mere coincidence. Thepieces of this great cosmic puzzle are finally beginning to fall into place...[2 October: 1893]