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Vile's Vice

by High Priest

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1.
Abomination 03:49
Look down the stairs and find An abomination Chained to the floor Alone and abandoned. (Isolation.) We turned our backs and ran Hiding like cowards, Pretending that it’s not real While it gains strength and life. (It’s behind you.) Behind our greedy backs, It designs an escape. Its stench invades us And follows our children. (It knows.) The smoke billows in from the hills. The ground is scorching beneath me. It’s carving anger into my flesh, I give out at the knees. Encased in bile. Trapped in a cage. Spit out like an animal. Petrified inside. Struggling for breath. It stares right through us. Once a perfectly crafted thing, Giving life to us all, Is now an acid spewing Titan, And death is all that follows. The smoke billows in from the hills The ground is scorching beneath me. It’s carving anger into my flesh, I give out at the knees. An apocalyptic journey. Walk with me to the edge Of a valley bountiful with remains. Walk with me. Once a perfectly crafted thing, Giving life to us all, Is now an acid spewing Titan, And death is all that follows. Look down the stairs. Abomination.
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Agree! 00:51
Agree! Pushed it pretty far An incomplete thought I wish I knew what you actually said. We'll meet again And laugh about How far we're off. Agree! Agree!
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Gone in pieces from my mind Thoughts of anger on the side I’d shot the arrow, but I missed How did it end like this? Rage incited by its name A humble pawn of this game And desire for your very touch I’d never missed you this much And we’re freeing the ashes that we’re holding. That day shakes me to the bone I’ve lost you, and I’m alone I feel it all the time In every room I walk in In every word that I speak In every friend that I face In every floorboard that creaks How did it end like this? And we’re freeing the ashes that we’re holding. Frames of pictures Cascading down walls That surround familiar rooms And sounds. The memories They scream out to me And I scream back, antagonized. Ornate beginnings. Sudden, infallible, Incoherent ends. We’re freeing the ashes that we’re holding.
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The Wake 06:23
Pacing in my cell Sentenced to life. No? Sentenced to eternity. Trapped with my viscous thoughts. I hear the laughter of my captors. It only furthers my derangement. They speak in twisted tongues. The language of the ancients. Spiraling into insanity, Having visions of the end, And wishes of execution By my faceless jailers. But my pleas fall upon deaf ears. Kept alive through sheer will. My mind slips further. I hear the voice of a woman, Behind a keyless door. She promises to end my horrors. I take my last breath And fall to the abyss. My reward for my compliance Is my empty vessel Tossed out like garbage — Outside to be scouted And devoured by the wake. I left without a whimper Don’t forget about me As I’m wrapped up by strands of time.
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Desecrated 02:51
Tucked his head between his legs to wither away. He blackened his heart, Blackened his lungs, Blackened his veins. Stained sheets. Scrapes on their feet. Throw them Back out to the streets. Blamed my luck too many times to count on my hands, But I’ve lost my way, Lost my hope, Lost balance. Stained sheets. Scrapes on their feet. Throw them Back out to the streets. Stained sheets. Scrapes on their feet. Sent out, Nothing to eat. Most are discarded with mental ailments. They lost their minds. Lost their homes. Lost their way. And we do fucking nothing, Except retract our hands, Close our doors, And shield our eyes. Ideas of retribution Have also done nothing. We pretend to reform the poor While tending to the rich. You don’t understand Until you want to die. When life feels unbearable, And the next step is impossible, Knowledge, respect and Understanding are key. Why not treat them like your own? How could you be too busy For your community?
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Vile's Vice 03:49
Endless eyes are watching - Watching the chosen one - Marching to her death To cleanse our filthy blood. While she lays on her back, One hand holds the apple, The other is outstretched Towards the leaves of a Pygmy, And we are starving For her flesh. Begging to be satiated. The apple rots from within, The worm feeds on its life. Watch as the skin decays To cleanse our filthy blood. We now have safe passage, Did this make us evil? Become the vile’s vice. Severed the leaves of a Pygmy, And we are starving For her flesh, Begging to be satiated.
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Onryō 04:13
She’s been reanimated Guided by her coven. Eyes glazed, thoughts sewn shut, But aware of the horror. We’re all the same. We’re all the same. We’re all the same. We’re all the same. These hands are no longer mine. We cry and run. I killed her son. She’ll leave no one. “Come here and find me.” Unholy dark apparition Drink from the slit in my throat I didn’t know you were listening To my nightmares Bending reality forwards I feel your claws in my back Rip me apart at the spine now It fades to black I reach down into the Darkness of the water. Where is the bottom of this pond? We’re all the same. We’re all the same. We’re all the same. We’re all the same. I lower my hands until I drown. It feels so wrong. The chants, the songs. I’ve cried for so long. I’m coming to find you. Unholy dark apparition Drink from the slit in my throat I didn’t know you were listening To my nightmares Bending reality forwards I feel your claws in my back Rip me apart at the spine now It fades to black “Feed my ambitions. Taste my flesh. Honor my intentions By longing for death.” Here we are. Forever. Ready to serve you.
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I follow in Like breathless wind Sleepless nights gone black. Lay in wait, watching faith Slip from forlorn past. Unaware Of that which stares Glaring on Desolation Sanity on the fringe. Wits at end The blade’s staff Secured by her hand Lover scorned Heart of stone. Sink to the pits Steel in hand, drug across Barren waste and fruitless land Cauterized my soul with one touch I feel my heart as it slows She tries to comfort me As we go down She preaches finality and trust I can’t relate to this Cold dark bitch Who laughs at my mortality. If I could only see you — Unveil you, Control you, I would still pay my due But torture you, Impale you. Before I succumb to you — Taste you, Feel you. Navigating your cold darkness, An intoxicating endless kiss. I pull my face away. Blood and dirt stain my hands From trying to dig out. Please just free me. Contract for the reaper. She calls out my name, And I lift my eyes. Face to face. Grave mistake. Contract for the reaper. I look to the sky, Stretched thin and sullen. My sockets are dried. Please just free me.
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Parasites 03:07
Living in your thoughts, There is a hidden terror, A beast that feeds on your fear. It tears apart your soul, Heightening anxiety, despair, and doubt, Lowering ambition and will. Living in your flesh And you can feel it moving Inside you without consent. It’s festering your wounds. Chemically imbalanced, begging it to stop, You give up on everything. It lives inside Parasite. It comes for everyone, despite what you do.

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In loving memory of our brother and friend Donald Williamson 1985-2017

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released July 29, 2022

Recorded/Mixed by Ricky Olson @The Ward in Richmond Virginia
Mastered by Brian Walthall @Stereo Image Recording

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High Priest Virginia

The light in you begins to fade.

Growls play against your skin. You hear riffs that shrill with tyranny. Distant drums bang louder as you drift closer to your end.

You engage with the madness, letting go of all mortal bounds.

In perpetuating servitude, you've made it to us.

Welcome to forever. We are High Priest.
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