Circles
Infernal Odyssey: Wicked Ways Unveils a Journey Through Sin and Retribution
Lyrics
Abandon hope, all ye who enter here
Entering a place of despair, abandoning hope
Trapped here forever, for I have not known
Trapped indefinitely, lacking knowledge
The one who sits upon the shining throne
Referring to a powerful figure on a radiant throne
Just below the first
Beneath the first figure, unable to satisfy desires
Couldn't quench the thirst
Failing to quench a deep thirst
Overcome by desire, I fell into fire
Consumed by desire, falling into metaphorical fire
The never ending gusts of wind
Enduring endless challenges and hardships
Crushing bones on mountains
Bones being crushed on mountains
Insides out in these fields of filth
Internal turmoil in unclean environments
Trudging through the icy mud and silt
Struggling through difficult and dirty conditions
Once devoured platters of bread
Having once enjoyed abundance, now suffering
Now torn apart by the dog with three heads
Destruction by a dog with three heads
Going further below
Descending further into despair
To those obsessed with gold
Referencing those obsessed with material wealth
Up the hill stones are shoved
Forcing stones uphill as a consequence of money-driven actions
By those for whom money was the only love
Those who prioritized money over love
Ripping tearing flesh
Violent actions and intense anger
Enveloped in wrath
Engulfed in intense anger and fury
Drowning in the Styx
Suffering in the river Styx, a symbol of death
Caught in a storm of blows and kicks
Enduring a storm of physical punishment
Quick to anger quick to crime
Quickness to anger and criminal behavior
Fighting till the end of time
Fighting relentlessly
The next level begins
Entering the next level for committing dark sins
For the darkest of sins
Encased in flames as a punishment for denial of the holy name
Encased in tombs of flame
Being entombed in flames for denial of the holy name
Lay those that denied the holy name
Those who denied the holy name are trapped in tombs of flame
Diving deeper through all of the circles
Continuing to descend through various circles of suffering
I can't escape this godforsaken inferno
Expressing inability to escape the ongoing inferno
A ringed set of three
Referring to a set of three interconnected rings
Hate against thy neighbor
Hatred towards neighbors, oneself, and nature
Against oneself, and against nature
Consequences for turning against one's own
Boiled, burned, and eaten
Punishments involving boiling, burning, and consumption
Torn apart for heinous sin
Torn apart as a consequence of heinous sins
Split into ten trenches
Division into ten trenches for those who lie, cheat, and scam
Are those who lie, cheat, scam with no question
Torment by hellish beasts for deceptive actions
Subjected to torture from beasts of hell
Facing consequences for causing harm to others
Just as they brought down others they too have fell
Falling after bringing down others
Diving deeper through all of the circles
Continuing the descent through circles of suffering
I can't escape this godforsaken inferno
Reiterating the inability to escape the ongoing inferno
Diving deeper through all of the circles
Persisting in the descent through circles of suffering
I can't escape this godforsaken inferno
Expressing the persistent inability to escape the inferno
The bottom is near
Approaching the bottom, experiencing intense fear
Frozen in fear
Frozen in fear as the descent continues
Those who turned against their own
Punishment for those who betrayed their own
Will finally atone
Facing the consequences of turning against one's own
Lucifer is here
Lucifer's presence is acknowledged
Chewing on Cassius, Brutus, and Judas
Lucifer chewing on specific individuals—Cassius, Brutus, and Judas
Shackled to the lake of ice
Being restrained by chains in a lake of ice
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