Iced Earth - Dante's Inferno Lyrics
Through the fiery caverns we sailVirgil at my side my guide and masterQuesting through the nine plains of hellInfernal wisdom shall fill my soulSlowly now the days departingThe darkened air releases meFrightening visions of my journeyEntrance me to limbo I'm notFreeAbandon all hope who enter hereEnter the gates, Charon awaitsAbandon all hope who enter hereFor this is where all things are left behindEvery doubt and every cowardice must dieSouls of rage and anger whipping in despairThe souls that wail on this plain pray for deathDenial is the reason for their sufferingForever being stung by wasps and demons breathThe blood and tears that fall serve the maggots needDescention, thrusting to the second plainMinos judges as his tail twinesLustful thoughts and greed whip these wretched soulsA hurricane of hate mocks their helpless pleasDrifting now down deeper, into eternal flamesAwake at the third circle, the cold and filthy rainPunished for their gluttony, languid for all timeThe earth it stinks of corpses, damned for all timeThe vicious beast Cerebus, three heads, blooded eyesTears his talons through the air, all the skinners cryDown, be still thy cursed wolfThe master scorns its nameDive to the next plainThe sullen and the vainSuffer for greedThe prodigal they bleedFor all eternityPlutus holds the keyDamned, the wrathful and the vainSuffer the fifth plainCross the river StyxHeed your crucifixThe mudded corpses cryHowling to the skyReach the other sideOpen wide the gateEnter the sixth circle of barren land and flamesPassing through the gate of dis the furies scream her nameBelching forth in agony invoking her to riseThe spirit's rage consuming us the evil in their criesQueen of vipers, queen of serpentsCast their souls to stoneSpread to wealth of Gorgon's powerMedusa¹s inner soulWe¹re drawing ever closer to the seventh hellThey violate their neighbors, their god and themselvesWe're sailing slowly through the boiling river of bloodImmersed in the depths below souls scream in agonyThe twisted beast he laughs, he draws his arrow backHis sights on anyone exposing of their fleshHe impales their hearts with easeAnd shrugs their piercing screamsPity is they'll never dieThey'll suffer here eternallyImagine a place where every horror comes to lifeWhere every torture is real and time stands stillEight fiery steps and we're closer to the endIn a cold and timeless grave buried head first in shitPraying all the while for a quick & painless deathScratching furiously at scabbed and oozing woundsLucifer ... angel of lightCast below god of iceRuling hell unholy trinityThe traitors freeze for all eternityLucifer ... betrayer of godTormentor ruthless and coldJudas' screaming here in agonyThe traitors freeze for all eternity 
