Phantom of Pleasure Songtext
von Sublime Cadaveric Decomposition

So act, that the rule on which you act would admit of being adopted
As a law by all the the rational beings

The love of money, of power, or of fame, that all of these may, and often do
Render the individual noxious to the other members of the society to which he belongs


The love of money, of power, or of fame, that all of these may, and often do
Render the individual noxious to the other members of the society to which he belongs

Mankind loves life too well; the objects that surround them

The seducing phantom of pleasure, and hope
That sweetest error of mortals, which makes men swallow such large droughts of evil
Mingled with a very few drops of good, allure allure them to strongly

Seduced by that universal and flattering hope, which makes men believe
That all unlucky accidents are the lot of others and the most fortunate only their share