Stretch your soul upon the rack
Flaming whips across your back
Look around, a tragic illusion
Look around, the grim conclusion, just where you are

How on earth can this be real
Sold your soul, took the deal
Did your best to do your worst
A lake of fire but an endless thirst are all that's all left for you

Looking down the rings of Hell are stretching far below
Endless pain and anguish there's so many more to go

Everything to please your master
All you touched, disaster
Wanton greed your one temptation
Your craven life of subjugation, never set you free

Looking down the rings of Hell are stretching far below
Endless pain and anguish there's so many more to go

Crying out, it's all in vain
Every night it's always the same
Pluck out your eyes, refusing to see
The cruel precision and velocity, were always meant for you

How on earth can this be real
Sold your soul, took the deal
Look around, no illusion
Look around, one conclusion, just where you are

As you fall the rings of Hell are churning down below
Endless pain and pleasure, there's so many more to go

The realms of eternity calling
The hellhounds on the attack
Nothing to gain but endless pain
Relentless, primeval, and black

Relentless, the end is near
A lesson that we'll never learn
Relentless, you join them there
At misery's chaotic churn

Your prayers amounted to nothing
Your fealty nothing to show
Give us this day, our daily death
While spiraling further below

Relentless, the only fear
The lesson that we'll never learn
Relentless, a deathly stare
At misery's chaotic churn

You know the future leads nowhere
You know there's no going back
These visions are deadly
Relentless, eternal, and black

Relentless, the end is near
The lesson that we'll never learn
Relentless, come join us there
At misery's chaotic churn

On and on and on
On into forever
On and on and on
Sailor on the seas of fate

In a world of no tomorrows, where no hope could ever be
To claim a final respite from this bane of bitter dreams
We turn our vision downward, then outward towards the sea
Set our course, set our sights, set out to be free

On and on and on
On into forever
On and on and on
Sailor on the seas of fate

So we cast aside our kingdom, cast aside the ruby throne
Let the winds of fortune guide us to a peace we've never known
Will we find a land of struggle filled with darkness, fear, and hate
Or will we finally end this journey and realize our fate?

On and on and on
On into forever
On and on and on
Sailor on the seas of fate

Turning, gazing one last time, a future unforeseen
Pushing from the shore, pushing on toward destiny
Wipe the tears of sorrow, of the choices that we've made
All we have is chaos, and our rune encrusted blade

On and on and on
On into forever
On and on and on
Sailor on the seas of fate

Sow your seeds upon the night, cast your tales of sorrow
Through the lands of nevermore and the children of tomorrow
Lay the curse upon their heads, sacred visions now fulfilled
Begin the tragic journey towards the fate their gods have willed

A symphony of evil, begin their judgment day
Suffer in their madness, nowhere left to pray
A symphony of darkness, enter the light of day
Suffering their madness, another judgment day

A cold and brutal sacrifice to appease the empty skies
As they build a reign of terror and their pantheon of lies
A morbid congregation, their end has just begun
Along the never ending fade, and evils will be done

Beating hearts upon the alter, blood and dreams upon the sand
Another shining moment for our brotherhood of man

Penance for the innocent, the dark parade of fear
A sacrifice to madness, judgment day is here

A crack between the twilight
The graveyard in my head
Wander through the broken dream
Where the hollow thoughts have fled

Another waking nightmare
Climb the gallows stairs
Gaze into the looking glass
Gaze into despair
Despair

Chase among the temples
The pillars made of salt
Through the ruins of creation
Where the ancient battles fought

Stare into the darkness
Gaze into the gloom
Stare into forever
Gaze into your doom

Running from the shadows
Or is it just a dream
Smash the laughing mirror
And all the fragments scream

Gather up the pieces
Hold them to the light
Brave against the darkness
And return them to the night

Stare into the darkness
Gaze into the light
Stare into forever
Gaze into the night

Another waking nightmare
Climb the gallows stairs
Gaze into the looking glass
Gaze into despair

The silent echoes fill my head
Beyond the living, past the dead
The siren song I always hear
L'appel du vide, unbroken fear

From long ago the voices call
Before the lash, before the fall
A requiem of where we've been
Endless lies and boundless sin

As we join the dark parade of broken dead
Is this Hell on Earth or in my head?

The faded glow of darkened skies
Shattered dreams and last goodbyes
The deadly gleam behind the tomb
The call of death, the call of doom

As we join the dark parade of broken dead
Is this Hell on Earth or only in my head?

Nothing ever changes, the tears we cry in vain
No rift between our nightmares
And daylight's cold remains
The neverending payment
For the choices that we've made
A suicide of reason as we join that dark parade

Passing through eternity to where we all begin
Tearing down the legacy, a tragedy of sin
Searching for the age-old truth beyond our mortal scars
The past, a distant shadow, and the future, just as far

Distant shadows hide the truth
Corruption and decay
Sing another melody, black
Another dying day

Mired in our Calvary, an emptiness of place
We shamble ever forward as we mock that cold embrace
Stark between the remnants of the living Hell we made
A destiny of darkness, and a past of deeper shade

Distant shadows hide the truth
Corruption and decay
Sing another melody, black
Another dying day

We hurtle toward a future that can never be remade
To hang our heads in mourning as we join the dark parade
Beginning of the ending as we shed our final tears
And tread the grim horizon of our never-ending fears

Distant shadows hide the truth
Corruption and decay
Sing another melody, black
Another dying day
Another dying day

I see, I see them falling
I hear, I hear them calling
All alone, once again
All alone with all my sins down below

Maybe if I close my eyes, I won't see the faces
All the living, all the dead, the dark unholy places
All those many years ago when paradise was lost
We never heard the warning, and we never knew the cost

Redeem us from this nightmare
Deliver us from pain
Deliver us from evil
So they'll never rise again from down below

Don't listen to the voices as they tell me what to do
The twisted schemes of evil that they've hidden from our view
Ignore the pounding Hell-rain and their crucible of fear
Ignore the silent screaming that the end will soon be here

Immortal choirs sound the call, malignant in my head
The only way for silence in this land of broken dead
Take their sunken dream, forever trap them in my mind
And fight the endless battle for the souls of all mankind

Redeem us from this nightmare
Deliver us from pain
Deliver us from evil
So they'll never rise again from down below