WITH WINGS OUTSTRETCHED THE GOD SERPENT GUIDES THEM KNIVES PIERCE THROUGH FLESH THROUGH BONE HEARTS ARE RAISED WITNESS THE SIGNS FROM ABOVE FRAGMENTED VISIONS WIDE AWAKE IN DREAMS DUTIES OF WRATH WATCH FROM THE CHURNING CLOUDS FROM SCARLET ALTARS FROM THE ZENITH OF THE PYRAMID BLOOD FLOWS OVER CENTURIES KNIVES OF THE PRIESTS ARE BATHED IN BLOOD THEIR VICTIMS UNCOUNTABLE SACRIFICIAL OFFERINGS INCINERATE LIVES ARE TAKEN THEIR SOULS OFFERED TO QUENCH THE RAVENOUS THIRST ABOVE