Ode to the Flayed God -

I can sense your presence

Come closer dear

Shut it all out

Shut it all out

Your silence fills the room as the altar is set

A thousand years have passed… since you’ve been flayed

Oh to be forgotten through war and famine

A god sits by their throne

Waiting for the final sacrifice

Flay yourself. To show your devotion

Flay your enemies. To show your love

Enough of this. I must claim the world as mine

Record this. All those undevoted must die

Forge me a new heart, from the center of a black hole

Every moment bleeds into the next

The years bleed by into centuries

The pact was sealed eons ago

Your blood will pay the price for us all

The pact was sealed eons ago

Your blood will pay the price for us all

A drop of blood from the maiden at the altar

And forgotten temples crumble

Their wondering why their gods sit idly by

And nothing came to mind, when they asked to be spared

Nothing left

Nothing felt divine

Alone in a mountain. Seers lap the blood of gods

Broken promises with foul play

You’ve doomed us all

Erecting false walls in pursuit of lies

No hatred. No love. Your reign will end it all

No hatred. No love. This isn’t life at all

Have faith

Fetid

Remember your past deeds

And give them to earth as seeds

Don’t forget you’ve cursed the fate of us

You’ve chosen to desert

You’ve chosen the abyss

The abyss

We all believed in our hearts we were the chosen one

We individually paid the price for our narcissism

And we paid dearly