[Intro] When the Old Ones wake Cthulhu will rise [Verse] I will spread my madness to the dreamers I will gather all of my believers The Insmouth look will spread The pure will quake in dread [Prechorus] I will rise from the deep R'l-yeh no longer will sleep [Chorus] The deep one will rise The deep one will rise [Bridge] All my cultists gather round It's time for me to take my crown All my cultists gather round It's time for Cthulhu to claim the crown [Chorus] The deep one will rise The deep one will rise [Verse] Dreams of the lost city Reaching out He calls for us He's awakened The gates are open To a place beyond time and space Madness follows in his wake [Chorus] When the Old Ones wake The light will die And the dead dreamer will rise When the Old Ones wake [Chorus] The deep one will rise The deep one will rise [Verse ] The earth splits wide And reveals his lost kingdom His children fall in line Behind the master of the sea As he takes his throne in R’l-yeh [Chorus] When the Old Ones wake The light will die And the dead dreamer will rise When the Old Ones wake [Verse] Ancient city underwater Abyssal prince Azathoth’s son Awaken now and claim your slaughter The Elder Ones shall call you home [Chorus] R'l-yeh rises from the waves The Great Old Ones arise again Cthulhu stands in the waves The Great Old Ones arise again [Post-Chorus] Cthulhu Cthulhu [Verse ] To mock the starlight with your dreaming A bloated nightmare writhes below Awaken now and claim your slaughter The Elder Ones shall call you home [Bridge] They told us all in dreams and visions R'l-yeh rises from the waves The Great Old Ones arise again Cthulhu stands in the waves The Great Old Ones arise again [Outro] The deep one will rise The deep one will rise Cthulhu Cthulhu [Whispered Spoken Outro] That is not dead which can eternal lie, And with strange aeons even death may die
