Written by lead-singer Heljarmadr and guitarist Lord Ahriman, “As I Ascend” talks about a man who is slowly corrupted by darkness and, in the end, he submits to Satan.
[Verse 1]
I roamed the night and winding shadows
Led me home
And as I ran into the depths
There was no light to guide me on my path
[Chorus]
And the night devoured my screams
And preyed on my soul
I faded away
[Bridge]
Oh, now I fell, and the demons laughed
As they were filled with bloodlust and spitefulness
Oh, how I crawled through the dirt
I could feel my life will being drained and dissolved
[Verse 2]
I was submerged into the endless
Gaping void
No air to breathe, no heart that beats
There was no life to carry me along
Then the flares, they turned into flames
And they carried my soul
Through endless pain
I ascend
Then the flames, they turn into flesh
And they're making me whole
As I ascend
[Verse 3]
I was submerged into the endless
Gaping void
No air to breathe, no heart that beats
There was no life to carry me no more
[Chorus]
And the night devoured my screams
And preyed on my soul
I faded away
[Bridge]
As the great fires of the deepest tracts of hell
Consumed all my weaknesses and traces of humanity
I arose with a grandeur without equal
With a darkness in my eyes and with a plague
To wield the world
[Verse 4]
I rise as the flares are turning to flames
And they carry my soul
Through endless pain
I rise as the flames are turning to flesh
And they're making me whole
As I ascend
[Bridge]
Dominus Satanas
I am the spear
Dominus Lucifer
I am the fire
Dominus Satanas
I am the spear
Dominus Lucifer
I am the fire
[Outro]
May our black light blind the world
May the serpent eat the world
May our black flame burn the world
May our darkness never end
May our black light blind the world
May the serpent eat the world
As I Ascend was written by Lord Ahriman & Heljarmadr.
As I Ascend was produced by Lord Ahriman & Daniel Bergstrand.
Dark Funeral released As I Ascend on Fri Jun 03 2016.