Dark Rivers of the Heart

A mask of sad rebellion In defiance raised To the heavens above The strength that wasn't there A heart bound for cruelty An all Consuming agony There could be no tomorrow When yesterday was despair The glimmer of a dying star In beauty in itself How tragic it may seem Cleanse the soul from pain Gateway to oblivion All bitter seasons fade There could be no tomorrow When yesterday was despair In the wishing hours late Nothing ever changed

Submitted by Dahmers Fridge — Apr 24, 2025

The sky cracks open To release the pouring rain The day comes to an end All dreams are thrown away This bitter test of time The darkest shades of light The rivers of the heart Run in the blackest streams An empty world Seasons pass on by The broken soul Cruel fates grasp Times of grace Are all but gone An ever grinning mask The depths of chaos forged (Upon) a throne of agony Sad wings spread for flight And all the stars do fade Dying embers in the rain The rivers of the heart Will run in the blackest streams A tragic journey in silent halls When my eyes are closed, I am ever lost I have waited for the sun to rise For the light that never came

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Apr 24, 2025

Bleak morning light Upon fields of ruin No escape from the pain inside A silent cry That no one hears Crushed 'neath the shadows of a burden vast There's no escape Nowhere to turn The water dark Will swallow you Away from all A distant dream Too late to hold on anymore Behind closed eyes The fire dies Endless torment held by silent walls The rays of light Cannot shield you From the dark within Scars run deep No time can heal What has been torn We grasp for hope Awakening from this nightveiled existence That we might find peace And the will to carry on

Submitted by Nargaroth — Apr 24, 2025

Look deep into me Tell me what you see A broken image A cold empty shell This world brings me down I'm on my knees A choking grip so tight I fear the night descends How deep the river of fate In the silence of the hours late I saw my other self A smile carved in his face Reminding me of days long gone Things would never be the same And time passed on and on Brought little hope The grief that clasps my very soul Once held, there's no return Look deep into me See what I've become A pale reflection Of what I used to be The days which linger ever on They all seem the same The grief that clasps my very soul Once held, there's no return

Submitted by Celtic Frost — Apr 24, 2025

There are times I fail to see the beauty Times I fall with no sense of direction In this masquerade of cold deception The secrets of heart I keep my scars concealed I can't find my way through this All fires burn out of in the end Long lost passion, endless seems the fall Sometimes I fall without ever getting up Sometimes I never even care But now I'm closer than ever before Without means to silence the pain All fires burn out of in the end Long lost passion, endless seems the fall Ever silent in a lifetime of regret The sun was never for my eyes But I hope for forgiveness Though I know it's not really yours to give And as the hours slip away Like a thief in the dark of night I may fall deeper to the foul embrace Of fate, the final flight

Submitted by Morgoth — Apr 24, 2025

There is a shade of grey covering me And I know well I'm all alone So please remember I've learned to suffer On a lonely path destined to crack The last remnants of a dying sun From which a silent cry echoes still I breathe the agony under a clouded sky The pain inside only grows with time Sleepless, clinging on to what's been lost And I know there is no turning back from here

Submitted by MetalElf — Apr 24, 2025

The emptiness in me A wish is not enough When words have all been said When truth has sealed my fate And the distant memories Of a time so faraway Of careless days ahead The youth that knew no plague Somehow I lost control Somewhere along the road I wish there was a way To turn back time Well of broken wishes Known to some as life The heart lost in darkness Repels the light of day

Submitted by Dahmers Fridge — Apr 24, 2025

What do you see when your eyes are closed What do you feel deep down inside Why do you try to understand your pain Why do you always walk away Descend into the darkling seas Your silent fall What do you see when your eyes are closed What do you feel deep down inside Why do you try to understand your pain Why do you always walk away Descend into the darkling seas Your silent fall Leave behind the memories Closed your eyes one last time You've tread this path so many times Tried to forget, but hurt was always there Tried to comprehend the nature of your soul Tried to understand why you were left alone

Submitted by Finntroll — Apr 24, 2025

I'm astray somehow Lose myself to an inner pain The chaos fed waves of sanity Slam the door shut again Can you really see me As I slowly pass on by Do you think you hear me Spoken words I don't recall The distant ways of life… Drawing closer to the grief inside I plunge deeper every day All I wish for peace of mind The reason why I cannot stay Leaving it all behind I've tried to find a way Disperse the shadows in my mind And All these times I did fail Too blind to see it now Cold fingers around my neck So tight I grasp for air To escape the sleepless nights There's a price to pay

Submitted by Corpse Defiler — Apr 24, 2025

Somehow I knew what lay ahead Different shades but all the same Words mean nothing in the end The things you feel, the things you say Eyes may open but cannot see Torn open to a bleak reality The silent waves of a pitch black sea Laying waste, the last of me All the wounds of the tortured heart All the whispers of the silent cry All time has gone, (it) won't come again All wings severed, I know I've failed They can't see it Don't know it's there To bring me to my knees

Submitted by johnmansley — Apr 24, 2025