Dante

I walked through shadows black as tar
The gates were open wide ajar
Abandon hope the sign did say
But my feet moved anyway

A beast with eyes that see too much
Its claws my heart they nearly clutch
Circles spin the damned they fall
Whispers bounce off every wall

A river burned a scream did cry
The echoes rose they split the sky


Inferno calls with fire and stone
A spiral deep where sins are sown
The flames they dance the souls they moan
Inferno calls I’m not alone



A river flows with endless tears

A ferryman waits

Feeds on fears

Spirals down where the lost ones wail

The weight of sins tips every scale





Turn around? No escape

The gates are closed

Sealed by fate





Fire rises

Burning skies

Echoes scream

The silence lies

Inferno calls

No place to hide

Welcome down

Your soul's the guide


A frozen lake a silent stare
I met my fears they waited there

Inferno calls with fire and stone
A spiral deep where sins are sown
The flames they dance the souls they moan
Inferno calls I’m not alone