Mankind lashed to the Wheel of Time Suspended over the great Chasm of Death The pendulum swings twixt nothingness and nothingness This is the plight of the living As worms man is born, writhing in flesh Writhing for meaning, the darkness clouds him Drawn to the white light of heaven The allure of forgiveness Weakness of flesh The moth devoured by the fire Kneel to the corpse Lamb to the slaughter Drunk on the lie You will never know freedom As worms most men die Grasping for truth Where no truth can be found God died long ago As worms most men die Never knowing the Light within The ember of the Black Flame Waiting in silence to rise Reach out with envigored hand Grasp the flame within Raze to the ground the man of flesh Carve from him the new god Carve from him glory and might Nihil verum nisi mors Raze to the ground the man of flesh Carve from him the new god Carve from him glory and might