Time has demanded it's sacrifice... After thousands of burned books And the murder of uncounted wise women and men One should think that The age of innocence has gone... Beyond the seas of oblivion Lie the mountains of wisdom As old as the bones of the earth, As cold as ice, as pure as snow Dive the seas of oblivion To reach the mountains of wisdom Flee the caves of ignorance And set yourself forever free Here, at the heart of the earth My spirit rests In the embrace of time As old as the bones of the earth