Tuonela

Forging the future from the timeless stone Oh, let me know how far I can go Answering the questions that no one ever asks Float through the sea of madness And face the everlasting task So lonely to wander So sad to be alone In the mist of the unknown Trying to fool myself with dreams that never come So hard to stand my ground Never again will I fail Will you tell me not to wait Tell me to live for today As the flowers wither I will forget my pain Since the stars have shone The devil has shown me the way.

Submitted by NecroLord — Apr 22, 2025

You live only for yourself Or send your soul to the heaven's grace Been weak as the autumn leaves Or strong as the growing seed Swallowed into the black Search for entrance Watch to the eyes of morning star Beckon for the saviour But it's much too far Reach for the infinity The only thing that remains is decay.

Submitted by Warbringer — Apr 22, 2025

As a rot to rape the spring sown seed A plague sprang forth of his tracks Churns ran red when cows milked blood And famine cracked poor backs Who would hear a lament sad Under the bright blue sky That's sung in hovels dark and low With eyes too weak to cry But horror be the nightfall's gloom For the man upon the road When moon doth laugh at worthless lives Twice hard for all promise showed Empty stare upon his face Nine fathoms deep He set upon the road again On ground that bears no seed

Submitted by NecroLord — Apr 22, 2025

Sorrow is my bread And tears I drink as wine Oblivion my happiness Ground under teeth of time For cold be the stone When frost be devoured the land Consolation is no gift Of winter's icy hand. Upon a crust of snow I'll lay my broken frame What steel and iron won't take I'll give in winter's name No good a sullen soul no use a simple knave No groom for brides of plaited hair This man old and lame If only I could breathe To see the Sun of May but still longer are the nights than days As I wither away Came the man of crown With sound of war drums beat Said no sword arm's strong enough Without my two good feet. Upon a crust of snow I'll lay my broken frame What steel and iron won't take I'll give in winter's name No good a sullen soul no use a simple knave No groom for brides of plaited hair This man old and lame But not overlooked am I In eyes of the maid I'll wed I'll reap the crops of Tuonela My bride's wealth in death.

Submitted by Corpse Defiler — Apr 22, 2025

Not thirsty am I for the blood Of redeemer of thy greed My hunger can't be satisfied With flesh of thy Nazarene No gilded streets of heaven's grace Entice me in thy speech No holy mother doth condone All your pillage war and greed But know thee that all oceans worth Of waters turned holy Won't change the course of river That runs inside of me My blood flows ever skyward And pools where thy black is white For wouldst thou not carve at my soul With sword of thy supreme truth Strike me down on my bended knees For thy baptism so soothe My blood flows ever skyward And pools where thy black is white Alone am I to raise my head In the starless forest night.

Submitted by MetalElf — Apr 22, 2025

My soul is bleeding I feel so small Afraid that this will never end I can't understand the pain in my bones I sleep through another trance Climb over the rainbow From here you can see so much I need someone to take me down But who can you trust Got so many things to say But it's something I don't wanna be Gotta get away case it's time to shine Like a fallen angel I run I won't ever see the sun See the circle is now complete Yet the harvest remains undone Where hemlock grows and vermin crowl All dreams descend with fear Crushed by the darkness that wells inside That beast I hold so dear

Submitted by NecroLord — Apr 22, 2025

Withered be the flower Long past it's prime and bloom Forgotten on the stony bed This silent hillside tomb For coppered be the grip Of this wooded land A crude cold gauntlet Hides the boney hand Tears once warmed the ground Torn out of eyes that could cry no more Compassion for the wind to take O doth pity the bastard poor A life of misery and hate Upon a chance a twist of fate The poison from the goblet ran Down the throat of her drunken man.

Submitted by MetalElf — Apr 22, 2025

Bathed in the rust of moon Is the death beds lullaby Sung so softly with the stars Reflected in her eyes It's the blaze that beckons men Into the woods, of beaten path Is the sight of the fire that No maiden's eyes should have Iron does as iron's told And drinks of life's red gold But shame won't leave with dying breath The life that wants its own death And the forest hums its silent hymn Heard by those of solitude As mist, it wells Up the brook's dark banks Bewitched by these fir woods

Submitted by VladTheImpaler666 — Apr 22, 2025

In the morning mist by the waning moon through the woods she set on foot With a sacred blade cut the berries down Dug up the dreaded mandrake root Tread my path to summer's end This bequest I leave you she says You will see what could be evergreen Turn to copper and fade to gray By the standing stones Atropine eyes smiled at me Sitting in a sluggish vertigo Sands of time form another dream No love without sacrifice No life springs without decay The final kiss is a wormy one In soils cold caress to rest we'll lay.

See me floating back to where it all started Watch the moon and kiss the shadows behind Let her touch you let her take your soul Forget yourself and just keep on moving Hear the whisper it tells you where to go Do what thou with shall be the whole of the law Blinded by the northern lights Welcome to the eternal night Close your eyes and you'll see more I have always been here before Still dark around me but so bright I've got the spirits on my side There's nothing that I need to hide As I see the black sun arise Hunting answers all the secrets revealed Watch the eyes of him who lies beneath Bow before the horns and you'll be reborn Now you've heard my moonlight serenade

Submitted by Infernal Flame — Apr 22, 2025