The Grand Crescendo

In the cosmic night, spectacle of light Pristine creation Primal waves coalesce into new life Pulsing in grand crescendo New born child of the galaxy Ruled by deep blue oceans Moons and mountains are watching the constant motions Reaching out to the sky Soaring up ever high Verdant groves, blooming evergreen Endless wonders left unseen Dry wind burning the land to a crisp, the waters rising Doomed for vile evolution and death, uprising Famine spreading contagion and disease Nothing remains but extinction and flames Fleeting meager lives Time after time climbing the Kardashev scale Creator, preserver, destroyer Forever the cycle repeats Clandestine calamities The dust has settled now And the sky regained its glow Serene and gentle rest Whence marvelous life can grow The ocean’s soft caress Its breeze is ever strong The shade of hulking trees Where do they all belong? The hues of eventide Depart these distant shores The same old ancient dawn An innocent, pure fawn Comets fall through the sky Molten core spewing high Conflagration, burning all in its path Ultimate supernovan wrath Bursting with the force of a thousand suns Crumbling to nebular dust Not unlike a mortal soul Forgotten once it’s burned to coal Curtain call, for all life must fall Clandestine calamities

Submitted by Nargaroth — Apr 25, 2025

All around me, all I see The sky above is falling down I am lost in storming seas The more I fight, the more I drown It’s all the same Nothing changes across the turning pages It burns my soul aflame Rapacious shadows claim incandescent embers Concealed in darkness, kept from light Consumed by weakness, to the bone The dawn must shine upon this night The future’s not yet set in stone What if I dare to look beyond? The path ahead could harm me Leaving all I know behind I want to fly away Soar the sky with an angel’s grace Take a leap of faith and brace Do not fear the light of day It favors those who venture far The valiant don’t pray The roads seem darker than they are Don’t be afraid Walk past the shade Eyes fixed ahead Time to ascend

Submitted by NecroGod — Apr 25, 2025

Over the horizon, past the mist Where the sun and water kissed There's something that I never knew I missed As their vessel touched the sand And they set foot on our land Something changed, by god’s command Pale against the sun’s warm touch They have taken oh so much How could we escape the angels’ clutch? Oh Who would hear my cry? Who will shield my bright blue sky? Draw your weapons, uproot all vice The invasion, on paradise Light your torches, pay the great price The invasion, on paradise Drown this serpent, off with his head Send them to god, and paint the sea red Summer’s gone, yet the past is still ablaze And our path is cold, through the haze Summer’s gone, towards the dawn We will wander, we will grow After all these years, the time has come To turn the tide, and invade your paradise This ancient grudge, slowly unleashed in silence How self consuming is the light of alliance

Awake, bewildered, and lost I can’t tell whose path I crossed Gazing into the black hole inside The voices collide obscured and intertwined Behind the veil of consciousness Lies a bottomless pit of violence Constant fear and pain take their toll Giving birth to the HALO CRVSHER Fear the halo crusher, destruction in its wake Astral visions breaking, they burn me at the stake Fear the halo bearer, conviction in his eyes Silently I watch them, surely they are wise Everything in this life is predestined Trapped in the sweet illusion of grandeur Cages of gold, our freedom unquestioned How can I let it go? Letting the anger take root inside me Giving in to the voices beside me Watching the halo crusher take over Dousing the flame of hope Surrender to the abyss, embracing chaos itself The halo crusher revels in ruin and despair My mind and body severed devoted to the heir An empty shell, left to wallow In grief and remorse Nothing left for me I see the sorrow Inflicted by my hands Drenched in apathy

Submitted by SerpentEve — Apr 25, 2025

Long ago, before the fall, we reigned Days of gold, riches untold, none pained Harmony, for all the realm, unstained Such is fate, and all good things, must end From the shadows they came, in the night Burned our homes and our men, watched us die, children cry In the blink of an eye, we were dust, scattered to the wind Cast away from our land, we became the undying flames After ages spent in exile Without a land to call our own Endless persecution, seeking retribution For too long it’s all we’ve known Tonight we say no more We vow to take this war The world will hear us roar, again Pull up from the mire, light the pyre Dream of the throne Raise your head, smile In weal and woe We stand tall Fight Fearless, stand against the fire The undying flames burn higher Feast for the crows Don’t let go, rise Now, seize the throne Blood and bone Strike Closer than we’ve ever been Feel the heat, embrace it See the prize, reclaim it Glory, righteous, triumph Vanquish the usurpers After ages spent in exile We reclaim the land we own Undying flames arise Under the sun we vow, our heads will never bow, To a beacon we have grown

Submitted by Lake of Tears — Apr 25, 2025

I. Far from the Sun A blessing was given, a gift from the gods The smile of a newborn is more than we could wish for in this world It all feels so distant, a medley of dreams In times like these we need nothing more, or so it seems Remember this, mortal, the gods can be cruel Believing they care is the view of a fool, lost in hopeful delusion The jackal was looming, the fever consuming my fragile son I watched his spirit, carry on, far from the sun Death does not become such a youthful soul An absence so sudden, so painful, rips apart a hole Broken essence, fractured mind Failing to grasp the transience of its kind Delicate, lifeless body, buried in the sand Falling tears, searching for a tiny hand II. The Riverbed You were all I had in this life, all I ever loved How could I move on to live past you? If I could, I would pay with my own life to bring you back If I could, I would burn all the earth just to hear your laughter again In my pain I could no longer find meaning in my heart Clear as day, following you is my path In the depths, my journey begins on the riverbed May the river Nile take my soul as I bid my final farewell I’m on my way, to the afterlife I’m on my way, to my child III. Paradise of Deceit With my heart light as feather, the scales judge me true As I stand before the mighty one, immortal in the field of reeds I can feel the gentle caress of Ra’s eternal sun But I can’t seem to find you If your soul was never here, where could you be? You can’t be truly gone Nowhere to go from here Nothing more that I would fear Just the dreadful thought of letting you go Mourning the day you left, I am forever bereft Ever-aching heart, crestfallen Burning obsession Paradise of deceit, broken hope and faith are lit ablaze If I can’t prevail, no one deserves this heaven The field of reeds offers nothing To those who lost it all And so it shall burn by my hand

Submitted by MetalElf — Apr 25, 2025

This track is instrumental.

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