Lyrics
Thrust from the backbone of the earth
Refers to a force emerging from the core of the earth.
Monolithic mighty black peak of rock and iron
Describes a massive, dark peak made of rock and iron.
A chasm below
Depicts a deep opening or gap below the peak.
An open maw to unravel the hunger of gods
Describes the chasm as a devouring force for the gods' hunger.
Fall down to a vile place within the bowels of the earth
Suggests descending to a vile place beneath the earth's surface.
Endlessly cold
Portrays the place as extremely cold.
Endlessly dark
Portrays the place as endlessly dark.
An audience of desolation for a wrath that is old and hard
Describes an audience witnessing desolation for an ancient and harsh wrath.
As the continent from which it is belched forth
Compares the desolation to a continent expelled from the earth.
Fowl winds will carry the warning
Warns that foul winds will carry a foreboding message.
Silent tidings for all souls to hear
Indicates silent warnings for all souls to perceive.
For they know the cruelty of the reckoning that nears
Implies an awareness of the impending and severe reckoning.
Their wits have dulled and tired
Suggests mental fatigue and dulled senses in the affected souls.
Their hearts corroded and expired
Conveys the corrosion and expiration of their hearts.
They will be greeted by the call of the depths
Foretells the greeting of the depths, a slumber older than time.
A slumber older than time
Links the slumber to awakening due to unchecked greed.
Now Awakened by unchecked and unchallenged greed
Attributes the awakening to unchallenged greed.
Destiny now revoked by the hand that stretches beyond their belief
Suggests a destiny revoked by an overpowering force.
Tectonic and cognitive convulsions intertwine
Describes convulsions in both the Earth's structure and human thought.
Wills stripped like hide from flesh
Portrays a stripping away of willpower similar to skin from flesh.
From earth, from bone, from stone
Highlights the origin of the stripping process from earth, bone, and stone.
The land sings a song of cataclysm
States that the land sings a song of cataclysm.
To celebrate the purge
Indicates a celebration of purging those who tread the land's surface.
Of those who tread her surface
Refers to those dwelling beneath the shadow of the massive peak.
Those who dwell beneath the shadow of the monolith
Suggests that the shadow carries malice and punishment.
The shadow of malice shall know
Asserts that the shadow will experience profound punishment.
The fate of profound punishment
Specifies a fate driven by a pure and refined hatred.
Driven by a hatred pure and refined
Describes a call from the depths, an ancient slumber now awakened.
The call of the depths
Reiterates the awakening due to unchecked and unchallenged greed.
A slumber older than time
Repeats the idea of a slumber older than time now awakened.
Now Awakened by unchecked and unchallenged greed
Reiterates destiny being revoked by an overpowering force.
Destiny now revoked by the hand that stretches beyond their belief
Reiterates the concept of destiny challenged by a force beyond belief.
The crushing weight of their future’s putrid corpses
Describes the heavy weight of future corpses pressing down.
Bears down upon those who’ve been spared
States that the weight bears down on those spared from death.
Who’ve been spared
Emphasizes the idea of those who've been spared from the impending doom.
(Who've been spared)
Repeats the notion of those who've been spared.
Their minds branded forever
Indicates lasting mental marks on those who survive.
Each mind branded with horrific memories
Specifies that each mind carries horrific memories.
Haunted by an inevitable demise
Describes the survivors haunted by an inevitable demise.
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