Reliquary Lyrics

Led through torchlit silent lanes Crimson portents rubricae Past the doorway Three sided formed Tattooed priesthood Faceless, cowled, branded Enter chambers heathen warmed Floors engraved with ritual scorn Rows of zealots eightsided formed Heathens Tattooed priesthood Faceless, Cowled, impure vermin Blasphemy Apostates gather. Communion A foetid assembly, nauseous faith Judged Guilty Drawn and quarterеd, left to rot Godkin descent Blеss these pale hands Sweet penitent Intone thine chants Bless these pale hands Grief-stricken heirs Martyred lineage Thirteen amphorae line the moor Before me. Sublime, in clay and Violet thread Arranged in patterns of Remembrance Cracked open Listen to these intertwined bones Whisper a martyred lineage Grief stricken heirs