[Verse 1] Beneath the ossuary veil I shattered his rusted tomb The necropolis exhales Rotting lungs in eternal gloom He clawed my name in blackened ash With talons forged in ancient war Each seal he tore asunder Unleashed the void forevermore [Verse 2] From ruptured graves the legions crawl Stitched flesh and splintered bone Maws choked with maggot soil Eyes burning with hatred unknown He howled the cursed incantations From a tome of flayed skin and blood Every blasphemous amen Birthed another crawling flood [Instrumental fill] [Pre-Chorus] Lanterns choke and die Church bells scream then shatter The dead rise from the call In a strangling noose of black matter [Chorus] NECROMANCER! RISE — RISE — RISE! Lord of the festering corpses BLACKEN THE FUCKING SKIES! NECROMANCER! Hear the graveside howl of the damned NECROMANCER! DEVOUR THE LIVING WORLD TONIGHT! [Instrumental solo] [mid-tempo riff] [Verse 3] He summoned the horned abominations From desecrated scripture lines Fed them the stolen final breaths Of the screaming dying shrines Spiders swarm in frenzied worship Jealous venom in their eyes While the city slumbers ignorant Of the kingdom that shall arise [Pre-Chorus] Windows frost with corpses’ breath Prayers dissolve in silent dread The dead assemble in perfect death To Eat the living in their beds [Chorus] NECROMANCER! RISE — RISE — RISE! Lord of the festering corpses BLACKEN THE FUCKING SKIES! NECROMANCER!** Hear the graveside howl of the damned NECROMANCER! DEVOUR THE LIVING WORLD TONIGHT! [Heavy Breakdown - Slow, crushing, palm-muted chug into massive low-end slams] NO HOPE — NO LIGHT — NO ESCAPE ONLY ENDLESS NIGHT! BOW! TO THE NECROMANCER! [Bridge] I watched the sky hemorrhage black Over every forgotten name The earth itself confessed its sins As the dead reclaimed their chain NO SOUL SHALL BE SPARED NO DAWN — NO MERCY — NO END Only cinders, ash, and screams When the ground awoke in wrath NO REFUGE FOR THE LIVING ONLY A KINGDOM OF THE DEAD! [Final Chorus] NECROMANCER! RISE — RISE — RISE! Lord of the festering corpses BLACKEN THE FUCKING SKIES! NECROMANCER! Hear the graveside howl of the damned NECROMANCER DEVOUR THE LIVING WORLD TONIGHT! RAZE THE DAWN FROM SIGHT! NECROMANCER! KING OF THE BURIED AND ETERNAL
