And we oblige, to Thagirion we trek In the midst of those who bellow grief We descend And behold the chatter and gnashing spewed forth from the mouths Of the fateful dead forever bound in Servitude, bitter slaves to the black. The black hand guideth me beyond the wall of dreams Where demons dwell amidst the fallen Souls and quell their bitter screams Beneath the grounds we tread, in the halls of the hallowed dead The burning wisdom in the heart of darkness - manifest A blinding flash And clap of thunder Reveals the obscured path The keepers of the flame surround he and I Our hands are bound and our cloaks are pulled over our eyes And we descend into the depths Into the halls where darkest secrets are kept Their mordant devils taunt and laugh at me For I have only ears to hear without the eyes to see And with this test of wisdom all shall be revealed The flames consume and make us one The starless crypt, unsealed A hand so cold Reached and touched my face In a moment darkest symphonies Swelled and rose inside of me Sweet liberating force, rend my soul in twain! O' great lord, into me you see, into me, I see. Our souls rejoice as wisdom flo-eth Free and darkness spreads across the lands. Hail to the true bearer of light. Ravenous beasts, Spell bound into submission, line the walls of the halls Paralyzed by fear, in a ghostly stare, Only pieces of the tortured souls remain. Broken and abhorred Longing for dark desires A void left unfilled Their gaze cold as the master wizard rises for the black mass O' great lord, into me you see, into me, I see. Our souls rejoice as wisdom flo-eth Free and darkness spreads across the lands. Hail to the true bearer of light. And lo, eyes gazed from the one seated at the left hand Of the grand master, a voice crawled from beneath his hood. "Beware, those who hear and nod in Accordance, yet trespass against this bond Will suffer a curse far beyond his mortal grave." The gates opened wide The flame consumed And time stood still... SOLOS Whilst the darkness grasps my soul I chant to thee o' dark lord I beseech me on this night Induct me into your kingdom where the sun shall not rise We usher in the timeless aeon the heavens regress and coil Within these halls, all truths are known The evils transform me from within, I am reborn All cannot know truth, for blinding is the light To the mind of the neophyte exposed to the flame His lifeforce crippled, driven insane And I cannot weep For the fires of truth have destroyed all illusion Within a dream of a dream, the conspiracy is clear to me. For salvation, he cries Indiscernable screams drenched in agony Unto the mount Laid before his feet Smokeless flame arise Enter The Adversary His utterance flowing through each fibre of my being With knowledge given of the omnipotent Word My insatiable lust for blood surged