A Hill to Die Upon

A Jester Arrayed in Burning… "Tho' much is taken, much abides; and tho' We are not now that strength which in old day Moved earth and heaven; that which we are, we are; One equal temper of heroic hearts, Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will...

"...We infer, that perchance he who is to come shall be called Titan." - Irenaeus, Against Heresies From the top of my tower I saw the sign descending The birth of V.I.T.R.I.O.L. The death of Yetzer-Ra By the hand of the Moon and touch of tyrant Sun The Watch...

"...the earth was formless and void, darkness was over the surface of the deep..." - Genesis 1:2 the dance of the spheres disturbs my song and the rhythm of the waves beats with the drums in my wakefullness I see the myth come to life and from the vantage of...

The only way to pass the test For non-progenating dying flesh Create offspring without a womb And he shall praise you as god and father I think, therefore I shall be I create, therefore I endure Welcome My son Fruit of my labor Never to be undone...

Cloven Hoof Hava Nagila "'Oh, dear! I can't understand that," said the princess. 'I dare say not. I didn't expect you would. But that's no reason why I shouldn't say it.'" Let me pass, let me pass. I am hungry for sweeter grass. Let me pass, let me p...

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...

"It cannot be seen, cannot be felt, Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt, It lies behind stars and under hills,, and empty holes it fills. It comes first and follows after, Ends life, kills laughter." - J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit Blinded may I be But more senses...

"The pyramids themselves... have forgotten the names of their founders." - Thomas Fuller Io! Shafts of plague and pythoness gift The blackness of Bast hast cometh unto us Heiracosphinx! Slain By judgment's flaming sword Canst thou see the blood of the Nile?...

Thou deign to consider war the work of mortals? Do not deny celestial and Cerberean taint in our blood We demons meant for Heaven shall create hell here on earth Remember what was washed away in the Great Flood And they cry, "Great is Artemis! Sour milk...

"Oh, that you would rend the heavens and come down, that the mountains would tremble before you!" - Isaiah 64:1 Lo! Whilst thou breathe the fire of the gods? The bitter flame, black as the dragons heart Ana-elemental, the test of all thats pure Adra-immortal...

"Life is the childhood of our immortality." - Goethe Ice! Aphelion! Hail beyond the halls of time To vast waste of ice and Alluvial mass Logos! Ad Pathos! So be it ever after Thy souls, themselves, are bringers of disease Chaos, saty, servant of strymphalia...

Weaving the wasted waters of the world, AINULINDALE. Nothing could be more than walking hand in hand, lamenting the later lords. The gull tears my heart, but let it be said of me: "…" And "thus he spoke to me!" O sinners, let us go down, let us go do...

"We become what we behold. We shape our tools and then our tools shape us." - Marshall McLuhan Remember me not the one the eons forgot my sons shall inherit my blasphemy Remember me not leave my ashes to rot for nothing good comes from Babylon Deliver me int...

Stars fail, what did we gain? Night falls upon us, And nothing shall be the same. I knew Suns cooled, But the sky is ice. Frost drips from the lion's mane, And nothing shall be the same. I was there when you went under the water. I was there when you...

I made to call myself righteous I made to fashion myself a saint But I saw the devils standing there And they called to me "brother!" I sought to cast off my indignities I sought to slough off my stains But my whole skin came with it For I am not but so...

“Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.” - ΚΑΤΑ ΙΩΑΝΝΗΝ 18:36 I gave and I gave to lay the stones...

Manden med leen "...Satan hath desired you, that he may sift [you] as wheat..." Luke 22:31b KJV I have mixed the wines at Shinar I have planted the olives at Athens Fire I fed to the fallen fold And gifts I gave of gain-less gold At Knossos I sanc...

"For when the mental faculty is joined To evil will and power of execution, Mankind has no defense to offer them." - Dante Alighieri, Inferno from Canto 31 Dethroned shall I be; with one spell erased By my will, I will be undone By thy will, I am no more Now...

Winter came to the Ostfront And froze up the mud The ghosts still haunt us Their bones underfoot But those spirits guide us As surely as bullets find us Our bones will lie with theirs On the plains of the Rus Mosin Nagant Send me to hell That I may...

Nekyia Pray for rain to wash away the blood and grease of war. Commit to train the children to slaughter the children of our mothers and fathers. The wheel spun wide, geometry lost its true. The falcon has lost its gloved hand, sinking the heavy sh...

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...