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No Future
04:21
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HOW FAR WE HAVE FALLEN
WE, MIGHTY AND STRONG
ROUND MY CRUEL VISAGE
THE SANDS STRETCH LONG
ONCE NOBLE AND KIND
NOW FEEBLE AND LURID
MY GOODNESS RESIGNED
MAGNANIMITY DEFERRED
NO HOPE FOR MAN
THE EARTH SCORCHED AND BARREN
FAR WORSE, OUR SOULS
HAVE SUNKEN TO CHARON
NO FUTURE
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What Will Become of Us?
04:41
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WHAT WILL BECOME OF US
WHEN THE FINAL VEIL FALLS
AND THE ULTIMATE TWILIGHT
DESCENDS?
HOW WILL OUR MOTHERS WEEP
WHEN THEIR EYES HAVE CLOSED FOR GOOD?
HOW WILL OUR FATHERS CRY OUT
WITH LUNGS FULL OF ASHES?
WHAT WILL BECOME OF US?
WHAT WILL BECOME OF US?
HOW WILL THIS WORLD LAMENT
FROM A MOUTH STUFFED WITH SOOT?
HOW WILL GAIA MOURN
WITH SENTIENCE EXTINGUISHED?
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We Have Nothing
05:09
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THE HUBRIS OF MAN
WILL NOT GO UNPUNISHED
HOW VAIN ARE WE
TO DON THE MANTLE
OF STEWARDSHIP?
DEPART FROM ME
YOU WICKED AND SLOTHFUL SERVANT
YOU WHO HAVE BURIED YOUR GOODNESS
YOU WHO HAVE ALLOWED THE WORLD TO DIE
FROM HIM THAT HATH NOT SHALL EVERYTHING BE TAKEN AWAY
AND WE HAVE NOTHING
WE HAVE BURNED OUR RICHES
WE HAVE SLAIN OUR OWN KIND
WE HAVE SCORCHED OUR HOLY PLACES
WE HAVE POISONED OUR SUSTENANCE
WE HAVE DEFILED
GOODNESS AND BEAUTY THEMSELVES
WE DESERVE TO DIE
WE DESERVE TO DIE
WE DESERVE TO DIE
WE DESERVE TO DIE
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Our Concrete Sepulchres
05:55
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LAID IN CONCRETE SEPULCHRES
RAISED BY OUR OWN HANDS
OUR ASHEN BODIES ENHEARSED
MIDST A NOW-SILENT LAND
ONCE WE JOINED IN LIFE’S EROTIC DANCE
BUT FAR TOO SOON FROM REVELRY RETIRED
FROM PRIMAL PLEASURES WE HAD TURNED ASKANCE
AND BURIED OUR INNATELY-HELD DESIRES
THINKING OURSELVES SO WISE AND PROUD WE RUSHED
TO DOMINATE AND VAUNT OURSELVES AS GODS
OUR POWER OVER LIFE WE SAW AS JUST
BLIND TO THE DESTRUCTION WE HAD SOWED
AS ICARUS OR LUCIFER WE FALL
BLACK WINGS OF HUBRIS BURNING ROUND US ALL
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Prodigal Sons
03:48
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PRIMORDIAL BRETHREN OF ETERNAL POOLS
BATHED IN THE POISONS OF MADMEN AND FOOLS
GRANTED A PARADISE IN HER DIVINE BREATH
PERVERTED TO A DUNGEON OF SUFFERING AND DEATH
OUR SISTERS ALL SUFFOCATE IN GRIME AND DISEASE
THE VENOM OF EMPIRE FLAYING THE TREES
GIFTED SUCH WONDERS AND WORLDS WITHOUT END
WE SQUANDERED AND SMASHED WHAT WAS NOT COMPREHENDED
RED IN THE TOOTH, BRUTISH IN MIND
INJECTING OUR EVIL IN ALL THAT WE FIND
FALLEN BLACK ANGELS NOW LOOSEN THEIR TONGUES:
NO FUTURE AWAITS GAIA’S PRODIGAL SONS
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Birthright
05:09
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WE ARE NOT THE ONLY BEGOTTEN
WE ARE NOT THE FIRSTBORN
WE ARE NOT HER FAVORED SONS
HER BIRTHRIGHT IS NOT OURS
SHE WEEPS NOT FOR US
BUT FOR HER OTHER CHILDREN
WHOSE BLOOD IS ON OUR HANDS
WHO WOULD MOURN CAIN ON HIS PASSING?
WHEN WE HAVE SLAIN THE WORLD
WHO WILL MOURN US?
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Them That Are His
04:18
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When they discovered, from the admissions of some of them, that there were believers mingled with the heretics they said to the abbot "Sir, what shall we do, for we cannot distinguish between the faithful and the heretics." The abbot, like the others, was afraid that many, in fear of death, would pretend to be faithful, and after their departure, would return to their heresy, and it is said that he replied "Caedite eos. Novit enim Dominus qui sunt eius -“ and so countless number in that town were slain.
Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal: The Lord knoweth them that are his.
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Learned Helplessness
04:28
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I AM AS A SINGLE TEAR IN A VAST OCEAN OF SORROW: WHO AM I TO THWART THE TIDES?
I AM AS A SINGLE MOTE IN A SWIRLING MAELSTROM: HOW SHALL I BEAT BACK ITS DESTRUCTIVE POWER?
I AM AS A SINGLE PEBBLE IN THE BED OF A RAGING RIVER: SHALL ITS CONSTANT ACTION NOT WEATHER ME AWAY TO DUST?
I AM A SINGLE CELL IN A BODY WRACKED WITH SICKNESS: HOW CAN I STAVE OFF DISEASE?
I WAS A FERTILE OCEAN, NOW CHOKED IN FILTH.
I WAS A RUSHING WIND, NOW FALLEN STILL.
I WAS A TALL MOUNTAIN, NOW A WORN VALLEY.
I WAS BRAVE. I FOUGHT AGAINST IT SO LONG.
I AM SO WEARY. I CAN’T FIGHT ANYMORE.
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The Dying Light
07:06
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…AND I SAW OUR TOWERS CRUMBLE
LOOK UPON US, MIGHTY IN DESPAIR
WITNESSING OUR SYMBOLS SHATTER
DOMINIONS FALL TO DISREPAIR
AND I SAW THE FETID FRUITS
WE LABORED SO HARD TO ATTEND
SICKENING THE VERDANT GARDEN
EVER-CLOSER TO OUR END
WE RAGED AGAINST THE DYING LIGHT
BUT HOPELESS IN OUR FRUITLESS STRIFE
WE COULD NOT HALT THE LOOMING NIGHT
REFLECTING ALL THE REASONS WHY
WE DESERVED TO DIE
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