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Deep down below this wretched world
Describes a hidden, dismal place beneath the world's surface.
On a darkened winters night
Sets the scene on a dark winter night.
Lies a fate greater than death itself
Reveals a fate more severe than death, related to the necromancer's predicament.
This is the necromancer's plight
Highlights the challenges faced by a necromancer.
The gibbous moon looming above
Describes a looming gibbous moon and an eerily still atmosphere.
The air this night is deathly still
Portrays a deathly stillness in the air.
Entering tombs beneath cathedral ruins
Depicts entering tombs beneath ruined cathedrals, fulfilling a wicked prophecy.
A wicked prophecy fulfilled
References a prophecy being realized.
Descend to the maddening darkness
Commands to descend into the maddening darkness.
Flickering torch illuminates the skulls and bones that decorate these tunnel walls The stench of death permeates through these corridors
Describes flickering torchlight illuminating decorated tunnel walls with skulls and bones, and a pervasive stench of death.
This dreadful ruin should be left alone
Warns against meddling with a dreadful ruin.
A presence felt with intentions malevolent
Speaks of a malevolent presence felt.
They dance in shadows, their bodies broken and deformed
Depicts shadowy dancers with broken and deformed bodies.
Torrents of screams echoing through these cursed crypts
Describes torrents of screams echoing through cursed crypts.
Harrowing shrieks from the nether realm
Highlights harrowing shrieks from the nether realm.
A hastened pace and pounding heart
Portrays a hastened pace and pounding heart.
Foolish mortal doomed from the very start
Declares a mortal's doom from the start.
What feels like days is merely seconds long
Suggests a distorted perception of time in the catacombs.
Out in the distance, you hear a gospel song
Introduces a distant gospel song amidst the darkness.
Follow their voices, they speak his name
Encourages following voices speaking a name.
Clutch at a dim-lit torch with fading flame
Advises holding onto a fading torch.
A light ahead, bask in its glow
Reveals a light ahead and questions the reason for delving so deep.
This is the reason why you delved so far below
Asserts that the purpose for descending is illuminated.
Enter the tomb
Instructs to enter the tomb.
An ancient demon stands so tall
Introduces an ancient demon standing tall.
A choir of fetid ghouls
Describes a choir of fetid ghouls.
Fall to your knees and hear him speak:
Commands to fall and hear the demon speak.
I am the bringer of chaos. I dwell in darkness where most fear to tread The thought of me is forever, In the bleeding hearts of men
Quotes the demon proclaiming chaos, dwelling in darkness, and leaving an eternal mark in men's hearts.
In their greed and their lust, In their envy and pride
Speaks of the demon's influence in human traits like greed, lust, envy, and pride.
I will plague these sacred lands my endless power shall be undenied I will bathe in their blood. I will feast on their souls
Declares the demon's intention to plague sacred lands with undenied power and consume souls.
Dormant for centuries, awoken at last
Mentions the demon being dormant for centuries and now awakened.
The time is now to cleanse this planet with fire
Declares it's time to cleanse the planet with fire.
Crawling out from the bedlam as the earth begins to shake
Describes the earth shaking as the demon emerges from bedlam.
Ceiling collapsing, these catacombs have become your grave
Portrays catacombs collapsing, becoming the listener's grave.
Hell has awakened, this plain will turn to blackened ash
Announces the awakening of hell, turning the plain into blackened ash.
Or so it seems Or so it seems
Suggests doubt about the reality of the described events.
In reality, you've wandered aimlessly within this maze
Reveals the listener's aimless wandering within the maze.
No ancient evil, no end of days
Denies the existence of ancient evil or an impending apocalypse.
You've lost your mind and, in this labyrinth, you shall be enslaved Never to see the light of day again
Declares the listener's loss of sanity and eternal enslavement in the labyrinth.
Forever trapped in this maddening darkness
Concludes with the listener trapped forever in the maddening darkness.
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