Tir Na Nog
I recall the days before the world turned cruel When two young descendants had not yet thought to rule As these seasons change it seems to me He sees not a brother but an enemy He has spoken of the voice that directs him to rise it Sings in his ear and promises ascension as his prize Father is growing old amidst this strife I fear that my brother is growing bold Factions are building And the turmoil is boiling Great gains can be made upon the pain of the people He has spoken of the voice that directs him to rise It whispers in his ear and promises ascension as his prize It was an unassuming August morn The younger of the brothers the last to be born Presumed upon himself my birth right Father was slain with a stolen crown He cast me down the river Has taken a turn and I must follow its course I must seek the strength that lives in me He has spoke of the voice that directs him to rise It whispers in his ear and promises ascension as his prize
Submitted by Finntroll — Apr 26, 2025
War spirits sing And battle souls cry Forever they'll live though their bodies have Died wolves signal storms As they howl in the night They strengthen our might When days are forlorn Good friends good times! Divinity defiled In the darkness i bleed A blasphemous discipline Upon which i would feed The people declared That i would be the one Who would venture to the stars And bow to none Those who sought the dawn Became so hollow They feared to follow The crimson shadow The path of the poet The fist in the skull The will of the ancients Bow to vesperia Big son of a bitch We have grown so weak with longing For a life far gone we were strong But now surrounded by corpses and horses And the shadow of the westerman An era when the blind Sing the sylvan They speak of days long since gone And after we have left this world The ferriman will guide us home
Rallying cries rang through the land The king was killed by his sons command By the swords of the prince! We were sent to the keep of the son To wage a great war In the name of the one their blood will rain For the king who was slain and all who remain! Before we arrived we were ambushed In the forest that borders two wintry lands An entire war band That day we came to understand the rules of the game We were pawns to lords and thanes who reveled in our pain We will show them the same In a forest cold along borders old Trapped by swords in foreign lands In winter we will make our stand On this day so far away I never thought My life would end this way Surrounded by foes as they scream my name We walk in fear of a day we know we'll never feel And still we wait like eagles Wait for season's change Yet the world stay on it's course I am never, never going home For me not to be found Like a raven falling to the ground The forests edge nears along with dawn's light We have killed as well we can But our wound will end this fight At most one more night! We are ready now to weather their charge Though we fade the bards will sing of those Who fought for the king We die for the king! A legion strong when we arrived Now there remains only five Back to back and sword by axe We fight until we breathe no more Light the fires and praise the day I say my brothers we are going home Though it is not the way we came
Submitted by Finntroll — Apr 26, 2025
Drive them back their tactics have failed Command the knights begin pursuit It took four nights to line them And break them Let the terror take them With screams or with silence The fight on the plains had taken a turn To a keep we'd travel The battlefield changed Surround the structure Bathe them in flame Let the traitors burn in my brothers name By ladder and tower We hit them like waves Their walls were strong But the were not safe This tide was turning Their keep was burning We'd break these walls Before winter arrived The dying remained Autumn brought change The deaths we were seeing Were not the same Men spit up blood And began to shake The will of the living Started to break Grief must wait for winter will not We need to leave this field of death Lest we give our lives to the falling plague If luck is our ally The men of the keep Will be stricken with this sickness And die in their sleep But if they escape And take to the sea Then we must ensure That the fleet is ready The ice has now fallen It blankets the hills They flee from the keep And ready their sails So too must we Take to the sea Let this nightmare Turn into a dream
Submitted by Warbringer — Apr 26, 2025
The sickness abates The day has come We have gathered on the shore We are greeted by the morning sun It warms our bodies Like the kiss from a whore The ship is prepared For those who would dare Venture out beyond the waves We follow those Who withstood the siege Who ride into the sea Oars will crack and backs will strain But we cannot let them escape again I have never felt so alive As when I am about to die We can't fuck around The weather is fierce And we are at the last of our strength The enemy flies While we drag behind We are running out of time Thunder roars and the stars disappear The sky begins to shed its tears I have never felt so alive As when I am about to die We've cleared the storm And I see them ahead They're upon the shore They're heading up the coast While a ghostly fog rolls in Follow them deep into these lands Leave no peaceful night The snows will come And the road is hard But do not lose sight Welcome to the edge of life The corner of the world That is sheathed in ice I have never felt so alive As when I am about to die
Submitted by MetalElf — Apr 26, 2025
That you would send an army to its death Without a hesitant breath Our family divided When you decided to have it all Is it because you are blind? What was the price? What was the cost? Father is slain Father is slain Our name is stained And I don't know what's going to happen I will not allow this reign to continue My path will steer into yours Is it because you are blind? What was the price? What was the cost? If I become lost the world will burn I must call the banners Those who answer Will write history with me And you will be greeted by my knife I only hope I am the one Who cuts your throat So in the end you will see That our father was strong And he lives in me His spirit lives in me
Submitted by Cyberwaste — Apr 26, 2025
This track is instrumental.
It was so perfect that winter day Intending to pass I decided to stay I meant to follow the winding river But it came to a lake in a frozen vale Ice became a mirror Though my reflection Was not the same Something had changed My youth was gone Age had gained How could it be My best years left me Life is a river that ebbs and flows Nobody knows where it's going to go All that is left is to ride the current Hope that it keeps us one day more I have let this go too far Will I shine with the stars When I see the betrayer What is there that one can say To mend the wrong done Is there any love left? Life is a river that cuts the shore It shows your life as a shattered mirror When the water finally runs dry Will you stand to look yourself in the eye I am an island alone in the sea Life is a river and I believe That it has grown too late for me Broken in the cold, how did I get so old Life is a river that passed me by Was it always my desire to lay down and die Outside the lake I'm held by ice and tears And to this day they hold me still I died in the lake many days ago I closed my eyes and let life go I thought of myself as a man of will But I know now that the ice keeps me still I can see it now, the moment I drowned I was a lonely forest, I began to freeze Surrounded by snow, lost to the trees I let my river end, don't lose sight my friend Hold on to your life while you can Stave off the day when your river ends Through the ice we see the water As still as the blood within me Softly touched by the sun Through clouds of white Like looking through ice Nothing seems clear I walked for leagues Or perhaps not at all It seemed I would stay It was so perfect that day Outside a lonely lake I am held by ice and tears And to this day they hold me still I will find my river
Submitted by Nargaroth — Apr 26, 2025
Fire; cleanse my dreams Lost; I can hardly see Ashes; vengeance has come For the death of my son Those were old days The thing we would say Were met with honour When the rains finally came It spilled the blood From our open graves Ride; towards Ykfalter bay Listen; to what a murderer has to say But first we wait a day So I might send my son to the drakkar aflame I say my goodbyes He will grow into a man And wait for his father This feud has ended my line So the time has come For theirs to end as well Rain starts to fall As I make my approach Lay the reed in a challenge broached But the combat of shields Will not decide How a child killer Is going to die These are new ways We will drift and fade away And wait for another Give them to the fire I burn down their hall Running for the flames I cut the coward down So that he might die Without sword in hand In the cold air I can see How he fears to breathe I open his chest And tear out his heart Now I am alone Without kin or land With his heart in my hand
Submitted by Grave666 — Apr 26, 2025
You seek to find Something within yourself That dissipates everything You've ever known There is no knowledge To be gained without pain And so you've let Your sickness grow He was just a child When he faced the dream Uncertain of what be beheld It was with time That he began to see What his dream could be He grew and gathered To him men of three Of which one was me We set out to alter What was deemed to be Our destiny Light passed to night And back again too many times Reflections spoke to us of age Our vision dimmed but his will was stone As though he still dreamt of the day I needed to believe in me But instead I followed he Who was meant to serve Only as a guide Something I could not see I could not understand Until he died Seasons have passed This winter it was my last I feel no sorrow I feel nothing at all Life is just a poem That must reach its end But I would hear another verse Before I die Now that my days are done Spirits let me see It was not the child who was the one It was me!!
Submitted by Warbringer — Apr 26, 2025
The wise kings of old Heard their stories told When gods and men Fight together again There would come a day Their prophets would say When man is near death He will bow and pray Listen to me to what I say This is not that day Those of you who wish to pray An end I'll give with my own blade A family torn Born to rule Cheated of the throne The younger son And the chosen one Ripped a kingdom apart Years of dirt Decades of pain Have seen me arrive At these gates again The house of my birth A strange sight now I will watch it burn Tears may fill these eyes Perhaps even after I die I am all that remains Of a once noble name Listen to me to what I say This is not that day Those of you who wish to pray An end I'll give with my own blade
Submitted by Infernal Flame — Apr 26, 2025
The night it gazed into our souls We wished the light would stay Alas I know not what to say I cannot promise a new day Reaching out across the snow Slowly a shadow grows It takes the shape of a hand Across the realm of men We thought that we were blessed We were spared when others died Now we see this winter night The pain for those left alive
Tell me then what do I say? When I have erred And others pay the price What will they say When I look in their eyes And tell them They didn't have to die Familiar old songs The trees used to sing When the men of the world Relinquish their fear It rings in my ears, its all I can hear It tells me I must face their ghosts We were the same only in name Under the eye of the old grey mountain I carved my heart from stone What was the cost? The price I have offered Could not be paid And when my day Has finally arrived What will I have to say? We had learned the taste of defeat The pain of a triumph stolen away If we don't persist then it will ring true We were doomed all along I made mistakes that day But the night swept away my pain I breathed the air of the dawn And lived without regret from that day on I recall simpler day Tending fields And broken hearts Like the songs we used to sing Like the rain for which we prayed I wish I'd died on that day Light of day Killed away I remain Say goodbye To the pain Of yesterday I slipped away into a fitful sleep Greeted by their ghosts I held their gaze They spoke low and long Friend be strong And carry on Now wake!
Submitted by NecroGod — Apr 26, 2025
The summoning of ecstasy The voyage to escape all of time The emptiness of my mind Carries me into death's hands Return an older man I've been here once before The pain of my departure Forever in my thoughts Tir Na Nog Land of the ever young Joy in the rivers and trees Tir Na Nog Haven of fury Time a bane no more I must find the light in the forest There is nothing but time I see the world, I don't feel the world I feel nothing The winds of the west Caress me, welcome me They beckon me to cross the western sea The voice of a maiden Calling my name I am being summoned again A thousand years have passed Centuries of pain They flow through my veins Yet her face is ever young Her grace is flowing Tir Na Nog Land of the ever young Joy in the rivers and trees Tir Na Nog Haven of fury Time a bane no more A hand beckons me up Her eyes meet mine Am I to come to the island of Tir Na Nog Where life blossoms in the waters Has she come to give me life Or in mercy grant me death?
Submitted by Corpse Grinder — Apr 26, 2025
Walking the grounds Of an unguarded keep The last sounds of death Ring the courtyard beyond It feels like years Since I've been asleep These steps so steep The days so long I open the door And see an old face The face of a brother Who taught me to fight And 9 years ago When father was slain He taught me betrayal's sharp sting So long ago in a world Masked in snow A place you would not recognize The world was changing We saw the signs I close my eyes And think of those times Songs of our heroes fade away We'll sing songs of our own The words that remain outlive the day But they could never be the same Something speaking Speaks of seeking Seeking an old door it opens And the light pours forth Echoes, sound and round the walls And fall into a whisper Like the wind breathing in the north He betrays no fright or feeling Night is day and we are dreaming Laughter heard and scheming words We are gone like faded songs Only death remains His will was broken on the stone Does he know my face Or recognize this place? He draws his sword without a word I speak his name He seems not to hear One last task for a well stained blade Songs of our heroes fade away We'll sing songs of our own The words that remain outlive the day But they could never be the same
Submitted by Morgoth — Apr 26, 2025