City of the Dead
Channel: Nine Degrees of Aries
Date: 2015-02-19

Nine Degrees of Aries 
Exhumed Track 14, City of the Dead

Lyrics

The eternal view of the city of the dead 
The eternal depths of where they bled 
Here, the path that winds around 
Here their souls forever bound 

Some step with a quickened pace 
Some step with an ill disgrace 
Do they realize where they tread? 
Do they realize they are dead? 

Death, it seems, follows my pentameter. 
Death, it seems, cheats the meter 
Death, it seems, follows my pentameter. 
Death, it seems, cheats the meter 

Rows upon rows of identical dwellings 
Rows upon rows of mindless telling 
Mention those who shan’t be named 
Mention those who leave you maimed 

Day by day you lie there maimed 
Oh how the gods would be ashamed 
Day by day you lie there maimed 
Oh how the gods would be ashamed 

The eternal view of the lake of the dead 
The eternal depths of where they bled 
Here, the boat sunken to the ground 
Here their souls forever bound 

The lights of the dead shine with residence 
The lights of the dead shine with ignorance 
Illuminated skies of pain and deception 
Illuminated skies await your reception 

For in times such as these 
Only darkness holds the key 
For in times such as these 
Only darkness holds the key 


Day by day you lie there maimed 
Oh how the gods would be ashamed 
Day by day you lie there maimed 
Oh how the gods would be ashamed 


Lost and only a sliver of what you are 
Lost and only a sliver of what you are 


Death, it seems, follows my pentameter. 
Death, it seems, cheats the meter 
Death, it seems, follows my pentameter. 
Death, it seems, cheats the meter 

Look deeply to the astral south 
And find your way out of their mouth