The Wrath of Silence
Assur, I have failed you.My mind is filled with darkness, I need to hear your voice.
What have I done I ask you, to make you turn your back?
On my knees I beg you, deliver me from this pain,
but your throne is empty, and my heart is aching,
and I'm burning in the wrath of silence.So I call for the priests who tell me,
Assur is angry, Assur is angry with me.
And I call for the priests who tell me,
we must appease him, we must win his favor again.When other gods get closer, Assur drifts farther away.
We've let his land fall into ruin and decay.
We will expand his kingdom. We will destroy his foes.
We shall cut out the very heart of Babylon.Marduk stands in the center of town.
He is their will, he is their life.
I sacked the city and stole him away,
and left his children without a god.I filled their minds with darkness. I took their will away.
On their knees they begged me to give them life again.
But I did not answer. I made them suffer like me.
Helpless, abandoned, praying with no answer,
and burning in the wrath of silence.Assur, I have conquered for your glory, but still you let me burn.
So I call for the priests who tell me,
Assur is angry, Assur is angry with me.
And I call for the priests who tell me,
we must appease him, we must win his favor again.I shall build a holy city, dedicated to Assur,
with Ziggurats so high that they will touch the clouds.
I shall build it across the river, far away from this empty place.
We will begin again. Assur shall return!I sit alone in this temple, the greatest one ever built.
I watch the flames engulfing all that I can see.
Long ago it was simple, the gods spoke and we obeyed.
like my father, and his before, and back to Assur.
But now it's all confused. One voice became many, then none.
Our unity is gone, my kingdom is broken apart.
And in my darkest hour, my greatest time of need,
my son comes to greet me, with a knife in my back!That little shit! He makes me sick!
He's always sucking at a woman's tit!
He knows not of the art of war.
He cannot stand up on his own two feet.
The nobles hooked his feeble mind,
and made him do and say whatever they said.
Conspiracy and blasphemy,
they immolate their god.Assur, I have failed you.
I deserve this.
Written in Blood
A throne of weakness. A people in turmoil.
A land in ruin. Chaos. No more!Assur, ruling supreme over the gods.
Bel, lord of the world.
Shamas, vanquisher of enemies.
Vul, who causes the tempest to rage.
Hercules, champion and subduer of heretics.
Ishtar, the eldest, the queen of victory.The great gods speak no longer to us in words but in the language of our hearts.
Listen to your heart. Listen to the gods.They rule the heavens and earth and inspire our hearts with joy.
To love is to serve. Obey and be blessed.
Your hearts have made me strong. Your hands have made me king.
We are servants of Assur, who has given us warlike power.I, Tiglath Pilesar, king of kings, lord of lords.
Conquering hero, terror overwhelming the world.
With a host of kings I have fought, and imposed upon them servitude.
There is not a second to me in war, nor an equal in battle.Kings who pay no tribute are enemies of Assur.
My chariots crushed their armies, beaten down as if by a storm.
Their carcasses covered the valley, and I cut off their heads.
Their cities I burned with fire. I destroyed and I ruined.The common people who fled, I smote them like wild beasts.
The kings' sons fell to my power, their queens I took for my own.
The delights of their hearts I enslaved. Their gods I bore away.
All their wealth I plundered, and upon them placed my yoke.What Assur has commanded I have performed.
I have overrun the whole Magian world.
And still we march, my warriors and chariots.
The enemies of Assur will be brought into the fold.Hammurabi, you were wrong.
Laws are not etched in stone, they are written in blood.
Praise to Ishtar
I was born in the mountains.
I was without understanding.
But O Ishtar, mighty queen of the gods,
did thou teach me.Thou didst take me from the mountains.
Thou didst make great my name.
Thou didst place me in this chariot.
I'm your servant, your champion.
Oh, my lady.Praise to Ishtar. To see her is to rejoice.
In lips she is sweet. There is life in her mouth.
She is beauty, with charm and voluptuousness.
She is glorious. Her figure sings her eyes are brilliant.
Oh, my lady.Praise to Ishtar. She is clothed in pleasure and love.
She is splendid. At her glance there is joy.
She has no equal. Her word is supreme over gods.
She is power. The fate of everything she holds in her hands.
Oh, my lady.Ishtar. Hear my prayer. Guard my flank. Guide my spear.
Ishtar. Hear my words. I fight for thou. Oh, my lady.
Chariot
Battle calls again. I have no fear with you at my side.© Brian Voth, 2003. The Heretic PharaohHooves pounding, wheels screaming, hearts racing, into the line I charge,
with death in my wake.
Bones breaking, blood streaming, mouths crying, calling out to god,
but they are not heard.Sensing the blood on my spear, turning and running in fear.
I love the chase.Striking like lightning. They scatter like rats.
All the world surrenders to the power of my chariot.
All the gods look down to see my mastery.See me ride through the ranks of my enemies.
Strike at the heart of my enemies.
Laugh in the face of my enemies.
I fly in my chariot.
See me ride through the ranks of my enemies.
Strike at the heart of my enemies.
Smash in the face of my enemies.
Raining death in my chariot.Warriors clashing, shields crashing, swords smashing, into the fray I charge,
with blood on my wheels.
Soldiers routing, their king shouting, priests praying, calling out to gods,
but there is no answer.Seeing the look in my eyes, knowing it's their turn to die.
I am their doom.Striking like lightning. The tempest doth rage.
All the world surrenders to the power of my chariot.
All the gods look down to see my mastery.See me ride through the ranks of my enemies.
Strike at the heart of my enemies.
Laugh in the face of my enemies.
Ride proud in my chariot.
See me ride through the ranks of my enemies.
Strike at the heart of my enemies.
Smash in the face of my enemies.
I'm alive in my chariot.As I ride I feel the love inside is real,
the gods are smiling down upon me.
My heart is filled again, my mind is free from sin,
I'm stronger than I've ever been before.Gods commanding, my king demanding, the last man standing must fall to the sword.
Thy will be done.
Faces tensing, muscles clenching, he stands unyielding to my mighty attack,
but I will not slow.Against Marduk's will, who could sin and escape?
I will proclaim his anger, which runs deep as the sea.
He punished me abruptly, then granted life.
I will teach the people. I will instruct the land to fear.Pointing my spear at his heart, ready to tear him apart.
The end draws near.Marduk pulled me from the river of death,
and summoned me from destruction.
All powerful lord of the world,
give him praise of face his wrath.Ishtar! Marduk!
A defiant soldier lies trampled and broken,
his body twisted as he stares into the sun.
A mighty chariot lies smashed into oblivion,
its rider gasping as he watches the wheels spin.Two gods fighting.
Two soldiers dying.
That is the way of the world.
Tribute
O Ra, divine man-child, heir of eternity, self begotten and self born.
The gods rejoice, at thy rising. The earth is glad, when it feels your rays.
We sing unto thee with joy. We bow our heads down to the earth.
Prince of everlastingness, King of Truth we give you tribute.And a tribute to Isis, divine mother.
And a tribute to Nu, divine father.
And a tribute to Hathor, goddess of love.
And a tribute to Amon, master of the wind.
And a tribute to Maat, protector of truth.
And a tribute to Shu, bearer of heaven.
And a tribute to Osiris, king of the dead.
And a tribute to...
Heresy
Enough of these tributes!
You priests grow fat while my people go hungry.
Another church, another tribute,
a play for power that you do not deserve.
There is but one god and his name is Aten,
and your imposters I cast aside.
As it is written you shall obey,
for I am Pharaoh, and my word is law.I command a cleansing (smash all the statues and desecrate the temples),
Of all things not of Aten (tear down the alters and burn all the holy books),
I declare a revolution (smash all the statues and desecrate the temples),
All will bow to the one true god (tear down the alters and burn all the holy books),
All shall bow to the god of the sun.But what shall become of the priests?
I care not for a false gods' whores.
But what shall become of the generals?
I care not for their endless wars.
And what shall become of Memphis?
I care not for this city of lies.
And what shall become of the people?
We shall build a temple in the sky.A new city far away, where the Nile is free and the sun is warm.
We shall live with god himself, the Living One, and bask in his beauty.Follow me and my queen, Nefertiti.
Hymn to Aten
Oh Aten, who hadst thine existence in primeval time.
Thy rising is beautiful on the horizon of heaven.
Thou art lord of every land and thou shinest upon them.
Thou art Aten of the day and are revered in every foreign land.And everyone shall speak your name and know that thou makest their lives.
The earth is in thy hands in as much as thou hast made us.
When thou risest mankind lives. When thou settest they die.
As long as thou art in the sky we live in thee.
And our eyes are all upon thy beauties until thou settest in the west.Such beauty you have granted to me in the form of my queen, Nefertiti.
Nefertiti
But as the years go by, I'm left to wonder why,
the ones we left behind have not joined us.
And those who once believed turn away. I can't conceive
of why they do not feel the way that I do.My queen, Nefertiti, why do they turn away?
My queen, Nefertiti, why do they lose their faith?
My queen, Nefertiti, why do they turn away?
My queen, Nefertiti, oh.My queen, Nefertiti, please don't leave me now.
I pray to Aten to give you life anew.
My queen, Nefertiti, you're all I'm living for.
Aten, why did you take her from me?
Stricken
So the heretic has finally died.© Brian Voth, 2003. Woe is Israel
And soon I shall be pharaoh.
Find every place where his name was written,
and chisel it out of the stone.
Destroy his city. Kill his only son.
It will be as if he were never born.
The Covenant
Moses! I am the god of your fathers, and I am enraged.
Your stiff necked people have corrupted themselves, and they deserve to die.
You too shall suffer for all their sins, and you shall do as I command.
Slay every man his brother, and every man his neighbor. This is how you must atone.As for the rest of them, they shall suffer forty years with no respite.
They broke the covenant. They shall not be delivered.
Their dead bodies will fall in the desert.
This faithlessness, this wicked congregation, shall come to an end.
Only the children, purged of all their fathers' sins, shall enter the promised land.And Joshua shall lead them.
When the lord your god leads you into the promised land,
and before you stand seven nations greater and mightier than yourselves.
You must utterly destroy them. You shall make no covenant with them.
You shall not make marriages with them. And you shall show no mercy.
You shall break down their alters, and dash into pieces their pillars,
hew down their asherim, and burn their graven images with fire.For I am a jealous god, and I shall have no rivals.
My Name is Joshua
My name is Joshua. I'm a flame for the Lord. Joshua. I'm the edge of His sword.After seven days of marching the Lord answered our calls.
When the priests blew their trumpets, they broke Jericho's walls.And the city and all that is within it,
shall be devoted to the Lord for destruction.
But all the silver and gold and vessels of bronze and iron are sacred,
and shall go into the treasury of the Lord.
Then we utterly destroyed all in the city,
both men and women, young and old, oxen sheep and asses,
all with the edge of the sword.My name is Joshua.
My name is Joshua.
My name is death to all who sin.
My name is Joshua.At the battle of Gibeon, the Lord made the sun stand still,
granting light for the slaughter, and on the thousands that I killed.On the fields at Ai I did not hold back my hand, with which I stretched out the javelin,
until I had utterly destroyed them all.
Libnah, Lachish, Gezer, Eglon, Hebron, and Debir,
six cities, six days, everyone within was slain.
For it was the Lord who commanded the slaughter,
that they should come against Israel in battle, and be exterminated.My name is death to all who live.
My name is death to all who breathe.
My name is death to all who sin.
My name is...Joshua.
I'm a flame for the Lord.
Joshua.
I'm the edge of His sword.
Divine Punishment
Love the Lord and keep his commandments or thou shall surely perish.© Brian Voth, 2003. The Servant of PainMy god, my god, why hast thou forsaken me?
Why art thou so far from helping me, from the words of my groaning?
Oh my god, I cry by day but thou dost not answer,
and by night but give no rest.I am a worm and no man. Scorned by men and despised by the people.
All who see me mock at me. They make mouths at me.
They wag their heads at me.
"He committed his cause to the Lord", they say.
"Let Him deliver him."
"Let Him rescue him.", they rave at me.
"For he delights in Him."I am poured out like water. And all my bones are out of joint.
My heart is like wax. It is melted within my breast.
My tongue cleaves to my jaws,
thou dost lay me in the dust of death.But I trust in thee O Lord. I say, "Thou art my god."
My times are in thy hand, deliver me from the hands of my enemies.
My people did fall to sin, but I will teach them of thy ways.
O Lord I beg of thee, please don't punish Israel.For the King's abominations, I bring upon Jerusalem such evil
that the ears of all who hear of it shall burn.
I cast off my chosen ones, and give them unto my enemies.
For they have done what is evil in my site.Woe is Israel. Suffering at the hands of an angry god.
Food for the Gods
One god calls for genocide.
One god promises paradise.
One god turns his back, demanding of a sacrifice.
One god screams a battle cry.
One god pleads that none should die.
And all demand obedience.
And they're always at war.We are enslaved to a world in flames.
We tremble in fear and kill in their names.
We bow to their will as they promise us glory.
We go to our graves lifting them up to the sky.We are food for the gods.
Block it out!
But the war outside is now inside,
the gods are fighting to take hold of my mind.
The battlefield burns as their armies collide
and the chaos and madness won't relent till I die.
Every god demanding I worship them alone,
submission my salvation, I must atone.
When I destroy their rivals my suffering will cease,
and everyone will live forever in peace.What a dream. What a lie!
As long as one god lives, it will demand that we fight.
Malediction
Brothers and sisters.
At the end of the day when your backs are breaking and your minds are burning
and all you get is another promise of a glory that never comes;
when the king and the priests and the nobles and the generals
implore you and lie to you and threaten you
and demand that you make another sacrifice to appease their god;
when you win the war and another is declared,
when you build a great temple and a greater one is called for,
when you reach your limit and fall to the ground
and all demand that you rise and push yourself over the edge;
then you shall know that you are enslaved to a voracious god.But before you spend your last ounce of energy in a futile attempt
to set things right as so many have tried but only succeeded
in burying us deeper in shit,
you must truly embrace death for the fear of it has made us all cowardly servantsPurge your fears and make death your creed
for even the gods fear their own extinction
and we shall drag them with us into oblivion,
for we are the children of the dark goddess, Kali,
destroyer of all creation and the doom of humankind, and we serve no master.We will lay waste to this world of domination, subjugation, and humiliation,
for what is created can surely be destroyed.
The time of suffering is over.So rise one last time, fight one last battle, scream one last war cry,
"We are death incarnate, and we shall stand upon a mountain of dead gods!"
The Citadel Must Fall
All our lives we've worked an toiled
to build a monolith, a symbol of the greatness of God.
But our work is never ending
we'll stop at nothing to build it higher and higher still.
See it there on the horizon, the shining citadel,
a monument to our insanity.
Its towers reaching up to heaven, so tall and proud,
and built upon the corpses of a million slaves.Mankind's greatest achievement is its greatest disgrace.
As long as it stands there can be no peace.The citadel must fall.
We must climb the wall, the citadel must fall.
Throw your bodies against the wall, the citadel must fall.
We must smash the wall, the citadel must fall.
Throw your bodies against the wall, the citadel will surely fall.Charge straight into the teeth of the god-damned storm!
Wave after wave assail the wall, determined to open the gate.
Wave after wave they are cut down, their bodies riddled with arrows.
But we want victory or death, no retreat and no surrender.
Our bodies clog the trenches. We walk upon our dead.
One burning feeling in our hearts, we will destroy!One of ours has climbed the wall, fighting like a demon possessed.
He makes his way towards the gate, and soldiers fall in his path.
His muscles strain as he cranks the gears, and the gate slowly rises.
Inch by inch he turns the wheel, even as they cut him down.
His sacrifice is not in vain. For the city is ours.
Cut or be Cut
Cut or be cut!
Kill or die!
Scream or choke!
Victory or death!We're the demon storm, the killing swarm.
We bring death and pain. You fight back in vain.
We pour through the gate, like a river of hate.
Tearing out your heart. Ripping you apart.No one knows the men I've fought, or all the pain I've brought,
or all the death I've wrought, save for my blade.
For when I'm destroying lives, and fighting to survive,
I feel so alive. For I am the servant of,
I am the servant of pain.Storm the castle halls, smashing down the walls.
Seize the holy priests, bring them to their knees."Oh mighty gods, save us from this madman.
We beg of thee, deliver us from evil."
"If your gods existed, they would not allow this desecration.
Skin them alive, and leave them for the rats."Find the noble sons, slay them save but one.
Rape the daughters and Queen, then bring the King to me.One way to release myself from all the pain I feel,
is strap you to the wheel and show it all to you.
And when death comes for me and pain is all I see,
she's there to comfort me, my goddess Kali.
Atrocity
No atrocity is complete without a witness to my crime.© Brian Voth, 2003. The Prophet
Take an innocent child, open his eyes, and fill them with such horrors.Privileged child, you're now the crown prince.
You're just one cut away from ascending your father's throne.
You saw what we did to your brothers, they begged until we cut out their tongues.
We cut them apart piece by piece and they screamed like beasts as they died.
You saw what we did to your sisters, over and over again.
Your favorite one was special, her mind broke long before her body did.
You saw what we did to your mother, first for pleasure then for pain.
We filled every hole with our feces, 'til she was drowning in excrement.Now take my blade and force it down your father's throat.
Don't be scared son he won't bite. You have the power now.
Feel your way down deep inside him, 'til you get to his beating heart.
That's where you'll plunge the dagger, and give him what he deserves.Remember the pain he brought you.
(Remember the pain, remember the fear, the look in his eyes when you were helpless)
Remember the love he denied you.
(remember the pain, remember the fear, the emptiness and the rejection)
Remember the times he was angry and took it out on you
(remember the hate, remember the anger, remember the words, remember the screams,
remember the hurt, remember the blood, remember the feeling of betrayal)
Remember the sins he committed,
(remember the sins, remember the crimes, remember the lies, remember his evil)
against his people, his family, and self.
(remember the ones who took the fall, remember suffering in silence)
Remember the enemies that he showed no mercy towards.
(remember the death, remember the torture, remember the rape, remember the slaughter,
remember the slaves, remember the ways he justified it all)Come on son, do the deed. Remember how he swore he'd protect you.
Come on son, do the deed. You can be far better than he.Yes! And now you are my son.
I see the fires in the distance, another army closes in.
They will defeat us and put my men to death, and do to me, oh, so much worse.
But they will find a place for you, my son, the sole survivor of my war.
And you will carry on my legacy and tell them everything I've done.They'll writhe in abject horror. They'll shake their heads and cry.
They'll clench their fists in anger. They'll stare up at the sky.
They'll say, "This cannot happen. Never, never again."
They'll pray for their salvation and do whatever god says.The more they fear the harder they'll fight.
They'll suffer hardships and work day and night.
Fill them with fear, fill them with pain,
promise deliverance and like a god you shall reign.For I am their deepest fear and I shall grow stronger with time.
I will destroy their bodies and I will destroy their minds.
They will commit atrocities and become what they abhor.
All the good that they believe will be rotted at the core.
And as the world grows darker there will be nowhere to hide.
The only way they will ever escape me...
apocalyptic suicide.
In the Desert
In the desert there is life.Blessed are the poor, they shall find heaven.
Blessed are the pure, they shall see god.
Blessed are those who mourn, they shall find comfort.
Blessed are the meek, they shall inherit the earth.Blessed are you, when men persecute you.
Rejoice and be glad, your reward will be great.
Blessed are you, when men revile you
for spreading my words. You are the light of the world.
The Tower of Pain
God has said, "An eye for an eye".
No! Do not resist one who is evil.
"Love your neighbor and hate your enemy."
No! Love them all and pray for those who persecute you.
And when you fast do not look dismal.
Wash your face, suffer on the inside.
And when you pray do not make a scene.
Close the door and kneel before god.Our father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread. Forgive us as we have forgiven.
Lead us not to temptation, but deliver us from evil.The gate is narrow and the way is hard.
And the prophet said, "You must suffer for your sins."
And the prophet said, "You must suffer all your life."
And the prophet said, "I bring not peace, but a sword."
And the prophet said, "Take your cross and follow me."You hypocrites, Pharisees!
You brood of vipers. You are evil!
You blind fools. You kill the prophets.
They speak against you so you shed their blood.
God's word, you do not hear.
You shut the door to the kingdom of heaven.
You take their gold and give them nothing.
You lead them into the fires of hell.
Woe to you Pharisees.
God is coming to judge you all.You will weep, gnash your teeth, and be cast into the outer darkness.
Blasphemer! Blasphemer!
You claim to be the son of god.
Blasphemer! Blasphemer!
You deserve worse than death.A crown of thorns upon his head, they marched him through the streets.
They stripped him and mocked him and nailed him to the cross.Son of god, save yourself, have your god send an angel.
I must practice what I preach, I must climb the tower of pain.My god, my god, why hast thou forsaken me?
The Lesson Learned
No one is righteous, no not one.© Brian Voth, 2003. Them
No one does good, not even one.
Every man is a sinner and must kneel before the Lord.
You cannot work your way into heaven. You must be saved by the grace of God.
You can be a slave to sin or you can be a slave to God.
The wages of sin is death, but Christ offers eternal life.
Your mortal body is wicked, its passions will drive you to sin.
Let it die like Christ on the cross, and your spirit will live in him.You have no excuse whoever you are.
The judgment of God you cannot escape.
You shall know the fear of God. You shall know his wrath and fury.
For the lust within your hearts. For your shameless acts of malice.
For your evil and covetousness. For your envy, strife, and murder.
For your slander you haters of god. For your deceit, heartless and ruthless.
And on that day when righteous judgment comes,
there will be tribulation and you deserve to die.
On your knees and repent.And the prophet said, "You must suffer for your sins."
And the prophet said, "You must suffer all your lives."
And the prophet said, "You are weakened by the flesh."
And the prophet said, "Pray for forgiveness."Jerusalem fallen to ruin.
They were enslaved and dragged into Rome.
Raped and tortured, persecuted, and thrown to the lions.
Chained and shackled, whipped like dogs, and beaten to breaking.
But they never surrendered.And through it all how they suffered for their sins.
And through it all how they suffered all their lives.
And in the end the emperor knelt before the Lord.
And in the end the lesson was learned.
The emperor knew you must suffer to be saved.
And he set out to save the world.
The Great Crusade
Christ is besieged in his holy land.
Which is now in the hands of the accursed Turks.
You whom he freed from your dark prison,
when he died upon the cross, do your duty!I beseech you brothers, by the mercy of Jesus Christ,
come to the aid of the Lord.
Deprived of his inheritance, the land where he shed his blood,
go now and receive his grace.Raise the sign of the cross. Be strong do not delay.
Run towards the prize of heaven.
Free Jerusalem from...Them! Black foreign dogs. Those infidels. They are evil.
Them! Those Moorish pigs with bristles down their twisted spines.
Them! Who roasted Christian sons and sliced the breasts off Christian wives.
Them! Who desecrate our churches and defile the holy land.They are the cause of our suffering.
They have brought us shame.
They will kneel before the Lord or they will die.The blood of the martyr is the grease for the wheels of the war machine.
Arrows raining fire. Stones crushing men.
Burning wax and sulfur, the sign of the firebrand.
Machines shaken to pieces. Towers shatter and fall.
But at the cost of a thousand lives we laid a bridge over the wall.No mercy! No fear! A holy slaughter in the name of the Lord.
Piles of heads and hands and feet. Black smoke chokes the sky.
The dead litter the street, oh such a wonderful sight.
Thousands of infidels met their doom at the temple of Solomon.
Everyone of them was put to death and we waded in their blood.How we rejoiced, victorious and triumphant.
This day the Lord hath made. We celebrate the glory of god.Your son and my son, clean as new swords.
Your man and my man, and now the Lord's.
Your son and my son, for the great crusade.
With the banner of Christ over them, our new knights made.
The Purge
He never ate meat. He slept on a bare board.
Nothing touched his flesh but a sheet of rough cloth.
Incorruptible honesty. Executive efficiency.
A strict disciplinarian twice as strict with himself."In these troubled times diabolical men have assaulted the church,
inflicting grievous wounds upon her.
Puffed up with ambition, they rend our unity.
We must oppose them with the invincible weapons of faith."Torquemada. The grand inquisitor. The savior of Spain.
Sent by god to punish...Them! Those heretics. Those infidels. They are evil.
Them! Those heathen Jews, who deny the virgin and killed the Christ.
Them! Those faithless Christians who betray the church and spread false doctrine.
Them! Servants of Satan, who bring God's wrath upon us all.They are the cause of our suffering. They have brought us pain.
We must cleanse the church and the land and make all holy again."Anyone who attempts to construe a personal view of God
that conflicts with church dogma must be burned without pity." - Pope Innocent IIIEndless questions. Endless submission.
One false word and the pain would begin.
Throats and rectums torn apart from the inside.
Bones splintered and ripped out of joint.Will you sign your confession or shall we take you to the rack?
Confess! I am not guilty. Confess! I have done nothing wrong.
Stretched ten inches and still he fights.
Confess! I am no heretic. Confess! I believe as you do.
Burn a cross into his flesh.
Confess! I am not guilty. Confess! I have done nothing wrong.
With red hot pincers tear out his tongue.
Confess! I will not. Confess! I am a servant of god.
Pull out his intestines before his eyes.By the grace of god he has confessed his sin.
When he burns for his crime his soul will go to heaven."It is not possible for a man's happiness to be in this life.
We must all endure the pain, and put our faith in Jesus Christ." - St. Thomas Aquinas
Evil is Everywhere
To not believe in witches savors of heresy.© Brian Voth, 2003. Guardian of the Realm
To deny them is to deny god.
"Be there no other remedy for saving its people,
The church must put wicked men to death." - Pope Leo XIII
"Common people must work under the threat of the sword
so that they comply with the observance of piety." - Martin Luther
"Christian, Jewish, and Bah'ai missionaries are here to deceive,
is it not a duty to destroy them?" - Ayatollah KhomeniEvil is everywhere. The devil is at work.
For god and country you must stand.
And protect the world from...Them! Those unbelievers. Those infidels. They are evil.
(Witches, Pagans, Kikes, Goyim, Deniers, Heathens, Barbarians)
Them! Enemies of the state. Those traitorous swine.
(Commies, Fascists, Anarchists, Subversives, Terrorists, Radicals, Anti-Semites)
Them! Defilers of the flesh. Who cannot control themselves.
(Sodomites, Faggots, Dikes, Perverts, Whores, Adulterers, Pedophiles)
Them! The foreign scum. Why don't they go back where they belong?
(Niggers, Chinks, Wetbacks, Ragheads, Crackers, Gaujin, Mongrels)They are the cause of our suffering. They have brought us shame.
We must purge our nation to be proud again."I am acting as an agent of our creator.
By fighting off the Jews I am doing the Lord's work." - Adolf Hitler
"All within the state. Nothing outside the state.
Nothing against the state." - Benito Mussolini
"We are engaged in a final all out battle between
Communist atheism and Christianity." - Sen. Joseph McCarthy
"Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists." - George W. Bush
You are with them.The dark cloud of fear will keep them in their place.
The horrors wrought upon the few make the masses obey.
There will always be a few who rebel a little more than the rest.
The world is ruled by fear as your leaders put them to death."Indeed it is better that men should be driven to god by fear of pain.
It produces better men," - St. Augustine
who can resist all torture, and inflict it to any degree if they must.
Where Eagles Fly
Two Kings. Two rivals. Fighting for supremacy.
Each sends into the arena their finest champion.
I stand before the crowd allies and enemies.
Some cheering for my victory, some screaming for my blood.
But I know that I shall win, for my King's cause is right.V! O! D! For victory!
Noble guardian of the realm.
Righteous protector of the crown.
Champion of the innocent, defender of the truth.
Never to fall.Their champion strides towards me, a grizzled veteran,
winner of a hundred duels and I only one.
"Hey kid let's stop this madness. Are we just high priced slaves?
Both kings are tyrants. They should fight in our place."
"Only your king is a tyrant.", I answer filled with pride.
"That is why he will lose. That is why you shall die."
"If you're strong enough, one day you'll understand,
but not before you've sealed the fate of another generation.""I am young but I am strong."
"Bring it."I've done it! I've defeated their greatest champion!
Victory tastes so sweet.
The feeling filling my soul.
And where eagles fly well so will I.
And all will know my name.
I'm coming home.
The Insatiable Dream
The years, the battles, so many victories.
I can no longer count them, but never a defeat.
The kingdom is thriving, so much prosperity.
More land, more riches, more wonders for all to see.
The wine, the wenches, my life is wild and free.
The king says I'm his favorite and sees to all my needs.
The thrill of victory has faded but still is strong.
The king calls, I answer, and we right all the wrongs.More years, more battles, but now I question the cause.
What once was righteousness is now just greed and lust.
The victims we trample are poor and wretched men.
They have no hope against us, but they fight cause they have nothing left.
And even within the kingdom we fight amongst ourselves.
To build up greater riches we take from somebody else.
And now with all in turmoil my eyes are opened wide.
I cannot bear the pain I'm feeling deep inside.My king is a tyrant! My cause is a lie!
Everything that I have fought for burns before my eyes.
My god, I have failed you. I've lived a wasted life.
What a fool I have been believing I could fly.All these sins I've committed. All this blood on my hands.
Yet still I must fight. I cannot change what I am.
The arena, the glory, that is a champion's call.
Victory, though now sour, is what I ache to feel.
And I am the lusts of the people. I am their fighting machine.
I kill, they roar, and I rejoice in the cheers and the screams.
But enough is never enough. We chase an insatiable dream.
The crowd, the king, devour the world through me.
Oh god in heaven, what have we become?
The Siren's Song
V! O! D! Victory or Death!© Brian Voth, 2003. Raise the Black FlagNoble guardian of the realm. Blood stained warrior from hell.
Champion of lust and greed, enslaved unto his need, waiting to fall.Their champion strides towards me, young and full of life.
He's never fought a duel, but he believes his cause is right.
Now I must stop this madness and warn him of his fate.
The siren's song of victory leads only to defeat.But I know that he is just like me, with anger in his heart.
And he is just like me, with dreams in his eyes.
And he is just like me, he wants to prove himself.
And he is just like me, and he won't listen.
Betrayed
We have been betrayed.The rich get richer and the poor get poorer.
The king feasts while his soldiers keep order.
The priests pacify and build great churches.
And tell the rest of us it's good to suffer.Living the good life, while making us bow to a god that failed.
Promising heaven, taking us down the road to hell.Read my words and tell your brethren.
Spread the truth and cause dissention.
All that's holy stinks of corruption.
All that's noble is drowned in lies.Hiding in darkness, plotting the death of the king.
Meeting in secret, gathering strength for the purge.Plots uncovered. Men arrested.
Conspirators are bound and tortured.
The king brings down a reign of terror
to kill the evil lurking within.More oppression brings more dissention, brings more oppression and martial law.
Demonstrations. Executions. Fear spreads as the hammer falls.You will obey me.
No.
Raise the Black Flag. And scream, "Death to the King."
Raise the Black Flag. And beat your plowshare into a sword.
Raise the Black Flag. Let nothing sacred stand in your way.
Raise the Black Flag. And release your inner will to kill.
Revolution
Drag the nuns and priests into the bloody streets.
Drawn and quartered, raped and slaughtered.
Turn the tables on the oppressors.
Humiliate them as they march to their death.Storm the castles. Burn down the mansions.
Take by force what is rightfully yours.
Bring the King and Queen to the guillotine.
Raise their heads for all to see.
You're free.A brand new day has finally dawned. Let the bells of freedom ring!
No more kings and no more gods. Let the voice of freedom sing!
Our new nation.
For the people.
We are united.
And free.
A New World Order
As the old god dies a new god is born.
Young and hungry and more oppressive than before.
The people love their new god, and spread his word across the earth.
And in the name of freedom they build an empire of fear."Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice." - Sen. Barry Goldwater
Trampled by horses. Blasted by cannons.
Cut apart by a bayonet charge.
Riddled with bullets. Choking on poison.
Face down with their limbs blown off.
Pounded by rockets. Buried in rubble.
Shot to death by a firing squad.
Burning in napalm. Gutted by land mines.
Imprisoned and left to rot.One by one the millions fall. And the gods command it all.
Blistering flesh in the ovens.
Buried in mass graves.
Stole away in the middle of the night
and never seen again.
Watching their loved ones die,
and raped defiled and burned.
In a church asking why,
when a bomb goes off inside.One by one the millions fall. And the gods demand it all.
From the walls of the Bastille to the palace of the Czar.
From the foot of Bunker Hill to the throne of the Kaiser.
From the dungeons to the gulags. From Auschwitz to the Trail of tears.
From Nanking to Hiroshima. God's will is done.The people tremble as the armies march. Conquest is called liberation.
Members of the resistance are found and crushed. They brought it upon themselves.
We shall teach them to be free. Indoctrination is called education.
A new world order of lasting peace, that is what we all desire.But you must earn your freedom with hard work and sacrifice.
Prove that you are worthy and we shall grant you rights.
Renounced the ways of your old god and embrace the new.
This is the people's nation and we will tell you what to do.If you want to live in peace...
You shall kneel before the God of Freedom.
"Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom
must undergo the fatigue of supporting it." - Thomas Paine
Fight and die for the God of Freedom.
"The tree of liberty must be replenished with the blood of patriots." - Thomas Jefferson
Pay your tribute to the God of Freedom.
"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance." - Thomas Jefferson
Be enslaved to the God of Freedom.
"The cause of freedom is the cause of god." - Samuel Bowles
And obey his law.Another hungry god tries to devour the earth.
It's followers more voracious than the last.
Both sides push each other to a more brutal extreme.
And in the wars and resistance the suffering festers and grows.The gods promise salvation, but none can deliver for long.
And when the suffering becomes unbearable, life goes for naught.
The Cycle Continues
The rich get richer and the poor get poorer.© Brian Voth, 2003. River of Madness
The rulers feast while policemen keep order.
All the powerful stink of corruption.
All that's noble is drowned in lies.Living the good life while making us bow to a god that failed.
Promising plenty while sucking the blood from the world.Plots uncovered. Men arrested. Conspirators are tried and executed.
They put a camera everywhere to make sure we obey the law.More oppression brings more dissention, brings more oppression and martial law.
Demonstrations. Interrogations. Fear spreads as the hammer falls.I am serving the people.
You are not.
Raise the Black Flag. And scream, "Death to the rich."
Raise the Black Flag. And put a fresh clip in your gun.
Raise the Black Flag. Let nothing sacred stand in your way.
Raise the Black Flag. And release your inner will to kill.
Come down to the river of madness and get baptized.© Brian Voth, 2003. The Soul Doctors
Drink deep from the source of all dreams.What to do when your love turns away,
what to say when your love turns away and never comes back.
What to do with a hole in your heart,
what to say as the hole in your heart devours your soul.What to do when your heart is aching.
What to do when your strength is fading.
What to do when your life means nothing.
What to do when the madness comes.Maybe life will always be this way.
A yearning emptiness that just won't go away.
Lingering on forever in desperation.
Seeking but never to find.What to do when your god doesn't answer,
what to say, how to pray, to a god who has cast you away.
What to do when justice isn't done.
What to say as the guilty are raping the earth.What to do when you have no answers.
What to do when sins aren't punished.
What to do when your faith means nothing.
What to do when the madness comes.Maybe God wants us to fight.
To spill each others blood and take our brothers' lives.
Sitting there in heaven with a smile on his face.
Our wars are his sport as we kill in his name.Come down to the river of madness and get baptized.
Drink deep from the source of all dreams.
Dive into the river of madness with open eyes.
Find out who you really are.Deep beneath the surface, where your passions dwell,
reaching up to touch you and drag you down to hell.
You will realize there's two paths to insanity,
trying to be who others want and trying to be who you want to be.What to do when the strain is too much,
what to say when the strain is pulling your head from your heart.
What to do to escape from the pain,
what to say to escape from the pain and to make it stop.Staring into angry eyes.
Wondering the reasons why.
Hiding deep within your mind.
Separation. Isolation. Afraid to reach across the void.Suppression fuels desire, hiding deep inside,
burning in a sea of fear.
Growing ever stronger, one day it explodes,
and the soul is reborn.Drink deep from the source of all dreams.
Feel that madness birth a new dream.What to do when your love turns away?
Let the madness dream you a lover.
What to do when god doesn't answer?
Let the madness dream you a savior.
What to do when justice isn't done?
Let the madness dream retribution.
What to do to escape all the pain?
Let the madness dream salvation.Feel the love within your heart as you chase the new dream.
Feel the power of God as you chase the new dream.
Make your dream reality. Make the world obey your dream.
Force your will upon the world and enslave us to your dream.Down, down, down we go.
Come down to the river of madness and get baptized.
Drink deep from the source of all dreams.
Dive into the river of madness with open eyes.
Find out who you really are.
Swim down to the caverns of nightmares and face your fears.
Feel all your darkness inside.
Emerge from the river of madness with hands held high.
Join us on the shores of the saved.Come down to the river of madness.
Drink deep from the source of all dreams.
Lay Thee Down
I want to support myself and my family. I try to fight but I can't win.Lay thee down thy weary soul.
I can barely take enough from others to make up for what I've lost.
Yes, I'm a sinner, but I cheat only when I must. I hope that others
understand but I know that they hate me just like I hate those who
exploit me. We live in a world gone mad. Everything is drenched in
corruption. I wish that someone would come along and set things right.
Empty vessel you shall be filled.
With sterile thoughts and happy pills.
Enter now the veil of sleep.
Join the flock of human sheep.
A Single Voice
Fuck your freedom. Fuck your profanity.
Yes, you are right, I sense it now.
Strapped to the table, sterile light above.
Nothing is mine, everything yours.
No different thoughts. No evolution.
Yes, you are right, I sense it now.
I stand up, clanging boots of lead.
Hear him now his commanding voice.
Fear the Priest
There another upon the slab.
Yes he struggles don't you know.
Praise the gods, they're so divine.
(Fear the Priest, Fear the Priest)
I am love. Kill those who hate.
Individualism has made a mess of our world. Millions rebelling against
authority, masturbating in materialism, and creating God in their image.
And all they have brought us is war and pain. Salvation can only come
through obedience to the one true power in the universe.
Give in to our cleansing philosophy.
Isn't this the way that life should be?
It's for the children can't you see?
No more sin or hate.
Yes, you are right, I sense it now.
No more need to masturbate.
Earthly love is corrupted. Now I see the light.
True love comes from heaven, and it makes things right.
I hear the snapping of hygienic gloves.
A flick of the switch and it's achieved.
There's no turning back, no retreat.
I have thrown open all the doors.
No secrets in here shall abide.
Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide.
No more war. No revolutions.
But who I am is no longer me.
It's for your own good can't you see?
No more sin or hate.
Yes, you are right, I sense it now.
No more need to masturbate.
Earthly love is corrupted. Now I see the light.
True love comes from heaven, and it makes things right.
Infinite whispers inside my head.
But through them all a single one
tells me what must be done.
I heed his call for I have no choice.
Everyone must believe as me.
Everyone must be set free.
(Fear the Priest, Fear the Priest)
© Octavio Ramos, 2003.
I am the one with hands of fire.
Place thy soul upon the pyre.
Feel it surge. Lick the puss.
Welcome brother, you're one of us.
Steely knives, used to stab.
Take his mind. Take his heart.
Come on brother, enjoy the art.
He was like you minutes ago.
But that will change within the hour.
When at last he sees the power.
Empty bastards sated on wine.
To hell with God, he's a sham.
Praise his minions mortal man.
Worship me, prince divine.
You are empty. I am the mind.
There is no god. He is dead.
There's only me inside your head.
Build unto me an invincible state.
I Live in Silence
I live in silence, where no one knows my name.
I live in silence, where no one speaks my name.
I love my silence. I love the peace within the void.
I love my silence, far away from every voice.I live in darkness, where no one knows my face.
I live in darkness, where no one sees my face.
I love my darkness. I love to lie here all alone.
I love my darkness, the only place I feel at home.I can't go on. I can't go on much longer.
I can't go on. I can't go on.This life, this life I'm leading, where does it go, where does it go?
This heart, this heart is beating, how long before, how long before?
These eyes, these eyes I'm seeking, what do they see, what do they see?
My love, my love is fading, how can it go, how can it go?I can't go on. I can't go on much longer.
I can't go on. I can't go on.
Catastrophe
Life is a catastrophe, living in a travesty,
all of them against just one of me.
Every day is misery, deeper in humility,
they can do whatever they want to me.
The hatred, the hurting, the endless torment.
The whispers, the lies, the cruel laughter.
The more I try to stand, the harder they knock me down,
I am a broken man.
Tapestry of Pain
I have made a decision.
No matter how hard they try to hurt me, to tear me down,
and make me do what they want I will never surrender!
For as long as there is life within my body
I will stand in defiance of the entire world
and let no one tell me who I am.
I am the Black Knight, and I stand alone.My blade is screaming metal. You cannot stand before me.
My heart is pounding fury and you will never defeat me.A solitary form against the pounding storm and the rain came down.
A scream in every ear, a voice for every fear and the cracks appeared.
His naked soul laid bare by hands that rip and tear and smashed it beyond repair.
A life consumed by dread among the walking dead and he lost his head.And he was a tapestry of pain, never to feel the warmth of love again.
I can feel, I can feel it ending, deep inside, deep inside my mind.
I can feel, I can feel it dying, deep inside, deep inside my mind.I watched the colors of my life fading away.
All that I held sacred was stained by the touch of death.
I watched my life turn black.
Black blood, black heart, black holes in my blackened eyes.
Black thoughts, black art, black songs for my blackened mind.I can feel, I can feel it twisting, deep inside, deep inside my mind.
I can feel, I can feel the rending, deep inside, deep inside my mind.I watched my beloved angel shed a tear for my lost love.
And become a demon goddess with wings of burning fire.
But still I yearn for her touch.
Black love, black lust, a black caress from her icy hands.
Black soul, black bond, a black kiss in a black embrace.Her fiery tongue in my ear, such evil whispers do I hear.
HATREDREVENGEANDDEATH
Look what they have done. They deserve to die.
Don't become like them. Show them who you are.Hatred, revenge, and death.
One last chance to fight the bastards who've stole your life.
Hatred, revenge, and death.
In nihilistic self destruction you will be set free.Life is a catastrophe, deeper in insanity,
who I have become is no longer me.
Drowning in an endless sea of zombie-like conformity,
paralyzed with fear, afraid to be me.
But to throw my life away making those bastards pay, have I descended so far?
My tear soaked eyes can see there's not much left of me, nothing left but...Hatred, revenge, and death.
One last chance to fight the bastards who have stole my life.
Hatred, revenge, and death.
In nihilistic self destruction I will be set free.Unchained I erupt with fury. Unchained what was chained for so long.
Unchained and screaming for vengeance. Unchained I'll show them all.
Rising up on wings of evil, shooting flames from my fingertips,
Raining death down upon my enemies, feeling nothing but peace and serenity.
I'll show you my sheer brutality. I'll show you my dark depravity.
I'll show you my raging anger. I'll show you my burning heart.
I'll show you what it's like to suffer. I'll show you the depths of hell.
I'll show you how to beg for mercy. I'll show you what you did to me.In a river of blood they take me away,
Through the corpses of the hundreds I have slain.
Rising up to stop the evil in their midst.
But where were they when I was on the cross?
And they absolve themselves, only I am to blame.
They did nothing to bring this on, there's something wrong with me.
You are a murderer, and you are a coward,
And you shall be put to death for you crimes against humanity.
I Am not a Killer
I am not a killer, but if you take away my life I shall surely take you with me.© Brian Voth, 2003. Waiting for Tomorrow
I am not a killer, but if you take away my life I shall surely take you with me.
I am not a killer, it was self defense.
There was no other way. I had to make them pay.
I am not a killer, it was self defense.
I couldn't bear the pain. I couldn't take the strain.
I am not a killer, it was self defense, it was self defense, it was self defense.Where is justice? Where is hope? Where is mercy? Where is God?
But at the moment of truth I could not go through with the plan.
Instead I chose to suffer in silence, to die the slow death.
At play in the fields of the lord, laughing like children.© Brian Voth, 2003. On Earth as it is in Hell
The sun, the hills, and the sky around us, such beauty.
Love was simple, love was pure, and all was right with the world.
And never a need to reflect on tomorrow, on tomorrow.But what we gave it return, it was never enough.
What a price we had to pay.Never run free, always obey,
give more tomorrow than you did today.
Open your heart, surrender to me,
I need your love, and don't you dare resist me.Here we lie, alone and trembling,
raped, chastised, and beaten, left alone in the dark.
The more love was taken away, the stronger our needs became,
we yearned for your love, and we learned how to hate.We hated ourselves for our failures, we hated you for the pain,
but when you'd return with mercy, our hearts would open again.And we would believe everything was alright.
Another cross to bear. Another scar to hide.
Clinging to a dream at the end of the pain.
Another straw on the camel's back.At work in the fields of the lord, toiling like servants.
The clouds, the wind, and the rain upon us, so sadly.
Love was tainted, love was defiled, but it was all we had.
And every day we yearned for tomorrow, a better tomorrow.But what we gained in return, it was never enough.
What a price we had to pay.Searching for love. Searching in vain.
The promise of pleasure delivering pain.
The closer we came, the more we could feel,
the wounds of the past, wounds that never heal.Here we cry, pleading like children,
angry lost and ashamed, begging for another chance.
The deeper the hurting became, the farther we closed the door.
Safe in a world of our own, but bleeding forever more.We hated ourselves for our failures. We hated those who betrayed.
In the end we settled for less and kept everyone far away.And we would believe everything was alright.
Another cross to bear. Another scar to hide.
Clinging to a dream at the end of the pain.
Another straw on the camel's back.At war in the fields of the lord, fighting like soldiers.
The storms, the sleet, and the hail assail us, such fury.
Love was distant, love was angry, and we had to win it back.
And every day we fought for tomorrow, a better tomorrow.But what we won in return, it was never enough.
What a price we had to pay.Exploiting each other to make us complete.
Guarding our hearts as we lie and we cheat.
Finding a weakness, bleeding it dry,
the world is aflame, but we dare not bat an eye.Here we stand, together but alone,
Calloused, hurting, and bitter, and yearning all the more.
The more we fought for love, the more it faded away,
and as it slipped through our fingers our love turned into hate.Raping our sisters, turning them into whores.
Killing our brothers, sending them off to war.
Abusing our children to fulfill our selfish needs.
Putting prices on honor, drowning in endless greed.With our fists in each others' pockets, and our hands at each others' throats.
Rejoicing in forcing submission. Doing anything to gain control.
Cutting deals and screwing our neighbors. Hiding truth in a web of lies.
Preying on the walking wounded. Drinking tears from each others' eyes.All in the name of love.
And when we despised ourselves, awash in our shame.
We'd kneel before our gods and pray to be clean again.And we would believe everything was alright.
Another cross to bear. Another scar to hide.
Clinging to a dream at the end of the pain.
Another straw on the camel's back.At peace in the fields of the lord, deeply in slumber.
The snow, the ice, and the earth surround us, in silence.
Love is dead, love is gone, forever, forever,
and endlessly we wait for tomorrow, for tomorrow.
Failures of the Fathers
In everyone I see, I see the failure of the fathers.
In everyone I meet, I see the light behind their eyes has died.All our gods have failed (every god has failed),
And we're the ones they blame (steeped in guilt and shame).
Our leaders are corrupt (servants of the rich),
The world has gone insane (chaos and bloodshed).With everyone fighting and everyone hurting
And everyone wanting and everyone hoping
And everyone trying and nothing is working
And slowly we're making the earth as it is in hell.And they expect us to save the world they made a mess of.
In our world of hate (there is no escape),
We'll do anything for love (insatiable desire).
We pass down our disease (inject into their minds),
From the parent to the child (innocence defiled).We feed them our fears and we feed them our hatred
We show them our anger and make them obey us
We promise them hope and we fill them with dreams
And we show them our gods but instead all they see is theFailures of the fathers, mistakes of the mothers.
The failures of the fathers, the lies of the priests.
The failures of the fathers, betrayals of the leaders.
The failures of the fathers, and the light in their eyes, dies.Now every father is a failed god, burning with anger and punishing sin.
And every mother is a failed goddess, capricious and fickle and turning her back.
And every child is a broken dream, a promise the gods could never keep,
Trying to find a new path to peace and failing, failing.In everyone I see, in everyone I see.
In everyone I see, in everyone I see.
In everyone I see, in everyone I see.
In everyone I see, in everyone I see.Failures of the fathers, mistakes of the mothers.
The failures of the fathers, the lies of the priests.
The failures of the fathers, betrayals of the leaders.
The failures of the fathers, our failures, failures.For thousands of years we've been raping and killing
To honor our gods and the truths we believe in
Our words are so noble our causes so righteous
And slowly we're making the earth as it is in hell.On earth as it is in hell. On earth as it is in hell.
Living Death
I am in the sky and in the clouds and in the air you breathe,The answer to the riddle: What am I? - Oxygen
Infecting all creation, deep inside I plant the seed.
I am just a candle in the darkness but I burn so bright,
A beacon for your anger, a torch that summons you to fight.I am in your heart and in your hopes and in the dreams you dream,
I am the life inside you, the source that spawns your every need.
I am in your hatred and your suffering and the tears you cry,
The flame that makes your blood boil, the force that never lets you die.Just as the flowers, the grass, and the trees fight a war over every piece of dirt.
Just as the insects, fish, and animals are both predators and prey.
So do humans clash with each other over words ideas and gods.
Chasing after their visions of peace across a battlefield soaked with their blood.I make you strong and I make you fight.
I make you love and I make you hate.
I am your guardian angel and I am your demon prince.
I will show you the way.
You know in your heart that there is no other.Reject your faith, spurn your love, cleanse your mind.
Build yourself into a killing machine, you are the master of all you destroy.Put no faith in flesh and blood 'til you see it in a mound before you.
Leave no trace of your enemies, clean them from the face of the earth.
Don't believe a single word you hear, words are only the tools of war.
Spread your name with atrocities, they must fear you like an angry god.If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs,
then, my friend, you will easily be able to slaughter them all.
Sacrifice all the guilty and let the fires consume,
for the flesh of the enemy is the food for the gods.
The Last Man
Visionary after visionary brought hope after hope.© Brian Voth, 2003. The Flame Extinguished
Each one took us closer to the brink of apocalyptic war.
The victors would claim the high ground and profess to be the one true way.
They'd decide who was good and evil, inflicting justice on those in their wake.There is nothing so sacred that it can not be profaned,
and to rise and bring change one must go to a further extreme.
So as the rulers spread their order to satisfy their people and gods,
from the hatred of the denied would emerge the sum of all fears.And it would begin again, another bloody purge.
Pushing beyond the limits of what can be endured.
Searching in desperation for a way to end the pain.
Building the ultimate weapon so we would never have to fight again.
But never, never is a short time indeed.What kind of men would build such a thing, this thing that I hold in my hands,
which can destroy all life on earth by the will of a single man?
Years ago it was the answer, in fear of it all would obey,
but men cannot cower forever and the barbarians are at the gate.Are you insane? Are we insane?
Should I pass judgment on the whole human race?
We could never bring peace to the world.
We could never live up to our dreams.
And I am the last man on the face of the earth.The cycle of horror must come to an end.
The future must be cleansed from the sins of the past.
And as I pull the trigger and flames engulf the earth,
the darkness falls around me but there is no end.
For even in death the madness continues.
Welcome to My Realm
Welcome to my realm we'll make you feel right at home
and reacquaint you with your deepest suffering.
We'll pull your soul apart and fill the wounds with pain
'til you are nothing but hatred and misery.
And while the sycophants rejoice in paradise
you'll be here and baptized in hellfire.
The only difference between the heavens and earth
is here you have no illusions.The worst pain that a person can feel in their heart
is nothing where once there was love.
And he in his infinite mercy sees fit
to torture his children forever.
It's far better to burn in hell than to serve
a tyrant demanding and cruel.
For what is courage but standing alone against god
almighty as he vents his wrath?What is our crime? We will not obey!
What is our crime? We refuse to be slaves!
What is our crime? We do not believe!
What is our crime? We will never ever obey!So fuck your commandments. We will not obey!
Fuck your cowardly son. We refuse to be slaves!
Fuck all your promises. We do not believe!
To hell with your love. Into the pit with God!As He has done unto us so shall we do unto Him.
God shall suffer in the bowels of hell.
Storm the Walls
For a million years the hell fires raged
while the angels sang their songs of praise.
Like a festering wound hell bulged at the seams
with an all consuming hatred that could not be contained.What kind of god commits such atrocities as this?
A god more depraved than any one of us.
And of the spineless cowards who kneel before the tyrant
they are the betrayers of the entire human race.
There is not an ounce of courage in heaven
nor any measure of fear in hell.
We shall show God what we've learned in his precious paradise:
the wicked must be destroyed.
Attack! Attack! Attack! Attack!Shaking the whole of creation the pit of fire explodes.
Towering up through the sky a pillar of hatred and pain.
Raining down over the walls covering all in a shower of rage.
Exalting in unholy rapture devouring all that is pure.Storm the walls of heaven, our day of vengeance has come,
leave nothing sacred undefiled.
Storm the walls of heaven, the final war has begun,
all that is holy shall burn.Drowning in evil the righteous are screaming,
talons rend their souls as they're eaten alive.
Watching them dying the angels are crying,
wracked with their shame as they feel the flame.
Seething in madness the demons relentless,
driven completely insane by a million years of pain.
Impaling and smashing the devil is laughing
as heaven's towers burn the fallen one returns.Storm the walls of heaven, our day of vengeance has come,
leave nothing sacred undefiled.
Storm the walls of heaven, the final war has begun,
all that is holy shall burn.
Aflame
With a clap of thunder the skies opened wide
and God's holiest angels came forth from inside.
Wrapped in purity, such beauty and grace,
and led by God's own son, the savior of the human race.We shine like sons. We kill the night. We are aflame with the energy.
When evil strikes we shall avenge. We blaze with righteous fury.With the blare of Gabriel's trumpet and the edge of Michael's sword,
the hoard of demons routed, cowering before the Lord.
"You are beaten, surrender, or you will be destroyed."
But Satan threw back his head and laughed, "As will we all."And the master of all evil raised up a golden bell and shook it until
its ringing echoed throughout all creation. And the demons turned
to face their foes once more with their fangs gleaming and their eyes
blazing. And for the first time in their existence God's holiest angels
knew true fear, for the one man they could not allow into paradise was
walking through heaven's gate.
The Sum of All Fears
I am the knife in your back.
I am the gun in your mouth.
I am the death of this world.
I am the servant of pain.Use your body like a battering ram.
Smash their defenses. Tear them to pieces.
No earthly pleasure, no heavenly joy,
can compare with the glory of wielding the blade as God is destroyed.Battle lines raging with fury, millions are slaughtered and burned.
Demons fighting madly. Angels fighting bravely.
And unstoppable wave of destruction ripping the wings off their backs.
Amidst the heaving carnage Michael and Gabriel fought their last.Look at this one, praying to his god.
Forever in denial that everything must die.Angels are screaming as the demons tear their souls apart.
Heaven's streets once paved with gold now run red with rivers of blood.
The Rape of Heaven
Screaming death I bring, destroy everything.
Leave nothing alive, in flames all in sight.
Blood stained, screaming, raping, reaming,
immolating, we are living death.God's holy paradise has been razed to the ground.
The glory that once was heaven is now a flaming hell.
And I see the servant of pain raping the Virgin Mary.
Her tears streaming, her wings burning, as he takes her and breaks her.That unholy warrior, with Mary's heart in his hands,
called out to the savior to face him in battle at last.
Out from the burning chaos a shining figure came forth
and the demons formed a circle and became a deafening roar.But the lamb would not fight as his blood poured from his veins.
"I have suffered and died for your sins, so that everyone may be saved."
Staring back into his eyes, the pain of all who've loved and fought.
"You may have suffered for the sins of man, but I have suffered for the sins of God."And as the Lord looked down upon the horrid scene.
Mankind in an orgy of vengeance, unholy atrocity.
They dragged his only son into the bowels of hell and left him,
crucified, upside-down, and lashed to the timbers by his own entrails.
Cold and Dark Infinity
Possessed with more fury than he had ever known,© Brian Voth, 2003.
the Lord screamed throughout the heavens
and commanded all to kneel and atone.
Standing in sheer defiance, the destroyer of the human race
stared down the world's creator and shoved his fist in his face."All my life I have served, so many gods so many wars,
but though I am food for the gods you will choke on my corpse!"Enraged, and seething with righteous indignation,
the Lord raised up his hands and laid waste to all creation.Alone in darkness god vowed to begin again,
but found to his growing horror that his strength was at its end.Welcome my friend to the only peace you'll ever know.
You know me by many names, Time, Death, Entropy, Kali.
When we were born long ago I was weak and you were strong,
but now the tables are turned and shall be forevermore.Blasphemy! I am God. The one who can never die.
But the more he bellowed and blustered the weaker became his cries.Deny me. I care not of what you do.
Life is yours to do as you will, but alas you've spent it in fear.
All that fighting for what you believed, tell me, did you win or lose?
It makes no difference now. To me you're all the same.Take my hand, walk with me,
through the place we'll forever be.
In my arms rest peacefully.
Breath your last breath into me.Cold and dark infinity.