Celestial Effigy Lyrics - Agalloch

"Teach me your mood, o patient stars. 

Who climb each night, the ancient sky. 

Leaving on space no shade, no scars, no trace of age. 

No fear to die." 

"My allegiance is with the inner self 

The dark celestial voice of wisdom 

Beyond the dust that is this world" 

There is a voice adrift in the starless 

and marble black dark space 

A voice of wisdom and purity 

Beyond the vestiges of sanity 

There is a voice deep in the darkest places 

calling... haunting me... 

Where no light bears a shadow 

Where no time escapes unhallowed 

I am compelled to dissolve 

into the eternal unknown eidolon 

A voice that leads to a world beyond 

a mere mortal's most profound dreams 

Yet I know... 

There is no turning back from here 

There is no place for the undeserved 

Gone are the relics! 

"Teach me your ways 

Of hatred, unlight, and death 

I offer myself to your wisdom 

My allegiance is with the elite!" 

There is a voice adrift in the darkness 

calling... calling me... 

A whisper of wisdom and purity 

Beyond the vestiges of sanity 

There is a voice deep in the starless 

and marble black dark space 

Where no light draws a shadow 

Where no time escapes unhallowed 

"An effigy; a gift from another kind" 

In the glow of a distant aurora light 

No dreams shall take form 

Gifts dwell in the depths of 

things unspoken 

this night...