Vodu

Vodu

Serpents of wrath
Poisoning your heart
My magic is black!
Stronger than Ivory Gods
Hear somewhere in the sea
Dreams of the island
Sorcery
Hougan, sin and desire
Preparing my ritual

[Bridge]
The darkest night of your life,
Bones and human flesh
Evil souls are dancing in disguise
There's no escape,
They know where you are,
Crawling in the rain
Take me to the magic rings of fire!

[Chorus]

I rule the angels of dark
Profanation and Violence
Loa Rada* burns your soul
Fading down the rainbow
Victims of dark, unholy spell
Call the soldiers down from hell
Hand of evil holds my life
Celebrating a vodu rite

Voices bring me back
A whisper in the dark
Around the smell of death
Crowning Ivory Gods
Still somewhere in the sea
Drums of the island
Sorcery
Hougans, feeding the fire
The edge of my ritual!

*Loa Rada is a major family of loa in Haitian Vodou. They include older, beneficent spirits who can be directly traced to Dahomey Vudus. "Rada" is a cognate of Arará, and also Yoruba orishas.