The star of sorrow A prison for souls to dwell A promise of exemption above Hinterlands of servitude below Crown of creation Climbing a ladder made of human limbs Overcrowded coffles of souls Lined up towards furnace The curse of treacherous freedom The shackles of obligatory toil Cast to walk the Star of Sorrow Surmounted by evils of the world Looking up into desolate heights Feet at the rock bottom of souls And above that very abyss Even a greater abyss looks back ♪ Screams of horror resounding Throughout the bottom of the pit As the bottom of that very pit Cracks open only to reveal A chasm even deeper Than the one before That lies below Abysmal and formidable Each passed torch Bears a flame Burning weaker Than the one before As thoughts silently lay to rest Upon resentment and upon pity Cast to walk the Star of Sorrow Surmounted humanity ♪ The star of sorrow A prison for souls to dwell A promise of exemption above Hinterlands of servitude below ♪ Truth shall live on In the hearts of those laid to rest True immortality will never settle For a life so mirthlessly restricted For its purpose is to walk Through and beyond The doors of death The doors of death