Open! Gates of the three-horned, veiled I conjure the fire of reversion Fire unto snake Snake unto lion Lion unto fire Let the path of ascent be traced by ashes and bone Here inflame the pyre of the sinistral eye To blacken the flesh of the virgin-born Thy light to assume the masks of the monstrous By the manifest of the dying souls Open! Gates of the eternal body I conjure the fire of profanation Fire unto snake Snake unto lion Lion unto fire Fire unto snake Snake unto lion Lion unto fire Let the path of descent be traced by blood and fire Here inflame the pyre of the dextral eye To sweeten the aires of the soul's graveyard Thy light to assume the masks of the saints Praised be the heresy of fleshly abnegation By the body I create By the body I desecrate The flame as the gateway of fate's decree ♪ I raise the bloody cup of mortal loaf As the radiant object of ancient covenant Fire unto snake Snake unto lion Lion unto fire Fire unto snake Snake unto lion Lion unto fire