Hammer Of Witches

You told me of a night the water would not run hot
And she brought in a pot for the bath,
It was boiling at the brim
An accident, the scalding water spilled unlocking secrets in
Souls memories released in screams as it touched your skin
All at once the burning flooded your mind, back to a time
When women were burned, matches were struck
As the clock struck noon
Townfolk gathered to see you bloom
To see you bloom, bloom in the flames of

What would become of those who practiced magic
What would become of those who knew the ways of the moon
These, the memories, seeds laid in our fertile minds,
Of tragedies, screams sounding in the halls of the time

Hammer of witches, Pounding, Pounding
Hammer of witches, Burning alive
Hammer of witches, Merging as One with the Light
Malleus Maleficarum

I was there too in that time of darkness and fire
I clearly recall seeing your delicate face that day in the crowd
I was exemplified, tied and nude, high upon the pyre
The sound of the wood was incredibly loud
I remember the look in her eyes as the old woman stared
I remember the sun reflecting in her granddaughters hair,
I remember the sweet smell of bay leaves on the wind
Carrying the prayers we made at the chalice well
And the secrets therein

And he was there too, watching the scene with such countenance
This man we both knew, biblically, a lord of the old ways,
A figure of dreams, denouncer of craft, denouncer of providence
Adept at spinning his wheels to feed off the craze

Hammer of witches, Pounding, Pounding
Hammer of witches, Burning alive
Hammer of witches, Merging as One with the Light
Malleus Maleficarum in

In his mind, held he the sacred blade
It was carved of crystal stone
Into your side, he thrust and contact he made
But still you avenged my death in blood and bone

Sister my sister, the flames that we took
The stakes they were wrought by the moon cream we caught
Sister my sister, the cages we shook
The fortunes we sought, the fruits were all rot
Sister my sister, the armor we wear
The burden we bear, the love we left there
Sister my sister, the stories we tell
In ashes we fell, in ashes we fell
In flames we did rise and in ashes we fell
Consumed by the heat as we cast our last spell
Engulfed in the flames at the sound of the bell
In ashes we fell, in ashes we fell
We merged with the light and the darkness did tell
The darkness did tell, the darkness did tell
The song of the night still heard by the well
In ashes we fell, in ashes we fell

Malleus Maleficarum
Malleus Maleficarum

The Hammer of witches
The Hammer of witches
The Hammer of witches
The Hammer of witches