Star of Bethlehem

from MCCCL by CARTESIAN

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Booklet containing the lyrics and concept pre-meditations behind each song, essential in following the story behind 'MCCCL'.

Intercession by Alexander: "In preperation for writing this concept album I read 'Digerdöden, pestvågor och ödeläggelse: ett perspektiv på senmedeltidens Sverige' (Janken Myrdal, 2003). Most historical references to the belief and symbolism of the first wave of Stoor Dödhin (black death of Sweden) come from studying this single source. The lyrics and backstory segments often leak into and rely on one another to build the full storyline, sampling the way the main characters dreams leak into his experience of the mortifyingly dark place and time that is Stoor Dödhin. Although there are several layers of subject to the concept behind 'MCCCL', it is most of all a celebration of victory in battles with mental illness, although all can never be won. In the same respect this work goes out to anyone who refuses to stop fighting those battles for themselves and/or loved one's."

Booklet illustrations by Rutger van Aken of Rainy Day Illustrations
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lyrics

Alpha, omega
Godspeed pace for centuries
Ave Maria
Grant us your blessings for our belief in Thee

Alpha, omega
Vial our souls in steel
Ave Maria
Keep us safe in these times of apocalypse

Like stones detached from our bones
Lifted from sapped haulm
It seems we're so far from home
In dreams, won't aimlessly roam

We tread an endless road
For all I know we are lost carriers
We are just seeds unsown
To your skyward bough
Long for a deathbed home

Gångna från lamm och hem, sökande Eden
Stjärnan från Betlehem visar oss leden:
Strålande stjärna

Fram genom hindrande jordiska fängsel
Hän till det glindrande lustgårdens stängsel
Armar där sträckas oss, läppar där viska
Viska och räckas oss, ljuva och friska:
Strålande stjärna