If God is the source of all virtue
and His servants are the salt of the earth,
then the serpent is the source of the untrue
who makes men into weapons of war.
The serpent is the source of the power chain
that turns men into quantified work.
The serpent is the source of the attitude
that you are who existence is for.
The serpent strives to sanitize the germ of thought that sanctifies.
The serpent strikes the worldly wise to work for good in human eyes.
God gave us the key to the bottomless pit.
The underground, the reprobate, have set the date.
If they don't die above tonight, tomorrow we will make it right.
The warheads they would turn on us, we'll fire and blow the moon to dust.
The weapons they have fashioned with murder in their hearts,
if they don't fire them all tonight, tomorrow we will make it right.
The serpent strives...
In the morning we will know the after thoughts, the afterglow,
the way the ways of men have brought them to their earthly end.
The final break of dawn will show the final length that we will go to,
the final strength with which we'll shove to tangle with the powers above.
The serpent strives...
credits
from The Revelator Part 2,
released January 26, 2010
Programming, mandolin, vocals and mixing by Jerome Wincek.
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