Abandoned In this song, Levi struggles with the plight of earthly existence. A God has appeared to some. It has claimed to exist and to care about his people. A character called Christ was sent here in his name, and died that we may be saved. And yet a simple look around reveals a world seemingly abandoned by its creator. Though we try as we might to act according to some idea of “the good”, it seems impossible to mitigate injustice and suffering in the world. To follow Christ, to act in his image, does not seem enough. Having encountered the futility of following Christ and finding God, Levi takes matters into his own hands. He fears that he will die alone and worthless and in this realization he refuses to let God let his people go. Through the strength of God’s adversary (Satan), Levi questions God’s methods and makes a promise to pull the influence of God back into the world, whether or not God wills it. This song draws on influences from 1: “Oh Come, Oh Come, Emmanuel” - a traditional catholic hymn sung around Christmas to call forth Christ. 2: Psalm 22 - a lament of the seeming injustices of God - quoted by Christ as he dies on the Cross: “My God… why have you abandoned me?”... The lyrics are an elaboration on this psalm and in some cases use direct quotes. 3: The Passions of the Christ - The beginning of this song is a sample from the movie, where Christ dies upon the Cross and quotes Psalm 22 in Aramaic. Oh come, oh come Emmanuelx3 And ransom captive Israel Elahi... my God... why have you forsaken me? I lay upon the desert sands, For forty days abandoned In image of your son And yet you have not come. Christ the saviour is not the only one To wander wounded ‘neath the moon. My hollow heart is falling ever inwards, Filling in the space between the sand with oblivion and anguish. In the dark the truth reveals Its many heads… I am a worm and not a man, scorned by everyone, loved only in death. The Mother almighty makes us But to take us on her altar. Though I had no choice, I had love to give... And with it, you choked the holy dove, and broke his fragile limbs. And now I nourish the dust In which I stand with each and every Strand of hair I pull And as I near my last breath... I plead… Do not be far from me. For trouble is near, and there is no one else to help. Do not be far… For trouble is near. And there is… No one else… To help... Here alone, at last... Crumbling ‘neath the spires of nature. She’s the needle to my thread And seeks to weaves me one with all the rest. But the soul of satan sits within, Fount of energy and strength. I refuse to let you let me go Whatever be the test. Take me clothes, Take my eyes, Take my love, Take my mind, Fuck you God I loved you, Why? Only you could ever know, Prince of darkness, Prince of soul. Hold me Close and we Will find the tree Of life and eat.

The Long and Dark Night Levi still wanders alone. Though he has made a pledge to make God do the good he should, the way to do so is unclear. As night falls, pairs of diamond-like lights close in from behind him. He is forced to turn to a nearby forest to escape and tries as hard as he might to run away from what can only be predatory beasts of the wild. As no help seems nigh in his time of need, Levi loses all faith in the symbol of Christ. Redemption is a lie! It is not here for him! It was never here! Christ has failed and Levi must save himself! But just as the end seems closest, the dawn breaks… the light a symbol of hope. But with the dawn, Levi is engulfed in fog… what may lie within it? Levi: I wonder What it means These lights Are coming closer to me Do you live? You seem to breathe… Oh little lights, Do you come for me? Narrator: A man stands alone In the mists of the unknown… Neath the ever reaching arms Of oak and fir. The wild stares back with eyes Of carefully cut diamonds As the Lord lays a way through his child. God: Child, It’s for your good Defiled, It’s for your good Child, It’s for your good, Defiled, It’s for your good. Levi: As they close in, I question Why are you here?x2 As they close in, I fall to fear. Run, Damn it, Run! But no! Screams the body below! The throat, it closes... now my breath, is broken... My blood is frozen, Yet I fly through the womb of the woods The willows whip At my hands and my lips. And winters wind Strips my skin. These Ruby red gifts drip into the earth As I run from them. I will run until the unknown end If redemption is a lie Written in the silken blood of christ I fear that tonight is the night I will find out Oh come, Oh come, Immanuel, Dispel the dark The somber scent of cedar is tainted With sinner’s sweat. I can’t forget The images of them Blended with my body Sewn beneath my skin If redemption is a lie Written in the silken the blood of christ I fear that tonight is the night I will find out Oh come, Oh come, Immanuel, Dispel the dark and I hope that I can hold on For long enough to see that golden light along the sky’s edge Lift the night’s somber dress When will i wake up? x2 When will the sun return x2 Levi, turning to face the threat ENOUGH Of this game. Monsters of malice, Show your faces. I’m drunk enough on the taste of Salt, Iron and Madness that I would gladly Eat your eyes out. What do you want? Leave me be plague of beasts Go! or know your end! As if in answer, The empty eyes advance. And winter’s wind comes wickedly with them How long has it been? Since the son up above Fell from the sky? To lift us from eternal night Proclaiming salvation So long as he dies Redemption is a lie Written in the silken blood of christ I have been far from perfect, And it’s taken me time To learn to love this life But let it not be lost like this. To whom can I turn? To be here for me In my time of need. No matter now, I must be enough to save myself. But oh what’s this? A blood red glow Grows and sunlight lifts The darkness from my lips and with the dawn I am swallowed by the fog

The Prophecy An angel appears to Levi with the dawn; Samael, angel of death, venom of God. He brings knowledge of the nature of embodied existence, and a gift with which Levi can set us free. The gift is a triple bladed dagger. With it, Levi can fight back against the diamond-eyed beings of the wild that had been chasing him. But there is another task that Samael gives to Levi which will be revealed in “Judgement”. First, Samael invites Levi to look to the I in the sky… to the image of the self that is projected upon the heavenly world. In that projected image of the psyche resides Adonai… God as Lord. It is in that image that the “I” resides, not in the body. The “I” is a phenomenon that transcends the body. “You are not the body that bleeds”, Samael speaks… “But it’s through the body you’re free”. Without the body, it is impossible to complete the return to wholeness and goodness. Though the plight of the body may seem to be a curse, it is a tool that enables the will of God a greater degree of flexibility than it may otherwise have. However, there is one who claimed to bear the body of God and led the world astray. Samael will lead Levi to this one, and together they will find salvation. Are you lost, Smallest creature of the fog? Do you know the way? Or where your from? Have you forgotten the sun above, From which you’ve come? Look not away Look not afraid Look not into their eyes Or they will chase you through the forest. And you’ll bear witness to a gore fest. Good luck making it out alive. They bear their teeth, These beasts For its you they want. You can’t escape the seal of satan Carved upon your heart. Stolen by the night, The son of silence Lost his light. I give to thee A sacred blade With it, You must make us free. Take the blade Fallen power of the fog. Look not left to the river Lethe, Or you’ll induce forgetfulness. Walk with me along the golden path, Back into to the body last Beholden by your soul. Do not forget where you have come from eternal child of the sun While the diamond eyes Close in. Take the blade To their throats, It’s you that they want. Call the king And queen of hope From sleep within Stolen by the night, The son of silence Lost his light. I give to thee A sacred blade With it, You must make us free. Look To the I In the sky. The silence inside Is adonai. and I swear, that I wear A fearful face In the name of the king That you may learn To see through suffering. You are the end in all. The golden spiral. You are not the body that bleeds, But it's through the body you’re free Open vast the great expanse. Lay down the cosmic map. See through the simple Curtain of the skin See that you are the great expanse Follow me There’s no need To be afraid Take my hand Take the blade And you’ll be saved

Judgement In “Judgement”, Samael leads Levi to the body last beholden by Levi’s own soul; that body is no other than Jesus Christ. Jesus is the Failed Christ. Christ is an energy, a force of the universe that all can participate in. It is was liberates the material world from suffering, it is what unites the world with heavenly wisdom and ushers in the Good. This force is present as much in Levi, and as much in you, as it was in Jesus. But the men who established the church as we know it claimed that Jesus was the sole proprietor of the Christ Force. This is one of the greatest mistakes ever made in history. The efficacy of the individual in mediating their own salvation and in collectively bringing about a better world was stolen from us. Submission, rather than personal responsibility, became the religious prescription. The people were made blind to their own power. While the historic Jesus may have been a man who tried to liberate us, in the end his effect was perverted into one of bondage and subjugation to the will of ill-intentioned men. It is through the symbol of Jesus Christ that the greatest act of collective subjugation was carried out. In this song, Levi asks Jesus when he knew that his effect in the world was beginning to go astray. Jesus references Luke 10, where he claims to have seen Satan fall like lightening from heaven and thereby implies to his followers that they have access to absolute power and absolute truth through him. Jesus’ own acts and words were instrumental in the great subjugation. Through Jesus, Christ tried to make itself available to us… but Christ failed. The only way to undo this tragedy is by reclaiming the power of Christ through the ritual slaughter of the image known today as “Jesus”. Samael brings this judgement to Jesus, the Failed Christ. Levi must enact this judgement, and take the Christ force upon himself. Samael: Look to the one within. Look towards the one Within. Stand before him Stand before the lamb that wore skin. Jesus: Brother, I tried The best that I could Brother, I tried The best that I could Brother I tried, The best that I could Brother, they made Mistakes in my name, But I did too Levi: When did you know? Jesus: On the day the lightning came…. (refer to Luke:10) Levi: But that was a day of your own… Jesus: And with those words, I have shown my soul… That was the day the lightning came And sent the seventy two on their way In my name Samael: Take thee this trinity Of silver. Silken and silent Deliver it straight to his ribs.

A Cup of King’s Blood This song tells the story of the ritual slaughter of the Failed Christ. Levi must drink a cup of the Failed Christ’s blood and eat his heart in order to take within himself the power of Christ that has been locked up and stagnant within its failed incarnation. Samael: Behold! On high appears the king! Read out the holy scriptures! It now begins! Put the cup of his blood to your lips Make haste and taste the sacrificial gift Carve out his heart And cast off your chains With his pain Descendents of the all, Hold the almighty in thrall Dance before the altar Dance away your faults Become king Become King Become the opening Between the earth and heaven Become king Become king Become master over matter Take nature to death’s wing The godform clings lithely To sepulchral skin An eager emanation writhes round The unholy crown. Reprise Of life know that tonight you die. But the I remains For the king to live the body must give in Levi: My hands are open, And in them is laid The ceremonial blade. Three daggers arrayed To the measure off a man. Deliver death at tailored fit. You will learn to love the taste of it, Hold on and breathe As I cut deep. His heart comes through his chest And meets my lips The red and raw rose That blooms within the breast will pass the spirit on. Hold on, hold on, We’re almost done. The Dawn has almost come Behold! On high appears the king! Read out the holy scriptures! It now begins! Put the cup of his blood to your lips Make haste and taste the sacrificial gift Carve out his heart And cast off your chains With his pain

The Flood In “The Flood”, Levi must grapple with the responsibility that comes with bearing the Christ Force. He must find trust in both Christ and the Devil, unifying them in order to transcend the duality between these complementary forces that have been unduly forced upon us by the followers of the Failed Christ. It is through finding refuge in that which transcends the duality of this earthly domain that Levi is able to absolve the paradox of a caring God that seems so careless. Though it may seem harsh, as Samael has said before, the body is a means through which the will of God carves out a likeness of Goodness. But it is up to each and everyone of us to bear the burden of that project. It is not enough to expect a transcendent deity to do all the work for us, having faith alone will not save us. Levi finds out that he must manifest and act through the Christ Force in the face of adversity. No matter how hard we try, there will always be a flood… there will always be some calamity that requires the conscious intention of good people to mitigate. If we are not in constant communion with the Christ Force in itself, then we will always end up in a world where suffering, death, and chaos needlessly propagate. Unfortunately we are in a world where this is all too literal. The flood that Levi encounters is a literal one. The men who were inspired by the Failed Christ have created the contemporary global world. Natural disasters are the consequence of our collective attempt at the earth’s subjugation through industry and progress. Before accepting his personal responsibility, Levi laments the problems that taking that responsibility present. Those who claimed to come in the name of God in times past have drenched the earth in blood, and spread aeons of pain in his name. What’s to say he’s not the same? Nontheless, he must find faith… and through the melody that the Christ Force brings to Levi’s mind (the melodies within this song), Levi is able to cast a spell of salvation; to give the Devil back his wings, to restore order to a cosmos in calamity, and to make it through the Flood. On the other end of the Flood’s transient chaos, there is fertile ground for a spiritual rebirth for humankind. Levi: The sun sets On old ways And storm clouds Descend I hope that I can pretend That I’m not afraid, Long enough to stay above of the Oncoming flood! Kindly mind the time A voice reminds. The Christ Force: You only have so long To find the light. We’re closer now than ever, Don’t deny. You’ve been entrusted With the sacred sign Don’t fail like The one who came before In the name Of God. He Drenched the earth in blood And now we’re beyond The point of no return, But without the Sacred heart, We cannot turn the will to word. We’ll fall by The saturated, Lacerated Skin of the sinner. The Christ Force: A melody drips From your tongue Like honeyed spit. Open your mouth, Sing and receive my gift, Sing and receive my gift. Though the clouds may come again, So too will the sun. Trust in me, And you will make it through the flood! Levi: Trust in me you say… But I'm afraid. That I will make mistakes Along the way. Why should I trust the higher? Crowned by paradox and ire? What of what I desire? As the blood of Christ Runs through my veins, I see aeons of pain inflicted in your name… What’s to say I’m not the same You’ve had your way And now the sun Goes black in your name. And as the rain begins to fall… To my knees I crawl And you know... Though I’m afraid… I have hope I feel the saviours song I feel it in my heart The beat is strong. I part my lips to sing And give the devil his wings I am part of the part that was everything, By the spirit that negates Round me twice, put a space Quell the waves, Keep me safe! The Christ Force: A melody drips From your tongue Like honeyed spit. Open your mouth, Sing and receive my gift, Sing and receive my gift. Though the clouds may come again, So too will the sun. Trust in me, And you will make it through the flood! The chorus both screamed and sung indicates the union of Levi with the Christ Force - Levi accepts its responsibility, trusts, and finds himself transformed. A Melody Spills From your lips, It’s heaven sent, Look outwards, Look onwards As the light is let out of you Find the scales of your eyes reshaped, refined, refracting back the colours of the universe, in new hues and new lines. As without, so within, Having taken in the spoiled King your skin sings.