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Soul : Inert
01:21
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Asbest
06:53
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ENDLOSES FRISTEN
IN GÄHNENDER LEERE
STÄNDIG IN DER SCHWEBE
UND DENNOCH SCHWER WIE BLEI
DURCH TAGHELLE NÄCHTE
DEN KOPF BEI DEN STERNEN
UND DIESE SEHNSUCHT
REISST MICH AM ENDE
ENTZWEI
DIE BEINE SCHWER
VOM ENDLOSEN MARSCH
IMMER VORWÄRTS!
IMMER WEITER!
JEDOCH DAS ZIEL
LÄNGST AUS DEN AUGEN VERLOREN
SO ENTSCHWINDE ICH
IN TRÄUMEN VON EWIGER NACHT
ÜBERSÄT MIT SCHERBEN
WOHIN ICH AUCH LAUF
DIE WELT AM STERBEN
UND MIT IHR BIN ICH ES AUCH
BLIND DURCH DIE NACHT
PANIK ERWACHT
ATEM WIRD SCHWER
DER BLICK WIRD LEER
ABGRUND VORAUS!
LAUF GRADEAUS
STÜRZ DICH HINAB!
KRATER DER STADT!
SONNE ZERBRICHT
NIEMALS MEHR LICHT
TRAUER DURCHBRICHT
MEIN ANGESICHT
KEINE AUSSICHT
KEIN FENSTER
IN MEINER KERKERWAND
ENDLOSES FRISTEN
IN GÄHNENDER LEERE
STÄNDIG IN DER SCHWEBE
UND DENNOCH SCHWER WIE BLEI
DURCH TAGHELLE NÄCHTE
DEN KOPF BEI DEN STERNEN
UND DIESE SEHNSUCHT
REISST MICH AM ENDE
ENTZWEI
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ANOTHER NIGHT SPENT WANDERING
UNDER FLUORESCENT LIGHTS
DEAFENED BY MOCKING THUNDER
ROARING FROM STARLESS SKIES
BENEATH THE ASPHALT LIES
ALL CAUSE OF SPIRITUAL DEMISE
IN THE STREETS LIKE LABYRINTHS
THE MASS LIKE MAGGOTS THRIVES
A SWARM OF ROTTEN LIVES DANCES
NOXIOUS DANCE AS HOPE DEPRIVES
DEATH FOLLOWS IN DISGUISE
AS THE SMOKE BLINDS MY TIRED EYES
SWIRL LOST SOULS LIKE FLIES
HANG, HANG THEM HIGH!
THE FIGUREHEADS OF HORROR
ETERNAL HAILS
TO THE ARCHITECTS OF SORROW
I LONG FOR THE DAY
WHEN ALL OF THIS WILL END
A REAL INFERNO
MUCH TO DROOLING GODS CONTENT
THE SMOKES SHALL RISE HIGHER
SUFFOCATE ALL THAT IS LEFT
AND UP FROM THE PYRE
RAIN THE ASHES UNTO THE CEMENT
HANG THEM HIGH!
WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE
AND NOWHERE LEFT TO HIDE
AS THE SUN FALLS FROM THE SKY
AND FROM THE FIRMAMENT
BREAKS PURE ENLIGHTENMENT
REJOICE! FOR IT HAS BROUGHT US ALL
THE ENDLESS NIGHT
ENDLESS NIGHT
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Equal. Silent. Cold.
06:59
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WHEN THE SCAFFOLDS DROWN IN BLOOD
AND THE EXECUTIONERS BLADES HAVE TURNED BLUNT
WHEN THE LAST SPINE HAS BEEN CRUSHED
THAT WHAT SHALL NOT BE MEETS ERADICATION
WITH THE SWEET TASTE OF FOREIGN BLOOD ON THEIR LIPS
THE FRAIL DELUSION OF VICTORY BEFORE THEIR EYES
DEAD ARE EQUAL, SILENT AND COLD
AND THE MASS GRAVES KNOW NO DIFFERENCE
WHEN PARANOIA AND TERROR
TIGHTEN THE STRANGLEHOLD
MALEVOLENCE, TREASON, AND DISCORD COMMAND THE DAY
DEAD ARE EQUAL, SILENT AND COLD
AND THE FEASTING MAGGOTS KNOW NO DIFFERENCE
EQUAL. SILENT. COLD.
BEHOLD THE HEIGHT OF THE OBELISK
AN OVERAWING MEMORIAL
AS GAIA SLOWLY CHOKES
ON THE SHEER MASS OF DEATH
WE ERECT PILLAR AFTER PILLAR
ACCUSING THE VERY GODS
THE ONES WHO LEFT
THE ONES WHO ABANDONED
THE ONES WHO BETRAYED
THE ONES WHO DIED
AND NO HOLINESS WAS FOUND
AMONGST THE RUINS
WHEN THE LAST CURSE HAS BEEN UTTERED
AND THE PROPHETS REMAIN SILENT
THERE ARE NO MORE WORDS LEFT AT ALL
MANKIND DOES AS MANKIND
HAS ALWAYS DONE
DRIVEN BEYOND REASON
FURTHER DOWN THE ABYSS!
THE GRIN OF SKULLS
SHALL BE OUR WELCOME
THE DEAD KNOW NO DIFFERENCE
BUT WHAT THEY KNEW IN THEIR LIFE IS
BELLUM OMNIUM
CONTRA OMNES
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Deluge
09:17
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ON THE DAY THE FLOODS BROKE FROM THE DARKENED SKIES
WE RAN FOR COVER
AGAINST THE TEMPEST AND AGAINST ONE ANOTHER
IN SEARCH FOR SHELTER ON AN OPEN FIELD
ON THE DAY THE FLAMES ROSE TO THE CLOUDED SKIES
WE RAN FOR COVER
AGAINST INFERNO – THE EVER SEARING FLAME
WITH THE STORM RAGING FORWARD RIGHT IN OUR BACKS
AND WE’RE NOT ASHAMED
TO PRETEND LIKE WE SAW IT ALL COMING
WITH THE WATERS RELENTLESSLY RISING UP
TO OUR VERY OWN NECKS
AND WE’RE NOT ASHAMED
TO BE DANCING AMONG THE FLAMES
AND EVEN WITH BLISTERS ON OUR BRUISED HANDS
WE HOLD ONTO THE COMFORT OF OUR OWN LIES
AND WHEN THE RIVERS DRY
AND THE LAST FLAME HAS DIED
ALL THAT REMAINS FROM WHAT WE HAD IS
DROWNED DREAMS
SCORCHED HOPES
I’VE ALWAYS KNOWN, SOMEDAY
THE FLAMES WILL COME AND BURN IT ALL AWAY
I’VE ALWAYS FELT, SOMEDAY
THE SKIES SHALL BREAK AND WASH IT ALL AWAY
I HAVE ALWAYS KNOWN, SOMEDAY
THE FLAMES WILL COME AND BURN IT ALL AWAY
I’VE ALWAYS HOPED, SOMEDAY
THE SKIES WILL BREAK AND WASH IT ALL AWAY
AWAY FROM ME
TAKE IT ALL AWAY
TAKE IT ALL AWAY
DRAG ME TO THE FIRE
AND THROW ME IN THE FLAMES
TAKE IT ALL AWAY
TAKE IT ALL AWAY
DRAG ME TO THE SHORE
AND LEAVE ME TO THE WAVES
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THE DAY THE DAFFODILS WERE IN BLOOM
WINTER CAME OVER MY HEART
REGARDLESS OF THE SUN REIGNED GLOOM
AS A FREEZE WAS PUT UPON MY HEART
THE DARKEST STORM CAME OVER MY FIRMAMENT
AND COLORED MY ENTIRE WORLD BLACK
AND A DELUGE CAME DOWN FROM WEEPING SKIES
SWEPT ME AWAY WITH THE RUTHLESS TIDES
WE STILL SING ABOUT THE TIME
WHEN WE WERE YOUNG AND FREE
ADORING SUMMERS TOO FAR GONE
WHILE EVERY BEAUTY GROWS ITS FANGS
YOUTH ALWAYS BLENDED WITH GRIEF
THAT SOON TURNED INTO A ROMANCE
A HANDFUL OF SCARS SURPRISINGLY PAINFUL
BUT YET LEADING TOWARD SPRING
WITH EVERY GLEAM OF LIGHT
THAT BROKE HOPE THROUGH THE SKIES
WE THOUGHT THAT WE WERE THROUGH IT ALL
BUT ONLY NOW I KNOW THAT IN THE END
IT WAS JUST THE EYE OF THE STORM
I DESPERATELY WAIT FOR THE DAY
WHERE I WON’T SEE THE MORNING SUN
WHERE MY EYES KEEP CLOSELY SHUT
EVEN THOUGH A NEW DAY HAS BEGUN
WHERE I DON’T CARE FOR ALL THAT’S LEFT
WHERE I DON’T CARE FOR ANYTHING
WHEN I TRANSCEND PER ASPERA AD ASTRA
AB ASTRIS AD ASPERA
PER ASPERA AD ASTRA
THROUGH THE STREETS WITH AIR OF POISON
THROUGH REMAINS OF ANCIENT FORESTS
THROUGH THE OCEANS OF PISS AND SHIT
AND THROUGH THE NEVER-ENDING FRONTLINES
OVER MOUNTAINS OF NOTHINGNESS
ALONG THE AVENUES LINED WITH GALLOWS
ALONG THE EVERLASTING CYCLE
AD NAUSEAM
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