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the temptation of st antony

by fourlarks

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the extravagant entourage of the queen of sheba 02:33
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I’ve been long a traveling/I’ve crossed every sea (ahhhh) And all this long way I’ve been calling for thee (ermite)  All through the night and day my love, my heart is ever hun-----gry (Antony stays quite still, stiff as a rod, and as pale as death)   O the splendid gifts I bring! Wine from the horn of a unicorn, Powder of gold from Babylon To make you fair when you’re my king, islands covered in mother of pearl I have gifts from every land a menagerie of animals, lions and steeds, The world unravels in your hand The grapes that Tantalus never will reach....   (She catches a hold of his beard)   Lean closer darling to receive the treasure map, the master key You only have to reach for me To feel the flesh of history   “Ah! Fine hermit! I have plenty of other things besides, so there! I have armies, I have peoples! In my lobby I have a guard of dwarfs shouldering ivory trumpets! She performs a pirouette! Look me in the eyes.”   Despite himself, Antony looks.   I am the song and the seed and the spring I am the spark that starts everything burning   (She surrounds and besieges him ;and he feels a burning contraction in the pit of his stomach. Despite the uproar in his head, he is aware of a huge silence which cuts him off from the world.  He tries to speak: impossible!)   Come closer to see how your appetite is growing Open your eyes to desire descending Stretch out your hands and come to me for a life that’s unending----
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the invocation of the ophites, the summoning of the serpent 02:37
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Do you want to see the face? Do you want to see the star?   Ennoia! Ennoia! / ennoia! ennoia!   The one who bled and birthed the dawn? Come out of your cavern/Step into the morn   (come out of your cavern)   Sophia! Sophia / sophia sophia!   The First Word! (nya nya nya nya) The light of the dawn!   Here is where the truth lies/wrapped in reeds with face of stone  Worn away by time and trouble/Kissed by centuries Come out of your cavern/the day is dimming The truth is back at the beginning   Beginning beginning/ Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah AH AH AH Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Eh EH EH EH EH EH EH EH C-c-c-c-c-c-c COME OUT! AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH She will not be/not be known Here is the face/the face you dream Here is the truth/the start of things Here is the the the the the the the Tru-oo oo ooo oo oo oo oo oooooo----)   Enoia Enoia Enoia Enoia   I am the word/I am the face I am the light in endless space I am the spark who lights the sky I am the gleam in all men’s eyes I am dead at nights and awake in the morn I will ever be reborn I am the song and the seed and the spring I am the spark that starts everything burning
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the dauntless martyrdom of the gymnosophist 01:05
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Running rats/burning flow’rs/ spark up spark/ o burning cinders/sink with me to the dark of night/beyond the flame/and out of sight/I have seen/most everything/the stars have now all ceased to sing/there’s nothing/there’s nothing/more to see/there is nothing/just flame and tree/the end consumes/all beginnings/the horizon’s but a dream
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the perfect facsimile of the face of cybele 01:22
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( sleep no more! sleep no more! fling blood like flow'rs! beautiful! beautiful! ) c u t up my body and s c o u r my skin wash in my blood d e v o u r your sins ne'er shall we part ! ne'er will there be grieving the p a s s a g e of t i m e is d e s i r e un- e n d i n g ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo the dream and the shadow will outlive the living
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the manifestation of primordial figures whose bodies are nothing but their image 01:02
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the sky is raining scales and wings carapace, skin, and strange skeletons carry me off far from my sadness into the storm of the great abyss  cut from the sky o my sillouette's lifting o the dream and the shadow will outlive the living Rise up rise up! shed your skin/rend your hide Burst with blooms of green and blue rise up/rise up my body/is sprung anew Oooooo/your flesh will sprout your bones undo Rise up! Rise up! Oooo oooo / Oooo oooo I am the song and the seed and the spring I am the spark that starts everything burning

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THE TEMPTATION OF ST ANTONY premieres in a secret location in LOS ANGELES in FEBRUARY 2015

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released December 4, 2014

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