Lyrics Rising of the Dead - Pagan Altar

Rising of the Dead

An eerie silence descends upon
Every graveyard and burial ground
A distant church striking midnight
Is the only living sound
The stillness of the nighttime air
Slowly fills with impending doom
As a mask of cloud rolls across the sky
To blot out the blood red moon
A cloak of mist creeps through crumbling walls
To carpet the graveyard floor
To encircle the disused chapels
And block up their rotting doors
It swirls around forgotten tombs
With obliterated names
While night shadows flit and dance between
The unattended graves
Cold chill of death is all around
Carried on the wings of hate
As an unseen hand forces open
The rusty cemetery gates
Burning resentment of the living
That’s aimed at all mankind
Feeds the anguish of the long dead souls
Lying in the ground
The time has come, the time is here
The entire world will see
The gates of hell have opened
Satan now walks free
The forgotten army lie beneath the earth
Await his siren call
The voice from within the deepest realm
Heard by one and all
Gravestones tilt and shudder
And slip below the ground
Marble pillars that have stood for years
Topple and come crashing down
Sealed tombs gape wide open
To lay bare the corpse inside
At the order of their master
They open their sightless eyes
The time has come, the time is here
The entire world will see
The gates of hell have opened
Satan now walks free
Forgotten army lie beneath the earth
Have answered the Clarion call
The being from within the deepest realm
He leads them one and all
As one they strive to move dead limbs
To walk the earth once more
Soldiers of the past are called to arms
Awakens them as before
Driven on by fake memory
Of injustice and the pain
A rotting hand breaks through the earth
To clutch the sky again