The Smiler
Eternal Grin: Unveiling the Dark Tapestry of 'The Smiler'
Lyrics
Harvester of death behind a marble altar
Harvester of death operates behind a ceremonial structure
Sucking your last breath- smiling
Extracting your final breath with a smile
A gibbering wreck, rope of love around your neck
A shattered individual with the bond of love as a noose
Life a crucifixion- keep smiling
Life is like a crucifixion, yet maintaining a smile
Sinking into depths, hands are tied behind your back
Sinking into despair with restrained hands
Strangled by devotion- smiling
Choked by intense dedication, but still smiling
Abandonment of self, depression is your ecstasy
Self-abandonment, finding ecstasy in depression
In misfortune engrossed- smiling
Engrossed in misfortune, yet wearing a smile
Destruction is wealth- punishment your luxury
Destruction is a form of wealth, punishment a luxury
Elation through pain- Still smiling
Finding elation through pain, maintaining a smile
Slave of bleak desire- in vacuum void of pity
A slave to bleak desire, devoid of pity
Exotic isolation- Smiling
Experiencing exotic isolation but still smiling
Barren emotion cuts like a blunt knife
Emotionlessness is cutting like a blunt knife
Against the hatred of your blackened heart
Against the hatred within, seeking joy in vain
Brewing through states in search of joy
Traveling through various emotional states
They spit out rejection, you worship the same
Facing rejection, yet worshipping the same
Annihilation of your inner-self
Complete annihilation of one's inner-self
Breeds gratification in your hunger for wealth
Self-destruction brings satisfaction in the quest for wealth
All that was beauty you've smashed wide apart
Destroying all that was beautiful out of envy
With the fist of envy, for nothing that's smart
Using envy as a destructive force without reason
Servants to emptiness fall onto their knees
Those devoted to emptiness kneel in submission
Entranced by the smiler they crave his disease
Enthralled by "the smiler," desiring his affliction
Frailty drives them as nothingness breeds
Fragility compels them as nothingness proliferates
In cartoons of virtue their observance bleeds
In distorted representations of virtue, their adherence drains away
In lakes of fire- they yearn to be blessed
In a metaphorical hell, they yearn for blessing
Slaves to perfection- baptised unto death
Enslaved by the pursuit of perfection, baptized in death
King of lost feelings, in pain he is crowned
The one who feels lost is crowned in pain
Within love's inferno, the smiler he stands
Standing in love's inferno, the smiler reigns
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