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Artist: Requiem Aeternam
Canonical path: /requiem-aeternam/desperation
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Desperation
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Desperation
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Immortal worm: Inextinguishable fire
Destructive willpower: Accumulation of being
Abominable emptiness: Inexplicable panic
Temporary and eternal
Freedom and necessity
Desperation
Dare to be an individual
Dare to be entirely yourself
Isolated before God
He pretends to get rid of himself
To fall slowly
To fall without being able
To die eternally
To die the death
To live eternally
To live the death
Desperation, the worst of miseries
Desperation of not being able to live
Desperation, the truth is a lie
Desperation of not being able to die
Recitation
Fear of an external eventuality
Fear of something unknown
His religion laughs at his disgrace
Something that doesn't dare to know
Repeat verses 5 & 6
To die without life
To die the death
To live without life
To live the death
Based on the book by Kierkegaard: Treaty of the Desperation
Recitation: Verses 1 & 5 of "Madness" (Forbidden Writings by Romero Sum)
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