A Hill to Die Upon piosenki

O Death Traditional] "I still believe that the spiritual songs of the African-Americans represent some of the greatest artistic achievements in America." What is this that I can't see, with ice cold hands takin' hold of me? When God is gone and the D...

Of Fire and Division "I have come to bring fire, and how I wish it were already kindled!... Do you think I have come to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but division." - Jesus Christ, Luke's gospel 12:49-51 "The mighty man will become tinder and h...

"Be what it is my destiny to be, The saviour and strength of suffering man, Or sink into the original fuld of things: There is no agony, and no solace left; Earth can console, Heaven can torment me no more." - Percy Shelley, Prometheus Unbound No sleep, no dr...

Rime ["Nought is given 'neath the sun Nought is had that is not won" - Swedish Hymn Rime was written specifically as the instrumental ending to this album. Possibly, it is the most focused song A Hill to Die Upon has ever written. Rime is very concent...

I am Nature, the Mighty Mother, I am the law: ye have none other. I am the flower and the dewdrop fresh, I am the lust in your itching flesh. I am the battle's filth and strain, I am the widow's empty pain. I am the sea to smother your breath, I am t...

Satan your kingdom must come down. I heard the voice of Jesus say 'Satan your kingdom must come down.' Gonna chant it down gonna tear your kingdom down. Satan your kingdom must come down. 

Another night brings uncertain hunger and one more moon might satisfy that. My eyes were meant to sift through the shadows with razor teeth I ache and wait for the hunt My eyes were meant to sift through the shadows the taste of blood sits well on th...

My vision of this world Held so dearly in my mind Shattered like this young man's skull Along the banks of the Rhine. May I curse god and die? For death would be a relief But would it vindicate or shame me In my rampant unbelief? May I curse god and s...

My salvation was so near But it does not assuage my paralyzing fear That trench was to be my astral womb For God knows it was nearly my tomb I prayed, I prayed Bury me at Ypres With a coffin made of mud In full battle array I pray, I pray To St. Coca...

"A crown of thorns is still a crown" - Aleister Crowley, The Titanic By Saros Vulcanic I am led Towards all perfection of darkness To the heights of Hell... ...and the depths of Heaven I am the mightiest offspring In slavery I was bred Brought up by the sword...

"They wanted, as we say, 'to call their souls their own.' but that means to live a lie, for our souls are not, in fact, our own." - C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain The continuum I behold, such is my inner want Not that I should bold above that which is not ar...

There's faery in this garden I cannot bear to hear him sing: "Thee sculptors all pursuing, Have embodied but their own; Round their visions, form enduring, Marble vestments thou hast thrown" There's faery in my garden I cannot bear to hear him sing:...

"The serpent is alluded to in many passages in the Bible, and nearly always for its typical qualities, or habits, as intensifying similar things in the human family." - Smiths bible dictionary, Serpent Worship in silence The God who smote the dragons mouth wi...

"Avarice, or the desire of gain, is a universal passion, which operates at all times, at all places, and upon all persons." - David Hume Live long the curse of Midas. Be warned of greed and golden pastures. For years, I've often sat and pondered "What more sh...

"Once one has seen God, what is the remedy?" - Sylvia Plath De natura ex intime dissolutio I am, thefore I burn! Mysta ex omnis uxorious Alles soll stehen verwirren Ars ex liber, ex anima The descending lion throne Cogito, ergo summitissum Alles soll stehen...

"The time for war has not yet come, but it will, and that soon; and when it does come, my advice is to draw the sword and throw away the scabbard." - Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson The Twin Heads: "Two beaks tear at a thousand nation's eyes Wings beat upon the ea...

Unyielding Anguish ...slain by my own sword. The temple to myself abandoned, the religion of my life now a heresy: "lo Pan!" I chased the wind, but I only caught my hoof. I played my flute, but no one danced: "dance for me!" Truth is found in the l...