Diotima’s Ascent [Album Lyrics]

The Jupiter Express

Shredded with contagion
Ravaged with distress
I think it’s time I jumped the line and take the Night Express

Crippled with confusion
Tamed to acquiesce
I hear a roar I can’t ignore, it’s time to fly the nest

We’re heading into nowhere, regardless of success
We’re breaking every boundary, we wouldn’t leave for less
We’re Breaking every boundary, with speed beyond excess
We’re only moving forward on the Jupiter Express

Striving for Adventure, hurtling towards the edge
No more hesitating no more marching Marionettes
Eclipsing escalations
No failure to suppress
It’s interstellar chaos on the Jupiter Express

Problem with the motor, forward nonetheless
No more time to look behind or plans to reassess
Captains locked the bridge door, ship is under stress
I say my friend its not the end, we’re hurtling towards success

Gweedore

We went all along the way to Gweedore
We went all along that lonely way
Though our troubles and our strife were legion
They were shattered in the salty spray

Somethings started telling me reason is my guide today

Somethings started telling me bonds are forming on the way

The Glass Ceiling

Up and down this mountain
A Thousand times before
Tall glass ceiling
I am reeling
Narrow to the core

Round and round this valley
Shackled to the floor
But if i climb to see the light
Would I close the door?

Cause If I found the answer
Ready to explore
Would I heed the lessons deep
Or would I ask for more?

It’s harder to ignore it
It’s harder then before
this dark feeling I’ve been cheated grows

Up and down this mountain
Shackled to the floor
Friction grating, anticipating
Never ending war

But if my ship is leaving
Leaves this broken shore
I’ll be grieving that the ceilings
Higher than before

It’s harder to ignore it
It’s harder then before
this dark feeling I’ve been cheated grows

Up and down this mountain
A Thousand times before
This glass ceiling’s never leaving
What am I waiting for?

But I’m Striving to get better
A restless carnivore
False pretending, I’m descending
to that rocky shore

Samarkand

Rising in the desert
Raging like the sea
Burning like a fire that won’t quench inside of me
Shimmer in the distance
Always far away
I detect a presence that is leading me astray

Deep inside the mountain
Buried in my soul
Taunting and suggesting I will never be alone
Hidden In the daylight, yet blazing like the sun
Ever to remind me of the darkness yet to come

All is not forsaken choices wait for me
I know of a city where the silence reigns supreme
There where all invaders break against her walls smashed and decimated how are the proud and mighty fall

Haven for the gentle oasis for the brave
I am going to Samarkand to throw my chains away
There I know no failure
there I know no pain
there I break the cycle that is leading me astray

Could it be, that it’s real
and I’m not wrong?
Not just an illusion, that goes on and on
Withering, faltering, beneath the sun
I’m going to Samarkand
Where the shade is strong

Far away, many sail
but few return
They’re lost in the shadows
Where no light has shone
So towering over me
My journeys done
Those walls of Samarkand
They will fall

Will You Come To Meet Me?

On the plains, on the lonely plain, on the plains, will you come to meet me?
I can pay, I can pay your wage, I will pay, will you come to meet me?
I will beg, I will be your slave, I’ll beg, will you come to meet me?
Cause it’s late, but it’s not too late, will you come will u come to meet me?

Listening to you is like a story that I’ll never begin on my own

So I say, won’t you Come my way, what you say, will you come to meet me?
I will sail, I will sail your way, I will sail will you Come To Meet me?
I will break, I will break this jail, I will break, will you Come To Meet me?
Cause It’s late, but it’s not too late, cause it’s late, will you come to meet me?

On the plains, on the lonely plains, on the plains will you come to meet me?
I will play, I will play your game, I will play, will you come to meet me?
I can wait, I can wait all day, I can wait, will you come to meet me?
Cause it’s late, but it’s not too late, cause it’s late will u come to meet me?

Treasures and Fountains

You’re chasing the morning
Oh, To raise up the day
You’re climbing the mountains
Cause they lie in your way

You’re covering up
You’re covering up
As the Roses decay

You’re searching for answers
As the reasons dissipate
You’re Festooned with garlands
But they won’t hide the stain

You’re thinking a lot
You’re thinking too much
Can you tell me what remains?

But I tell you
Treasures and Fountains
They will patiently
They will patiently wait

Forged Inside A Dying Star

Forged inside a dying star
These fine things I call my own
Through the distant atmosphere
I have space to call my own

Blazed across a crimson sky
Life begins it’s gentle road
Stars exploding in the night
Seed the heavens for our growth

Oh this constellation
Is making my mind spin
Firing my instincts
Telling me there’s more than
grinding ambition
Powering this engine
And I can see fires for miles

Hope will fill my sails tonight
Far beneath this sparkling dome
A Haven for my weary eyes
I commit myself to roam

Can I be the only one that chained to a wheel?
Can I be the only one whose lost what he needs?

Forged inside a dying star
These fine things I call my own
Hidden large in open sight
I have found a welcome home

Hades Nebula
Come to me tonight
Make me want to sing
To the open arms
Of the Hades Nebula

If it’s all the same to you
And nothing means a thing
Then you don’t have to listen
And I won’t try explain
But there’s something in the air
And the stars are on the rise
So let the cities dwell in darkness
I’m going to take my chance tonight

Come to me tonight
Make me want to sing
To the open arms
Of the Hades Nebula

The Trap

Slowly and skilfully a trap was laid for me,
I walked so easily into their midst
Smiling malignantly daggers drawn viciously,
I walked so easily into their midst

And oh what a fool to believe what they knew,
was better than living alone
Oh what a fool to believe what they knew,
was better living alone

So I compromised my replies, judgment was cast aside,
I like fish without gills in the sea
Exposing my innocence, jettison common sense
I like sail without wind in the breeze

Slowly and skilfully a trap was laid for me
I walked so easily into their midst
Though I am might try justify, one thing I can’t deny
I was the Master and the architect

Cold Cold Stars

Underneath the Cold Cold Stars
We are bound and yet so far apart
As we’re drifting on a lonely rock
We must stumble on beneath the dark
I’ll intentioned to the end
Yet we cry for our disloyal friends
As we clamour to redress offence
We are shackled to our ignorance

In his loneliness he spoke to me
That a king could feel my misery
And my wounds are just illusory
And my suffering is temporary
Though he lost it all to treachery
He endured this chains with dignity
I wish that I could wear mine willingly
And embrace what I cannot achieve

Underneath the Cold Cold Stars
We are blinded as our lives pass by
In a dream if never ending sighs we are crushed and yet we seek the light
Towers of steel rise high
Yet we crumble with our precious pride
In the shadows we will plot and hide
So pitiless to our own kind

But a king who threw his crown away
Tells me nothing will remain the same
And I’ll take my chances day to day
And I’ll cultivate what will remain
Though he lost it all to treachery
He endured this chains with dignity
I wish that I could wear mine willingly
And embrace what I cannot achieve
The Jupiter Express

Shredded with contagion
Ravaged with distress
I think it’s time I jumped the line and take the Night Express

Crippled with confusion
Tamed to acquiesce
I hear a roar I can’t ignore, it’s time to fly the nest

We’re heading into nowhere, regardless of success
We’re breaking every boundary, we wouldn’t leave for less
We’re Breaking every boundary, with speed beyond excess
We’re only moving forward on the Jupiter Express

Striving for Adventure, hurtling towards the edge
No more hesitating no more marching Marionettes
Eclipsing escalations
No failure to suppress
It’s interstellar chaos on the Jupiter Express

Problem with the motor, forward nonetheless
No more time to look behind or plans to reassess
Captains locked the bridge door, ship is under stress
I say my friend its not the end, we’re hurtling towards success

Gweedore

We went all along the way to Gweedore
We went all along that lonely way
Though our troubles and our strife were legion
They were shattered in the salty spray

Somethings started telling me reason is my guide today

Somethings started telling me bonds are forming on the way

The Glass Ceiling

Up and down this mountain
A Thousand times before
Tall glass ceiling
I am reeling
Narrow to the core

Round and round this valley
Shackled to the floor
But if i climb to see the light
Would I close the door?

Cause If I found the answer
Ready to explore
Would I heed the lessons deep
Or would I ask for more?

It’s harder to ignore it
It’s harder then before
this dark feeling I’ve been cheated grows

Up and down this mountain
Shackled to the floor
Friction grating, anticipating
Never ending war

But if my ship is leaving
Leaves this broken shore
I’ll be grieving that the ceilings
Higher than before

It’s harder to ignore it
It’s harder then before
this dark feeling I’ve been cheated grows

Up and down this mountain
A Thousand times before
This glass ceiling’s never leaving
What am I waiting for?

But I’m Striving to get better
A restless carnivore
False pretending, I’m descending
to that rocky shore

Samarkand

Rising in the desert
Raging like the sea
Burning like a fire that won’t quench inside of me
Shimmer in the distance
Always far away
I detect a presence that is leading me astray

Deep inside the mountain
Buried in my soul
Taunting and suggesting I will never be alone
Hidden In the daylight, yet blazing like the sun
Ever to remind me of the darkness yet to come

All is not forsaken choices wait for me
I know of a city where the silence reigns supreme
There where all invaders break against her walls smashed and decimated how are the proud and mighty fall

Haven for the gentle oasis for the brave
I am going to Samarkand to throw my chains away
There I know no failure
there I know no pain
there I break the cycle that is leading me astray

Could it be, that it’s real
and I’m not wrong?
Not just an illusion, that goes on and on
Withering, faltering, beneath the sun
I’m going to Samarkand
Where the shade is strong

Far away, many sail
but few return
They’re lost in the shadows
Where no light has shone
So towering over me
My journeys done
Those walls of Samarkand
They will fall

Will You Come To Meet Me?

On the plains, on the lonely plain, on the plains, will you come to meet me?
I can pay, I can pay your wage, I will pay, will you come to meet me?
I will beg, I will be your slave, I’ll beg, will you come to meet me?
Cause it’s late, but it’s not too late, will you come will u come to meet me?

Listening to you is like a story that I’ll never begin on my own

So I say, won’t you Come my way, what you say, will you come to meet me?
I will sail, I will sail your way, I will sail will you Come To Meet me?
I will break, I will break this jail, I will break, will you Come To Meet me?
Cause It’s late, but it’s not too late, cause it’s late, will you come to meet me?

On the plains, on the lonely plains, on the plains will you come to meet me?
I will play, I will play your game, I will play, will you come to meet me?
I can wait, I can wait all day, I can wait, will you come to meet me?
Cause it’s late, but it’s not too late, cause it’s late will u come to meet me?

Treasures and Fountains

You’re chasing the morning
Oh, To raise up the day
You’re climbing the mountains
Cause they lie in your way

You’re covering up
You’re covering up
As the Roses decay

You’re searching for answers
As the reasons dissipate
You’re Festooned with garlands
But they won’t hide the stain

You’re thinking a lot
You’re thinking too much
Can you tell me what remains?

But I tell you
Treasures and Fountains
They will patiently
They will patiently wait

Forged Inside A Dying Star

Forged inside a dying star
These fine things I call my own
Through the distant atmosphere
I have space to call my own

Blazed across a crimson sky
Life begins it’s gentle road
Stars exploding in the night
Seed the heavens for our growth

Oh this constellation
Is making my mind spin
Firing my instincts
Telling me there’s more than
grinding ambition
Powering this engine
And I can see fires for miles

Hope will fill my sails tonight
Far beneath this sparkling dome
A Haven for my weary eyes
I commit myself to roam

Can I be the only one that chained to a wheel?
Can I be the only one whose lost what he needs?

Forged inside a dying star
These fine things I call my own
Hidden large in open sight
I have found a welcome home

Hades Nebula
Come to me tonight
Make me want to sing
To the open arms
Of the Hades Nebula

If it’s all the same to you
And nothing means a thing
Then you don’t have to listen
And I won’t try explain
But there’s something in the air
And the stars are on the rise
So let the cities dwell in darkness
I’m going to take my chance tonight

Come to me tonight
Make me want to sing
To the open arms
Of the Hades Nebula

The Trap

Slowly and skilfully a trap was laid for me,
I walked so easily into their midst
Smiling malignantly daggers drawn viciously,
I walked so easily into their midst

And oh what a fool to believe what they knew,
was better than living alone
Oh what a fool to believe what they knew,
was better living alone

So I compromised my replies, judgment was cast aside,
I like fish without gills in the sea
Exposing my innocence, jettison common sense
I like sail without wind in the breeze

Slowly and skilfully a trap was laid for me
I walked so easily into their midst
Though I am might try justify, one thing I can’t deny
I was the Master and the architect

Cold Cold Stars

Underneath the Cold Cold Stars
We are bound and yet so far apart
As we’re drifting on a lonely rock
We must stumble on beneath the dark
I’ll intentioned to the end
Yet we cry for our disloyal friends
As we clamour to redress offence
We are shackled to our ignorance

In his loneliness he spoke to me
That a king could feel my misery
And my wounds are just illusory
And my suffering is temporary
Though he lost it all to treachery
He endured this chains with dignity
I wish that I could wear mine willingly
And embrace what I cannot achieve

Underneath the Cold Cold Stars
We are blinded as our lives pass by
In a dream if never ending sighs we are crushed and yet we seek the light
Towers of steel rise high
Yet we crumble with our precious pride
In the shadows we will plot and hide
So pitiless to our own kind

But a king who threw his crown away
Tells me nothing will remain the same
And I’ll take my chances day to day
And I’ll cultivate what will remain
Though he lost it all to treachery
He endured this chains with dignity
I wish that I could wear mine willingly
And embrace what I cannot achieve