Strident - Blood of the Sun

Twilight falls; the people of the sun wait for the last light
To bleed into the earth
The setting sun; no longer beating down on those who cry for it
We bleed into the earth

Midnight brings the ending the cycle of the years until the
Flesh-hood that was borrowed must pay penance to gods
Douse, the fires; sink into the night
Pray, for dawn, to take us out of darkness into light

To - na-tiuh! (heart-soul)
Ma-ce- hualli! (humanity, the indebted)
Teo-mi- cqui! (the God-dead)
Nex-tla- hualli! (debt payment)

Clad in sacred skins; living faces of the gods
As the crowd kneels at their passing, over garlands in the dust
Bearers of our burdens to the realm that lies beyond
They ascend the smoking pyramid of he whose slaves we are

Blessed are the children, for their tears betoken rain
Led to immolation to give offerings of pain
Blessed are the god-dead who complete their sacred task
In our need and in our excess we must offer what we ask

Sworn to follow, the footsteps of the gods
To lie on the altar where the black blade waits for blood
To sacrifice their heart-souls to the sun
The sacred fire will carry us from darkness into light

To - na-tiuh! (heart-soul)
Ma-ce- hualli! (humanity, the indebted)
Teo-mi- cqui! (the God-dead)
Nex-tla- hualli! (debt payment)

All we are
Are fragments of the Sun
Deserved and brought to life
Through sacred penance

Like heroes past
Sent to death to bleed for us
As chosen we must die
For the world to be reborn

Screaming as the blade cuts
Tearing; out their beating hearts

Hearts borne to the Sun
Waiting for the gods to come
And take them home

To - na-tiuh! (heart-soul)
Ma-ce- hualli! (humanity, the indebted)
Teo-mi- cqui! (the God-dead)
Nex-tla- hualli! (debt payment)

All we are
Are fragments of the Sun
Deserved and brought to life
Through sacred penance

Like heroes past
Sent to death to bleed for us
As chosen we must die
For the world to be reborn