The Dance of the Dead

Welcome to the Dance of the Dead
Where the ravens fly
In the blood-red sky
And the Devil fills our hearts with dread
Welcome to the Dance of the Dead
Welcome to the Dance of the Dead
With tolling bells
At the Gates of Hell
And the Fates cut our lifelong thread
Welcome to the Dance of the Dead.

The Dance of the Dead
At the Gates of Hell
Filling our hearts with dread
The Devil tips his hat and asks for a dance
Do you accept? Do you refuse?
Do you let his answer hang in the wind for a while
Like wind chimes made from iron
Your soft reply, like a song in the wind
Yes, say yes, for then you will live
The Devil takes your hand in his
As you dance to the music of bone flutes
And the song of the souls of the damned.


Welcome to the Dance of the Dead
Where the ravens fly
In the blood-red sky
And the Devil fills our hearts with dread
Welcome to the Dance of the Dead
Welcome to the Dance of the Dead
With tolling bells
At the Gates of Hell
And the Fates cut our lifelong thread
Welcome to the Dance of the Dead.

Skirts of flesh and corsets of bone
Rip at your legs and tear at the stones
Until you're walking on fire and blood
And the Devil is holding you up
His hands burn with black flame
Reducing your fingers to ash
And your arms to dust
And it blows away in the wind
Silhouetted against the moon
As the Devil laughs, the Devil laughs
At your pain, but it matters not.
For you belong to him.

Ashes to Ashes and Dust to Dust
Your feet are consumed in flame
Ashes to Ashes and Dust to Dust
Your legs are consumed in flame
Ashes to Ashes and Dust to Dust
Your hips are consumed in flame
Ashes to Ashes and Dust to Dust
Your back is consumed in flame
Ashes to Ashes and Dust to Dust
Your stomach is consumed in flame.
Ashes to Ashes and Dust to Dust
Your chest is consumed in flame
Ashes to Ashes and Dust to Dust
Your shoulders are consumed in flame
Ashes to Ashes and Dust to Dust
Your neck is consumed in flame
Ashes to Ashes and Dust to Dust
Your head is consumed in flame
Ashes to Ashes and Dust to Dust
Your organs are consumed in flame
Ashes to Ashes and Dust to Dust
Your brain is consumed in flame
Ashes to Ashes and Dust to Dust
Your blood is consumed in flame
Ashes to Ashes and Dust to Dust
Your heart is consumed in flame
Ashes to Ashes and Dust to Dust
Your soul is consumed in flame

To the devil now
Your soul belongs
Sing to him
This eternal song:

Welcome to the Dance of the Dead
Where the ravens fly
In the blood-red sky
And the Devil fills our hearts with dread
Welcome to the Dance of the Dead
Welcome to the Dance of the Dead
With tolling bells
At the Gates of Hell
And the Fates cut our lifelong thread
Welcome to the Dance of the Dead.