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COMPENDIUM: "Our oozing power, like a slick of corruption."
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So enamoured were we with omnipotence,
That we slept whilst they brought about destruction.
Our very conception poisoned their tender minds,
Our oozing power, like a slick of corruption.
Madness within, festering, blossoming,
Malignant vigour, fecundated, impregnated.
Behold our children; the progeny of sin,
Ravenous, delirious, senseless, infatuated.
Suckled on the teat of consciousness’ psyche,
Nourished forever on faith, hope and fears.
Without reverence, no longer almighty,
Sightless outrage across light years.
The Vastness of Mana.
Abandoned by our creation, increasingly deranged,
Endless war commences our powers are engaged.
Utopia destroyed; we seek the Red Planet,
Ravage its soil and all upon it.
Raise the forces of the North!
Summon the strength of the South!
Unleash the horrors of the West!
Let slip the tides of the East!
They inherited our traits; we gave them both love and hate.
We planned every step of the foolish ingrate.
From the moment the first beast drew breath,
We calculated the universe’s death.
Behold the father, the suns and the moons,
The mother of the universe, the destroyer of worlds.
In the blink of infinite eyes the end begins,
Somewhere in the vastness of Mana it all begins again.
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from
THE COVENANT OF THE COSMOS,
released January 12, 2016
J. Boyce - percussion, graphical endeavour
G. Brown - conceptual realisation, vocalisation
M. Finch - electric guitar
J. Thomson - concept, composition, electric guitar, piano, keyboards
A. Vannan - electric bass
Conducted, recorded and mixed by: Tommy Duffin at 16 OHM Studios, Glasgow
Mastered by James Plotkin
Cover Artwork by: Alexsander Mikhaillovich Rodchenko
Final Graphic Preparation by: Joe Tree
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