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
credits
from Nocturne,
released November 26, 2021
Lyrics by Anthony Messina
supported by 4 fans who also own “Rituals at Night”
Wonderful dramatic opening, the voice of a black woman in all her honesty, vulnerability and openess. And then one of the fiercest tracks of Zulu, total hardcore: 'Now they are through with me', full of twists and turns, and suddenly ending in a kind of soul-track, brilliant! This is 21st century music at it's best. The end lecture is dramatic and disturbing, spoken again by a black woman. Makes you think. Hesperus
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