[Verse 1]
Wail through heart and through soul
A poisoned kiss so deathly cold
[Verse 2]
Through empires by blackened tears created
On the wings of a wind - The wind of a wraith
Whose scythe caresses in rage
[Bridge]
Wind shall sweep the moonless sky
The reflection of a sulphur fire
Wind shall sweep the moonless sky
The reflection of a sulphur fire
[Verse 3]
Dismal gale - Malicious storm of fate
Brought forth to assail the creation
To bring souls to the wind
Beyond the veils of damnation
To the one without face or name
[Chorus]
Woeful one of endless sight beyond the veil of time
Of ancient darkness you are the keeper
My soul is black and black as night are the ways of thine
Wield the scythe of the Soulreaper
[Post-Chorus]
Caressed by the cutting wind
To voyage the oceans of oblivion
Fall into the hands of destiny
For a dawn there no more will be
[Verse 4]
Through empires by blackened tears created
On the wings of a wind - The wind of a wraith
Whose scythe caresses in rage
[Verse 5]
Wail through heart and through soul
A poisoned kiss so deathly cold
Vanish grief and inner pain
[Chorus]
Woeful one of endless sight beyond the veil of time
Of ancient darkness you are the keeper
My soul is black and black as night are the ways of thine
Wield the scythe of the Soulreaper
[Bridge]
Wind shall sweep the moonless sky
The reflection of a sulphur fire
[Outro]
...and the wind swept through the moonless sky
The reflection of a sulphur fire...
...and the wind swept through the moonless sky
The reflection of a sulphur fire...
The first line of the text gets repeated several times in the text. That makes the song sound like a chant.
Death (or the Soulreaper) is portrayed as painful but also relieving, something that ends suffering.
Jon then asks the being to permeate him throughoutly even though it’s a bitter feeling.
The text begins with requesting a spiritual being, which is attributed with being a gale, to act like the storm it is – to roar violently and fiercely.
The being is “desolate” – the chorus later refers to that fact and gives an explanation, but for now it shows the general pessimistic mood that most of the text exhibits.