Glory To Darkness

In shadows deep where serpents twist and turn in reverence
Black scales glistening with the essence of fallen angels
In the deepest pits we prosper and feed on the dead
In the echoes of the abyss where angels once fell
 
Glorify the dawning of a new era of despair, death and sorrow
Glorify the dawning of a new era of a world engulfed in chaos 

Crowned in thorns and draped with fear
The spear of Longinus fills our cups
So raise the chalice and drink the blood
Raise the eternal cup and drink the dread

A throne of ash, where lost souls grieve
Beneath the moon, so pale and bright
We gather around in the cloak of night
Crowned in the cold light of the moon  

Glory to darkness, let the wicked ignite
For in our dead hearts we embrace the night
Cloaked in the shroud of the blackest of nights
They seek salvation in the end's delight
Together they rejoice as the heavens weep

The serpent slithers in temptation's fire
They speak with the silent screams of shattered souls
The evil seed grows within the depths of the human spirit
This night holds a relentless pursuit of ecstatic liberation 

Glorify this dawn, the dawn of despair
With blood on the altar where bodies lay bare 

Crowned in thorns and draped with fear
The spear of Longinus fills our cups
So raise the chalice and drink the blood
Raise the cup and drink the dread

A throne of ash, where lost souls grieve
Beneath the moon, so pale and bright
We gather around in the cloak of night
Crowned in the cold light of the moon

Blackened prayers ascend, chasing shadows where truth is lost 
and time bleeds into the abyss. 
Chanting the fractured hymns of a dreadful and forgotten aeon 
The hymns of darkness, sorrow and whispers of the dead

In the echoes of the abyss where angels once fell
In shadows deep where serpents twist and turn in reverence
Black scales glistening with the essence of fallen angels
In the deepest pits we prosper and feed on the dead