[Opening - Blast beats and dissonant, grinding guitar riff in E Phrygian Dominant] [Verse 1 - Mid-tempo, heavy riff with guttural vocals starting low and rising in intensity] In Providence, shadows crawl, on ancient cobbled stone A scholar's mind, begins to fall, to seeds long darkly sown Charles Dexter Ward, with eyes alight, in musty tomes he sought The whispers of a bygone night, a truth he dearly bought. Ancestor cursed, a name concealed, in whispers of the past Joseph Curwen, now revealed, his wicked die was cast. [Pre-Chorus - Tempo picks up, tremolo picking and building tension] He dug through vaults of rotting lore, in crumbling crypts and dust A hunger that he couldn't ignore, fueled by insatiable lust. For secrets buried deep and cold, beyond the mortal veil A tale of power, to unfold, a terrifying trail. [Chorus - Fast, aggressive riff with soaring, screamed vocals and double bass drumming] REANIMATOR! CURWEN'S CALL! FROM GRAVE HE RISES, DOOM FOR ALL! IN SALEM'S SHADOW, SCIENCE TWISTED! WARD'S DESCENT, EXISTENCE VISTED! BY HORRORS MAN WAS NOT TO KNOW! AS MORTALITY BEGINS TO GO! THE PACT IS MADE, THE PRICE IS PAID! IN ANCIENT TEXTS, HIS SOUL BETRAYED! [Verse 2 - Mid-tempo, heavier and more dissonant riff with lower, more menacing vocals] Transcriptions vile, in coded tongue, a formula profane To cheat the death that's always sung, and life to call again. Salts and tinctures, vials glow dim, in cellar's damp embrace A blasphemous, forbidden hymn, corrupting time and space. The effigy, a morbid mold, from dust and bone and clay A story to be darkly told, as reason starts to fray. [Pre-Chorus - Tempo picks up again, more frantic and chaotic riffing] The Incantation, foul and deep, vibrations in the air A slumber ancient starts to creep, a presence to declare. A flicker in the pallid flesh, a movement, stark and grim The reanimated dead, afresh, limbs twitching on a whim. [Chorus - Fast, aggressive riff with soaring, screamed vocals and double bass drumming, even more intense than before] REANIMATOR! CURWEN'S CALL! FROM GRAVE HE RISES, DOOM FOR ALL! IN SALEM'S SHADOW, SCIENCE TWISTED! WARD'S DESCENT, EXISTENCE VISTED! BY HORRORS MAN WAS NOT TO KNOW! AS MORTALITY BEGINS TO GO! THE PACT IS MADE, THE PRICE IS PAID! IN ANCIENT TEXTS, HIS SOUL BETRAYED! [Bridge - Tempo slows down to a crushing, doom metal riff. Vocals become spoken, low and gravelly, almost whispered, with heavy reverb] The essence shifted, souls entwined, a takeover dark and cold. Charles Dexter Ward, left behind, his story to be told. But Curwen's eyes, now stare anew, from flesh reborn and foul. The ancient evil, breaks through, to stalk and to defile. Experiments grotesque and grim, in dungeon's stench and gloom The horrors fester, limb from limb, sealing Providence's doom. [Verse 3 - Returns to mid-tempo, heavy riff but with a more desperate and frantic feel. Vocals become more desperate screams] Willett arrives, the truth revealed, the horror stands unveiled! The ancient terror is unsealed, a nightmare now exhaled! Sodium pentathol's cold sting, the secrets start to bleed But Curwen’s will, still takes wing, a planted, wicked seed. The disintegration, forced and grim, a vile and viscous end But echoes whisper, in the dim, will Curwen rise again? [Chorus - Final Chorus - Fastest and most aggressive, full-throttle blast beats and tremolo picking riff, screamed vocals at their highest pitch, fading out with heavy feedback at the end.)] REANIMATOR! CURWEN'S CALL! FROM GRAVE HE RISES, DOOM FOR ALL! IN SALEM'S SHADOW, SCIENCE TWISTED! WARD'S DESCENT, EXISTENCE VISTED! BY HORRORS MAN WAS NOT TO KNOW! AS MORTALITY BEGINS TO GO! THE PACT IS MADE, THE PRICE IS PAID! IN ANCIENT TEXTS, HIS SOUL BETRAYED! FROM GRAVE HE RISES, DOOM FOR ALL! IN SALEM'S SHADOW, SCIENCE TWISTED! WARD'S DESCENT, EXISTENCE VISTED! BY HORRORS MAN WAS NOT TO KNOW! AS MORTALITY BEGINS TO GO
