Coronation of Mediocrity

from A Nightmare Lit by a Dying Star by Somnus Aeternus

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Every day grows more alienated
than all the previous combined
So many hopes buried, so much disappointment
I was looking for so long and so desperately
to find an immanent goodness within me,
one all men could share

I found an abyss

For as long as man walks the earth
we search an object for our faith
Merciless is our kind’s demand
to place an order and purpose where there’s none
Instead of good, we are born with gaping wound,
a pain we must find a way to explain

Truth is uglier,
truth is scarier
than we could have
ever foreseen

Luminous ichor pours from the skies
We have constructed our own gods
to devour them in the end, to sanctify violence
Now the flesh of the divine is served
as we feast on the ignorance of the past
So proud, so fresh, a coronation of mediocrity today

What a vicious circle
growing up to learn
the reason is quiet
ignorance thunderous

What a vicious circle,
what an ugly thing,
what an ugly thing to learn

The immanent, innate pain
of the eight billion souls full of blame

Ignorance always finds a way
for violence to end up glorified
Foolish is one who holds hopes high
for the spiteful world of indifference

For as long as man walks the earth
we search an object for our faith
Merciless is our kind’s demand
to place an order and purpose where there’s none
Instead of good, we are born with gaping wound,
a pain we must find a way to explain

Truth is uglier,
truth is scarier
than we could have
ever invent

Luminous ichor pours from the skies
We have constructed our own gods
to devour them in the end, to sanctify violence

The immanent, innate pain
of the eight billion souls full of blame

Ignorance always finds a way
for violence to end up glorified
Foolish is one who holds hopes high
for the spiteful world of indifference

Now the flesh of the divine is served
as we feast on the ignorance of the past
So proud, so fresh, a coronation of mediocrity today

Acoronationdrowninginbloodofbothlivingandfuturegenerationslikeablackholewehave
becomethecenterofouruniverseslowlytwistingallthatwaseverholyslowlydeformingour
selvesstretchingouridealsrushingtowardsextinctionandembracingthevoidsoanotherc
hapterofthevoid-bornmayemergeandrepeatthecycle.

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from A Nightmare Lit by a Dying Star, released October 15, 2023

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Doom metal from Czechia. New album 'A Nightmare Lit by a Dying Star' released on Oct 15 2023.

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