Ceremonial Castings
Salem 1692
1. Beneath The Sabbath Moon
2. Where The Witches Waltz
3. The Devil In Salem
4. Obsidian Spells Of Hysteria
5. The Dreamstalk Masquerade
6. The Crucible And The Cross
7. Damned Be Those Of The Craft
8. Onwards To Gallows Hill
9. Stones Upon The Warlock
10. When Winter Spectres Come
11. The Search For Tranquility
1. Beneath The Sabbath Moon
...Awaken...
The swift of night
And the marvel lays out their guide
They come by shadow
And unseen before god's eyes
Sauntering through the wooded thick
In secret where they gather
Yet watching here
Is the father of another
Amidst the cauldron's wake
Dismantling of all mesh
Sworn arms reach higher skies
Without any stitch upon their flesh
The dance begins
Before the devil and the unseen priest
Blood spatters for a sacrifice
And a drink to bring them to their knees
Here and now is where they pledge
Here and now in secret
Here and now is where they pledge
An offering to accept
A heart and soul now combine
With blackness ye shall be of one
Hearing only his voice in mind
Into all a new lord has come
Script be within the blackest book
And magic reign upon this land
Rise up ye whores of Salem
As you and Lucifer walk hand in hand
Here and now is where they pledge
Here and now in secret
Here and now is where they pledge
And offering to accept
The swift of night
And the marvel lays out their guide
They come by shadow
And unseen before god's eyes
Sauntering through the wooded thick
In secret where they gather
Yet watching here
Is the father of another
2. Where The Witches Waltz
The noon next still these children sleep
Yet they bear no fever, nor wound
Under hex how far have they fallen
Fathomed be the priest and his secret to consume
Is it just they are lost in dream
Eyes speak dead yet here they breath
To the touch skin fouls a sour cold
And on their lips shine the shade of a stolen soul
The priest will pace upon the comatose
Lifeless girls and one being of his own
A heathen dance from nights past arose
Nothing for a child any father would condone
Is it just they are lost in dream
Eyes speak dead yet here they breath
To the touch skin fouls a sour cold
And on their lips shine the shade of stolen soul
Behind the eyes falling deeper in dream
The girls still dance where none can see
Deep in the wooded black of nights past flee
Where they witches waltz is where they be
In the grasp of the anxious sire
The seed of his will now open her eyes
Still incoherent before her father she lay
Unable to speak nor hear his cries
Behind the eyes falling deeper in dream
The girls still dance where none can see
Deep in the wooded black of nights past flee
Where the witches waltz is where they be
3. The Devil In Salem
Fair witch of the southern path
Led the young into conjuration
Bringing forth thou of which we do not speak
Now here the devil in Salem
Unclean witch whipped be once a slave
Led the young into temptation
Condemned to chains
So halt thee silver tongue
Still now here the devil in Salem
Fear the shadows that dance before your eyes
They will set foot upon
All rooftops tonight
Fear what the night
Soon to you will bring
Listen for the tune of which
The devil's whores will sing
Hide and wilt behind
Your book of lies
There are no saints
To bring armor now
Scamper swift
Before your fear stones
There are no prayers
To bring salvation now
Fear the shadows that dance before your eyes
They will set foot
Upon all rooftops tonight
The devil is here in Salem
4. Obsidian Spells Of Hysteria
I command thee spirit,
Fly out from me
Strike forth upon Salem
From this town may god flee
I have seen the night
I have seen the shadows
In the wood where they dance
With the devil
I have seen the crow
I have seen the blood
Bleeding into a book of black
I have seen the witch
I have seen her naked
Conjuring her spells in the dark of night
I have seen the moon
I have seen the sun
As they combine into one another
Fly my spirit
Cast shadow into dreams
Curse the names of the holy
Let hell ride they wings
I have seen the night
I have seen the shadows
In the wood where they dance
With the devil
I have seen the crow
I have seen the blood
Bleeding into a book of black
I have seen the witch
I have seen her naked
Conjuring her spells in the dark of night
I have seen the moon
I have seen the sun
As they combine into one another
Sickened be those of the light
Tainted excuse of human life
Set fire unto the flock this night
Blessed be horns that rise
5. The Dreamstalk Masquerade
6. The Crucible And The Cross
(Salve, mortis, salve)
All rise ye who stand accused
For practice of the witches craft
Silent tongues that speak no truth
Continuing down the devil's path
Are ye guilty folk, inflected ill
Riding dead air unto the tomb?
Speak not, hear not as ye be
With one who cradles an abundant womb
Those who suffer, shall suffer no more
And the town shall be ridden of all witches lore
Hereby guilty and sentenced
To hang by noose
Amongst faith now
It be your lives you will loose
Pronounced excommunicate
To die with morning next
But unnoticed upon the judge
This night brings a wicked hex
7. Damned Be Those Of The Craft
Damned be those of the craft
Ye who wield such horrid spells
Soon to see their nights last pass
Into cauldron cold, black feathers fell
Flesh succumbs to dagger's stab
Blood boils deep with tallow first
Second comes the scales of snake
With spit and semen to complete their curse
Our souls are not for the taking...
Not in vein we shall die with pride
Our names are bound into the black unholy book
We have sold our souls... to Lucifer!
We know not of heaven except for mortal lies
We are not damned yet hunters,
Crowned under this dreadful night
Damned be those of the craft
8. Onwards To Gallows Hill
Onwards to gallows Hill
March on unto the face of death
Seek the world beyond the locust tree
One by one to hang by neck
Onwards to gallows hill
The unsacred ground of ruin
Where witches hang and
The crowd applaud
For the sentence and
Extermination of each druid
Herenow before all eyes
Condemned with noose to hang
And upon some certain bloodline
A curse to he these witches sang
Without remorse and without guilt
Under the devil they feel no shame
Rope around neck with heads on tilt
Their eyes of fire still praise his name
One by one they are set to fall
And the sky lets loose it's rain
Clouds gather and bring forth storm
The devil's magic has come to claim
From this witch comes a voice too deep
And a language that none can name
Until the order comes she sleeps
Moving on to which next will hang
9. Stones Upon The Warlock
A dreadful wizard he be
Set to hang upon high
Thoughts of hanging noose and tree
To threats of these he will not shy
Confessions he will not make
His soul will not plea
Before the magistrates he did stand
But the treat was made of stone
To lay upon his chest by hand
A slow death by crushed brawn and bone
Confessions he will not make
His soul will not plea
More and more and more he cried
"Lay upon me with your stones"
More and more and more he cried
"I will never damn my soul"
More and more and more he cried
"More and more until I die"
More and more and more he cried
"I soon to heaven will fly"
...fly...
10. When Winter Spectres Come
Return from the witches tomb
Unclean spirits of deceased
To spread revenge in deepest gloom
Salem shall never rest in peace
Hear the voice of the dead;
Long lost voice of the damned
From wood and sky they come
To haunt and awake from dream
Swollen voices to harrow by night
Swift infliction to covert thy screams
Hear the voice of the dead;
Long lost voice of the damned
And forth be set upon
Salem this curse
An evil on all
That can not be taught
Until revenge
19 witches will thirst
And upon Salem this day...
The devil still walks
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