1. |
cult
04:43
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sunken silhouettes in the firelight
robes of crimson red; eyes black as night
as the hour's wick burns away the wax
we will brand ourselves hemophiliacs
words written in our dying blood
tell of a world beyond our own
laid down to rest forevermore
our bodies are in death reborn
ghostly ashes dance in the pyre-light
pallored skin is shed; tattooed in white
as the fallen snow shrouds from prey our tracks
we will brand ourselves hemophiliacs
words written in our dying blood
tell of a world beyond our own
laid down to rest forevermore
our bodies are in death reborn
i'll live again
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2. |
blackest bile
05:02
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beneath unhallowed ground
my spirit rests
by this solemn oath
none will interfere
in passing centuries
i am alone
what senseless purpose
has light here?
broken now
the seal 'twixt life and death
from the abyss
eternity beckons me
blackest bile
poisons my veins
desecrated
remains
broken vow
of immortality
longer than bliss
eternity will be
blackest bile
poisons my veins
desecrated
remains
befouled burial mound
where spiders nest
sigil of undergrowth
and scent of fear
in passing centuries
i am alone
what senseless purpose
has life here?
broken now
the seal 'twixt life and death
from the abyss
eternity beckons me
blackest bile
poisons my veins
desecrated
remains
broken vow
of immortality
longer than bliss
eternity will be
blackest bile
poisons my veins
desecrated
remains
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3. |
circle of salt
04:56
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in the thrall of darkness
i will walk the earth
in the salt of augury
i will know my wounds' worth
incantation hide me
from unyielding fate
draw this poison from me
spare me my burden's weight
circle of salt
surrounded by evil
earth; water; air;
fire and ether
circle of salt
surrounded by evil
earth; water; air;
fire and ether
lacerations tell of
each infernal curse
ledger born in bloodshed
every word is perverse
safety lies beyond
the pale that pain yet brings
dead and rotting claws
will tear through my heartstrings
circle of salt
surrounded by evil
earth; water; air;
fire and ether
circle of salt
surrounded by evil
earth; water; air;
fire and ether
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4. |
signed, sorrow
04:55
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despair; it will seduce in a cloud of the most beautiful flies
in my eyes it will be the sign of the carcass that i always have known
now they're shrouded in my last breath
blackened swords will cross my heart
as my frail hopes die
tasting blood upon my lips
there's no sense in asking why
time will teach and pain will show
all the truths that i can know
every promise signed, sorrow
in the tide of endless woe
darkness; it will find me in a shroud of the unknowable deep
in my eyes it will be the shine of the jewels that i never have known
now they're clouded in my undeath
blackened swords will cross my heart
as my frail hopes die
tasting blood upon my lips
there's no sense in asking why
time will teach and pain will show
all the truths that i can know
every promise signed, sorrow
in the tide of endless woe
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5. |
moonlight
05:53
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candlelight
shadows on the wall
faceless forms
of evil's answered call
sacrifice
of accursed blood
end this life
the price of suffering
daylight, i curse you evermore
your life now burned to darkest night
moonlight forever in your eyes
your life reflected in the sight
ravens sing
tracing tragedy
on their wings
are songs of misery
darkness waits
for each breathing being
blackened gates
before infirmity
daylight, i curse you evermore
your life now burned to darkest night
moonlight forever in your eyes
your life reflected in the sight
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6. |
electromagnetic pulse
04:28
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in this body
i call my own
with synapses short-circuiting
pain will stiffen
every nerve
before rigor mortis
blackened blood begins to run
these gears will be inundated
in the flood neon will choke
every breath shallow
bathed in the glow
(suspended in darkness)
of electricity
(suspended in darkness)
my tears will flow
(suspended in darkness)
so as the rest of me
(suspended in darkness)
living coffin
frozen in fear
drawn deep from this hemlock cup
within my mind
far from here
i am wasting away
in this empty
shell of myself
the static will weaken my pulse
and its shadow
echoes in me
every beat hollow
bathed in the glow
(suspended in darkness)
of electricity
(suspended in darkness)
my tears will flow
(suspended in darkness)
so as the rest of me
(suspended in darkness)
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7. |
holy liar
04:14
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as i light the pyre
burning your holy liar
songs of your undoing
sing in the cleansing fire
sticks and stones will break my bones
these words were never ours
songs of my renewing
in the shadow of the stars
...
ashes of desire
hearts wrapped in razorwire
hope and all that haunts us
are bodies in the mire
sticks and stones will break my bones
these wounds will leave their scars
hell is all that haunts us
in the shadow of the stars
...
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8. |
pathogen
04:31
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if all life's a stage then here is
the last act: the curtain call
if all love's hostage then here is
the ransom and the note:
inside your lies
i don't exist
i take the shape
of sickness
with hatred in
our deathly kiss
i know my worth
it's hopeless
by death my heart will be set free
imprisoned in shattered bone
buried deep in dirt my body
at last will be alone
inside your lies
i don't exist
i take the shape
of sickness
with hatred in
our deathly kiss
i know my worth
it's hopeless
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9. |
worms
03:54
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suddenly
air becomes ash
shadows we leave
come to pass
the earth will fracture
and cleave in twain
through the sieve of time
we'll be but a stain
worms will feast and rats will feed
choking on humanity
in their eyes reflects the light
that shall bruise and blind and blight
forests burn
in asking why
flowers wither
when they die
oceans are empty
rivers run dry
the sun like a corpse
hanged in the sky
worms will feast and rats will feed
choking on humanity
in their eyes reflects the light
that shall bruise and blind and blight
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10. |
casper's dictum
05:24
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every gentle word
crumbling to dust
so we are interred
martyrs of disgust
one week in air
two weeks in water
eight weeks in soil
to shuffle our love from this mortal coil
every falling tear
begs our skin to rust
so we are our fear
disguised in distrust
one week in air
two weeks in water
eight weeks in soil
to shuffle our love from this mortal coil
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11. |
embrace of rot
05:04
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desperately
through crystal fields
you try to flee
no escape
endlessly
the frozen touch
will follow you
to your grave
in
the cold
embrace of rot
you waste
away
in hell
your soul will stay
elegy
for ruined flesh
for all the love
left behind
forever
you are as one
with all who have
left this place
in
the cold
embrace of rot
you waste
away
in hell
your soul will stay
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12. |
in decay
04:01
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black of night
and white of bone
in my tomb
all alone
blood for tears
and worms for hair
adorned with
my despair
as my memory fades, my body wastes away
forever cursed; in decay
as the seasons pass, my body will remain
forever cursed; in decay
brown of soil
and gray of stone
still my tomb
lies alone
dry my tears
in poisoned air
wake me from
my nightmare
as my memory fades, my body wastes away
forever cursed; in decay
as the seasons pass, my body will remain
forever cursed; in decay
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13. |
wights
05:37
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foul to me
my blood will cease to run
severed free
my heart will cease to beat
every fading breath
whispered unto the rain
every failing step
eternity of pain
in the spectral slough
spirits roam
each abandoned dream
is their own
each of us
condemned unto our fate
life undone
by consequence of hate
every fading breath
whispered unto the rain
every failing step
eternity of pain
in the spectral slough
spirits roam
each abandoned dream
is their own
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