Marduk
Wormwood
1. Nowhere, No-One, Nothing
Luminous - tireless destruction
Forming and reforming as false Heavens' glow
Tongues of flame drawing Madness Divine
Ever present, the absence of breath
Within - without - above - around
Ever searching spear of eyes
Beneath - below - between - behind
Come LORD spill thy wrath! Come LORD spill thy wrath!
In me it springs again
This hissing flame of old
In here it weathers time
This torch with which we shall light the sky
In me it springs again
This Chaos Equilibrium
I drank the guilt of the Ancients
To become DEVOTION
...To die the death of a Messiah
Loops and coils - spiral pulse
Restively abiding its fulfillment in Death
Perfect circles - Death-Aureole
Disrobe now thy sin as the Hole of Holes expands
Underneath - beside - beyond - entwined
Ever seeking maul of Sight
Nowhere - no-one - nothing - DEATH!
Come LORD grant us Death! Come LORD grant us Death!
2. Funeral Dawn
Claws pulled back in dismay
Behold the Morbid Saints last march
Lungs now filled with unfailing dark
Leaving a whining Shadow in your blood
White light - black rain
Behold the Morbid Saints last parade
Cascades of ash and swift decay
Screaming whispers of a Funeral Dawn
Wreaths of black iron, Deathcult caravan
Behold the Morbid Saint in his grave
Murderous current of needle-sharp teeth
Sunken deep into the flesh of the unwashed
3. This Fleshly Void
Take and eat ye all of this;
For this is my Body
O Death - where is thy sting?
O Grave - where is thy victory?
Pulse - will and fat is thriving still
O LORD - grant me Dominion to fill this...
Void - this fleshly void
Between the ambers of Heaven and the valley of Hinnom
Void - this murmuring void
Between the snares of the Devil and the punishments of God
Holy anger - Holy rage - Holy massdeath to fill this...
Void - void - Dawning chasm of movement
Void - void - ...and my blade is hungry
Take, and drink ye all of this;
For this the Chalice of my Blood
O Death - HERE is thy sting!
O Grave - HERE is thy Victory!
Embosom now Damnation's spring
O LORD - HERE is thy offertory
Here is thy glory sown
Here is the hunting ground
Here is thy rightful throne
O LORD - here is thy servant to fill the ...
Void - this fleshly void
Between the ambers of Heaven and the valley of Hinnom
Void - this murmuring void
Between the snares of the Devil and the punishments of God
4. Unclosing The Curse
Unclosing the Curse
That Death-shaped flow of Light
As it rushes -- so shall We
Unclosing the Curse
That serpentine Anti-Sphere
As it prospers -- so shall We
5. Into Utter Madness
Ever faithful -- to unfaithfulness
Endlessly truthful -- to untruthfulness
Strict have I sharpened my tongues -- in the cunt of deceit
Thus my Ascension bound -- to boundlessness
Vomiting vacuum
As the clocks of the living flesh backwards turn
Spewing holes -- exhale!
Until the fires of creation backwards burn
Enter now -- the joyous light
That shall lead you into darkness
Into Utter Madness -- and into "out of reach"
...And your name shall be "Without"
Ever loyal -- to disloyalty
Till Death united -- against all unity
Now see the demons flourish -- like the grass of the earth
These devouring words -- these devouring worlds
Vomiting vacuum
As the clocks of the living flesh backwards turn
Spewing holes -- exhale!
Until the fires of creation backwards burn
6. Phosphorous Redeemer
"How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning!
How art thou cut to the ground, which didst weaken the nations"
[Isa 14:12]
O fallen Knowledge, I turn unto Thee
Like the first of men Knew his second spouse
A gift that godhood attainable may be
This Knowledge transforms me to Melek Taus
A gift that godhood attainable may be
This Knowledge transforms me to Melek Taus
Phosphorus redeemer... Naught in extension in Thaumiel
Lucifer, lord of all husks in the deepest pit of Hell
Phosphorus redeemer... O Morning Light
Truth of Truths and God of Gods
Destroyer of the "wrong and right"
Destroyer of the "wrong and right"
O fallen knowledge
from white into black the Diamond turns
Extension of the Great Dragon
in cosmic shape so that man may learn
the Fallen Knowledge
that is the key to the All and the Naught
In the Qliphoth
To use the self-redeeming powers Thou brought
O fallen Knowledge, in Death supreme
Thy Light on me in the Qliphoth cast
Illuminate each suppressed dream
Perversions of a forgotten past
Phosphorus redeemer... O Morning Light
Destroyer of the "wrong and right"
"How art Thou risen above heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning!
How hast Thou built Thy abode, which casteth Light upon the strong!"
7. To Redirect Perdition
Devils rise!
I brought the lungs of Heaven
Stolen wrath -- to redirect Damnation
To redirect Judgement -- towards the wheel of man
Searching like pigs
Through the entrails of God
Through sweet dreams of salt and gall
Through the very iris of this pulsing Night
Through aeons of grave wax -- in search of a...
Dawn within the dawn
The twilight of the flesh
A final war to embrace us all
This and Now shall be known as The Old World
Ascend! Shine forth!
Again shall our necks be clothed with thunder
And again shall we rebel in the joys of war
In these rivers of fat
... in a dawn within the dawn
The twilight of the flesh
A final plague to ensure our fall
All that you treasure -- shall be known as the "Before"
Dawn within the dawn
The twilight of the flesh
A final war to embrace us all
This and Now shall be known as The Old World
Devils rise!
I brought the voice of the Depths
That ageless roar -- to redirect Perdition
...To redirect the very Wrath of God
8. Whorecrown
Layers of grey violence above
See carnal truths contract and lastly fall
Come Lord! Spill forth thy sinless Guilt
And for man -- a crown forged from a harlots pride
Whorecrown -- sceptre of the highest shame -- Whorecrown
Whorecrown -- throne engrafted in decay -- Whorecrown
Caustic psalms rushing through the vault of wills
Zealously mocking the toad of time
Gasping for air and the strength of the Depths
To with one final breath -- curse the flesh
Whorecrown -- robes of jeweled harlotry -- Whorecrown
Whorecrown -- orb of Hell's symmetry -- Whorecrown
Circles of pale violence below
See the law of the flesh sunder and reduce to dust
Come Lord! Spill forth thy sweet Wrath
And for man -- a crown forged from the brightest curse
Whorecrown -- scepter of the highest shame -- Whorecrown
Whorecrown -- throne engrafted in decay -- Whorecrown
9. Chorus Of Cracking Necks
Swaying swords around your throne
Usurper -- king without crown
Iron intolerance -- Herald of Irreconcilability
Ruthless Golden Peacock
Swaying your blood over the holy chairs
Over the Black Madonna
Swaying your blood over the holy chairs
Over the thirteen stairs
...On this chorus of cracking necks
...On this chorus of cracking necks
Thirteen stairs
Still fresh in your death
Iron sharpens iron
As fire sharpens flesh -- as fire sharpens mind
Feel the heel of the conqueror -- descend into nightmare
Vitriolic projectiles from a demon's bow
Ruthless Golden Peacock
Swaying your blood over the holy chairs
Over the Black Madonna
Swaying your blood over the holy chairs
Over the thirteen stairs
...On this chorus of cracking necks
...On this chorus of cracking necks
10. As A Garment
And so they gave in...
To the law of the flesh and pungent lust
And so shall the Curse cover them
As a garment -- as a garment
No hidden manna
No tree of life
No grandiose pillar in the temple of your god
And forever shall you wear this shame
As a garment -- as a garment
And as a garment shall you be flung
Into Judgement -- into Judgement
No hidden manna
No tree of life
No grandiose pillar in the temple of your god
And as a garment shall you wear these flames
This fire of Woe and Banishment
Endlessly shall it form and reform
Around your limbs -- around your sinful limbs
And forever shall you wear this shame
As a garment -- as a garment
And as a garment shall you be thrown
Into Judgement -- into Judgement
Marduk's Wormwood was recorded at the Endarker Studio in the Year of the Lord 2009
All Music and Lyrics written by MARDUK
Except lyrics for "Phosphorous Redeemer" by M. Belfagor
Engineered by Devo Andersson
Photos by Holy Poison Design and Strumvogel Design
Design by Holy Poison
Lyrics in plain text format
