1. Void

Beneath the axis of rotation
Within the concept of time
Close to human existence

Black stains of the sky
Through the portals
A glympse of stellar perfection

Panic and confusion
But it had been written
Let us embrace salvation

During delirium
Their skin dissolved into ashes

Beckoning Silence
As the ashes floated towards the sky

Shifting dust
Then the sun started to fade

At twilight the howling began
All known matter was put into motion
Into the celestial abyss
Into the radiant vortex

Vanishing spheres.
Vicious circles

And so the cycle goes...

2. Rust

With you I have tasted
the blood of the ether.
With you I have cheated
God of his throne,
and watched the world
with a mind as big as the heavens.

With you I have slipped through
waters as deep and dark
as Jezebel's eyes and laughed
at the impoverished human mind.

With you I have grown gills
and now breathe in the Slipstream
as through it were mountain air.
With you I have infinite wisdom,
and furnish my derelict mind.

With each other we need
no sleep, nor sustence.
We exist in The Know.

This polluted Earth
holds no significance to the galaxy.
Do you believe we wish to
crawl upon its wasted surface,
just for you?

Why do you pity us?
We have no fear.
Our mind has outgrown the physical world.
Together we welcome death.

Look into our eyes.
We thrive in the darkness you fear.
We are pupils in Eden.
We gorge our minds on forbidden fruits.
But we envy that ignorance.
These are the truths
we cannot turn our back on.
So we smoke away your time
and turn our backs on you.

3. Cryo

Divorced from sanity
In palpable misery
Drained, I am hating
And stuck in calamity

You are the parasite
I'm waiting to strike
Metaphorically, yes-
In the dark, with a knife
The drumroll of time
Blankets your mind
While I gently uncover
The skeletons you hide.

A grievous provocation
A budding inclination
A flourishing temptation
But lingering evasion
Now with subtle infiltration
Comes comedic exposition
Of your perfect imperfections
You shall face perdition.

4. Bolide

The the atoms laid waste
In this godless grave of space

Electricity kicks deep within the matter
As Gravity chimes the final call
Atmospherically sharpened, the fragment shatters
Alone and airborne, face the fall

Silhouetted in golden luminance
A giant, ruined as the ages past
Faces downcast in the brilliance
Anesthetized in the blast

5. Bacteria

Through drizzling dust-clouds they transcend,
and from a distant orb come rushing.
Dark matter seems to mark the end,
but the sentient race bears down through nothing.

Murky eternities pass before
they see an attractive glow...
Like moths to a flame they rush to explore
a planet on which blue water flows.

Extra intelligence they bring and conceive.
And name everything to be found.
Order descends and thus they relieve
the placid planet of its natural crown.

With method and math shrewdly insert
Bionic roots like silver claws.
Assert their curse and gently convert.
'Earth' to the way of temporal Laws.

Always burned by their fleeting vitality;
Desires cause them constant pain.
And mortal greed erodes their morality –
A fate they experience again and again.

So devouring their verdant haven
While a question consumes their minds.
From whence were they sent.
For what were they meant?
What larger purpose has mankind?

With ant-like discipline they seek to resolve.
The celestial secrets above them.
But with ant-like perception they cannot solve
The task to which they're condemned

It seemed the Universe held them inferior;
– their capabilities some kind of Cosmic joke.
Because like inter-galactic Bacteria
– one by one they send planets up to smoke.

6. Processed

In the absence of sound
Thick layers of mist embrace the ravaged remains
Monuments slowly disintegrate with every cold breeze
Descending ashes gently cover the Great Plains
Shattered history, a world in ruins

Early Begun
Further Spun
One day done
into oblivion, all for the desires of some

A mere trace of existence scars the soil

7. Blank

оригинал: Eyehategod

Broken Heads
Brainwashed
Hatred Pulls Me Through
In Your Mind
Instinct For Survival
Censored Views
Trick And Confuse

It Began Just As I Knew It Would
Black And Blue Crayon Scratches