Catacomb Lyrics

Down into the dark I go

Armed with just a candle and then my soul

Cryptic messages written on the floor

Rats are nibbling at my feet, I send one off to nevermore



Too much darkness, spiders on my eyes

Webs are hanging from my thighs, the fatter ones must die

I see shadows walking straight and tall

I don't know how they move, dancing on the walls



Presence of fear, a presence so near

I wonder what could be so powerful beyond the dark



Human bones in little chambers

All along the narrow halls

Catacomb, death over life

Catacomb, am I here to die?

I see a light, I push some bones aside



Down into the dark I go, another chamber

A chamber with a glow

Could this be a doorway to another world?

Or darkness playing tricks, with my little mind?



The virgin Mary is standing tall

A full size figure carved in wood up against the wall

Her face is peeling from all the years gone by

Is it just a statue or is it what I'm looking for?



I break her face and see another one instead

The mummy's face appears as the bandages they fall



Dried out face with hate upon me gaze

How grotesque, the mummy wears a crown of thorns

From the empty sockets where its eyes should be

An entity of light is pouring out towards me



And then the sound

Jesus Christ, what have they done to you?

I'm running for my life, I'm running from the night

But it's so hard to breathe

The stench down here is much too much



Satan help me, help me God

Help me anyone, anyone who hears my cry of fear

Cold winds from far beyond the dark

Chasing through the catacomb and breathing down my neck



Human bones in little chambers

All along the narrow halls

Catacomb death over life

Catacomb, am I here to die?

I know I'm here to die