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Monuments
05:44
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As we dream, the devil whispers
We wake with hearts aflame
As we rise the devil calls us
We listen and obey
What glory shall our sins beget?
What monuments will we build;
To flesh, to triumph, to blood?
We take what must be given
As we dream the devil whispers
We see our world aflame
We see what god would deny us
When nothing more is ever certain
What glory shall our sins beget?
What monuments will we build;
To flesh, to triumph, to blood?
We take what must be given
The devil whispers
We listen
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When nights grow darker and the sun is weak
And the cold hand of winter clutches our bones
The blade flashes and blood spills
And the altar drinks it red and raw
I give this gift where gods have eyes to see
Where gods have eyes to see
I give this gift where gods have eyes to see
Where gods have eyes to see
When children shiver and fathers weep
And old men leave to spare their families the burden
When the snow is pale, so pale it blinds
I climb the mountain and stand on high
I spill my blood where gods have eyes to see
I spill my blood where gods have eyes to see
Where gods have eyes to see
I spill my blood where gods have eyes to see
My blood for the thaw
My blood for the sun
My blood for meat and bread
My blood for a summer that never ends
Where gods have eyes to see
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Gilded
06:49
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What hides beneath beauty
As elegant seams split and fray
A smile that never reaches their eyes
Sweet scents that mask a rotten stench
Magnificence cedes to squalor
When gilded hearts melt to ash
The mercy of a gentle lie
The malice of a naked truth
Practiced grace belies a cruelty
And charm yields to enmity
A lover's whisper carries a curse
Even in the warming haze of spring
But the chill returns, and leaves fall
And the cold clarity of winter leaves us bare
The mercy of a gentle lie
The malice of a naked truth
Nothing good can last
Nothing good can last
Shorn of our pretense
Stripped of the sun
Dawn was the promise
The dusk ripped away
Nothing good can last
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Devilry
05:04
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In woods where sinners dance anew
Their joy in sacrificial flame
In burning lust for life unburdened
By worry of failing a counterfeit god
Where freedom and sin are glory
Where lust and pleasure are raised
Where dogma is mocked and cast aside
Where heresy is refusing to live
In blissful devilry
In defiance of faith
In contempt of subjugation
In triumph over tyranny
To serve he who loves us as we are
In blissful devilry
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Communion
05:37
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In communion with carnal lust
Flesh and soul unencumbered by shame
We entangle as heretical vines
Wrapped in rapture, blessed by satan
In communion with decadence
Where god forbids, we reign eternal
Unburdened by guilt or fear
Sharing pleasure in defiance of god
Ecstasy as blasphemy enthroned
In communion with sin
A single beating heart
One in flesh
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6. |
Old Heart
04:41
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Oldheart, graveborn and life-averse
Greysoul, waiting to die
Oldheart, never to yearn
Voidmind, never to learn
Bliss in surrender
Surrender to death
No will to fight
No need to persevere
Oldheart
Greysoul
Oldheart
Graveborn
Bliss in surrender
Surrender to death
No will to fight, to persevere
Oldheart
Greysoul
Oldheart
Graveborn
Bliss in surrender
Surrender to death
No will to fight, to persevere
Oldheart
Greysoul
Oldheart
Graveborn
Oldheart, graveborn and life-averse
Greysoul, waiting to die
Oldheart, never to yearn
Voidmind, never to learn
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7. |
An Oath Writ In Blood
05:44
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Moonrise - bathed in pale light and pallid fog
Hooded figures loom amongst the woods
Twisted, gnarled shapes amongst the pines
He swears his soul to gods best left unknown
Where pacts and devils breed
Let no false man make his way
Where oaths are writ in blood
Let no deceiver follow
Arise - born anew amongst the sulfur and the black rite - choked with sacred smoke and fire and ash
Risen and made strong by sacrifice
Strength in flesh made flame
Where pacts and devils breed
Let no false man make his way
Where oaths are writ in blood
Let no deceiver follow
An Oath Writ in Blood
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Feel the touch of ancient gods
In sodden wood and thriving moss
Breathe the uncorrupted air
The poison of men abandoned
To live, to exalt, to pray
A blessing of quiet reflection
A fire, in worship, ablaze
Enthroned in natural majesty
Listen to the wind and fire
It rustles, ir crackles, it sings
The forest, an altar, a sanctum
A lush and joyous heresy
To live, to exalt, to pray
A blessing of quiet reflection
A fire, in worship, ablaze
Enthroned in natural majesty
Renounce the burden of body
Renounce the piety of God
Renounce the rot of christ
Embrace the rapture of fire
A fire, in worship, ablaze
Enthroned in natural majesty
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Silence After The Fall
06:19
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Red fire 'neath a twilight sky
Weeping snow, desolation
Smoke dances in the growing dark
No ears near to hear him
Grim and joyless
Moonlight blood
Steel and sorrow
Silence after the fall
Disgrace and quiet
Only thoughts and the flame
Ghosts of the past will linger
After fire turns to embers
Grim and joyless
Moonlight blood
Steel and sorrow
Silence after the fall
Fire and peace
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Black Metal from the United States, signed to Solistitium Records out of Germany.
The name comes from the Memory Sorrow and Thorn series of fantasy novels.
Name pronounced Al-dey-ort-uh.
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