Burnt Offerings

  

Third studio album
Released 18. April 1995 by Century Media Records
Total time 52:36




Burnt Offerings
Last December
Diary
Brainwashed
Burning Oasis
Creator Failure
The Pierced Spirit
Dante's Inferno:
I. Denial - Lust - Greed
II. The Prodigal - The Wrathful - Medusa
III. The False Witness - Angel Of Light




Burnt Offerings (7:33)
Music : Jon Schaffer, Randall Shawver / Lyrics : Jon Schaffer

I was betrayed, look what your God has done to me!

In one last breath
You'll feel this damned old soul
You'll see the things I see

For all these years
Of pain and sacrifice
You'll know the pain I know

Of all these things
I offer unto you
Infernal wisdom waits

Now unleashed
Like the flames of hate
My sacrifice is made

Every note
And every word you hear
Comes from deep within

An angry soul
That twists and turns inside
Pondering this life

Crimson eyes
Staring through your lies
Awakes the inner rage

Take my knife
Make my sacrifice
You're my burnt offering

Spill your blood
Offer me good omen
Make the sacrifice
The hour's close at hand
Burn your soul
Offer me good omen
Take your very life
This I command

Dark shadows fall 
On this sacred ground
Where true evil lies
Summon them to rise
Take the traitors, thieves and liars
Feed them to the fire
But first spread their blood around
The message will be found
Walk carefully my friends 
Stab my back again
A warning from the sky
Fuck with us and die

These are not idle threats my friends
We're slaughtering the lambs
True vengeance is on the rise
The traitors shall be damned
Cast their bodies to the flames!

Spill your blood
Offer me good omen
Make the sacrifice
The hour's close at hand
Burn your soul
Offer me good omen
Take your very life
This I command ...



Last December (3:24)
Music / Lyrics : Jon Schaffer

The howling winds blow
On this moonlit night
Eyes locked in fear
With a dark embrace
The bitter cold winds
Freeze the tears that fall
Hands held in grace
As we take the final step

Obsessed with our love
Here is our fate
To need the final call
On this special winter day
A message to our elders
They surely won't forget
Our love must last forever
In death we shall not part

It seems like only yesterday
Our lives together planned
They say it's just a passing phase
We're damned by our youth
Why does no one understand
What we have is real
This is not your average love 
It's forever!

Last December
Mother you have forced us here
Last December
Father now we'll disappear
Last December
One last step we fade away

So we take the final step
Heed the final call
Together we are strong
Divided we must fall
Teenage suicide
Our only way out
Together we might live
Divided we must fall

Last December
Mother you have forced us here
Last December
Father now we'll disappear
Last December
One last step we fade away



Diary (6:03)
Music : Jon Schaffer, Randall Shawver, Dave Abell / Lyrics : Matt Barlow

Mine is pure darkness
It is as blackness is
Damn the light 
Which comes from you
As a moth to flame 
I burn

In the twilight of morning I rest my weary eyes
For the benefits of the night's bounty were many
My soul has been redeemed 

I missed my love tonight
Hiding behind the figure I cannot bare to face
That of a dead profit
And his beast of burden
Thorns ripping through his brow

Skin soft and white
Eyes fire and ice
Just as I recall
Not longer than nine score
Certainly food for the gods
And fit for a prince
Her throat I'll have it now

I will have her
She is mine
Rise of the sun
My test of time
And when shadows fall on 
Unholy ground
It's time to sleep 

As consciousness slips into blackness
I rise to nights warm embrace
And though my blood runs cold
I know my love will be alone
And my mortal heart shall beat again
Like it did ten thousand years ago

Forbidden love 
Can only taste this sweet
Not like the others 
So incomplete
The symbolic arrow 
That pierces my heart
Takes the shape 
Of a wooden stare

Now I am the one crucified

For her immortal heart I'd give my own
And die for mankind's sins
But that is not the nature of this beast
I am denied

I will have her
She is mine
Rise of the sun
My test of time
When shadows fall on 
Unholy ground
I will make her mine



Brainwashed (5:22)
Music : Jon Schaffer, Randall Shawver / Lyrics : Jon Schaffer

And so we begin with another sin
The earth's enslaved with hypocrites
They lay their heads to rest at night
Just say a little prayer and all is right

Christ it's nothing personal
You've got to see
They twist and turn your words
For their own needs
They're brainwashed puppets
The almighty crutch
Cowards of reality
And their dying love

Living life in total lies
Judging others
Believe what I say or burn in hell
Bow down your head
You won't feel so bad
Do as I say or burn in hell

Close your eyes
Look deep inside
Master of the ignorants
Master of the lies
Judgment day 
Is close at hand
Generate that blasphemy
Master of the damned

Lies!

Now behind your reflection
Lies the one who knows the truth
Conscience will condemn you
On judgment day you'll lose

It seems very odd to me
How you sin and feel so free
And all you have to do is say
Forgive me I believe

Lies, foolish lies
Behind your brainwashed eyes
Lies, foolish lies
Behind your brainwashed eyes

Judge me not my shallow friend
Lest ye be judged yourself
You abuse the words you preach
You mold them for yourself
Brainwashed hypocrisy
Justifies the life you lead
Forgive me father I have sinned
Lay my head to rest again

Living life in total lies
Judging others
Believe what I say or burn in hell
Trust in me, say yes I believe
Do it now or burn in hell

Close your eyes
Look deep inside
Master of the ignorants
Master of the lies
Judgment day 
Is close at hand
Generate that blasphemy
Master of the damned

You lie!



Burning Oasis (5:59)
Music : Jon Schaffer, Randall Shawver, Dave Abell / Lyrics : Jon Schaffer

Raging fire surrounds me
The embers seem to glow
Woman, man & serpent
Temptation fills her soul

Initiate the beginning
Of the end of paradise
Feel the flames engulf us
And breath a final sigh

Take the fruit
Let wisdom fill your soul
See the things I see
Know the things I know
The jungle is burning
With ambition so strong
Unleash my retribution
Heed the final call

I shall be wise!

Burning Eden
Burning Eden
Burning Eden
Burning Eden

There's no way out now
No turning back
To gain infernal wisdom
No turning back

Priests of the fire 
Release thee for thine inbred vengeance
The burning oasis has beckoned us all

Priests of the fire 
Release thee for thine inbred vengeance
The burning oasis has beckoned us all

Priests of the fire ...



Creator Failure (6:02)
Music : Jon Schaffer, Randall Shawver, Dave Abell / Lyrics : Jon Schaffer

A lonely maiden stands
Bound to the obelisk
As she tugs and pulls, tries to twist
Shackles slice her virgin wrists
Blood now covers her tiny hands

How does thou receive this fate?
She asks of her own mind
Purity, innocence, encourage death, life
Gone is mine

I also ask of you my lord
Thy god in heaven
For I understand the error of man's ways
But of creation and the seven days
When was created the murky haze
From which the beast has risen

Fail me not my master
For this is your creation
Your son, the bastard
Leviathan

Blackness
Dripping stench
Unrelenting vice
Vile embellishment
Transcending pure evil

Standing now before her eyes
Wings expanding
She's going to die
Belching blue green fire
Flesh feeds the desire
The serpent gods
Apocalyptic smile

Come to me, my demon brother
Of us both and our father
A failure of creation 
Abomination



The Pierced Spirit (1:54)
Music : Dave Abell, Randall Shawver / Lyrics : Jon Schaffer

Gaze upon me now
A desperate soul for all time
Bound forever to this barren land
Desolate
My spirit has been pierced
So crucify, if you must
But just recall, it's in your creed
Not to judge

Crucify me
For I am the pierced spirit
Crucify me
I know, that you must
You must


 
Dante's Inferno (16:29) : 

I. Denial - Lust - Greed
Music / Lyrics : Jon Schaffer

Through the fiery caverns we sail
Virgil at my side, my guide and master
Questing through the nine plains of Hell
Infernal wisdom shall fill my soul
Slowly now the day's departing
The darkened air releases me
Frightening visions of my journey
Entrance me to limbo 
I'm not free

Abandon all hope who enter here!
Enter the gates
Charon awaits

Abandon all hope who enter here
For this is where all things are left behind
Every doubt and every cowardice must die
Souls of rage and anger whipping in despair

The souls that wail on this plain pray for death
Denial is the reason for their suffering
Forever being stung by wasps and demons breath
The blood and tears that fall serve the maggots need

Descention, thrusting to the second plain
Minos judges, as his tail twines
Lustful thoughts and greed whip these wretched souls
A hurricane of hate mocks their helpless pleas

Drifting now down deeper
Into eternal flames
Awake at the third circle
The cold and filthy rain
Punished for their gluttony
Languid for all time
The earth it stinks of corpses
Damned for all time
The vicious beast Cerebus
Three heads, bloody eyes
Tears his talons through the air
All the sinners cry now
All the sinners cry

II. The Prodigal - The Wrathful - Medusa
Music / Lyrics : Jon Schaffer

Down, be still thy cursed wolf
The master scorns its name
Dive to the next plain
The sullen and the vain
Suffer for their greed
The prodigal they bleed
For all eternity
Plutus holds the key

Damned
The wrathful and the vain
Suffer the fifth plain
Cross the river Styx
Heed your crucifix
The mudded corpses cry
Howling to the sky
Reach the other side
Open wide the gate

Enter the sixth circle of barren land and flames
Passing through the gate of this the furies scream her name
Belching forth in agony invoking her to rise
The spirit's rage consuming us the evil in their cries
Queen of vipers, queen of serpents
Cast their souls to stone
Spread to wealth of Gorgon's power
Medusa's inner soul

III. The False Witness - Angel Of Light
Music / Lyrics : Jon Schaffer

We're drawing ever closer to the seventh Hell
They violate their neighbours, god and themselves
We're sailing slowly through the boiling river of blood
Immersed in the depths below souls scream in agony

The twisted beast he laughs
He draws his arrow back
His sights on anyone exposing of their flesh
He impales their hearts with ease
And shrugs their piercing screams
Pity is they'll never die
They'll suffer here 
Eternally

Lucipher .... Natas .... Mephisto .... Natas .... Baphomet .... Natas .... Asmodeus

Imagine a place where every horror comes to life
Where every torture is real and time stands still
Eight fiery steps and we're closer to the end
In a cold and timeless grave buried head first in shit
Praying all the while for a quick & painless death
Scratching furiously at scabbed and oozing wounds

Lucipher, angel of light
Cast below god of ice
Ruling Hell unholy trinity
The traitors freeze for all eternity
Lucipher, betrayer of god
Tormentor ruthless and cold
Judas's screaming here in agony
The traitors freeze for all eternity




Matthew Barlow - lead vocal
Randall Shawver - lead guitar
Jon Schaffer - rhythm guitar, backing vocal
Dave Abell - bass guitar
Rodney Beasley - drums