As the darkness veils the sky
The wind carries a dreadful cry
As he awakens from his slumber
The night lightened by a thunder
Beneath the ancient castle ruins
From the realm of dark dreams
The terror crawls from the cold soil
Evil hunger makes his blood boil
From the shadow of the Carpathian forests
On Black wings of terror and nightmares
He brings with him death and fears
The humans shed desperate tears
In this forgotten, superstitious land
Where religion has the upper hand
People kneel to their vain prayer
But no god will save or help them
The Upir will have a bloody feast tonight
With magick he holds them in his might
The cold claws embrace his victims
Sharp fangs end their mortal dreams
Blood is life and his life is death
Neither alive nor is he dead
Cursed in eternity this morbid soul
Doomed to forever haunt is this ghoul
Before the cock crows he must return
To spend the day in his dark tomb
The mort