Crafteon - The Temple lyrics

We found the ivory carving Stashed among his dripping rags Pried his clenching grip from the railing Throwing him overboard His eyes jarred open The reanimated corpse swam away Drifting into madness The ivory idol guides us Torn away from our course Plunging down through abyssal doors Driven mad Breaking loose, a mutiny brings fratricide One by one, the bodies out the double-hatches Nowhere to go but down Down to the ocean floor With the statuette firmly in our grasp Reluctant, a**isted suicide The aqueous depths his Stygian grave Now I’m alone Failing air and failing light Urge to disembark Looming in the searchlight Cyclopean keep Yawning, beckoning door I behold the temple With the fading of the last stricken match An eerie requiem penetrates the hull Shining forth from the opening of the temple A light like altar-flame seduces me to my d**h