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Of Pestilence and Death
04:00
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Part I
He shall lay his hand upon them
And cleanse thy face with blood
Before the sun I kneel no more
Within the sanctuary
Of pestilence and death
Banish the light which thy abhor
When I shall send upon them
The arrows of famine
Bear witness to destruction
Of iniquitous
Why dost thou shew me
In iniquity
Cause me to behold grievance
For spoiling and violence are before me
Behold ye among the heathen
And thy detestable things
Thy fury rest upon thee
O Lord, how long must I cry
Until thou wilt hear me
Art thou not everlasting
O Lord, thou hast ordained them
For judgment
Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood
And established a city by iniquity
For the stone shall cry out of the wall
And the beam out of the timber shall answer it
Arise that shall vex thee
I stand at the precipice of death
He shall lay his hand upon them
And cleanse thy face with blood
Before the sun I kneel no more
Within the sanctuary
Of pestilence and death
Banish the light which thy abhor
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Eons of Thought
04:17
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Part II
Let the earth keep silence before him
As blood spills upon the floor
The door that finally opens
Eons of thought
Ceaseless metamorphosis
The curtain… to the netherworld
Is thread bare
He beheld and drove asunder
The nations
And the everlasting mountains
Were scattered
Eons of thought
Ceaseless metamorphosis
Woe unto him that saith to the wood
Awake
And to the tranquil stone
Arise
Woe to the bearer of this burden
Desolation
The wicked shall devour
The man
Let the earth keep silence before him
As blood spills upon the floor
The door that finally opens
Blood shall be poured out as dust
And the flesh as the dung
Woe to thee that is filthy and polluted
They vomit on themselves
It shapes me
As stone is shaped by the one who carves it
After eons of thought
I have reached the nadir of despair
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Epitaph
04:09
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Part III
He stood, and measured
The earth
The perpetual hills
Did bow
A life… appraised
In nations conquered by the sword
Behold the ein sof desolation
Where only ash remains
My lips quivered at the voice
Rottenness enters my bones
I trembled in myself
That I may eternally rest
The flock shall be cut off from the fold
In time thou shall join me in the sun
At the forefront of moral decay
Ruination is inevitable
When I shall hearken back
With this knowledge that I’ve obtained
Will it feel the same
Will I feel the same
Engulfed in thine sorrow and shame
Time layeth waste to all… evermore
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Passage of Centuries
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Part IV
I beseech you to return to me
Where the oceans meet the air
And withstand the passage of centuries
Pour my woes onto thee
I see suffering
I stand within
Within the tomb
I rest my hand
Upon the stone
Do thou not the eyes to see
Impudent one
Raineth fire upon the earth
And send his wrath unto my soul
Everlasting
As the prophecy was written
From the ancient text shall I speak
Behold the eternal one
For he is the absence
He is the solitude of man
Consume thy immortal flesh
And vomit upon thee
I beseech you to return to me
Where the oceans meet the air
And withstand the passage of centuries
Pour my woes onto thee
In famine he shall
Redeem thee from death
And in war from the power of the sword
Impudent one
Raineth fire upon the earth
And send his wrath unto thy soul
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Remembrance and Rot
03:50
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Part V
In pestilence and vanity
A revelation of the unclean
Oh, how thy flesh forgives
Tainted fruit that innocence steal
Anguish thou spilith from the cup
The daggered tongue unsheathes
Why shall thee
Forsake me
Is my flesh not worthy of the light
Skin broken
And loathsome
My soul is given to the hand of the wicked
Is decadence not what thou seek
Turning the tide drowning the weak
The end of flesh has come before me
How long will thou not have mercy upon
Light from the stars doth not shine upon me
Lo, a prayer uttered in the dark
Woe, in solitude I rest
Weigh my grief and misery still
The things my soul refuse to touch
Are as the sorrowful meat
Why shall thee
Forsake me
Is my flesh not worthy of thy light
Skin broken
And loathsome
My soul is given to the hand of the wicked
The fade becoming more defined
Whilst the righteous fall upon quivering knees
The end of flesh has come before me
How long wilt thou not have mercy upon me
Light from the stars doth not shine upon me
Lo, a prayer uttered in the dark
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Hand of The Wicked Arkansas
Hand of The Wicked - a side project featuring members of Serpentine, Horde Casket and Ensepulchre
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