None Before Him

Not from the heavens high he fell But from the deepest abyss he rose Within us and without us He, older than all other gods Whose names no stone ever mentions Who left the faintest trace in the memory of man So is he, the lord of evil, mighty and ever here What you call hidden is only hidden to you I know hence I am, a secret unlocked, holy his law Iron will, firm belief, all is spread out before me None before him The truth like a savage beast set free Denn er ist das Gift, Das die Schöpfung verderbt, Eure Gnosis mit Schrecken und Blut erstickt. Er ist die alte Schlange, Die ihre Windungen mehrt Und die Welt umschlingt. In apokatyptischen Träumen sehen wir Seine Morgenröte dämmern. Unter dem schweigenden Sternenhimmel, In der kältesten aller Lüfte, Führt er seine Heerschar an. Victorious is his army, burnt earth we walk upon Vicious is his iron arm Underneath he crushes the unbeliever Wytches and daemons obey him All dance under his command None before him - titans, temples and time All left for the sand The grim and stygian shape of the opposer