The Canon of Nil Lyrics

The atrophy 

Of the Apostles  

Lives on papyrus 

Never to be erased 

The canon of God

The Old Testament

The book of Moses

The creation of man 

The holy phrases 

Shall remain 

Like the flowing rivers 

And the warming sun 

The Canon of Nil

Nothing but phlegm 

A dangerous refuge 

The addiction to hope 

The Canon of Nil 

The desperate search 

Insight seems pointless 

In the absence of god 

The chorus 

Of despair 

Resounds 

In Cathedrals 

Sculpted and written 

Created in delusion

In the candlelight 

Of antiquity 

A summoning 

Of restless spirits 

Craving for affection 

And a worthy death 

The Canon of Nil

Nothing but phlegm 

A dangerous refuge 

The addiction to hope 

The Canon of Nil 

The desperate search 

Insight seems pointless 

In the absence of god 

The Canon of Nil

Nothing but phlegm 

A dangerous refuge 

The addiction to hope 

The Canon of Nil 

The desperate search 

Insight seems pointless 

In the absence of god