Soulshedder
Hereditas Naturae

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• 1. The Old Mountain Divides (04:47)
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  Ridges that lead us
  Through the hurricane
  To the temple of the night
  Inner mutation
  Via the journey
  In the search of a way to release
  
  Feel the forces of wind, rain and pressure in you
  As we climb up the mountain that splits us in two
  
  Axes are swinging
  in opposing motion
  As the mind meets the soul
  Your shadow unfolds
  
  Schism of both land and body
  Making you believe
  Forcing you to breathe
  Incision giving you the power
  Tempting you to see
  Daring you to be
  
  Peaks stand tall in angels' ice
  Passes stained in sacrifice
  It's one heavy price
  
  Schism of both land and body
  Tempting you to see
  Daring you to be
  
  Feel the forces of wind, rain and pressure in you
  As we climb up the mountain that splits us in two
  All of the stories that live in your body come true
  As we climb up the mountain that splits us in two
• 2. Rivers That Bleed Long Life (06:32)
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  Bleed your waters to me
  I quench my thirst with what your veins provide
  Give your life force to me
  And share the gift of purity untried
  
  So clear, yet so mild
  You foster all within
  The strains that nature holds
  On which land you may reign
  
  I see such peace in the meanders
  I hear the voices in the flow
  I see disaster in the refuse
  taking its toll
  
  Save your waters on me
  Your only hope to reach what most deserves
  
  From mountains you escape
  To wreak a new domain
  The banks that you produce may thrive forever
  
  (Bleed long life)
  
  I see such peace in the meanders
  I hear the voices in the flow
  I see disaster in the refuse
  taking its toll
  
  (Bleed long life)
  
  От Струма и Места
  До Тунджа, Марица
  Кървите водите си
  От Искър и Янтра
  До Камчия, Велека
  Кървите водите си
  
  From mountains you escape
  To wreak a new domain
  The banks that you produce may thrive forever
• 3. In the Brown Bear's Cave (06:09)
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  Nested in solitude
  Suspended inside
  A force of nature, divine
  Feeling the winter
  The frost in its eyes
  closed are its eyelids, deprived
  
  And once awakened, may it strive
  You don't go in
  It lives deep in you
  
  In hibernation
  The cold is expelled
  High in the mountains, compelled
  At one with the wild
  My spirit shall hide
  In the brown bear's cave, defied
  
  A force of nature, divine
  And once awakened, may it strive
  You don't go in
  It lives deep in you
  Deep in you
  
  At one with the wild
  My spirit shall hide
  In the brown bear's cave, defied
• 4. Apolonia (05:18)
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  In the steps of man
  Civilization decays
  With every season
  I see us moving
  Ever closer to disgrace
  All the restless hours day and night
  Nature's pleading for the close
  
  The first to start it all
  Dismembered in its shell
  I'll rest my soul to thee
  When the rest is swallowed whole
  
  Apolonia
  Apolonia
  
  Faded are its remains
  But still we see
  The timeline through the ages
  Buried in the ground
  
  The final tribe
  Lay your souls down
  And let the sea devour
  All that should not be
  From every temple
  To every chapel
  Six thousand years of salvation restored
  
  The towers of the city were crushed by a tremendous tidal wave
  All that was designed for greed and corporate gain was demolished
  Yet on the edge of the peninsula, the most ancient walls remained undamaged
  Not then, not ever
  Six thousand years of salvation restored
  
  Inside the minds of all
  Who built their sacred shrines
  A sense of destiny
  Answering their call
  The first to start it all
  Dismembered in its shell
  I'll rest my soul to thee
  When the rest is swallowed whole
• 5. Highlands Arise (03:54)
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  Flying over the hills of rebellion
  And the valleys of the brave
  Lost in times of turmoil and sickness
  May fear give us strength as we stand
  
  We rise above the storms
  That nature propels
  We are the hive reborn
  Let nature rebel against thee
  As highlands arise
  
  We sing an ode to our rivals
  Forever be hallowed their name
  Our home in our hearts eternal
  Our anger - the blood in our veins
  
  I saw them reach to the skies
  Like a thistle from the earth
  I yearn to see through their eyes
  Just to hold on to one moment
  
  We rise above the storms
  That nature propels
  We are the hive reborn
  Let nature rebel against thee
  As highlands arise
  As highlands arise
• 6. Through Lochs and Archipelagos (05:55)
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  Closing my eyes
  I'm traveling by the sea
  So many lands surround me
  A maze to comprehend
  These sounds, they pull me closer
  These islands steer me through
  7000 bodies of water
  Each hold such riches within
  
  And now it speaks, demanding that I decide
  Through lochs and archipelagoes we stride
  
  Among these lonely isles
  The ruins lay peacefully
  Too few to bring imbalance
  A nature's dream to be
  I'm swimming with the sea beasts
  Secluded by the shores
  Protected by the hebrides
  Provided for by the stream
  
  And now it speaks, condemning me to life
  Through lochs and archipelagoes we survive
  
  Inselbergs born of lava
  Like the pinnacles of Skye
  This seed of God, so precious
  I kneel before thee
  
  From magma to ice sheets to present
  A cradle of climate and culture
  
  Mo thimcheall
  Do dhùthaich
  Aca dhachaigh
• 7. These Cliffs Have Seen Fire (06:25)
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  Wrath
  Born of the world beyond
  I cling to its horns of gold
  We will not give
  For the water divides us
  Too many have tried to take us
  But no one shall succeed
  
  Ill-fated, isolated
  Will no one let me be
  Dilated, so frustrated
  In this atrocity
  
  Your talons may be long
  But know where you belong
  Leave me to my own being
  But may they not forget
  Once an empire, dissolved into mist
  Now outdated, its triumphs dismissed
  
  But the cliffs remember
  Oh, the cliffs remember
  
  Ill-fated, isolated
  Will no one let me be
  Dilated, so frustrated
  With this atrocity
  My skin has felt the forces
  My heart has bled for thee
  My roots now disregarded
  What’s truly left of me?
  
  Your talons may be long
  But know where you belong
  And just before I'm rendered
  Just let the cliffs remember
  
  These cliffs have seen fire
  These cliffs have seen fire
  These cliffs have seen fire
  These cliffs have seen
• 8. Avebury (06:36)
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  Gather round, gather round, for tonight
  We shall appease the malevolent might of the Earth
  By the power of the gods
  May we be spared the wrath of all that threatens us
  Death, sickness, famine and suffering
  In alignment with the stars we connect with the divine forces
  We follow their wishes and satisfy their desires
  And pray for sanctity
  
  Once again we find answers
  And again we’re fallen from grace
  As the world turns against us
  We shall look beyond
  
  Just one more concoction
  Just one more empty tale
  Three circles won't bring salvation
  Not least to such beings
  
  Yet I can hear their stories
  They echo the past
  Am I the god they called to?
  Was sanctity denied?
  
  Our axis mundi
  Our axis mundi
  
  At least they tried
  At least some tried
  This is my will
  Thy will be done
• 9. When Elements Descend from the Sky (07:56)
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  Where have I come to?
  Inside my heart alone
  These woodlands now surround me
  Two poles apart
  I had a dream
  Such vivid scenes I was making
  My true self was restored
  My true self shall be reformed
  
  I took a pinch of earth
  Left it out in the rain
  Breathed air of life into the soil
  Then set it aflame
  Deep in this forest
  A fire still burns
  Is this how I shall now return?
  
  I shall repeat the process
  Only way to separate from this
  My life, a never-ending cycle of death
  
  The earth - the soil from which we matter,
  The water - the liquid to quench our thirst
  The air - the fuel from every inhalation
  The fire - the passion that gives us purpose
  
  All of the places I know
  My initial blueprint
  I shall live in forever
  Through these elements I will survive
  
  Set aflame, I rise
  Now I reside in the heavens
  Waiting for the coming call
  Hoping for a new domain
  Waiting for the day when
  My elements descend from the sky
Dauer: 53:32