The Music of Despair - Dawn Of Winter

In the loneliness of winter

When I seek penance for my sins

I call upon my fate for mercy

Oh let the king of diamonds win

When the lords of light are with me I climb the stairs up to Ungol

When the angel witch she soothes me

I’m her witchfinder general

Yeah

Doom is the soul of metal

Primordial and pure

Doom is the true essence of living

Immortal

My cure

When my heart is filled with sorrow

And I wonder who I am

I put on some ancient Trouble

Some old Vitus

Pentagram

When my soul walks in the darkness

Or life’s hopelessness again

Then I find solace

I find comfort

And I learn and understand

Yeah

At the blessed pagan altar

He kneels the reverend bizarre

And he calls me and I follow

Into the doomed world of my heart

There is beauty in the mourning

So much truth and tenderness

Let me celebrate the sabbath so black

The rites of candlemass

There is wisdom in the slowness

In the rhythm is the magic

In the air

And I know I’ve found salvation

In the music of despair