The Call of Ixodes

Tick tack These clocks won’t crack They chime and drum for yet another hack The time has come, the annual pest and plague is back The tick attack in massive characters all lacquered black A made-up massacre, a cul-de-sac Tactics Strategic tricks amongst the verminated derelicts Whose tongues determine within 666 ixodic licks they can tack the ticks To reaffirm misguided fear ethics and be a Hermes to the heretics Heed the call of Ixodes They feed off the fears that crawl Heed the call of Ixodes So read, weep or tear it all apart Knock knock Who’s there to rock? To wreak havoc and fuck a phantom flock To break the clock that’s stuck at shock in a chronic dead-end lock like tick tack tock Huh, let’s cock the fickle hammer, smack unlock Yeah, we stock a sickle damned to crack the clock Heed the call of Ixodes They feed off the fears that crawl Heed the call of Ixodes So read, weep or tear it all apart Rear your righteous heart Tear it all apart And start to clear your treacherous chart Tear it all apart And heed the call of Ixodes Yes. Heed the call...

Submitted by Nargaroth — Jun 18, 2026