[Verse 1: Choir]
Night has fallen with whispering tongues
On the monastery
Sheets are empty, but who is the one
With the quill before him?

[Chorus: Thomas Vikström]
May you open Codex Gigas?
What lies behind?
Spread the pages — hell and heaven
On opposite sides

[Verse 2: Choir]
No more ink is put down by the quill
Soon touched by morning
As in honour the monk greets the one
Painting his portrait

[Chorus: Thomas Vikström, Choir, Thomas Vikström & Choir]
May you open Codex Gigas?
What lies behind?
Spread the pages — hell and heaven
On opposite sides
Was thеre a prayer, a special prayеr (May you open Codex Gigas?)
To have the one come forth? (What lies behind?)
Spread the pages — hell and heaven
On opposite sides
Bearer of the cloth in white
[Guitar Solo]

[Chorus: Choir, Thomas Vikström, Thomas Vikström & Choir]
May you open Codex Gigas? (May you open Codex Gigas?)
What lies behind? (What lies behind?)
Watch the riddle through the ages (Spread the pages — hell and heaven)
It will always remain (On opposite sides) (Watch as it lies open)
May you open Codex Gigas?
What lies behind?
Spread the pages — hell and heaven (Spread the pages)
On opposite sides
Bearer of the cloth in white