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Taxus Baccata

from VIRGO INFERNUS by Chthonia

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TAXUS BACCATA
Roots that bind the pallid bones
Leaves that kiss the dreamless head
Old Yew, who shades the ancient stones
That name the Mighty Dead

Infernal boughs, ignite my spirit
Astral fire, open the graves
I burn through the Outer Limits
Beneath the Yew tree’s shade

I call the Devil in the Tree
Father, come! I pray thee!
In the name of the Cursing Moon
Open wide the tomb!

Sing, sing, sing, sing
I sing to the seed in the chalice
Ring, ring, ring, ring
Red bells of Death and malice

Devouring the restless damned
You feast on poisonous flesh
From Immemorial Darkness
You guard the South and the West

I call the Devil in the Tree
Satan, fix your eye on me!
I conjure by the Dismal Moon
A thousand years of gloom

Crowned with Terrors of the Pit
With serpents at my beckoning
I enact the foul desires of She who demands reckoning

Slithering between the roots
Upon the Tree of Suffering
My wicked tongue seeks the blood
That she has bled in offering

Volt by volt
The witch’s song curses the False King
Volt by volt
The vermin shall be crushed between my wings
The ire of her vitriol
Draws me from the Dark
To impart my blessing:
May her hatred meet its mark!

I call the Devil in the Tree
Father, come! I pray thee!
In the name of the Cursing Moon
Open wide the tomb!

Shelter me within your Grove
Witch and Devil - we are One
Funeral vapours rise and move
Awakened by the setting Sun

I call the Devil in the Tree
Satan, fix your eye on me!
I conjure by the Dismal Moon
A thousand years of gloom

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from VIRGO INFERNUS, released August 13, 2023
Lyrics: Chthonia

First verse is a play on Tennyson’s ‘In Memoriam.’
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Guitar, synth, percussion, vocals: Chthonia
Additional percussion: RS
The Devil in the Tree: Zekenfraut
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Mixed & mastered at Opus Magnum Studio by Déhà, Brussels, MMXXIII
deha.bandcamp.com

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CHTHONIA is a one-woman audio-visual project, channeling infernal witch-hymns of solemn invocation and ecstatic veneration, expressed through the vessel and voice of the Stygian Nymph.

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