Awake, O' serpent of my heart 

It is time 

The sun stands high 

and unfaithful crowds await Thee 

Redemption in their eyes 

and stone at hand 

The arena hungers for your venom 

Let the games begin 



Bring in the lions 

Bring in the beasts 

It is time 

to confront the masses 

with their fears, 

a sober moment 

a shred of truth 

to gaze into an honest mirror 

a disturbance of their sleep 



Violent teeth and claws 

untamed and fierce 

reaches far and cut deep 

into the empty eye 

It is time 

to let the bitter venom flow 

through this embodiment 

of emptiness 



And the blood shall run free 

like words 

And the bones shall form stairs 

to the future 



Now, unfaithful spectator 

are you satisfied? 

to feel the lion's breath? 

One day soon 

you shall be the sacrifice 

a nameless grave of the past 



Protagonist 

your time is now