Echoes of panic That once danced in cells Where phantasms bleed in the walls And choirs of horror Sing chords from hell Dark visions release through halls Relics of madness Endless reminders Of horrors once in this place Heed their denial of sanctuary And the calm that has been disgraced [chorus] Behind the pain of ancient lives Strange aeons Is a place where d**h cannot hide Strange aeons Pleasure for the wicked No sleep for the weak Nightmare is our religion Peace is extinguished And hell is alive This darkness is tradition Forgotten by all And delivered to spectres Who lead their souls To slaughter Free to wreak havoc In what was a haven Sanity forever altered [chorus] Behind the pain of ancient lives Strange aeons Is a place where d**h cannot hide Strange aeons Believing their souls indemnified Strange aeons But trapped within and left to die Strange aeons