[Verse 1] Graveyard gates They bow to me Bone-white path through rotten trees Skull King’s banners Tattered crowns Flutter over buried towns Monster drums in hollow chests Echo under armored breast I raise my staff The marrow sings Black dust clings to everything [Pre-Chorus] All these lives Like lanterns shaking One command And glass is breaking On the edge of blood and breath I write the laws of death [Chorus] Dark Magician Hear my call From the cards From the cracks in the wall Lend your hand to my black-stained hand Guide my curse as I claim this land Every soul that I unthread Feeds the throne of the Skull King’s dread Dark Magician Stand with me Teach me deeper Darker sorcery [Verse 2] Reaper waits on fractured stone Counting hearts like polished bone Shuffling fates with every turn Watching mortal kingdoms burn I taste fear on living air Silk and steel and earnest prayers All their heroes Bright and bold Fade to fog when I unfold [Pre-Chorus] I have studied every omen Every script the shade has spoken Still I kneel at your old gate Master of the grave and gate [Chorus] Dark Magician Hear my plea From the pit of forgotten memory Lend your hand to my black-stained hand Guide my curse as I scour their land Every name that I erase Marches forth in the Skull King’s grace Dark Magician Stand with me Whisper ruthless Ruthless sorcery [Bridge] Show me how to bend the border Slice the seam of sacred order Turn their breath to marching ash Turn their prayers to breaking glass Crowds will choke on holy songs When I right their precious wrongs (so quiet) one last living sigh Then ranks arise behind my eyes [Chorus] Dark Magician Take my vow All my will I surrender it now Lend your hand to my black-stained hand Seal this world to the Skull King’s brand Every grave that I bequeath Plants a blade in the Reaper’s sheath Dark Magician March with me Till the living learn our sorcery
