Released 01/01/2026
An album inspired by Augustine’s On Music (begun in 387 AD), reimagined as an atmospheric 1980s rock meditation on rhythm, proportion, and the harmony of the soul.
Below are the full lyrics for all 11 tracks from On Music by Augustinus Vox, including “Rhythmus (Heartbeat of the Soul),” “Feet of Fire,” “Groove of Proportion,” “Eternal Harmony,” and “Beyond the Beat.”
Tracklist
- Rhythmus (Heartbeat of the Soul)
- Feet of Fire
- Groove of Proportion
- Voices in Verse
- Law of the Rhythm
- The Balance of Halves
- Hero’s Measure (Hexameter Flame)
- Numbers of the Mind
- Eternal Harmony
- Beyond the Beat
- The Music of the Mind (From the On Order Sessions)
Rhythmus (Heartbeat of the Soul)
Every breath, a hidden song,
Measured steps that carry on.
From the body’s rise and fall,
Whispers guide the motion of all.
Hear the pattern, feel the flame,
Every heartbeat sings His name.
Rhythmus, the pulse of time,
Beating through a grand design.
In the silence, in the sound,
The heartbeat of the soul is found.
Marching footsteps, pens that rhyme,
Every movement keeps the time.
Small or mighty, near or far,
All of life keeps time with the stars.
Hear the pattern, feel the flame,
Every heartbeat sings His name.
Rhythmus, the pulse of time,
Beating through a grand design.
In the silence, in the sound,
The heartbeat of the soul is found.
Rhythmus, the pulse of time,
Beating through a grand design.
In the silence, in the sound,
The heartbeat of the soul is found!
Feet of Fire
Short then long, the sparks ignite,
Patterns blazing through the night.
Rise then rest, a living sign,
Order dancing, pulse divine.
Step by step, the rhythm grows,
From chaos born, the pattern shows.
Feet of fire—fire!—burning through the dark,
Turning chaos to a holy spark.
Every pattern, every beat in line,
Writes the song of the grand design.
Quick then strong, the steps take hold,
Light and thunder, bright and bold.
In the clash the truth appears,
Steady rhythm through the years.
Step by step, the rhythm grows,
From chaos born, the pattern shows.
Feet of fire—fire!—burning through the dark,
Turning chaos to a holy spark.
Every pattern, every beat in line,
Writes the song of the grand design.
Quick and strong, the steps combine,
Mark the measure, hold the line.
Feet of fire—fire!—burning through the dark,
Turning chaos to a holy spark.
Every pattern, every beat in line,
Writes the song of the grand design.
Groove of Proportion
One to one, our hearts align,
Two to one, the stars keep time.
Three to two, the fire inside,
Groove of proportion, rising high.
Measure on measure,
Step into time.
Chaos to order,
A pattern divine.
One to one, our hearts align,
Two to one, the stars keep time.
Three to two, the fire inside,
Groove of proportion, rising high.
Feel the motion,
Breathe the design.
Body and spirit,
Moving in time.
One to one, our hearts align,
Two to one, the stars keep time.
Three to two, the fire inside,
Groove of proportion, rising high!
Voices in Verse
A single word becomes a line,
A moving thought that steps in time.
From fleeting sound a shape is made,
The quiet speaks; the cadence stays.
Voices in verse, the story is sung,
Order in rhythm, meaning begun.
The singer’s breath, the poet’s call,
A thousand hearts are held in thrall.
What once was sound now carries fire,
The word becomes the soul’s desire.
Voices in verse, the story is sung,
Order in rhythm, meaning begun.
The closing line reveals the way,
A secret shape within the sway.
When echoes fade, the truth remains,
A hidden law beneath the strains.
Voices in verse, the story is sung,
Order in rhythm, meaning begun.
Law of the Rhythm
Every measure draws a line,
Holding freedom, keeping time.
Bending, moving, yet it stays,
Gentle law through all our ways.
Law of the rhythm, binding the sound,
Circles of silence where order is found.
Numbers in motion, rise and fall,
The pulse that’s written inside us all.
Broken steps made whole again,
Count it in from one to ten.
Storms and lightning find a frame,
Rhythm carves a holy name.
Law of the rhythm, binding the sound,
Circles of silence where order is found.
Numbers in motion, rise and fall,
The pulse that’s written inside us all.
Mark the line, hold the ground,
Every measure shapes the sound.
Law of the rhythm, binding the sound,
Circles of silence where order is found.
Numbers in motion, rise and fall,
The pulse that’s written inside us all!
The Balance of Halves
Half a line begins the song
(Answer comes, it moves along)
Different weights but still they meet
(Harmony makes parts complete)
Two halves in balance, never the same,
Joined in the rhythm, joined in the flame.
Measured in motion, breaking the night,
Divided order becomes one light.
Strong and soft, the parts combine
(Different paths, the same design)
Kept apart yet bound as one
(Endless circle just begun)
Two halves in balance, never the same,
Joined in the rhythm, joined in the flame.
Measured in motion, breaking the night,
Divided order becomes one light.
Opposites breathing the same light.
Half remains—
(Half replies)
Different steps—
(Equal ties)
Two halves in balance, never the same,
Joined in the rhythm, joined in the flame.
Measured in motion, breaking the night,
Divided order becomes one light!
Hero’s Measure (Hexameter Flame)
Six steps rising, the hero’s song,
A rhythm ancient, proud, and strong.
Through fire and time the verses came,
An endless heartbeat lit with flame.
Feel the cadence, bold, untamed,
Every heartbeat calls its name.
Hero’s measure, burning in the sky,
Words like thunder that never die.
Age to age, the echoes remain,
Carved in rhythm, carried in flame.
Lines that marched through distant years,
Beat by beat, they conquered fears.
Battle cries in ordered sound,
Truth advancing, shaking the ground.
Lift the measure, sound the call,
One great rhythm binds us all.
Hero’s measure, burning in the sky,
Words like thunder that never die.
Age to age, the echoes remain,
Carved in rhythm, carried in flame.
Six steps burning, six steps strong,
(Hear the rhythm, hear the song)
Six steps rising, never fall,
(Measure holding over all)
Hero’s measure, burning in the sky,
Words like thunder that never die.
Age to age, the echoes remain,
Carved in rhythm, carried in flame!
Numbers of the Mind
Past the sound and past the rhyme,
Deeper than the hands of time,
A quiet code, a living sign—
Patterns written in the mind.
Numbers of the mind, forever unseen,
Drawing the silence where music has been.
Infinite patterns the soul can hear,
The rhythm of heaven is echoing near.
When songs grow still, the count remains,
Silent pulses in our veins.
Memory turns the hidden key—
The inner song of destiny.
Numbers of the mind, forever unseen,
Drawing the silence where music has been.
Infinite patterns the soul can hear,
The rhythm of heaven is echoing near.
Numbers of the mind, forever unseen,
Drawing the silence where music has been.
Infinite patterns the soul can hear,
The rhythm of heaven is echoing near.
Eternal Harmony
Every line was leading here,
Every measure drawing near.
Through the quiet, light was found,
Perfect order, holy sound.
Lift your voice and let it ring,
All creation starts to sing.
Eternal harmony, shining above,
Order and beauty born of love.
Every rhythm, every song,
Finds its place where souls belong.
What was hidden now appears,
Through the measure of the years.
Bound together, all as one,
Echoes rising with the sun.
Lift your voice and let it ring,
All creation starts to sing.
Eternal harmony, shining above,
Order and beauty born of love.
Every rhythm, every song,
Finds its place where souls belong.
Through the silence, light is found,
Perfect order, holy sound.
Eternal harmony, shining above,
Order and beauty born of love.
Every rhythm, every song,
Finds its place where souls belong!
Beyond the Beat
Every rhythm fades away,
Every song must end one day.
Yet the quiet speaks more true,
Past the sound, a wider view.
Lifted higher, time grows still,
Numbers yield to loving will.
Beyond the beat, the soul takes flight,
Into the clear and endless light.
No more numbers, no more sound—
Only truth and love are found.
Every count has led us here,
Through the turning of the years.
Walls and measures fall away,
Opening into one bright day.
Lifted higher, time grows still,
Numbers yield to loving will.
Beyond the beat, the soul takes flight,
Into the clear and endless light.
No more numbers, no more sound—
Only truth and love are found.
Beyond the beat, the soul takes flight,
Into the clear and endless light.
The Music of the Mind (From the On Order Sessions)
There’s a rhythm deep inside
Not just heartbeats — something wide
A harmony you can’t unhear
When soul and reason both draw near
It ain’t noise, it ain’t just sound
It’s where the math and soul are found
The music of the mind — it plays in thought
Each line and law divinely wrought
No random note, no wasted beat
Just beauty buried in the seat
The music of the mind — so true, so wide
A silent song that never hides
Geometry that sings in light
Equations echoing what’s right
Even pain can strike a chord
When love conducts the higher Lord
So tune your soul, don’t miss the key
Truth ain’t chaos — it’s symphony
The music of the mind — it plays in thought
Each line and law divinely wrought
No random note, no wasted beat
Just beauty buried in the seat
The music of the mind — so true, so wide
A silent song that never hides
Logic dances with delight
Order sings in darkest night
And when the will obeys the tune
The soul ascends like sun to moon
The music of the mind — not heard in air
But in the way we think and care
It lifts, it guides, it never lies
The song that plays behind the skies
The music of the mind — a gift we find
When heart and reason are aligned
