[00:17.66]A blissful maid has pierced my heart
[00:19.79]She's feasted on my soul
[00:21.88]A banquet made of flesh and bone
[00:24.01]So I was dethroned
[00:25.85]Like kings without shields and swords
[00:28.17]Like bards without their chords
[00:30.09]Now call the Ravens, light the fire
[00:31.97]To rot in hell my curse
[00:34.35]
[00:35.00]Besieged by the flames - By the church declaimed
[00:43.00]Unholy will - Pagan I die, as a pagan I lived
[00:51.20]
[00:52.00]The sons of Grandier bade command
[00:56.05]Hither to bring all the people from afar
[01:00.37]The rich, the poor and the sick were gathered
[01:04.00]Countless quite! As the priest was a hero to their eyes
[01:08.61]The wood smoke rose black over blaze
[01:12.86]And blend was the roar of the fires in the sky
[01:16.86]In heavy mood, misery they moaned
[01:20.96]As the sky was devoured by the funeral pyre
[01:24.70]
[01:25.32]"Mephistopheles bring wrath
[01:27.98]Upon the ones who insult and stain the name of God
[01:32.96]with vileness and greed
[01:36.35]Upon the ones who torture and their cursed breed"
[01:40.50]
[01:41.00]Before Decay's abismal fingers
[01:43.40]Brush against my brow
[01:45.32]And sweep the lines where beauty lingers
[01:47.49]I will pledge my vow
[01:49.40]Of all the villains claimed to live
[01:51.66]In chastity and need
[01:53.73]"A thousand times into the fire"
[01:55.76]The oath I now decree
[01:57.59]
[01:58.51]Besieged by the flames - By the church declaimed
[02:06.76]Unholy will - Pagan I die, as a pagan I lived
[02:14.28]
[02:15.20]A false diabolical pact was written
[02:19.26]In the name of Grandier and all the spawn of Hell
[02:23.64]"The love of women, the flower of virgins
[02:27.71]The respect of Kings, honors, lust and charming spells"
[02:31.95]"He will join us in our crusade
[02:36.24]And sin by sin he'll become the Devil's blade"
[02:40.27]In noble mood, dignity he owned
[02:44.42]As the sky was devoured by the funeral pyre
[02:51.05]
[02:52.19](Guitar solo: Raphael)
[03:04.42]
[03:05.42]His eyes were fiery and yet so hollow
[03:09.53]Sixteen pints of water he was forced to swallow
[03:13.69]But he did not kneel, and vauntingly swore:
[03:19.51]"In thy gaze I see the eyes of Satan"
[03:23.35]
[03:29.32]The sons of Grandier bade command
[03:33.52]Hither to bring all the people from afar
[03:37.61]The rich, the poor and the sick were gathered
[03:41.76]Countless quite! As the priest was a hero to their eyes
[03:46.01]The wood smoke rose black over blaze
[03:50.39]And blend was the roar of the fires in the sky
[03:54.29]In heavy mood, misery they moaned
[03:58.43]As the sky was devoured by the funeral pyre
[04:03.61]