Iced Earth - Dante's Inferno lyrics

Through the fiery caverns we sail Virgil at my side, my guide and master Questing through the nine planes of Hell Infernal wisdom shall fill my soul Slowly now the days 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 plane pray for d**h Denial is the reason for their suffering Forever being stung by wasps and Demon's breath The blood and tears that fall serve the maggots' needs Descension Thrusting to the second plane Minos judges as his tail twines Lustful thoughts and greed whip these wretched souls A hurricane of hate mocks their helpless pleas Drifting now 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 Cerberus Three heads, blooded eyes Tears his talons through the air All sinners cry now All sinners cry Down, be still thy cursed wolf The master scorns its name Dive to the next plane The sullen and the vain suffer for their greed The prodigal, they bleed for all eternity Plutus holds the key (Chanting, sounds like:) Zahnah, zantus shan mey Zeenah hotoh, Satanae Zahnah, zantus shan mey Zeenah hotoh, Satanae Damned, the wrathful and the vain Suffer the fifth plane Cross the river Styx Heed your crucifix The muddied corpses cry Howling to the sky Reach the other side Open wide the gates (Chanting, sounds like:) Zahnah, zantus shan mey Zeenah hotoh, Satanae Zahnah, zantus shan mey Zeenah hotoh, Satanae Enter the sixth circle of barren land and flames Pa**ing through the gate of Dis The Furies scream her name Belching forth in agony Invoking her to rise The spirit's rage consuming us The evil in her eyes Queen of vipers, queen of serpents Cast their souls to stone Spread the wealth of Gorgon's power Medusa's inner soul We're drawing ever closer To the seventh Hell They violate their neighbours Their 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 (Chanting, sounds like:) Zine come sate dive Zine come sate dive Zine come sate dive Zine come sate dive Lucifer, Natas, Mephisto Natas, Baphomet, Natas, Asputis 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 sh** Praying all the while For a quick and painless d**h Scratching furiously At scabbed and oozing wounds Lucifer, Angel of light Cast below, God of ice Ruling Hell, unholy trinity The traitors freeze for all eternity Lucifer, betrayer of God Tormentor, ruthless and cold Judas screaming here in agony The traitors freeze for all eternity