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Falling always
Flailing at the reins
Careening down the path of fools
Chasing ego’s ghost down promising corridors
Only to find his chamber bare
Stripped of agency
Wallowing in confusion
Meandering morosely with the crowd
Aimlessly asea
I vomit in the squall
Rescued only by epiphany’s embrace
A moment of clarity
Birthed by a taste of nothingness
To oblivion I now state my vow
Self destruction, the only craft
May the grandest design be mine
Grin of contentment grows as gravel heals into the wounds
Lay with whores
Stare into the sun
Embrace the most potent autonomy x2
But little could I know
The sweetness of this journey’s end
Sublimated annihilation
Never to gaze upon this world again
Open my veins and taste the sweet proof of free will
My search for meaning now complete
Reaching epiphany while bleeding out
Gazing down upon the lost
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The Worst Word
06:11
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There is a word
Its bonds fast secured
Upon the minds of generations of the human race
Quick to the coward’s lips
Instill fear of punishment
Upon the minds of generations of the human race
Examine these contrary ways
If by reason you are swayed
Lay your banner ‘pon the ground before the human race
In soaring exultation we embrace the most sublime expression
Scratch of ink on paper
Poetry, ring aloud!
We grasp the potency of our tongue and we are standard bearers
For the width and depth of language in the world
Show us the man who in the depth of soul does not
Hold a reverence for clarity and truth
Yet those behind the podia in our faces shove
Fairy tales of beings undefined above
Vague notions spat from lips of power
Approach the word that is the foulest of them all
“God” is the worst word
As language devotes its attention to the truth
We stand guard against those who would use it for abuse
“God” is the worst word
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Sovereign, Peddler, Pauper, Priest
Sovereign, Peddler, Pauper, Priest
Salvation of the soul
Wed glut of goods
In market sold
Charlatans!
Ever conniving the peddler offers a gift with his wares
Goods for coin, wisdom for free
“Freedom is your power to purchase from me”
Enter the priest
“Deny the state or be apostastate”
His tales a gateway for fools
In the stream of commerce let loose
The Sovereign shall not be denied!
Shred the veil
Open the tome for all to see
Let the inscriptions fade
Let the apologists bleed
Demagogue
Plant the seed
Exploit the flock
Wool for free
Such is the plight of the pauper
To the priest and peddler a schmuck
Sold the tale a thousand times over
His toil too little, too short on good luck
But the rule of god and coin
Forever at odds with our ends most sublime
Shall be usurped by the will of the sovereign
Our will shall not be denied!
The banner languidly falls
The paupers gather outside
Chalice smacked from the hand
The tale of the priest and peddler denied
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Chalice of Despair
05:24
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retching and faltering in the putrid haze
a din of groans in agony upon mounds of decay
consumed by inflicting carnal misery
sullen eyes stung by ammonia weep
harvest of disaster
the chalice of suffering overflows
fountains of hubris in a desert of shame
mocking sacrifice, seeking fortune in despair
on flaming winds fly embers from the east
prism clouds gild the pyroplastic air
pillars of smoke and ash arise from summer’s altar
charred bones in steel and glass upon the pyre
relentless tides encroaching upon the shore
immemorial waters, reclaiming sediment and life
eroding clay to dust, dissolved into tears
senses fade to echoes in the deep
ground glass lung, weakened stridor
fear sweats, drowned in pathogenesis
succumb to the self-inflicted storm
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The Drool Upon Your Tome
03:41
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Unskillful fool
Don the blindfold of arrogance
Stumble seemingly unphased
Stand tall against calamity
Until the drool upon your tome collects
And sees the dam erased
For how long will you turn away?
Suck upon the teat of lies
For how long will you keep the truth at bay?
Denial of the empty skies
Price to pay
Consequence for every act
Torn away from comfort
Oh, how the revelation burns
When the vessel explodes
Bathe in horror
A tidal wave
Of chunks in bile marinated
Your comeuppance all at once
Flatline on the pathos from which you hid
For so long had you pushed the pain away
Shat upon the lens of truth
Price to pay
Oh, how the revelation burns
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Empty Skies Remain
04:09
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Cries of pain punctuate the empty skies
No shining light above
Meaninglessness reigns below
The blind once led the blind
But now no masters remain
Unity in nothingness
We shall rise above it all
End the lies
Face the pain
Free yourself as only empty skies will remain
An ancient tool for understanding things
We could not comprehend
Lies passed down through generations
Keep the masses dumb and blind
Negative connotations
Pinned to those who go astray
Unity in nothingness
We shall rise above it all
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The Living Treatise
06:15
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Dismantle Christian Apologetics
Comrades!
We have embarked upon the grandest martyrdom
Steel yourselves against the lure of the siren song
Let resignation dull your pain
Chorus:
Shred the veil
Smash the lenses of rose
Do not blink as your pupils constrict in the newfound light
May the worshippers of the banner
Gaze into mirrors of contempt
At the example or our sacrifice
Such majesty in our suffering
We scale the throne of humility
Behold!
Our living treatise of apostasy
Repeat Chorus
We stand upon the edge
A moral precipice
Oh, such righteous ends
The story of humanity is ours
Bleeding from every pore
We bleed forever more
We sip the vintage of the dead
And so drown
Bleeding from every pore
We bleed forever more
We seek the vengeance of the dead
And so drown
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Exhausted Prayer Los Angeles, California
Exhausted Prayer formed in Los Angeles in 1997.....
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