Seventy steps, downward the spiral Into the fiery crypts, dreamlands ahead Seven hundred steps, further down To the gates of deeper slumber Seek knowledge in the forests Find answers among fur and claws Seek knowledge by the priest Find answers carved in stone Ravished by black wings Seventy steps, downward the spiral Into the fiery crypts, dreamlands ahead Seven hundred steps, further down To the gates of deeper slumber Strange harbours hide strange sailors Unknown oars strike unknown waters Black galley's stench-ridden corridors With purple sails set on lunar course Witness the moon beast procession Seek knowledge in Nyarlathotep Witness the vile conquest of claws Seek knowledge on the isle of oriab Ngranek reveals the countenance A vision of the outer gods Night gaunts summoned from darkness Disturbing this moment of clarity Seventy steps, downward the spiral Death lies behind, enlightenment ahead Seven hundred steps, further down Unbound from the burden of life Onward to celephais