Under the Dead of Night

Descend the crumbling stairway to the labyrinth within
 My hands caress the mossy walls, the corpse-light guiding me
 To unholy lands of shattered bones and toppled stones
 Through the frozen gateway where nameless horrors roam
 Offerings adorn the walls, relics hewn from bone
 Dust bound horrors, candle wax and faces carved in stone
 The drapes are worn and tattered from the cold embrace of time
 Ancient is this sorrow, unbound this lust of mine
 Can you hear the howling on the night winds?
 Sweet temptation calling from the grave!
 Oaths I've sworn to liberate this darkness
 Her splendour all around, enthralls me
 The Moon is on the rise
 Black wings fill the sky, they're calling
 In dead of night, through pale moonlight
 With lips of ice, I kiss the frozen mother
 With cold delight, under the dead of night!
 The shadows rise around me, I feel their call
 From hallowed graves
 To shun the light, and bask in purest darkness
 For all time, under the dead of night!
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 Spires bathed in moonlight in a land of sunken graves
 The ghosts are shining beacons, the dead ones speak my name
 Rising from the top soil, writhing insects crawl
 Drenched in putrid essence, born of death and nightmares
 A thousand curses bind her tomb until the Earth unbound
 The secrets of the netherworld, within her womb are found
 The bonds are cut, the shackles loose, my veins are open wide
 Sanguine drips into her mouth, bringing death unholy life
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 Interred in shrouds of cerecloth, she slept in solitude
 Until a million suns have fell, devoured by conquering moon
 Her acolytes hunt and gather, supreme nocturnal might
 To drink the blood of purity under Luna light
 The chalice raised in offering, in these crimson vaults
 Where horrors reign and midnight spells are cast against the cross
 Her sacrilegious bloodline once again shall rule
 An empire now eternal, under the triumphant moon
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 Can you hear the howling on the night winds?
 Temptation crawling from the grave
 The Moon is on the rise
 Black wings fill the sky, they're calling
 In dead of night, through pale moonlight
 With hands of ice, I cross the frozen mother
 With cold delight, Under the Dead Of Night!
 The shadows rise around me, I feel their call
 From empty graves
 To shun the light, and bask in purest darkness
 For all time, under the dead of night!