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Long dormant in this sleepless night

In this crypt have I laid too long

And known not of the night or day

While month and year have passed me by

But now, at last, I feel again

The beating of my ancient heart

Awakened now to seek revenge

On those who wronged me in my past

Arise! I cry to broken bones

And flesh now infested with worms

Go forth these limbs that slept too long

And teeth that yearn to feast once more

Awake! Awake! My brothers, rise!

The time for retribution's come!

For we shall right all what was wronged

And pay our debts in wage of blood!

No longer do they visit us

No flowers lay upon our graves

Our names know no place on their lips

Nor in their prayers are we intoned

And so, we laid in beds of stone

With each year growing seeds of hate

Until this dark and faithful night

When memories return in vain

Their cries will be like wine for us

Their entrails will be for our bread

And we shall dine while they still breathe

To teach them of the pain we knew

While we laid trapped in earthen tombs

And knew they had forgotten us

And while we sup upon their brains

We know they'll pray to join the dead

But this dream shall not come to them

No dreamless sleep awaits this night

No gentle coffin shall greet their rest

No flowers to be wreathed and left

Instead, they're doomed to wake with us

To conquer town and hamlet till

The whole world knows the sleepless hate

And seeks the taste of living brains