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Transmutation Of The Eye
04:36
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Ignored limitations
and the youth soon goes wild
Sexual confrontation
the opening of the eyes
The flesh and its riddles
soon to be open wide
The eye is the vessel
Obscenity abides
Ecstasy and pleasure
for the brain, for the eye
Impurity in gestures
giving birth to the I
Ovoid and viscous
both testicles and eyes
Your flesh is ludicrous
I'm feeding on your sighs
Desecration
Copulation
Break the vows of the puritan
From now on he's merely human
Desecrate while you strangulate
Soul and flesh both ejaculate
Eye... Removed
Tainted... In blood
Inside... The womb
The eye... still moves
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Doctor Kerjentsev
04:21
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Cornered between these concrete walls
Yet my spirit is flying free
A defiance of the logic of men
A defiance of logic itself
My hands are now unpure
they lead a life to an end
the life of my best friend
So I could get loved again
Don't you see ? This all makes sense
Don't you fear !
Is this crazy ? As I planned everything
I am not crazy !
I reach your most inner fear
I touch what you hold as dear
I brought another perspective
My blood is colder than yours
Cornered between these concrete walls
You say my spirit is lost
A defiance unto others
A defiance unto the self
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3. |
Between The Ties
08:41
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Ascension of daylight
Eyes are bathed in their own fright
The weight of horror
Soon to end in splendour
The teeth of fear
Squeaking in the ears
A soul in front
Of its psychopomp
Surrounded by a crowd
Yet feeling so alone
Goat of Azazel
in a bottomless well
Deafening is the rant
Of the faceless hate
Time... for the blade
Time...for revenge
Now the blood is spread
Grotesque dances around the basket
Impulsive cycle of fertile godesses
Tainting their hands, their clothes and faces
Blood and its magic... Withheld in their spirits
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Don’t sign your life away!
Don’t let the man in the grave-suit deceive you
“Once you’re in, you stay”
If you tell him you’re lonely, he’ll never believe
You sign a lot of lies
Your life is a forfeit, he’ll never believe
“Your life, yes, is alone”
You’ll tell him you’re broken, he’ll never relieve you.
He’ll tell you: “You’re a star
I’ll make you a hero and I’ll able to worship and say that you’ll go far.
It’s not what you want but I think you can make it,
Once you hit the heights.
I’ll sell you the world if I think you can take it,
And put your name in lights”
You’ll bye-bye your soul and your heart it is breaking.
You try to get away.
He hit you in papers more deadly than poison
You’re not allowed to say.
He gives you an order but never a reason
He forces you to stay
He’s broken your will by, he’s taking your freedom
You sink and you obey
Formality’s over
You’re back on the road again
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