1. VIA NECROPOLIS

Beyond the shores of fading lives
Rests a place where each soul arrives
Between soft glow and familiar gloom
A city rises from endless tombs

Via Necropolis
Enjoy the stay cause you’ll never leave
Welcome to the realm of the dead
Where past is forgotten and the future is shed

Veiled in mist and ageless walls
Silence reigns where darkness calls
Yet they hold a timeless feast
Where earthly cares and fears cease

Via Necropolis
Enjoy the stay cause you’ll never leave
Welcome to the realm of the dead
Where past is forgotten and the future is shed

Humans, strange, aren’t they?
They enslaved themselves to systems they invented.
Some are born into comfort, others into chaos
And still so many of them are using the lottery of birth like a weapon.
But when their skin peels from the flesh
And the flesh rots from their bones
And the bones turn into dust,
They are here with me.

Bloodless shades, breathless too
No thirst to haunt. No hunger true
No longing for the night’s embrace
No transience in need to chase

No flesh, no skin, no guts
Soundless steps that leave no ruts
No bones, no eyes
Restless spirits, now left in demise

Forget your creed
Let banners fall
Down here they mean
Nothing at all.

No fear, no grief, no hate
Vacant figures, this place is your fate
No crowns, no chains
Everyone's equal, no title remains

Here, kings and beggars stand side by side
The dust forgets what once was pride
No wealth to find, no worldly name
In the halls of death we’re all the same

Via Necropolis
Enjoy the stay cause you’ll never leave
Welcome to the realm of the dead
Where past is forgotten and the future is shed