Lupus cruor hardens the veins a thousand knives have failed to slay To the best the boys betrayed as the howling stalk the falling day To seven serpents I am chained, dragged behind my souls decay All empathy it slips away as the wolvesblood calls and has its way I warn you the battle is over, the heart that you seek is no more No love, no hope of curing what I have embraced with open arms Now I seek no shelter nor the warmth of home I have shed all human failings And made a kingdom in the cold Countless days in numbing cold until painless hours steeled my soul Awash in flesh and greed I bowed And stood anew with iron bones Your arms that take, invertebrate The venom killed all hope for me You only hurt the ones you love so I'll take my heart and rip it out