Old Adam (Live at Zanzabar)
Darkness falls with the GRACE OF SATAN
...as the hand of FATE strikes MIDNIGHT
...and DOOMSDAY DAWNS upon
...the AGE OF MAN
...that BASTARD RACE OF RATS
...that spread their PLAGUE in PACKS
...let the brittle strength of bones
...RETURN TO DUST AND ASH as
...HELL — FIRE — RAZES
...ALL CREATION
A SCORCHED and SMOTHERED EARTH
...while the GATES OF HEAVEN BURN
...like ROME in NERO'S EYE
LO! BEHOLD!
THE HOUR IS NIGH!
This is a REQUIEM MASS EXTINCTION
The SIXTH of its kind
One where MANKIND races
...and the HORSEMEN RIDE
One where ALL THE WORLD'S A GRAVE
...and even DEATH MAY DIE
LO! BEHOLD!
THE HOUR IS NIGH!
"The play is a tragedy called, "Man"
...and its hero, THE CONQUEROR WORM."
This is a REQUIEM MASS EXTINCTION
The SIXTH of its kind
One where ALL THE WORLD'S A GRAVE
...brimming with headstones
...the SHADOWS CAST
...on these VALLEYS OF DEATH
GRINNING, they DANCE
GRIM and MACABRE
...REAPING WHAT'S LEFT
...AT THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD
LO! BEHOLD!
THE HOUR IS NIGH!
On this EVE at last it begins
...the END OF ADAM'S LINE
...as the hand of FATE strikes MIDNIGHT
...and DOOMSDAY DAWNS upon
...the AGE OF MAN
...that BASTARD RACE OF RATS
...that spread their PLAGUE in PACKS
...let the brittle strength of bones
...RETURN TO DUST AND ASH as
...HELL — FIRE — RAZES
...ALL CREATION
A SCORCHED and SMOTHERED EARTH
...while the GATES OF HEAVEN BURN
...like ROME in NERO'S EYE
LO! BEHOLD!
THE HOUR IS NIGH!
This is a REQUIEM MASS EXTINCTION
The SIXTH of its kind
One where MANKIND races
...and the HORSEMEN RIDE
One where ALL THE WORLD'S A GRAVE
...and even DEATH MAY DIE
LO! BEHOLD!
THE HOUR IS NIGH!
"The play is a tragedy called, "Man"
...and its hero, THE CONQUEROR WORM."
This is a REQUIEM MASS EXTINCTION
The SIXTH of its kind
One where ALL THE WORLD'S A GRAVE
...brimming with headstones
...the SHADOWS CAST
...on these VALLEYS OF DEATH
GRINNING, they DANCE
GRIM and MACABRE
...REAPING WHAT'S LEFT
...AT THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD
LO! BEHOLD!
THE HOUR IS NIGH!
On this EVE at last it begins
...the END OF ADAM'S LINE
Credits
Writer(s): Chris Bledsoe, Matthew A. Carrillo, Philip Morris, Ronnie Burge
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