Tropes of Evil

from Mixed to Kill by John Halpart

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At the point where life starts costing too much
Far beyond the borders of its bliss
A spirit approached my forever lost,
Locked in a dying body soul, and instructed it:

Bring me the weak
Feed me their hearts
Bring me yourself
Armed, on your knees

No morals, no meaning — those were lost
In the sea of lies and empty words
Selling poison as justice for the ill
In the name of the future that couldn’t be real

Death was fare, we’ve survived
With numbers and hate, truth on our side
Since then Spirit’s wisdom was wide and well-known
When punching up, one can never be wrong

—

Our children were taught
Well enough
To be strong in the face

Of the former gods
How to hold the ground
And swing the sword of our truth

Sacrifice all
For the higher cause

—

Why you keep to yourself
Secrets that could mend your broken world
For better or for worse
But to hell is the only road you want to know

The shit you come up with to save your hide
Every day brings out the absolute worst in me

—

The next thing was hunger, then rivers turned red
Things I’ve done for this blooded throne of regrets
Don’t even know how, but I asked Spirit one more time
How to stop the pain, it said:

Show me hell
Right now, here, on this Earth
Rip out shame from your chest
Feed it to the flame

Looking back at the bodycount
When was the starting point of the dive?
Out of sight, out of mind, my father said
In the name of the Spirit — all is just

On the landscape of power
How could not we be right?
The oppressed and offended army of justice
Serving all the humankind

—

Why you keep to yourself
Secrets that could mend your broken world
For better or for worse
But to hell is the only road you want to know

The shit you come up with to save your pride
Every day brings out the absolute worst in me

—

Sacrifice all
For the higher cause

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from Mixed to Kill, released June 25, 2019

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