It took a thousand years to get here
now I know it’s worth the time
for I’ve arrived to open up the book
and speak the magick rhyme

The pentagram is in the circle
I hear the coming Autumn storm
down below a crowd is calling
for the blood of one still warm

Tonight we ride the Tiger
tonight we turn the tide
tonight the noose gets tighter
tonight we demonize

I see the moon above the tower
hear the tolling iron bell
and now it is the final hour
open all the gates of hell

Tonight we ride the Tiger
tonight we turn the tide
tonight the light gets brighter
tonight through demon eyes

The sacrifice is on the altar
sacred dagger in my hand
this is no time to falter
on the way to shadow land… the promised land

©1995 Mike Hopkins Jr.