The Cleansing Lyrics


Savage rebirth

Purest anarchy

Choose to run or fight

Fight and you shall die

Vast expanse of steel

And stone

Human need to feed

Cull the weakest ones

Regenesis in the wastes of human conquest

The children of despair stalk these ruins

Enthroned on the aftermath of human decadence

The wolves of chaos rule the plains of the overworld

Left among the ashes

Abandoned here to die

Friendless in an evil land

My end is surely nigh

Despair entrenched, I can’t go on

Wish I could end my life

A species mired in holocausts

What drives my will to survive?

Marauders in the distance

Shake me from my thoughts

I have my chance to die here

But my instincts force me on

And I run for my life

I don’t want to die in this place

My starving body near collapsing

I reach the river fouled with human wreckage

Hunters closing in

I brave the toxic wastes

Feral grip of madness

Has taken the entire human race

Neck deep in filth

I struggle across

Reluctant men behind me

The chase is called off

Gasping for life

I choke down stale air

A tunnel looms before me

Will the hunt follow me there?

Regenesis in the wastes of human conquest

The children of despair stalk these ruins

Enthroned on the aftermath of human decadence

The wolves of chaos rule the plains of the overworld

Yet somehow I cling to hope

Must be something more

Find myself in the catacombs

The last sane man, alone

Strangers creep out of shadows

Unlike the madmen above

Bound together, all for one

They eye me with fervent curiosity

Guardians emerge from the darkness

I am thrown to the ground

Cold blades thrust against my skin

Strong voice stays the slaughter

I look up into the eyes of a leader

Join us, we offer you the light

Abandon the prison of the fearful

Join the ranks of the just

United, the nightmare we will conquer

Slaying the tyrants in our way

Soon enough we’ll reclaim the light of day

To this oath your life will be bound:

We many are one, and loyal

Justice through strength and force of will

No mercy for those who’d stand against us

We are the light

We are the light against the darkness

The darkness of fear

I am home, euphoria

Savage rebirth

Necessary evil

Choose to run or fight

Resist and you shall die

Vast expanse of steel and stone

Human need to feed

Cull the weakest ones

In time we’ll rise to conquer all

From nothing, deliverance

In shadows reborn

From shadows, we strike out

Avengers in the night

From hunted, to hunters

The lifeline of our tribe

The hunted, our lifeblood

For us they die

Survival drives our savagery,

We prey on the feared and the fearful

Nocturnal wraiths, harvesting the blood

My struggle, is this right?

To kill and eat my fellow man

No time for dilemmas

I’m lucky to be alive

Wretched times, wretched deeds

No other source on which to feed

Establish our order

At any cost

Closing in

On our prey

Time has come

I must be blooded

I advance in cold blood

Axe in hand against an unarmed man

No time now, to falter

I sweep my weapon down

In moments, he lies dead

His blood upon my hands

My comrades rejoicing

Celebrate my first kill

They rush in to butcher

Divide the carcass

It stuns me, how quickly

A man becomes a meal

Dismembered, carved into

One hundred pounds of flesh

A feast for the order

I earn my keep

Surfacing from the shadows

Cleansed of fear and doubt

Certain, strong, and deadly

Set to cast them out

We scorn the rule of terror

We’ll end the anarchy

One great man to guide us

A new society

Many from the few

United by our hopes

To rid these lands of madness

And save humanity

No mercy for the wretched ones

Who stand in our way

Lone wolves to the slaughter

The flock will have its day

Storming through the streets

We swarm the leaderless horde

See their kind fall before us

We’ll feast on their remains

The sweetness of our vengeance

The hope for humankind

We’ll purge the world of chaos

And rebuild with our minds

Hunt with me my brothers

Victory is at hand

Spill the blood of tyrants

Reclaim the promised land

We liberate this sacred realm and drag our corrupted race

Back from the brink of annihilation

Back from Hell