Sacrifice

Lay me like a sacrifice,
To darkest Gods on darkest nights,
Upon your altar, black and cold,
If only you could be so bold.

Lay the knife upon my skin,
My screams to pay for every sin,
My heart to break for every pain,
My blood to wash it all away.

Lay a kiss upon my brow,
The Gods own my body now,
But lay ye at my feet and weep,
And my life's blood away does seep.

And whence the end does surely come,
Clean the blade, when it is done,
And bring me flowers to my grave,
Roses for this modern slave.

Lay me like a sacrifice,
To darkest Gods on darkest nights,
Take me to the darkest place,
And wrap my body in death's embrace.