Ilium
Album • 2009
I hide away when dawn brings light I float away on plumes of darkest night I travel on the blackest way Entwined with darkness And the slow brooding veil of decay Like a moth I am a creature of the night Into the darkness Death entwined - why am I So drawn to light Awakening my sight Dichotomy my plight Tormented I'm a mothcaste child I fear nothing but the sun Its glaring eyes burn through me This blackness runs Within my veins Riding high on the starlight The dark night protects me like a shroud I am regent on the dark side The burning of a lamp Is all the light that I'm allowed Like a moth I am a creature of the night Into the darkness But then why am I Drawn to light Awakening my sight Dichotomy my plight Tormented I'm a mothcaste child A creature of the night I'm lusting after light Sheets of darkness steal my sight Forever I moan on the wind The darkness begins To lure you in
Submitted by Corpse Grinder — Apr 26, 2025
In the darkness of our lives It seems you need a heart of granite to survive In the valleys of our souls The shadows cry in pain they can't escape the cold But am I the only one? Exposed and freezing in the blazing desert sun Never shall I shake the hold Of this surreal infernal cold Ever in its icy mould My freezing hell remains untold With the logic of our minds You'd think we'd find a way to value all mankind In the fine print of our laws Is there a precedent to start Hibernal thaw? Half the world don't even care If the other half are well or even there Never shall I shake the hold Of this surreal infernal cold Ever in its icy mould My freezing hell remains untold The winter of our discontent Defiles our church and government So many think they're heaven sent But are the last ones to repent Never shall I shake the hold Of this surreal infernal cold Ever in its icy mould My freezing hell remains untold
Submitted by NecroLord — Apr 26, 2025
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Comatose the desert rules Its dreamtime mind reflects in pools once there The fringe is dying fade away To the darkness of another day's nightmare Cumbersome it's choked with sand The price is high with no demand buy now The desert's eye is killing you Its burning rays are grilling you die now Quench your thirst oh can't you see Mirage is but a fantasy you know There must be water something swims It's just your head but not your limbs stay low Your dusty tongue is licking salt The dancing dunes say it's your fault Pay now Look up a never ending sky Reads your last rites it's time to die Die now Xerophyte lives It breathes It's called your bluff It feeds your disease Xerophyte's wild Not tame It owns the desert It's time to reclaim Devour all with tongues of sand Indigenous exiled from barren land Man paid for his greedy ways Now counting down the end of days Dead core Lord of the flies Is the lord of the sands Soon the law of the land Fight for a chance to survive Beating death you're alive It's your life you can thrive Slave whore the sun shrinks away Night time swallows the day System shut down delay We will reclaim what is ours What the desert devours Don't allow our planet to shrink away Xerophyte dies It writhes You've called its bluff You've torn out its eyes Xerophyte's child Is slain It's lost the desert No more to gain
Submitted by Grave666 — Apr 26, 2025
Sand breathing in the desert Choking on an ancient death Calls from a sunken tomb of old Long ceased decomposition Ghostly voice of Anuket This pharaoh's return has been foretold Desert moves in respiration Breathing with a blackened wind See a spiral forming on the ground An ancient face is reconstructed Come to carry those who sinned Anubis searching with him 'til they're found They came By night And breeched the sacred site And stirred his sleeping soul from rest Pharaoh returns The night air starts to churn The ancient king begins his quest Valley of the Kings re-opened Naked corpses lie in wait Raped now of their dignity in death Shadow of a lurking jackal Gorging hunger eats their fate An underworld thirst drinks their fading breath They came By night They breeched the sacred site In Hades hear the distant bell Pharaoh Came forth The thieves were dealt his wrath Their souls went screaming down to hell
Submitted by Celtic Frost — Apr 26, 2025
Mission Mars An expedition to obtain the youthful stone A cure at last A drug injected to release the new hormon Grim Reaper overthrown By this super genome No side effects are known The rocks return A media storm ensures the market soon will burst Life sustaining tomb In youth you shall become immersed But you must die first A cold wax beauty is dispersed This blessing is a curse Ageless decay Your body perfect but it's now devoid of life You won't fade away You try to scream but still you face the coronary knife A timeless death a sleight of breath to all you seem to have passed on Paralysed your listless eyes so mesmerized cannot convey how they are wrong No anaesthesia The dead don't feel the pain A mortal seizure Imprisoning your brain Ageless decay Your body healing from the coronary knife You won't die today But still you're buried can't they see you're still alive? You're aching skin conceals their sin, wounds are healed but no one knows You're buried deep you'll never sleep your soul not reaped upon your coffin...
Submitted by SerpentEve — Apr 26, 2025
Breathing in the misty air Illuminates a speckled coat The sunlight trickles through the leaves Piercing the majestic trees A lustful vision seethes From the first small step A mighty race stampedes From a tribe amongst horses Derived the most astounding class of steeds Sentries in the canopy Watching, waiting for their time A shift in power, primal urge Take these steps toward the earth Stand firm on the verge Seeking guidance from the stars They speak of great heroic deeds They speak of how the small beast stands Dominating all the animals Taming all the lands From the first small step A mighty race commands From a nervous clan of primates Is derived the maelstrom known as modern man
Submitted by Warbringer — Apr 26, 2025
Years ago in darker days When health was crippled By the plague Men in armour standing proud Yell their battle cries so loud Young boys shown the way to kill And face the enemy on the hill Taught that war is glorious To fight for their kingdom All are lining up to fight With their metal glaring bright The final moment has begun The order given for all to run Warriors wielding swords Fighting to protect their lords Hatred rushes through their veins No time to cry or feel the pain Winning is the only way But many men will lose today Bloodshed on the battlefield Fight for their freedom Terror, anger, fear and hate Certain death, a violent fate No one wins in the end Lose your life or lose a friend Charge racing off to kill Slaughter the enemy Each man will fight to win Fulfilling his destiny Charge racing off to kill Slaughter the enemy Each man will fight to win Fulfilling his destiny Charge racing off to kill Slaughter the enemy Each man will fight to win Fulfilling his destiny Charge racing off to kill Each man will fight to win
Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Apr 26, 2025
The slo'mo action replay shows a pliant twisted face The child runs screaming wildly To the newly bloodied place His hostage breathes in hitches A car speeds in the distance Blood soaked on the windows Breathes his final breath Fast forward to the future To the man with tortured heart The one who steals the bodies Before rigor mortis starts His wife now staring blankly Her whispers float away His grief propels him onward Bring her back some day There's a manor in the country lts rooms are occupied but never laughter ventures past its doors A dry and sterile coldness In the rooms they never die But neither life is cradled in its walls By day he's a physician A well respected man His surgery has saved so many lives An unknown neo-mortician A saviour for the damned But he knows that he is running out of time He has contacts in the zoos But they never know his name Desperation brings them to him For their rare and precious game And society's elite Have a casket waiting for them Never meeting him in life Sleeping in the cold unending night There's a manor in the country All its rooms are occupied But never laughter ventures past its doors A dry and sterile coldness In the rooms they never die But neither life is cradled in its walls Now the years torment his presence As his gnarled and wrinkled hands Rub his temples as he tries just one more time And he falls upon the carpet There's a whisper in the air And his wife's hand reaches for him And her cries come back to haunt him As he fades she comes alive But he's not there There's a manor in the country All its rooms are occupied But never laughter ventures past its doors A dry and sterile coldness In the rooms they never die A woman sobs eternal In its walls
Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Apr 26, 2025
Through the bustle I the market Villagers are unaware The little black pro simian Observes them with its worldly stare Scuttling through busy streets The villagers now turn and freeze Just another precious one Points at them and walks away The little witch of Madagascar is a messenger of death The little witch of Madagascar A chill is running through your veins The crowning jewel of the ocean Haven for the bizarre Centuries of superstition See the magic fade away Scuttling through busy streets The villagers now turn and freeze Just another precious one Points at them and walks away The little witch of Madagascar is a messenger of death The little witch of Madagascar A chill is running through your veins The little witch of Madagascar is a messenger of death The little witch of Madagascar A chill is running through you veins The little witch of Madagascar Demonised - a tribal myth The little witch of Madagascar You should hang your head in shame
Submitted by Morgoth — Apr 26, 2025
I stand alone here surrounded by ice Its voice speaks to me I am its sole deity And it bows to me in awe My power grows A subject of idolatry My trusted friend My soul mate is this harsh blue land Comfort sought and found Sacrificed on icy ground And it speaks to me in whispers as I stand Relinquish now my sanity Thunder in your eyes Trapped within your mind A meteor arrives Burning through your sight Devoured by the night Evolution's throes My vision comes and goes A new god now grows Whilst I write I'll follow through the ages for idolatry I bow down to your majesty My faith is stronger than the fantasy I'm your soul's disciple in your grace for I know you are God I am prisoner of earth I lust your guidance through the stars The forbidden path I now take To risk my soul through suicide I risk my life through suicide The years have passed Yet my vigour hath not waned I see a dim light My former god A semblance of a man A prophet stands here Beaten down Shackled and damned You've dragged me through the ages for idolatry Now standing victor over thee My lust is greater than your empathy I feed upon the idol that now falls to me Almighty God Fall to me almighty god
Submitted by MetalElf — Apr 26, 2025
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