Dante's Inferno Lyrics - Days Of Purgatory - Iced Earth

Through the fiery caverns we sail 

Virgil at my side my guide and master 

Questing through the nine plains of hell 

Infernal wisdom shall fill my soul 

Slowly now the days departing 

The darkened air releases me 

Frightening visions of my journey 

Entrance me to limbo I'm not 

Free 

Abandon all hope who enter here 

Enter the gates, charon awaits 

Abandon all hope who enter here 

For this is where all things are left behind 

Every doubt and every cowardice must die 

Souls of rage and anger whipping in despair 

The souls that wail on this plain pray for death 

Denial is the reason for their suffering 

Forever being stung by wasps and demons breath 

The blood and tears that fall serve the maggots need 

Descention, thrusting to the second plain 

Minos judges as his tail twines 

Lustful thoughts and greed whip these wretched souls 

A hurricane of hate mocks their helpless pleas 

Drifting now down deeper, into eternal flames 

Awake at the third circle, the cold and filthy rain 

Punished for their gluttony, languid for all time 

The earth it stinks of corpses, damned for all time 

The vicious beast cerebus, three heads, blooded eyes 

Tears his talons through the air, all the sinners cry 

Down, be still thy cursed wolf 

The master scorns its name 

Dive to the next plane 

The sullen and the vain 

Suffer for greed 

The prodigal they bleed 

For all eternity 

Plutus holds the key 

Damned, the wrathful and the vain 

Suffer the fifth plain 

Cross the river styx 

Heed your crucifix 

The mudded corpses cry 

Howling to the sky 

Reach the other side 

Open wide the gates 

Enter the sixth circle of barren land and flames 

Passing through the gate of dis the furies scream her name 

Belching forth in agony invoking her to rise 

The spirit's rage consuming us the evil in their cries 

Queen of vipers, queen of serpents 

Cast their souls to stone 

Spread to wealth of gorgon's power 

Medusa's inner soul 

We're drawing ever closer to the seventh hell 

They violate their neighbors, their god and themselves 

We're sailing slowly through the boiling river of blood 

Immersed in the depths below souls scream in agony 

The twisted beast he laughs, he draws his arrow back 

His sights on anyone exposing of their flesh 

He impales their hearts with ease 

And shrugs their piercing screams 

Pity is they'll never die 

They'll suffer here eternally 

Imagine a place where every horror comes to life 

Where every torture is real and time stands still 

Eight fiery steps and we're closer to the end 

In a cold and timeless grave buried head first in shit 

Praying all the while for a quick & painless death 

Scratching furiously at scabbed and oozing wounds 

Lucifer... angel of light 

Cast below god of ice 

Ruling hell unholy trinity 

The traitors freeze for all eternity 

Lucifer... betrayer of god 

Tormentor ruthless and cold 

Judas' screaming here in agony 

The traitors freeze for all eternity