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Mdcxcii
01:35
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I've grown numb,
To the breath of the world,
Recoil from sunlight,
Retreated to the sound,
I heard the voices,
Echoing off the walls,
Under the moon,
At night the serpent calls
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2. |
Forsaken
02:35
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I can't feel love anymore
I've seen the war that spreads through this land,
The depths of bloodshed cast by his holy hands,
Conflict encases the mind, absolves progress from time,
Lay rest the receptors (but they flicker) in the night
(Insight),
Rip apart my faith, cut the veins, let go,
Give these mortal eyes new light (let the night take hold)
Rip apart my faith, cut the veins, let go,
Alerted to the voices (when they whisper) from the woods
Answer their call
I've seen the war that spreads through this land,
Spilling our own blood under God's command,
(Mislead) leaving the ground they walked shook,
Impale of rot drawing lines on the shrines that you took
Garnered the wicked, banished them of their creed,
Blind to the unsubtle twist of irony,
A familiar voice calls out to me,
I'm afraid to go alone, to where the light cannot reach
I can't get my head free of this lingering anomaly,
Mislead, trace these steps, quick before,
I don't think I can feel love anymore
We steep too many skulls within the river styx,
I feel the serpents breath linger on the back of my neck,
We steep too many skulls,
Disregard consequence,
The world that we were promised has been forsaken
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3. |
Rituals at Night
03:37
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Cautious, with haste,
(Trek through night),
Torch lit, soft glow,
(Starlit sky),
Bring forth your bones,
(With the swine),
Cautious, with haste,
(Sacrifice), sacrifice
Rituals, at night
Cleanse the impurities and drink the rest
(Tie the rope), and leave your body behind,
Relish in the gift of the unholy divine,
Witches watch with ever-lurking eyes,
Cursed with the mark until the end of time,
"Ave rex Asmodai,"
I hear the heretic's call,
They search for holy blood,
To paint their temple walls
Cautious, with haste,
(Trek through night),
Torch lit, soft glow,
(Starlit sky),
Bring forth your bones,
(With the swine),
Drain blood from beast,
Sacrifice
(In the night),
I killed the thoughts to abstain from the cross,
A sacred body and its stained glass halls,
But the necromancer creeps through my mind,
Beckoned to stir the grave one final time,
Sacrifice, rituals at night
Bring the hog to the altar,
Spill its blood and defile the martyr,
Knife to the neck, place its head on the stake,
Praise the goat as every crucifix breaks
Rituals, in the night
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4. |
Alone.
02:10
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I am defecting,
I must pick up what's left of me,
Hatred reflecting,
I'll destroy what I'm called to be
The safe haven in the clouds will inevitably let me down,
So take me in wretched earth, as I sink into the ground
I am defecting,
I must pick up what's left of me,
Hatred reflecting,
I'll destroy what I'm called to be
The hymns of the night, they are calling my name,
Their distorted voices are leading the way,
With no moral compass I am led astray
Serpent's tongue until the deed is done
Feeling the glare of a thousand eyes,
Nothing to lose when trapped by the trees,
Eternal forest, no one will hear the cries,
Of an empty man haunted by his memories
By the moon, do you lay with the snake?
Does he caress your frantic mind?
Ungirth the thoughts aged by time,
By the moon, do you lay with the snake?
(Alone),
I am defecting,
I must pick up what's left of me,
Hatred reflecting,
I'll become what I'm meant to be,
(Alone)
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5. |
Cøven
03:21
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Torture the fire wrapped in your mantle,
Fog closes in and engulfs every angle,
The moon motions for the assignment of slaughter,
Cut off their limbs as you poison their waters
Eyes like snakes,
Shift in place,
Stir the grave,
Reconcile fate,
Holy halls,
Hold no shame,
Waves of three,
Suffocating me
Denial chains a tainted mass from the dirt,
Tortured and broken for their lives on this earth,
Allow the eclectic selection of souls,
Dare not you speak, raise a voice, or impose
Eyes like snakes,
Shift in place,
Stir the grave,
Reconcile fate,
Holy halls,
Hold no shame,
Waves of three,
Suffocating me
Condemn them to their fate
Your apathy is a work of art,
Pray for a flood safe in your arc
Lethargic voices crowd the congregation,
As if they needed more affirmation
These crimes still remain a tradition,
No peace at the altar of God,
Assaulted by the father within,
Dance like a coven around all their sins,
If he can face his fucking reflection,
Why can't you just face the truth?
Over and over the cycle continues,
Solely because you ignore this abuse
Moonlight seeps through the eternal branches,
Avert their gaze,
The setting sun now finally withdrawn,
Leave this place,
Arrogant man who used to stand so tall,
Reconcile fate,
Abandoned and now theirs to enthrall,
Take it all
Take it all away
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6. |
3:6
01:27
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7. |
Forbidden Names
01:23
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Atop your throne of lies, (eternal shame),
Led to your demise, (a ruthless game),
The unholy one, (forbidden names),
Your soul is now ours to reclaim
Unforgivable acts and heinous crimes,
Senseless massacre of the devout,
Vengeance will not go unclaimed,
The misery given will not be in vain
Labyrinth of the night,
Relinquish your sanity,
The whispers will take their toll,
Extinguish humanity
Swallowed whole
Atop your throne of lies, (eternal shame),
Led to your demise, (a ruthless game),
The unholy one, (forbidden names),
Your soul is now ours to reclaim
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8. |
Mark Ov the Goat
03:02
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I grip the steel as if it were my lifeline,
Watching the embers as they fill the night sky,
Burning visions of the war machine,
Drown out the guilt with the sound of their screams
Heirbringer,
Of the black air filling up my fucking lungs,
Trek through bodies slaughtered by our hands,
A red river cut to build these wastelands,
Heirbringer,
Bare the horns, the mark of the goat,
Genocide in the name of peace,
Fuck your endless wealth, it means nothing to me
The mark of the goat
A cold sweat seeps over my skin,
I lose the moon overhead as the cloud spins,
A maze of branches broken and beat from the storm,
The dead will never rest,
Asylum from the winds and shards of glass they whip,
Into my lungs, never safe and sound from this,
A lonely man broken and beat from the storm,
The dead will never rest, (they beg for nothing more)
I grip the steel as if it were my lifeline,
Watching the embers as they fill the night sky,
Burning visions of the war machine,
Drown out the guilt with the sound of their screams
Death, in the name of progress,
(We struggle for far too long),
Purity in his absence,
Deep in the woods, bare the fucking horns
Heirbringer,
Of the black air filling up my fucking lungs,
Trek through bodies slaughtered by our hands,
A red river cut to build these wastelands,
Heirbringer,
Bare the horns, the mark of the goat,
Genocide in the name of peace,
Fuck your endless wealth, it means nothing to me
The mark of the goat
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9. |
By Blood
02:39
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No escaping what's been done,
Thrust the sword into my chest,
Damned to the molten river (burn away my rotting flesh),
No escaping what's been done,
The chains are wrapped around me neck,
A soul dissasembled (to decay until there's nothing left)
Selfish mind refusing to atone for the truth,
Self-sacrifice will not fulfill the debt that is due
Relentless resentment,
Inevitable death (for the heaven sent),
Succumb to the weight of (your endless regret),
Beheaded in the trench (merciless dread)
Nowhere left to go,
Lay in chains while the flame consumes,
Divine judgement passed unto the child of God,
No heaven above with demons clawing at your feet
Guardian angels absent as you wither beneath
[Ben from Granite State]
I stare into the abyss as it stares back at me,
Body and soul torn limb from limb,
Left to feel so incomplete,
Your god has left you decayed
No easy way out for the god you've denounced,
By blood we will come (for the one who's devout)
Red sea of bodies,
(From the trees) hang the limbs of the ungodly
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10. |
Incantation
01:30
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11. |
Nocturne
10:09
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Dusk brings forth the dismal void,
Veil of mist encompasses the night,
Legion of demon spawn mass deployed,
Seething for feeding, excreting blight
Battered and bruised without a solution,
Awoken and confused, unspoken execution
Sealed away beneath the inescapable gates,
Unmistakable stains amongst ashen remains,
Idle thought in a pit of fire,
What goods it for?
Everything always seemed so pointless,
Fade away, I can't feel love anymore
I've grown numb,
To the breath of the world,
Recoil from sunlight,
Retreated to the sound,
I heard the voices,
Echoing off the walls,
Under the moon,
At night the serpent calls
When winter comes, dusk ever persistent,
Preserve the fate of our corroding existence,
That shade steps closer to me every year,
Watching me sleep,
Whispering in my ears
You just want to die,
Leave this life far behind,
Bind your arms to the bark,
Until the end of time
So I'll lament in a nocturne,
All of my dreams disjointed,
I once had hope for this world,
But its left me disappointed
This harbinger of cascading darkness,
Is eternally anointed,
It's all so fucking pointless
We steep too many skulls,
Within the river styx,
I feel the serpent's breath,
Linger on the back of my neck
We've steeped too many skulls,
Disregard consequence,
The world that we were promised,
Has been forsaken
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