Beasts as Gods

from The Hell We Have Chosen by Strixskog

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I see a heaven on earth
It shines as gold
its glass parades an endless stream of wonder
The many gather
They flock with slack jaws and open eyes
Together we watch the holy ones dance and sing

We eat our fill of needless things
We laugh together, senseless and dull
If our joy is so great, why are we so empty?
Why do we clap and ask for more?

Who are these risen gods
demanding we sit at their feet?
Why do we let them devour our spirits
When they are no greater than we?
What are we worth
Why do we live?
Is it simply to revel in pleasure?
Rutting and feasting like pigs?

Once when we were free
We stood with pride
Exalting creation
Knowing ourselves through the eyes of life
Unhampered by the miasma
Of our primal instincts
How did we fall?
How did we come to inhabit one mind?
The flesh of our idols
Whispering secrets
Clamping on collars and choking our spirits

Year after year
A slow decay
Showing us a better way
We walked willing onto the altar
And offered up our necks
It’s all a lie
A snare made of pleasure
Seek for yourself
And never endeavor
To look beyond and find something new
Topple their statues
Build something new!

Animals rule in the the house of man
Sheep with crowns
bleating commands
I see them clear
these beasts as gods
I revile these fallen kings
I deny the will of man
I will seek a better path

Free of these beasts as gods

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from The Hell We Have Chosen, released January 18, 2023

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