Decree

from Nothing Can Save Wretches Like Us by Seize the Night

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A group, a coalition. Once aligned, be we bound.
Let this be our declaration in recognition of brotherhood.
May it transcend one's concept of friendship as we set forth to consume these libations in a perpetuation of youth.
Not a misappropriation of means, but our mantra to the end.
Lest we fail to fulfill the life we were given, as few possess heart enough to follow up in our jovial pursuits.
So let it be known: when the first sun shows its face in the east, may we lay down to rest.
Carpe noctem.
Maestro, serenade us with nocturnes that consume us, as does the rage a cannibal.
We compose symphonies to inspire the movement.
Music, our mistress and the quill, our weapon.
We are rightly pampered and fully armed.
Be forewarned, we will run you through the gut with an aural defiance against contempt for life and against deceit, against betrayal, whilst saving our breaths from declaring, "En guarde."
Think us not evil for doing so, for you won't be able.
The words scribed on this page, be them the solitary evidence of our existence, as we will inform you.
Eat. Drink. Make love. These are not sins, but blessings.
To cross us is to be enlightened.
The choice is yours, but I digress.
Fill your pail and raise it in our name [call us what you will, we are unconcerned], for one day we may be shoulder to shoulder and this could spare the spilling of your pint.
For the latter we are concerned.
Follow this decree and you will be sought after by us and privy to our reality.
Seize the chance you were given to seek love, but you must beware- nothing can save wretches like us.

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from Nothing Can Save Wretches Like Us, released May 16, 2006

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