A Hill To Die Upon - May The Thing Be Destroyed Lyrics

"For when the mental faculty is joined
To evil will and power of execution,
Mankind has no defense to offer them."
- Dante Alighieri, Inferno from Canto 31
Dethroned shall I be;
with one spell erased
By my will, I will be undone
By thy will, I am no more
Now I descend upon this world
Blessed with the silence of all creation
VOCATVSATQUENON
VOCATVSDEUSADERIT

Within spirit and favor
A spell upon my lips
'May the thing be destroyed!I reign in an ancient land
Of grace, desert, and war
With the blood of the watchers
And the line of the holy ones
Shed blood! My sons, shed blood!
Abracadabra: A medieval spell or charm serving as talisman against diseases and other perils. The term may be derived from the Aramaic avada kadavra, 'may the thing be destroyed.”