1. |
Rat King
04:07
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walls, marble walls
the ancient lords built this place
gold, the golden light
we praise the sun and it shines
oh, ephemeral
life giver flows
unimpeded
her sweet nourishment
gift of sun
ambrosia
bearer of sign
thou shalt go forth
and take the corvid’s wing
ascend beyond
this hollow frame
no longer chained
to sanity
nor will i be
constrained by death
the cycle now begins anew
with each fire kindled
i am reborn
the light has left us
cross perilous bridge of stone
to where he lies
the cavern foul
the rat king
now presides
forsaken heir of ash
the lords of old
are now gone
no light remains
in this place
only darkness
and ash
for the rat king
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2. |
Promethazine Guillotine
06:42
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i want you to look me in the eye
i want you to look me in the eye
and tell me i've got
one good reason
all i ask
is to look me in the eye
and tell me i’ve got one good reason to live
these old bones ache
nerves fraught and hands shake
twine frayed from the knot
laid down and left to rot
laid down and left to rot
i wish i could eat your pain away
hold you with jesus christ arms
and heal what happened that day
things left unsaid
vitriol in my head
open up my heart
and let it all drain
fill it back up
with your sweet venom
your sweet venom
and now slowly i recede
i know what i am without it
and now slowly i recede
i know what i am
it’s never enough
it’s never enough
promethazine guillotine
in the end
he takes it all
it’s never enough
enlighten my eyes
for i shall sleep
the sleep of death
one good reason
all i ask is to look me in the eye
and tell me i’ve got one good reason to live
it’s never enough
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3. |
Dominion
04:57
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i am
your servant
as in life
so in death
i gave all i had
gave of myself to you
bent to your will
bent my knee but for you
for you
my master
i am
dominion
we are no one
born astride the grave
slaves to this wretched place
we are no one
acolytes to your will
where shall our blood be spilled
nowhere street
full of lost souls
dirty needles,
dirty women,
is this life?
is this really all there is?
sink ever deeper
into this pit
sink ever deeper
into this trap
the air is foul
in this blighted place
my life is forfeit now
corrupted and disgraced
as in life
so in death
as above
so below
enter my dominion
you will never be the same
a life of misery and death
spent on the streets here in hell
down here in hell
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4. |
Hell is the Firm
06:28
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grid linked over eyes
lines drawn over lives
grid of broken lines
lines drawn over lives
broken lives
atomized
broken lives
compartmentalized
keep in line with the logic of the system
keep it behind the walls of this firmament
broken lives
atomized
broken lives
compartmentalized
broken logic
paradise is lost
the panopticon eye
ever present
your silence is your fucking prison
may you be crushed under the boots that you lick
hell is not the boss
it is the firm
hell is not the boss
it is the firm
oh, paradise lost, paradise lost
the prison inside your head
the prison inside your head (firmament)
it will never be the same
it will never be the same again
walls
must be brought down
reclaim
all that was lost
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5. |
Regression Complex
04:47
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we are the void
transient and hollow
window to nowhere
recursion manifest
and so we enter
regression complex
iteratative
aporias
splayed before me
but is this real?
so vivid
i can feel it
each encounter recreates us
but each time i’m never present
slave to the cycle
iteratative
aporias
splayed before me
but is this real?
the smell lingers on
a wash of burning chrome
her hair like static
and glistening honey
did you appear
for a moment
was it real
i need to
make you real
i touch your skin
tactus rings hollow
it burns behind
behind my eye
but there’s no warmth
only a shadow
i cling to shadow
as you vanish
once again
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centuries awaited
for mercury’s ascent
the ritual begins
celestials drag my arms
earthly pillars tremble
shatter stone of sisyphus
transfixion of the sky
with spear of longinus
phantasmic retrograde
the starways veiled with viscera and blood
behold this perverse god
elusive and orgiastic
the gate opens
clandestine utterance
enter room of suns
this place where serpents coil
blinding rays of light
refraction burns away
enter virgin’s mouth
feel her healing touch
skin draped in water
reach deep within her
tablet smaragdine: i invoke your might
hermes: the thrice great, the seeker of the divine
celestial ascension, henosis is attained
the mercurial procession is now complete
under the sign of the holy trinity
gaze upon the void
the chasm torn asunder
recursive hyperspace
i am nothing
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7. |
Continental Drift
03:10
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8. |
The Hurt Comes Home
04:26
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this hate and venom inside me
to which i am indentured
it comes from you
all i hate
comes from you
inherit
your trauma and all of your anger
pressed into me
pressed into me
your hurt hangs over my head
its grip on my life tightens
oh
set me free
please
set me free
from this hurt
enemy
will you not face me?
this grievance?
or will you cower before me?
father, why have you forsaken me?
everything feels so goddamn small
my head pressed up against the glass
opened and scrutinized by the eye
a map of scars left behind
archaeology of trauma
inherit the sins of the father
they took it all away
i’m here to take it back
i am the lesson pain will teach
i am the heart that’s full of fear
i am the guilt that hangs its head
i am the hurt that’s right at home
the hurt that’s right at home
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9. |
The Hurt Sets In
08:04
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skin begins to crawl
filaments in blood
this pain takes root
the hurt sets in
mantle of shame
weighs greatly on me
i lay down and sink
beneath the bog
as your echoes course
throughout my veins
i push deeper
into this nightmare
welcome to my hobbled lair
this chasm in the mire
you are now within my realm
i serve the one to whom a great wrong has been done
my voice entombs
my gaze pierces all
i don’t remember a time
before this hurt had set in
harbored in memory
the image aflare
it overtakes
my senses recoil
it slips away
it slips away
oh, this is my own hell
don’t hold me back
oh, this is my own hell
don’t hold me back
once again, here we are
trying desperately to keep
the sand clasped in our hands
but it all slips away
you reached into my life
and you took as you pleased
your poison lingers on
nothing has been made right
nothing has been made right
drowning in white light
drowning in white light
the hurt sets in
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Ibex Moncton, New Brunswick
Hardcore/punk-infused death metal
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