Rituals of Power
Rituals of Power: Unveiling Societal Decay Through Concrete Stares
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Smell the fear, the coming decay of all, rites of spring gone rotten
Smelling the fear and anticipating the decay of everything, observing corrupted rituals of spring.
High priests, lords of artifice, lead their flocks into harm's way
Leaders, akin to high priests, masters of deception, guiding their followers into danger.
Welcome all to the new inquisition, the last shriek from the tomb
Introducing a new inquisition, the final cry from the tomb.
Nothing left but to burn it all down, rub the salt in the open wound
Nothing remains but to destroy everything, intensifying the pain and suffering.
Destroy, delete, rebuild, repeat, another name carved into stone
Endless cycle of destruction, erasure, reconstruction, and repetition, memorializing the fallen.
Falsify-then pretend, as we cut the cord and wait for the end
Falsification and pretense as the ties are severed, awaiting the impending end.
With a concrete stare - rituals of power
Using a cold, unyielding gaze to perform rituals of power.
The dead eyes of the past - rituals of power
Reflecting on the lifeless eyes of the past during rituals of power.
Up to the gates of armageddon - rituals of power
Approaching the gates of Armageddon during rituals of power.
Until we're all one with the dust - rituals of power
Continuing rituals until all are reduced to dust.
Still they cling to the old superstitions, the elders speak in tongues
Resistance to abandoning old beliefs, elders speaking incomprehensible language.
The spit words their words and they wither and wait, as Chronos eats the young
Words of the elders wither as time passes, while awaiting the inevitable aging and demise.
Destroy, delete, rebuild, repeat - another name carved into stone
Repeating the cycle of destruction and reconstruction, commemorating the fallen.
As they rot away, 200 years - straight to the grave
Decay over 200 years leading straight to the grave.
With a concrete stare - rituals of power
Utilizing an unyielding gaze in the execution of rituals of power.
The dead eyes of the past - rituals of power
Reflecting on the lifeless eyes of the past during rituals of power.
Up to the gates of armageddon - rituals of power
Approaching the gates of Armageddon during rituals of power.
Until we're all one with the dust - rituals of power
Continuing rituals until all are reduced to dust.
No ones cares who lives or dies, no empathy, no compromise
Indifference to life and death, lacking empathy and compromise.
The crows descend, the children mourn, the ichor spills and the crosses burn
Symbolic imagery of crows descending, children mourning, and crosses burning, representing despair and chaos.
Like Visigoths at the gates of Rome, a great decline into a great unknown
Comparing a societal decline to the invasion of Visigoths at the gates of Rome.
Marble eyes, obelisks, cenotaphs, bolsheviks
Listing symbols like marble eyes, obelisks, cenotaphs, and Bolsheviks, possibly signifying decay and ideological shifts.
Cities burn and ashes rain, no one speaks of us again
Describing cities burning and turning to ashes with no remembrance.
Each and all, swept awaylike grains of sand on the shore of time
All individuals are eventually forgotten, like grains of sand on the shore of time.
Greed shrines, halls of emptiness, blight and shame rewarded
Shrines dedicated to greed, empty halls, and the rewarding of blight and shame.
Cowardice with no consequence, thieves-as-gods exalted
Highlighting the lack of consequences for cowardice, with thieves elevated as gods.
Parasites, endless appetites, drag them to oblivion
Referring to parasites with insatiable appetites, being dragged into oblivion.
Subjects fill the empty nest, mouths openwaiting for worms
Depicting subjects eagerly waiting for inevitable demise, likened to open mouths waiting for worms.
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