At the Yellow Emperor’s Time (2003)

Once the world of mirrors

and the world of man

were ever so much nearer

they were like one big land.

At the Yellow Emperors time

The two worlds were apart

in colour, shape and air

yet anyone could dart

from our world to their.

At the Yellow Emperors time

As long as there was peace

the mirrors were like doors

the thin and the obese

would all pass through in scores.

At the Yellow Emperors time

But once the mirror nation

attacked the world of man

and in a great invasion

they killed without a plan.

At the Yellow Emperors time

The people from the mirrors

were strong, their power great

and yet they made an error

that was to fix their fate

At the Yellow Emperors time

So after bloody warfare

the emperors magic arts

they made the fight a nightmare

for those with mirror-hearts

At the Yellow Emperors time

The people from the mirrors

were forced to go back home

and to their greatest terror

to linger in that zone

At the Yellow Emperors time

But worse than the defeat

they had to sign a pact

that forced them to repeat

just every human act

At the Yellow Emperors time

The mirror people then

do slavishly reflect

again, and again, and again

whatever we project.

At the Yellow Emperors time

But one day we will hear

the clattering of swords

from deep within the mirror

foreboding angry hordes.

At the Yellow Empero rs time

That day the curse will lift

when shapes begin to stir

then images will shift

and all reflections blur

At the Yellow Emperors time

The mirror people will

by breaking through the glass

their long lost hopes fulfill

while killing us, alas.

At the Yellow Emperors time

lyrics by Sanne Bjerg