Old legends tell of a river winding like a serpent 
Through dense and forgotten marshland 
Leading to the ruins of a long dead civilisation 

Pyramids aligned with the stars 
Their shadows touching the river bed at dusk 
Painted faces of the past haunt the chambers 
The soil rich from centuries of sacrifice and torture 
Vines and unearthed tree roots entangle the ruins 
Creating their own passages and doorways 

The whispers tell that such untouched mysticism and so much bloodshed stirs unnatural forces 
Spiritual mercury drawing tormented souls and keeping the damned from the grave 
... Such cruelty never rests 

Calling to the blackhearted in their dreams 
Visions of a plague, genocide and forbidden rituals 
The subliminal path to this temple of the sun and moon embedded 
So that once again the tongue of the old can hiss the incantations to unleash this ancient terror 

As the sun rises piercing the water 
I hear a name being called 
A name I have only heard in my dreams yet I am lucid 
Through the thickets of mist 

I find myself blinded by the monolith 
Bleeding the sun with it's apex and stirring the darkest of sense 
An eerie beauty suffocated by tragedy and loss 
Cries of putrefied innocence cause the ravens to take flight 
The archaic hieroglyphs tell of untold horror 
An evil of the ages bound in these stones 
Forgotten by all to preserve life 
Destined to be found to destroy life 
... Such cruelty never rests