1. End of the Beginning

Title: 1. End of the Beginning [Intro] [Clean guitar with distant ambience.] [Tribal tom heartbeat begins.] [Whispered vocal doubles.] My soul severed from my body (Whisper: "Let go...") Perception torn away I can no longer feel my body No thought... no name... [Verse 1] A wall of blinding light consumes me A tunnel of brilliance carries me on Accelerating through forgotten realities Surrounded by infinite possibility [Chorus] [Massive layered harmonies.] I have ceased to be Given unto everything Ego dissolves into nothing I have become infinity (Low octave) This is not the beginning of the end... (Dual harmony) This is... the end... of the beginning. [Verse 2] Impossible geometry unfolds before me Sacred symmetry breathes alive Faces upon faces upon infinite faces Eyes that speak without a voice [Chorus] I have ceased to be Given unto everything Ego dissolves into nothing I have become infinity (Low octave) This is not the beginning of the end... (Dual harmony) This is... the end... of the beginning. [Verse 3] A presence emerges before me An intelligence woven from thought Her mischievous smile ignites As intention blooms within my mind [Bridge] [Rapid-fire vocals.] [Tribal toms intensify.] I am minds! I am consciousness! I am everything! I am nothing! I am the universe! I am the atom! I am you! I am me! I am them! I am God! I am spirit! I am... Existence... [Everything cuts to silence.] [Verse 4] The beings gather around me like kin Bestowing their impossible gift The knowing of the All The remembrance of who I am We... Us... Me... You... One... [Outro] [Slowly dissolving guitars.] [Ambient delays wash over the final chords.] Reality folds back into view The real feels less real than where I've been Returning once more as only a man Bearing a truth too vast... For words... The All becomes... One... Again... [End]