Sightless, wretched dogma
Mutilation of the mind
Their light blinds eyes who shall never see the dark.
Putrescent Sects
of pitiful worship
Massive sepulchers where fools go to die
From the corners of the earth, they came
With tomes and knives in hand
Where they go, lunacy follows
This scar of mankind’s shame
Doctrines that rape the mind
Leaving it hollow and numb
As we lament the lost
We foster hate for their kind
Until our last breath
We’ll meet them with the death
Of their twisted convictions
Illness ingrained in faith
Long, agonizing years
War shall cure the affliction
Burn the cross
Their faith lies in ash
2000 years of ignorance
The Godless Epoch has arrived
Defile the star
Their words of filth
Will never be heard
The epoch of unrest shall end
Eclipse the moon
For their atrocities
Cannot be forgiven
The epoch of our reign begins
We need not your creeds
Not your lies and deceit
Condemnation of thine plague
Will bring the Godless Age
Ashes spread on the holy lands
Prayers unheard through sharpened steel
Kingdoms fall to heathen hands
Carrion crows flock to feast
Ashes spread on the holy lands
Entomb the once exalted idols
Where gods fear to tread
And where the godless reign!!!
No more shall faith prevail
Never will our era cease
Once condemned ways
Hold dominion over all
For all time to come, the Godless Epoch shall be
credits
from Antarcht,
track released January 30, 2015
Lyrics by BRJ
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