Black Dahlia Murder, The - Elder Misanthropy Lyrics






Wisdom infinite, held tightly in my grasp
My sword one thousand battles strong
Ageless I remain, beyond the reach of death
Indebted by my soul

I have witnessed the birthing of your faith
The tribulations, the driving of the stake
So slowly this immortal coil unwinds
Until the end -- the end of fucking time

Blood of the ancient one is burning through my veins
The blood of gods man's never known
I am the one who cannot die
I am the the killer for all time
Seeds of infinite hate I've sown

I walk the earth enshrouded in its darkness
Eclipsing, I claim the flesh of man
Ageless I remain with vengeance on my breath
Revolted by the meek

I have witnessed the birthing of your faith
The tribulations, the driving of the stake
So slowly this immortal coil unwinds
This crumbing world -- has become mine

See the creation of this world
See it all reduced to ash
In the blink of a sunken eye
I see one hundred winters pass
My blessing, my curse
Perpetually I'm damned to earth
Of a soul I am bereft
Forever dying to be dead

Slipping through centuries untouched by human love
Void of the simple pleasures that human life provides
Forever bound, I lie in wait, undying -- and insane

See the creation of this world
See it all reduced to ash
In the blink of a sunken eye
I see one hundred winters pass
My blessing, my curse
Perpetually I'm damned to earth
Of a soul I am bereft
Forever dying to be dead!





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  1. d.... b....

    This song always makes me think of the Umbra sword from The Elder Scrolls series, Oblivion and Morrowind, specifically.

  2. B.... M....

    sooooo gnarly

  3. T.... A....

    I have witnessed the birthing of your faith.

  4. F.... R....

    04/10/2018: this song still being awesome

    F.... R....

    F. Roig guess what? It always will be awesome

    F.... R....

    F. Roig *starts two stepping in my head @ **1:16** into the song* every time !

    F.... R....

    @Scar 01/25/2020 even!

  5. T.... B....

    still good

    T.... B....

    I bought the documentary they made and listened to there stuff through middle school and high school. On the doc the lead singers parents were at a concert. They were killing it and then the singer says to his parents while he's on stage, "I love you guys" and the father cheered him on and was in it. You could tell how proud he was of them just making a room go wild, although they seemed out of place with young people everywhere.

  6. N.... ....

    when this is your ringtone and it goes of in class

    N.... ....

    people still use ringtones?

    N.... ....

    Everyone starts to mosh?

  7. A.... M....

    April 2016. Yep. Still Fucking Brutal.

    A.... M....

    +Andres Molina Fuckin A

    A.... M....

    Andres M. june 2017 still tits.

    A.... M....

    James Bailey vagina

  8. D.... ....

    My favorite song from these guys, Can't wait for the new album soon. <3

  9. c.... e....

    One of my favorite songs to cover on the guitar

    c.... e....

    cali edwards me too

  10. J.... M....

    Ya I does sound like carnifex. The song is called "hope dies with the decadent"

    J.... M....

    Thank you for the list, much appreciate it! I love this riff!

    J.... M....

    Tisane_technologue still waiting haha

    J.... M....

    @Joe Mama Still waiting? I swear, I had the list posted, but it got deleted. Do you still want to know? Because now I can name 32 other songs with that same riff.

    J.... M....

    you guys are retarded and there are 13 other bands that sound like this song beginning riff

    J.... M....

    @x _ x I hate for my old ass to teach you young'uns some musical knowledge, but why argue about bands that are all building on the whole Scandinavian melodic death metal thing At the Gates started in the early 90's?

  11. h.... h....

    Gay, carnifex is better

    h.... h....

    I laughed even disagreeing

    h.... h....

    Trolling ...😄

    h.... h....

    its funny, since they're such queens xD

    h.... h....

    Dude this is from 2003 there wouldn't be carnifex without tbdm ps emmure is gayer than fuck

    h.... h....

    Carnifex is for fags

  12. m.... ....

    I am ashamed that it's taken me this long to look up the lyrics. They're fucking awesome!

  13. l.... ....

    THis was an AWSOME! GREAT lyrics/source for my research paper in my English 111 Vampires & Zombie class. You ROCK \,,/