1. The Principle

As a storyteller I have cheered your kind
With tales of both flesh and mind
One by one, by spitting out what's
Wrong or right, I have exposed my creeds
Yet not all the eyes I've seen gleaming
In firelight have understood the scenes
I paint on that tattered canvas
Of your inner desires and dreams

(Your dreams...)

Of late I've realized the true nature
Of what binds lost souls together
The hidden core, the darker side
The fallen one, the savage parasite
So can I ask the beast within you
For a dance or two, my friend
Though I'm afraid upon return
It never would succumb to you again

(Prepare to lose your grace...)

2. Parallels And Parity

Rise you creatures, sharpen tongues
And join the force
I beckon thee, I point ahead
So mark, the course
Brethren, don't fall behind
We're short of time!

Men and serpents, vice and vermin, get in line
Test your strength, do the sign, say the rhyme
By dusk when landscapes burn
We'll have returned!

Parallels and parity – my servants of discord
Heralds of insanity, destroyers of the norm
To pearly gates of vanity
Go, worms! Go, crawl!
Reveal your blackened visions
I'll be always there to raise the stake

Build the pyres, light the fires, plough the fields
Sow the seeds and feast upon the burdened breed
Join hands and waste these lands
As I command!

Parallels and parity...
... I'll be there to watch you burn!

– I measured the horizons
(Stand still, my hordes!)
And clutched them in my fist
– I sensed the might of oceans
(Harken, my hordes!)
And dried them with one breath
– I watched the vault of heaven
(To arms, my hordes!)
Grovel at my feet
– Sneering at it's weakness
(Onwards, my hordes!)
I left it there to weep

I sealed your lips from inside
And watched you through your eyes
Bathed in your mediocrity to build my guise
Hear this, you fucking whores
You're dead by dawn!

Parallels and parity...
... I'll be there to watch you burn!

3. Four Walls

Fragile curious creature
Found an orb of glass
Peeked into the world
Where dirty secrets are amassed
Interest turned to terror
Zeal gave way to dread
In one glance it saw us

(Burning, with cries of joy)
We bathed in sulphur lakes
(Dancing, we crushed the skulls)
Within four walls we feast

We seduced your third eye
That restless vagabond
When you're deep asleep it's
Breaking loose, escapes beyond
What an eager student
Keen on what's abhored
Glad you joined us as we're

Burning...

(Blindfolded we see)
(Silenced we whisper)
(Bound up we travel)
(Icy is your hand)

Fragile curious creature
Show your gratitude
Now you've seen the lore that
From the healthy minds eludes
Bleeding and convulsions
Glorify the screams
Fresh, your blood was made for

Burning...

4. We Stole Your Death

Words will fathom deep in trance
Let horror embrace them
Cards are dealt and bridges burnt
But tables keep turning
Seasons devastate the world
And it's generations
You almost had the perfect crime
And then you stopped burning

Mankind wallows deep in trance
Foreboding escapes them
Bodies shaky, senses numb
We caught you unguarded
Granted with a lust for life
And fear of it's dusk
It overshadows greater peril –
– No ending at all

Our death was lonely to behold
Temperate, vicious and cold
We over enjoyed thousandfold
None left for the rest

Hunters smell the blood for miles
Not that of the hunted
Noses tingle, eyes aflame
I watched shadows rape them
We danced amidst the piles of flesh
A whirlwind of terror
Our laughter then rang out afresh
No realm would await them

Words will fathom...

(Shores turn red where waters flow)
(Venomed and plagued)
Cursing the sweat in your veins

Our death was a joy to behold
Temperate, vicious and cold
Take your time, don't hold your breath
We stole your death

5. The Serpent's Tongue

Swirling chaos feeds
The flame of lethal art
As words of fine-tuned malice whispered
Pierce right through the heart
Venom works it's way
And seals the pact of pain
Furious, glorious
Humiliates and maims

(Clouding the clearest visions, lighting the spark)
Stunned and deranged
(Stripped of true and false, left in the dark)
Limits grow vague
(Where the venom drips it burns a mark)
Branded and stained
(Seductive crutch for which we all crave so much)
Worship the touch
Of the serpent's tongue

I utter lines of power
And watch you gasp for air
Times stops, a horde of aeons
Is lost inside my lair
You think it's passion that attracts me
To your twisted tongue
No, it's your bleeding wrists
And water in your swollen lungs

(Clouding...)

Curled up in your hole
You're not out of my reach
Inside we're all subservient
You know that's how I'll breach
Defenceless child, now I've got a
Trick or two to teach
Furious, glorious
Watching you beseech

6. Crystal

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7. Devilchant

Shadows come crawling in
Hissing through their teeth
As I cry out in vain
And yield to the pain
Matrix of mortal misdeed
Reveal it's splendour and I...
... And I take heed

Bodies torn open with barbed blades
Wrongful deaths, cursed lives
I dare not evade
Scenes of resplendant grief
Dark visions invade
Throats are slashed, creeds clash
Hatred is sown
I've found my home

Each nightfall the devilchant grows on me
I'd roam in his flaming halls endlessly
And when the dawn breaks
What fool would ever awake?

Wraiths that you once raped my world
Why leave me here behind?
I wouldn't be missing
Those girls willing, ripe and risking
Though not that I'd mind...
Clouds are gathering, curtains are drawn
Hissing the shadows come in
I'm ready to crawl

Each nightfall...

The devilchant grows on me
I'd roam in his flaming halls endlessly
You see – I no longer fake
I've lost all desire to escape

8. Lies, Blasphemy, Deceit

I have stories to tell
Rotten and unreal
Lies and fabrications
That you worms esteem
I took pains to gild them
With sordid poetry
Words with thousand meanings
Teeming with deceit

Lies, blasphemy, deceit

I had you in my dreams
Struggling to be free
Yearning for salvation
Through verbal gallantry
So welcome to my mindscape
Where paths beguile the meek
Noone saw you enter
None will see you leave

Lies...

My stories are a portal to your
World of scarlet dreams!

I want to get to know you
All over, inside out
Always here to show you
What pain is all about
Oh my dearest mortals
You think that you're so stout
Aren't these your own passions
You never will surmount

Lies...

My children, open up to me
And cherish the corruption!