THE BEAST

Lyrics: Before the Kypris starlight Night Mother of gods and men O blessed goddess of stillness slumber moonlit I call to surrender Amaryllis before your children Mandrake Upon the Ash I fall to you as the Hanged man I come to you naked below an ark of bleeding doves Nine times crucified in the heart of dawn Three nails between life and death All the blood I make is equal to blood I take Entangled in the Silver Gate Resides the Serpent of the Grave Below my shallow I do reach To Sacrifice Attis on the Pine To receive Light in you You give all, you take all I sing of Thy Night In heavens, upon Earth Hear my cries, hear my roars Rooted above a buried Sun Strip me of this poisonous flesh Strip me of this putrid soul Strip me from the light of my Eye Drag me through the deep, drowned yet undying Never knowing Saffron’s curse, my great work is complete! When the salted clouds have cleared And blood has raked the air The Mandrake will scream Crucify me between pure being Within a darkness is glowing under my skin In serpentine dance surmounting to all horizons A serpent above me, a serpent below me I coil among them in the fluid of Thy womb The essence of Fox Glove hallows through the blood of my heart Against the current... Could this be the Heavens?! O great mother Kypris I've fallen from the Spring of Life No grace, no glory... Through fire I walk, through Baptism of Death Let me rise from Thy gift of pain and silence Guitars & Arrangements • Jerred Houseman Lyrics & Throat • S. Wyatt Houseman Drums & Battery • Brent Boutté Painting • S. (Atterigner) of Khaos Diktator Art Recorded by Shane Howard at Sawn & Quartered Mixed & Mastered by Dave Otero at Flatline Audio FOLLOW HELLEBORUS: Like: https://www.facebook.com/HelleborusBlack Bandcamp: http://helleborusblack.bandcamp.com/ Follow: https://twitter.com/hellebrus