Opus IV Oblivion
When all is forgotten and all is forlorn<br/> As the sun darkens into pits for the day<br/> When the river flows with blackness<br/> It is said that all falls down in silence<br/> <br/> When lovers kill each other slowly<br/> And silent tears mean nothing, at all<br/> And darkness breathes in our hearts<br/> There's darkness in my heart<br/> <br/> Cold hands hold us tightly<br/> Till slipping to a cold floor<br/> When death breathes in our face<br/> And we kiss passionately.<br/> <br/> When there is no one to turn to, now<br/> Just the solitude of the day<br/> And the coldness of the night<br/> Listening to unreal whispers<br/> <br/> As the memories get tainted<br/> With bitter tears of hopelessness<br/> When awaiting becomes boredom<br/> Turning down into personal distress<br/> <br/> When all is forgotten and all is forlorn<br/> As the sun darkens into pits for the day<br/> When the river flows with blackness<br/> It is said that all falls down in silence<br/> <br/> When lovers kill each other slowly<br/> And silent tears mean nothing, at all<br/> And darkness breathes in our hearts
Submitted by Nargaroth — Jun 18, 2026
Soul-bearer guide me<br/> above this mindless life,<br/> above the willow and the wading trees,<br/> over perceived horrors, over blinding faiths,<br/> to find my waking hour<br/> uncaged and free.<br/> <br/> (Chorus)<br/> Raven-wings carry me forth<br/> to feel the blades of grass once more<br/> that in life failed to grow.<br/> Hold the flowers that withered in sorrow,<br/> breathless, embraced,<br/> in ivy thorns upon the barrow.<br/> <br/> The way goes ever on<br/> past the stream and wandering star,<br/> under mountains of old deceit,<br/> over white seeds sown in winter.<br/> <br/> Bent, distorted, twisted, and old,<br/> led through dead-end roads till we’re cold.<br/> Even if some endure and search an awakening,<br/> like caged birds they yearn scented gardens in spring,<br/> to break away from the delirium,<br/> to open their eyes, even if late is the hour.<br/> Like from a dream, it wakes their soul.<br/> <br/> The dead move quick and silent<br/> over great barren seas.<br/> Only the dead can see them -<br/> portraits of life.<br/> Grey but vibrant are they,<br/> Breathless but full of life.<br/> They’ve reached the summit<br/> and their wake is complete.<br/> <br/> (Chorus)<br/> <br/> The dream, the illusion of life,<br/> that has gone past its time.<br/> My eyes are peered to see,<br/> my mind has been set free.<br/> The final fate is sealed for I’m not blinded.<br/> <br/> And my wake is complete!
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Humanity - scourge of the earth! <br/> A fiery path thou hast left in your wake. <br/> <br/> The embalmed mirror of humanity, <br/> Shudder the spine of our iniquity. <br/> I tremble in the wake, <br/> Stammer words of destiny, <br/> And I cry! <br/> <br/> (Chorus) <br/> My eyes are streams<br/> The end of time <br/> For this earth of mine. <br/> Eyes of the monolith <br/> My child of sorrows, hear me <br/> And I cry! <br/> Lose my world. <br/> <br/> Life, magnus pater aeternam, <br/> Poetry art thou in the soul of creation, <br/> Ruined by sons, betrayed by daughters, <br/> Death by the scars of treacherous dominion. <br/> <br/> Mindless to concede, tireless in absurdity, <br/> Time will find a way to shed, <br/> To sanctify the life you bled. <br/> <br/> The shroud of misery eternal, <br/> Shudder the spine of our iniquity. <br/> I tremble in the wake <br/> Stammer words of destiny, <br/> And I cry! <br/> <br/> (Chorus) <br/> <br/> Odes will be sung for this world <br/> Whose wrists we left bleeding. <br/> <br/> And I cry! <br/> <br/> (Chorus) <br/> <br/> A star blinded in white aura, <br/> A fire consuming greed, <br/> A shadow sickening the seed, <br/> A winter of endless moons, <br/> A gathering petrified in submission, <br/> Dead in trepidation.
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Obscured in the shadow of the sun, <br/> A star shines no more. <br/> <br/> Hidden, obscured in the shadow of the sun, <br/> A star shines no more. <br/> Dark is the world without you, <br/> Oh jewel on the crimson crown. <br/> <br/> Consuming heart, my feeble treasure - <br/> Knowing no hate, <br/> Only beauty and passion. <br/> Eyes of deepest seas, <br/> What became of you? <br/> Taken so hastily and premature. <br/> <br/> (Chorus) <br/> Concealed - hidden from the sun! <br/> Phantom silhouette your semblance is dread<br/> Poetry of light, horror of the night <br/> Armies of marching ablaze flowers <br/> On your long journey to unknown grounds <br/> <br/> Hidden, obscured in feral claws of fate, <br/> Robbed from the light in your eyes. <br/> Scent the trail with roses so red, <br/> On your path to distant lands. <br/> <br/> Memories of happiness and bliss, <br/> Heavenly smile <br/> In the footsteps of time. <br/> Warmth of life embraced tight, <br/> What became of you? <br/> Taken so hastily and premature. <br/> <br/> (Chorus)
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Open the curtains, <br/> You'll see the light. <br/> I'll stand right behind you, <br/> Or even beside you. <br/> <br/> I woke up just before I almost drowned, <br/> To find myself walking on a ground. <br/> Footsteps still made no sound. <br/> <br/> Only hope could solace this wretchedness and flee me. <br/> Why does my soul harbour a spiral of despair? <br/> <br/> Throughout the dark paths, <br/> Through flaming doors, <br/> My love I'll hold your hand, <br/> Your wish is my command. <br/> <br/> (Chorus) <br/> I woke up just before I almost drowned, <br/> To find myself walking on a ground. <br/> Footsteps still made no sound, <br/> But I'm ready, I'm ready <br/> Are you ready? <br/> To keep walking around, <br/> I'll hunt you down! <br/> Keep wond'rin' 'round. <br/> This is the end of you! <br/> Promises denied the privilege of being kept. <br/> <br/> Behind backdrops and coulisses, <br/> Love returns to sender, <br/> Shadows return to darkness <br/> As secrets scream in silence. <br/> A self-imposed exile! <br/> <br/> I hibernate within the walls of my old well - <br/> A hidden place inside me, inside my dying brain <br/> <br/> (Chorus)
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A storm gathers on the horizon, <br/> A cold wind bellows in the night, <br/> Trees whisper a woe, <br/> Their leaves gather at my feet. <br/> <br/> In this silence I can't conceive. <br/> Under the moonlit sky, it's the death of me. <br/> <br/> This threat grows in the distance, <br/> Ominous to take you away from me, <br/> But I shall not turn my gaze away, <br/> Nor shall I walk the bitter road away from you. <br/> <br/> (Chorus) <br/> Winter hath not darken'd the skies for us, <br/> Stormbringer! <br/> Nor it hath frozen our spring blossoms. <br/> You cannot darken the skies for us, <br/> Stormbringer! <br/> You may not freeze this spring blossom. <br/> <br/> The storm is velvet embraced, <br/> Its chill saddens my waking hour, <br/> What can I do in its misery? <br/> How can I yearn for life? <br/> <br/> In this silence I can't conceive. <br/> Under the moonlit sky, it's the death of me. <br/> <br/> This threat menacing above me now, <br/> Ominous to take you away from me, <br/> But I will gather strength and valour, <br/> An army of light guides my final stand. <br/> <br/> (Chorus) <br/> <br/> We stand strong beneath you, <br/> We won't fall. <br/> Glorious moonlight, <br/> Reflection of the sun! <br/> Stay here one more night. <br/> Might not the storm take you. <br/> Embrace me with your blue light -<br/> Stormbringer! <br/> <br/> (Chorus) <br/> <br/> Keep your warring march away stormbringer, <br/> Your wintery eyes to yourself. <br/> Your banner of darkness shall roar in the wind, <br/> But it will not obscure with its shadow, <br/> Nor will it hide the last light of this moon. <br/> Gothic, proud, romantic and strong!
Submitted by Nargaroth — Jun 18, 2026
Hope, elixir of muses, <br/> Thou hast turned your back on me. <br/> Forsaken are we amongst sands of time, <br/> Buried in the hourglass of our faith. <br/> <br/> (Chorus) <br/> Unscathed by the winds of Aeolus <br/> Unaltered by the hand of Bornholm <br/> Lone touch of the fiery fountain of youth <br/> The betrayer of death immemorial <br/> <br/> Cold like the frozen blunt blade <br/> That speared the heart of ethos, <br/> Warm like the embers on the funeral pyre, <br/> To clear my eyes, rekindle the fires. <br/> <br/> (Chorus) <br/> <br/> Rain on closed flowers, <br/> Leaves on the watershed, <br/> Evoke the years that went by. <br/> Useless in their attempt to awaken, <br/> Powerless to breathe in thee life.
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Every lingering blink-<br/> A wild capture of <br/> The hidden twists <br/> In the finest line. <br/> Fate is washed away <br/> As you wreak into everything <br/> You said you'd never be. <br/> Let me return to the world I know. <br/> <br/> (Chorus) <br/> In a place far behind my Eden <br/> There is no Eden <br/> Where bitter ends can never be defeated <br/> Where the embers have died away <br/> Where the unsaid still remains a burden <br/> And I, I will bury my fairytale <br/> And I, I will bury your fairytale <br/> <br/> Rotten figures wither <br/> As they stroll away. <br/> Rulers of my fortune swivel <br/> To their daunting fate. <br/> <br/> (Chorus) <br/> <br/> Dreary the dreams of thou collapse, <br/> Fiery the scenes of an unearthly past. <br/> Filthy your silent devotion <br/> Feeding your glorious descent. <br/> <br/> Fate is washed away <br/> As you wreak into everything <br/> You said you'd never be. <br/> Let me return to the world I know.
Submitted by Nargaroth — Jun 18, 2026
My waters have emptied <br/> The rivers have reached the oceans, <br/> It lies still, the sea and tastes of loss. <br/> My light has dimmed and flame is gone. <br/> <br/> Lay me down in a field of asphodels <br/> Broken, quiet, peaceful and grey, <br/> To rest in the arms of this cold earth, <br/> Sleep without wake, wake without sleep. <br/> <br/> (Chorus) <br/> No longer see sons of men, before a headstone. <br/> No longer to hear the mourning congregation <br/> Stand before me. <br/> <br/> To pass by the sound of a thousand trumpets, <br/> Two solemn basilisks of sombre song, <br/> An icy throne in winter's embrace, <br/> Yet death's away so I'm lost. <br/> <br/> Dans le rêve profond le plus terrifiant, <br/> Je n'al pas vu un tel désespoir. <br/> A lifeless nightmare haunts my sleep, a hypnotic drift drags me deep. <br/> Sleep without wake, wake without sleep. <br/> <br/> (Chorus) <br/> <br/> My breathing coffin, my closed eyes, my gothic epitaph, my weeping silence. <br/> <br/> In the deepest most terrifying dream <br/> I did not see such despair. <br/> <br/> (Chorus) <br/> <br/> My breathing coffin, my closed eyes, my gothic epitaph, my weeping silence.
Submitted by Nargaroth — Jun 18, 2026