In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
Voice of an aeon
Angelus satani
Ora pro nobis Lucifer
You alone have suffered
The fall and torment of shame
I'll smite heaven's golden pride
And never pity thee
Immaculate divine
Satan of Elohim
None dare to stand in your way
Thou bow to none
Of Eden's feculence
Conjure the serpent messenger
Savior world's decay
Concord in temptation
And in the fall of Eve
For Thine is the kingdom
And the power
For Thine is the kingdom
And the glory
Forever!
Scholar of the unlight
Great volcano of excrement
Rippling eager to erupt
Reconstellate the firmament
Behold the great accuser
A megalinga of throbbing zeal
Raptor yearning to pierce
To rape the seventh seal
Destroyer of cosmos
Implore the unGod
Implode the Sun
There's none wronging the serpent's cult
Untouched and ignored
With the serpent's might
And the trumpets blow
In the shadow of the horns
For Thine is the kingdom
And the power
For Thine is the kingdom
And the glory
Forever!
Lightning that stabs the heavens
Thou quiver the Mount Sinai
Spit rocks on tablets of cofenant
Listen for the tempest's rasp
Azazel! Apolyon!
The black sun never sets
For it never rose
Habemus Satanas
The Caesar's wrath
Empire's fall
Petition the lord with fire
Santa Sede burns
Phallus Dei
Erect from pole to pole
Viva blasfemia
In coitus infinitus
Hear the universe scream
Bleeding from black holes
Whom horns careless
And whom God mourns
Angelus satani
Ora pro nobis Lucifer
You alone have suffered
The fall and torment of shame
I'll smite heaven's golden pride
And never pity thee
Immaculate divine
Satan of Elohim
None dare to stand in your way
Thou bow to none
Of Eden's feculence
Conjure the serpent messenger
Savior world's decay
Concord in temptation
And in the fall of Eve
For Thine is the kingdom
And the power
For Thine is the kingdom
And the glory
Forever!
Scholar of the unlight
Great volcano of excrement
Rippling eager to erupt
Reconstellate the firmament
Behold the great accuser
A megalinga of throbbing zeal
Raptor yearning to pierce
To rape the seventh seal
Destroyer of cosmos
Implore the unGod
Implode the Sun
There's none wronging the serpent's cult
Untouched and ignored
With the serpent's might
And the trumpets blow
In the shadow of the horns
For Thine is the kingdom
And the power
For Thine is the kingdom
And the glory
Forever!
Lightning that stabs the heavens
Thou quiver the Mount Sinai
Spit rocks on tablets of cofenant
Listen for the tempest's rasp
Azazel! Apolyon!
The black sun never sets
For it never rose
Habemus Satanas
The Caesar's wrath
Empire's fall
Petition the lord with fire
Santa Sede burns
Phallus Dei
Erect from pole to pole
Viva blasfemia
In coitus infinitus
Hear the universe scream
Bleeding from black holes
Whom horns careless
And whom God mourns
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