The Offering

I walk through the forest in near dark
there's no light but stars as my guide
soon, the trees will make room for a park
and the cover gets less, nowhere to hide.
But still from my path I won't stray
will walk straight ahead, not left or right
will not linger, nor will I turn away
till finally the park gives way to a breathtaking sight.

The old church, partly overgrown, with weeds
covered in ivy, the roof gone since long.
Little creatures of night through the bushes creep,
but still, the power of this place is so strong!
Listening closely, one might hear the congregation
as they murmur prayers, blessings in Latin
a promise of divine hope - of God's domination
of sin it speaks, of dreams wrapped in satin

On this Holy Ground, I fall to my knee
not for some God, who abandoned this place,
not to the cross I bow - or the Holy Three
we've got nothing to talk - I've fallem from Grace
No! I'm here to summon a darker spirit
to fulfil me a wish that's not suited for daylight
I'll promise this force, if it's willing to grant it:
to give it my soul - to be locked in the night

I'm prepared to seal with my blood this pact
for that is the price this demon will ask
and when offering my soul, then he will react
then I will not have a future - but I had a past.
He'll come to me now, I gave him my word,
he'll take what he wants and give in return
no need to explain, my prayer he heard
and with his blessing, now in Hell I will burn

My heart now is cold as I walk from the church
He's done what I asked for, and a lot more...
Gone from my mind are now rage, love or hurt.
He gave me power and strength to the core
But now he holds more than my soul in his grip
I'm his now, forever bound by my heart and my will
With every step away from him, my mind will slip
after his taking I screamed - but now I am still

No way to describe to someone still living
the desire and pain he created
a bloody dance of taking and giving
his body and soul on me he sated...

I got what I wanted, but the demon did, too!
Immortality once was my guiding desire
He gave what I wanted; from his power I drew
my soul into his and in me now burns his fire.
And while I walk in the forest this final time
to fulfil my destiny, then return to my master
I'll do what I have to, cross the ultimate line
then, give up myself to my beloved demon's desire