Tied in a circle Everything stinks Tremors the ground
Tarnished scars Shadows closing in Wild-eyed chanting Quakes in the wind
AsĂ bailan (this is how) Los herejes (the heretics dance) Amor de sangre (love of blood) Cebo traen, (they bring bait,) Y se caen (and they fall) Amor de sangre (love of blood)
Betrayal and vengeance This is how the puppets dance To the pipe of the black goat The downfall has begun
Travelling through us now A great brightness Strung and hung Then the blades
A crown of light And skewered shades Levitates into thick air On a crimson cataract
AsĂ se mueren (this is how) Los herejes (the heretics die) Terror de sangre (terror of blood) Cada uno tirano, (each one a tyrant,) Cuchillo en mano (knife in hand) Terror de sangre (terror of blood)
Betrayal and vengeance This is how the puppets fall To the scythe of the black goat Wielded by their sons
Betrayal and vengeance This is how the living crawl In the dirt they go insane The prey no longer runs
This is how the living pay Kill their own for one more day As unction against the sun
Betrayal and vengeance This is how the puppets die In the wake of the black goat Cold rays spread like fire
Betrayal and vengeance This is how the shivering sky Fumes us out and bleeds us dry And draws us ever nigher
Neh machitia ahmo (I know you not) Pero neh oquimpiaya mati (but I have known) Coyolxauhqui (coyolxauhqui) Teh huigui nian (you must come to me) Teh ya tlanque (you're almost through) Tehuatl nicmati (you will know me) Ihcuac nin cocoliztli (when this ordeal is) Ompa (over)