Beyond the Black

I feel a new day dawning A shining beacon lights the sky Somewhere a fire is burning It holds the truth beyond the lie Side by side We walk through the shadows of the night We decide How we live and we die Tortured screams wake silent ground In this world of fear and confusion Reality comes crashing down Breaking our illusions Where do we go now from here? Only time will tell What is waiting for us What lies ahead Torn apart by rage and pain The hordes are now growing restless Afraid to think of what remains We march on through nights of madness And all we've left behind Immortal in our minds Keeps us alive Side by side We walk through the shadows of the night By our deeds We live and we die Now as we rest our weary minds We hope to see the dawn of a new life And as we wake our sleeping eyes We live to see another red sunrise Rise Untold years we've sacrificed Chasing the light For answers far beyond this world That we'll never find Precious is this life Even heroes die

Submitted by Dahmers Fridge — Apr 25, 2025

A powerful force Waits beyond the wall Hoping to trap you An unbroken will You'll never be held down Don't let them break you And as they fall behind you There's still a fire inside you It will never betray you Never run, never hide If you're still in with a fight Save your soul, save your life Never let them rule your mind Benighted You heed their shallow lies Beguiled You let them dwell inside You've thrown all you had away But from the ashes You're ready to fight Merciless fiend Parasite of the weak Scavenger of the fallen Merciless fiend Parasite of the weak Bloodthirsty vulture Scavenger of the fallen Unbreakable will Has brought you where you are Your future's undying Never run, never hide If you're still in with a fight Save your soul, save your life Never let them rule your mind

Submitted by MetalElf — Apr 25, 2025

A transformation has begun Something stirring in the dark In the twilight of the storm There's a calling from deep within the heart Lost souls are crying out All praying for a saviour Their world is falling down In fragments of a failing future Rebirth is rising now They'll soon be free of torment The fires are dying out The screams no longer silent We are taking back what's ours tonight Fate is waiting on the other side As we move through the sands of time We watch the world A reclaimed land we leave behind Until the day that we return Now your darkest day has come As every second starts to bleed away inside Nowhere left for you to run You're running out of time and places you can hide We are taking back what's ours tonight Fate is waiting on the other side We ride by the morning sunlight No fear under bleeding skies Through rain and rolling thunder We dare to roll the dice We've lived a thousand lifetimes Seen empires rise and fall No longer will we stand aside We're tearing down the walls We ride by the morning sun Our truth won't be undone Waiting for our time to come We're the chosen ones As we move through the sands of time We watch the world A reclaimed land we leave behind Until the day that we return

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Apr 25, 2025

Brother, they stole your life so savagely We troll this dirge this sorry year So all can hear your elegy These doleful winds will carry thee To our home 'cross raucous seas Oceans of madness, arrant misery We had a vision they'd dare not foresee Mine was the honour, yours was the dream Ours was the like this world hadn't seen Once, when our lives were one We banished the demons, broken and bleeding Never again to inculcate Then, when our time was undone All kin and comrade, at once sad and lonely Bowed to your life's victories Wracked by the sleight of terror's hand Slain by those who would withstand The right of all to live and breathe Our belief that we are free We believe that we are free Haunting, beautiful tragedy I see before me the deeds of our foregoers Draped in graceful majesty Wracked by the sleight of terror's hand Enslaved by those who would withstand The right of all to live and breathe Our belief that we are free We believe that we are free The morning light comes slowly Tripping over the ground Wilful deeds shall bury them, never to be found All I see are blind men, all I hear are lies First I will avenge you, then we will arise The morning light comes slowly Tripping over the ground Wilful deeds shall bury them, never to be found My eyes have seen with wistful gaze The splendour of your tale Few who have will truly know The depth of passion's gain Hold the light of fallen kin deep within your being Light the path for those to come With your noble deeds All I see are blind men, all I hear are lies First I will avenge you, then we will arise

Submitted by Morgoth — Apr 25, 2025

The story begins In the midst of fire and rain The only life that still remains Is a lone heart beating For all that he's done There is one thing he can't change He cannot escape the fate That's been written for him The fear inside Shows in his eyes As worlds collide Coming from the skies Bursting through clouds Tearing the ground apart Judgement now arrives Taking life away As night drowns out the day So my time has come And a life just slips away All that I have ever loved Has been taken from me For all that I've done I cannot escape my fate But no longer afraid I accept the choices that I've made Come take my light Bring forth the night Set me free I lay down my life If this is really all there is, take me away I'm ready now to die Nothing left to leave behind, no more to say Set me free... Walk with me Into the embrace of eternity Let the darkness wash over you Life runs out So I lay down my life If this is really all there is, take me away I'm ready now to die Nothing left to leave behind, no more to say Come with me, you will see A world you've never known On the other side, you will find A chance for you to live forever Come with me, you will see You'll never be alone Somewhere far beyond, where you belong You can truly live forever I lay down my life (Come with me, you will see) I'm ready now to die (A chance for you to live forever) I lay down my life (On the other side, you will find) I'm ready now to die (You can truly live forever) Bring me home On the other side, you will find You can truly live forever

Submitted by Pestilence — Apr 25, 2025

Across a sea of sorrow You will ride Breathing madness With death by your side I am your fear Every time you close your eyes Awakening All the screaming voices in your mind Revealing This world's demons Every nightmare you have had becomes flesh Into a realm of torment Forged in flames Pain and anguish Will be your domain It's time to see What will be your destiny Further you'll fall Sinking deep into oblivion Forgotten Forever Sucked into the fiery underworld With no return Follow me I can show you how to live In another world Where all your burdens wash away Trust in me If you want to truly feel Euphoria As rapture comes to kill the pain If you try to hide I will be waiting here And when you close your eyes That's when I will appear Inside the darkness Inside the light I'm in everything you see Controlling all you feel This is your redemption A chance to live again Just reach out for the light Follow me I will show you how to live

Submitted by NecroLord — Apr 25, 2025

No more lying To yourself or be bound as a slave Die crying As you hear my words from beyond the grave Twisting and turning The thoughts in your mind Hoping for something to bring you a sign All of your waiting Never an end Now you can see why you can't pretend Breaking the silence That you have kept All of this time Now there's nothing left Nothing more, there's nothing left As I fall down Never more, will you be at rest And in a different life Would it still be the same? As hard as you might try You can't wash away the human stain No more lying To yourself or be bound as a slave Die crying As you hear my words from beyond the grave Now you're reliving All that you've done Nowhere to hide so you try to run All your misgivings And all your misdeeds Come back to haunt you in your time of need Waiting for darkness To cover again Too scared to see The horror at the end Nothing more, there's nothing left As I fall down Never more will you be at rest But in another time Maybe you can start again As hard as you might try You can't wash away the human stain Words crawling Through the cracks And into your soul No more lying To yourself or be bound as a slave Eternal life Forever haunted By my words from beyond the grave

Submitted by VladTheImpaler666 — Apr 25, 2025

Dead weight on my shoulders This crucifix of shattered dreams I don't know how I got here And I don't know how to leave I reminisce on fantasies My life ban been a dream to me I wander this world aimlessly For chances to appear to me Waiting in the trees, my maker Desires me to leave here and to come on home The sounding of the trumpets at the gates Herald my arrival as I'm welcomed home Time stands still, bringing forth Total destruction A blackened sky, reigning fire Down from the heavens When the darkness starts to fall And all light is dying When the dead come to call Will you still be standing here? Your world in bleak distress Your sins you must confess A thousand souls disappear Into the abyss When the darkness starts to fall And all light is dying When the dead come to call Will you still be standing here? Your eyes deceive your mind The lies infect your life Suffocating Now you're trapped Inside the prison of your mind When the darkness starts to fall And all light is dying When the dead come to call Will you still be standing here I can see it in your eyes The fear that's killing you Forever lost in time The void will consume you Your world in bleak distress Your sins never confessed

Submitted by Celtic Frost — Apr 25, 2025

Standing at the edge of time Waiting for the world to end Hoping for a sign Lost without a friend And you're still waiting Now dust around your feet Is all you have left A kingdom you once held Is now laid to rest And you're left bleeding Time won't wait It marches on without you Your twisted fate Doesn't care about you A moment of bliss Turns to defeat A vicious circle you're doomed to repeat The reality you know to be true All that you love is dying around you Your toughest test Is yet to come Are you strong enough to face it? When the shadow of death reaches out Will you fight or will you embrace it? Time to escape None left to lose No saving grace, no light in the black The reality you know to be true The world that you love is never coming back Just stay alive No reason to die Just stay alive No reason to die Don't waste your one and only chance To break the circle Nevermore, Nevermore Nevermore, Nevermore Nevermore, Nevermore Nevermore, return to Nevermore Mine is the will of the weary I've lived and I've lost on my own All reason is rent from my senses Let me go on, let me go on Let me go home By the winter's sun I lost my way and I am weary I've lost my home, I've lost my kin I've lost my freedom Tortured are the faces and the memories that I see Lay me down and throw this cold grey earth on me Nevermore, nevermore...

Submitted by Cyberwaste — Apr 25, 2025