Commencing the Descent - August Wilhelmsson

Descend From the bones of the netherworld enlivened Senses are heightened from within Subatomic pathways into the underworld Flame-lit matrix All-consuming gateway to chasms beyond Enter into the abyss primordial Descending into obsidian realms Subconscious subterfuge parted like ashen waves Coiling inwards, the flame lit the cavern Guiding the way A journey to bring he who treads upon its path Face to face with all that is hiding Into the shadows crawl My voyage is sown Touching down in the lowest realm of lifeless forms The roots below, the surviving will of astral form Lit from within They became inverted from the deeds of one Defaced Now a foul king fed by the bones of his fate Lost in the murky heart long since extinguished The Blade of the Sun sheathed in an amethyst throne Knowledge of the self sits silent for those with ears to hear The light of consciousness begins to appear Peering through prayers of fear Without a pure heart Inverting all into deception Birthing daemons that slither and crawl through their phantom minds Reflections of the trauma unhealed Buried are jewels that lay hidden inside you Lighting the path of the warrior and guiding the way Ten thousand hungry ghosts longing to drink from its illumination They became inverted by the deeds of one Defaced Now a foul king fed by the bones of his fate Seeking now the light of Gnosis Closing the chasm of the nihilistic gods This place of wickedness and gloom A labyrinth of coiling walls Now lit by the flaming sword of truth Revealed in the light are legions of cannibals Feeding on the abscesses of fear that fester and malign Insatiable appetite One must conquer their demons with courage A hero dies only once, a coward dies a thousand times

Took a ride on the ocean, started swimming out Lost sight of land, time ran out Arms getting heavy, exhaustion's setting in Waves getting bigger, life's getting thin My brain was screaming My mind said, no My mouth was bleeding Said you gotta all go, hey Hit the high side monster wave Buried at sea in an early grave Free fall dive, thousand feet pit Cliffs of water turning adrenochrome hit, hip, hip Death like animals, death of slaves Death of humans getting sucked away Ships, trucks and planes, million screaming heads Agonized moaning from the island of the dead, hey I'm going down into maelstrom Baby, I'm going down into maelstrom Going down, gonna drown, going down, gonna drown Gonna take your hand Alive, alive, alive Alive, alive, alive Alive, alive, alive Alive, alive, alive Alive, alive, alive Alive, alive

Creatures of the night, I see a blackened moon Nowhere to run, this is the call of the wild 'Cause I rule the dark, I am the wicked soul The evolution is producing a kind Keep on ruling the dark Make us believe that we are Heaven's descent, I am on fire Keep on ruling the dark Make us believe that we are Heaven's descent, I am on fire I believe I'm on fire Daddy fed the ghouls and mama made 'em clothes Making an army in the dead of the night The abduction of death's superior soul Not exactly what they had in mind Keep on ruling the dark Make us believe that we are Heaven's descent, I am on fire Keep on ruling the dark Make us believe that we are Heaven's descent, I am on fire I believe I'm on fire Right or wrong Well, does it matter at all? 'Cause I am a wicked kind Woa-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh Maybe that you In a solitary booth Could be a pleasant kind Woa-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh Right or wrong What does it matter at all? 'Cause I am the wicked kind Woa-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh Maybe that you In a solitary booth Could be a pleasant kind Woa-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh Creatures of the night, I see a blackened moon Nowhere to run, this is the call of the wild 'Cause I rule the dark, I am the wicked soul The evolution is producing a kind Keep on ruling the dark Make us believe that we are Heaven's descent, I am on fire Keep on ruling the dark Make us believe that we are Heaven's descent, I am on fire I believe I'm on fire