Mother Nothingness
The Vision Bleak Lyrics

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In the steaming morass
Of a newborn earth
Lies the formless mass
Which to all gave birth

In a sea of sludge
Of immense extend
Lies the thoughtless mass

Which is source and end

We all must follow
Into her void
To her fetid womb
We all return

Her voiceless howl
Resounds through time
From primal mud
And fenses foul

A limbless thing
Mindless and coarse
This wretches guise
Is end and source

We all must follow
Into her void
To her fetid womb
We all return

Fall through the aeons
Onward to the earth in it's prime
Fall through the aeons

Becoming the spawn
Of the great old slime

Overall Meaning

The Vision Bleak's song Mother Nothingness describes the beginning of the earth, where everything is formless and thoughtless. The lyrics describe how everything starts from a mass, lying in a steaming morass, which gave birth to everything. The thoughtless mass is the source and end of everything, lying in a sea of sludge, in the immense extent of the earth. The song talks about how we all must follow the Mother Nothingness, into her void, and to her fetid womb, where we all return. The voiceless howl of the Mother Nothingness resounds through time from the primal mud and fenses foul. The Mother Nothingness is limbless, mindless and coarse, and her wretches guise is the end and source of everything.

Line by Line Meaning

In the steaming morass
In the swampy area full of vapor

Of a newborn earth
On a planet that was just created

Lies the formless mass
Rests an undefined and shapeless substance

Which to all gave birth
From which everything was born

In a sea of sludge
In a large body of thick mud

Of immense extend
Of tremendous size

Lies the thoughtless mass
Rests a mindless and unaware substance

Which is source and end
Which is the beginning and end of all things

We all must follow
Everyone must adhere to

Into her void
Into her emptiness

To her fetid womb
To her putrid uterus