[Verse 1] The sun is strangled by a velvet shroud Where gargoyles weep and demons scream aloud Ancient seals are shattered on the floor As shadows pour through the obsidian door The air is thick with the scent of burning pine And the bitter taste of unholy wine [Chorus] Rise, ye legions of the hollow night Feast upon the shards of dying light Where the iron crowns are forged in hell And the heavens toll a funeral bell In this realm of bone and rusted steel Only the dark is real [Verse 2] Serpents coil 'round the cathedral's spine Chanting psalms of the necrotic line The moon is a pale, unblinking eye Watching the ghosts of the martyrs die No prayers can pierce this leaden sky Where the wings of the fallen learn to fly [Bridge] Through the mire, through the ash Where the whips of the tormentors lash The abyss breathes, the mountains groan The king of dross ascends his throne [Chorus] Rise, ye legions of the hollow night Feast upon the shards of dying light Where the iron crowns are forged in hell And the heavens toll a funeral bell In this realm of bone and rusted steel Only the dark is real [Outro] Echoes of the damned... Fading into the void... The cycle begins again... In blood.
