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AVERSE SEFIRA LYRICS
"Homecoming's March" (1999)
1. Hymns to the Scourge of Heaven
2. For We Have Always Been
3. Sentinel's Plight
4. Pax Dei
5. Above the Firmaments of Wrath
6. Ad Infinitum
7. Homecoming's March
1. Hymns to the Scourge of Heaven
Older than the fall, we emerge from the left hand ballast'd against our opposing ten we are united in purpose
Warring in heaven we've come to earth in preparation for our razing of elysium
Perversions of Wisdom we turn battles' tide pyrrhic to Victory crushing Dominion
Ungiven to Mercy we weaken Strength's pride fading Beauty's allure in our sight
Breakers of Foundation bringing ruin to Crown withering Splendor Incomprehensible
From beyond the aeons before the mythos we were there thralls to no sovereign
Birthed by will we flew the cosmos we have always been we shall always be
On tattered wings we fly on tattered wings we fly
This hell we make is our kingdom and we shall have it here
2. For We Have Always Been
Wretchedly ancient, never to fade for we have always been Beyond immortal, beyond all time for we have always been
So cold and long a path we tread A fiery sphere to light our way Of human suffering we hone our art So hard and cruel do we remain
Silently we thrive on blood and grief The desperate cries that go unheard This mania is ageless Its legacy bled Remain'd unseen before their eyes
and once upon a time you thought the world was safe so tender and ideal yet poisoned at its soul
and so we now descend to Eden's pale remains finally reduced to a violent speck of dust
Wretchedly ancient Never to fade Beyond immortal Beyond all time
For we have always been
3. Sentinel's Plight
Here on guard at the farthest reaches of our lord's domain I wait and watch spear in hand in the conquered realms of the old gods
The sun is beating down Scorching barren lands Bringing suffering to life
The long day wanes hanging low the baleful eye of light dusk falls across the land blackening my mood for who am I guarding? And for what?
Fiendish desert winds Whipping up the sands Tearing at my eyes
Long has it been since we've heard from home assuring our cause is right all that is left to comfort is our final commands:
"Be vigilant and loyal for our goal is just. The truth is ours to shape, and the world is our anvil."
But is it enough?
Cruel, harsh winds have died The whipping sands at rest My eyes no longer torn The moon drifts behind a cloud the cold is inviting invigorating darkness a placid relief from the oppressive sun
Velvet shroud of night Blanketing the world Graven silence reigns
Here on guard scarred by the wind burnt by the sun spear in hand I am left with my thoughts anticipation of the new day brings no relief
4. Pax Dei
Alone in my sepulchral, Mountain fortress tower I have scurried away from the elysian fields
I sit awaiting the death of time I am so weary Realization sets into my bones Decaying the marrow
Limbs creaking I pull the cobwebs tighter about me Ashes and soot drift to the floor The world has become so cold and dusty
Gates of pearl, yellow'd and crack'd Clouds of silver have tarnished Seraphic wings Have been fettered and rent
The ascended wander lost Among the ruins of paradise Gone to squalor In my absence
They cry out for my return But I don't want to listen Yet their pleas still fill my head Leave me alone!
5. Above the Firmaments of Wrath
Amidst a once great empire a looming shadow falls Darkens its once golden streets obscures its crumbling walls The shadow's name is destiny it bears a fiery wrath It seeks to raze the sinners and burn all in its path
Lead us into temptation
We fear and fight and fornicate and profit through deceit Ebbing closer to our fate and ushering defeat But now behold the sunless sky and hear our screams beneath Bodies cast in hardened ash and souls that find no peace
Lead us into temptation
Hands reach for the sky Begging for salvation Asking their god why Burned in congregation
Hands stretch towards the light Meeting with aggression Cleansed and cauterized Punished for transgression
So the prophecy shall pass when nothing mortal stands Cataclysm's come at last and the mad god forsakes the land Finally this world shall be a dead and empty shell Free of human levity a cold, barren, blasted hell
Decline and Fall, ashes will be our fate
6. Ad Infinitum
So very weary we stand on the edge of the world and frown - Do we halt? Or press on? What choice do we have?
The nectar of life has grown sour Yet still we are forced to exist In these shells for all time We'll never be free!
This immortality is grief Our armour stained with the blood of one thousand years before Deprived of your eternal rest Our wings hang lower as this burden takes its toll
Shrouded in shadow we move across dimensions unseen Crying out as we fly Our voices unheard
Waning, yet undying we long for a suitable end and yet, we are cast in our roles Infinity calls...
Bound to walk amidst His Chosen Destitute in this existence empty... Unwhole Cast without souls So sickeningly Divine
So very weary this immortality is grief waning, yet undying Infinity calls
7. Homecoming's March
Return'd to your heaven upon our tattered wings to see of what's become the place that once was home
Trodding upon the splinter'd gates striding through the soulless guf elysian fields lay fallow, have we return'd for this?
For desolation striven Have the masses toil'd And so where have you gone? And so where have you gone?
Vainglory's light has blinded thee thinking you the one, true god. but forget not who carved thy thrones and who shall pull them down
Crown'd by the hand of man believing of what they're told: that you weren't here for them but they were here for you
And so is your folly revealed! To be loved above all else! Blinding with false light's truth! Masking Jealousy's motivations!
We're not here for them, they are here for us...
They're not here for us, we are here for them...
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