pazuzu - the king of vermin lyrics

i am the king of vermin, rodents, rats and plagues.
of all the darkside, i am monarch, a duke to thrones unknown.
my palace of flesh, a river of souls.
my guards, the souls of war.
between light and darkness,
between time and infinity, lies my realm i call my own.
i hail nor good, nor a i evil.
i tell not truth, yet i don't lie.
i am not ugly or do i charm.
i hide among the shades.
although my chest carries a heart, it serves its purpose not.
for life it doesn't bring to me, love and hate is dust.
without movement still in time, usurping life itself.
i am of substance and of air, a story told no more.
i am not dead and yet i sleep, i do not hear, yet i'm not deaf.
my hands can shape and must destroy, a gracious being, yet insecure.
i am king and i am begger.
i am what you call destiny.