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1. |
Knives
05:30
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This dance I know well
The sun upon a mirror
A hypnotic pulsing light
Take them full of movement
A twirling ribbon of red
A release and exultation
From unconscious desire
Take them full of movement
A twirling ribbon of red
A release and exultation
From unconscious desire
I want to see them fall
By the cut of this knife
Giving them sweet release
Something will be buried
Behind this window pane
This is a love not forgotten
A thought that will return
Something will be buried
Behind this window pane
This is a love not forgotten
A thought that will return
The pain left from sobriety
The single edge of God
This cannot be murder
Its name is communion
Beauty cannot be destroyed
It will be purified
The palette will survive
Cut into our skin
The pain left from sobriety
The single edge of God
This cannot be murder
Its name is communion
Beauty cannot be destroyed
It will be purified
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2. |
A New Disciple
02:46
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3. |
The Grotesque
04:16
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All of this ugliness
Cut into their faces
The faces of the people
The disease of their ugliness
The sickness of their mothers
The perversity of fathers
The sad weddings of their blood
Spitting hidden monsters
All these living freak shows
With no end to their deformities
A parade of misshapen bodies
Damned to walk this earth
The pleasures of these animals
Desperate and aroused
Gracelessly climbing mirrors
Fulfilled only with regret
The unhappiness of birth
The bitterness it will bring
An empty cast of repulsion
Longing for abuse
Filled only with ugliness
And unreal expectations
The beasts are yoked to the pettiness of joy
A freedom from disgust
All of this ugliness
Cut into their faces
The faces of the people
The disease of their ugliness
The sickness of their mothers
The perversity of fathers
The sad weddings of their blood
Spitting hidden monsters
All these living freak shows
With no end to their deformities
A parade of misshapen bodies
Damned to walk this earth
The pleasures of these animals
Desperate and aroused
Gracelessly climbing mirrors
Fulfilled only with regret
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4. |
Meridian I
00:47
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5. |
A Link That Binds
04:24
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This is the face of truth
This is the face of life
Killing us slowly
Shining in descent
Our resistance is broken
Our degradation is complete
A consummate submission
To the sovereign will
This is the face of sin
This is the face of death
Swallowing the light –
Of the sun
Our resistance is broken
Our degradation is complete
A consummate submission
To the sovereign will
Love is a broken fragile thing
An amputation of appetite
Love is a broken fragile thing
An amputation of appetite
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6. |
Many Faces
04:14
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Your ugliness hides behind your skin
Your ugliness is hidden in your eyes
Your ugliness hides behind other people
Your ugliness is a sleeping baby
Your ugliness is a child’s grace
Your ugliness is a babies birth
Your ugliness is a breath of perfume
Your ugliness is a purity
Your ugliness is a sign from heaven
Your ugliness is a man upon a cross
Your ugliness is the madness of saints
Your ugliness is a meekness and silence
Your ugliness is a pleasure of hell
Your ugliness is a stain of blue sky
Your ugliness is a summers day
Your ugliness holds a lock and chain
Your ugliness is a crystal moon
Your ugliness is a richness of golden stars
Your ugliness has diamond knives
Your ugliness is on our faces
Your ugliness is in our minds
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7. |
The Culling Psalm
04:19
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All the rainbows
Will kiss your skin
Like a litany
On an arch of triumph
To open
This gospel
Is an invocation
Like a killing
Prayer, it's nurtured
Nurtured by faith
This is devotion
A litany of grace
A wordless benediction
A testament of faith
To open
This gospel
Is an invocation
Like a killing
Prayer, it's nurtured
Nurtured by faith
This is devotion
A litany of grace
A wordless benediction
A testament of faith
This is devotion
A litany of grace
A wordless benediction
Sing the killing prayer
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8. |
Meridian II
00:49
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9. |
Children of Light
03:53
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They dress themselves
In the finest love
Of their fathers message
His sermons are a symptom
From which they will drink
This is where the little ones
Learn about the darkness
By imitating the terror
Of the light
He will show them how
The light
In all its burning glory
Conjures shadows
That swallow the day
They will follow
The terrible poison
Of purification
To destroy themselves
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10. |
Fragments of a Mirror
00:51
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11. |
Kirillov's Mountain
13:42
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There is fear of pain
A fear to be overcome
But the fear that's left
Is insurmountable
Stand below a monster
A mountain suspended above
The cradle that God created
To prevent our departure
God is the fear of death
Invented to go on living
To conquer the pain, to conquer the terror
Deception must be destroyed
This man kills himself
Only to destroy his fear
Killing God by killing fear
He becomes what he destroys
This man kills himself
Only to slay his fear
In an act of deicide
He has become God
Destroy, destroy
Destroy, destroy
Destroy, destroy
Destroy, destroy
Destroy, destroy
Destroy, destroy
Destroy, destroy
Destroy, destroy
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12. |
Meridian III
00:49
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13. |
Animal Distinction
05:36
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Humble people base and ugly
The pleasure of their defects
Their deceit is necessary
To hold hostage another life
Every pain has its pleasure
Every lover has their ugliness
Nauseating to look at
Becoming clear with time
The horrible desperation
A blind resignation
This disgusting breeding
The horror of these faces
Every pain has its pleasure
Every lover has their ugliness
Nauseating to look at
Becoming clear with time
Each abomination
Clings to their agony
Confusing this sensation
For the vulgar ebb of love
Hold them prisoner
Hold them in disgust
Loathing this attachment
Yet fearing its division
Let the ugliness grow cold
As the nausea embraces
The warmth of a callous
Appeasing our desire
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14. |
Where They Failed
05:57
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15. |
The God That Will Not Be
03:24
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There will be freedom
When it is the same
To live or
Not to live
Our love of suffering
Is the light of God
This annihilation
Is the God that will not be
Everything in this life
Is pain and terror
It is a purity now spoken for
Our masochism
Our love of suffering
Is the light of God
This annihilation
Is the God that will not be
Kill this deception
Destroy the deceit
Embrace the paradox
Of glorification
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16. |
Meridian IV
00:54
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17. |
All Of This Flesh
06:20
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All of this flesh
Where is it going?
All of this flesh
What is it doing?
Bodies caked with scars
The misery of its filth
It's shit upon the floor
Of a God that despises you
All of this flesh
Where is it going?
All of this flesh
What is it doing?
How the angels
Will destroy you
Making light
Of your suffering
How the angels
Will destroy you
Making light
Of your suffering
This blessed annihilation
Like the rain upon a desert
All of this flesh
Where is it going?
All of this flesh
What is it doing?
Bodies caked with scars
The misery of its filth
It's shit upon the floor
Of a God that despises you
This blessed annihilation
Like the rain upon a desert
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18. |
Illusions Abound
01:58
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19. |
Schadenfreude
04:08
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This must be silenced
With brutality
Otherwise I will be
Deprived of my joy
This must be silenced
With brutality
Otherwise I will be
Deprived of my joy
The harm you come to
Brings me satisfaction
In all your fucking agony
I find a childish comfort
You deserve this
There is a radiance
In your torment
In the form of my delight
You deserve this
There is a radiance
In your torment
In the form of my delight
The harm you come to
Brings me satisfaction
In all your fucking agony
I find a childish comfort
You deserve this
All your torment
In the form of
My delight
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20. |
Meridian V
00:54
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21. |
Reconciliation
04:27
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Is there such thing
As forgiveness
When time punishes
Existence with death
Sin is the way
To reconcile our faith
The devil is the reason
Religions are alive
All the paths of glory
Kneel to destruction
All the paths of shame
Lead sinners to their grace
Sin is the way
To reconcile your faith
The devil is the reason
Religions are alive
What is absolution
But the untimely
Death of an immaculate
Sin
The passage of life
Is forever marked
By the warm stirring
Of your blood
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SFUStudios Taipei, Taiwan
SFUStudios is composed of various studio projects, spanning a diverse catalogue of musical genres including: Indie Rock, Progressive Rock, Ambient, Electronic, Psychedelic Rock, Jazz, Goth, Industrial, Doom, Grindcore and Metal.
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