THE SOUNDS OF NIRIH

"ONCE"
(from The Mawuvia Suite
arranged and recorded by Niteowl)

Once there was I in a time I never knew.
Where there wasn't any grass, and the sky was never blue.

Once there was you, and once there was me.
And once there was US.  And once we could be.

Silv'ry pyramids reflect the Red from the sky
To the moving walks below our feet.

And we had no needs because our knowledge was strength.
And we always lived in Harmony.

Where did it go?  How did it happen?
What will we do now?

Please don't speak. 
I don't want to hear about this new power.
The one that will lead to our death.
Use your minds . . . . . Remove it!  Destroy it!
Before it's too late . . .