By the Waters of Awakening
And in the land that time has now forgot Where trees once ruled the plains A darkness grew, death and pain it brought Now none dare to remain Fear grew in hearts of those fairer than men A shadow born of greed Glory and fame cannot hide the birth of sin Their lusting hearts unleashed Gone are the stars and the morning light Gone is the path so free Lost are their hearts and their hopes to night The years bringing misery Fair is the night and the shadow grown bright And so the world has changed Chosen were the few to cherish the light And now hope is betrayed Blood stains the hands of mortal man A curse he's doomed to bear By shores of sea, the killing of kin That curse of death reclaimed Gone are the stars and the morning light Gone is the path so free Lost are their hearts and their hopes to night The years bringing misery
Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 13, 2026
Marching to the end Flying t’wards their deaths A host of mortal men An army now condemned With fire in the sky Death rains from on high Black serpents, fell on wing Ancalagon turns the tide The land breaks beneath The might of Morgoth’s beasts The gods cannot withstand The horrors unleashed by his hand No more will evil dwell in the caverns of the world All terror will flee before the glory now unfurled Bright lights will shine again, revealing what was lost The world made whole again; but at almighty cost
Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 13, 2026
Where is the rider? Where is the drum? Where is the kingdom, what has the land become? Lost in the shadows; The trappings of fear A king paralysed by a mind made unclear The golden hall is rotting The cobwebs shall grow The glory days of ages past buried by the snow Where is our leader? What has he become? Where are the riders; we all fall one by one We stand alone now No aid from friends of old No salvation from elvenkind; no men from northern cold A treacherous road we walk now To find that crumbling keep A place in which we cannot hide, cannot escape defeat The horror marches onward Those demons from our fears Courage cannot stand and fight; this doom of men is clear Spears shall be broken Shields shall break and fall Bodies ripped and bodies torn; the ending of us all Arrows fly in darkness Death rains from the air The tears of heaven falling down, echoing despair The fires of the new world Cast apart the old Warfare like none ever dreamed; these horrors are untold We stand together, facing the horror Holding our steel to fight the terror Marching forever till my dying day Evil may triumph, we will not quiet In our hearts we are defiant Fight for our freedom till we win the day And in the bloodshed With death abound The men of Riddermark shall hear the morning sound Look to the east hill Look to the sun The loyal men return; the time at last has come Hope is rekindled Light shines on them Can men reclaim the land, and rule it once again? Yet in this moment Of glory not defeat The wizard’s warning has begun, the world is far from free We stand together, facing the horror Holding our steel to fight the terror Marching forever till my dying day Evil may triumph, we will not quiet In our hearts we are defiant Fight for our freedom till we win the day
Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 13, 2026
Serene dichotomy Of radiance and dark Shapes the world we see Aloft in Valinor We ruminate on the stars These tears in the fabric of dreams We’ve walked for miles under their light Felt their warmth in winter’s night; So bright, guide us home We’ve marveled at the noble sight Felt their strength and grown in might Take flight, lead us home Under the majesty The light that rings true All ages turn in time The doom of mortality The tragedy of life All facets of the Maker’s design
Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 13, 2026
Three Rings for the Elven Kings Under the sky Seven for the Dwarf Lords In their halls of stone Nine for mortal Men Doomed as they are to die And one ring born of Mordor Where the shadows lie From fire and death it came And in shadow it will remain A beacon to foes most fierce A poison that cannot be healed One ring to rule them all One ring to find One ring to bring them all And in the darkness bind They crossed the Misty Mountains They try to hide it from his sight I am the whispers in your mind They’ll fight forgotten battles Not knowing if they can withstand I am the horror in the night Betrayed by those who guide them Ensnared by webs of pain and fear I can drag you from the light And on the fiery mountain Can strength prevail over the end? I must return to the Eye Climbing the mountain of its creation Wrapped in the evil incantation Struggles to free his mind from evil’s call Stood on the brink of glory and wonder Ring-Bearer’s mind beginning to falter Whispering shadow echoed in his eyes Surrenders hope to all temptation Dooming the hopes of every nation Evil triumphant where the shadows lie One ring to rule them, one ring to find them Deep in the darkness he will bind them Forging a terror unlike all they know
Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 13, 2026