Venatic Rite Songtext
von Hibernaut

Shadows dancing in the darkness
Cast by hunters ′round the fire
The woods silent and stark
Consumed by hunger, their need is dire
Faded prints of paw and hoof
Shed antlers tufts of hair
The scat dusty and dry
Untouched traps, empty snares

Wafting malodorous tendrils
Fill hunters heads with decay
Mephitic sickness brings chills
The source, putrefying prey
Eviscerated elk lay lifeless
Moldering flesh, claw wounds
Disemboweled by a beast
Murdered, unconsumed


Venatic rite
Hunters entrusted to provide
Flesh of the lion
Living on the mountainside

Thirteen days deep in the forest
Fighting their way through thick underbrush
Ravenous, malnourished
Sudden screams, a thundering rush
Set upon by tooth and claw
The mountain screamer assails
Fevered eyes, foaming maw
Ghost cat crucified, hunters prevail

Venatic rite
Hunters entrusted to provide
Flesh of the lion
Living on the mountainside


Wrapping meat in caul and hide
Wrapping wounds from the lions bite
Homeward bound, full of pride
Delirium sets in, fevered, day and night
Heaving they retch bodies unsustained
Growing weaker, they're wasting away
Plagued with weeping wounds
Slowing to rest they′re dead where they lay

Pyretic bite
Infection breeding while they return
Agitation seething from a febrile burn

Pyretic bite
Infection breeding while they return
Agitation seething from a febrile burn