Treachery Lyrics

Deep in the base of the well lies a frozen tundra

Rounds of an icy lake trap the sinner guilty of treachery

Traitors and deniers of love and all human warmth

Eternally removed from the light and heat of the sun

Heads and necks exposed only to bow and allow some protection from the wind

as we witness betrayers of family ties, community, guests and lords gnaw at each other

"As they deny all human ties so are they bound only by the unyielding ice"

Rounds upon rounds of remorseless souls

Inhabit the crystalline landscape

Even tears are denied these sinners

The comfort of weeping denied to them

Cain, the house of traitors to kindred

winds cut the faces of protruding heads

Murderous souls seeping the lake

Encapsulated by their betrayal

Antenora, traitors to country

Treason enacted, loyalty refused

Conspiring souls condemned to starvation

Shall be unable to bend their necks

Ptolemy, betrayers to their guests

Lie face up in the ice

Tears freezing sealing their eyes

Only courtesy they know is rudeness

Round four, Judecca

Holds the traitors to the lords

Utter immobility

Impossible to move or speak

"Vexilla Regis prodeunt inferni"

In the center of all this damnation

Rests the original ultimate sin

Treachery against all creation

Dis, the beginning of hate

The devil, once fairest of all

Three faces of suffering

Impotent, ignorant, and hate

Feasting on traitors

Ripping their backs with claws

Dark wings bluster the icy wind

Further encase the dead

Tears run down his faces

Mixing with fluids of filth