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Teachings of terror, doctrines of death

Aeons of blood thirst, brought down at length

This eternal tragedy

Is forever retold

Ancient shrines, fallen into oblivion

But new ones are raised in their stead

Greater, more imposing repulsive

We build our own tombs

Ancient immortals vanquished by their sons

Worldly kinsmen without the blaze of old

Gone is the sacrifice, gone is the feast

A faint reflection of divinity

Teachings of terror, doctrines of death

Aeons of blood thirst, brought down at length

This eternal tragedy

Is forever retold

Always invoking a guide, however vile

Always in need of light, however dead

Teachings of terror, doctrines of death

Aeons of blood thirst, brought down at length

This eternal tragedy

Is forever retold

Teachings of terror

Doctrines of death