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FESTIVAL OF DEATH (1994)

by Damien Youth

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1.
Strange 03:03
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Distant Star 02:27
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Afraid 01:58
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Carolyn Grey 03:56
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Dead Flowers 02:59
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Aries Child 02:08
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Sex Cult 05:31
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The Priest 05:01
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Holy Circle (free) 03:32
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And on the day of my demise I'd wish not to die beneath your mortal eyes for only sorrow would they bring I'd much prefer nature's great consistencies such as the sky, the earth, the wind, the trees for they do not cry, nor mourn, nor do they weep nor are they surprised, nor are they surprised. And when the solemn angel comes I will be ready to depart Deliver my spirit to the sun that I might shine down on all I've left behind for they too will come to join me in the sky I leave you this song so that it will remind when you look at the sky, you'll still feel my eyes Give back my body to the earth please give my poems to all humanity Give my possessions to my enemies For surely they only serve to tie you down To anchor your soul to this unholy ground And now as I pass I see how pointless it was to desire fuel for the fire. And on this darkest night of sleep it would mean more if you would realize though I'm beyond your mortal reach deep in your heart my soul is still alive and it will be there until the day you die and then you'll ascend to join me in the sky and we will be one... We will be one.
14.
The Seed 03:55
I plant the seed I wait in silent wonder To sun pay heed, he'll raise you from your slumber to stand alone, like me, there'll be no other We'll bow our heads, in rain and wind and thunder But you unlike me, through wanting you were summoned here And you unlike me can live without tears I lock the door, and peek through curtained windows I wage a war and I shall will not surrender You have been warned, I chose this alienation I'm not deformed. I am the deformation A pantomime god I cloak myself in tattered robes I raise up my arms and peer through your immortal soul I stalk the mores, in deicidal anger I seek the form, in it's decrepit nature To raise him up and pierce his paraffin skin To deflagrate our nation's Teraphim In his deified state, he blinded every soul on earth Now he closes his eyes and moves towards his second birth He plants the seed. He watched in silent wonder To him pay heed, he'll raise us from our slumber To stand as one, like him, there'll be no other We bow our heads, all sisters and all brothers But we unlike him, through wanting we were summoned here But we, just like him, can't live without tears
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All things unseen, desire no acknowledgment to all who concede to be trapped in the conscious state who cannot perceive beyond their own element who ostracize me for presenting the paradox oh, Paraclete... do comfort me The Serpent be wise but it only takes a fool and his flute to deceive him unweave him from his basket of truth mesmerized, by the music of lies Don't be ensnared or lured by society please don't forget it was they who had stolen your dreams as a child, in exchange for the immaculate lie like that time in your youth you'd see things in your room and cry out your mother rushed in turned the light (You're only dreaming, I don't believe you) Close your eyes it is alright (I did not want you, I did not want you) It's only a dream (I never loved you, I never loved you) She's teaching you how not to see (I did not want you, I did not want you) Just like her society The institute of higher earning seduced you from your path of learning They say the soul is but a theory and now your body's growing weary But now you've got no god to pray to for god is only human virtue astronomically projected unreal for science can't detect it nor put it in an incubator a test tube or an oscillator subject it to mere human scrutiny can't they see there are things bigger than you and bigger than me All things that live, desire continuance All things that die, desire a reverence All souls contained have fear of the elements All souls released shall return to the embodiment of all that is god and all that is man ascend to all that is god and all that is man The institute of higher earning seduced you from your path of learning They say the soul is but a theory and now your body's growing weary But now you've got no god to pray to for god is only human virtue astronomically projected unreal for science can't detect it nor put it in an incubator a test tube or an oscillator subject it to mere human scrutiny can't they see there are things bigger than you and bigger than me Can't they see the god that's with-in is with-in the god that's without Can't they see the god that's with-in is with-in the god that's without
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Lover's Mask 03:42
Misty Saturday, Walking through the fields. I spied you in the golden dawn Hanging clothes and singing songs Oh, I am over here, by the wishing well Captured by your innocence I long to taste your hemlock kisses I'll praise thy holy name in song and they'll ascend up to the spires To be sung by the 9 choirs For I have surely cast my gaze upon a beauty to be praised for all the passing of the days From my lonely tower, I am casting spells With touch-me-nots & widow's dare stolen locks of golden hair The circle can't be broke, I drink the sacrament I take your picture from the frame and feed it to the candle flame I will bewitch thee with my spells I'll drop a lily in the well Soaked with frankincense & gale For I have surely cast my gaze upon a beauty to be praised for all the passing of the days Will you wear the mask, of my lovers past Hold me close in candle rooms listen to my haunted tunes Oh, I will worship you, like I used to do... In this bed where once we loved the sheets still smell of sandalwood I will hold you like a child & you can close your weary eyes & I'll be there til morning skies. For I have surely cast my gaze upon a beauty to be praised for all the passing of the days

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Festival Of Death was compiled & released by the author/artist Leilah Wendell for the Westgate Gallery. Cover art by Leilah Wendell. These rare recording were released on cassette only. These songs were taken directly from the original cassettes. Leaving the eerie lo-fi sounds in tact.

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released October 11, 1994

Chris Daniels-Electric Guitar & co-author of Sex Cult & God Of Violence. Steven Payne-Keyboards & Beats on Sex Cult & God Of Violence.

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