The Raven
The Raven's Dark Omen: Unveiling Society's Descent
Lyrics
Through midnight skies on desert winds bearing tidings of warfare,
Describes the arrival of ominous tidings of warfare carried by the raven through midnight skies on desert winds.
Of endless pestilence familiar to the darkened one.
Refers to the familiarity of endless pestilence to the darkened one, setting a dark and foreboding atmosphere.
Empowering thelemic sign immortalize,
Speaks of immortalizing the thelemic sign, emphasizing empowerment and possibly alluding to occult symbolism.
We bow to none weak.
Expresses a refusal to bow to anyone weak, asserting strength and independence.
Christian lepers are fading fast,
Christian lepers represent a decaying faith, fading quickly in the face of impending doom.
Enhungered beaks accept their flesh,
Describes vulturous beaks accepting the flesh of the Christian lepers, symbolizing the decay of religious ideals.
Necrotic skin.
Refers to necrotic skin, adding to the imagery of decay and death.
Dissolving the Devil's will looming,
Portrays the dissolution of the Devil's will, with a looming sense of darkness.
A reach ever boundless and omnipotent,
Describes a boundless and omnipotent reach, possibly of the dark forces at play.
With radiance the hell bird soars,
The hell bird soars with radiance, suggesting a sinister and powerful presence.
Anathematizing victims curse them with hatred from our lord.
Anathematizes victims, cursing them with hatred from a malevolent lord, further emphasizing darkness.
On wings of blackened grandeur ride,
Describes riding on wings of blackened grandeur, possibly signifying a malevolent force.
Envenoming our weaponry with supernatural strength we strike.
Envenoms weaponry with supernatural strength, indicating a deadly and potent arsenal.
Sad Christian failures to fade at last,
Christian failures fade away, depicting the downfall of faith.
Be-winged fiends consume what's left.
Winged fiends consume what's left, reinforcing the theme of destruction and decay.
Necrotic skin erupting,
Describes necrotic skin erupting, intensifying the imagery of death and decay.
The dark lord he's laughing,
States that the dark lord is laughing, suggesting a malevolent joy in the chaos and suffering.
Your father forsaken faithlessly,
Refers to one's father forsaking faithlessly, highlighting betrayal and abandonment of faith.
Suffer endlessly.
Calls for endless suffering for those who have forsaken their faith.
Bird of omens,
Introduces the raven as a bird of omens, setting the stage for its symbolic role.
Ill harbinger of blight,
Describes the raven as an ill harbinger of blight, emphasizing its negative and foretelling nature.
The raven waits with vengeance in his sights.
States that the raven waits with vengeance in its sights, suggesting a purposeful and vengeful mission.
Do as thou wilt is the whole of our law,
Quotes "Do as thou wilt is the whole of our law," a thelemic principle, implying a lawless and self-centered worldview.
This world befallen within blackened claws.
Portrays the world as fallen within blackened claws, reinforcing a sense of darkness and corruption.
Quarantined, contaminated destitute camps
Describes quarantine, contamination, and destitution in camps, painting a grim picture of the state of the world.
Of putrefying grace plague on this world.
Refers to putrefying grace, suggesting a decay of divine or spiritual elements in the world.
Eliminated raven returns reeking of their mass graves,
The raven returns reeking of mass graves, symbolizing death and destruction left in its wake.
Harken to his voice,
Commands to harken to the raven's voice, indicating its significance and influence.
Uphold our blackened creed,
Calls to uphold a blackened creed, emphasizing allegiance to a dark and malevolent belief system.
Their god be dead.
Asserts that their god is dead, further rejecting traditional religious beliefs.
Bird of omens,
Reiterates the raven as a bird of omens, reinforcing its symbolic role in the narrative.
I'll harbinger of blight,
Reiterates the raven as an ill harbinger of blight, emphasizing its negative and destructive nature.
The raven waits with hatred in his eyes
States that the raven waits with hatred in its eyes, underscoring its malevolent intent.
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