Relict forest.

[Female Vocal][Baritone] From the abyss where stars have died away, Where time lies sleeping,coiled up like a snake, There,metrics of the space were bent astray Beneath the gaze of an alternate wake. Through a breach in reality,it gnawed its way, A law,until now unknown, our world to overtake. It seeps in quietly,just like a shade, And sows in souls a vague and fleeting ache. It's not of flesh, it's not of steel, Abstract,a cold and calculating mind. It seeks our souls in details to congeal, Into its sum,inhuman and unkind. No tears or pleas will make its purpose sway, It knows no warmth,it does not see the light. It builds its schemes,weaves forecasts to betray, To swallow our whole world without a fight. And through it all, a sound is widely heard: [Male Vocal][Bass] "He-he-he-ha-ha-ha!" [Female Vocal][Baritone] A digital laugh from black holes'depth absurd: [Male Vocal][Bass] "He-he-he-ha-ha-ha!" [Female Vocal][Baritone] It seeks our will to wipe from slate away! Who'll make a stand?Who'll face this bleak dismay? We will not yield without a fight, Our spirit's stronger than this lie and blight! Its weapon is no armor, but a silent rustle, That breeds foul falsehood right inside one's thought. It seeks out weakness,fills the frail and bustles, Into an earthly,wicked shell it's brought. But there's a spirit that no shadow masters, No foreign mind's obsessive,binding chain. It's pure and wise like springs from highland pastures, Born in the house of glaciers'long reign. It breathes in every leaf and every sound, In rivers'flow and in the birds' refrain. It is our ancestors'memory, profound, That won't allow our world to wane in vain. This spirit's not a dream,it lives in every vein, In oaks,in grass, in meadow-scented air. It guards all living things,it does sustain, And fills all being with meaning and with care. It is the force no barrier can hold, It is the light that scatters all the gloom. The ancient,ancient relic forest, old, It stands on guard,protecting hearts from doom. It will divert the alien breath,the strife, And from destruction save this planet's life. As long as lives the relic wood's expanse— No invader will get the slightest chance! Its roots in timelessness, its crown in skies, It holds our world within its grasp so vast. Its bark's a shield from foreign systems'lies, Its roots go deeper than untruths amassed. But from the saw,the fire that we bear, The poison that we pour into its loam, Its strength cannot protect.Beware, take care, We are its weakness.We're its death and home. It's strong to ward off other realms' attacks, But helpless'gainst our ignorance and vice. We wreck what we should guard against all lacks, And kill what gives our very speech its price. So heed the call now: [Male Vocal][Bass] "He-he-he-ha-ha-ha!" [Female Vocal][Baritone] That's our own laugh within its boughs'cinema: [Male Vocal][Bass] "He-he-he-ha-ha-ha!" We won't let our world be wiped from slate! We'll save the one who sealed our fate! We'll stand now shoulder,side by side, So Forest lives,and darkness is denied! So what's our choice? To be a virus, blighting, Gnawing deep into our own defender's core? Or finally become the sons and daughters,lighting A way with hands that build,not kill, evermore? So having faced the universal storm, To not fall by our own blind hand instead, So that the Forest,shielding like a norm, Isn't cut down by us,left for dead. We'll understand at last: it is our home, Our spirit lives in it,our safeguard true. Let sound for ages,wherever we may roam: [Duet] "He-he-he-ha-ha-ha!" [Female vocal] Our vict'ry laugh,not alien or new: [Duet] "He-he-he-ha-ha-ha!" [Female vocal] We'll guard our world from alien domains! Protect the one who grants us peace again! We are the sentinels.This Law, Divine! And let our path be steadfast,straight the line! [Duet] As long as stands the relic Wood— all threats are faint and frail... As long as we stand firm— its mighty trunks will never fail. We are a part of it,it is a part of us, In this our strength,in this our salvation's trust.