About this song
The gates to the afterlife swing wide, but there are no fields of gold. An army of silent, blue-armored champions looks back, led by a god whose name was stolen by a dragon. This is the funeral march for a world that waited all its life for a heaven that wanted it dead.
Lyrics
[Intro] [Verse 1] All your life they promised When the Hours come, the gates will part You trained, you bled, you earned your ending You kept the God-Pharaoh in your heart Then the mausoleum shuddered And the doors swung wide at last And you looked for fields of gold and glory And an army looked back [Chorus] The gates are open And the dead walk in Tall as a temple, dark as the river Silent as sin No sermon, no anger, no name left to pray to Only the march, only the din You waited all your life for the afterlife And it wanted you Where heaven should have been [Verse 2] Your brightest wear the blue now Lazotep where their faces were Your champions, your beloved dead Still perfect, still patient, now his He does not hate you, hate takes wanting He does not speak, for words take breath He only counts his shining harvest And every heart he counts beats less [Chorus] The gates are open And the dead walk in Tall as a temple, dark as the river Silent as sin No sermon, no anger, no name left to pray to Only the march, only the din You waited all your life for the afterlife And it wanted you Where heaven should have been [Bridge] He had a name once, the dragon ate it He had a face, it's shadow and shell They say he was a god of morning Now the morning he makes is a funeral bell Strike him down in the burning city Break the beetle on the wheel The sand just carries him home to the deep dunes Where the court of chitin waits For the world to kneel [Final Chorus] The gates are open And the dead walk in Tall as a temple, dark as the river Silent as sin No sermon, no anger, no name left to pray to Only the march, only the din You waited all your life for the afterlife And it wanted you Where heaven should have been [Outro] The scarab rolls the sun across the sky Now watch what he rolls across the earth
