Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song II , by - Deathspell Omega. Song from the album Kenose, in the genre Release date: 07.05.2005
Record label: NoEvDiA
Song language: English
II |
| (In abstracto… |
| … Echange du Vide |
| Ecce lignum Crucis, |
| In quo salus mundi pependit) |
| Therefore, God honors the sword so highly |
| That He calls it His own ordinance, and will not have men say |
| Or imagine that they have invented it or instituted it For the hand that wields this sword and slays with it is then |
| No more man’s hand, but God’s, and it is not man, |
| But God, who hangs, tortures, beheads, slays and fights |
| All these are His work and His judgments… |
| Plerosis, answering the strident call of felony, |
| Filling the void of purity gone instantly… |
| Instigating manifold quadrants of industrialized death, |
| An avid Moloch, never satiated, an endless Feast, |
| Following the principle of reversibility of merits, shattering up the Word |
| As Pillars of grayish Soulfire spurt out to a bereaved firmament |
| … I am the son of Man, and this in erring reason’s spite, is my pride… |
| War, be enthroned, a form of divine retribution! |
| Execution, |
| Be sacred, agent of divine Providence! |
| Man, lost somewhere between the restrictive force |
| Of Cain and the expansive force of Abel, |
| Falls from his median position between Angel and Beast |
| Each time he ceases to desire a being superior to himself |
| Adam’s descent into materiality, |
| May it be questioned… |
| The separating line between the Saved and the Damned, |
| May it be questioned… |
| If there is to be a multiplicity of forms, can one thing be worse |
| Unless another is better, or one be better unless another is worse… |
| Those who would eliminate the worse from the universe would eliminate |
| Providence itself |
| Interrogate the patterns of the prophetic mode, |
| Perceive the two faces of the Divine |
| And shed the just, divine retribution |
| Quantified, a suppurating cross, alike in blood and scoria |
| (Qual und Tod bringt dieser Sang, der ihn bestürmt, |
| Sein Herze zerreißt, Sinne zerstört… |
| «L'Esprit du Seigneur ne se promène pas seulement dans les cimetières |
| Ceux qui Le connaissent peuvent Le rencontrer partout, fût-ce en enfer, |
| Et Il dit Lui-même que le feu marche devant Sa Face!») |
| Microcosm, |
| The details of a burning body, vivid and morbid, |
| Flaming eyes perceived through a virtuous glance, |
| A swollen tongue protruding through the nasal apertures, hanging lips bruised, |
| Teeth overcome with rot, long arms that hang down to the feet and odors foul… |
| Explicit is the belief that God permits his creatures to be reviled and scorned |
| And that this is their only means of Salvation |
| Means of… |
| Salvation! |
| Thesaurus Ecclesiae |
| The memory of a stagnant and somber vale |
| Inhabited by ethereal purity, |
| Violet and blood-red crucifixes, |
| Sulfurous shrines and red-glowing demonism |
| Thou shalt bringeth the chalice of divine wrath and final consummation |
| To thine lips, and drink with confidence… |
| Tell me, sweet child, why are tears rolling from your eyes? |