Dead flies have gathered like a mass suicide at your feet
Hands spread wide like some fucking Christ want to be
Our insignificance too much for your faith stained mind
With venom we creep we sold our souls to take your life
Knocked off your soapbox bash out your rotten teeth
Tear out your eyes as a sledge hammer smashes your knees
Skin you slowly in a bath of salt and piss
You knew one day you would die but never thought like this
Bloody fingers leave portraits of pain
clawing walls but there is no escape
Your circus has come to an end
over and over you plea for death
Writhe in sick twisted agony
Stare deep in these eyes in despise
You lived like a king but you die like a pig
In time well drain your pathetic life
Punishment for what you've done
Judgment by the blade of the slaves
Screams of hate yell spill the blood
Piercing red eyes from their ghostly pale face
Death points at you
You cannot deny it
Come home
The starving wait to feed on your corpse
It's the most you have even given
Bound in a room of mirrors so you can violently see
Your guts and heart cut out to fucked to believe
The light dies but you can feel their twisted stares
Save your prayers god performs no miracles here
It is a hatred that only the the chosen have know
The weight on the spine of a thousand rotten souls
Tormented fingers ripping into your charred flesh
Soothed by your misery dying for your final breath
Darkness has come for you
There is no escape
Welcome home
Welcome to hell
Standing before the kingdom of hate
In flesh and flames I will drown
Merciful Lord let that be you
but then the voice
Welcome to hell
Gazing deep into my death
Eye to eye with the gods below
A putrid shadow takes my hand
And whispers
This is the the suffering
I breathe my final breath
Bleeding from this razor crown
Dying
This is the suffering
Dying
credits
from The Gift Of Eternal Sleep,
released February 1, 2024
Tony Anderson vocals, Derek Roddy drums, Mike Poggione bass, Jim Ross guitars and acid vibes. Artwork cover and logo by MarkCooperArt.com
Oakland, CA quartet LYCUS return with a new album on Relapse Records. Heavy, epic, mournful, and replete with art by Paolo Girardi. Bandcamp New & Notable Jan 5, 2016