SEVENTH GATE - LYRICS

VERSE 1

MANY YEARS BEFORE
CHRIST REACHED THESE SHORES
A PROPHECY WAS REVEALED
ABOUT THE ANCIENT WHORE
WHERE THIS EVIL WOULD SPAWN
A DEMON DAWN
AND THE TIME AND THE PLACE
WHERE HE WOULD BE BORN
THE DRUID PREPARED FOR THE BATTLE IN A VISION
PRAYED TO THE GODS TO DISMISS
THEY WOULDN’T LISTEN
BATTLE HE WILL
BUT HE KNOWS HE’LL LOSE
FIGHT HE MUST
REVEAL MORE OF THE TRUTH
CONCERNING THE CHILD
THE SEVENTH SIGN, TO BE BORN A SON
SOMEWHERE IN TIME
WHAT HE SAW RIPPED THROUGH HIS PSYCHE
TO THE DARKEST REALMS OF THE SECOND SIGHT
HE SAW TOO MUCH FOR A HUMAN SOUL
RECORDED AT HIS WILL
ON ANCIENT SCROLLS
PROPHECY DELIVERED
HE GAVE UP THE GHOST
DEATH RELIEVED HIM
OF HIS SACRED POST

VERSE 2

SEVEN MILLENIUMS DOWN THE LINE
A BASEMENT FLAT
AN UNHOLY SHRINE
AN OMINOUS SIGN
OF A FORETOLD TIME
WHERE FLESH AND BLOOD
REPLACE BREAD AND WINE
A SEA OF HOODS,
CLOAKS AND DARK HABITS
AN ALTAR STAINED
WITH CHICKEN HEADS, DEAD RABBITS
MANY FOLLOWERS BEGAN TO UNDRESS
IT’S FAIR TO SAY THEY WERE OVERSEXED
THEN A FIGURE AROSE
CHANTING LATIN TEXT
DAGGER IN THE RIGHT HAND
CHILD IN THE LEFT
SUCH EVIL DEPTHS
WORDS CAN’T EXPRESS
BUT I’M SURE YOU CAN GUESS
WHAT HORROR CAME NEXT
VOWS WERE MADE, OVER THE SACRIFICE
AND THEN A FLASH OF LIGHT
RELEASED A BEAST THAT NIGHT
THE CREATURE NEEDED BLOOD
TO QUENCH IT’S THIRST
THE PRIEST ON THE LEFT
SAW HIS OWN CHEST BURST


VERSE 3

PARADISE WAS READY
FOR THE CHALLENGE OF POWER
EVERY THOUSAND YEARS
PRECISE TO THE HOUR
TWO EAGER ANGELS
WERE QUICKLY DISPATCHED
WITH SOULS TO CATCH
ON THE DEVILS PATCH
THEY KNEW IT WOULD COME
SOONER OR LATER
AN HONOUR BESTOWED
BY THE HOLY PATER
TO QUASH THE BEAST
THIS EVIL ONE
A BATTLE ON EARTH
THAT MUST BE WON
THE DEMON ATTACKED
WITH MORE OF THE SAME
POMPOUS RANTINGS
AND A CHEAP MIND GAME
MICHAEL DREW FIRST BLOOD
WITH A DRAIN OF THE SOUL
THEN THEY TURNED THERE BACKS
THEY WERE GOING HOME
HE LOOKED AT MICHAEL
AND SAW HIS HEAD EXPLODE
WHERE HIS FACE ONCE WAS
BLOOD NOW FLOWED
MICHAEL WAS OUT
IT WAS UP TO THE OTHER
TO SAVE THE DAY
KILL MYSTERY, THE MOTHER
HE ATTACKED THE EVIL
WITH ANGER DIVINE
AND DAMNED THE WHORE
TILL THE END OF TIME
THE DAY WAS HIS
VICTORY FOR THE LORD
RETURN TO THE SKIES
FOR A HOLY REWARD

CHORUS

WHAT THE LORD HATH SAID
LET NO MAN UNDO
THE SAME GOES FOR THEM
AS IT DOES FOR YOU
WHATEVER IS WRITTEN
SO SHALL IT BE DONE
CONCERNING THE SON
THE CHOSEN ONE