"Malevolence Reigns" lyrics

Melancholic swings snap taut
Painting the picture of finality

Humanity willingly dispatched to make way
For the reaper of lives
Cloaked in the obsidian haze
All bound by the fibers of this mortal twine
Finally succumbing to the fray
Yet, I remain

With every step the ground ignites
Flames hiss and sputter around
Secrets whispered to the night sky
I am listening now

Ancient incantations
Spoken like forgotten words
Now beseeching me

Legions of tortured creatures now arising
Etched with these morbid, cryptic writings
They're growing weak from the sting above
Malevolence reigns as they yearn for the warmth below

The pale moon fades
A forgotten face
Dawning an era of catastrophe
Misery, take what is left of me

To pluck the eyes
From whom shall bear witness of me
Brimstone paves the road for my disciples

Patchwork, for these scarred tapestries
Stitched with hanging flesh, dead to me
Begging for immortality
Pull back a vile veiled reality

Civilization turning into a mound of dust before my eyes
I'm presenting the gift of life's each intricate, poor misfortunes
Bestowing these souvenirs of pain
Now accept this dispensation
My divine ordering to the affairs of this world

Ancient incantations
Spoken like forgotten words
Now beseeching me

Statues of tortured creatures now arising
Etched with these morbid, cryptic writings
They're growing weak from the sting above
Malevolence reigns as they yearn for the warmth below
Dawning a mask of malignity
Few dare to risk damnation near the effigy
They're withering from the winds above
The malevolent plague of the piercing cold

Mindless servants lulled to rest by these barren soliloquies
Awaiting my command, heir fate decided by my hands
A promise of pain and suffering, everlasting
With each passing soul I feel my compassion unwinding

The opening of a thousand wounds
Will forever be my retribution