Forbidden Rites

I’ve been tracing circles in the dusty cellar floor Locking every window and I’m bolting every door You thought you could break me and just walk away clean But you haven't met the shadows or the things that live between I’m lighting black candles with a flicker of a match Waiting for the ancient heavy iron bolt to latch There’s a power in the silence and a hunger in the air You’re about to find out that life isn't always fair I’m calling on the whispers that the history forgot To make your every memory and every blessing rot Zalthor venis mortalas malis Bring the night and break the chalice Kala morthos ignis bound Drag their spirit to the ground Echoes of the void arise Blind the light within their eyes By the blood and by the bone Now you reap what you have sown I can see your face within the swirling purple smoke As I tighten up the fibers of this heavy velvet cloak Every lie you whispered is a needle in the wax There is no redemption and there are no turning backs Can you feel the sudden chill that’s crawling up your spine? That’s the mark of ancient evil crossing over the line I’ve traded in my mercy for a crown of jagged thorns To summon up the darkness and the power of the horns You’ll be looking in the mirror but you won't see a soul Just the empty hollow vacuum of a black and bitter hole Zalthor venis mortalas malis Bring the night and break the chalice Kala morthos ignis bound Drag their spirit to the ground Echoes of the void arise Blind the light within their eyes By the blood and by the bone Now you reap what you have sown It’s a catchy little rhythm as the sulfur starts to burn You’re about to get the lesson that you never cared to learn No more running to the safety of the morning or the light You belong to all the demons that I’m waking up tonight I am smiling as the ink begins to bleed across the page Channeled through the fury and the focus of my rage Zalthor venis mortalas malis Bring the night and break the chalice Kala morthos ignis bound Drag their spirit to the ground Echoes of the void arise Blind the light within their eyes By the blood and by the bone Now you reap what you have sown It is finished now The circle is complete Feel the heavy cold Sinking through your feet Sleep in shadows Fade to black