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The 52-year cycle is at end

The sun has made its last descent

Sacrifices have to be made

Apocalypse further delayed

Bring forth the thousands who are to submit

Have them rise the steps of the pyramid

Towards the top and the blood stained altar

Show them respect, worship these avatars

By the altar the priests await

wearing the skins of the ones who were flayed

Dancing in trance and singing hymns

Gathering blood in bowls filled to the brim

Blood, blood, blood for the sun god

Abdomen cut open

Heart torn out, still beating

Held in air, blood cascading

Like the sun – round, hot, pulsating

Cadaver falls down the temple’s stairs

Spirit ascends to the skies

Messenger sent to the god with prayers

To annul all sin, to purify

Quench your thirst with blood

Below the crowd views the performance

Joining the sacrifice, entering trance

Bleeding to quench the thirst of the god

Cutting their ears, tongues and genitals

Quench your thirst with blood

Quench your thirst with blood

Blood, blood, blood for the sun god

Viscera thrown to animals

The bodies cut to pieces and eaten

Honor to you brave cannibals

Warriors who will never be beaten

Long ago the gods sacrificed for us

The earth, moon and stars are their body parts

By their example we repay our debt

All life can continue only through death

Endless great universe will not collapse

Another 52 years can elapse

The sun rises again

The sun rises again