Less and Less Human, O Savage Spirit

If there must be, must be

A spirit that moves matter's shattered form

Let it be an awful ringing

A fathomless unknown

A refulgent nothing

What hunger without desire, senseless and cold

The fountain that empties the world overflows

O Terra Infidel, spoiling to be known

A figure hanging, features covered

By her fallen gown

There will be nothing

Unmeasured anymore

What unknowing counter comes, silent and blind

To empty Heaven of its hymns

And Hell of its cries

Less and less, O savage spirit

Less heeded your call

Less and less, O savage spirit

Less heeded your call

Less and less, O savage spirit

Less heeded your call

A step upon a path forgotten and overgrown

What wearied passage here, from soul (From soul) to poison soul

Now here we wallow, now here we writhe

Like a serpent with a broken spine