scorn the omen architects of deceit pulverized within the jaws of defeat our ruin engineered we ve reached the gates of fear forging vengeance in the city of doom ripping death from sin s unholy womb the riders on the storm cursed the day they re born we were warned strike them down strike with power kill them all from shore to shore we destroy we devour we command the vicious dogs of war treads of iron crush the skulls of the damned stench of burning flesh covers the land rising from the screams a godless war machine execution fire scorches the sky crimson horseman runs with genocide as the sea turns red we raise the living dead or so it s said strike them down strike with power kill them all from shore to shore we destroy we devour we command the vicious dogs of war bow your heads and abandon hope we re the gods of pain raise your hands if you ll join with us and let the madness reign  forsaken and forgotten condemned hopeless and alone the sickened and the rotten infect everything you ve ever known war hammer of disaster crushing every living head surrender to the masters you re brainwashed electric living dead there s no escaping the more i learn the less i know i must be crazy i m giving in i m letting go if all the world s a stage it s just a masquerade of crazies hit the lights and start the show bow your heads and abandon hope we re the gods of pain raise your hands if you ll join with us and let the madness reign bow your heads and abandon hope we re the gods of pain raise your hands if you ll join with us and let the madness reign 