Dormition and Dominion / So: This Empire Is Nothing / This Shining Shining World Songtext
von Current 93

In the mind of God
The dead sleeping lie
And the little cogs, though unmoving
Hover over the turning wheel
All life is a farce
The broken bird is draped over the parts and parts
And parts
And parts
And parts
And those who say this world is not
The bloody gleaming paradise of blood and jewel
Lie
Opal and pearl
Blood socket castings
Ruby, jasmine, jasper and onyx
Chalcedon throne and ambergris crown
Golden green leafwork scrolled
With the far stars pitted
With the moonworlds mother all dewy
Arrayed with the twinkling lights


The woven gold spun gilded
Blinking god eyes
The spear shafts of heaven
The soul dwelling rock holes
Are the holders of this world and its dreams
I say there is no death, no death
We have lived before and shall live again, and again
We have slept before and shall sleep again
We′ve danced through the hollow pools
And shall rejoice once again
To those who say there is no hope
I say: liars
Liars, liars, liars you are
Over the starry dancing stars
There is a land
Under the sweat-ribbed brow
There is a land
And this is the globed world of the Pantokrator
And finally I've understood
I have understood
I′m stood
Though when I slip sleeping and silently
From this brick room of sighs
You will not find the history of his personal
Visits sewn into my linings, perhaps
Nevertheless I understood
All this is the break between moment
Our eyelids open and close
Between is the land
Between the time I first was accepted
In between your bright bone body
Between then and there
And the time you, you wept
Goodbye my love, goodbye to you, goodbye
There in the middle of the forest
Actaeon is slain by his own powers
In the middle of the forest
Eustace meets the criss-crossed stag
And there he's taken, caught by the prey
All the flowers are blossoming
All this world calls to you
Domitian, you sleep
Domitian, you sleep
Dominion, oh, you rule
Domitian, oh, you sleep, mother
Dominion, father, you rule
So this empire is nothing
Before me the green fields
They stretched out
The broken body of a cat glows there
The shimmering flies form
This empire is nothing
J said
I guess it is not real
This empire is not real
I cannot hang words on the silence
Everywhere is God's golden light
S said
You′ve appeared to me for a reason
And I say to herWho do you say I am?
Like one better before
This empire is nothing
Consider the lilies of the field
Consider the carnage and massacre
Consider the love and embraces
Consider the hanging red skies
Consider the love of your enemy
Consider the hatred of your friend
There, oh there, there is the land
All the muses shall combine
And all the daughters are no longer brought low
They are erased
In bright fire, God-given, they rejoice
And those who deny this world
Is the song of the unbroken one
Lie
This is indeed paradise
Come, I shall show you where
The stars give birth and sleep
And all around you is the blue-green
Breath of heavens
Do not fear
Around you the vast expanse of stars
Do not fear
This is the great ocean
On which the endless waves crash down
God is not dead
There is no death, I say
Come, let me show you where dreams go to
When they die
Hurry now
The sun is descending
The shadows wait to play