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Endless Monument
07:55
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Once, when I was younger,
I thought I saw a proud figure,
Standing on the horizon,
Way out in the peripheries,
Beckoning Me.
Arm stretched - finger pointed,
Like a dagger, direct;
Singing ‘Come, Brother, Join us’
That alluring melody,
Echoed faintly,
Almost forgotten,
And buried by the banalities,
Of the day to day.
And with age,
I feared I heard that familiar voice,
Calling clearer on the winds,
In frequency that cannot be mistaken,
And tone that could not be misunderstood.
With far greater certainty,
Oft he visits,
Like an unwanted guest,
Standing in the corner of the room,
Demanding, ‘Do not forget me’
Drunken with bloodlust,
In perennial fashion,
He exhausts time,
Conquers will,
Watches me wither,
And writhe in tumult,
And lo I readily accept,
His endless monument,
And become one with nothingness.
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A God's Work
07:31
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Where were you when the waters rose,
When the torrents swallowed the limitless dead,
Those who did nothing but exalt and sing of your praises -
Who’d worshipped you blindly under the assumption of salvation?
Where were you when the grounds shook,
When the pillars fell & crushed the countless dead,
Who’s devotion you’d mocked,
And whose faith you’d betrayed?
Where were you when the dogs of war barked their bark?
When the blood of the innocents was spilled?
And when the fog obscured the toll of
The nameless dead who’d fought in your name?
Where were you when the children starved?
When their little bellies swelled,
As the famines ravished,
And when their will succumbed,
To the inescapable void?
Where were you when the plagues raged?
When the streets were littered with the endless dead?
Who’s bodies, crippled with disease
Once yearned for cure?
Where were you when our loved ones,
In vain gasped their last breaths?
Who’d writhed in pain & tumult,
Who’d left our loving arms,
Only to leave us in this wretched squalor?
Ye, verily I say unto you
That he betrays us &
Whilst exceedingly sorrowful,
And dared to ask unto him, ‘Is it you, lord?’
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What Great Lengths
07:34
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What great lengths man goes to,
To elude his fate,
To commandeer his dominion,
And escape The Rhythmus Of Death, Eternal.
He delves deep into his past,
Commands at will his present,
And projects himself into the future,
To escape The Rhythmus of Death, Eternal.
He distracts with achievement,
He learns to move mountains,
Soars higher than the eagles, and outruns the lions,
All to escape The Rhythmus Of Death, Eternal.
He manipulates matter,
And marvels at his own creations,
Creates Gods in his own image,
To escape The Rhythmus of Death, Eternal.
And when his time comes,
Feeble and ill-prepared,
He reaches out into the dark,
Whilst clutching in desperation,
To the chains that bound him,
The hopes that drove him,
And the love that nourished him,
Reluctant and fearful,
Embraces his fate,
And returns to dust?
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KRVNA Sydney, Australia
"The Rhythmus Of Death Eternal" MLP out via ZAZEN SOUNDS on DIGIPAK CD, Vinyl @ BRILLIANT EMPEROR & Cassette via THIRD EYE TEMPLE, JANUARY 10, 2024.
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