Through the fiery caverns we sail
Virgil at my side my guide and master
Questing through the nine plains of hell
Infernal wisdom shall fill my soul
Slowly now the days departing
The darkened air releases me
Frightening visions of my journey
Entrance me to limbo I m not
Free

Abandon all hope who enter here
Enter the gatesCharon awaits

Abandon all hope who enter here
For this is where all things are left behind
Every doubt and every cowardice must die
Souls of rage and anger whipping in despair

The souls that wail on this plain pray for death
Denial is the reason for their suffering
Forever being stung by wasps and demons breath
The blood and tears that fall serve the maggots need

Descentionthrusting to the second plain
Minos judges as his tail twines
Lustful thoughts and greed whip these wretched souls
A hurricane of hate mocks their helpless pleas

Drifting now down deeperinto eternal flames
Awake at the third circlethe cold and filthy rain
Punished for their gluttonylanguid for all time
The earth it stinks of corpsesdamned for all time
The vicious beast Cerebusthree headsblooded eyes
Tears his talons through the airall the skinners cry

Downbe still thy cursed wolf
The master scorns its name
Dive to the next plain
The sullen and the vain
Suffer for greed
The prodigal they bleed
For all eternity
Plutus holds the key

Damnedthe wrathful and the vain
Suffer the fifth plain
Cross the river Styx
Heed your crucifix
The mudded corpses cry
Howling to the sky
Reach the other side
Open wide the gate

Enter the sixth circle of barren land and flames
Passing through the gate of dis the furies scream her name
Belching forth in agony invoking her to rise
The spirit s rage consuming us the evil in their cries
Queen of vipersqueen of serpents
Cast their souls to stone
Spread to wealth of Gorgon s power
Medusa?s inner soul

We?re drawing ever closer to the seventh hell
They violate their neighborstheir god and themselves
We re sailing slowly through the boiling river of blood
Immersed in the depths below souls scream in agony
The twisted beast he laughshe draws his arrow back
His sights on anyone exposing of their flesh
He impales their hearts with ease
And shrugs their piercing screams
Pity is they ll never die
They ll suffer here eternally

Imagine a place where every horror comes to life
Where every torture is real and time stands still
Eight fiery steps and we re closer to the end

In a cold and timeless grave buried head first in shit
Praying all the while for a quick painless death
Scratching furiously at scabbed and oozing wounds

Lucifer ... angel of light
Cast below god of ice
Ruling hell unholy trinity
The traitors freeze for all eternity
Lucifer ... betrayer of god
Tormentor ruthless and cold
Judas screaming here in agony
The traitors freeze for all eternity

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