I writhe in fear, I am consumed by hatred. I build my own pyre out of the debris of bones which surrounds me and I seek to drown my dread in the destruction of the hopes of others. I pile my wagon high with rare earth and good things and I trample on the face of all who dare oppose me.
You are my enemy, you seek to do me down. To thrust a knife in my belly, destroy my house and my trade. Strangle my offspring and violate my spouse.
You are the horde of Mongols from the north, you are the dark skinned immigrants who dare to cross my borders; you are the yellow skinned, almond eyed monster from the east who challenges my global hegemony.
You are the Jew who dominates my banking, you are the brown skinned Arab who dares to ask for a land of his own. You are the black who sucks up my aid and folds it deep underneath the pavements of the Bahnhofstrasse.
Everywhere in every corner of the planet I see my enemy. He worships an idol and I the True God.
I destroy his temple, I trample upon his burnt offerings.
He is Shaitan, the Devil. He is Mara. He is Apophis and Ahriman.
I have the right to live, to thrive. To conquer, to destroy.
Each and every one of you is my enemy.
Image: The Triumph of Death by Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Make a great album cover that picture, it did actually. Black Sabbaths Greatest Hits – El Triunfo De La Muerte…
Generals gathered in their masses
Just like witches at black masses
Evil minds that plot destruction
Sorcerers of death’s construction
In the fields the bodies burning
As the war machine keeps turning
Death and hatred to mankind
Poisoning their brainwashed minds
Oh Lord yeah!
Politicians hide themselves away
They only started the war
Why should they go out to fight?
They leave that all to the poor, yeah
Time will tell on their power minds
Making war just for fun
Treating people just like pawns in chess
Wait till their judgment day comes, yeah!
Now in darkness world stops turning
Ashes where the bodies burning
No more war pigs have the power
Hand of God has struck the hour
Day of Judgment God is calling
On their knees the war pigs crawling
Begging mercies for their sins
Satan laughing spreads his wings
Oh Lord yeah…
I always let myself slip back to the Guardian and the BBC and find myself waking in the night to see whether the animal has pressed the nuclear button yet. Sigh….
The fear I have is that I’m beginning not to care any more about how things may or may not play out. I can’t even be arsed opening the curtain and looking out of the window any more to see if there is a mushroom cloud on the horizon, let alone go to media outlets for update.
Needless to say my tenure with the Green Party didn’t last long, their latest newsletter reiterating the need for picking up one’s own dog turds and putting food scraps in the right coloured bin. I even got a group message shared by one individual who was appalled by the Labour Party once again on them refusing to put an import ban on foie gras. I’m sure the social underclasses in Birkenhead are livid……
I know precisely how you feel. What pathetic inconsequential drivel with the world in the grip of holocaust and terror. The only answer is to pull the duvet over your head and hope they don’t come for you in the middle of the night. The suffering is beyond belief out there and that fat swine want to build a ballroom. Jesus.
Superb lyrics. And glad to hear the Breughel was used by them – highly suitable. What a shitty world with or without shitty Trump. I’m turning off my news again – it’s so self destructive watching it unfold.
The painting “The Triumph of Death” by Pieter Bruegel the Elder is the perfect choice for our times and for your article. Those who act like gods know not that Death triumphs in the end.
You know I was trying to escape the news by watching a documentary on Arte last night on the history of money. And guess what the big promotions came from violence and greed as thugs in ancient Greece, Turkey, Mesopotamia and Italy needed cash in gold and silver to pay their armies. To invade, enslave and pilfer from their neighbours. It seems we have always lived in this ghastly state and the foul and venal Trump is just the latest thug to hit the stage. And people can believe in a loving god! Wow
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