Ilium
EP • 2019
Day-glo gold Mountain toad From the Monteverde In thirty years It disappears Victim of man’s world Their range was reduced And chytrid introduced The climate had changed Another loss from mankind’s reign Day-glo gold Mountain toad From the Monteverde In this terrain The mist and rain They are no longer heard Their range was reduced And chytrid introduced The climate had changed Another loss from mankind’s reign
Submitted by Corpse Grinder — Apr 26, 2025
Père David told the west A new species nearing death The Milu’s final stand On the emperor’s own land End of the century A tragic destiny The West and Japanese Dealt them their final hand Some still remained though illegally gained Hear the bitter story of the Père David’s Deer A tale of how extinction crept up ever so near If not for one man’s passion they’d no longer be here The warning to all is so clear The Chinese deer all gone The Duke of Bedford sworn To gather all those left And save them all from death A great and noble cause Surviving two world wars They still survive today For many years I pray The Duke and the Père you have saved us despair Hear the bitter story of the Père David’s Deer A tale of how extinction crept up ever so near If not for one man’s passion they’d no longer be here The warning to all is so clear
Submitted by Infernal Flame — Apr 26, 2025
They asked the world ‘Don’t make a wave’ The Rainbow Warrior From ship of peace To sunken grave Cry to the nations Let them live To kill our world How could we ever forgive? Show us your light Greenpeace this night Show us the way Back from moral decay Oceans, forests Feel their despair Greed drives us on As we choke on the air For all us we take a stance Stop and think End the greed to Free your soul They asked the world ‘Don’t make a wave’ The Rainbow Warrior From ship of peace To sunken grave Cry to the nations Let them live To kill our world How could we ever forgive? Show us your light Greenpeace this night Show us the way Back from moral decay
Submitted by Sexy Gargoyle — Apr 26, 2025
A tale of lust, a tale of greed Of pointless slaughter, evil deeds Fashion demons, blood red smiles Genocide of crocodiles Tell me are your credit cards more safe here? Inside dead reptilian skin? Your luggage sitting in the airport Are the contents safe within? Do you think you have more right here? Than creatures from the dawn of time? They saw the rise and fall of dinosaurs Will they withstand all humankind? Crocodile tears for the crocodile’s plight Millions of years, yet it seems we have more bite We think of them as callous As lurking hateful beasts Yet we murder them for trinkets Show remorse, not in the least Do you think you have more right here? Than creatures from the dawn of time? They saw the rise and fall of dinosaurs Will they withstand all humankind? Yet from this comes some good Protection is in place In Costa Rica tourists Can safely share their space The USA’s protection Saw alligators thrive Maybe now these crocodiles Can also there survive Crocodile tears for the crocodile’s plight Millions of years, yet it seems we have more bite We think of them as callous As lurking hateful beasts Yet we murder them for trinkets Show remorse, not in the least Do you think you have more right here? Than creatures from the dawn of time? They saw the rise and fall of dinosaurs Will they withstand all humankind?
Submitted by Dahmers Fridge — Apr 26, 2025
The cells within our bodies are replaced each seven years But a memory can last a thousand lifetimes The itch below the surface and the welling of our fears Are the preface to an ancestral crime There was a time when I would sleep as soon as hit the pillow There was a time when I knew not depression A hateful wind has breeched my skin and underneath it billows It burns my soul and leaves its sick impression I never knew my father But I’m sure he must be dead I feel that empty feeling in my bones A lot has changed these last few months A war within my head And raining from above like falling stones The dreams come to me every night now The masquerade conceals my wicked plans Some spirit in the wind or a man within my mind Whispers for me to descend the stairs I dare to lift my mask and take a glance into the mirror I see myself but see it isn’t me Familiar yet unknown to me the man tips me a wink Through centuries he sees me Invites me to enjoy the show I’m terrified yet mesmerised I don’t know what to think The music gathers pace and the dancers gather ‘round Identities not known, nor inhibition A frenzy in a heightened daze An elevated toxic phase A girl is separated and invited out for air The scene is ended by a knife A piercing, chilling scream The curtain falls – it is blood-red And every morning say I say it’s just a dream It changed one day, my mother died To quell the grief I cleaned the memories from her attic In my father’s hand I found the note of suicide Felt that distant evil voice call through like static I read his note and wiped away my tears Those very dreams were also his They plagued his father and grandfather too So many generations driven by one twisted act A murder echoes generations through And I glance into the mirror And I see it isn’t me An evil apparition from genetic memory I take a knife to take a life I struggle with the wrong and right Within I am still there And driven by despair If I’m to take a life it must be me
Submitted by VladTheImpaler666 — Apr 26, 2025
I got you - that's all I want I won't forget - that's a whole lot I don't go out - now that you're in Sometimes we shout - but that's no problem I don't know why sometimes I get frightened You can see my eyes, you can tell that I'm not lyin' Look at you - you're a pageant You're everything - that I've imagined Something's wrong - I feel uneasy You show me - tell me you're not teasin' I don't know why sometimes I get frightened You can see my eyes, you can tell that I'm not lyin' There's no doubt - not when I'm with you When I'm without - I stay in my room Where do you go - I get no answer You're always out - it gets on my nerves I don't know why sometimes I get frightened You can see my eyes you can tell that I'm not lying I don't know why sometimes I get frightened You can see my eyes, you can tell that I'm not lyin' I don't know why sometimes I get frightened You can see my eyes, you can tell that I'm not lying
Submitted by Cyberwaste — Nov 17, 2025
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