1. IN TIMES OF THE END

Now it’s been several thousand years since History began
And still, most of us stay blind to truth, in the dark
We’re drowning in our uselessness
The seasons show us there's no time to loose, we must act
Environment destruction, cureless diseases, science evolves, as hunger spreads
Existential needs are discovered, but they’re underfed
Mankind can't perceive the purpose of their own existence, everyone feels the void
Total crisis is reflected in corruption ignored since they solve our mess
Every politic act is made behind a mask
The truth is so terrible that lies seem to be a necessary evil to ease our pain, fake reality
In a world full of illusions, there's a few who try to open other's eyes
But the world remains blindfolded, they reject the truth
Back to the catacombs, the law of men does not represent justice
Unity helps us endure the daily pain
Imminent doom makes us choiceless, surviving and supporting this sick world


2. HEAD ON A PLATTER

Surviving in the wilderness, feeding on locusts
Chosen and prepared to make the role of a herald
Stimulating criticism, calling to noncorformism
I throw myself to martyrdom, never losing my mind
Envy, hate,
They look at me as the hunter looks at the prey
Respect and fear
Some of them think that I am a holy man
Challenging the powers, pointing what is wrong,
My freedom and integrity are pushed into background
Cold, in this cell, all alone
Righteous but trapped
Reconsidering my motives and my actions
I would do everything again, possibly more vehemently
My imprisonment is an obvious death threat
My soul wavers, but my spirit remains strong
Sensuous dance, in a sexual appeal
An enchantment becomes the tool for my demise
Steps precede the sound of a slicing blade strike
There is no despair, as I face my life’s end
Alive for a while, already without a body
I feel my head on a platter


3. CEREBRAL GANGRENE

His mind is lost, he is in a philosophical maze
Blood covered hands, tongue utters a logic mess
Empty cosmic fantasy confuses his poor soul
Human science breeds a myriad of doubts
Surrounded by a nightmare, trapped in spider webs
Treading on serpent eggs, he is tormented forever
Ignoring his ignorance, he chooses to go
By sinuous roads that form a circle of terror
Trusting in a feeling of self sufficiency
Man throws himself towards the unknown
Nothing to loose but everything he has
Nothing to gain, but nothing at all
To find a way to change his end, to look at his own limits
Trying not to be as those that worship what they “know”
Following the evidences, wherever they may point
Take a step forward and stultify the world
Incoherent thoughts,
Diseased mind
A cancer is eating your will of surviving
Never to learn
What is in your front
Open your eyes and believe


4. MEANING OF DEATH

Throughout history men and women had given their lives
For the causes they found to be the most honoured ones
Thrown to lions, being tortured
Severed in their souls
Never giving up on what they perceived to be truth
Peace, but in war
Love, but being hated
Stoned, sawn in two, tempted, slain by swords
Wandering in sheepskins, afflicted, tormented
Through their works now we’re free to choose what we’ll learn
Truly living, there is no need for empty answers
The world was not worth of such men
In suffering they’d spent their lives
No fear and no regret
Unknown to many who now live
They now will be remembered
They have found the meaning of death
In suffering they’d spent their lives
No fear and no regret
Not caring for themselves
No fear and no regret


5. LEECHES ALL OVER MY BODY

Tortured for the sake of the truth that makes me live
My body is subjected to pain
The agony is waiting, I don't know how to escape
Soon my body is covered by worms
Legs are covered, arms enfolded
Thorax injured against my will
Away from flesh I crush the despair
Awake and sound I receive this sufferance
As my body is covered by leeches, I focus in my life’s purpose
Leeches all over my body
My flesh is torn but I am still here
Leeches all over my body
I see a future where time doesn’t prevail


6. VENGEANCE IS MINE

Through our sojourn in this world
We are tempted to make
Justice with our hands, to heed the impulse
“kill”, “bring down”, “crush”, comes to mind
Rotten flesh is trying to make me satisfy my mind
When I let my wrath act, what I find?
Nothing that can benefit, nothing at all
I have only brought destruction, no...
Division of mind, soul and spirit
My reason chokes, my eyes see only red…
Relativization of the values we feel
Hides from us the dichotomy, viciously circling
Nothing that was done will be left unpunished
Just wait, and you will see the purpose of it all
Vengeance is mine


7. HEAVEN DENIED

A soul taken by hatred
Inhabiting the unlife
Taken by lack of perspective and by doubt
Sowing destruction - gathering suicide
Time is against it, deceitful tongue sibilates in our minds
Death in fire and brimstone
Fire and brimstone
Forever in unending death
Chains as heavy as hell
No memory of what it could be
Heaven denied
A place where being is the same as dying
Fire and brimstone
The so craved throne has brought down the hammer
Heaven denied
Fire and brimstone
Hatred consumes its spirit
Anguish permeates its thoughts
Torture equals existence
Death summarizes life!
It doesn’t matter if it’s a state or it’s a place
It’s not for you, not for me, you don't have to agree
Seek the truth, research your eternity,
Don’t believe in all you see, be certain that you are free


8. THE PHILOSOPHER (DEATH COVER)

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