Cradle of Affliction

Burdened with sins of the flesh
The faithless still remain
Your penance is all that is left
Visage with no name
Baptized in scorn and regret
Deeper than a grave
Adorned in the presence of death
Redemption through pain

Through ashes you walk with the dead
The blood sears your veins
Sins that you wish to forget
Now drive you insane
Your guilt is a fragment that's left upon death
Thorns are all that remain
A flagellant pilgrim is finally beset
A martyr that can't be saved

A world of holy terrors
You return by the hand of wills
The twisted one invokes their power
A sacred sword extracted to kill

A crimson stain ordains the guilt upon the altar
Penance obtained under the weight of their sin
Three humiliations we are to suffer
Sorrowful be the heart till the end

Cursed in name
Blessed in death
Tears obtained
Wounds of attrition
Curse your name
Bless your death
Searching for
Cradle of affliction

The brotherhood of the silent sorrow
Guides you and your righteous blade
Descending into the depths of jondo
The grievous miracle shows you the way

Mountains of dusk, bridges of frost
Echoes of salt, deadly rooftops
Treacherous is the mother of mothers
Grievance ascends, death is no end
Olive tree houses the dead
Sleeping canvases negating all words

The last son of the miracle
Shatters the mirror in which he sleeps
Now awake this crimson figure comes
To meet you on this side of the dream

Ascend an ashen throne
Commune with the twisted one
End the cycle the high wills began
Your penance is done

Cursed in name
Blessed in death
Tears obtained
Wounds of attrition
Curse your name
Bless your death
Searching for
Cradle of affliction