a cleansing fire Lyrics

Going to the temple in the Valley of Fear

Going to the temple hallowed and revered

Going to the temple gonna get me clear

Gonna kill my captain and burn the vessel that brought me here

Going to the temple of the Vacant Eye

With the dog star ascendant in the blood red sky

Going to the temple bad intent in mind

Throwing everything that's sacred on the funeral pyre

I dreamed of a fire that cleaned

And the damned thing

Grew so fast raged so high

Covered all the earth and the sea and sky

Still the sacrifice was justified

Had to pay them what I owed in kind

Going to the temple with a heart of stone

Every unbeliever gonna submit and atone

Going to the temple gonna bury the bones

Till the dead stay dead and at last their ghosts leave me alone

I dreamed of a fire that cleaned

And i fed it long into the night

Watched it die at first daylight

And the morning rain it felt so fine

Watched the phoenix and the new sun rise

Only ash remains