Red Robes

Deep in sacred forests Silent beneath the trees Honouring oaths as promised Wait for the signal from me Out of the mist and shadows Footsteps are growing near Shapes on the path below us We are what they fear I turn my face to the sun Polished oak in hand We inhale together as one I plant my staff in the sand Bows sing a song of sorrow They drown in a sea of spears They shall not know tomorrow Only silence here In every wooded valley ‘Cross every grassland plain Steel says you go no further Arrows falling like rain We lie unseen in the hills Wait for my command The air here is colder than steel I plant my staff in the sand Tears of relief are flowing From every eye that sees Every single last invader Thrown back into the sea They saw our kingdom at peace And they forced our hand Their ships disappear in the east I plant my staff in the sand

Submitted by VladTheImpaler666 — Apr 24, 2025

We stand in rows Our prayers held in our hands We stand for those Too scared to take a stand They stalk the roads Black Death held in their hands Soldiers for those Oppressors of this land Words spoken Spells broken Worlds woken By prayers Words are spoken Spells are broken Worlds awoken By the Red Robes Words spoken Spells broken Worlds woken My prayers Words are spoken Spells are broken Worlds are woken By the Red Robes

Submitted by Morgoth — Apr 24, 2025

Unseen, unclean, I'm living In thrall to the sorceress Slave to the core of my being I'm living in thrall to the sorceress Know that I am not the first Serving her in vain Shackled with an ancient curse In thrall to the sorceress They swarm like moths Enchanted, but they don't know the cost Destined for a lifetime of loss They're living in thrall to the sorceress Runes sewn into her dress Pendants in her hair Terrifying, I confess In thrall to the sorceress My limbs in chains I turn my face to the falling rain Close my eyes, start to pray My fellow slaves quietly do the same Wind starts to blow and gust Lightning cracks the sky Shackles they begin to rust We're free from the sorceress Out of the dungeon Over the wall Straight across the drawbridge Don't listen to the call Out into the forest Through the ancient trees The air is filled with promise It's dark but we can see

Submitted by Grave666 — Apr 24, 2025

We've walked the world with fables there as guidance The voice that leads us gently speaks in silence Twin suns that lie behind us in the desert Around us endless blessings to inherit And when blades are sent just to test our faith It's on this path we shall remain Blazing eyes open wide Swords to the sky We've lost the moon and sun Too brave to turn and run Souls rise from holy ground Conjured and leather bound And when slaves are sent to lure us away It's on this path we shall remain Blazing eyes open wide Swords to the sky

Submitted by The Void — Apr 24, 2025

Von Sturmer You put the axe in my hand Thanks to you I've come to live with the damned Von Sturmer You brought the plague to this land And much more Than you could ever have planned Von Sturmer In fetid ashes we lie Thanks to you Crucifixes burn in the sky Von Sturmer Lord knows how hard I have tried Now we stand As my humanity dies Cursed by Von Sturmer He put the fangs in my teeth Cursed me forever [Spoken:] We are the undead Immortal No man can harm us unless he puts a stake through our chest Or beheads us No one is protected from us unless they hold the hated cross I can see to the most extreme of Satan's device I can feed on the blood of a human victim One who is dedicated to the devil and his deeds will not die by a vampire's bite But will become one for the undead A vampire Cursed by Von Sturmer He put the fangs in my teeth Cursed me forever

Submitted by Pestilence — Apr 24, 2025

Have they ever heard What we have done Their fallen children? Holocausts and heroes Broken ones And haunted buildings Every offering in honor Of their secret knowing Seeds just cast away On barren ground But still they’re growing Growing on and on Growing on and on Growing on and on Genius buried low in drifts of snow by grasping fingers Soldiers marching on inspired by unholy singers Spectres rising by the crimson light of burning torches Angels close their eyes struck silent by the things they’ve shown us Seen by the saints in the clouds What will become of us now? The four horsemen entombed in snow What else could we do but bow? Called from cauldrons by the ancient ones to do their bidding Blackened landscapes couldn't stop them flowering and living Embraced solely by the chosen ones who heard them calling Monuments that shall stay standing 'til our world has fallen

Submitted by NecroGod — Apr 24, 2025

Another scream in the night A silent crowd gathers just beyond the edge of the light A black shape just out of sight A gargoyle, alright Another bloodless corpse Completely drained of everything it once was They say it came out of the north A dark and evil force The hunting party rides out To the sound of agitated horses and shouts The riders whisper to their mouths And swallow their own doubts March to war To face what? None of them can really be sure An evil never seen before They ride into the maw They guide their horses through the passes To the gates of the glacier cave There's something lurking in the darkness! Ahhhhh! Swords unsheathed Wings and teeth All hope crushed To red dust A lone rider makes it back To tell the story of the shadow and their failed attack Deep gashes ‘cross his back He died right where he sat This is the end The sound of prayers in the streets as darkness descends A nightmare that never ends The black shape that hunts and kills The shadow in the hills

Submitted by Finntroll — Apr 24, 2025

Another broken heart A sordid soul Desire at the heart Of this black hole A lie stands at the start Of all we know I stare into the dark And wonder if this thirst will ever go Free us, we are cloaked in shrouds Silent death, there is no sound Free us from this starving earth And this eternal thirst The cross strung round his neck He can't remove This was his destiny He could not choose His life a broken psalm Of blackened blues He's searching the remains Just hoping that there’s something he can use Free us, we are cloaked in shrouds Silent death, there is no sound Free us from this starving earth And this eternal thirst I'm cursed With eternal thirst It comes from broken places It lives just to erase us In blackened footsteps follow A path to endless sorrow It dwells in crawling spaces Immune to pleading faces The hunger eats you hollow Rise on black wings tomorrow The black mark on his skin They won't come near Though the same lies in them They shrink in fear The angels sing to him He does not hear Oh, let the end begin We worship at your altar When we kneel Free us, we are cloaked in shrouds Silent death, there is no sound Free us from this starving earth And this eternal thirst

Submitted by Corpse Defiler — Apr 24, 2025