Malian Rites (Epic Atonal Nightmarch) (Remix)

[Verse 1] Daytime oppressive sun Kola nuts mark the lane Three cuts in the dust Chicken bones at the fork Maggots in the rust Smoke on a dead wind Skin on a thorn tree Your name in the ash Not a place to be [Pre-Chorus] Hear that low drum Hear that crowd lean in Setting sun's got teeth now Pulling at my pebbling skin Step by step, hair on end The dark gets near Step by step We disappear [Chorus] Mali at night changes... Cryptic eldritch rites!!! Which path to walk, to take? Mali night sky looks the same...but still not right!!! The path I strike matters Blood on the path, will I still be sane? A fork in the ancient road One path to mystery, one road takes me home [Verse 2] Abattoir in the wild Impossible pale sun sky Red on the grass Pale vulture following with eyes Now it’s gone past Bats underground keeping watch Ancestors bones resting restless Old women circling Men with the scars Bride with the black veil Walking by stars [Pre-Chorus] Hear that low drum Hear that crowd lean in Setting sun's got teeth now Pulling at my pebbling skin Step by step, hair on end The dark gets near Step by step We disappear [Chorus] Mali at night changes... Cryptic eldritch rites!!! Which path to walk, to take? Mali night sky looks the same...but still not right!!! The path I strike matters Blood on the path, will I still be sane? A fork in the ancient road One path to mystery, one road takes me home [Bridge] Middle of nowhere No gate, no road Only the footprint Where the night was told Bride and scarred elder Hand in leprous hand Cryptic wedding rites On broken sand [Final Chorus] Mali at night changes... Cryptic eldritch rites!!! Which path to walk, to take? Mali night sky looks the same...but still not right!!! The path I strike matters Blood on the path, will I still be sane? A fork in the ancient road One path to mystery, one road takes me home One path untold secret knowledge, one last journey home!!!