Night Eternal

Forbidden Jungle Lost to time A place of wonder Where evil thrives Shrunken heads line the walls Of the accursed shack An old recluse, a sorcerer Explorer of the untamed black Practitioner of long forgotten ways Wicked excitement fills his eyes As Nantu the mad Witch Doctor Gazes upon his wretched prize While his cauldron smokes and bubbles Unnamed beasts lurk out of sight Through the thick tropical canopy A star illuminates the night

Monstrous lines of powdered bile Laid neatly in a row Best ingest with whisky Blood Brew chaser in tow Heroin bores me I prefer to mainline pus Mixed with speed, it’s all you need A terrifying rush Demon whores lay strewn about My chamber, comatose Gifts from hell, they didn’t fare well They promptly overdosed This noxious brand of opulence May dull my deadly skill No matter, it’s been years Since I’ve served my masters will Torn from my narcotic haze Pulsating light envelopes me Visions of a land afar A tropical cacophony A wretched man, a rotting shack A winding river, the swirling black The light fades, my task is clear Set out at once

Far from the mountains Beyond the desolate plains Across the great ocean Into the arcane A festering harbor Lies far to the east At the mouth of the river That winds through the deep We arrive in the shanty With the force of a storm We raid and we pillage We torture and burn We slaughter the townsfolk They’re butchered for meat For the grueling journey ahead We’ll need plenty to eat Load up the ships Stockpile the rum Into the heart of darkness We run Set sail from the docks Smoke fills the sky Onwards towards untold evil We fly

This infernal river Winds endlessly on The rations have run dry The drugs are all gone Hunger sets in The withdrawals take hold Desperation is mounting The madness, it grows The days turn to months Yet, here, time stands still A tedious, dragging, Purgatorial feel We’ve traveled so far But hardly can tell The depths of this jungle Dwarf the deep pits of hell Psychedelic stagnation Depraved deja vu These desolate doldrums Will soon consume us too

In his hovel, Nantu stirs How to unleash the ancient curse? A rotten torso, so it seems Conceals the object which he seeks Mortal means all fail in turn No force can crack, nor fire burn An incantation or a key? Reveal the answer, speak to me On the horizon Black smoke doth rise None who trespass here Shall leave alive As the night falls Clouds lay heavy on the sky Yet through obstruction The demon star still shines

Out from the jungle Spears in their hands A people forgotten We’ve entered their lands “Prepare for battle” I shout to my horde “Load up the cannons!” “Sharpen your swords!” No longer weary My withdrawals withdrawn Impending slaughter Is driving me on Caressing my blade With indecent lust Longing to stab and thrust With an ear-splitting shriek They mount their attack Arrows aflame Rain down on the deck Our captain is slain A spear through the skull Rocks from below Tear into the hull The din of the battle Is strangely serene Water rushes in murky and green Our ship is consumed By the river so vile And I just can’t help but smile A flash of my blade Entrails scatter around me A flick of the wrist The severing of heads A trail of corpses Lying behind me A village of victims Directly ahead Sudden as death Paralysis strikes me A break in the clouds Lights up the night Robbed of free will An end to my rampage I gaze at the star As I’m stripped of my sight

Light Flickers in the dark Rot Wafting on the breeze Footsteps Shattering the still My sight Coming back to me In the flesh, he stands before me The one I’ve come so far to find For what purpose are we here now? Why have our fates become intertwined? Gore Decorates the room A stench Permeates the shack Remains Lie upon the floor The key Breaks free of my grasp United by an unseen force The morbid chest, the osseous key Pierce the sternum, twist and click What lies within, has been set free

Vile pulsating Spewing gloom with every strike Ascending slowly to the sky Oh, Heart of Darkness Expel the light The Demon Star shall reign Until the end of time A world in darkness Where the sun shines nevermore Vice, ensnare the hearts of man Oh, wretched master We have prevailed May your cosmic chaos Consume this dismal land Into the endless night I’m homeward bound Back to my castle, drugs, and whores To rule in glory Unopposed Until I’m called upon to serve once more…