Within the Stream of Lamneth

"Within the Stream of Lamneth"
Lyrics by Tingster & The Coyotitos

[Verse 1 – In the Valley: The Departure]
I left the hearth with morning's fire,
A pack of dreams, a will entire —
The mountain whispered distant names,
Its mist a veil for sacred flame.

Stars above like prophets burned,
Maps unmarked, but passion learned.
I sang to skies of silver blue,
Believed that truth was something new.

[Verse 2 – Didacts and Narpets: The Struggle]
"Obey! Produce! Become! Comply!"
The voices clash beneath the sky.
Their doctrines fall like tempered steel,
Against the forge of what I feel.

"Think!" they shout — I think, I doubt.
"Live!" they cry — I scream without.
Their wisdom feels like tethered wings,
And I was built for higher things.

[Verse 3 – No One at the Bridge: The Drift]
No echo answers on this tide,
A ghost adrift, the stars denied.
The oars are broken, charts are lies,
Even the moon averts her eyes.

The world I chased became a shell,
A hollow ring, a silent bell.
No beacon burns, no voices sing —
Just wind and waves and wandering.

[Verse 4 – Panacea: The Mirage]
She came on petals, soft and bright,
A fleeting bloom in endless night.
Her touch, a balm; her breath, a breeze —
But truth eludes such tender ease.

She wept, and so I dared believe —
Yet even love can beg deceive.
We kissed beneath the dying sun,
And when I woke, she too had gone.

[Verse 5 – Bacchus Plateau: The Escape]
So pour the wine and raise the sound,
Let laughing ghosts go dancing 'round!
In gilded halls, I wore the mask —
The jester cloaked in every task.

But still beneath the gilded roar,
I heard the whisper, "There is more…"
The chorus fades, the chalice tips —
No nectar heals what truth equips.

[Verse 6 – The Fountain: The Return]
At last I reached the silent glade,
Where all the myths and hopes were made.
The fountain stood — a mirror’s gleam,
No spring, no light… just self unseen.

It flowed not out but deep within,
Where every loss had carved the skin.
The path, the pain, the doubt, the flame —
The journey was the fountain's name.

[Outro – Echo of the Beginning]
I left the hearth with morning’s fire…
But now I bear the whole empire.
The mountain stands, the mists remain —
And I may walk that road again.