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Through midnight skies on desert winds bearing tidings of warefare of endless pestilence
familiar to the darkened one empowering thelemic sign immortalize we bow to none weak
christian lepers are fading fast enhungered beaks accept their flesh necrotic skin dissolving the devil's will looming a reach ever boundless and omnipotent with radiance the hellbird soars
anathmetizing victims curse them with hatred from our lord on wings of blackened grandeur
ride envenoming our our weaponry with supernatural strenth we strike sad christian failures to
fade at last bewinged friends consume what's left necrotic skin erupting the dark lord he's
laughing your father forsaken faithlessly suffer englessly bird of omens I'll harbinger of blight
the raven waits with vengeance in his sights do as thou wilt is the whole of our law this world
befallen within blackened claws quarantined contaminated desitute camps of putrefying grace
plage on this world eliminated ravens returns recking of their mass graves harken to his voice
uphold our blackened creed their god be dead bird of omens I'll harbinger of blight the raven waits with hatred in his eyes.
familiar to the darkened one empowering thelemic sign immortalize we bow to none weak
christian lepers are fading fast enhungered beaks accept their flesh necrotic skin dissolving the devil's will looming a reach ever boundless and omnipotent with radiance the hellbird soars
anathmetizing victims curse them with hatred from our lord on wings of blackened grandeur
ride envenoming our our weaponry with supernatural strenth we strike sad christian failures to
fade at last bewinged friends consume what's left necrotic skin erupting the dark lord he's
laughing your father forsaken faithlessly suffer englessly bird of omens I'll harbinger of blight
the raven waits with vengeance in his sights do as thou wilt is the whole of our law this world
befallen within blackened claws quarantined contaminated desitute camps of putrefying grace
plage on this world eliminated ravens returns recking of their mass graves harken to his voice
uphold our blackened creed their god be dead bird of omens I'll harbinger of blight the raven waits with hatred in his eyes.
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Submitted by
crizilla On Jun 21, 2011
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This is about the cult of Thelema and how the Raven is a symbol of death.
I could be letting my imagination run a bit wild but I think this song could be about a Christian genocide carried out by some Satanic force. Mocking Christianity by calling it the "plague of this world." The references to mass graves also makes me think genocide. The raven is considered a bad omen in Christian folklore because if I'm not mistaken Christians viewed any animal that fed on the flesh of men to be evil. During the Bubonic Plague, ravens would be seen feasting on the corpses of all the deceased.
Hey, but at least she called and tomorrow's a new day! Ah, the smell of sex and lies in the air. What a glorious aroma! Nice song. So upbeat!
This song is a mostly a play on an idea from the cult of thelema. They believe their are three separate stages of religion called aeons: aeon of isis (pagan religion which worshiped nature), aeon of osiris (judeo-christian religion which involved submission to a father god), and the aeon of horus (involving something with self realization and following your own will). The song is based on a transition from the osiris to the horus. Obviously the song is spiced up a bit and has Satan being the symbol of the new era, The raven is an important symbol in the song, since Aleister Crowley actually has used it as a symbol of desecration of Christianity in his writings. It's presence in the song is a mockery, since it tells of their inevitable demise as it happily waits for clean up duty. Overall a very sick song, and it captures the evil and mysterious vibe of the album very well. The riffs are probably the most technical on the album too, which have an unnerving Egyptian sound that goes perfectly with the mind-bending lyrics.