The Shadow Cabinet

The beast that lurks in my genes Is controlling my will In endless search of the ultimate carnal thrill Like a knight without an armour I ride out to face the twobacked beast Naked in the face of horror A jester at this undercover feast Desire fills my heart with guilt and pain As my burning blood from my mind is drained Demon desire; you lead. I drag behind Demon desire; leave my fragile mind How can I be at peace When my blood is on fire Don't want to be your slave Demon desire I can never fight my nature I am he – the pleasant primitive Or so the queens of lust they see me But myself is all I have to give Desire fills my heart with guilt and pain As my burning blood from my mind is drained Demon desire; you lead. I drag behind Demon desire; leave my fragile mind How can I be at peace When my blood is on fire Don't want to be your slave Demon desire Curse this world That gives urges but no breeding grounds How shall I see the sun Behind desire's brooding clouds I cannot fight my nature The pleasant primitive O, let me live... All my years and all my gold It takes to ease the demon All my years and all my gold To keep the beast at bay Could I only put away my bow When no prey in sight But now I'll leave my mind behind For another hungry quest into the night Demon desire; you lead. I drag behind Demon desire; leave my fragile mind How can I be at peace When my blood is on fire Don't want to be your slave Demon desire

Submitted by Corpse Defiler — Apr 26, 2025

Haute couture tin soldiers All from the same mould Ragdoll queens with perfect seams But your eyes are cold O, your eyes are cold A fair form with no substance at all If not "pushed up" you would instantly fall A stranger tale I know not than you If not "made up" noone would believe in you The preachers of perfection Tell us to be like (before it's too late) But they can't see the light within us Trough their designer shades The peasant will do as his queen will bid Unconsciously hoping to wake up in her bed Pretends not to see the disgust in her eyes That it's all in his head The preachers of perfection Tell us to be like you (before it's too late) But I'll never be you And it makes you so easy to hate Your fair feet will walk on water I may swim and drown The only weight you'll have to carry Is the winner's crown ('cause you're beautiful) I can't trust your pretty face I hate the pity in your eyes You know you'll always win the race No matter how hard I try ('cause your beautiful) I can see how through life you play Who would do you harm But in the dark Where your beauty won't light your way Know this to be true: There I'm stronger than you You have the "right" of beauty To do with the world as you like Behold the wellfed one At our hunger strike You were born from beauty You'll find a beautiful mate To breed more beautiful faces While I shall die in noone's arms And vanish without any traces Your fair feet will walk on water I may swim and drown The only weight you'll have to carry Is the winner's crown ('cause you're beautiful) I can't trust your pretty face I hate the pity in your eyes You know you'll always win the race No matter how hard I try ('cause your beautiful) But in the dark Where your beauty won't light your way Know this to be true: There I'm stronger than you

Submitted by NecroGod — Apr 26, 2025

The raven's my totem; my brother He is me; I am him Watching this innocent world Grow increasingly grim The raven's the sign you'll see When darkness is near Rooted deep in your heart Your primeval fear A black garment suits a black soul Avoided since days of old There flies the raven I am the dark spirit inside yourself You dare not name I am the lunatic you need To know you're still sane My ancestors long ago Served the one-eyed lord So today, a jester of darkness I see and report A black garment suits a black soul Avoided since days of old There flies the raven Gloomweaver eternal Children of the light: Scorn me not Be content you're not me Be content you're not me From old they have feared him (There flies the raven) Never dared to be near him (There flies the raven) The darkwinged omen: Who will live, who will die You better beware When you hear the raven cry When you hear the raven cry

Submitted by Morgoth — Apr 26, 2025

Watch the disillusionist making himself disappear A last display of magic ere surrendering to fear Lost my faith in leaders and systems long ago Now it seems I'm losing faith in everything I know No more attempts to fill the empty pages Don't ask me to explain my actions There's no masterplan No longer seek I satisfaction In these barren lands I asked so many whys: were given so few answers That I can't seem to sense any sense anymore I cried out to the heavens above To find out if someone was waiting for me But they just wanted my gold, not my soul Though they could have it for free Lying awake at night; should I keep up the fight Is madness cursed our divine Roll with the thunder; cry in the rain What would the lunatic find O, apathy divine Forget it all in time No more darkness; no more light No more battles left to fight Afraid to swim into the sea For the sea may drown Afraid to climb into the tree If lightning splits the crown I heard so many lies; that truth no longer matters Taking endless extra spins on my unmerry-go-round Tried to play my life backwards To find hidden messages; telling me who I am But I only heard "Thou art human - thou art damned" Lying awake at night; should I keep up the fight Is madness cursed our divine Roll with the thunder; cry in the rain What would the lunatic find O, apathy divine Forget it all in time No more darkness; no more light No more battles left to fight Used to flow with the waves But who can swim forever without drowning Used to strive for immortality But who needs eternity In misery Lying awake at night; should I keep up the fight Is madness cursed our divine Roll with the thunder; cry in the rain What would the lunatic find O, apathy divine Forget it all in time No more darkness; no more light No more battles left to fight Should I rely on the arts To cast light upon us all Should I write a requiem For what none wants to recall At all No I shall count these the last days of the sun And seek comfort in darkness 'Til my life tread is spun But play just one more for me lads; As they carry me out...

Submitted by Nargaroth — Feb 08, 2026

To overthrow his masters Always the slave by healthy envy was driven But is my envy still healthy When I wish not to inherit the castles they live in I covet not my neighbour's house Nor his thralls or his cattle Only the shield that they are to him In this battle – of life The poet looks into the mirror Sees the signs of human action You may look in there as well But only see your own reflection I envy you each day of bliss Each lucky spell and divine kiss That the gods bestowed upon you not me The pictures they paint; are so utterly faint But clear enough to stir the envy in all Selftraining classes for the consuming masses To make us feel ugly and small But that envy is a safe ally Is a lie I live with ghosts from the past I live in fear that the next day's the last I can't kepp smilling at your games While the world is falling down in flames But make no mistake I wish I could I cannot assume ignorance Of the suffering of man I cannot pretend pleasure In walking this scorched land But make no mistake I wish that I could Stormtroopers of stupidity Manipulating magic Amazing disgrace of the human race Sells a paradox fantastic: That opposed to the socalled blessed You find though you do not seek Happiness Sometimes I even envy your conformity It's not all happy days in the freakshow – you know Everything bestowed upon you not me The pictures they paint; are so utterly faint But clear enough to stir the envy in all Selftraining classes for the consuming masses To make us feel ugly and small But that envy is a safe ally Is a lie Still – one can dream of a time When all the lies have been revealed And then... The pictures they paint; With blood shall be stained The nightmare of dreamfactories Brought down at last The outcasts shall be the new incrowd, you see And their mantras a thing of the past 'Cause that envy is a safe ally Is a lie

Submitted by Finntroll — Apr 26, 2025

When all is white; No more red blood will flow When all is frozen; There'll be no more tears of woe Locked in winter's deadlock grip I shall be pleasantly helpless Ending forever the feverish boil A wreck, no longer reckless Snow falls like frozen tears As if the gods they were crying for me But I guess there are no more gods We are alone on this wild, raging sea If the shipwrecked beats hole in his lifeboat How can he expect to be saved Guess that nobody cares So we might as well go to our graves When all is white; No more red blood will flow When all is frozen; There'll be nomore tears of woe Snow falls without; snow falls within It's colder now; than it's ever been Inner lands gleaming white Will there be day after night Snow falls without; snow falls within It's colder now; than it's ever been Cover me in oblivion's frost Erase the traces of what was lost Caught in apathy's claws Longing to travel but nowhere to go Say nothing, do nothing Longing for caring but no one to hold Don't know how long I can handle This urge to blow out the candle Feel like growing rapidly old And now it's so cold When all is white; No more red blood will flow When all is frozen; There'll be no more tears of woe Snow falls without; snow falls within It's colder now; than it's ever been Inner lands gleaming white Will there be day after night Snow falls without; snow falls within It's colder now; than it's ever been Cover me in oblivion's frost Erase the traces of what was lost I'll lay down on these softly rounded hills This winter's day And when sun returns With the snow I'll melt away Snow falls without; snow falls within It's colder now; than it's ever been Inner lands gleaming white Will there be day after night Snow falls without; snow falls within It's colder now; than it's ever been Cover me in oblivion's frost Erase the traces of what was lost I'll lay down on these softly rounded hills This winter's day And when sun returns With the snow I'll melt away

Submitted by Nargaroth — Feb 08, 2026

Sleep The velvet darkness Where time stands still Those sweet hours Where the challenged finds A moment's refuge Embrace the warm shadows Unconscious the truth The torn soul leaves its house And journeys on moonpaths To the egde of the world And for a brief while Again you feel the caress of the wind On the plains of evermore Bird of sleep come carry us Upon the wings of freedom Journey to the refuge on the other side Play again like children Without sorrow in our hearts And when you fly us back We'll shine with the morning star

Submitted by Immortal — Apr 26, 2025

I wish from the beginning of this game I had known it was in vain That everything was doomed to fail Too long I lived in childish innocence While the teachers of pretence Tested my will to prevail I cannot trust in anyone, I know To me my neighbour is my foe There's poison in the sweets you find Exploiting weaknesses with freetrade lies The only thing you cannot buy Is happiness and peace of mind It's a balance of power; should I jump From the prisoner's tower Sometimes I wish that I could lay me down And hope for no tomorrow But you'll never see me surrender my blade Refusing death's call, I will conquer my fate For I shall not yield And I cannot even sell my soul It's beaten, torn and abused Still my lifejoy may fetch a fair price Since it's only "slightly used" It's a balance of power; should I jump From the prisoners tower Sometimes I wish that I could lay me down And hope for no tomorrow But you'll never see me surrender my blade Refusing death's call, I will conquer my fate For I shall not yield Gods of life! I meet your challenge I shall rise from every blow you strike at me I shall break every spell you throw at me You will not push me that last bit of way Over the Edge Even if I'm only holding on by sheer spite itself You may have woven this one's lifethread Of a fowl and poisoned string But it shall not break That final victory shall be denied thee...forever! When even my imaginary friends Turn their backs on me again And leave me bleeding on the ground I can no longer welcome each new day But on this battlefield I'll stay 'Cause you will never bring me down And when in time to the ground I'm bent From carrying life's stone; my strength all spent I shall drag myself forth by the tip of my nails To spit on your feet with a last scornful hail It's a balance of power; should I jump From the prisoner's tower Sometimes I wish that I could lay me down And hope for no tomorrow But you'll never see me surrender my blade Refusing death's call, I will conquer my fate For I shall not yield

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Apr 26, 2025

Everything is lost Nothing means anything Why go on in sorrow Why live to fear tomorrow "Luckily" my instinct of selfpreservation Is stronger than my deathwish That is why my eyes are hard and That is why I do not answer your smile

Submitted by NecroLord — Apr 26, 2025

Live by dreaming A walkabout in olden slopes Wake up sleeping In soil covered in ice Where will the roses grow Floating in a haze Like seaweed to the shore Who will bring back the silky scents Of the hills of evermore Then I woke up at the first break of night My eyes were the only light And I shall count these the last days of the sun And seek comfort in darkness 'Til my lifethread is spun The colours of black The music of the night Throw your voice high into the air full of pride Find your own road to glory Use what powers life may give you Never cease the fight If you cannot win the day Seize the night Only given pleasure; to learn to yearn for it Only given light; to be blind without it Only given power; to be scared to use it Only given mind; to finally lose it The colours of black The music of the night Maybe this is my true realm In thruth I may be blinded by light If such is indeed my purpose I shall seize the night Throw your voice high into the air full of pride Find your own road to glory Use what powers life may give you Never cease the fight If you cannot win the day Seize the night

Submitted by Sexy Gargoyle — Apr 26, 2025