Pulsing Breathing Rising Over Mountain-Starlight Shining
Knowing Thinking Calling Above Planet-Spirit Reaching
Forcing Warring Gaining Beyond Cosmos -Soul Dispersing
Mind Connecting-Earthly Body
The following image consists of the original diagram of the complex rhythmic arrangement, woven into the cycling chord structures of various themes during the acoustic overture at the beginning of the album. It first shows three individual mappings for rhythmic motifs corresponding to three different chord progressions, followed by a series of squares, circles, and triangles representing each motif in proper arrangement.
The second movement, “The Life and the Law,” deals with the inescapable Laws of Nature, and the experience of Life. The passage here describes the trinity of Polarity and Union (The One, The Other, and The Whole) and further explicates on the subjugation of Matter and Life by Cosmic Law.
Thrice is the union
Merging...Constant
Threefold the axis dictates:
One is All...
...All Fire All Ash
It grabs one by the throat
Stares one in the face
And demands action.
All Fate All Change
It brings upon the fight
Gives one not a choice
And lays waste to those who cower.
All Birth All Death
It thickens up the blood
Forges hard the bone
And hurls one into all pain and suffering.
All Light All Dark
It makes the mind a sword
Forces one to kill
And reaches in one's soul with flaming hand to appraise the power.
The second image shows the original rhythmic charts for various extended passages. These charts proved quite necessary during the recording process because of the speed at which these passages are played and the unusual arrangement of the various rhythmic refrain. As seen, different motifs are represented by arbitrary symbols and mapped out on measure charts.
The final movement is concerned with Man’s destiny on Earth within the context of unity with the Divine Forces. It’s title is “The Way and the One.” The following excerpt expresses the desire to live a life of honor and consequence. To reach for a higher meaning through reverence of Eternal Law and blood continuity.
I can breath,
When my lungs fill with air of ancients.
I can see,
When the view reaches infinitely.
I can feel,
When my soul touches rays of starlight.
I can be,
When my heart pumps the blood of millions.
Hail Natures Will
“Beyond the Strength of Kings” is a work of uncompromising musicianship that expresses the far reaching desires of the Higher Man to unify his actions with the Spirit of Cosmic Law, thereby awakening the God-Force within. It stands as the audacious, sprawling first effort of the Eldrig discography, signaling the spirit of artistic independence destined to grace every Eldrig release.
