URALIC BREATH - SCP Foundation

The infamous self-titled concept album by the band "Uralic Breath", for the first time in  cassette form. Though the band ceased to exist back in 2017, its lead vocalist Andrew C. Azrim has decided to release numerous of the associated projects, in hopes of bringing the spirits up in these trying times.

With a mix of progressive metal and hard rock, Uralic Breath explores the journey of Ion, from a simple slave to the prophet of the Nälkä faith. The story is based on over 20 multi-denominational texts, including both ancient and contemporary ones.

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LYRICS

1. The Greatest Journey

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NARRATOR:

Here begins a tale

About a journey towards salvation

Not by mercy or ascetism

But through earthly liberation

It starts in a great town

Where a young man did dwell

His people in enslaved

Toiling day after day

He, himself was a servant

Born from a sick and dying mother

Cleaning great halls all day

Never even knowing his father

ION:

Oh, what do they mean?

These tales of forests, mountains, rivers and borders?

What lies beyond this city's quarters?

What lies beyond these great walls?

What is this "freedom" other slaves speak of?

NARRATOR:

And so the young man awoke, in the dead of night

Looking at the guard of his cell, asleep in the moonlight

His key was just within the reach

Then did, his cell, the young man breach!

ION:

Running through the halls

Past all these other souls

Some asleep or broken and wrought

But none of them dare to make a sound

It's time to scale up these walls and become unbound!

2. From the Urals, Towards the World

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ION:

Out in the wilderness is my new home

Without priestesses or masters, alone

But soul cries black

My eyes weep red

For my kin's still enslaved,

In the deva's pit

Forlorn my hope, at an end my wit

I need assistance, from above

To give my people their peace and love

NARRATOR:

With spirits high and his hopes higher

The young man ascended up a mountain's side

In search of a being of infinite might

For he knew the highest god couldn't dwell down below

Otherwise, he would have already defeated his foe

ION:

I call on to thee, tell me what will suffice

What kind of devotion and what sacrifice?

For you to come down from the celestial abode

To free my people and bring them hope

NARRATOR:

And as he called, so did the skies split

And from a rift, appeared a great beast

With thousands of eyes, in which was not love

With a body of a snake and maw of a lion

VAŽJUMA:

Who is thy, who calls for my name?

Tell me, human, for what do you aim?

Looking for mercy, from the sky

You do this-why?

Know, that this world was arranged

What it is, won't change

No matter what pieces you exchange

Tell my, why is your request so strange?

ION:

I cannot believe my ears

You made this world, as it is?

The suffering, hierarchy and ills

Was designed just like beautiful hills

Tell me, oh, what is the reason

For a society full of death and treason?

VAŽJUMA:

Know, I am the sum of all

Which was created, man or god

The one who made the limits so this order will not fall!

This world, static, is right

A class must always rise

While others are pulverised!

This is the will of me

The highest divinity

From now unto infinity

NARRATOR:

But the young man stood defiant, looking straight at its face

His lips parted, and with confidence, he said

ION:

Then I reject this space!

3. Seven Beasts

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VAŽJUMA:

Every being exists inside

The boundries defining the world of mine

And me unending and unfound

So what exits, be confined, bound

For that, my beasts uphold the sky!

They bear no faces, names or signs

Call them as archons, whole parts of my might!

NARRATOR:

The young man found the mountain below him dissapear

A realm of deserts and temples, did appear

Confused, his gaze on the red sky, will still not bent

The man realized realized what this world was, the Nevermeant

ION:

Is this the true underworld?

Where souls are fed, then spat above?

I see great beasts, coming from great distance

Are these the forces who regulate existence?

FIRST ARCHON:

I am every single thing

Which you may call as "it"

I sculp the mountain peaks

And bring floods to purge the weak

In every river and rock I am found

I have created all ground

And every rock, a burial mound

SECOND ARCHON:

I am all, which is beyond

Limitations of the world

The "abnormal" and "unknown"

Miracles, they can be called!

I control magic, so those

Whose minds our lord knows

Are arrows pointed at our foes

ION:

Oh beasts of no faces, I can now tell

In every aspect of the world you do dwell

But why descend upon me this knowledge, so great?

While you can just smite me and be done instead?

THIRD AND FOURTH ARCHONS:

Oh, you will see very soon

Why we did not bring you doom

Now comprehend us, all life

Of animal and plant design

One upheld by your kin before

One holding the deavite throne

Know that life is not meant to last

Every must and will pass

Mold and death spread vast

This is how life works and must

NARRATOR:

Though he felt pain, he did not fall and weep

Rather, he stood tall, remaining at his feet

For these forces, though they scared him to his core

He came too far, he couldn't abandon his goal

And just then, he felt a headache, in his mind rise

And a new force had appeared, and spread his brain apart

FIFTH ARCHON:

I am the one that limits thought

In your head, you can comprehend me not!

For I am an idea, which is right

Defy me; loose your mind!

NARRATOR:

But despite a great pain, he remained upright

Holding his head in his hands, he looked again at the sky

This idea, entertain, he would not.

The next beast appeared, he knew this wasn't for nought

SIXTH ARCHON:

I am that which cleanses soul

My domain, this realm, not your own

For all things which die, return to the world

The snake bitting itself, sucking memory and word

This cycle, oh, you shall not escape!

For the balance of the world, would dissapate!

ION:

These are the forces, that I comprehend

Having created the world of matter and spirit, in your way

But I still as you, why this all must be?

Why put these limitations on humanity?

SEVENTH ARCHON:

Oh young man, I tell you, why

Hierarchy must be in place, or the world will fall down

For they uphold wills from outer world

Which need subjects to rule over, empires to mold

For what is a servant, without master up top?

A purposeless fool. Free, but to do what?

NARRATOR:

And with that, the beasts became silent, Ion again alone

But not for long, as on the hirizon, a great being again arose

VAŽJUMA:

Now, that you have seen the structures of my force

Entered the realm, of death, life, magic, and thoughts

You shall submit and slain yourself for daring to rebel

Or admit your defeat, return and remain a slave!

NARRATOR:

And the young man, looked up at the creature, a millions miles in height

Held his fist, raised his hand, and exclaimed:

ION:

You are no god of my!

4. Four Great

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NARRATOR:

As he opened his eyes, he found amiss

Back on the mountain, he looked down at his fist

For this act of defiance, telling "no" to a god

Showed his strength was unlimited, his power broad

He could sculp his fingers as he did saw fit

Into pure muscle, with claws at their tips

But oh, this potential, was not just in him

For whoever rejects the god, powerful can be

ION:

I see the truth now, the way of this world

Of god and its seven faces, "archons" called

In this reality, we can only save ourselves

For those above prefer suffering and death

But the power to do so exists within all man

Every single person, no matter where found

But in the distance, who is that I see?

A pariah with a stitched face, what happened to thee?

Come to me, weak one, I will mend your tear

I can grant you great power, just explain to me

NADOX:

I, who knew mind's eye

Suffering, have found

For I preached, about the might

That exists in all mankind

But the Deavas, wicked

Bestowed on me, punishment

Doomed to wander, forever lost

With scars on my body, across

NARRATOR:

So Ion took Nadox into his wings

Healed the man and discussed all kinds of things

Stories of people, far from here, who revolted

Of human power, by godly restrains unbolted

Ion found himself in love with this sage

But then a new figure had entered the stage

A women dressed in robes, of a Deava priest

With symbols of a city state from the east

LOVATAAR:

So here I stand, my journey comes to an end

Having murdered my family, renounced my dieties name

Only natural I would die by blade of a slave!

NARRATOR:

But Ion didn't strike her, for he could see in her reason

She was a Deava, but one that's guilty of treason

He could see her tear up, drop down to her knees

So he lifted her up and said words these

ION:

Cease your lament, I'll make you whole

For your mind is filled with hatred but with love; your soul

I proclaim to thee, you have a new role

In the new world, those like you, shall reap and sow

NARRATOR:

Having shed the mind's curse, overcome with joy

Her mental chains, the two helped destroy

Seeing all as equal, the potential of mankind

And with infinite power of the flesh and mind

So the three settled down and planned their next scheme

As without tactics or armies, Deava still reigned supreme

So the word of their crew had started to spread

Inspired by their deeds, new force peaked its head

SAARN:

With this knife, I destroyed

The masters of old

The family under which I toiled

The hatred in me boiled

For years of abuse I endured!

May the blood be spilled once more

By other slaves to come

To pain, I won't ever be numb

Oh, my souls yearns for blood!

NARRATOR:

And so, this great assassin, did Ion soon meet

After she torn her master's bone and blood and meat

Though most would be disturbed, he embraced her in his arms

ION:

The greatest revolutionary I have found!

Together we shall slaughter those who hold us down

Drink the blood of tyrants, with their guts then paint the town

Now we only need an army, with a great chief at its head

One which even the gods will surely dread

But oh, who will take upon this great task?

To carry out into the lights, past this eternal dusk?

OROK:

I arrive at your feet, gladiator in past

For I knew my senseless killing could not last

For a great fame I had gained, but did not feel pride

Sacrifices to god, they never felt right

So I leave them behind, and join your row

To overthrown those above and those below!

5. Returning, Sword in Hand

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ION:

Now, at city gates we stand

Flesh, knife, mind and sword in hand

Against the empire of the damned

Time to liberate our land!

So may this war be the last

Paradise create, we must

Grind the tyrants into dust

Humanity's spear, we thrust!

NARRATOR:

As the five attack, the people takes their side

Under Orok's banner unites a new tribe

Of people who once slave in their land

Who now burn the palaces of their tyrants!

OROK:

May the despots fear our power

Be they of Man or The Devourer

I command all of thee

To break their skulls, become free!

NARRATOR:

And so the battle, through day and night did they wage

Then, as morning came, Saarn would brake the last cage

SAARN:

I strike in the heart this town's last matriarch

May her blood, forever, the floor of her temple mark

With a twist of the blade, this battle do I end

The fate of my people, I finally amend!

NARRATOR:

And so in the morn' the battle came to its end

To the boot of despots, our heroes did not bend

Flags unfurled, began their reign

Pain and sacrifice, not in vain

LOVATAAR:

For freedom is the destiny of all

Across the earth, may they hear our call

Multiply, replicate, inherit the word

In disease or health, without mortal thrall

ION:

Wait not for mercy from the sky

But spread your wings and fly

With this power you shan't die

Forces of evil, do defy

All their practices decry!

NADOX:

Know the true reality

Embrace equality

Reject the duality

Of the flesh and of spirit

ION:

So sculp the flesh and bone

Reject the despot's throne

May the way, all man unite

Be they of plains or heights

To all that know of me

I say, fight and be free

I command this by the decree!

Bring to people peace and bread

To your goal you shall be lead

Not with God, but against!

ION & THE KLAVIGAAR :

And as the creators meat, we sever

We proclaim: Adytum shall last forever