Patriarch

from We Are The Parasite, We Are The Cancer by The King Is Blind

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Protagonist: SATAN

(In which mankind completes his rejection of God, and Satan confirms his plans...)

Bringing things up to “today”, the division between Earth and Heaven (the firmament) has worn away and God's control over man has wholly decayed… the bridge from Christian days "of yore" to modern day has collapsed; the "olde wayes" are gone. In ‘Patriarch’ Satan plays narrator: summarising what has happened - God "The Father" has failed mankind, now “He” (Satan), our true Father will redeem and rule all.

He unveils His plan to his sycophants; His Seven Princes of Hell will be sent down to splinter the earth to irreparable fragments with each Prince tasked with the reinforcement of one the capital "sins" , delivered n the guise of one of seven plagues.

His minions have already broken down religion and morality (in the Western world) and interpretation of religion (Middle East etc) which is leading to chaos on Earth. And if “He”revels and draws power from anything, it is chaos and the dissolution of morality and positive spirituality. Each Plague song to come represents the manifestation of a different sin on Earth and how it affects the modern world, which is where we find ourselves today...

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WE TORE DOWN THE FIRMAMENT
FOUNDATIONS CRUMBLING, DEFILED
DEVOURED BY UNTOLD DISAPPOINTMENTS AND LIES
HEAVEN AS A CONSTRUCT
HAS FAILED FOR MAN
NOW REMAINS A REFUGE, A LOST PLACE TO HIDE

AS YOUR WORLD SUCCUMBS TO MINE

CONSUMED BY SEVEN, MY CHILDREN BRED AS PARASITES
DISOWNING HEAVEN, MY MAGGOTS SPREAD AND MULTIPLIED
BACKS TURNED TO SAVIOURS, REFUGE SOUGHT IN SIN AND PAIN
FOR SHE IS SOLACE AS THE TAINTED RAIN ON TERRA’S PLANE

OUR FATHER, YOU FAILED THEM
OUR FATHER, YOU FAILED US ALL
OUR FATHER, I REDEEM THEM
OUR FATHER, I RULE ALL

THE INSECT’S CHAMPION, TO SCORCH YOUR NAME AND UNDERMINE
RETRIBUTION SCARS BURN BLACK AS ICE INTO UNFETTERED VEIN
A BLOODLINE SAVED TO CARRY ON THE WORD OF LAMBS
RUN MEEKLY TO THE SLAUGHTER, HER BLOOD SHALL SET FREE ALL OF MAN
A THREAD UNBROKEN THAT THORN-PIERCED SKULL COULD NOT DENY
A LINE DESCENDING FROM THE LOINS OF SUN ONCE SANCTIFIED
HER PASSIONS FLEETING, HER FUTURE SHALL BE AS WAS DUSK
AS EVE ONCE LED THE FALL, SO WILL SHE BE MINE

LEAD: ‘Deus Vult’ (Lee James Appleton)

THOUGH MY SUN BE UNPARTISAN, ASSUMED BY ALL TO GORGE HIS FILL
MY DAUGHTER’S TRIBUTARIES SHALL SEEK TO BRING “HER” ILL
AND YOUR HEART’S REMAINING LIGHT BE DIMMED, AND YOUR FAILURE…
COMPLETE

OUR FATHER, YOU FAILED THEM
OUR FATHER, YOU FAILED US ALL
OUR FATHER, I REDEEM THEM
OUR FATHER, I RULE ALL

FOR THEE I GAVE MAN
FROM THEE I CLAIMED HER WOMB
FROM THEE I’LL TAKE “HER”
AND SIN WILL CONQUER ALL

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from We Are The Parasite, We Are The Cancer, released October 13, 2017
All songs written and performed (c) and (p) by The King Is Blind

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Album (2017): WE ARE THE PARASITE, WE ARE THE CANCER out now via Calva Records

Album (2016): OUR FATHER out now via Cacophonous Records.

EP (2014):
THE DEFICIENCIES OF MAN out now via Mordgrimm Records ... more

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