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The Garden

from Ascent by Cork / Sharman

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The Garden is a mystical, captivating, and evocative track of 12 3/4 minutes. It has been described by Colin Sharman as "the greatest piece of music I have ever heard", which he maintains is still the case today. When Colin first heard this track whilst auditioning for the drummer role in Caduceus, he knew instantly that he had to join the band, despite the fact that this track requires an almost three minute long continuous snare drum roll.......

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The sallow moon, like Death's pale mistress,
Waxed her path across the tortured Night.
The Garden, lost and wrapped in fragrance, whispered scented light.
Like dreams, too real, forgotten moments
Press and claw to gain an empty peace;
While clothed and robed in dark amazement, ill-omened clouds increase.....
Upon his distant shoulders, falls the blood of heavy thoughts;
As through his prescient streets, he screams;
In grim procession, the dim impressions fold.
Dictated by an Age to come: an aeon passing by;
A King whose cavalcade is Death; his fears deceive, with no reprieve.
For daring to be whole.....A vision flown in dual wonder,
Prostrate at the threshold of the World;
A Dragon-path of voiceless torment; a fire tongue unfurled.
He knows the hands that flail his back;
Has seen them all too clear - they are his own.
All is forewarned; foreseen, revealed,
Yet somehow still unknown.
While talking through his sorrow,
Still he ides the glowing swan.
A self-imprisoned Lord of Light;
Self-revealed; self concealed Word.....
So as the dawn-maid's crystal curtain
Forms in subtle shades across the hills,
The Garden, soft, drifts into morning; leaves him, silent, still.
Deep dreams have left their echoes' scar
Within his conscious waking to the Dream;
As now a Man with Man his constant goal;
Life's consistent theme...........

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from Ascent, released January 8, 2021
Richard Cork, Colin Sharman.

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Temenos is multi instrumentalist/vocalist Richard Cork and drummer/percussionist Colin Sharman, plus various guests. Richard and Colin first played together in Caduceus in the 1970's, and came together again to create Temenos in 2008. Temenos have released 7 studio albums, plus Richard and Colin have recreated the original Caduceus set list in the albums 'Ascent', and 'Avalon'. ... more

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