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The Sacrifice / No Turning Back (reprise) Lyrics

WITCH
As night falls and day ends
The veil drops, our path bends
The stars turn, aligning
Here dream and truth are intertwining
BROWN JENKIN
The fabric of the cosmos is a ragged cloth
WITCH
Weaving through it means we must appeal to Azathoth
We followed lines and curves and now they've brought us here. To share his awesome might beyond the spheres
WITCH + BROWN JENKIN + REVELERS
Oh, oh, oh, whoa!
BROWN JENKIN
Walpurgis Night is here!
We bow in prostration
WITCH
Now before us lies a naked babe
BROWN JENKIN
The blood of innocence flows in his veins
WITCH
To know the truth we have to pay this price
He shall be our sacrifice
WITCH + BROWN JENKIN
The time has come
WALPURGIS REVELERS
Ia!
WITCH + BROWN JENKIN
This must be done
WALPURGIS REVELERS
Ia!
WITCH + BROWN JENKIN + REVELERS
We chant aloud in exultation
Our Lord is real
WALPURGIS REVELERS
Ia!
WITCH + BROWN JENKIN
To him we kneel
WALPURGIS REVELERS
Ia!
WITCH
I raise my knife
BROWN JENKIN + REVELERS
Fhtagn!
GILMAN
And bring d***ation!
ELWOOD
Gilman was horrified, Father. He saw the missing baby there on the witch's altar, a huge knife, a ritual bowl, and something in him finally snapped free.
FATHER IWANICKI
Thank God for that!
GILMAN
I see now it's madness
My heart fills with sadness
This evil consumes me
Forbidden knowledge only dooms me
WITCH
Don't forget you signed your soul away
BROWN JENKIN
Never dream that you'll forget the things you've seen today
GILMAN
God I never thought the truth would be a curse to learn
WITCH
You can travel s***e and time but you cannot return
GILMAN
No! No! Oh, no, no, no!
BROWN JENKIN
We're gonna see him bleed!
GILMAN
The spell is now broken
The quest for knowledge shouldn't be denied
Until it turns into the sin of pride
The Devil's curving lines will not bind me
I'll trust a holier geometry
Our Father, who art in Heaven, hallowed be thy name!
To God I pray
BROWN JENKIN
You've lost your way
GILMAN
This crucifix is my salvation
WITCH
No turning back
WITCH + BROWN JENKIN
We will attack!
GILMAN
Thy Kingdom come
Thy will be done!
WALPURGIS REVELERS
Ia!
MAZUREWICZ
Nomine
WALPURGIS REVELERS
Azathoth
MAZUREWICZ
Patris
WALPURGIS REVELERS
Ia!
MAZUREWICZ
Filii
WALPURGIS REVELERS
Yog Sothoth
ELWOOD
Walter?
Walter sacrificed himself, Father. Even as he heard the chanting coming from Meadow Hill, he wrenched the knife from the old woman's claws, sending it clattering away into some nether world within his dream. She and Brown Jenkin fought back with tooth and nail, and as she choked him he felt the chain of the crucifix grinding into his neck. He pulled it free and his own hands reached out for the witch's throat. Before she saw what he was doing he had the chain of the crucifix twisted around her neck!
GILMAN
Don't back away
There's hell to pay, yeah!
The time has come
This must be done
And now you'll know extermination!
BROWN JENKIN
You'll never win!
GILMAN
Forgive my sin
She senses death
And takes her final breath!
WITCH
Don't look away, the time has come
Can't you see I'm your reflection?
My spirit withers, this life undone
My demise, our intersection
Kill me and I will ascend
And in my place you'll descend
There's no turning back
There's no turning back
WITCH + GILMAN
There's no turning back
GILMAN
There's no turning back
BROWN JENKIN
Don't think you'll prevail
As her breath exhales
Soon, when I return
Your soul will burn
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