Absu Abzu 1. Earth Ripper Preparedness in Magic(k) is as important as it is in War. I am the Master of Magic(k) in its greatest and highest sense. Never to fail, by will or weakness, I make the self-annihilation absolute. I am none the less a thrusting force into the Abyss. From the void comes a blare, yet a star which rips the Earth, And our Order rejoices above that Abyss. The Beast hath begotten one more asp in the Womb of the Queen, His Concubine, The Scarlet Woman… *** [1st verse] Invoking frequently, formless fires altered states The Sun’s flares drenched the land beyond the seas (stars abide not) Celestial disturbance caused sweeping climate changes The dryness, pestilence was firstly observed by Ea [Chorus:] The Earth ripped Concords were lost The Earth cleaved Distress was fostered The Earth wrenched Closing rived skies The Earth cracked Life and death vacuumed All time crushed back into unblest everlastingness The Plenum’s overwhelmed by the sphere’s desolation Periapts and symbols warn of an impending spate All of Anunnaki fled in broad trepidation [Chorus] [2x] There is no hope in preserving The globe’s swollen from the crumbling It’s distended and withdrawing [Bridge 2x:] From the confines of space, the terrain collapsed… Hath passed, golden twilight dropped before faces [Repeat 1st verse] [Chorus] 2. Circles Of The Oath [1st verse:] I stand in the center of the summit sphere I wait for the sound of the clouted bell – the warning sign This vagueness has not been named, Yet I see hands which testify the vow Exposing the uncalled, unknown and unsettled My destinies marked! [Chorus:] I confirm vigor of the Wise by stealth With this spell, non-foul, creating combustion I form the glow Of the Oath, circles are blood and birth renewed How keen the free star prevails – a strike of thrust I forever reach I seek doubled chains of Orgia’s durableness! [Chorus] I’m told by the garlanded that Atu and Tiphareth… I’m told by the conquering they remain introducing: The mentors of the Above The forgers that speak Below The savants of the Numbers The solders of the Circuits [Decree] I’m Aeons tenable Mark my words Of the oath Seven I’m Treasures to the stone Hear my lead In the oath Seven [Repeat decree] [Repeat 1st verse] 3. Abraxas Connexus Vitriol = Abraxas = Xnoubis = Meithras Visita = Sun = Heart = Gold Interiora = Moon = Brow = Silver Terrae = Mercury = Crown = Mercury Rectificando = Jupiter = Navel = Tin Invenies = Mars = Sacral = Iron Occultum = Venus = Throat = Copper Lapidem = Saturn = Base = Lead By the sevenfold process, V.I.T.R.I.O.L reigns No one can distress its southern point By the evidence, nature delivered two No one can disrupt their dual symmetry Stare towards the heart – stare at the stone Your eye unveiled – your nucleus Writhe on the mace – skim on the throne Your vessel sealed – your inmost light They are mercurial, active, both close at hand It is balance of the hidden stone One must never know more than the other It is of knowledge: Prima Materia [Chorus:] Saturn follows lead – Abraxas of draught Eye of Asaru Seventh is the root – Vitriolistic base The triad and the position of Stone Saturn follows lead – Abraxas of draught Seed of Asaru Seventh is the root – Vitriolistic base The formulary of Tria Prima Heart of bullion – the golden sun The silver moon with distinct brow Crown of the crown – thee – Mercury Jupiter’s tin knifed in navel Ironed by the rouge, sacral Mars Throat of Venus glazed with copper [Chorus] 4. Skrying In The Spirit Vision East Invoking: the breaking forth of the light Instruments: forms of the coarse flames Aeons of a bornless beyond: Listen to the voice of Angle! Devotion Ever-burning lamps West Traveling: the Radix of vibration Projections: in gale of the Ninth Stirs of the invisible Feel four-hundred fifty six winds! Metatron The wisdom of the breath North Emerging: advent of the visible Conjectures: adventures into the chasm Limpid with the brilliance below Drenched and sodden: inundating Quadrangle An excess: abundance Servants of thunder, they all deliver Pulling together, all subquadrants fail South (Dominated) The speech in silence sounds the Third Angle Drawn into naught, the points are now quashed Hath passed and pure gold, the Lion of the Light appears before the faces of Aethyrs [Chorus:] Folk of fear will drive Astral planes toward the fade of age Time is thronged by time Skrying in the spirit vision [Decree:] Oodiorg He of fire and justice Doanzin He who names the waters Gahtza Hoath [Chorus] 5. Ontologically, It Became Time & Space Yawning benthos came first, terra firma, next Desire Erebus of old Night, Day of Aethyr Neither of these were Being, reality, nor Non-being Perdurability, neither of death [Chorus:] The Wanderers of the Waste infested plateaus: Time and Space Then, Sirius prearranged calendars of lone Continuum Astral sketch was not self-incandescent Its light was produced by rays of the Sun Eyeless void felt generations of heat The first seed of Mind – The Light of the South Breath by itself Without wind, pyramids… Concentrated Cyclic flux, triangles… Air nor Earth nor were protected as of yet. The water was not deep, yet unfathomable Nonentity occurred Darkness swathed in darkness: unmanifestation [Decree:] Chaos never dies Sothis hides beyond the aeon Locked forever Unfaltering The Sun behind the Sun spawns twin aspects of tide Up, down was beginning to frame itself Casters of the second seed gained control (of the Deep) Energy was beneath - impulse above. [Chorus] 6. A Song For Ea [a. E-A] I sought after gold, but I found it not My rules are found by the Conclave of Ur I am the coxswain, as I shall valiantly face the dangers With my chariot, I am declared! [Chorus x2:] I discover its foundations require cavernous mining in the primal basis Enlil exhumes my unearthing and makes a sudden decision after Anu arrives [Chorus II x2:] Shar shadi il enlil ana kakkab shu gi ikabbi [b. A Myriad of Portals] You are falling into the squalls Spirit fills itself with the tint of the teaching Messengers of Namtar drink from your toxic well And sink in the flood of black miasma - drunkenness [Chorus:] You are neither male nor female Don’t break the pledge of the zephyr The broad corrals, high enclosures… A myriad of portals Evil it is: Nanna is nigh Tear the wives from embrace of man Snatch the child from knees of mothers Opening the flaps of time [Bridge:] Seven, you are in midst of the deep MA.GUR.UR.NU.AB.ZU Silence is the slaughter and the seal is the crown On sacramental grounds, feign as creatures of the Light [Chorus] [Bridge] And the body of the night turned out in daylight to be yours Order and kindness don’t exist like a wing without a bird And the body of the night turned out in daylight to be yours Order and kindness don’t exist like a tongue without a mouth… A myriad of portals [c. Third Tablet] [1st verse] At last, my slog is Home to the Tides Tablet of Fate obtained As once, my trek is deftly guided Blue-hued Antu: our way The Water Thruster The Tester’s Sunbeam The Giant Kishar Tablet of Fate attained The Hammered Bracelet Deleted Weapons A Lucid Pathway To all who assemble, My words of command are in the hands of Bane To all who assemble, My words of command are in the hands of Bane [Repeat 1st verse] [d. Warren Of Imhullu] Now that I have your face by heart, I look more at your features being the First You are the perturbing tempest and the worst of all Inrush! [Chorus:] Gathering speed as it blows - O’ Imhullu To the Abzu, you will follow Scowl of Waters Now that I have your voice by heart, I glance more at your features being the Fourth You are the distressing Shibbu and the worst of all Indraft! [Chorus] Now that I have your heart by heart… [e. The Waters – The Denizens] [Instrumental] [f. E-A (Reprise)] [Instrumental] Proscriptor McGovern ‒ Drums, vocals Ezezu ‒ Bass, vocals Vis Crom ‒ Guitars