Illnath

Virgin Soil

Illnath


Behold, he stands before you all 
Upon the tower, fit to fall 
See the beauty of the never-ending 
Hear his creatures call 

Say then, say then: 
Lay no eye upon my eye, lay no voice upon my crying 
Set no truth above my lie, shed no tear upon my dying 

An orphan is your child to be 
And like you took my child from me 
The likes of this, my vengeance 
Jave my hell bred creatures yet to see 
I've never known such naked pain 
As if I'm naked in the rain 
I've searched each world for virgin soil 
Fit for my slaughtered child's remains 

Say then, say then: 
For an eye you take an eye, take my voice for all your crying 
Upon your infants grave I lie, upon it's death I do my dying 
For his eye you take an eye, shattered was he when we found him 
Stone and cut and crucify, leave his killer's heart unpounding 

Men and angels hide in vain 
For he who hath my firstborn slain 
Shall die before the sun has set 
He took my child, he will regret 

Say then, say then: 
Lay no eye upon my eye, lay no voice upon my crying 
Set no truth above my lie, shed no tear upon my dying 

Poised the strike in the slumberous sword 
Of the dark and childless lord 
"This machete of mine will get thee in time 
We're alone in a room with no door" 

Yes, I recall the death of one 
Older and more holy son 
I see the irony, but that won't render 
This one deed undone 

Say then, say then: 
For his eye you paid an eye, a law you find is self-fulfilling 
In your place your child did die 
Death is all you gain from killing