To The Tome Of The Black Tongue

Lyrics

[Intro] My dreams have become its dreams! It calls to me! It begs for me to unearth it from its cradle of black soil! Screaming to be released! [Verse 1: Joe Black] It promises knowledge and power To turn men to dust, and gods into cowards Voice like an echo, distant, and hollow Relentless, vicious, it beckons I follow I'm lost in my world, thoughts of my own There's no hiding 'cause it's inside me And just to remind me, it screams in my mind Until my eyes bleed! [Verse 2: Lee Carver] You won't find its power if you seek it It's sanctuary secret and it'll cement Your entry to Hell if you recite the text Decipher this instruction to take lives from the next Manifest itself and takes ahold Blowing my sanity, blowing my soul Its backwards words give birth to behemoths Necromantic schemes pave way to the zenith [Chorus] Read the pages inside the tome of the black tongue (Penned in blood and) Rehearse the verses and learn the curses of the black tongue (For many moons I have searched) With every passage more is revealed Converging the non believers to kill Read the pages inside the tome of the black tongue (Penned in blood and) [Interlude] For many moons I have searched Slowly descending into madness Penned in blood and bile Lie the secrets from an all but forgotten rite [Verse 3: Lee Carver] Every word that you murmur is dangerous Bleeding lacerations ink the pages with the paper cuts If it's in your radius you fantasize murder Paralyzed in a trance it's a page turner Infernal word from the Old God passed down Read aloud black clouds demons up in the background Rome splinters above, vast desert like sands The fall of man if it falls in the wrong hands [Verse 4: Billy Obey] Sacrificial, speaking of this Many died seeking to see a peek or a glimpse Of the pages that are ageless and stained with the blood of the ancient It lays tainted in the place it was created Suffer through stages of suffocation Levitating, repeating phrases that summon Satan No sign of change everything's heinous So sign your name and sing praises when you [Chorus] Read the pages inside the tome of the black tongue (Penned in blood and) Rehearse the verses and learn the curses of the black tongue (For many moons I have searched) With every passage more is revealed Converging the non believers to kill Read the pages inside the tome of the black tongue (Penned in blood and) [Interlude] Its cross of evil guided me It was hidden in the depths of a desolate church Finally a chance to acquire the knowledge within [Verse 5: Billy Obey] Trying to fight the urge to recite the words Tome of the Black Tongue, hidden within's a curse It was written in a church waiting for you to find it (Many moons I have searched) Its image burned in your mind, you're reminded Exactly what this means the text is commanding heed Threw away hope, accepted insanity Beckon to a tome that might not even exist Still stuck searching for the secrets of the abyss [Verse 6: Joe Black] I know I'm close to the place I have to find I can hear its heart beating in the back of my mind I'm doomed, consumed by its curse I stand outside the ruins of what used to be a church The voice seems different, desperate, more frantic Screaming for me to release it, it commands it It's too loud now, it's driving me insane A gold glow hurts my eyes but I can't look away, I gotta [Chorus] Read the pages inside the tome of the black tongue (Penned in blood and) Rehearse the verses and learn the curses of the black tongue (For many moons I have search-) [Outro] Wretched whisperings increase in volume and clarity As I approach the ruins of this accursed place The book's terrible and dreadful power Growing stronger with each step Approaching it, I can feel its [?] As soon as my hands touched its fleshy binds All sounds stopped The tome is finally mine