The Northern Sanctuary Songtext
von Witherscape

The centuries pass and the red moon rises
Lightenin′ the path for eternal life
Tonight, a hole shall tear the sky
Blood will fall as she meets her master

Castin' the spell to transpire
Provin′ his faith was a lie
Forcin' seduction through dyin'
Heaven will burn in the sky

Follow the heat of the pyre exhumin′ the demon tonight
Senses awake and he cries through the pain, astral has taken his soul
No longer in control, shreddin′ the minds' decay
Mother, the whore of sin howlin′ away

Wiser is the man who was led astray
Healin' of strangers to fall and fail again
Livin′ his dream so long, then taken away
Madness will falter between all the same


The wound in his heart now bleeds for God
Whispers in twilight for he is dyin' alone
Watchin′ his dream decline, afterlife unknown
Slip into darkness and eternal pain

Search deep within for the love to regain
The cleansin' heart for the pure, she'll never take claim
She dances with his soul as their waltz is whirled away
He will shed the veil again where the devil shows the way

Many years prepared to rule this day, for the time is now
High above in the starry sky opens the failure of mankind
Ground painted with blood of the slain, the deep red afterglow
Desolation upon the floor will never wash away

There′s nowhere left to run, the crippled pray to the end of time
Desecration of every soul cowardly on the downward climb
Left behind in a barren land so many left in despair
Seekin′ truth through the acolyte in the vile stench of the queen


In the wake of bloodshed, rights of man die
(Demonic plagues unleashed from hell this night)
Crimes of sick pay, mounds of dead lie
(Those who deny will be the first to die)
Heed the rapture, trust your faith tonight
(She's been revealed for eternal plight)
The sky is open, the ritual are complete
(The angel′s tortured for the final time)
Lighting strikes, the burning cast down

The separation of a shattered soul will burn their hopes away
The corpse of yearnin' is a rottin′ slime, come smell the flesh decay
The sky has come alive, black is the heart in throe
The eyes of the deadly crow, the new king is crowned

Unleash the maker of the tortured souls, gather on the wake
The desecration of a faceless life, his fire will ignite
The sky has come alive, black is the heart in throe
The eyes of the deadly crow, the new king is crowned

Wise is the man who was led astray
The mournin' is weighin′ him down as the world crumbles away
He's driftin' apart from the light as she carries his soul away
Madness will falter between all the same

Write the words of blasphemy, lives of a rottin′ past
Sacrifice for divinity, kneel before the war
Rise, leave the sanctity of reality
Man will drown, bathe in the blood pool of the ascendin′ one

Gaze of her master's peer those who smite his daughter′s deity
Witness the welcomin', open arms of the father
Oh, with wings she′s ascendin'
Oh, the angel of hell′s decayed