The Way Down
Lost in a dark wood In the middle of my days Trying to climb the mountain Lame feet won’t follow my gaze Three wild beasts Suddenly closing in Hope flew from trembling heart This is where it ends Chorus “You wish to climb the mountain And stand on highest ground. There’s only one way forward: The way up is the way down.” “If you want to go to heaven You must take the path through hell. Then climb the mount of cleansing, If in Paradise you’ll dwell.” Keep your mind in hell and despair not All at once a stranger Came Before me to stand “Have pity, whatever you may be, Whether shade or living man.” A living voice spoke to me Though his body was dead His words were like fire And this is what he said
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Atop the pillar Between Heaven and earth Stands the Stylite Awaiting the new birth Aerial demons Try to pull him down Seize his soul and body Dash Him to the ground Chorus He’s the Stylite Between earth and sky He’s the Stylite Watch him slowly die Everybody watching the bird on the wire A column, a ladder, a chariot of fire Serpent slithers Coiling round the pole Spitting poison Seek to swallow his soul Watchers gather Down below All around him Both weal and woe
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O traveler beware Watch what you dare Play with evil and despair The Black Pilgrim laughs Dark figure on a moonlit hill Count Magnus is watching still Avoid his woods at night Cloaked evil, inhuman blight Can’t withstand the evil sight The Hunter becomes the prey Don’t give way to morbid thrill Don’t speak his evil name Chorus Cloaked evil is prowling Count commands his will How will you escape What have you summoned? To what evil succumbed? The cloaked ones drawing near The Black Pilgrim is come
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Lure of hidden gold Cryptic letters make it known Feel the deathly cold He won’t leave you alone Dread guardian will seize you and drag you down… Stench of mold and death Colder than the tomb Reek of fetid breath Smell of your own doom Dread guardian will seize you and drag you down… Chorus 38 steps to follow Into the secret well The treasure there will bring you Not to heaven but to hell Seven eyes are watching To see who takes the gold He keeps what’s been committed Won’t ever let you go
Submitted by Corpse Grinder — Aug 14, 2026
Lure of hidden gold Cryptic letters make it known Feel the deathly cold He won’t leave you alone Dread guardian will seize you and drag you down… Stench of mold and death Colder than the tomb Reek of fetid breath Smell of your own doom Dread guardian will seize you and drag you down… Chorus 38 steps to follow Into the secret well The treasure there will bring you Not to heaven but to hell Seven eyes are watching To see who takes the gold He keeps what’s been committed Won’t ever let you go
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Cometh the lady in glorious train Cometh the small man with an actor on a chain The first shining brighter than day The latter his part ready to play Chorus Loving your misery Diminished in rage Shrunk in self-pity Up on the stage While all the time You’re locked in a cage O Tragedian Let go of the chain This role will kill you Loving your pain… Loving your pain… Loving your pain… To death Despising her beauty Resenting her grace The scars on your soul The light on her face Almost too late now Please take her hand Let go of self-pity If you will she’ll command
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When the north wind blows With its icy gales Frozen streams won’t flow And the spirits quails When the serpent whispers With his icy lies Frozen veins won’t flow The soul’s fire dies Chorus Where are you? False prophets breathing lies No vision While my spirit dies When the cool breeze blows Through the tree of Paradise And the River flows Vision fills your eyes But the serpent whispers With his icy lies Why do you listen? And let your spirit die Chorus Where are you? Why listen to the lies Lost vision While your spirit dies
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Above the water Under the sky Approaching the tomb Preparing to die Animal with memory Angel with flesh Neither both nor either Undying death Under the curse Hidden blessing Accept the pain No second-guessing Every wall a door Every veil a way Every prison a temple Every night is brighter than day Chorus Pain in the heel Sting on the tongue Unseeing earth Unfeeling dung The way up and down Are one in the same Our beginning our end In moving remain
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Submitted by Corpse Grinder — Aug 14, 2026