SmokeAndMirrors

My typical answer to yes or no questions when I was a kid was: "Nes" That is, not a reference to the game Earthbound, though however, I do llike Earthbound, it was my sarcastic response of "Maybe" to dichotomy. Eventually, I stumbled across early Therion material, which largely helped "bridge the gap" after some digging.



The lyrics for Siren Of The Woods were never printed. It is, however, the Akkadian reference (and language) to Babylonia/Sumerian/Canaanite/Mesopotamian of that of the Enuma Elish in terms of cross-reference work.

Musically, the piece is, quite frankly: A magickal ballad, perhaps of to the highest decree. I find a great beauty in its composition, bridging the worlds of the occult metal underground of its time, with that of classical composition and opera...which in its own regard is as a cross-reference of its own field to the theory of existence as we know it to a theory of frequency and pitch.

I'm probably massively outing myself as a nerd here, but that's okay, because I experience the exact same beauty when listening to the entirety of Beethoven's 9th Symphony...

I was asked once, as a musician in the workforce, primed for workforce non-college management through experience, how I felt about my inevitable passing and what I'd leave behind for my family. My response was: "I have no children, and no wife. What's good enough for Beethoven is good enough for me."

I just looked at my own writing of this and determined that in the modern era, a typical satirical response will be like this:

(which is actually how I think elph reacts to pretty much everything I say. I love you too elph!)

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