1. SEVEN YEAR PILGRIMAGE

(Instrumental)


2. THE PALE RIDER

Behold the Lamb who comes forth
To break the seal, to bring the end
The fourth of the creatures before the throne
Announces the coming of death

Behold, a pale horse, a pale rider
Whose name is death, who brings hell in his wake
Who slays a fourth of the earth
The living rot in the wake of his power

Behold, a fourth of the living shall perish
By sword, starvation and plague
Their throats torn out by beasts
Their flesh carved by teeth

Behold, the pale rider
Death and Hell follow with him


3. CELESTIAL AGONY

Hearken unto the agony of Satan
Buried beneath his own filth
Crushed under self-torment
Desperate and writhing

Hearken unto the agony of Satan
Infernal tormentor
Accuser of mankind
Chained and brought down

Hearken unto the agony of Satan
Pitiful creature
Brought forth unto judgement
Eternal suffering awaits

The agony of Satan
The agony of Satan
The agony of Satan
Fallen wretch, left to rot in the flames


4. THE RENDING OF GRAVES

Silence of night betrays the noise
Of pines creaking in the wind
As stone is rest by unseen power
The dead bursting forth to new life
Flesh re-animated
Souls re-united with former bodies

Satanic lies abolished
Death conquered
Christus victor
The gates of hell destroyed

Corpses of a former life given new birth
Re-animation of those who lie in wait
The grave cannot contain
Those who die in Christ


5. THE LAST WINTER ON EARTH

(Instrumental)


6. CRAWLING BACK TO THE CROSS

Surrounded by temptations
Writhing serpents beckon
From the trees
The whispers of Lilith

Crawling back to the cross
The Father of lights calls
Crawling back to the cross
Mangled yet not forgotten

Hooked by talons
Shifting terrors seize the heart
From the mouths of graves
Nihil spews its blackened hell

Crawling back to the cross
The Father of lights calls
Crawling back to the cross
Jesus, have mercy on me, a sinner


7. ARCHITECTS OF HELL

Corpses lit by fire, writhing in agony
They beg for death and cannot die

Architects of Hell, we build our suffering
Demonic companionship, fire, the tearing of flesh
Distorted bodies subject to torment
Consumed in selfish decay

Corpses lit by fire, suffering in worms
They beg for death, bereft of termination

Architects of Hell, we build our suffering
Demonic surroundings, built by our actions
Hunched over souls bent over by torture
Consumed by worms that cannot die

Oh Lord, grant that we might see
What we do with our life now lasts into eternity