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Blood Offering is the first single of Brazilian Death Metal band Aztlán.
lyrics
RUNNING. GOING INTO THE WOODS
FAR AWAY FROM TLAXCALA HILLS
THE PYRE IS BURNING. THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE HAS COME
AN ANCIENT PACT WILL TAKE PLACE RIGHT NOW
THE GREATEST GLORY OF MEXICA - A HEART RIPPED OUT
ETERNAL CHANGE OF BLOOD BETWEEN GODS AND MEN
CELEBRATIONS FOR HUITZILOPOCHTLI HAVE BEGUN
THE SMELL OF DEATH APPROACHES AT THE ZENITH SUN
THIS WORLD, THIS PLANE IS NOT YOUR PLACE
HERE IS JUST YOUR NEST - WAR IS YOUR MISSION
AND FEED THE SUN WITH HUMAN FLESH AND BLOOD
RITUAL IMMOLATION FOR BEYOND THE TIMES
Quin ōctlamati noyōllo
niccaqui in cuīcatl,
niquitta in xōchitl
¡Māca in cuetlahuia in Tlālticpac!
FOR FULL EQUATION OF COSMIC ORDER
FEEL THE SWEET SCENT OF DARKNESS
CAPTIVE IN THE MAJOR CITY OF TENOCHTITLÁN
FOR TONATIUH I’M THE CHOSEN ONE
DUAL CHAINS OF WATER AND FIRE CARVED UPON A MONOLITH
COLLECTING HEARTS FOR VICTORY
BLOOD OFFERING PERPETUATING OUR EXISTENCE
FOUR SOLDIERS AGAINST ME. MACUAHUITL IN HANDS
INSIDE A FLOWERY WAR TIED TO GLADIATORS’ STONE
I SWEAR I WILL KILL SOME OF YOU BEFORE MY FALL
MY OBSIDIAN BLADES CUT THE FLESH TILL THE BONES
SACRED BONES
EAGLE WARRIORS
JAGUAR WARRIORS
WITH HONOUR AND RESPECT
ADORNED WITH GOLD AND FEATHERS
THE PRIEST LEADS MY DEATH
A HEART OFFERED TO GOD SUN
MY ASCENTION
SO I HOLD MY BREATH
AND CLOSE MY EYES
WHEN THE SILEX POINTS TO MY CHEST
RETRIBUTION FOR THE GODS
THE CYCLE IS COMPLETE
THAT’S MY GLORIOUS DESTINY
HIGHER THAN MICTLÁN DOMAINS
I RISE ALL NINE STAIRS
FLOWERY DEATH SETS ME FREE
BLOOD OFFERING PERPETUATING OUR EXISTENCE
credits
released March 1, 2018
Recorded at Den Studios (Jan/Feb 2018)
Produced by Louis
Song by Marcello Paganus Antunes