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A Question of Faith

from Underworlds by A God from the Machine

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A cry of pain pierces through my heart,
beholding the damage this love has wrought.
The word that had been our shield
now turns its face away.

Decay spreads like fire through every heart.
The bonds that had joined us torn bleeding apart.
Hope, the final illusion to fall.

Deus Irae. What name is this
carved in slaughter before me?
Deus Interitus, Deus Legis,
whose name is "I Am" and "Thou Shalt Not."

Our frailty projects divinity,
casting splendor in broken hearts.
Broken minds see the guiding hand
at the end of their arm.

What matters life if each breath is to serve
and slave toward a higher, immortal form?

And what if it's all a lie?
No shelter above,
a brief, brilliant spark out of darkness
and to darkness returning.

I will not fear, the dark is my guide,
to smother my will and stifle all light.
The prodigal son to the pyre returned
to burn the hand, the tongue of the liar.

Deus Irae. Cast down the
perverted law, a cairn to cursed rot.
Deus Interitus, by your own hand deceived.
My vengeance a cruel blade that will justice see.

I will be free of you, though it be in my final breath.

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from Underworlds, released June 18, 2013

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A metal project exploring the strange intersections between certainty and doubt, illusion and reality, and the gods we build to carry us through our lives.

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