Under the Red Cloud

I retired to a towering mountain Laid down in a circle of stones For three days and for three nights I listened to the skull of a bear The sun burnt its sigil into my chest The rain washed the evil away Time spun itself around me The moon casst its silvery shell I rose up in circle of stones Made my way down in the valley Followed the banks of a rushing river To a shore of an icy sea The great bear growled The thunder spoke The mountain shook The skies lit up They came carrying their torches Appeared from the desolate dark Approached me circling and swirling Howling their battle-cries That's when the bear was born in me It rose on its legs beside From a distance the crack of thunder And the red cloud swallowed the sky I rose up in circle of stones Made my way down in the valley Followed the banks of a rushing river To a shore of an icy sea And in the furthest corner of the North On the edge of the world we know With open arms embracing them And I bared them my heart of hearts Under the red cloud

The nations search for treasure And beasts rise from their tombs Kings revel in triumph All succumb to shadows in their own turn The fish spawn, the birds nest The roses bloom and wither away The winds lash, the leaves decay All deaden to ice, covered by snow See beyond the secrets of space The four bearers of heaven Gaze in all directions The four wise ones stand their ground Call the stars that shine in their skies Gaze in all directions The rivers rush, the lakes they gleam When summer yields to autumn's cold Moments flee into oblivion Fading to blue and turn into rime The first cloaked in clement winds The second with meadow-scented hair The third who's cold and grey The fourth who carries the snow away Sing, the beginning of our songs Spin an end to all our stories Sing the beginning of our songs And bring an end to all our stories In Tuonela See beyond the secrets of space The four bearers of heaven Gaze in all directions The four wise ones stand their ground Call the stars that shine in their skies Gaze in all directions Kings revel in triumph All succumb to shadows in their own turn Moments flee into oblivion All succumb to shadows in their own turn

Submitted by Warbringer — Apr 22, 2025

Break down the weirs in the brooks Crush the bulwarks of my soul Let the rapids run white and foaming The bad blood cut off my ears The bad blood blinded my eyes The bad blood choked up my mouth Draw the poison from my veins Let out the bad blood in me Let the stream run golden and true Let out the bad blood in me Drive away the bad and the ugly Divert the dreary dregs Pierce a stream that rushes anew I can't see my path I don't hear your voice I have forgotten my song Draw the poison from my veins Let out the bad blood in me Let the stream run golden and true Let out the bad blood in me Bleed out the dross and the dead Bleed out the dross and the dead The bad blood cut off my ears The bad blood blinded my eyes The bad blood choked up my mouth Draw the poison from my veins Let out the bad blood in me Let the stream run golden and true Let out the bad blood in me Bleed out the dross and the dead Bleed out the dross and the dead

Submitted by NecroGod — Apr 22, 2025

Carried by restless winds Under the crimson cloud I sailed the purple waves Aboard my comely ship The ship was adorned with banners With flags dedicated to its sails A spirit summoned to its sails Emblems painted with blood The evening came, the night fell The moon rose, circled the island And all around me The starry skies glittered in the water I asked for his holy words Besought his sage advice I bowed to the skull of the bear I prayed for the spirit of god I asked for his holy words And my heart began to sing To the beat of the heavenly drum And I prayed for the spirit of god The ship it plotted my course Evaded the rocks and shoals It brought me toan island On the shore of a sacred place I climbed the side of the mountain Made my way up, up the craggy slope And on the top on a field of jagged rocks I met a hallowed god The wind it sang, the ship it rocked White-crested waves they knew my course As I fell to restless sleep I wandered to a time that's yet to come I asked for his holy words Besought his sage advice I bowed to the skull of the bear I prayed for the spirit of god I asked for his holy words And my heart began to sing To the beat of the heavenly drum And I prayed for the spirit of god I met a hallowed god

Submitted by VladTheImpaler666 — Apr 22, 2025

In the twilight when he steps forth In the bend of the dark path When he catches up with you You won't know if he's on your side Or if he will turn against you And in the dead of a moonless night As your path turns into the black You become one with the darkness And in the dead of a moonless night Who knows if you are brothers Or will you turn against each other And in the dusk when he finds you Hidden in the shadows He must judge your allegiance He won't know if you're on his side Or if you will turn against him And in the dead of a moonless night As your path turns into the black You become one with the darkness And in the dead of a moonless night Who knows if you are brothers Or will you turn against each other

They will come, the heinous thoughts Silently from the lair Hunched and crouched, they will come Reeling us under their might As they emerge, from the darkness of my heart Born of the night, concealed in seeds of fear They will come The brothers of delusion They will come The sisters of shadows The enemy is at the gates The enemy at the gates They make their camp, on the field of hope And burn down, the house of sleep Steal the treasures, of our thoughts Storm the gates, of our hearts As they emerge, from the darkness of my heart Born of the night, conceived by seeds of fear They will come The brothers of delusion They will come The sisters of shadows The enemy is at the gates The enemy at the gates

Submitted by Celtic Frost — Apr 22, 2025

Somewhere there's a tree of ages Heavens hanging from its branches Cradling worlds beneath its shadows Its seeds give birth to tomorrow Universes coil its trunk And heavens rush above its crown It dances without moving It is the tree of ages It is the tree of ages Like our promises and wishes Die its flowers along with its leaves Like drops of blood the leaf buds open Like sighs the fruit falls down Universes coil its trunk And dawn shimmers on its crown Day turns to gold its leaves It is the tree of ages It is the tree of ages Night calls the solitary god Night falls all lights shall bow in awe Night calls the solitary god Night falls all lights shall bow in awe Night calls the solitary god Night falls and these lights shall bow in awe

Our lady of the sun Sees to us day and night Our lady of the moon Sees to us night and day Our way of warmth and light Night will not becloud our path The spirits of our kin Wisdom flows through mystery Only the stars Only the stars are gone Only the stars Only the stars are gone Enchanted we bow To a dewdrop on the grass Glowing with hidden fire Of our burning midnight sun Only the stars Only the stars are gone Only the stars Only the stars are gone In the white night of the north The pearl-white spirits are lost Strayed from their summery path Into the frail twilight In the white night of the north The pearl-white spirits are lost Strayed from their summery path Into the frail twilight In the white night of the north The pearl-white spirits are lost Strayed from their summery path Into the strange twilight In the white night of the north The pearl-white spirits are lost Strayed from their summery path Into the strange twilight

Submitted by The Void — Apr 22, 2025