Black Crucifixion

The crucifixion of eternity and knowledge
Beyond the borders of good and of sin.
Two thousand years of suffering —
Again I burn to ashes within.

The world before my empty vision
Has turned to cinders and to days,
And heaven burst in flaming fury
Of a fallen sacred star’s blaze.

The lie of life.

In the black crucifixion —
Behold my power!
In the black crucifixion —
My rapture in pain!
The cup of curses
I drink to the end.
I take death —
Only to live again!

A gaze that’s drowning in oblivion,
The frozen calm of plague and dust.
Another day has turned the last one —
Chaos reigns above the world.

Fear in the depths of human conscience
Carries its burden through the night.
Darkness laid upon the altar
Of a universe in the demon’s sight.
The lie of life.

In the black crucifixion —
Behold my power!
In the black crucifixion —
My rapture in pain!
The cup of curses
I drink to the end.
I take death —
Only to live again!

The stones of graves grow ever heavier,
In prayers — a hollow iron chime.
The shadows of crucifixion carved in palms
Like raven wings in darkened skies.

The lie of life.

In the black crucifixion —
Behold my power!
In the black crucifixion —
My rapture in pain!
The cup of curses
I drink to the end.
I take death —
Only to live again!

Примечание
Текст написан в начале 1990-х годов и относится к периоду проекта Arise.
Он представляет собой композицию,  выполненную в стилистике thrash/death metal того времени.
Публикуется как архивный материал.