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Dybbuk
06:07
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a black demon crawls behind
the bright light
of my fascade
betraying
all that I
pretend to be
oh, the dweller takes root
infiltrated
both cradled and crushed by
this presence
laced with honey
for bonds of pure pain
hold no sway
how trapped
indulgence makes me
feel alive
compelled beyond reason
my need is sick
I'm so sick
I'm so sick
bend and serve to please your masters
on your knees torn apart
bend and serve to please your masters
on your knees
torn apart torn apart
torn apart
this is no evil, this is weakness
casting stones at myself
to cast you out
this is no evil, this is weakness
casting stones at myself
and I still can't cast you out
cast you out
cast you out
cast you out
cast you out
cast you out
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raised by wolves
abandoned to a wilderness
of cold bodies
savage hunters lust for
a naive child
outside the fold
beyond the circle
their sharp cruel fingers
trace the contours of
my strange design
incubated
isolated
uncompleted
broken form
I will
to be
received
into your unconditional light
I will
to be
received
into the shadow of your grace
I will
to be
received
into the shelter of your calm
I will
to be
received
into the warmth of your embrace
bless me
oh gentle hands
pure true ascendance
I need your touch
soothe me
sweet gentle eyes
spilling over with serenity
I need your love
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3. |
The Citizens of Oran
04:26
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I see it
I see it
out of
the corner of my
I see it
I see it
out of
the corner of my
a terrible
aura
surrounding the bastard children
of whoredom and inertia
Malthusian trap
the countdown begins
moribund
the days shorten
collapse under the vacuum of
the void that is your
everything
everything
your numbers
are no
ward for you
reason to live
before
a reason to breed
beg
for your life
beg
for your life
scream to me
all your hollow needs
beg
for your life
beg
for your life
scream to me
all your hollow needs
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lost
not all who wander are lost
but we are
heed
great minds fail
to heed the call
only when consumed by
oceans of fire
only! only!
only threats or fear
can open your mind
only! only!
only when consumed by
oceans of fire
only! only!
only theats or fear
can open your mind
only! only!
then
will we learn
will we ever learn?
how many times must we be told?
how many times must we be shown?
oracles come and messiahs go
insight
pales
beside
the rising tide
we need the bodies piled high
against the wall to find
sparing the rod, spoils the child
pain reveals
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the devil is a pale demon
beside a thoughtless man
what I want I take
what I need I take
now mine
all mine
mine
you have had your hand in this
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6. |
Haruspex
02:27
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augur, scryer
doom crier
the end is not coming
none are so blessed
to escape
the future propels the curse
life goes on
prophet, diviner
predictions of cleansing fire
the omens are empty
spirit channel
spouts babble
the horror marches on
in lockstep
with the wicked
beating
of our hearts
of our hearts
of our hearts
of our hearts
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7. |
Genovese Syndrome
06:56
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blind eyes
sandbagged limbs
watch your own back
you know we watch ours
today's heroes
are not found
but hired, but hired
show me where the money is
show me the money
money
involvement
follows reward
what's in it for me?
for me?
mind your own business
this is not your problem
move along, move along
there's nothing to see here
there's nothing to see
pull the curtain
close your eyes
close the blinds
the world is small, safe and warm
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8. |
Strigoi
05:03
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this corpse pales
the blood drains
no earthly reward
is worth this pain
living in the graves of the nameless
auto-da-fé for the faithless
the world
they still threaten with teeth
writhe
victim
dimming vision
filled with threatening teeth
no awaiting miracles anymore
seized by the throat
fear in sickening flow
punished by light
i cower
the world
they still threaten with teeth
writhe
victim
dimming vision
filled with threatening teeth
no awaiting miracles anymore
charnel wasteland
bury the body
salt the earth
to deny the return
take this husk
burn it away
scatter the ashes
obsidian wind
chaos is mercy
never to rise
fire is mercy
never to rise
ocean is mercy
never to rise
time is mercy
never to rise
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9. |
Job
06:13
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cut off the arms
cut off the legs
cut off the head
get rid of the body
get rid of the body
heartache to heartache
heartache to heartache
job to job
dollar to dollar
heartache to heartache
heartache to heartache
heartache to heartache
body to body to body to body to body
to body to body to body to body to body
pus, poison, blood, shit
pus, poison, blood, shit
heartache to heartache
survival persists among
shattered limbs
while blind hope drives
torn minds and bodies
from rancorous pasts
to intangible futures
beckoned by ephemeral grace
we drag our crippled
and worn husks
towards unknown horizons
and implausable salvation
broken lives of men forming
an incongruous mosaic
of possible glories
and ruinous experience
a strident contrast between
scorched terra firma
cloaked in slate grey sky
and the warm red glow
of a glorious sun
day to day we bleed
and yearn to live
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