Twelve souls are on their way to Mayhem
There's room for one more on this boat
So take place, thou, bride of Satan
Oh grace, I welcome thee
Please board and take hold of your destiny
My name is Charon, let me be your guide
I will lead you through this most ghostly night
It's not without danger, have you heard the tales
Grim clouded winds feed my sails

Now sail on, sail with me
Mrs. Satan, don't you bedevil me
Mrs. Satan, you've tempted me
I heard the Devil grew another pair of horns
Mrs. Satan, I hunger for you

I ought to take you there
Beyond the other shore to the master's lair!
Through the misty fog, see his castle rise
Listen how the sirens sing to numb the cries

Now listen, listen to me
Mrs. Satan, don't you bedevil me
Mrs. Satan, you are tempting me
I heard the Devil grew another pair of horns
Mrs. Satan, I hunger for you

Let's throw those twelve into the River Styx
So they can float 'round Christ's Crucifix
Let's make this boat a place of our own
It was about time to set my demons free to roam

Two souls are sailing away from fate
Consume this moment before it's all too late
I can no longer be a servant near the Devil's throne
Since I am summoned to take on a position in Rome
And I will be known as the third John-Paul
Known to earth as John-Paul the Dirt
Mrs. Satan, I hunger for you!

I sense the moonlight that shines through my window
I can't fall asleep, seek comfort in my pillow
I am so afraid to open my eyes
All beasts of night gather, as trees disguised
Their branches are grasping for my life
It is 8 o'clock, the witch arrives
I hear her silent steps 'pon the staircase
Pretend dead, I don't want to see his face

No one alive saw her when she was near
But all can tell of that smell of fear
When her presence filled the room
If caught not asleep
They would have met their doom
If not asleep you will meet your doom
Now meet your doom

The moon is still shining through my window
I didn't fall asleep, no comfort in my pillow
I'm so afraid I haven't opened up my eyes
I just want to survive this witch tonight
I wanna survive this night!
The 8 o'clock witch, disciple of bedtime
The 8 o'clock witch, she draws the line
A line you shouldn't cross,
'cos if you would your life is lost
Oh your life is lost
The Lady of Sleep,
She comes tonight
If you're not sleeping
You won't make it through the night
She watches sweet dreams from the side
If you awake you will loose your life

Gotta fall asleep
Start counting sheep
Gotta get some rest
Or start the countdown to certain death
10, 9, 8 ? 7, 6, 5 ? 4, 3, 2, 1 ? DIE
The 8 o'clock witch, she has a wicked charm
The 8 o'clock witch, all sleepers left unharmed
So better go asleep, a deep sleep
You are warned ? oh you are warned

The Lady of Sleep
She comes tonight
If you're not sleeping you won't see next sunrise
Tempt fate but don't you look surprised
When you see a glimpse of the dark in her eyes

You gotta fall asleep
Start counting sheep
You gotta get some rest
Or start the countdown to your death

Sacred is the night when Satan appears
Great are the nights when the Devil is near
Lucifer will cast you down, he will cast you down
Into Hell's fires

Deep down, down below
Down, down, down you'll go
Deep down, down below
Into the fiery depths of Hell
Where the demons dwell
You will see familiar faces?HAHAHAHAHAH
Once you've passed the gates of Hades

Now you pass the gates to the fiery depths of Hell
Welcome to Hell's fire in the hall of pain
Where demons stoke the flames in Satan's name
Better say your prayer, one final prayer
I bet it will be in vain

Up or down, it is down you are sent
You've got some time to spend
Up or down, it is down you are sent
You've got some time to spend
Here in the fiery depths of Hell
Where the demons dwell
And you see familiar faces? HAHAHAHAHAH
Now you pass the gates of Hades

Pass the gates, now pass the gates
Where Hell awaits, Hell awaits!
Eternal damnation, one thousand years in Sodom
Eternal enslavement, quite a plan for down payment
It's your devil worship reckoning

Baphomet throws you into the flames
There you'll suffer a thousand pains
Baphomet throws you into hell's fire
That furnace's on full force, the flames burn higher

The flames burn higher and higher,
In darkness' most shining light
It's your devil worship reckoning!

Down, down, you bloody went
Too late now to repent
Down, down, you bloody went
Too late now to repent

She was twelve years older and three moons gone
It took me four hours to dig and then we got it on
Burt offerings on a blood-drenched altar
Drawn circles on the soil with five names of god

She was well worth the dig? she was well worth the dig
Well worth the dig

She started to speak in a most tempting tongue
Language of the dead sounds like the sweetest song
Even now, when she was gone
She had an appetite for love
She kept calling me from beyond
No, she would never stop
Until we had this midnight rendez-vous
Our bed of love is spread amongst the tombs?
? Tombs of Doom!

So far she has not opened her eyes
Hot and cold together, then I felt her bite

Now she is back above the soil
She looks more beautiful than ever before
When she was still alive
I never thought she could be such a whore
So I lost my soul on this full moon night
But you can count on it, I had the fuck of my life

I am a necromancer
Tasting forbidden love
She lay six feet under
But her body came from high above!

She's got the looks, the looks that kill
I cannot believe my eyes
My soul is damned, condemned to hell
On this murky night

She had me necromancing
To call her back to life
This night is never-ending
Romance in pure moonlight!

See them raging, are they changing?
Caterpillars are crawling 'round
They are crawling round, see them crawling 'round

Present at your hour of death
Caterpillars took your breath
Unseen at the scene of the crime
Butterflies won't do no time
No they won't do no time
Shapeshifters got no need for an alibi, no alibi!

Metamorphosis, transmutation
Butterflies are flying out
They are flying out, see them flying out

Captured alive
Wings are spread, but not to fly
My collection is taking form
It's taking form beyond any given norm
Captivated, asphyxiated
Put on a stake, then dehydrated

Shape shift, a rebirth?
Forgiven are your former sins
In a collection so absurd
Now you are displayed on metal pins

Displayed, impaled
All the eyes of the world turn in one direction
Towards the display of pure (im)perfection
You could not carry your scheme any further
Little worms like you just don't get away with murder

He never saw... their begging hands?
Begging for some food
He never thought? those begging hands?
Would soon form as an iron fist?

They're hitting hard, those iron fists
The curtains fall for the first on their list

He never came? out of his ivory tower
Through he could maintain his absolute power
One day an axe will swing?
To make and end to all his sins

On the central plan, his strength will falter
All "his" people came, a gathering to see the fallen

A bleak old tyrant was taking control
His courtesans put a curse on us all
A rumour denied by the house of lords
Time will tell if fate follows its course

Bleak old tyrant installed his reign
Bleak old tyrant swept thousands away
Bleak old tyrant then loses support
Bleak old tyrant, this means war, a civil war!

The bleak old tyrant starts losing control
The masses stood up to reach their goal
A riot will end your stay on the throne
For your sins you'll pay, cry and moan

Bleak old tyrant, what will you do
Bleak old tyrant, when you meet your Doom
Bleak old tyrant, you've lost control
Bleak old tyrant, I'll have your soul

The hungry masses are heading to your castle
You better pray that they will give you a trial
Because you've got nowhere to run
Your downhill has begun

The hungry masses want to see you dead
And, yes, they will as they'll impale your head
Cranium on a stake, it's clear for all to see
This is a really the end of your tyranny

The hungry masses have invaded your castle
And, NO, they won't grant you your trial

The hungry masses, almost starved to death
Have access to the resources you have kept
For your hollow life, you've lived in luxury
Until this axe puts an end to your bleak tyranny

Hey Bleak Old Tyrant, your world's collapsed
But I can give you another chance
To alter your deeds or just re-enact
Sign this contract in blood, our devilish pact

Bleak old tyrant, into infernal decline
Bleak old tyrant, your soul is mine
Bleak old tyrant, I'll clear your name
Until the bells toll, for your soul I take
I toll the bells for your soul I take!

So you thought you'd be safe tonight
He points his finger at you and swings his scythe
Though he welcomed you as if you were his friend
Your life-wire is rolled out until the end

He is he old skeleton man, the infamous Grim Reaper
Some might call him Tall jack, we all end up in his trap
? his deadly trap
? now meet Reverend Death
? take your last breath

When you least expect him, he appears
The great old hooded one called Hooded Priest
And when he comes, you know your end his near
The great old hooded one called hooded priest

He is more than bones enrobed in a cloak
Your heart beats in your throat, you almost choke
Where does he come from, where will you be sent
Only know for sure your time on earth is spent

There is no second life
Never ever believe the lies
There are no pearly gates
Though brimstone and fire might await

When you're dead dead dead and gone
And the coffin's closed, all is said and done
So you better live your life
Before you meet the man with his scythe

Meet Reverend Death, take your last breath

The Hooded Priest is near
Now you tart to shiver, you start to fear
The Hooded Priest appears
You'd wish he would vanish
Or at least that he'd disappear

But it's you who disappears