The Photoelectric Defect - The Scourge

from The Hermetic Library Anthology Album - Magick, Music and Ritual 18 by The Hermetic Library

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The Scourge
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Written, Performed, and Engineered by Johnathan Rossitter

The Photoelectric Defect is a creative musical project by Phoenix-based musician and producer Johnathan Rossitter.

Not to be pinned down by genre, The Photoelectric Defect explores many musical themes including nordic-folk, metal (black and death), spoken word post-rock, and industrial. Lyrically the music is heavily themed on ideas of spiritual growth, exploration, and illumination; mixed with notes of the occult, Kabbalah, Thelema, and general Western esotericism.

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lyrics

I feel the wrath of God upon my skin
He tears the flesh again, again, again.

I am the hand, I am his Instrument
I must endure, this loving discipline

This scourge will purge the torpor and the dross
The pain sustains the circle and the cross

I bear the scars of God upon my skin
The searing lash again, again, again

The trials of flesh eroding the facades
To purify this wight before the gods

The dark and I await your sweet caress
And strike the blows across this stubborn ass

Wretch! Wretch! Wretch! Wretch!
Wretch! Wretch! Wretch! Wretch!
Wretch! Wretch! Wretch! Wretch!
Wretch! Wretch! Wretch! Wretch!

I feel alive (in these moments)
We are One

We are born to Die (in these moments)
We are One

God is Silence
God is Violence

Crack the Whip!
Crack the Whip!
Crack the Whip!
Crack the Whip!

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from The Hermetic Library Anthology Album - Magick, Music and Ritual 18, released December 3, 2023

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