See the dogs come running Smelling blood now To an open sore On the parasite Countless hunts have fallen Hard to number Damnation's whore Is looking for a victim tonight With an angry soul And a wicked design Your will cannot endure And your heart is torn away I was caught up in the moment We were alone and you seemed hot as the light Even though I felt cold inside When you told me it would be alright I had given up control and I didn't focus hard enough to see the warning signs Your heart is serpentine Damn what I'm becoming One of them now Just an opened door On an endless night Dark desire burning In my blood now How can I be sure? I don't know if I'll be able to fight With a tortured soul And an honest design My will cannot endure If my heart is torn away I was caught up in the moment We were alone and you seemed hot as the light Even though I felt cold inside When you told me it would be alright I had given up control and I didn't focus hard enough to see the warning signs Your heart is serpentine Now that I've been torn apart Will there be an end to this? Will there finally be release? Will I finally rest in peace? I'm determined to believe My prayers will be received With a tortured soul And an honest design My will cannot endure As my heart is torn away I was caught up in the moment We were alone and you seemed hot as the light Even though I felt cold inside When you told me it would be alright I had given up control and I didn't focus hard enough to see the warning signs Your heart is serpentine The warning signs Your heart is serpentine Evil personified Your heart is serpentine

Maybe its just age or a thousand other fears That took me back tonight to my early carnival years I can see the period moving like the source of the old Golf Stream Oh, what a lovely dream Adolescent lust was begging for a start As I sidestepped those brothers with their sacred hearts Yep, those two weeks a year, it was all about sin Follies chasing death, you can count me in Theres flambeau man with a golden ring And a cruel, north wind, smells like kerosene Here comes the float with the carnival queen I wanna wrap her in serpentine Hands up high, eyes open wide Throw me something, mister, thats why you ride Cracker jacks with tares inside Kneel beyond our wildest dreams Foots and masks that are too Some things really are the way they seem Beads and confetti were littering the air When the queen looked at me with her Ava Gardner stare Though tomorrow would bring ashes and penance by the ton Mardi Gras is where I learned to have fun Theres flambeau man with a golden ring And a cruel, north wind, smells like kerosene Im still in love with the carnival queen I wanna wrap her in serpentine Still wanna wrap her in serpentine It was the devil!

My descent is the story of everyman I am hatred, darkness and despair My descent is the story of everyman I am hatred, darkness and despair Oh Evoked and entertained through centuries Wrathful and sullen, dormant still The ferocity pervades everywhere Waiting to be released at last Hear my offering Ye bastards, sons and daughters Share my sacrifice Share my sacrifice My descent is the story of everyman I am hatred, darkness and despair My descent is the story of everyman I am hatred, darkness and despair Reconcile not with the fear of the snake But embrace it as your own Inject its venom into your veins And replant the seed that gives growth Still shrouded in mystery Until you arise above perception A veil of ignorance is in motion Continuing throughout generations (A veil of ignorance is in motion) (Continuing throughout multiple generations) (Let me be the one that delivers you from the deceit) (And back into perfect accordance with the laws of nature) The snake is notoriously tempting But the snake is fair What is worse than not knowing? To live or disappear? The ferocity pervades everywhere Waiting to be released at last Hear my offering Ye bastards, sons and daughters Share my sacrifice Share my sacrifice