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The Wake

from Vile's Vice by High Priest

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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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from Vile's Vice, released July 29, 2022

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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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