PART I: NIGHT AND DARKNESS

[Prologue (Whispered Chant)] Ex tenebris... Ex silentio... Ex nihilo... Ego te cognovi. Et tu me cognovisti. Ante diem. Ante stellas. Ante nomen. [Verse 1] Before the wheel of heaven turned Before the sea had learned the shore Before a bird imagined flight Or fire imagined war No mountain dreamed of standing tall No river knew the pull below There was only endless silence And two hearts in the dark alone [Verse 2] No father spoke a law to keep No mother warned of what might be There were no words for wrong or right No roots upon the tree You found me where the shadows slept I found you where the silence grew And all the worlds that came thereafter Began with "I see you" [Chorus] We were the silence before the singing The dark before the flame No law existed to forbid us No tongue existed to name We held each other through forever When forever was still young And from our breath the heavens opened And the first bright song was sung [Verse 3] Your veil became the waiting night My cloak became the hidden deep The stars were sparks that fell between us Like promises we'd keep And when the first dawn split the darkness Golden rivers crossed the sky The children called it creation We simply called it life [Instrumental Passage] [(Irish vocalizations, wordless lament, pipes and guitar rising)] Ahh-na-ro... Ahh-na-ro... Heya-lai... Heya-lai... [Verse 4] The sun was born and ran from us The day learned how to speak our names The young would build their shining kingdoms And forget from where they came But every star that pierced the heavens Every dream the sleepers knew Was carried from the ancient darkness And carried first by you [Chorus] We were the silence before the singing The dark before the flame No law existed to forbid us No tongue existed to name We held each other through forever When forever was still young And from our breath the heavens opened And the first bright song was sung [Outro] Ante diem... Ante stellas... Ante nomen... Ego te cognovi... And you knew me too...