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Iconoclast

by Ol Sonuf

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1.
Iconoclast 03:37
What human hands have made, They can destroy! No Idol is sacred Any more than a children's toy And the god which it represents Who for all his might, can't seem to make sense With all this talk of "mysterious ways" Somehow he always needs to be praised Suffering isn't a virtue You're just caught in this masochistic game Where up is down, and left is right, And the winner is the one who puts himself Through the most amount of pain... If you would just read the whole goddamn book And keep an objective mind You won't believe all the contradictions That the priests don't want you to find They've got a protection racket On the safety of your soul... Here come the collection baskets 'Cause for favor above you've got to pay the toll... Oh God in Heaven, Will you save us from yourself?
2.
In the mountains of old There's a scene few behold On the peak of the Brocken Where the old ways are still extolled... And Witches are seen at the offering stone Invoking the Names of powers once known Reveling in their rites at this most sacred place With their bare-bodied dancing ever quickening pace Walpurgis Night is upon us again And the forces of darkness shall soon be unchained As the fire BURNS A celebration of FLESH! With desire we YEARN As two worlds intermesh And now the figure in black is rising again As the bonfire shines even brighter still The chanting grows louder on top of the hill For these carnal desires we yearn to fulfill Bringing love, wealth and vengeance to us as we Will Fire, Air, Earth then Water are called And now the Great Parchment where our wishes are scrawled We commit to the flames that shine through the night Invoking the Names by the bonfire's light As we dance through the night We find ourselves standing in the midst of the figure in black And yet OUR sacrifice comes from WITHIN For we have no need for the pouring of blood!!! At last the ritual draws to a close Through the smoke and the mist Still the bonfire glows And so burns the fire in each of our hearts As we proudly continue to practice our Arts Try as you might You have extinguished NOTHING! Our heathen fires... Continue to burn!!! Yes they BURN!!!! BURN!!!!!!
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Take one last look On the life you leave behind As the pills go down you feel the end It's the shutdown of your mind There is no god To hear your cries As the last trace of life Drains from your eyes Abandon hope Your time has come As the poison starts to make Your body numb When your final moment comes There's no one there to care No one watching over you No one there to hear your prayers You'll leave the world the way you lived Forgotten and alone No one will care when you check out A useless sack of flesh and bone There is no god To hear your cries As the last trace of life Drains from your eyes Abandon hope Your time has come As the poison starts to make Your body numb There is no god To save your soul You're six feet deep Within a hole
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5.
Though you may close your eyes There's nowhere for you to hide...
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Cherry picking all your favorite parts From a book you can't be bothered to read Claiming that it's love within your hearts Just as long as everyone's agreed 'Cause everything HAS TO Support what you want the truth to be Your confirmation bias trumps my liberty So we should just step aside and hold our tongues... 'Cause who needs proof when you can just PICK AND CHOOSE Just the parts that FIT YOUR VIEWS? Just stick to the script and YOU CAN'T LOSE No matter what they say you JUST REFUSE To hear a fucking word of it HYPOCRITE You don't even know...You're so FULL OF SHIT With your dizzying intellect But THAT'S JUST IT — You haven't even thought these things through But yet you fucking SWEAR it's true In a mass of contradicting claims In one breath you profess your love for all In the next you threaten us with eternal flames And it's US you blame AAAAAAAHHHH! It's like music to your ears The suffering anguish and the fear Are you always this sincere? As when you are wishing to see us all BURN? Once again your persecution complex Becomes the topic of the day While you ensure that you're the only one Who even gets to have a say 'Cause who needs justice when you can just PICK AND CHOOSE Just the parts that FIT YOUR VIEWS? Just stick to the script and YOU CAN'T LOSE No matter what they say you JUST REFUSE To hear a fucking word of it HYPOCRITE You don't even know...You're so FULL OF SHIT With your dizzying intellect But THAT'S JUST IT — You haven't even thought these things through You just took it as a given Now your can of answers seems to be running low And just when you had it all figured out More and more it's starting to show You have no idea What you're talking about
7.
Conviction 04:45
Killing on orders divine Never a doubt in my mind That god demands the heathen swine Must die, their blood shall spill upon his shrine The everlasting flames....forever await It must be true, for I was Told a tale from ancient times Of men who god killed for their crimes... Men who dared to exercise Their own 'free will' to deny What conflicted with their eyes When they dared to use their minds... Which, you see, god expressly forbids... So he brought his wrath down upon all of their kids... And thus he shows his love for man It's not atrocity, but mystery! Just a small part of his holy plan
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"The end is near! The END IS NEAR!!!!" Well maybe for you... You've spread these fears for 2,000 years And it's never been true! Where will you go now that the end of your world has come? You fear mongering clerical scum!!! Back in the time of the plague... Yes those were the good ol' days... There WAS no dissension, As you ruled through contention And set your opponents ablaze! But now those days are gone... As your desperation grows with every passing year, The only way you can think of to regain control is to keep them all in constant fear... So everyone SCREAM!: "The end is near! The END IS NEAR!!! He's coming for you! The signs are clear, it says right here! So THIS TIME it's true! The 4th blood moon shall be here soon!" Well it's gone now you fool! It's time you should know Now that the end of your world has come You fear mongering self-righteous scum!!! Threatening condemnation To your dwindling congregation It's worked in the past But you look like an ass Just spouting the same revelations Give it a rest, you self-righteous pest And enjoy your enormous donations [Doomsday Evangelist:] hahahahahahahahahah! One would expect that these lies would finally die Or that the next generation of fools would be too embarrassed to try... But no, you hold them in thrall It's clear that you have no shame at all! You'll usher the end in yourself if you must Just to be seen as right, Reducing the world to dust — Testament to his volatile "might"! Oh, How convenient! That you only have to get it right once And then the world will see The truth in your self fulfilled prophesies of destruction And how it was "meant to be" Annihilation Divine... The end is near! The END IS NEAR! And this time it's TRUE But only for you! It's time that we take back the power to live Our own fucking lives! Instead of consulting with parasites for the answers which all of us have inside The truth of the world is what you make it while you are still alive

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The voice of the Accuser speaks again in this merciless follow-up to "Glass Idols" (2013).

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released October 31, 2015

All guitar, bass & vocals performed by Jason Aaron Wood.
All music & lyrics written, performed, programmed, recorded, mixed & mastered by Jason Aaron Wood.

This album was recorded using INTEX Cables exclusively.
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Album cover artwork by Cihan Berk of 7 Ensigns.
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