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Nero Sings!
03:08
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OVERTURE OF THE OVERLORDS
IN THE DAYS BEFORE THE SMOKE
BEFORE THE ICE HAD BROKE
'FORE HISTORY WAS WROTE
BEFORE THE LAND WAS CHOKED
ORIGINS OF THE RABBLE
FORAGING WHILE WE TRAVELLED
SPOKE WITH SERPENTS IN THE GRAVEL
A PERFECT GARDEN IS UNRAVELLED
THIS WAS OUR ASCENDENCY THE OLD MINORITY
KINGDOMS ON BENDED KNEE BEFORE THE TYRANT THEIVES
WILDERNESS, FIRES ENCROACH
BATTLES TURN AND LINES ARE BROACHED
CASTLES LIE BEYOND THE MOAT
NOTHINGS FIRM WHEN LANDS ARE SOAKED
NO MORE MASTERS OF THE MANSION NO MORE ENDLESSLY
EXPANDING
FADED CROPS BENEATH THE SUN
WE WADE INTO FIELDS UNDONE (OVERRUN)
THIS WAS OUR ASCENDENCY NO MORE AUTHORITY
OUR DOMINION OVER THE FISH AND FOWL
NOW BILLIONS RUN FOR HIGHER GROUND
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Once and Future Vultures
02:14
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ONCE AND FUTURE VULTURES
NEWLY NAKED AND UPRIGHT
FORESTS FORSAKEN WE LEFT BEHIND
FARMERS AWAKEN AT THE DAWN OF TIME
AND WE ARE TAKING EVERYTHING IN SIGHT
THE ONCE AND FUTURE VULTURES
FASCISTS OF AGRICULTURE
THE STANDING SCOURGE
DOWN ALL THE YEARS
STARTS TO EMERGE
ABOVE HIS PEERS
THE HARVEST DIRGE
DOWN ALL THE YEARS
ON THE SABBATH, I SEE SIX LONG DAYS
JUST A LAND GRAB, FOR THE STOCK TO GRAZE
NOW WE ARE TRAPPED WITH NO ESTATE
AN AFTERMATH A CRUSHING FATE
HISTORY OF CALMITY
THE HUMAN VANITY
THE STANDING SCOURGE
DOWN ALL THE YEARS
STARTS TO EMERGE
ABOVE HIS PEERS
THE HARVEST DIRGE
DOWN ALL THE YEARS
THE SACRIFICE
DOWN ALL THE YEARS
THE WHEAT AND RICE
THE AXE AND SHEARS
THE EARTH ABIDES
DOWN ALL THE YEARS
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Lone Fledermaus and pup
02:51
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LONE FLEDERMAUS AND PUP
THERE'RE NO DOVES WITH ETERNAL GIFTS
ONLY BATS ABOVE US IN THE WIND
AN OUTCAST JUST LIKE THEM
I WAS CUT ADRIFT
IN NOCTURNAL WANDERING
ITS QUIETER / HERE IN NOMAN'S LAND
OUTSIDERS/ NO MATTER WHERE WE STAND
FANG OF BEAST, AND RAVEN WING
NO MASTER'S HOUSE, NO KITH AND KIN
IN THE NIGHT THE FLEDERMAUS / STILL ECHOING
BUT JUST WILL NOT FIT IN
JUST A RESPITE AND THEN I MOVE ON
EVER WESTWARD TO WHERE THE DUSK HAS GONE
THESE VESPERS, DISAPPEARING SONG
WE ARE SEPERATE, LONGING TO BELONG
JUST A MOMENT / THEN THE MOMENTS PASSED
IN LONE ATONEMENT
LONELY RONIN / COMIN HOME AT LAST
A LONE COMPONENT
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Auto da Fe
02:39
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AUTO DA FE
MANKIND MARCHES
ON EVER FARTHER
TOWARDS CATHARSIS LIKE
PENITENT MARTYRS
THEY PILE REEDS AND STICKS
TO CLEANSE ALL NATURES HERETICS
SCORCHED AND SOON DEPARTED
THE PRIESTS ARE YEARNING
TO HEAR CONFESSIONS
THE STAKE IS BURNING
FOR OUR TRANSGRESSIONS
LASHES FOR SAINTHOOD AND
ASHES SMOKE WHERE WE ONCE STOOD
EVERYTHING YOU PUT YOUR TRUST IN
ALL OF OUR INFERNAL LUSTING
ALL WE PUT OUR TRUST IN
WAS INTERNAL COMBUSTION
NEW REFORMS WE'LL HELP IGNITE
IN THE FORGE WE'RE ALL PURIFIED
IN THE TORCH WE SEE THE LIGHT
FIRESTORMS THEY PURIFY
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Middlemen
02:45
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MIDDLEMEN
NATURE IS OVERTHROWN
ERASURE OF THE OVERGROWTH
SMOTHER THE LANDS
PROGRESS AND PLANS
YEAH!
MONO CULTURE OVER ALL
MASTER SPECIES STANDING TALL
BLIND OBEDIENCE TO THE CALL
COMPLACENCY IN THE FALL
PEONS!
PAVING THE LAST OF THE BUSH
EONS!
EONS OF THE HUMAN PUTSCH
FOULING FOREVER OUR GROUND
PLOWING THE DESERT WITH HEADS DOWN
FINITE REICH OF THE HUMAN RACE
TINY EICHMANNS LAYING WASTE
IN THE END AS THE NIGHT WAS NEARING
WE WERE MIDDLEMEN IN THE FINAL CLEARING
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The Last Pretender
02:13
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THE LAST PRETENDER
THE ORGANISM OF THE GLOBE
THAT CALLS US ALL ITS OWN
A SYSTEM WHERE THE HEAT HAS RISEN
RUINING OUR ONLY HOME
BUT NO MATTER HOW IT STRIVES
TO KEEP US ALL ALIVE
OUR UNREASON AND HIGH CRIMES
WILL BRING ON OUR DEMISE
ITS ONLY US WHO WILL LOSE OUR LIVES
IN THE NIGHTS OF THE LONG KNIVES
THE LAST PRETENDER TO THE CROWN
FORMER CLAIMANTS TO THE GROUND
WE WILL TRADE THE EMPERORS NEW GOWN
FOR THE FINAL DRESSING DOWN
ITS ONLY US WHO WILL LOSE OUR LIVES
IN THE NIGHTS OF THE LONG KNIVES
THE EARTH WILL RECOVER FROM THE BITES
OF THE WICKED PARASITE
BURN THE BEDDING AND THE HOUSE
IN THE SHEDDING OF THE LOUSE
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Land of Nod
01:56
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LAND OF NOD
WE FINISHED THE ARGUEMENT
NO QUESTION AS TO OUR INTENT
WE NEVER MADE A BIGGER TENT
NOW EXTINCTION IS OUR PUNISHMENT
FROM THE CRADLE, CARRY THE STAIN
OF PLANT AND STABLE THAT WE TAMED
FOR THE TABLES WE FELL THE GRAINS
LIKE GENTLE ABEL SLAIN BY CAIN
OUR PLANS WERE FLAWED
EVEN IN GENESIS
IN THE LAND OF NOD
WE WALK THE EMPTINESS
FARETHEWELL TO THE BYGONE KINGS
WHO WILL TELL OF THEIR VANISHING?
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Alliance
02:57
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ALLIANCE
MY WILLFUL DEFIANCE
LONG WRONG HEADED SELF RELIANCE
IT ENDS IN THE SOIL'S RICH SILENCE
DECOMPOSING IN TRUE ALLIANCE
MY WHOLE LIFE IS NOW A PROCESS
MY WHOLE LIFE TO FEED THE GODDESS
VRS II
SELF FALLS IN ATTRITION
ALL THAT I HELD ALL OF MY WISHES
SOON ILL MELT AND FORM COALITIONS
UPON THE VELDT COVERED IN KISSES
I AM CINDERS IN THE BRAND NEW CLIMATE
A BURNT OFFERING TO THE DIET
SOON MY BODY WILL FIND ACCORD
WHERE THE GERMS OF WRATH ARE STORED
THE BACTERIAS FATEFUL SWORD
I WILL FIND MY PEACE IN THE HORDE
I CAN HOPE TO BE A PAWN
FOR MORE LIFE TO GROW STRONG
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OLD THRASHERS REUNION
A congeries of primaeval tracts documenting the moth that tried to enter the bright eye, so I go shuffling out of life, Just to hide in death awhile
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