zao - human delirium lyrics

during times to elderly to be thought of, thirsting i was so i drank the eons wine
instantly was i forlorn in divine wisdom, my grave was now made centuries ago
forgotten was i now long before my birth, without regret i opened the gates to earth
amongst the stones and dust of battles lost, i hunted and laughed for god i now was

though lost was i once before reality was brought asunder
dead was i once during times when lost were the poisen wine
but in strength i arose and devoured the universe
and became my own precious lord and slave

so rightly i call myself the powered very essence
"by which their pestilent prayers are formed
life did once teach me the most horrid of lessons
though still, they fail to grasp, i am not horned

but as all gods should i be adorned!"

i represent the denied and dead universal error
in close parallels i mock the worshipped truth
my shining aura is that of a great emperor
and in my chronicles there is no sign of truce
my names are many, forever i am known
an angel, savior, whore or ruler
as i dance through the crippled walls of moral
and damn only those who speak the truth

i am rationalisms' very foundation, still insanity is my god-given name
truth is for me monumental, still through illusions i reign
the paradox of my hybris is striking, as i demand to be king of existence
as i rape and torture in blackest hate, "mankind, how i love thy contradictive faith"

yet, but a humble slave to the present word i am
yet, i kneel on the cold deaf stone
though we all have errors, only others we scorn
for i am i creature of honor
and i have my precious soul
the future shalt reap my crimes
"made real by a horde of ruling sheep

i shalt no death of theirs weep..."