Calamity Crawl

The silence spoke to me, coiled in the debris of my freedom With a withered tongue reborn from the lair of the serpent A tale of tablets of treachery nested deep in skeletal cavities And rivers of wisdom filled to the brim with a crimson flow Cursed to the flesh, still shackled to weakened strings of skin I went through a reversal of principles! Written in crimson - the elixiration of suffering Written in emerald - the consumption of suns Written in black - the putrefaction of spines An ancient scripture on a ruined altar Foretold the path to the crown; to be won through palter Falsehood, deception, guile; Bestowed upon me were all means to defile! Now, with the wisdom of treachery Embedded in my skeletal cavities, Calamity over the world will crawl As I inflict my visions upon those to fall cursed to the flesh Worn thin, I shed my skin to reveal nothingness within For I have seen the future beckoning me With its withered claws of ruin I shred my skin Mutilation King... Lacerated Lord of Solitude The blood in the chalice of man my snakeoil will dilute... Future in sight... (I reentered this dismal realm) with eyes on wilt and blight! I bleed a restless river to drown the claimants of the crown The world I'll bring down, the sun I will gulp; all light I'll devour Devour... In my royal water, humanity is to dissolve... washed down my indulging crater... But first I must dwell within the earth and cultivate my lies... spread them with the flies...