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The First Step
07:36
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Fear of the Lord marks the beginning of wisdom
All is determined
None are lost
Your aimlessness advocates the truth
Some for Beulah and some for perdition
Failure shall bend thy head
Lest you come to your senses and be saved
Nulla salus
Nulla lux
Rejoice and sing with a jubilant heart
De profundis, de profundis, mors venit
Rest in a coffin below the worm and soil
Know His compassion
Abounding grace
Tread the steps
Disoriented descent
For this inevitable fate
The face pushes further through the curtain
And from His unseen mouth, a sough:
"Cadere et mori"
Be not deceived by any purpose or any chimera
Una salus victis nullam sperare salutem
Gathered from every corner
To commune at the table of the Lord where joy is found
Remember us
Remember us in Thy return
When we perish for eternity
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The Second Step
05:20
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Nascentes morimur finisque ab origine pendet
All consumed
It shall be
Poison is dripping from your cup
Barren cross awaits
Your limbs to sprawl
Nails to stab, whips to lash
Our Father will not abandon ye faithful
There He is in the clouds
There He is in the shade
Unfolding with a host of ivory angels
All is naught
And vertigo is ever pulling the flesh
Harm thyself
Destroy your temple
With odious despair
With vices and follies
Indulgence and addiction
For what is it worth but dust?
Groan
Oh prodigals, ye who go astray
For even in your sin there is supplication for more
Return to the catacombs
Return to the nothing that was
That which spoke the gods to be
And it shall devour them
Along with every work of every hand
All is consumed
There is paradise
Soil clouds
Ivory angels and barren thrones
Tranquility in every stillborn heart
I will want not
This is paradise
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3. |
The Third Step
02:22
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Obscuris vera involvens
Behold truth, behold liberty in sacrifice
And in bleeding all that is, all that was and all that will be
You cannot deny the allure of the sides
Where it drops to reach the bottom quickly
Why should the suffering toil longer?
And the anguished be forced to drink the cup of vitam?
They shall be martyrs
They who take up valiance
In lighting your own stakes
In breaking your own lungs
Leap from edge, plunge into blade
Sanctified are ye from the rest
They shall be martyrs
Holy saints we follow
We pray unto and revere
Obscuris vera involvens
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4. |
The Fourth Step
05:46
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Acedia pressing
Dreams are like murk
Every thought dragged into the pit
Where light doth not fall
Allelujah!
In vitam there shall be no solace
Why do you toil?
In the heaving of breath
Why do you weep?
In the trance of slumber
Give thyself to Him
In morte, respite
Tie this stone around your neck
Nec spe, nec metu
And toss it into the sea
This gracious embrace
Find your peace
Allelujah!
There the wicked cease from troubling
And the weary are at rest
There the prisoner decays
Hearing not the voice of oppression
The small and great lie there
The servant is free from the master
Wherefore is light given unto him
And life unto the bitter in soul
Which long for death, but it cometh not
Though they dig for it more than treasure
They shall rejoice exceedingly
When they find the grave
Why is light given to a man who is lost?
Whom God hath ensnared?
Nec spe, nec metu
Ridebimus et ridebimus
Sighing cometh before I eat,
And my roarings are poured out like water
For the thing which I feared is come upon me
And that which I was afraid of is come upon me
Enveloping silence
Abandoned souls
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5. |
The Fifth Step
06:40
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Death dissolves the mirage
A key to open the door for the everlasting halls
Composed of staring upon the dim horizon
Distance multiplied betwixt a barren stretch and solemn sky
Feet will wander with aim for none
But that is the bliss
It is the wonder
No burdens to bear
This yoke is gentle
Rot away
In oblivion
Just slip away
Lose everything
For all beneath the sun was found and it was lacking
Discontentment
Denouement dissolve mirage
No burdens to bear
Mors venit
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6. |
The Sixth Step
04:30
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Engulf the sun
May bitterness arise
May all beg to die
Curse your birth
Curse your breath in a void
Echo in a void
Here is the end
A final communion on the last step
These vapors exhale
Severed from creation
Severed from Creator
By nameless savior
Nameless thief
Rejoice and be not afraid
And look in the rotting corpse of man
Look in the spoiled womb of woman
Look in the crushed frame of child
And behold the glory of the Lord
Magnified for every eye to see
The shadow of the foundation
Looming from below
Simmering with spite
Promising to reap they who boast in life
Oh, my soul pants for you
How long must I wait to see?
None shall see my face and live
What is meant to be?
Non plus ultra
Ne te quaesiveris extra
Fear is in those who seek the light
Wallow in truth, in its misery
And its blaze shall refine or destroy
Shackle or liberate
I have beheld Thy splendor and will abide in Thee
Surrender and devotion unto Thee
For You are worthy of praise
Worship with heavy tears
With scarred limbs
A ruined life, sweetest aroma
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