Altar of Iniquity

HIVE OF DEPRAVITY

Verse I

Behold the gilded sepulchres of greed

Where carrion kings upon the meek shall feed

In vestments wrought of avarice and guile

They consecrate the pestilential pile

Ten thousand tongues proclaim their sovereign worth

Whilst hollow thrones devour the fruits of earth

Beneath their crowns, the worms of folly thrive

And dead men's fortunes keep the hive alive

Chorus

HIVE OF DEPRAVITY!

THOU ALTAR OF INIQUITY!

O WRETCHED THRONE OF VANITY!

BEGETTER OF CALAMITY!

Verse II

Lo! Mammon's brood in sanctimonious guise

Hath built their heavens upon a thousand lies

Their parchment laws, their sacramental gold

Conceal the putrefaction of the soul

Let not their silken proclamations stand

Nor gilded sceptres sanctify command

For neither crown nor coin nor grand decree

Shall render virtue unto infamy

Breakdown

WEEP, YE KINGS OF ASH!

THY SCEPTRES TURN TO DUST!

REND THE VEIL!

UNSEAL THE CRYPT!

BEHOLD THE HIVE—

ENTHRONED IN FILTH!

Outro

And when their final reckoning hath come

No silver tongue shall stay the beating drum

The hive shall feast upon its own decay

AND ALL ITS IDOLS CRUMBLE INTO CLAY!