First Light

Mother Gaia we are your pain The zero hour children, no life to gain Your fertile womb raped by atomic meltdown The sons of the apocalypse, we covet your crown Heirs to the tyrants, quartered and maimed We hold no fear; we unheed the seer The hopes of our father charred in rivers of regret Our despair bred by the lies you fed Revelation and truth will burn at the pyre Dreams of renewal spiral deep into the mire In this vortex of madness the sands of time run low Damnation rises from the hell below Hear the distant thunder; our dim futures foretold Consumed by the cleansing fire; our doom unfolds Forever twilight; join us in our sorrow Will there ever be a new tomorrow? The wings of fate plummet down from hollow skies The rage of avenging angels drowns our desperate cries Our destinies sealed by the hunger of the insane The winds of the fury will call your name Heirs to the tyrants, quartered and maimed We hold no fear; we unheed the seer The hopes of our father charred in rivers of regret Our despair bred by the lies you fed Forever twilight; join us in our sorrow Will there ever be a new tomorrow?

Submitted by NecroLord — Apr 26, 2025

Enslaved by instinct and desire We profess the age of wisdom Wrought by want and sloth Behold the new church of reason Insatiable beyond comprehension We long for immediate gratification Chiding the weak and the meek Excess is the scale of elucidation Welcome to my shallow grave We're crucified, condemned, and slaved Welcome to my shallow grave Where are the erudite and brave? Puppet masters craving for power The keepers of truth shrivel and cower We have long lost sight of what is right Subordinating sympathy for might Insatiable beyond comprehension We long for immediate gratification Chiding the weak and the meek Excess is the scale of elucidation Welcome to my shallow grave We're crucified, condemned, and slaved Welcome to my shallow grave Where are the erudite and brave?

Submitted by Grave666 — Apr 26, 2025

Adrift in a maze of wayward seas We thrive in lust and seek paths that please Depraved and craven; prey to our fears Dawning dreams in a valley of tears Seven notes in black like open wounds never heal In this mindless world; the pain is never ceasing In the shadow of fate Undeniable truths; obscuring our reality The hourglass rests Hopes unmet; spiralling into insanity Seven notes in black like open wounds never heal In this mindless world; the pain is never ceasing A twist of fate Children of a womb of iniquity Do we ever rest? Or are we damned to march with the fallen to infinity? Taught to serve opaque deities We are all destined to gaze upon horrors untold Each pound of your flesh bondaged and sold A certainty which you will know When Lucifer reclaims your condemned soul... ...to infinity ...to infinity ...to infinity

Submitted by NecroGod — Apr 26, 2025

This track is instrumental.

Is this song not instrumental?

Archetypes of fear, buried deep within Unmasking the inherent deception Storming the gates of your psyche's hold Haunted by the personal demons of old The darkness is unveiled, your conscience screams (your) cards are dealt, nothing is what it seems At the thresholds of consciousness As the horror rises, I shudder at its stare I gaze into the blackness, I meet my nightmare The darkness is unveiled, your conscience screams (your) cards are dealt, nothing is what it seems At the thresholds of consciousness Lurking beneath; its hunger rises Tormenting seed that feeds and paralyses My senses are numb, my blood runs cold I beg thee lord; keep my soul unto your fold ...at the thresholds of consciousness

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Apr 26, 2025

Scything through prying voices and the lying wails of your song You lust for the wonder of yesteryear Where misgivings died and our destiny was clear Your gaze gleams and whispers The awe of the unseen You marvel at the changing seasons Your memories stare at what could have been Caressing your desolate shadow I yearn for the days now forlorn Our hopes lay ruptured and the epilogue of our tale is thorn Your gaze gleams and whispers The awe of the unseen You marvel at the changing seasons Your memories stare at what could have been When lifeless crimson petals fall The winter's reign remains forebodingly still The wraith rises through the silver realm Where the dying seek haven for their lasting will Defying the solitude of mortality You reach for my hand, somewhat vexed Do not fret and rest easy For we shall soon be one my friend

Submitted by Immortal — Apr 26, 2025

Frail dreams of grandeur wilt as the darkness sets My reckoning nears, I draw my final breath Trapped beneath waning, pale pathways to reality Shared destinies bound by the architect's writ A dying light flickers in the ethereal mist Frail dreams of grandeur wilt as the darkness sets My reckoning nears, I draw my final breath Beyond the restless stillness, I beg for the eternal reprieve My empyrean silently fades We gaze into private hells of untold pasts Waging our deliverance The ways of old thaw where fake messiahs scorn abstinence Deprived from the touch of the caressing dawn My cries drowned by distraught souls Empty broken vows (in) blinding gardens of abasement I watch the unrepentant seeking to appease their sins Shadowing the unending misery Through the illusion of immortality Frail dreams of grandeur wilt as the darkness sets My reckoning nears, I draw my final breath Beyond the restless stillness, I beg for the eternal reprieve My empyrean silently fades

Submitted by Cyberwaste — Apr 26, 2025

Across the eventide Far from the certitude of death The righteous by your side You may dwell serene Reborn through deliverance Luminescent in his glory May your splendor glow Forever, eternally Even in your darkest days You reached for my hand I draw strength From the valor you showed till the bitter end As your eyes set On morrows anew Let your starlight shine Let your starlight shine

Submitted by The Void — Apr 26, 2025