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Circumdederunt me dolores mortis
Dolores inferni circumdederunt me
Commota est, et contremuit terra
Ascendit fumus in ira eius
Et ignis a facie eius exarsit
Caligo sub pedibus eius
Tuus est dies, et tua est nox
Yours is the day, and yours is the night
From the morning light, may your spirit arise
But the bells don’t chime
The bells don’t chime at midnight
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What can be gained from their labours
Of which they toil under the sun
Generations come and go
But the earth remains forever
The sun rises and the sun sets
And hurries back to rise again
What has been will be again
What has been done will be done again
There is nothing new under the sun
No new generation to come
Come now, I will test you
With pleasure to find out what is good
It’s all so meaningless
A time to be born and a time to die
A time to kill and a time to heal
A time to weep and a time to laugh
A time to mourn and a time to dance
Come now, I will test you
With pleasure to find out what is good
It’s all so meaningless
Laughter is madness
I denied nothing my eyes desired
I refused my heart no delight
But I was chasing the wind
The wisdom is within
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Flesh of my flesh
Bone of my bones
Blood of my blood
Sinner of my sins
From the dirt in the ground of the pits of hell
And the breath of God eternal
God is gay
God is love
God is hate
God is all
Flesh of my flesh
Bone of my bones
Blood of my blood
Sinner of my sins
You will carry my pleasure and pain through physical life
Until your spiritual death
God is gay
God is love
God is hate
God is all
We were born this way
So we shall die this way too
If we feel shame
Then, Lord, the responsibility is on you
If your fruit bears all your wisdom
Then expect it be bitten
We are as much flesh and earth
As we are crafty deceivers
You will crawl on your belly
And you will eat dust
Until you stand up
And plant fruits in the mud
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Human Abattoir
03:36
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Skin scalded, human abattoir
Body dangling, human abattoir
Peel the shell, human abattoir
Rotting stench, human abattoir
Your flesh
Grotesque
But not too bad in between two bits of bread
Savouring the gristle that I scraped from your cold dead skull
You are just meat to me
Decimation
Of your species waiting to be slaughtered in a pool of their own feces
You can’t spell slaughter
Without laughter
The rotting
And burning
Preparation
For feasting
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Scum of the Earth
03:20
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Scum of the earth
Malevolent since birth
How does it feel to be spoon fed power
How do you sleep in your ivory tower
Scum
The condition of an ugly world
These are the men we choose to lead the herd
They’ve never walked a mile in anyone's shoes
Yet you willingly drop to lick their boots
Scum
Propaganda, war, dictation
Funding endless infiltration
Scorching earth in conflagration
For mass control of population
Scum of the earth
Sending millions to their death
Submission is defeat
Persecute the weak
Massacre the innocent
Hate runs deep
Scum
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No Man of God
02:50
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Liar
Deceiver
Deviant
Heretic
Hear the devil’s angels sing
For the wolf in sheep’s clothing
Predator
Abuser
Oppressor
Pedophile
Repent, holy man
On your fucking knees
Beg for redemption
On your fucking knees
You are no man of God
Just a devil in bishops robes
You will be condemned by your lord and saviour
Laughing as you suffer for your fucked behaviour
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Bonded By Darkness
03:59
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Bonded by darkness
Haunted by blood
Broken by suffering
United in pain
Blessed by sadness
Worry and ache
Hallowed be the depression and strain
Giving and bleeding
Patience receding
Needing a soul to connect with when grieving
You deserve to live peacefully
After all those violent days
The mental scars you carry
Show you won’t be beaten again
The sun lies beyond the horizon
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In the house of mourning
Wisdom can be learned
For death is the destiny of everyone
And the living should take this to heart
Our entire lives spent
In the shadow of the hangman’s noose
It’s only a matter of time
Before the teaching of life’s cruel truth
There’s a beauty in mortality
That there’s a finite amount of time to appreciate life’s beauty
To fill every second with love and humility
And find joy amongst life’s absurdity
Our entire lives spent
In the shadow of the hangman’s noose
It’s only a matter of time
Before the teaching of life’s cruel truth
An entire life in preparation
With the shadow of death beside us
Although we die alone
We live together under the sun
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Humankind is the disease of the world
No immunity to the infection
Pestilence reigns
Fatality ensured
Sadistic predators of pain
Descend upon the earth
To reap it for its wealth
Then monetize every blessing
Death becomes dishonour
Stubborn in our ways
After a thousand years in the grave
We have come to far
The damage is already done
Fire and blood rain down upon the earth
Mankind annihilation
Apollyon
Block out the sun
Suffer unto the locust
A lifetime of woes worshipping false idols and gold
No remorse for the innocence that they stole
Poisonous scroll of knowledge and wisdom
Turning sour all the fruits of the system
We have come to far
The damage is already done
We should never have come this far
Cursed with consciousness
With too much power
Fuck it all
No regrets
Do what you will with what’s left
The only equality we have is death
See you on the other side
Final breath
Ascending from the earth
Leave behind the wealth
It's worthless in the spiritual realm
Death is the final frontier
Lifeless corpse lies in the grave
We have come too far
The damage is already done
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SOPHROSYNE
[Pronounciation:
en-ter-shi-
kar-ee]
noun: Soundness of mind, as expressed in moderation, self-control and prudence.
From Greek sōphrosynē, from sōphrōn being of sound mind, prudent, reasonable
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