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Vampiric Hypnosis
05:00
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heaving breasts
reddening cheeks
her porcelaine skin
mesmerizing
she's irresistible
petaled sheets
satin and candles
ghostly complexion
can any man handle
such love
such lust
sanguine intermission
just a tryst, a quick liaison
under night's fall
transfixed in your gaze, mistress
seduced and stumbling through this haze
of bliss
<gibbous moon eats the dark>
suffused in your haze, mistress
seduced and stumbling through this veil
of mist
<gibbous moon eats the dark>
icy touch
light as a feather
clouded mind
vision untethered
irrestistible
sanguine intermission
just a tryst, a quick liaison
under night's fall
transfixed in your gaze, mistress
seduced and stumbling through this haze
of bliss
<gibbous moon eats the dark>
suffused in your haze, mistress
seduced and stumbling through this veil
of mist
<curse this hunger>
while i sleep
i can still
hear her footsteps
<skittering about>
in the deep
of the woods
we are still
<joined at the heart>
sleepy trees shelter hunters in peril
once the hunger has struck
the connection is gone
<feral mind, in the dark>
cliffside mansion
wall of ice
behind the door
the secret lies
<a reflection?>
hallways decked
in red and black
the widow lurks
then she attacks
<consummation>
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Tunnel of Deceit
04:45
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i'm stumped yet again
the labyrinth gleams
the slathered walls
the plague of morphine
once you go in it's too late
what did you expect?
ooh -- these architects of yore!
what did i expect to see?
my shallow breathing echoes
wipe away the sweat
ooh -- this treasury of ore...
sparkling diamond makes the thief
the light dims quick down here
it all feels so close
what predilections do these hallowed halls cater to?
present the dose
rippling crust
ink across my eyes
speak slow
even if i try
sweat pours
clawing at the silt
dead beneath the quilt
i float upwards
no
<yes>
please don't
<why>
i can't
<you can't>
oh
<give in>
my mind is yours
<yes>
i can't
<you can>
oh
<give in>
the soul floats upwards
drowned in ink
<to feed the beasts at the bottom>
choking pig
<blue light, dead heaven>
my mind..
<all mine all mine>
my eyes..
<you're blind you're blind>
no light
i'm stumped yet again
the labyrinth gleams
the slathered walls
the plague of morphine
rippling crust
ink across my eyes
once you go in it's too late
what did you expect?
ooh -- these architects of yore!
what did i expect to see?
my shallow breathing echoes
wipe away the sweat
ooh -- this treasury of ore...
darkness deeper than your grief
no..
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Cleanse the Wound
02:45
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want to help?
i need help...
fold your arms
it is sunday
no playing cards
shut your eyes and bind your feet
then come walk a while me
subdued
and tearing up
upon the hillside
i drop the scythe
your mangled insides
spill and bleed
crows and maggots
speak through me
subhumed
and tearing up
i smell the hillside
a carefree soul
to cleanse the wound
i set you free
rub your scent all over me
perfume
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4. |
Nightmare
04:18
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turn the soil around
freshly, with leaves
and pray to your god
hunched, pale ghoul
'tween a row of dead
plague of rape and woe
graveyard scented hellscapes
fantasy just recreates
the nightmare
paralyzed repeater
toss and turn with fever
cockroach eater
underground
in a casket breaking down
my telepathy knows no bounds
feel my bones emit the sound of the sweetest dirge
lulling you to rest
flaming cross
in a sea of smoke
choking on your woe
billowing eternal
have you learned the meaning of
the nightmare?
doomed to dream your failure
paralyzed, disfigured
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Wondervein
04:24
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watch that girl between all those boys
can you wrap your mind 'round what she's done?
hope is a wondervein
send her to the strip mines
so suck it empty
til the well runs dry
hope is a wondervein
send her to the strip mines
the horn of plenty
seeps at the bands
overflowing flower
milk for every man
watch that girl between all those boys
can you wrap your mind 'round what she's done?
hope is a wondervein
send her to the strip mines
a whore is deadly
but a blade will sort her out
ash in her hair
braided with roses
the embers flare
repent through immolation!
stoke the pyre
pluck your lyre
even though your strings are all snapping
so suck it empty
til the well runs dry
hope is a wondervein
send her to the strip mines
a whore is deadly
but a blade will sort her out
open the wondervein
drink up from the mainline
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Lord of Dread
03:53
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empty silver chalice
crystal orb of binding
father warlock's staff
diagrams to light his path
doorway
open open open
we welcome thee
when the catalyst is true
grace your subjects with the view
see the lord of dread!
the sulfur stench
the goaten trench
the puke and shit
we all submit
to him!
??
to win you must sin
no unmaking this, friend
the gate is lit, the manuscript
is there to read in plain
now revel in pain
past the monster lies the man
now revel in pain
no escape from his right hand
??
hold on to your sanity
if you be the ??
miserable reality
bleed into the pool
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7. |
Tomes
18:08
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Part I, The Serpentine Women
deep in the ice
pernicious winds protect
a library of mystery
i broke the ties
that kept me anchored
to civility, mediocrity
open up the gate to peek inside
<we will ward these old halls 'til we die >
what will i find?
<our knowledge will poison your mind>
page turns slow
focus on the essence
don't stop now!
you're almost there..
lights out
deep in the mind
a venom eating away
chills from the dungeon
a venom eating away
then as from open sky the serpents strike!
<kill the intruder!>
but i rise and inflict their demise
<still you will suffer>
to deeper parts with shelves covered in rime
i will venture with courage
to uncover secrets in time
sacred scribe..
seek to die..
be reborn on sheets of mine..
what is true?
i decide!
open up the gate to peek inside
<we will ward these old halls 'til we die >
what will i find?
<our knowledge will poison your mind>
tome upon tome i grow ever more greedy
the lion has opened his maw
dawn eats the dusk and i'm far from completing
but winds howl
what was that i saw?
have i lost my mind?
i think their venom's working
Part 2, Boreal Ramparts
yawning, arising, o slumbering one
fathoms of ice have extinguished the sun
have i lost my mind?
i think their venom's working
have i lost my mind?
inside the blizzard stands the king
sleet and hail
entombed alive
the walls reach out
for countless miles
madness erupts from
your frozen smile
your face on the mountainside
peaks all reaching for the sky
ever so high
ever so high
never so high
nowhere out
day the same as night
your patience worn to bone
twisted mouth
twitches as you plead but
this glacial domain is now your home
shed the flesh
of a simpleton past
suckle the breasts of the goddess
such wisdom out of time!
and countless contradictions
the knowledge you once held
was nary more than fiction
little soul
tucked you in
while out roving o'er yonder
you were fevered and lost
when you stepped inside these borders
the walls reach out for countless miles
black
dripping stone
his arms begin to multiply
black
dripping stone
Part 3, Retching at the Precipice
sick with despair
retching at the precipice
the fever stink
where has my golden boy gone?
where is the girl of spring?
when did i lose my mind?
when did i when did i when did i????
doped like a mule, the bed reeks of cum!
sesame opens another blue nun, pull the shutters down...
retching at the precipice
when did i lose my insides?
faster yet slower somehow
glued to a pendulum
dizzy and dangerous
and the spit keeps on flying out the mouth
say! would it be fair to assume
copulation corrupts absolutely
well, that's an unfortunate rule
i was going to ask if you'd see me
still we can be friends
can we not?
under the blackest of skies, no memory held of the stars
wombed in the belly of madness
sold at forbidden bazaars..
<sacrificial chant>
wind the rack til breaking
where have my morals gone? where did the backbone go?
i speared a thousand cunts
alas i crave... one more
when will the last slave die? where did its body go?
i ate her ash in june
july renewed my woes
i think my life is out of control
call on me when you feel the pull
slick wet like amazon rain
guts, mud, a lightning pain
bursting dyke in the jungle night
levee twain by the lance of a knight
and it lashes on down
lashes on down
must i be reminded of the filth
i waded through to get here
all in search of wisdom
i could not obtain by normal means
let me forget the hows and the whos
frigid husks of flesh come to haunt my mood
<warding chant>
retching at the precipice
the fever stink
when did i lose my mind?
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A Thin Lady
05:40
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tales have been told for uncountable seasons
yarn has been spun by the spider and fly
huddled around the pile in the sty
perplexed, you sigh.
upon a time
not once nor twice
she walk ed these halls
"to what device?"
spectral revenant
white as snow
she reaches through the dream
what curses will you suffer?
is the opium at hand?
are your nerves able to stand?
nonono..
chilled to the bone! trembling yet unmoving
haze dissolves perception
death and resurrection
she reaches through the dream
what curses will you suffer?
immensity of fear
can hide nowhere
no eyes to shut and cry
chilled to the bone! trembling yet unmoving
this is just illusion
sinister delusion
so you had your way! to deny is to die
reprehensible? stuffed your face so full?
what ever did you do..? to deserve this torment...? the lady walks...
fiend of mine
something has been taken from me - stop!
falter with payment and you must die
concubine
withered yet so beautiful - come back!
sweetness eternal or pure demise
she hated her rightful owner
she swore that he'd never rest
for one night he butchered her children
then buried his knife in her chest
chilled to the bone! trembling yet unmoving
spirits swarmed the sinner
now she'll have her dinner
chilled to the bone! suffocating feeling!
it's the witching hour
all shall be devoured
by the thin lady
don't cast your superstitions out unless your
arrogance can take it
heaven's gates are closed to you
nothing to do
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The Manor of Open Doors
03:26
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wayward mind
what direction do you follow?
lover and killer entwined
on a throne of blood in the hollow wood
sweet laceration
landing like rainfall
humble and patient
don't you look up 'fore i walk out
so the pleasures of a moment
can be magnetized like steel
in a drunken, sad confusion
there a darkness stumbles on in
debauch and naivety
sworn to secrecy
the blades do glitter like the teeth of a maid
in a moonlit spring under heavens bare laid
lick the wet from her skin
call the rite to begin
ooh ooh
we unfold and proclaim
from the scroll most profane
ooh ooh
so the pleasures of a moment
can be oxidized like steel
in your empty eyes, confusion
as the darkness stumbles on, in
wayward mind
what direction do you follow?
lover and ruler entwined
on a throne of skin on a dais of skulls
in desecration
we can be equal
in desecration
all the pleasures of this moment
in a multitude of dreams
the blades do glitter like the teeth of a maid
in a moonlit spring under heavens bare laid
clean the shit from your skin
call the rite to begin
ooh ooh
we unfold and proclaim
from the scroll most profane
ooh ooh
open shut!
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Lichyard
07:10
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o these grounds, to step on
e'er risen hath, an alchemist
jubilee of passing!
birds take flight in the morning light
flap wings to fan the flame
the edifice is thick with smoke
<six censers hang in greeting>
incense pouring through the streets
<to behold this and be made complete>
come out of your house
<put your robe on by the waterside>
come out and see him
hold on to the moss and stones
and forage what you can alone
the smacking of their lips <disgusting>
you stroke the wench's hips <lusting>
and the smoke! o the smoke! and the salt of the earth
our flock has gathered at the lichyard
it is time
raise high thy chalice, bless this pure concoction
compose your spirit and let flow the golden wine
now is unveiled the world beyond deception
for to have what you once had not
could you tolerate the secrecy? past the curtains of the dead?
or to lack what you already forgot
there is no chance to live if the dead have more fun
pull back the sheets of existence
you pathetic piece of excrement
lest the birds come back to nest
laying branches on thy crest
knowing lies beneath thy breast
such a virtuous incest
for to have what you once had not
could you tolerate the secrecy? past the curtains of the dead
or to lack what you already forgot
the dead have more fun
pillar
and column
marbled suite
trip trap trip trap trip trap trip trap nanana the rain comes
trojan horse through open doors nanana the rain comes
our flock has gathered at the lichyard
it is time
raise high thy chalice, bless this pure concoction
wolf pack in unison
dreaming of venison
the edifice is thick with smoke
<six censers hang in greeting>
incense pouring down the streets
<to behold this and be made complete>
slumber well with trust in your heart
tragedy is certain but your treachery went too far
the edifice is thick with smoke
ceaseless cries as wolves awoke
cannibal of night and day
lead the pack into the fray
smite the child and force the mother
into bondage like no other
strap her to the holy cross
douse it light it stone and moss
throw yourself upon the pyre
kiss her corpse and fuck the fire
life is fleeting, men are brave
you are but a shallow grave
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