Hymns for the Wrecklusive

by Chinese Opium Den

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1.
Stripped from the Catacombs 02:31
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Stripped from the catacombs Transcend from this day The sun fallen short Moon rise, shadow play Unaware of the fault Lust dead in their eyes The glare is so solemn Still firm and untried Knowledge you seek Wisdom they hold Visions a blur The truth not yet told Misfortune you say A cycle I think Existence in ash Our lives in a blink These trees dance calmly These waters serene If an end must come Toward her warmth I will lean Desecration, my tomb Forbid me from Earth Solitude must find me The right of my birth As a token of peace Sense of self I will lose A lucid example Of the path you will choose
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Derive to Persist 02:07
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Disruption of the currents That flow through my mind Visions so distorted And I'm left here confined Harrowing Existence Portrayed by their signs Revel in disgust and fear Alone I shall reside I must derive to persist Acrid smells are fueling life Steel and iron molding Twisting and contorting knives The hate that fuels the sick ones This war has burned for far too long Flames of deceit flow in Ignorance has grown too strong Ancient ideals of slavery Push human limit over the edge Disguised by these schemes of greed Buried under mountains of dead Corruption poisoning the minds Of those who are in control Was this system ever fair? There's no way that we could know A clash between races This feud caused by pointing fingers Anything to make you fight Destructive human habit lingers Cesspool of human waste Radiation, Earth defaced Dig in deeper, you will find Destructive ways and poisoned minds
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The Gutter 02:25
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In true darkness, thou shall thrive And in the gutter, you will survive I wish that I were able To properly convey myself These thoughts are so unstable Perpetuating all my doubt Ideas become a blur Words are flowing far too quick Heart wrenching dilemma Feeble, weak, and deathly-sick Misguided, lost and finite Lower all my hopes below Tried to escape damnation This fire's burning afterglow These flames are so consuming And the wrong cannot be justified I've made these mistakes consciously My timid face is petrified And in this darkness, forced indignity Escape the horror, and you'll reign free
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Revel in the Glory of the Tyrant's Stories (The Gutter: Part II) 02:07
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And here we see, past genocide A lack of purity, they terrorize The tyrant rambles, these legendary stories As to revel in, his past pride and glory As fog thickens further, wipe the glass to see clear Under masses of clouds, lies the life I hold dear A dense gray substance, thick with apathy Dulling your senses, draining your will to be The mind at it's peak drains the body through age Indifferent I suffer lost and enraged Complex emotion, a sentient being The eyes are absorbing, the brain is still feeding Hunger for knowledge, cursed to understand Information before us, the future at hand Misery heightens, euphoria cleanses Uniformity in all, let loose these defenses
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Feeble Anatomy 01:57
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I search for resolution Desolation is blinding Assertion of fear Unaware of the timing A cluster of thoughts Delays my reaction And I must take part In this deadly transaction If I've chosen life Death comes with it to bare A feeble anatomy Subject to water and air Growing and learning A new day begins Soon to decay And wither within This is truly a gift I mustn't waste The present upon us No time to be late For it all depends On the drive from within If you do fail You must try again It won't count against you Not without reason A victimless war on yourself Is this treason Fucking treason... You don't believe in yourself But I believe in you There isn't a limit On what you can do This line you perceive Is drawn by yourself Do not give in To this inner doubt Never... I came from the beginning In search of the end The void was so dismal Not worth the time spent Depression and uneasiness Factions of the mind A vile crevice filled With hatred and slime You must face the cave You must face the black When fear is subdued You'll be on the right track
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Howls of the Weak and Addicted 02:12
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Hope fades quickly and regret sets in At loss from the beginning, it's clear, I'd never win Addiction is my weakness, this substance in my veins I can't control my habit, the insanity and pains This isn't dream or nightmare I'm facing in the mirror There's terror burning in my eyes as I succumb to fear The leash around my neck is starting to get shorter Restricting my existence and I can't deny this horror In the den of opium the bodies pile higher Hinting I am next in line burned by this funeral pyre I can't keep fighting demons that have so much power My mental wounds are oozing blood, losing life by the hour If I never shot this garbage direct into my system I'd be a liberated man and not a helpless victim I do not ask for pity, I'd never seek such praise I only have one request, that you never tap the vein Heroin is my master and I'm a feeble slave I have lost all hope in life, like a lunatic I rave
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Intake the Fumes 02:03
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Degrading another for personal gain Your presence fills me with hate and disdain But if I inflict this emotion I'm no better than you For hatred breeds hatred and you haven't a clue Don't dwell on the feelings of aggression and regret' Discharge of the poison you won't soon forget The times of happiness that were soiled with rage Piss on the ashes and burn some more sage Thought displaced Fall from grace Falling... Intake the fumes, dull your focus on them All that matters is the task that's at hand Push the bound further, look into their eyes See you not a reason for the tears they have cried? You're not truly sorry, fuck this false sympathy I see wretched intent, encased in agony Your affliction of heart, holds no true cure As the seconds tick away, your vision will blur The shortcomings of others soon become your own Into a vortex of terror you're thrown An entity visible, an apparition of sorts The face of this phantom disassembles and distorts
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Sweet Asaneth 02:07
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My friend, this shell Dead skin, his hell Edward, it's not you Now entrapped, what to do Sweet Asaneth, my wife you see She's been been raving, I feel uncertainty Depraved of what I thought I knew The one I loved, she's some what askew She eats away at my being In human form that's truly deceiving Lost... I do think I've found it, the way I'll set myself free From a darkened force that just won't let me be Edward's old signal, three-and-two strokes Is my old friend alive, or is this a hoax? Strange man there who hands me a letter Word from the one I hoped was feeling better Reveals the instructions to the action I must take Go to the sanitarium, undo the life of the fake
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Vessel of Flesh 02:43
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Distinguished patterns Voices of isolated souls Roam Free Forested lands that once lay vacant Ravaged, raped, torn and naked Roots of this, a forlorn past Acknowledge this dark truth at last Sent out to absorb and learn Unconscious thoughts that will return Release of vibes, the aura that glows A concept you will come to know Rediscover, a lost will A will to exist, without limit Your blindness to mortality And the temporary spot you're given It begins here... Treading through fog and through fire I see the result but I will still tire It will be soon that you reach an end Attain needed awareness as you focus intent Behold the cosmos, an infinite black Revoke the Earth, do not come back Embedded deep in my vessel of flesh Souls long to be free, intent on death

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First full album. Artwork by Bogdan Georgescu.
All guitars, instruments and lyrics by Dirge
Recorded in late 2015/early 2016

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released March 6, 2016

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Chinese Opium Den Dewey Humboldt, Arizona

Grim and acoustic black crust from the farthest outskirts of the barren desert.

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