Borknagar - The Black Canvas lyrics

The very maxim of the universe Portrayed by the greatness the stars rehearse Premeditated by nature's sense A modest exuberance so intense That every mind has failed to grase it Forged by time on the last of eternity Complex constructions - a stellar fraternity Spread out on a canvas of deepest black The white glowing softness a fierce attack On every space still to be filled by matter A pursuance of that very first creation Expansion and a constant alteration The fringes of the canvas always stir The boundary is bathing in a blur Forged by time on the last of eternity Complex constructions - a stellar fraternity Spread out on a canvas of deepest black The white glowing softness a fierce attack That odious draught: insufficiency Touched man as he climbed himself mentally Alone with his newborn dexterity Came d**h to his fear - a corollary Of the fact that the stars never sensed his presence The very maxim of the universe Portrayed by the greatness the stars rehearse Even Narcissus would drown in the sky If his eyes ever rose from the mirror ponds This radiant image, a stellar high Eternally feeding the gnostions: "why" To which every nightsky's a vast response A pursuance of that very first creation Expansion and a constant alteration The fringos of the canvas always stir The boundary is bathing in a blur Forged by time on the last of eternity Complex constructions - a stellar fraternity Spread out on a canvas of deepest black The white glowing softness a fierce attack