Mind Derives Apathy Apostasy As the tree decays Logic builds partitions Sordid, sortal bricks build walls Catharsis breaks through barriers Around the tree that never bears fruit The spire that forever creeps towards the sky Strength eternally replenished through its wounds No longer choked by the hands of my compassion No longer deciduous, its empty branches thrive It finds its meaning; to grow towards its impossible goal The sun fades away as the black sky slips through the tree's branches The sun fades away as the black sky slips through the tree's branches It finds its meaning; to grow towards its impossible goal No longer deciduous, its empty branches thrive No longer choked by the hands of my compassion Strength eternally replenished through its wounds The spire that forever creeps towards the sky Around the tree that never bears fruit Catharsis breaks through barriers Sordid, sortal bricks build walls Logic builds partitions As the tree decays Apostasy Mind derives apathy, apostasy Mind derives apathy, apostasy The spire that forever creeps towards the sky Strength eternally replenished through its wounds No longer choked by the hands of my compassion No longer deciduous (confined) No longer deciduous (confined) No longer deciduous No longer confined In crescunt animi “Virescit volnere virtus Nitimur in vetitum Semper cupimisque negata” Time cycles into a point of finite being Sisyphus presses on towards failure Prometheus suffers for advancement “Ye shall be as gods”