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Envoy

from Ecliptic by Phantom West

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Envoy

Once observed on the streak of a solar flame
Hyperbolic trajectory is its name
Hot debate on its nature and who to send
Say goodbye to my family, I’ve gone ahead

Now I’m blazing to the edge of space
A lonesome envoy of my race
Under the veil of a fluid grace
I’m able
I’m ready
I’m willing
Haulin’ ass to see
So fast...
So far...
So long!

Thirty years I’ve been coasting out to the far
(Don’t forget me, son)
From the sun which is now just another star
(Don’t worry about me none)
Now the waiting and now the long journey’s done
(I’ll come back when I’m done)
I’ve arrived at the rendezvous point as one
(Just call me and I’ll come)

Now approaching very cautiously
I know I must treat this solemnly
I know I must tread oh so thoughtfully
It’s massive
It’s haunting
It’s tempting
All I can see now is
So soft....
So dark....
So... cold.

Infinite time - a possibility
Infinite dark - a lonely certainty
A volunteer is needed to endure
A volunteer for whom patience is a sport
Our volunteer will shed their mortal form
And live in a shell and sing of their former home

How could I be so foolish so far away
To disturb this bewildering silent place
What did I expect ever could happen here?
What possessed me to be so damn cavalier?

Now before a true eternity
All of my words are failing me
Even my own heart betraying me
I’m dumbstruck
I’m tongue tied
I’m fucked up
All I can say now is
Hello?
Hello?
Hello?

Subtle movement inside the abiding cold
Recognition from something so very old
Blast of silence and now it is here with me
This communion is brilliant and frightening

Now a lonely spirit speaks to me
Moving inside and shaking me
Mercilessly now unmaking me
I’m folding
I’m bending
I’m rending
What I hear now is
Hello!
Hello!
Hello!

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from Ecliptic, released November 19, 2021

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Phantom West Los Angeles, California

From the dreamlike instrumental and electronic sounds of the 2005 album Chimaera, the noize/industrial/dance remixes of The Rain Expedition EP in 2006, the highly varied synth-pop, darkwave, and hard rock of 2007’s Aleph Null, and then the introspective, long-form ambient work on the 2009 album Aperture, Phantom West has never been constrained (for good and ill) to a single sonic template. ... more

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