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All Alike Will Burn
04:31
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Vitality released as slick oils anoint
Terror unleashed to the compass points
A burning of wishes at stake too long
The heart-rending shriek of a Siren song
So at last it begins
The chaos of the scolding sun
All life is dust and ash
All alike will burn
Frozen, downcast eyes that presuppose guilt
Watch sands of time where temples are built
Wherein waits the beast that reads our fate
Keeper of secrets, enchantress of hate
Ravaged, the living corpse which may boast
Many therein, parasitic host
So the wretch waits before the door
Longing to suck at the teat of the whore
The world will awake
To the writhing, screaming dawn
As the whole earth will shake
To beckon the horrors on
All life is dust and ash
All alike will burn
Slow turn the wheels of this horror
A caravan of plague bearing terrors
That long to feel the rending of human skin
Dark poetry of consuming sin
They have eyes to see and hands to reach
All that they touch will feel their disease
Mankind is wretched in their gaze
Fearing the grasp of foretold shades
So as chaos takes hold
We flee the scolding sun
Scattered like dust and ash
All alike will burn
As the scorched desert winds burn away our hope
We race to meet the end of our rope
Ever fearing eyes that see too much
Ever craving the forbidden touch
Bowing to the will of the insane
Worshipping the power that brings us pain
In this scolding chaos
At last the end has begun
All life is dust and ash
All alike will burn
All alike will burn
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Before Your Deaf God
03:23
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Bound by chains and at the mercy of steel
Push me to confess what I never concealed
God has lied and abandoned you all
To the will of the preacher and the priest’s false call
With no remorse I confess
With no shame I confess
With no doubt I confess
Before your deaf God I confess
Your great church raped and left us for dead
So a new covenant I have declared
I shall follow one who will not forget
I shall be rewarded when my fate is met
With my head high I confess
With my heart I confess
With my soul I confess
Before your deaf God I confess
Death for confession and death for denial
I condemn your soul for this baseless trial
Your priesthood is falsehood and I will not bow
Call the heavens to strike me if your God allows
Do what you will and spare me not the rod
I have no desire for the sanction of God
For which you are destined forever to search
If mine is a cult what is your great church?
With no guilt I confess
With no shame I confess
With no doubt I confess
To your deaf God I confess
With my head high I confess
With no sorrow I confess
With no fear I confess
Before your dead God I confess
With no deference I confess
With no fear I confess
With no sorrow I confess
Before your deaf God I confess
Bound by chains and at the mercy of steel
Force me to confess what I never concealed
God has lied and abandoned you all
To the will of the preacher and the priest’s false call
With my head high I confess
With my heart I confess
With my soul I confess
Before your deaf God I confess
With no remorse I confess
With no shame I confess
With no doubt I confess
Before your deaf God I confess
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Emptiness is all I know
A doubtful existence
A broken soul ripped in two
Savaged by unanswered questions
In my anxiety
Seeming infinity
Cold anonymity
I am but one
I wake to misery
Melancholy haunts the restless night
In weary acceptance
Burden I claim as mine to bear
This road is painful but I will seek its end
My fears will not restrain me
A sigh to ward off silence
Bowed by frustration I wait
Unknown the path set before me
Darkness is brief but I see no end
I do not understand this instruction
Unable to navigate, I trust in truth beyond words
Understanding beyond comprehension
I do not fear the future
But see no companion in this valley
I find no rest in this place
I find no rest in this place
I find no peace in these times
I fear myself forgotten by those without
I seek strength from within
I fear myself forgotten by those without
I seek strength from within
These hours pass slowly
I sigh to ward off silence
Unbowed by frustration
I follow the road set before me
Darkness is brief
But I see no end
I follow the road set before me
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4. |
Torment
03:29
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I have tried to prove my worth
I was forgotten at my birth
This empty life I've known so well
Boils down to one moment in hell
The hatred rises like bile
I am a waste, a cursed child
Through life I crawl as a serpent
In spite of God I'll not repent
Lay my hands upon your head
Blessed child, I name thee dead
I am an angel, heaven sent
You shall not suffer life's torment
Do you wonder why we're born?
Do you hear angels laugh in scorn?
In this world you would know no peace
I am he that brings release
How can mercy be deemed sin?
So speak the demons deep within
To their tune I gladly dance
For little children saved by chance
While angels turn a blind eye
From the blessed shadows come I
While mothers lie in midst of dreams
I do my work and hear no screams
So through the darkened streets
I prowl until my task's complete
Fearing no mortal punishment
The Devil's luck I have been lent
Condemned to spend my days
Lost within an immoral maze
Waiting for night to set me free
To do the work given to me
Heaven and Hell tempt me so
For whom I work I do not know
Every thought is bent towards
Obeying the tormenting words
Do not condemn what I do
I am no less human than you
I am only eager to serve
Called from below for higher work
As night falls again I walk
Seeking shadows from which to stalk
To take your children is my curse
To save them from a fate much worse
In my hands they lose their cares
There is sorrow beyond your nightmares
I feel its depth and wish to save them
From the world that would enslave them
Damned to know the fate that awaits me
I live only to set their souls free
To hold them close and let them go
Into the peace I’ll never know
Lay my hands upon your head
Blessed child, I name thee dead
I am an angel, heaven sent
You shall not suffer my torment
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Visions return as the mirror cracks
The weight of ages laid upon my back
Stricken by the bonds of sin
Dark entities battle within
Still visions return to haunt
Blank eyes in a face weary and gaunt
Wild of visage, marked by pallor
Barely alive, sustained by the horror
Woken from fitful sleep by portentous dreams
Of goat-headed messengers and temples in flames
Born with power to see the unseen
That which is best left hidden made plain to me
The secret thoughts of the dead revealed
Spurring my soul to invoke the unclean
Commanded to evil by a will made my own
Messages written in dark blood and bone
Dead languages inscribed in forbidden tomes
Rob me of sleep to rebuke ancient stone
The savage spirits that never find their rest
Called forth to pluck the life from Virtue’s breast
Righteous repression put to relentless test
Until the scorching sun rises in the west
My voice a stranger from ancient time
This evil my possession, this battle mine
Deep in the darkness the death knell chimes
As I proclaim this curse upon mankind
The savage spirits never rest
Until the sun rises in the west
Evil my possession
Mankind shall fall
Born with power to see the unseen
Thoughts of the dead revealed to me
Messages written in blood and bone
Commanded to evil, a will made my own
Visions return as the mirror cracks
The weight of ages upon my back
Deep in the darkness the death knell chimes
I proclaim this curse upon mankind
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6. |
Committed to Flames
09:04
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Punished for iniquity
Vanquishing liberty
Provoking insanity
Prisoner in the city of the dead
Eternal reverence
Mortal irrelevance
Revel in decadence
Kept in check by elemental dread
Your place shall no more be found
No sacred rites, no hallowed ground
Not for you a resting place
Commit this body to the flames
The ministrations of wraiths
Put to the test your hollow faith
Your place shall no more be found
The flames shall be your only shroud
Condemned to wear the guise of sin
A beast upon your throne
The Seraph lies as terror flies
To breach the heavens’ dome
Your majesty in ruins
A bastard son of earth
Await a fate that wakes too late
To summon your rebirth
Promises are made of ice
Every roll of the dice
Returns your bad fortune thrice
Your life ransomed for the price of glory
Sins you could not condone
Have now become your own
Kept in place on your throne
Deafened by the drone of insanity
Your place shall no more be found
No sacred rites, no hallowed ground
Not for you a resting place
Commit this body to the flames
The ministrations of wraiths
Put to the test your hollow faith
Your place shall no more be found
The flames shall be your only shroud
Infect the waking world
With horror in recurring dreams
Incense and myrrh to calm the cur
And silence your own screams
Your majesty forgotten
Your mind and soul impaled
You seek retreat beneath and greet
The dark boatman you hail
Punished for iniquity
Vanquishing liberty
Provoking insanity
Prisoner in the city of the dead
Eternal reverence
Mortal irrelevance
Revel in decadence
Kept in check by elemental dread
Your place shall no more be found
No sacred rites, no hallowed ground
Not for you a resting place
Commit this body to the flames
The ministrations of wraiths
Put to the test your hollow faith
Your place shall no more be found
The flames shall be your only shroud
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Mortal Chains Durham, UK
Thrash 'n' Death influenced metal shenanigans from the North East of England
Martin Elliott: Guitar & Vocals
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