1. |
True Heresy
03:48
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I CLOAK MYSELF IN LICHEN AND MOSS
I SMEAR THE AFTERBIRTH
OF GOATS ON THE CROSS
SENTENCED TO DEATH
BY PAPAL DECREE
THE THREE-FACED IDOL SMILES
UPON ME
I WILL SHOW YOU TRUE HERESY
BLACK ONE,
I RECUSE SANCTITY
GRANT ME
STRENGTH OF WILD BEASTS
OLD ONE,
I RECUSE SANCTITY
COMMAND MY STEEL
AGAINST WEAK GODS TO VICTORY
I CLOAK MYSELF IN LICHEN AND MOSS
I SMEAR THE AFTERBIRTH
OF GOATS ON THE CROSS
VOMIT ON THE EUCHARIST
SUFFUSE THE BLOOD OF CHRIST
WITH MY PISS
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2. |
Lead Casket
04:12
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NAUSEOUS SKY FILLS YOUR GUT WITH DREAD
CITY STREETS ARE PILED HIGH WITH THE DEAD
LEAD CASKET
CEMENT TOMB
A NATION’S HUBRIS
SPELLS YOUR DOOM
NOW YOU VOMIT BLOOD
AS YOUR CELLS ERUPT
NOTHING CAN SAVE YOU
YOU WISH DEATH WAS ABRUPT
YOUR EYES SPILL FROM YOUR SKULL
YOUR SKIN SLOUGHS OFF YOUR BONES
YOU’RE A BLOODY MESS
BURIED UNDER CONCRETE
BURIED BENEATH LIES
YOUR FAMILY DOESN’T EVEN KNOW FOR SURE
THAT YOU DIED
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3. |
Death Fugue
04:39
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MOLD BLACK
DEATH FUGUE
SOUNDS FROM
A RAM’S HORN
SCALDING WIND ERODES
THE FUTURE SCRAWLED
ON BEGGARS’ BONES
A POOL OF BRACKISH BLOOD
BOILS BENEATH A SICKLY SUN
THE SCABBED HERD
GNASHES IN THE DIRT
TOILING TOWARDS NIHIL
DYING IN DENIAL
SCALDING WIND ERODES
THE FUTURE SCRAWLED
ON BEGGARS’ BONES
A POOL OF BRACKISH BLOOD
BOILS BENEATH A SICKLY SUN
NOW THE FINAL BLOW
FIRE FROM BELOW
ALL SING THE DEATH FUGUE
ALL FALL AS ONE
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ON BLACK WING AND FOUL WIND
I HAUNT THE WRETCHED EARTH
MY PUTRID PULSELESS HEART
YEARNING FOR REBIRTH
I AM ALWAYS WELCOME
FOR I WEAR FAMILIAR SKIN
WHEN I ARRIVE FOR A VISIT
I APPEAR AS THEIR KIN
WHERE I GO PLAGUE FOLLOWS—
EVERY PEST MY PET
IF YOU ARE STILL LIVING
YOU HAVEN’T MET ME YET
I AM ALWAYS WELCOME
FOR I WEAR FAMILIAR SKIN
WHEN I ARRIVE FOR A VISIT
I APPEAR AS THEIR KIN
EMPIRES RISE AND FALL
BUT I PAY NO MIND
THE ONLY THING I CARE TO DO
IS FEAST UPON MANKIND
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5. |
Escaphism
05:24
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YOUR FIRST MISTAKE
WAS TO THINK I WOULDN’T DO IT
YOU TORMENTED ME
NOW I AM YOUR PERSECUTOR
OPEN WOUNDS SMEARED WITH SHIT
INSECTS BURROW INTO IT
SLOW DEATH - EXCRUCIATION
NO ESCAPE FROM SCAPHISM
I’LL MAKE SURE YOU LIVE
LONG ENOUGH TO SUFFER
YOU’LL GO MAD IN AGONY
SEPTIC ERUPTIONS
COAT YOUR RANCID FLESH
YOU NEVER SHOULD HAVE CROSSED ME
OPEN WOUNDS SMEARED WITH SHIT
INSECTS BURROW INTO IT
SLOW DEATH - EXCRUCIATION
NO ESCAPE FROM SCAPHISM
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Pile Them Up
04:11
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GROANING FIGURES LINE THE HALL
ASPHYXIATING ON FILTHY BEDS
UNATTENDED AS THEY BREATHE THEIR LAST
NO ONE CARES THEY’LL SOON BE DEAD
THE DOCTORS HAVE GIVEN UP
THE NURSES HAVE ALL FLED
BODIES PILED IN THE MORGUE
THERE’S NO MORE ROOM IN HERE
FOR ANYONE WHO DEALS WITH DEATH
IT’S BEEN A BANNER YEAR
UNATTENDED AS THEY BREATHE THEIR LAST
NO ONE CARES FOR THE DEAD
THE DOCTORS HAVE GIVEN UP
THE NURSES HAVE ALL FLED
FURNACES ARE FULL OF ASH
GRAVEYARDS FILLING UP FAST
SOON WE’LL ALL BE BURIED
UNDER MOUNTAINS OF HUMAN TRASH
BULLDOZE THEM INTO THE SEA
HURL THEM INTO SPACE
EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK
YOU SEE THE ROTTING HUMAN RACE
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7. |
Ransackers of the Temple
03:06
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DIVINE SECRETS ARE KEPT
BEHIND SOLOMON’S WALLS
WHILE LEPERS DIE
AND ARE EATEN BY RATS
RANSACKERS OF THE TEMPLE
PILFERERS OF THE WORD OF GOD
SOLOMON RESERVES PARADISE FOR HIMSELF
WHILE WE WORK HIS MINES
HIS THROAT WILL BE SLIT IN HIS SLEEP
BY A CONCUBINE
DOWN FALL THE TEMPLE WALLS
NO ARCHITECTURE CAN WITHSTAND OUR SIEGE
GLASS IS SMASHED, CLOTH IS TORN
ARCHES CRUMBLE AT OUR FEET
RANSACKERS OF THE TEMPLE
PILFERERS OF THE WORD OF GOD
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ON THIS NIGHT, A FORBIDDEN WORD
ECHOES IN THE WOODS
THE CHAPEL ALTAR IS DRAPED
IN ECTOPLASM
WHILE CORPSE LIGHTS DANCE
ON THE MOOR
IN HIS BOOK
I SIGN MY NAME
I PLEDGE MYSELF
SOUL SINGED AND STAINED
THE VICAR CLINGS TO HIS ROSARY
THE BLACKSMITH TO HIS HAMMER
I WIELD THE FLAME OF CHAOS
AGAINST ALL MATTER
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