Book of Thel Lyrics

The mark is on you now
The furnace sealed inside your head
Melting from the inside now
Waxy tears run down your faceThe whore that never told her tale
Relives it every night with you
Far off stands the lamb and waits
For the wolf to come and end its lifeStand inside the temple
As the book of Thel is opening
The priestess stands before you
Offering her hand out, risingCome the dawning of the dead
In famine and in war
Now the harlot womb of death
Spits out its rotten coreSerpent on the altar now
Has wrapped itself around your spine
So you look into its mouth
And you kiss the pearly fangs divineHappy that your end is swift
The weeping virgin cries in bliss
The snake and priestess, they are one

The veil of flesh is ripped undoneStand inside the temple
As the book of Thel is opening
The priestess stands before you
Offering her hand out, risingCome the dawning of the dead
In famine and in war
Now the harlot womb of death
Spits out its rotten coreBy the pricking of my thumbs
Something wicked this way comes
And when sleep takes you tonight
Will you wake to see the light?Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-ohThe burning sweat of poison tears
The river flowing red with blood
The cradle-robbing hand of death
Caresses every dreaming headWaiting for the marriage hearse
To take you to the funeral pyre
So you burn the family tree
The generations burning higherStand inside the temple
As the book of Thel is opening
The priestess stands before you
Offering her hand out, risingCome the dawning of the dead
In famine and in war
Now the harlot womb of death
Spits out its rotten coreBy the pricking of my thumbs
Something wicked this way comes
And when sleep takes you tonight
Will you wake to see the light?Come the dawning of the dead
Come the dawning of the dead
Come the dawning of the dead
Come the dawning of the deadWhat demon hath formed this abominable void
This soul-shuddering vacuum?
Some said it is Urizen
But unknown, abstracted, brooding secret
The dark power hid