Botanist - IV: Mandragora lyrics
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Tracks 01. Arboreal Gallows (Mandragora I)
02. Nightshade (Mandragora II) 03. To Amass An Army (Mandragora III) 04. Nourishing The Fetus (Mandragora IV) 05. Mandrake Legion (Mandragora V) 06. Sophora Tetraptera 07. Rhyncholaelia Glauca 01. Arboreal Gallows (Mandragora I)
Pagan rite
Invoke the gods of the trees Dangling in the boughs Human prey held high Their necks snapped irrevocably Penance for their crimes Atonement for their sins From their death shall spring life Death throes ejaculate From the corpses plummet Into earth imbibe To sow the seed of the nightshade Mandragore arise 02. Nightshade (Mandragora II)
Solanaceae
Five fused conical flowers Spawning dehiscent capsules Stamens four by four Polyploid chromosomes of twelve Alkaloid Hypogenous synacarp Gynoecium oblique Atropine fate Cut the cord of life Muscarine Ataxia Hyosyamine Atropine anticolingenic Acetylcholine inhibition Ataxia smote Proprioceptive hindrance Tropane Sinoatrial node firing Hypogenous synacarp Gynoecium oblique Atropine fate Death sentence passed Hyoscine Delirium Atropine fate Cut the cord of life Muscarine Ataxia 03. To Amass An Army (Mandragora III)
"The Budding Dawn is war
And war requires soldiers Soldiers to bring about The apocalypse of man" "Seek the briony root And raise the mandrake legion" Where fetus rests 'Neath the hanged corpse Vernal equinox await Upon the day of the moon, disinter Confide on a field of human death Within the tombs of men Amongst sepulchral remains Fetus holy place "The Budding Dawn is war And war requires soldiers Soldiers to bring about The apocalypse of man" 04. Nourishing The Fetus (Mandragora IV)
Gestation in womb complete
From mausoleum unearthed Conjuration's final phase Shrieking horror to cleanse the earth In bovine lactose drown Faunal sacrifice Of chiroptera three Magic philter source of life From wax to wane Human figure root Drink deep At satiety's end Before hearth ablaze Crackling flames Verbena fire's warmth Mandragora awake 05. Mandrake Legion (Mandragora V)
Behold, the Mandragora
Progeny of man Now the engine of its demise Mankind's ashes Apocalypse feed Each corpse give rise Wailing horror Mandrake legion Shrieking soldiers amass Extermination cries piercing Wiping clean the earth Behold, the Mandragora Progeny of man 06. Sophora Tetraptera
Fabiodeae
Styphnolobium Doppelganger Sophora Tetraptera Calia amyloid Within its veins Rapidly coursing Arabinogalactans Gum plant constituent Monosacharride salve Seal the gashes in your flesh To man, anathema Polyneuropathic touch Ruptured spleen Hemoptysis Arrhythmic curse Petechial hemorrhage Pupuric emission Macroglossia Choke on your own flesh Fabiodeae Styphnolobium Doppelganger Sophora Tetraptera 07. Rhyncholaelia Glauca
Mountainous epiphyte
On cork bark grows Oblong pseudobulbs fusiform Aromatic sweetness Fills the air Atop inriflorence coriacious Tubular sheath subtended Solitary glaucous leaf epical Rhyncholaelia Glauca Noble orchidaceae Gravid waxy substance On flowers long-lived Bright rays of the sun Resplendent laelia Within clement climes Thriving orchidaceae |