Homecoming's March

Older than the fall, we emerge from the left hand ballast'd against our opposing ten we are united in purpose Warring in heaven we've come to earth in preparation for our razing of elysium Perversions of Wisdom we turn battles' tide pyrrhic to Victory crushing Dominion Ungiven to Mercy we weaken Strength's pride fading Beauty's allure in our sight Breakers of Foundation bringing ruin to Crown withering Splendor Incomprehensible From beyond the aeons before the mythos we were there thralls to no sovereign Birthed by will we flew the cosmos we have always been we shall always be On tattered wings we fly on tattered wings we fly This hell we make is our kingdom and we shall have it here

Submitted by Finntroll — Apr 26, 2025

Wretchedly ancient, never to fade for we have always been Beyond immortal, beyond all time for we have always been So cold and long a path we tread A fiery sphere to light our way Of human suffering we hone our art So hard and cruel do we remain Silently we thrive on blood and grief The desperate cries that go unheard This mania is ageless Its legacy bled Remain'd unseen before their eyes and once upon a time you thought the world was safe so tender and ideal yet poisoned at its soul and so we now descend to Eden's pale remains finally reduced to a violent speck of dust Wretchedly ancient Never to fade Beyond immortal Beyond all time For we have always been

Submitted by The Void — Apr 26, 2025

Here on guard at the farthest reaches of our lord's domain I wait and watch spear in hand in the conquered realms of the old gods The sun is beating down Scorching barren lands Bringing suffering to life The long day wanes hanging low the baleful eye of light dusk falls across the land blackening my mood for who am I guarding? And for what? Fiendish desert winds Whipping up the sands Tearing at my eyes Long has it been since we've heard from home assuring our cause is right all that is left to comfort is our final commands: "Be vigilant and loyal for our goal is just. The truth is ours to shape, and the world is our anvil." But is it enough? Cruel, harsh winds have died The whipping sands at rest My eyes no longer torn The moon drifts behind a cloud the cold is inviting invigorating darkness a placid relief from the oppressive sun Velvet shroud of night Blanketing the world Graven silence reigns Here on guard scarred by the wind burnt by the sun spear in hand I am left with my thoughts anticipation of the new day brings no relief

Submitted by Lake of Tears — Apr 26, 2025

Alone in my sepulchral, Mountain fortress tower I have scurried away from the elysian fields I sit awaiting the death of time I am so weary Realization sets into my bones Decaying the marrow Limbs creaking I pull the cobwebs tighter about me Ashes and soot drift to the floor The world has become so cold and dusty Gates of pearl, yellow'd and crack'd Clouds of silver have tarnished Seraphic wings Have been fettered and rent The ascended wander lost Among the ruins of paradise Gone to squalor In my absence They cry out for my return But I don't want to listen Yet their pleas still fill my head Leave me alone!

Submitted by Infernal Flame — Apr 26, 2025

Amidst a once great empire a looming shadow falls Darkens its once golden streets obscures its crumbling walls The shadow's name is destiny it bears a fiery wrath It seeks to raze the sinners and burn all in its path Lead us into temptation We fear and fight and fornicate and profit through deceit Ebbing closer to our fate and ushering defeat But now behold the sunless sky and hear our screams beneath Bodies cast in hardened ash and souls that find no peace Lead us into temptation Hands reach for the sky Begging for salvation Asking their god why Burned in congregation Hands stretch towards the light Meeting with aggression Cleansed and cauterized Punished for transgression So the prophecy shall pass when nothing mortal stands Cataclysm's come at last and the mad god forsakes the land Finally this world shall be a dead and empty shell Free of human levity a cold, barren, blasted hell Decline and Fall, ashes will be our fate

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Apr 26, 2025

So very weary we stand on the edge of the world and frown - Do we halt? Or press on? What choice do we have? The nectar of life has grown sour Yet still we are forced to exist In these shells for all time We'll never be free! This immortality is grief Our armour stained with the blood of one thousand years before Deprived of your eternal rest Our wings hang lower as this burden takes its toll Shrouded in shadow we move across dimensions unseen Crying out as we fly Our voices unheard Waning, yet undying we long for a suitable end and yet, we are cast in our roles Infinity calls... Bound to walk amidst His Chosen Destitute in this existence empty... Unwhole Cast without souls So sickeningly Divine So very weary this immortality is grief waning, yet undying Infinity calls

Submitted by Grave666 — Apr 26, 2025

Return'd to your heaven upon our tattered wings to see of what's become the place that once was home Trodding upon the splinter'd gates striding through the soulless guf elysian fields lay fallow, have we return'd for this? For desolation striven Have the masses toil'd And so where have you gone? And so where have you gone? Vainglory's light has blinded thee thinking you the one, true god. but forget not who carved thy thrones and who shall pull them down Crown'd by the hand of man believing of what they're told: that you weren't here for them but they were here for you And so is your folly revealed! To be loved above all else! Blinding with false light's truth! Masking Jealousy's motivations! We're not here for them, they are here for us... They're not here for us, we are here for them...

Submitted by johnmansley — Apr 26, 2025