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Solve et Coagula
04:50
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Foundations were laid
The Pearl burst open
It hadn't the strength to contain God
All of us lonely ones with broken hearts
If permission comes, oh dear one
We shall praise the oceans
For God does speak
But we cannot perceive it
In a vision at night she speaks in our ears
All of us lowly ones who lack the guts
If permission comes, oh dear one
We shall praise the fire
Solve et Coagula
Ash cypress and hellebore
At the luminous Gate
Lay the cup and the eye
One is for sight
And one is for blood
All of us lonely ones with broken hearts
If permission comes, oh dear one
We shall praise the earth
Solve et Coagula
Emerald and sapphire
I am the way the truth the start of life
and no one comes in but through my heart
I am the way the truth the end of life
and no one comes in but through death
The heart of the wise is in mourning
and the heart of fools is in the house of mirth
All of us lowly ones who lack the guts
If permission comes, oh dear one
We shall praise the ethers
Solve et Coagula
Chrysolith and Ruby
Ash cypress and hellebore
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2. |
The Serpent Uncoils
05:57
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The serpent uncoils
Devours the sunlight
Ether arise
Through darkened currents
The fallen are carried away on the wind
Rays of dusk are grasping
At the veils of celestial horizons
Disembodied voices cry down the wind
And whisper through leaves
The path taken will find destruction
Along the river’s edge we’ll weep
And feel whats beyond
The moon hidden beneath
In the mirror, two-fold
An echo, a balance of life
Reflection. The land barren
Desert wind blows
Light passes through night
Moves the stars and alters time
Journeys on the Barque of all Ages
Life that flows in currents to the sea
Hawk and temple, Sycamore tree
Mother of the dead
Your veil, no mortal hand hath raised
Ouroboros consumes
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3. |
Worthless
05:05
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Now free the slave runs
Toward the hostile border now
And you feel the dust fall
Veil of maya ripped apart
Then comes the time when
Everything is laced
The shadow’s trace looms
Bitter is the aftertaste
Free is no longer free
Now you’re alone slipping down
bury the you buried within
You feel everywhere and nowhere
Worthless
Not anyone, not worth you
Through midnight streets
I hear the youthful harlot’s curse
Blasts the newborn tear and
Blights with plagues the marriage hearse
And still a world begins
Forward we sweep near where you stand
Judas is there, silver in his hands
His rope is nearby starting to burn
Yesterday’s mob in awe returns
To gather the ash in Time’s golden urn
What have we lost? What did we learn?
Last night I dreamed I followed you
Through the forcefield and into the blue
Cold winds they blow, diamonds they gleam
All is not lost but something’s not seen
Run run run fast over the sea
Run run run fast home to me
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4. |
Weighing of the Heart
05:22
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Ammit attacks
When the night of the world declines
And the sins of men arise
And we feel the anger
And we feel the mist
Because we know the time is short
And the deep black nightingale turned willowy
Love's tossed treatment leaves me berefted
Grant that I may be favored as god
Beloved of our Lord of Two Lands
Anubis with his feather takes the initiate
Who carries a scarab heart
Evil may gain strength but the truth is what lasts
Forms cannot be changed
Judgment! The heart has been weighed
Against the feather be held
I am thy presence. There’s only sin
In my body I am stone
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5. |
Ascend and Descend
04:36
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Ascend and descend. Recite
Breathe into darkness the rites
Two sisters within the house
One sits; the other, without
Daylong a duet of light and shade
Ascend and descend
Sun and moon
Hawk, the first, in the dark
In the temple is the sound
Dry ticks mark the time
Setting sun. She’s barren.
Anubis, shrewd are her eyes
Night, scant love not
Lest your fruit become stone
Ascend and descend
The rites of light
And she grows quick with seed
Her labor’s pride, she bears a king
Her sister, virgin to the last
Goes grave-ward with flesh laid waste
Sisters I remember everything
All that you taught in my memory
And as you say we change everyday
Sisters I hate to say it
The veils are lifted and I can see
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6. |
Hymn of the Pearl
04:31
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I quit the East and went down to Egypt
The way is dark and so dangerous
I went to the abode to arouse the serpent
And take the pearl from him
Somehow I forgot I’m born a queen
I forgot the pearl for which they sent me
Because I was oppressed by earthly burdens
I lay in a deep sleep and my family knew my dreams
And then arrived a letter of red
Written on silk like shining light
Alight beside me the king of all birds
Its voice and its wings became all speech
“Remember the pearl for which you were sent
And the robe that you shall adorn.”
And I awoke, I remembered the pearl
For which I’d been sent
And I began to charm the loud breathing serpent
I hushed him into sleep and named my fathers name
And that of my mother, the queen of the east
I snatched away the Pearl and went for my home
To the light in the East
I bowed my head and worshipped majesty
of my family who had sent me
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7. |
From the Beginning
04:22
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Dishonor among brothers
A sibling’s jealousy
Gave way to fiendish scheming
A banquet laid before a king
A gift was fashioned for him
Then shrouded in deceit
And in the darkness creation destroyed
Hallowed body torn apart
laid waste across the land
They'll gather the herbs and potions
Build shrines to protect
For fragments they will find and give life back
Beyond the port of Alexandria along the road of silk
Two sisters each in search of
Pieces scattered to the winds
That tell the tale of betrayal
Look upon the nothingness
Dark water without form or purpose
Heart on the golden scale
Lighter than feather, heavy as stone
And in the darkness the sisters were sworn
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8. |
A Welcome Below
07:51
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Hoist your sails and leave behind
Your soul now stands ajar
Your horn has been raised and your wrath kindled
Your star is bright a wish in my eye
and your heart has grown cold as night
Have you found that Pearl of price so great?
Have you found it?
Consider well before you answer as you hope
For a welcome below
When is the day when I’m finally free
of the demon inside of me
My anger sounds like waves at the helm
The smell of smoke - my rage, a fire
Where will we be when the light comes for us?
Offering tears to the sea
As we entered God’s paradise
There we saw the pearl
With symmetry of wish I gave and you gave
Not tears, only song
Oh Darkness thy black-hand my spirit restrains
The night sky brings us only stars
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Sabbath Assembly
Sabbath Assembly was an occult rock band, formed in 2010, based in TX and NYC. At its inception the group formed to play the hymns of the Process Church of the Final Judgment, an Apocalyptic religious sect from the late 60’s. The band later performed and recorded original songs that maintained occult themes. Sabbath Assembly disbanded in 2020. ... more
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