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Three Eyes Open
01:19
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greetings, young Seer
we are the serpentine emissaries
of the Lord of Light and Music
with three eyes open
prepare to receive
for your ecstasy and tragedy
the gift and curse of prophecy
We see:
the Solar Lord imposes on thee! His offer is rebuked, and in his fury, he curses thee not to be believed!
family scoffs, friends scorn, strangers sneer! Who is this anarchist, this lunatic, this heretic?
the greatest city falls! Kings and Queens put to the sword! Legions of heathens slaughter the soldiers, raze the temples, rape the maidens, murder the children!
a great warlord ravages thee! The Lady of War and Strategy weeps, but she will not help thee!
be avenged young Seer, as Poseidon sunders the returning Legions!
thou art spirited away to live as a concubine and a slave under the supreme tyrant of Mycenae!
thou art, at last, slaughtered by the vengeful mate of the tyrant that enslaved thee!
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2. |
Fortify
05:21
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now the prophet visualizes
eyes receiving second sight
the visionary path arises
pave the way to Paradise
now the omen crystalizes
eyes remaining on the prize
citizens of Earth delight
a paradise to pacify
gods protect me!
power crackling in my veins
I have the will
I am the way
I am sworn to do the will
I am sworn to pay the bill
I am sworn to find the well
I am sworn to rend the veil
all in good time…
(time will grind us into dust)
gods protect me!
visualize in my mind’s eye
a fortress I can fortify
gods project me!
visualize in my mind’s eye
a fortress I can fortify
gods infect me!
visualize in my mind’s eye
a fortress I can fortify
gods reject me!
all in good time...
(time will grind us into dust)
gods protect me!
visualize in my mind’s eye
a fortress I can fortify
gods project me!
visualize in my mind’s eye
a fortress I can fortify
gods infect me!
visualize in my mind’s eye
a fortress I can fortify
gods reject me!
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3. |
Omen
05:00
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one eye opens
the past is laid bare
before all the trauma
before the despair
two eyes open
I see the present scene
unfolding around me
in all its intricacies
three eyes open wide
the future speaks through me
expanding in memory
the spiral repeats
woke up on the temple floor
hallucination or dream
surrounded by omens
I’m not ready to see
what do I see
when the serpent slithers in my eye?
what do I hear
when the serpent whispers in my ear?
I don’t want to see
I don’t want to hear
I don’t want to hear!
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4. |
Empowerer
03:35
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you got a problem?
I got the solution!
you got the chaos?
I got the control!
you want a vision?
I got the prediction
you want a prophecy
I got the precision
I got the science and I got the method
I got the knowledge and
I got the power
they got the junk but we got the jungle
they got the jive but we got the supplies
they got the lies but we got the riot
they got the rot but we got the right
I got the guns and I got the music
I got the questions and I’ll do the accusing
I got the violence and I’m gonna use it
I got the power and I’m gonna abuse it
we got the power!
you can’t please all of the people,
everywhere, all of the time
you can’t fool ’em, at least not forever.
so kick ’em down from where you climb!
I got people in the highest of places
who the hell are you to challenge my right?
I am the sun imposing upon you
I am the law of your decline
I got the power
and I got the power
we got the power
we got the power
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5. |
A Vision
03:58
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the arrows fall
the walls fall
the ashes fall
it all falls down
the arrows fall
the walls fall
the ashes fall
we all fall down
now I see everything
a vision comes to view
though stricken with this fate
I’m still free to choose
push back against the grain
in defiance of everything
spit back into the rain
spill out of the groove
the arrows fall
the walls fall
the ashes fall
we all fall down
the napalm falls
the cities fall
the systems fall
we all fall down
now I see everything
the vision is renewed,
enflamed, with nothing to gain,
and everything to lose
bend back against the strain
no wisdom without pain
the grinning faces of the slain
the vindictive one is loosed
the arrows fall
the walls fall
the ashes fall
it all falls down
the napalm falls
the cities fall
the systems fall
we all fall down
all the walls will fall anon
the walls of Troy will tumble down
all the walls will fall anon
the walls of Ego crumble on
Phoebus refused
an angry rebuke
wandering the city
they stare in disbelief
legions of heathens
rape, kill, and raze
Ajax! Ajax!
vengeance comes too late
ships breaking in waves
spirited away
a concubine and a slave
set free violently
by a malicious mate
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6. |
Cursed
04:13
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tending to the garden
feeding from the trees
serpent bites the monkey
knowledge sets them free
ravished in the temple
a priestess on her knees
the Sun God dares to taunt me
see not, dear Athene
I’m cursed!
you’re cursed!
we’re cursed!
we’re all cursed!
how, now, can I disagree when
every world is there to see
in every beat, in every rhyme,
in all space; in every timeline
cursed!
cursed!
we’re cursed!
we’re cursed!
I’m cursed!
you’re cursed!
we’re cursed!
we’re all cursed!
oh, fuck you, Apollo!
forever in the shadows
forever in the shade
forever in the hate
goddamn you, Athena!
forever in the clouds
forever out of reach
forever turned from me!
I’m cursed!
you’re cursed!
we’re cursed!
we’re all cursed!
labor in the garden
toiling in the fields
bear that bitter fruit there, honey
spit that bitter seed
cursed!
cursed!
we’re cursed!
we’re cursed!
I’m cursed!
you’re cursed!
we’re cursed!
we’re all cursed!
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7. |
Disbelief
04:50
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black is white
and wrong is right
and true is false
up is down
and left is right
and this is fine!
day is night
and death is life
and shit is gold
dark is light
and weak is strong
and God is gone!
(you don’t believe!)
I see your faces all around me
a vicious circle squaring off against me
I try to tell you, but you will not hear
you’re just staring
staring in disbelief
I walk among you in the city
I feel estranged from my friends and family
I’ve got a message to deliver
it won’t be received
and you’re just staring
and you’re just staring at me
I walk among you in the city
a mob of miscreants here to mock me
I’ve got a warning,
a revelation revealed
so why you staring?
staring in disbelief
love is lust
and found is lost
and boom is bust
good is bad
and joy is sad
and sane is mad
rage is calm
and dumb is smart
and war is art
old is young
and all is none
and zero’s one
I see your faces all around me
a vicious circle squaring off against me
I try to warn you
but you will not listen to me
so now I’m screaming
screaming in disbelief
now I’m screaming
screaming in disbelief
now I’m screaming
screaming in disbelief
I see your faces all around me
a vicious circle squaring off against me
I try to help you
but you will not listen to me
so now I’m screaming
screaming in disbelief
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8. |
Empty Eyes
02:39
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these empty eyes
have seen enough
to last a lifetime
hark!
can you hear the voices in the dark?
what will be will be
what is done is done
the sight of blood and steel fills these empty eyes
and what assails them
comes as no surprise
the impending cataclysm
brings doom in infinite viewings
the observer cannot alter the conclusion
no matter what, she cannot accept this
even as she reluctantly believes in all she has foreseen
with empty eyes, she laments,
“I cannot accept…”
“I cannot accept”
“I cannot…”
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9. |
Cataclysm
07:04
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Leader of Journeys,
deafen your ear
Lord of the Sun,
my destroyer!
Lady of War,
my destroyer!
facing the Cataclysm
embracing the Cataclysm
what does it matter
if they don’t believe me?
the future’s here
with no reprieve
they took a gamble that I was deceiving
or maybe stricken with insanity
what was, is
what’s coming, comes
what is, is
and all of you shall witness it
so trust in your Fates, then
they trust in their blades
and all of you who witness this
will have your pain
to tell you how much truth I hit
the battlefield is predetermined
the cavalry is on the charge
the infantry seek an opening
the walls are crushed into dust
the genocidophiles smile
their violence running wild
such legendary suffering
lions feast on the gore of kings
what was, is
what’s coming, comes
what is, is
and none of you will live through this
but while you’re dreaming of a fragile future
it’s better just to let it go
best to wait until you see
than cling to a hope unseen
Toy Boy of the Blood Whore
provoked a thousand ships
from distant shores
cyborgs with spiritual sores
attack with laser, gun, and sword
Troy Boy of the Blood Whore
mocked the Mycenaeans
and started this uproar
bracing for an act of war
they have much to answer for
slave’s throat now sick with sobs
the soot of Troy cremates all joy
lost love commemorates the fall
and now she’s ruined them all
the victors close the net of fate
neither young nor old escapes
all slain, enslaved
no weapons but my eyes and heart
stabbing shards of mirror sharp
arcane migraine
facing the Cataclysm
embracing the Cataclysm
bearing no indignities
’till spirit boils in bloody stream
facing the Cataclysm
harsh red winds of final days
my words smash down on you in waves
embracing the Cataclysm
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10. |
Resolute
03:20
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lions and vultures
feast on my home
ancestral bones
for carrion crows
my eyes are my witness
a city laid low
contrite
wiped out
no afterglow
for us
lovers will quarrel
and will come to blows
trapped in a quadrangle
love undertow
crossing the threshold
of Hell’s vertigo
white-out
widow
will overthrow
my life
mourning bird sweetly
dreadful doom-singing
these eyes are empty
perceiving black mercy
mourning bird sweetly
dreadful doom-singing
seeing is believing
and still you see nothing
this is my resolution
I’m resolute
this is my execution
still, I’m resolute
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11. |
Eye Accept
04:06
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I
I accept this
accept
I accept this
this
I accept...
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