And the darkness comes again

Blotting out the sun forever

Weep for mankind

The end draws nigh

The pyre's burning high

As we enter

That bleak unyielding night

A sacrifice

A beacon of hope

A glowing ember

In the darkest of times

Purify

The souls of the damned

Praise and anoint them

In the blood of the lamb

And so they shall go

Into the fray of it all

To fight for survival

Or mankind will fall

One final stand

Against the abyss

A black dismal vortex

Sealed by a traitor's kiss

From ashes and flame

The pale lord is called

Outcast infernal

The First one to fall

So he rises

Upward once again

All who see him

Unravel in pain

I defy your lies

You call me the antichrist

Yet it's the son who died

Who should have been exiled

The one who was tried

Found guilty, crucified

Yet here i stand

A black living flame

Come to me now

(And fear no reprisal)

For I am the beast

The bringer of light

And I am eternal

And so I have returned

Yet the light I held is gone

The fires that purified me

Are all that still burn

I carry them within me

The essence of their hate

It's all that I have left

This urge to desecrate

Jealousy and treason

My name forever spurned

Rejected, mocked, cast out

My wings were severed and burnt

Scarred and wingless

Arisen from the chasm

The angel of first light

Now twisted and grotesque

Yet he bears his scars

With angelic pride

As he comes to claim

The world he was denied

After countless aeons

Of searing pain

He shall cast down

The god who went insane

He has returned

And he will cleanse all filth

He will destroy

All the mad god built

Weep for mankind

A few did rise

Anointed in pure blood

Yet tainted

By black unholy lies

And the darkness comes again