Obscure whispers of conspiracy enemies behind the gates Selling their souls for silver betrayal of their kin and faith Offering their treacherous hands out of opportune desires To the merciless invaders who scavenge and scourge with fire Walls built to endure a siege of a 1000 years Protector of the menaced realm harboring those in fear Fortifications indestructible holding out against the hordes Yet a poisonous fruit of betrayal ripening behind the palace doors Insidious conspiring by emissaries of treason Poisonings and murder in a cloak and dagger game The mantle of deceit covering the face of betrayal Assassinations occur perpetrators shrouded in mystery Skulls they adorn the traitor's gate headless and scorned Skulls they adorn the traitor's gate headless and scorned Rumors of the black hand plotting for the collapse Generating fear and distrust hope turns into despair Ruthless attempts to uncover the menace behind the palace walls Disloyalty of inner circles blossoming flower of distrust Imminent acts of sabotage hold the keys to the gate Need to master the turmoil or meet a desperate fate Heinous behaviour to be halted or lose the reigns of power Conspirators to unmask to avoid certain defeat Skulls they adorn the traitor's gate headless and scorned Skulls they adorn the traitor's gate headless and scorned Disgracefully unmasked and their true faces are revealed Swift execution of the traitors after prolonged torture to confess Vengeful decapitations no mercy for the snakes Ravens picking the flesh their skulls adorn the gates Skulls they adorn the traitor's gate headless and scorned Skulls they adorn the traitor's gate headless and scorned