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Aethellis: Aethellis
Ellsworth Hall - keyboards, vocals, electric guitar, "digi-drums" Recorded and engineered by Ellsworth Hall at Ellstudio, Timonium MD	All words and music by Ellsworth Hall. All tracks Phonocopyright and © 2003 Ellsworth R. Hall

Tie and Handkerchief (7:15) The question is, who is living off the aristocrats in 19th Century Europe? A vampire? Saint Augustus (8:28) He portrayed himself as humanity's beneficiary, but did he indeed become corrupted by the adolation? Hubris (7:39) She was his lady and yet she knew full well where she stood when it came to charm and beauty.

Portal (7:20) The only way to escape his broken heart was to return to a past before he met her. Djibouti (5:22) A hidaway in the hidden depths of Africa. Final Affinity (11:45) He comes disguised in a hat and long dark coat. Are you prepared to face him?

Tie and Handkerchief You've been abandoned now The fingers have loosened The tiles have come off of the wall No danger in hunting now The canopy's thrown back Your victims are held in your thrall Curtains are dancing now The frail wrist goes snapping No monks will record this vow You are elated so Despite the anger You know what you reap you will sow One more tie and hankerchief to while away the hours Moonlit rooves are in my sight The cobbled streets are such delight And women hang out their linens damp And the lamplighters light every lamp One more tie and hankerchief to while away the hours No monks will record this vow [back to top]

Saint Augustus (lyrics inspired by Rita) Honor is a virtue which cannot be replaced By thought, word or deed He listens and obeys the creed Only to go to his own Saint Augustus, will you help us Will you grant us life? Saint Augusts, will you burn us? Or will you grant us light? Few men at arms would guard him from those Whose wounds sting and fester Exacerbated by his cruelty Some day they will be at war Saint Augustus, will you help us Will you grant us life? Saint Augusts, will you burn us? Or will you grant us light? Children go and journey fast Look to the first and be not last You are the forgotten hope To which we turn in time of need Don't look back, you may turn to salt As brightness then would claim your eyes This old city would be ashes Unlike a phoenix it will not again rise Children go and journey fast Remember our forgotten past Grow up strong to teach your own Not to allow corruption of a throne Don't come back, we may not be here Destroyed perhaps by our own fear Go on children and live for glory And when you can avenge us here [back to top]

Hubris You're so quiet now, guilded jewelry glistening And your turn your head with a deepening sigh All your peers have felt your charms existential And you've blessed them all with your presence here Common cause is forbidden here There is no place for it Where you are concerned it's all we've learned No one can hold a candle to you dear So you spread your feathers wide The effulgence brightening the room Other grey creatures they wither and hide They are no match for you What did you say dear? Chandeliers have nothing on you Your facets outnumber a gem's Tell me more about yourself dear Like you have already over and over again What did you say dear? [back to top]

Portal Sigh, can't you feel the morning breeze Listen, as it whispers through the trees Oh, it seems so long ago and so far away It's really quite close Carol, can you hear me call your name? Why, why is always the same? You were always so wrong for me Why can't I make myself see The plants and the trees are gone Replaced by the tractor's song And like us it's barren all around Children laugh and ride their bikes down the street For them life's still sweet But when they reach that guilded age of doubt Then they'll want to go home Carol, can you hear me call your name? Why, why is it always the same? You were always so wrong for me Why can't I make myself see The plants and the trees are gone Replaced by the tractor's song And like us it's barren all around Now, I watch myself walk away I won't turn away this time The past is calling me Through that portal I see Back, back to that long ago Before the seed I planted began to grow Here I'll stay breathing the misty air Of a time before I met you Here I've not a care Because it's before I met you Here I'm unaware Because it's a time before I met you Carol, you can't hear me call your name Why, you see, it never is the same Carol, I'm forgetting your name The past, you see, is not the same [back to top]

Final Affinity Droplets fall impacting Widening in circles Well-worn soles that tread thereupon Bringing him closer to you The wide-brimmed hat obscuring The face that you fear to observe He raises his gaze to meet your eye As you realize your Final Affinity "Come one, come all" they cry to you Cancer spreading through and through Beat your odds the spoilers too Blemishes made in your own Katmandu Malateste judges those who fall Like flaking words written on the wall No longer bond with porous brick No homages made when the blood is this thick "Come one, come all" they cry to you Cancer spreading through and through [back to top]