Suomenlinna (Finnish) or Sveaborg (Swedish), until 1918 Viapori (Finnish), is an inhabited sea fortress built on six islands (Kustaanmiekka, Susisaari, Iso-Mustasaari, Pikku-Mustasaari, Länsi-Mustasaari and Långören) and which now forms part of the city of Helsinki, the capital of Finland.
Suomenlinna is a UNESCO World Heritage site and popular with tourists and locals, who enjoy it as a picturesque picnic site. Originally named Sveaborg (Fortress of Svea), or Viapori as called by Finnish-speaking Finns, it was renamed Suomenlinna (Castle of Finland) in 1918 for patriotic and nationalistic reasons, though it is sometimes known by its original name.
The Swedish crown commenced the construction of the fortress in 1748 as protection against Russian expansionism. The general responsibility for the fortification work was given to Augustin Ehrensvärd. The original plan of the bastion fortress was strongly influenced by the ideas of Vauban, the foremost military engineer of the time, and the principles of star fort style of fortification, albeit adapted to a group of rocky islands.
Miraculous in its own way
Borrowing time from space
The color scheme is familiar
Maybe it's painted that way
A shadow dances in your memory
It happens while you sleep
Do you remember why it's there
Is it a subset of reality
A scepter in a shell
or is it the other way around
Welcome to Somnolence
Oneiric Somnolence
Approaching Somnolence
Oneiric Somnolence
Cascading into your mind's eye
Shaping your night, shaping your life
The color scheme is familiar
Maybe it's painted red
But it's in your head forever
We are Pandoras when we fall asleep
Our memories are locked
Inside a box inside a mind
They roll to the deep end from the shallow end
It happens while you sleep
And you are dreaming all the way
Welcome to Somnolence
Oneiric Somnolence
Approaching Somnolence
Oneiric Somnolence