Soliloquies lyrics | Augustinus Vox

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Released 09/15/2025

An album inspired by Augustine’s Soliloquies (c. 386 AD), reimagined as a 1980s rock journey of prayer, reason, and the soul’s longing for truth and immortality.

Below are the full lyrics for all 12 tracks from Soliloquies by Augustinus Vox, including “Deum et Animam,” “Reason Speaks,” “Restless Heart,” “Truth Cannot Perish,” and “Soliloquy (Finale).”

Tracklist

  1. Opening Prayer (Instrumental)
  2. Deum et Animam
  3. Reason Speaks
  4. The Trial of Desire
  5. Eyes of the Mind (Faith, Hope & Love)
  6. Restless Heart
  7. Prelude: Light of Truth (Instrumental)
  8. Truth Cannot Perish
  9. Mirror and Dream
  10. Immortality
  11. Twofold Vision
  12. Soliloquy (Finale)

Opening Prayer (Instrumental)

Instrumental

Deum et Animam

I searched the stars across the sky,
Asked every road and reason why.
But every longing led me near,
To the voice of truth I need to hear.

Strip it down to the core,
I don’t need a thousand more—

I desire to know God and the soul,
Nothing more, nothing more.
Every question finds its whole,
In God and the soul, nothing more.

The world can shine, the world can fade,
But deeper light will not betray.
Reason calls and whispers still,
“Look within, and find God’s will.”

Strip it down to the core,
I don’t need a thousand more—

I desire to know God and the soul,
Nothing more, nothing more.
Every question finds its whole,
In God and the soul, nothing more.

I desire to know God and the soul,
Nothing more, nothing more.
Every hunger finds its whole,
In God and the soul, nothing more.

Reason Speaks

I am lost between my fears,
Every thought is loud, unclear.
Is there truth I can believe?
Or just shadows that deceive?

Turn your gaze, don’t look outside,
Truth is born where soul resides.

Guide me through this storm within,
Strip away the lies of sin.

Reason speaks: “Look deep inside,
The light of God will be your guide.
Not in the world, not in the skies,
But in the soul where wisdom lies.”

I have followed fleeting signs,
Empty roads and borrowed lines.
Tell me now, what shall I do,
If the world won’t give me truth?

Search the soul, the path is near,
God’s own light will make it clear.

Guide me through this storm within,
Strip away the lies of sin.

Reason speaks: “Look deep inside,
The light of God will be your guide.
Not in the world, not in the skies,
But in the soul where wisdom lies.”

Reason speaks: “Look deep inside,
The light of God will be your guide.
Not in the world, not in the skies,
But in the soul where wisdom lies.”

The Trial of Desire

Pulled by voices, torn apart,
Every hunger floods my heart.
Power calls, and pleasure sings,
But none can crown a soul with wings.

Every path I try,
Burns to ash and dies.

The trial of desire, the fire inside,
Restless flames I cannot hide.
The trial of desire, the battle I fight,
Till truth consumes the night.

Fortune fades, and honor falls,
Every shadow hides the call.
Reason whispers, calm and near,
“Turn to light, the path is clear.”

Every love I chase,
Leads me to Your face.

The trial of desire, the fire inside,
Restless flames I cannot hide.
The trial of desire, the battle I fight,
Till truth consumes the night.

The trial of desire, the fire inside,
Restless flames I cannot hide.
The trial of desire, the battle I fight,
Till truth consumes the night.

Eyes of the Mind (Faith, Hope & Love)

The light is blazing, but my eyes are weak,
I turn within to hear You speak.
Reason lifts my gaze to dawn,
Heal these wounds and lead me on.

Faith to trust the way I can’t yet see,
Hope to hold the day that’s promised me,
Love to fix my sight on You alone—
Make my inner vision strong.

Eyes of the mind—open wide,
By faith and hope and love aligned.
Turn me to the Light above;
See by Truth, and walk in love.

Leave the glitter, leave the noise,
Choose the better, wiser joys.
Steady now—let virtue guide,
Hold the beam and do not slide.

Faith to trust the way I can’t yet see,
Hope to hold the day that’s promised me,
Love to fix my sight on You alone—
Make my inner vision strong.

Eyes of the mind—open wide,
By faith and hope and love aligned.
Turn me to the Light above;
See by Truth, and walk in love.

The gaze of the soul is Reason… faith, hope, and love.

Eyes of the mind—open wide,
By faith and hope and love aligned.
Turn me to the Light above;
See by Truth, and walk in love.

Restless Heart

I’ve chased the shadows, I’ve chased the flame,
Every promise fades away.
I’ve held to power, I’ve held to pride,
Still the hunger burns inside.

Every path I’ve tried,
Leaves an empty side.

Restless heart, you won’t be still,
Till you find the One, the higher will.
Restless heart, you can’t let go,
Till you rest in the love you’re made to know.

I’ve asked the night, I’ve asked the day,
But no answer seems to stay.
I’ve heard the noise, I’ve heard the lies,
But only truth will satisfy.

Every dream I’ve known,
Points me back to home.

Restless heart, you won’t be still,
Till you find the One, the higher will.
Restless heart, you can’t let go,
Till you rest in the love you’re made to know.

Restless heart, you won’t be still,
Till you find the One, the higher will.
Restless heart, you can’t let go,
Till you rest in the love you’re made to know.

Prelude: Light of Truth (Instrumental)

Instrumental

Truth Cannot Perish

If the world should fall away,
Stars consumed, the night will stay,
Still one voice will never die—
Truth remains beyond the sky.

Every shadow, every flame,
Fades, but Truth is still the same.

Truth cannot perish, it will endure,
Even when all else is unsure.
Truth cannot perish, forever it stands,
Written eternal by unseen hands.

If the frame of things should break,
Still the soul its stand will take.
Every science, every line,
Holds the mark of the divine.

Every doubt the night has cast,
Falls before the light at last.

Truth cannot perish, it will endure,
Even when all else is unsure.
Truth cannot perish, forever it stands,
Written eternal by unseen hands.

Truth cannot perish, it will endure,
Even when all else is unsure.
Truth cannot perish, forever it stands,
Written eternal by unseen hands.

Mirror and Dream

I see a face upon the glass,
It fades away, it will not last.
Dreams of night, they rise and fall,
But shadows prove the light of all.

Even lies can point the way,
Falsity still needs the day.

Mirror and dream, likeness and light,
Shadows reveal what burns in the night.
Mirror and dream, the false and the true,
All of them whisper, “Truth carries you.”

An actor plays another’s name,
Yet the stage still tells the same.
An oar seems broken in the stream,
But water bends the sight, not the dream.

False reflections, shifting skies,
Still betray where truth abides.

Mirror and dream, likeness and light,
Shadows reveal what burns in the night.
Mirror and dream, the false and the true,
All of them whisper, “Truth carries you.”

Mirror and dream, likeness and light,
Shadows reveal what burns in the night.
Mirror and dream, the false and the true,
All of them whisper, “Truth carries you.”

Immortality

I’ve seen the body break with time,
Ashes fall, the dust resign.
But truths endure, they never die,
Written deep beyond the sky.

If the soul can hold what’s true,
It must live forever too.

Immortality, the fire won’t fade,
Carrying the truth that cannot decay.
Immortality, the spirit will rise,
Living forever in eternal light.

Flesh may fail, and voices cease,
But wisdom’s flame will not decrease.
What is eternal marks the soul,
A lasting truth that makes it whole.

If the soul can hold what’s true,
It must live forever too.

Immortality, the fire won’t fade,
Carrying the truth that cannot decay.
Immortality, the spirit will rise,
Living forever in eternal light.

Immortality, the fire won’t fade,
Carrying the truth that cannot decay.
Immortality, the spirit will rise,
Living forever in eternal light.

Twofold Vision

I’ve chased the world, I’ve searched the skies,
But truth was never in my eyes.
Reason whispers, clear and near,
Two desires remain sincere.

Strip away the fleeting things,
Only love eternal sings.

Twofold vision, heart and mind,
God and the soul, the truth I find.
Twofold vision, all I crave,
Love that guides beyond the grave.

Every road I’ve walked before,
Led me knocking at this door.
In the silence, I can see,
God and soul in harmony.

Strip away the fleeting things,
Only love eternal sings.

Twofold vision, heart and mind,
God and the soul, the truth I find.
Twofold vision, all I crave,
Love that guides beyond the grave.

Twofold vision, heart and mind,
God and the soul, the truth I find.
Twofold vision, all I crave,
Love that guides beyond the grave.

Soliloquy (Finale)

Here I stand with questions raw,
Every flaw before Your law.
Reason spoke, and still I see,
All I need is found in Thee.

Strip my doubts, my pride away,
Lead me to eternal day.

O God, hear my cry,
Lift my soul to the endless sky.
All I am, I give to You,
In the light, my heart is true.

Every tear and every pain,
Finds its meaning in Your name.
Every shadow turns to flame,
When Your mercy makes me whole again.

Strip my doubts, my pride away,
Lead me to eternal day.

O God, hear my cry,
Lift my soul to the endless sky.
All I am, I give to You,
In the light, my heart is true.

O God, hear my cry,
Lift my soul to the endless sky.
All I am, I give to You,
In the light, my heart is true.