From Silver Spires to Unquenched Fires Lyrics

"And they shall go forth
And look upon the
Corpses of the men
Who have transgressed against Me
For their worm does not die
And their fire is not quenched
They shall be an abhorrence
To all flesh"

Embers whirl in torrential swaths
Into the dark, on sulfurous wings
Along with the tortured chorus
Of infernal whipcord and the gnashing of teeth
Putrid fumes and a volcanic glow
Alert the senses of the banished man
Aghast at the suddenly scorched scape
That before him endlessly ran

"I was just blinded by light
But now in the darkness I'm crushed
And such horrible sounds in this place abound"
For like blood from rent veins they gushed
"What sins remain smeared on my soul?
What goodness did my life not acquire
That when last breaths had past, I was cruelly cast
From silver spires to unquenched fires!"

As he mused over his punishment
The reeking shadows unfurled
Through widespread blazes, the lurid faces
Slavering in pernicious desire...

"My child, how I mourn for you...
Oh, in awful Sheol
I showed you the Way
But you chose to stray
The candles of My guiding light
You shunned, making darkness your ally
I made you and I love you
But you chose Death!"

And thus the Heavens panged with woe and mourning
While upon the exiled, feverish gales exhaled
Arrested into the ashen grasps of the Deep
Where the nightmares and fallen ones wailed