Carrionshine - Cryptopsy

After the fire, their bodies at rest

Beyond mere blood, beyond mere breath

Their terror summons the vapours of fright

A mating call to things of the night

The things they’ll become after they die

Have called to us before their time

The dark horse of dreams has brought them here

To this Ur-Place that feeds on fear

Where the only light comes from their bones

That glow, now all their flesh is gone

(A) Voice between rivers

Sings (the) truth that destroys

Then it laughs like a dog

(The) Voice between worlds

Has existence to void

And it dwells in their bones

«That which was drawn in sand for me

By the man of blood

Whose hand never ends

Heralds all mortality

And he-who-waits-beneath-the-scream»

Oh, to be possessed of carrionshine

To dream past the limits of carcasskind

The prayer goes:

«Unite to thee thy bones — What appertains to thee is complete»