Church of Bones

"As you see yourself, I saw myself too. As you see me, you will see yourself. Everything ends in this. Think about it and you won't fall into sin." Children of the plague and war Gathered here to laud the Lord Friars in their vestments Merely a vessels Once it has passed on There is no meaning to our bones So come here and contemplate We are brethren in this fate As you are, we once were As we are, you shall be one day! We are all like stones In the Church of Bones You won't hear a moan Out of silent lips Now we all are free In our ossuary Dormant in our vault In the Church of Bones How fleeting life can be We are here to remind you this But even on battered wings Time flies relentlessly Like the moon traversing the sun The light escapes our eyes So come here and contemplate You will join us in this fate As you are, we once were As we are, you shall be one day! We are all like stones In the Church of Bones You won't hear a moan Out of silent lips Now we all are free In our ossuary Dormant in our vault In the Church of Bones

Submitted by NecroGod — Jun 08, 2026

Oh mighty emperor, sword doesn't help you now <br/> Sceptre and crown have no value here <br/> <br/> Oh holy man of God crowned with your mitre <br/> Your piousness has no meaning for me <br/> <br/> The end is coming <br/> The scythe of Reaper strikes! <br/> The bells are tolling <br/> The fourth horseman rides! <br/> And the Hades follows with him... <br/> <br/> Oh, Children of the wisdom of this world <br/> All who still draw breath <br/> Put two words in your hearts <br/> That were heard from Christ <br/> <br/> The one is 'come here', the other 'go away' <br/> Right or left, heaven or hell <br/> Whether rich or poor, all are equal in Death <br/> He brings all into his Dance! <br/> <br/> A poor beggar here in life <br/> Your things will succeed now <br/> <br/> Hobble over here with your crutches <br/> Death will show you special mercy <br/> <br/> The end is coming <br/> The scythe of Reaper strikes! <br/> The bells are tolling <br/> The fourth horseman rides! <br/> And the Hades follows with him... <br/> <br/> "The winter wind blows and the night is dark <br/> Moans are heard in the linden-trees <br/> Through the gloom white skeletons pass <br/> Running and leaping in their shrouds" <br/> <br/> Oh, Children of the wisdom of this world <br/> All who still draw breath <br/> Put two words in your hearts <br/> That were heard from Christ <br/> <br/> The one is 'come here', the other 'go away' <br/> Right or left, heaven or hell <br/> Whether rich or poor, all are equal in Death <br/> He brings all into his Dance!

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 06, 2026

I stare upon my mirror black <br/> In the obsydian stone I see the silhouettes <br/> I orate my prayers to the Highest one <br/> And I await you to emerge <br/> <br/> Let the angels speak my name <br/> In celestial alphabet <br/> Like the Enoch spoke with God <br/> I am now to know the lore <br/> <br/> Secret book of the patriarch <br/> Who was taken from this life <br/> Ancient magic, secret speech <br/> Now reveal itself to me! <br/> <br/> I scry in my crystal ball <br/> I see beginning when all things were named <br/> When Eden fell the words were lost <br/> Now they are fortelling me the end <br/> <br/> But the time is still unknown <br/> Only He can know the score <br/> If I could only break the key <br/> For the wisdom I beseech <br/> <br/> Secret book of the patriarch <br/> Who was taken from this life <br/> Ancient magic, secret speech <br/> Now reveal itself to me!

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 06, 2026

"And here the dreaded ferryman guards the flood, <br/> grisly in his squalor - Charon... <br/> his scraggly beard a tangled mat of white, his eyes <br/> fixed in a fiery stare, and his grimy rags hang down <br/> from his shoulders by a knot. But all on his own <br/> he puts his craft with a pole and hoists sail <br/> as he ferries the dead souls in his rust-red skiff. <br/> He's on in years, but a god's old age is hale and green." <br/> <br/> He was born in a time before remembering <br/> From the union of the Gods of darkness and night <br/> Primordial deities, children of Chaos <br/> Erebus and Nyx - they fathered Charon <br/> <br/> Deathless demon of the underworld <br/> In shining silver I'll pay my toll <br/> Your eyes are like a glowing coals <br/> I won't fall into the deep below <br/> <br/> Son of night and shadow, ferrier of the dead <br/> Please convey our shades to the shores of Hell <br/> The abode of the lost where we have to go <br/> In the boat of sinners through the River of Woe! <br/> <br/> He rows back and forth across the waters of Acheron <br/> With his hand upon the oar he grimly takes course <br/> Into the eternal hereafter in Hades <br/> Where our departed souls will rove for ages (and ages) <br/> <br/> Deathless demon of the underworld <br/> In shining silver I'll pay my toll <br/> Your eyes are like a glowing coals <br/> I won't fall into the deep below <br/> <br/> Son of night and shadow, ferrier of the dead <br/> Please convey our shades to the shores of Hell <br/> The abode of the lost where we have to go <br/> In the boat of sinners through the River of Woe!

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 06, 2026

Smote by storm, beguiled by the wind of fallen hopes <br/> Beset by graven images of gods <br/> My gloriole pales, black nimbus rains with drops of blood <br/> Penitent man without absolve <br/> <br/> I embrace the void <br/> I disown the world <br/> <br/> I embrace the void <br/> Repentance has gone <br/> <br/> No lodestar on my sky but even blindmen find <br/> A hollow trail without return <br/> Where mortifying ends and all fall in somnolence <br/> Where hollowness is calling you <br/> <br/> I embrace the void <br/> I disown the world <br/> <br/> I embrace the void <br/> Repentance has gone <br/> <br/> Never was beholden for <br/> Being cast into this world <br/> Never cared about this boon <br/> I immerse myself in doom <br/> <br/> I embrace the void <br/> I disown the world <br/> <br/> I embrace the void <br/> Repentance has gone

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 06, 2026

"O Quam Misericors est Deus" <br/> <br/> Noble sons with chivalrous hearts <br/> Knights and kings united in league <br/> The crescent moon has arisen <br/> To obscure our world with pernicious deeds <br/> <br/> We defend the cross <br/> And the East will fall <br/> Ethos of the saints <br/> Let the Dragon reign! <br/> <br/> We're the true and pure fraternity <br/> Proud heritage of Slavs <br/> Twenty four souls, sworn to the sword <br/> We're the end of the Ottoman hordes <br/> <br/> We defend the cross <br/> And the East will fall <br/> Ethos of the saints <br/> Let the Dragon reign!

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 06, 2026

"Here I am lying down to sleep <br/> No nightmare shall plague me <br/> until they have swum through all the waters <br/> that flow upon the earth <br/> and counted all stars <br/> that appear in the skies <br/> Thus help me God Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen!" <br/> <br/> [Old German prayer] <br/> <br/> I close my eyes again <br/> I let the spirits put their spell <br/> Cold hands embracing me <br/> I cannot move, I cannot breathe <br/> <br/> Oh no! <br/> <br/> Trapped in this semi-weakened state <br/> As shadow figures fills the room <br/> I feel the pressure on my chest <br/> And ominous, foreboding sense <br/> <br/> Of dread! <br/> <br/> Tonight I'll sleep with the dead <br/> I walk with them when I rest my head <br/> <br/> Beyond the realm of dream, they always come to me <br/> My body's numb but the eyes can see <br/> <br/> <br/> When slumber overlaps my consciousness <br/> The ghosts and living interfere <br/> The sens of self disappears <br/> And I see disfigured me <br/> <br/> I want them vanish into the ether <br/> A shapeless phantoms of the night <br/> Am I possessed or just insane <br/> All I want to be awake <br/> <br/> <br/> Tonight I'll sleep with the dead <br/> I walk with them when I rest my head <br/> <br/> Beyond the realm of dream, they always come to me <br/> My body's numb but the eyes can see

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 06, 2026

"Let evil swiftly befall those who have wrongly condemned us - God will avenge us" <br/> <br/> <br/> King Philip: <br/> <br/> I will make you admit <br/> Your guilt of heresy <br/> <br/> De Molay: <br/> <br/> I have never denied the Christ <br/> Never trampled the cross <br/> <br/> King Philip: <br/> <br/> The inquisitors have arrived <br/> And pain will extract the truth <br/> <br/> De Molay: <br/> By schemes and deceit you rule! <br/> <br/> The last templar falls <br/> And the bells will toll <br/> But you'll hear his voice <br/> Cursing enemies of God <br/> <br/> Let the fire burn <br/> It will come your turn <br/> May your bloodline end <br/> Death will follow your descent <br/> <br/> <br/> King Philip: <br/> <br/> After seven years you avowed <br/> But now you have retracted your sins <br/> <br/> De Molay: <br/> <br/> My only sin is lies <br/> Against my fellow knights <br/> I only wanted relief <br/> But on the scaffold I will show no fear <br/> <br/> King Philip: <br/> <br/> So, let it be! <br/> <br/> <br/> The last templar falls <br/> And the bells will toll <br/> But you'll hear his voice <br/> Cursing enemies of God <br/> <br/> Let the fire burn <br/> It will come your turn <br/> May your bloodline end <br/> Death will follow your descent <br/> <br/> <br/> De Molay: <br/> <br/> So here I stand <br/> Before the walls of Notre Dame <br/> The stake awaits me <br/> But I will bear my torment with composure <br/> The life offered me on infamous terms <br/> I abandon without regret <br/> <br/> <br/> King Philip: <br/> <br/> Light up the pile! <br/> I will see him burn <br/> <br/> De Molay: <br/> <br/> My death will be slow <br/> And you'll hear my curse <br/> Within a year you will fall <br/> Both king and pope! <br/> <br/> <br/> The last templar falls <br/> And the bells will toll <br/> But you'll hear his voice <br/> Cursing enemies of God <br/> <br/> Let the fire burn <br/> It will come your turn <br/> May your bloodline end <br/> Death will follow your descent

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 06, 2026