Altar Flame (Sumerian Cry - 1990)

silent secret
of unfathomed darkness
Uncounted years
Within the temple walls
Lightened up by the moon
It's pale walls cold
Entrance not allowed
Guarded by invisible evil 

Rising above the trees
(High out of the mist)
Dead for many years
(temple in the dark)
Approaching the temple
(from surrounding forests)
In a window I saw
(an altar flame aglow)

In the primal shrine
Moist and dust
Untouched for centuries
Ancient bible scripts
Phosphorescent glow
Reflects in the mould
Flickering radiance
Inside the dead halls

Rising above the trees
(High out of the mist)
Dead for many years
(temple in the dark)
Approaching the temple
(from surrounding forests)
In a window I saw
(an altar flame aglow)

Echoing inside the church
Unreal chants
Just sheer delusion
of a sickening mind
Extravagant visions
Chaotic incidents
Dare I enter
my disposable grave?

Rising above the trees
(High out of the mist)
Dead for many years
(temple in the dark)
Approaching the temple
(from surrounding forests)
In a window I saw
(an altar flame aglow)