
TUNING:E Standard (E A D G B E)
⏱ 16:25
MASTER RECORDING LYRICS
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Through the fiery caverns we sail,
Virgil at my side, my guide and master.
Questing through the nine plains of Hell
and infernal wisdom shall fill my soul.
Slowly now the days departing
and the darkened air releases me.
Frightening visions of my journey
entrance me to limbo, I'm not free.
Abandon all hope who enter here,
enter the gates, Charon awaits!
Abandon all hope who enter here
for this is where all things are left behind.
Every doubt and every cowardice must die,
souls of rage and anger whipping in despair.
The souls that wail on this plain pray for
death and denial is the reason for their suffering.
Forever being stung by wasps and demons breath,
the blood and tears that fall serve the maggots needs.
Descention!
Thrusting to the second plain
and Minos judges as his tail twines,
lustful thoughts and greed whip
these wretched souls.
A hurricane of hate mocks their helpless pleas!
Drifting now down deeper into eternal flames,
awake at the third circle, the cold and filthy rain.
Punished for their gluttony, languid for all time,
the earth it stinks of corpses, damned for all time.
The vicious beast Cerebus, three heads and
blooded eyes, tears his talons through the air,
all the sinners cry, and all the sinners cry.
Down!
Be still thy cursed wolf, the master scorns its name,
dive to the next plain, the sullen and the vain.
Suffer for greed, the prodigal they bleed,
for all eternity Plutus holds the key.
Damned!
The wrathful and the vain suffer the fifth plain,
cross the river Styx and heed your crucifix.
The mudded corpses cry, howling to the sky,
reach the other side, open wide the gate.
Enter the sixth circle of barren land and flames,
passing through the gate of Dis, the furies scream her name.
Belching forth in agony invoking her to rise,
and the spirit's rage consuming us the evil in their cries.
Queen of vipers, queen of serpents
cast their souls to stone.
Spread to wealth of Gorgon's power,
Medusa's inner soul.
We're drawing ever closer to the seventh Hell,
they violate their neighbors, their God and themselves.
We're sailing slowly through the boiling river of blood,
immersed in the depths below souls scream in agony.
The twisted beast he laughs, he draws his arrow back,
his sights on anyone exposing of their flesh.
He impales their hearts with ease and shrugs their
piercing screams, pity is they'll never die.
They'll suffer here eternally!
Imagine a place where every horror comes to life,
where every torture is real and time stands still,
eight fiery steps and we're closer to the end.
In a cold and timeless grave buried head first in shit,
praying all the while for a quick and painless death,
scratching furiously at scabbed and oozing wounds.
Lucifer, angel of light, cast below God of Ice!
Ruling Hell unholy trinity, the traitors freeze for all eternity.
Lucifer, betrayer of God, tormentor ruthless and cold!
Judas' screaming here in agony, the traitors freeze for all eternity.
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03:59🎸TRACK METADATA & TUNING
TUNINGE Standard (E A D G B E)
KEY & SCALEE Minor (Em)
TEMPO120 BPM
DURATION16:25
