John Longstreth - Source of Icon O lyrics

Men of God and Men of war Carry strange affinities A thirst from time immemorial To be last to drink of the cup of blood And wield some form of divinity Far beyond the delusional congress Guiding laws of man Lords its will form a perch of stone Cross and sword, words of time Time has no dimension The words of stone will crumble Before the doctrine of the skies Arrogance of accomplishment Insignificance can't be overstated Underscored by futility Very nature of our design Suffer corporeal punishment For the promotion of morality Return to primal offerings Limbic threshold that ceases to be The source of Icon O The source of Icon - Over and over they flaunt demagoguery As ants laying claim to mountains Perpetually ignored Suzerains of a forgotten template The lid is drawn on the blink of existence Existence is illusory Cognizance washed away with a whimper The essence of war endures Arrogance of accomplishment Insignificance can't be overstated Underscored by futility Very nature of our design Suffer corporeal punishment For the promotion of morality Return to primal offerings Threshold that ceases to be