Crimson Offering - Deeds of Flesh

Rituals of blood to appease the divine

Offerings of life

To feed the gods' hunger

Captured in battle or from tribute

The war god is especially thirsty

To invoke the spirits of the sun and war

Prevention of plague, defeat, and famine

A scene of darkness and death

Royal libation of blood

Waterfalls of red fall from the pyramid

Producing lakes of blood

Covering pits full of corpses, piled a hundred high

Ritual sacrifice on a vast scale

Never seen before or since

Communion with superior beings

The gods are thirsty, they must be fed

With a steady supply of human hearts

And Crimson offering

The blood of sacrifice

For expiation, and perpetuating life

To honor the gods

Of the earth, and the rain, and fire

The horror, the honor

Surrounded by the unworthy

Spread eagle on a round stone

Content to die

Waterfalls of red fall from the pyramid

Producing lakes of blood

Covering pits full of corpses, piled a hundred high

With an obsidian knife

Chests are cut open, they’re still alive!

Removal of still beating

Removal of still beating hearts

Blood flows like rivers

Bodies tossed to the bottom

One hundred high

So the sun will rise

Through a process of absorption and conquest

Rituals of blood to appease the divine

Offerings of life

To feed the gods' hunger

Captured in battle or from tribute

The war god is especially thirsty

To invoke the spirits of the sun and war

Prevention of plague, defeat, and famine

A scene of darkness and death

To ward off the fury and wrath