Between Two Deserts

Release me from the load I bear.... Deliver me before the altar flame.... The unrelenting chants have brought me To the temple doors The world above I'll witness nevermore! The pieces of my iron will Lie scattered in my grave below the waves I hear the call of destiny, now glory waits for me I take the faithful step And I am free... Like a mystic ship of gold From the farthest shore of night Rose the temple, and its lights They called. By unearthly voices lured Ancient wonders I beheld Dreams of madness took my soul Away I hear the songs of fallen gods Chanting their forbidden names Severance of reason's bonds Step beyond reality I alone - the worthy one Final duties I complete The temple windows are aglow Now they beckon me! I thread the abyssal plains Halls of splendor await me there Lift the veil of ageless death Lay your mysteries 'fore my eyes Overhead - the fatal waves Lays oblivion on my name While around me spirits rave: "Open up the gates"!

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Apr 25, 2025

Demons haunt my every hour Drag me down in a world of stone Stranglehold on my thoughts they cruelly Stick their claws in me until I'm gone I feel them breathe And their ghastly hands - They reach for me Caress my heavy head Frozen still in hazy sleep We are at one - "them" and me Whispering into my ears with glee: "Escape within another dream"! A man stood upon the rock Inhaling his own death he called The green-eyed lady of the woods To take his breath beneath the moon And she took care of his lusts They danced below the forest arch Up high - the stars, their blissful shine He painted with his gleaming eyes...

Saintly father, seraph Of (the) holy orthodox His worm tongue sharp and deadly On his quest for "truth" To fill his gaping inner void He turned to god And then he took his righteous Vengeance on the world He preached For healing of the soul And death to sin His lust for tender men He bravely kept within He pressed his wit Sophistic poisons to concoct To let his demons loose His oh so noble thought Upon this rotting world The vulture gazed On those who sought The deeper truths he preyed To take their eyes away From higher paths He fed them with Another pious lie And so his brothers cared His legend to live on From beyond His loving hand Still guides the flock His well-fed masters hold His deed in high esteem Eternal praise forever Given to the saint!

Submitted by Pestilence — Apr 25, 2025

Timeless Memories rise Feel my immortal call Again my shadow falls To prey on your crooked minds Forever Stalk my paths I lead my pack of demons A crippled lord of night I'll hunt you in your morbid fears Your will I'll steal from you And I will make you mine For now it is my time The sacred time of wolves Master's calling The moon is up high and our time is nigh To reap our harvest To enter your dreams and leave you in fear The cross vexed us While warriors of old drank from our essence The hunt is on The glow of our eyes shall forever leave scars On your soul Your shell I'll crack in two Possess you with my power And you will hear my howl When I take the sun from you!

Submitted by Morgoth — Apr 25, 2025

Inside the cell I built on my own The white walls I stare upon With every breath they come closer again When does it end? Hope, the whore, has left me alone I cannot move, my will is gone Before my stare the tides change And I am the same! I nail myself unto The cross of my own stillness My world had grown into An endless unreal vision I bear my curse with pride As if it's my one possession It seems I'll leave behind Only an empty confession

Submitted by Warbringer — Apr 25, 2025

Dance around, helpless souls On your strings - dance for me All the while your fate I move Your time is coming near All your games and lowly lusts: Paper towers on the wind In your eyes - lakes of fear Seas of silence - dance for me Time has come - the end is nigh Fill your hearts with last desires So dear - our empty lives Fear has come to take His throne Holy men robed in black Will absolve us of our guilt Punishment, taste the whip Now we all believe Why is god deserting me Why does he hide in silence Is he just the fear in me In a hollow wandering called life Dance around, helpless soul On your strings your dance you did Answers you won't find with me Only calm and silence here You sought truth but did you see? Now it's time - we all leave In the sunset, on the hill One last time - dance with me!

Submitted by Finntroll — Apr 25, 2025

Let the weight slip from my shoulders Like a weathered drape of sin For too long the chime of hollow words Had pulled me down For too long I sought yet could not see And the winds will blow through my hair And the raging sea of life will take me I evoke the spirit of the Earth Show me Truth! Let my eyes lay upon you Holiest of mysteries On your sacred seal I put my final hope Enlighten me - the learned fool! Rejected by the force I beckoned Great nature hid from my eyes Equal to the gods I'm not dreams of grandeur Empty rung my knowledge, I will feel again...

Submitted by Cyberwaste — Apr 25, 2025

Down, 'neath the crushing waves The serpent stirs the waters Primal womb reopens Devouring the tired breed That fell Down, in the roaring depths Ancient wyrm arises And in these coils - the Earth Titan youth - renewed Sunk the rusted monuments Of depleted might Their glory rests Under liquid skies Sunk the fragile spine Of the dead empire From below - phantoms gaze At the liquid stars

Submitted by Nargaroth — Apr 25, 2025

Heavy are the great winter chains Years of desolation rape the land Light fell 'hind the mists of night Skies spill their bile To the dust the ancient spires As the wolf is free to roam And the flames of eternal fire They dance with relentless joy As prophets saw thus it came The flaming sword of the end The yawning gate reveals its timeless eye Eternity turns back Upon the waves of cosmic seas The battle took its place And terror struck the living As the titans' wrath they faced And in the clash the elements Raged as it was foreseen The fiery realm and the plane of mists Drowned the sparks of being

Submitted by Cyberwaste — Apr 25, 2025