So all the silence and emptiness Is just so I can grow endlessly and free Unobscured by the foliage’s density All the oxygen won’t be stolen from me
If the soul and mind can’t hide In the darkness of the night How can I ever collect The fruits of the dreams I strive
Let me Climb upon barren rocks of greater heights With the abandoned groves in sight Every yield is mine Sometimes a no man’s land Can be the most beautiful place under the sky
Chorus:
Those that despair, still care While the silent continues to sing The Epiphaner will always be here For me, a long long road remains But we will all take flight, we will all fly Our wings will bid farewell to earth But, there is still time There is still time One day, even time will die Even time will die Time will die It will die
Bridge:
If only leaves and lone stars reside In the ultramarine midsummer sky How short and trivial will be my sight I want to be the century-old desert tree The Watcher of the waning moonlight Without the ceaseless River of Praise I still won’t go “gentle into that good night”
Verse:
Why only distance and unreachable gaze Could testify the true believer’s faith Like watcher of the lost, the pale moonlight I have to shine bright in the starless nights
I have to lead the way For the broken and dazed For them to escape This bleak and hopeless place
Upon the Land of nothingness and desolation The road is calm with a sure destination I will be on time One day I will be there Perhaps still the only one The Lone Soul basking on the other side
Chorus:
Those that despair, still care While the silent continues to sing The Epiphaner will always be here For me, a long long road remains But we will all take flight, we will all fly Our wings will bid farewell to earth But, there is still time There is still time One day, even time will die Even time will die Time will die It will die
CODA:
If there are more vessels than waves In the tides and curvature of time How tedious would the voyage be I want to be the eternity shadow Ever unrequited, loving the sunlight When all matters in the universe die The abyss would still be my paradise
Written before I heard this track, but best read with the flow of Leonard Cohen's Happens to the Heart.
Ode to The Epiphaner Original Chinese Lyric and Translation by: Yitkbel Yue Xing **** Date of Original Chinese: Thursday, October 17, 2019 Date of English Translation: Wednesday, October 23, 2019