"Song For Samael"

[wolven7]

You're probably already sick of me talking about Breedless, and I'm sorry, but I have to. I don't know if I'm properly explaining what this album means to me, or if I even can, but I need to try. It's like... if Church had grown up with me. I grew up and I grew away from the traditional setting of the church and religious beliefs of my family. I found alternate versions of familiar stories, and history lessons which gave context to things, and unexplainable coincidences across cultures, and I changed what I believed, and how I believed it, and...

Here. These are the lyrics to ego_likeness' "Song For Samael." I think you need to read them, and you need to hear this song.

'And man is just a child
Defective and diseased
And I grow ever fearful of their kin
As I watch their sickness breed
Some will find them worthy of salvation
But to what end?
I've seen a man rape his only child
And murder one he called a friend

Samael, meet me at the Red Sea
There are too many thieves in the kingdom
So I will give you the key
I will give you the key

I've been exiled, called a demon, called a witch
Men killed my children one by one
But I believe in self-fulfilling prophecy
So a demon I've become
Moses forged a path through the waters
And led his flock to higher ground
Well I guess Moses was a better soul than I
I would've let my people drown

Samael, meet me at the Red Sea
There are too many thieves in the kingdom
So I will give you the key
Will you take care of this for me?

And I am anchored
To the aftermath
Of my brothers' vicious games
When they speak of the olden
Days of vengeance
It's always followed by my name
Oh Samael, I know
We've had our troubles
But it's nothing we can't mend.
For the sake of suffering and fear
I need your strength again
My friend

Samael, meet me at the Red Sea
There are too many thieves
In the kingdom
I will give you the key
Will you take care of this for me?
Will you take care of it for me?'

What I'm trying to say is, this album hits me like the hymnal for the Church that grew up, with me. Like someone took the lessons I learned, the things I came to believe, the understandings I carved out of the world, and set them to song and music.

That's why I love this album.

That's all.

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[unknownbinaries.livejournal.com]

I grew up and I grew away from the traditional setting of the church and religious beliefs of my family. I found alternate versions of familiar stories, and history lessons which gave context to things, and unexplainable coincidences across cultures, and I changed what I believed, and how I believed it, and...

This reminds me that you haven't told me stories in forever.

[wolven.livejournal.com]

It's true, and sad. I'll have to fix that, soon.