kuru
by zero|sum
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lyrics
Abandon all hope!
The gods will not save us now.
Our prayers will echo unheeded through the indifferent
void that is our chance existence.
Take your comrades in hand,
to know that they are there with you,
for to know is not enough, and to struggle is in vain,
when our false gods carry us away.
Carry us away.
Show me how to have a good time.
I am avaricious, violent, decadent, and vain,
and whosoever satiates me shall become a god.
I hunger and I hunger, conquer and consume,
multiply, destroy.
Never acquiesce, they told me,
when I've devoured the world, turn onto myself.
In this darkest hour, when surely all is lost,
reflect upon your life and its inimitable wonder,
and know you truly were.
In spite of insurmountable cosmic truths,
we lived, we loved, we died.
All too soon, our day grows short,
the twilight of our folly to overwhelm hope's last flame.
Yes, we were doomed so long ago by our prodigal hearts,
to consume our very charge.
Our night of nights will yet be our salvation,
will give meaning to our legacy of death.
The gods will not save us now.
Our prayers will echo unheeded through the indifferent
void that is our chance existence.
Take your comrades in hand,
to know that they are there with you,
for to know is not enough, and to struggle is in vain,
when our false gods carry us away.
Carry us away.
Show me how to have a good time.
I am avaricious, violent, decadent, and vain,
and whosoever satiates me shall become a god.
I hunger and I hunger, conquer and consume,
multiply, destroy.
Never acquiesce, they told me,
when I've devoured the world, turn onto myself.
In this darkest hour, when surely all is lost,
reflect upon your life and its inimitable wonder,
and know you truly were.
In spite of insurmountable cosmic truths,
we lived, we loved, we died.
All too soon, our day grows short,
the twilight of our folly to overwhelm hope's last flame.
Yes, we were doomed so long ago by our prodigal hearts,
to consume our very charge.
Our night of nights will yet be our salvation,
will give meaning to our legacy of death.
credits
released February 25, 2011
Artwork: Heironymus Bosch - Death and the Miser
Artwork: Heironymus Bosch - Death and the Miser
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zero|sum Ann Arbor, Michigan
I'm here to kick ass and take names, and I'm all out of bubble gum.
discography
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Aug 2012 -
Feb 2011 -
Dec 2010 -
Dec 2010
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