Book of Shadows II

As I stand upon these shores of lies and deceit The tides that turn against you and the storms that one cannot see Just like a storm that keeps on rolling, forever rolling on My autumn changes have come and gone Like the falling leaves and the memory of what you’ve become The cold wind blows upon your senseless fall from grace Behind the mask of greed, I could not see your face Just like a storm that keeps on rolling, forever rolling on My autumn changes have come and gone Like the falling leaves and the memory of what you’ve become My autumn changes have come and gone... Gone... Gone... Gone... Gone... My autumn changes have come and gone Like the falling leaves and the memory of what you’ve become My autumn changes have come and gone

Submitted by SerpentEve — Apr 25, 2025

Oh... Fields of gold and all that shines You knew just where to look yet you did not wish to find Drawn and quartered by the fate of one’s own hand Don’t need to search for peace when you don’t wish to understand Empty skies leave nothing to hold Like the tears of December leave you broken and so cold Within this house of mourning you’ll find no doors Upon the floors of the forsaken you choose to walk once more No regrets, you turn and ignore Choose what you see, play the blind man once more Empty skies leave nothing to hold Like the tears of December leave you broken and so cold As you trip inside this home and start to drift So far, so far away As tomorrow walks with the hopes you can’t recall As the tears of December, they begin to fall Empty skies leave nothing to hold Like the tears of December leave you broken and so cold Empty skies leave nothing to hold Like the tears of December leave you broken and so cold

For I shall carry this weight of the words I wished to say For just one moment, I’ll give back all my yesterdays For all of the songs no longer sound the same As I keep reaching back for one more day Lay me down upon your darkness Lay me down upon your fears Lay me down across the waters that gather all your tears Lay me down No more promises to be kept or made Within my wounded silence and the mourning that never fades For all of the roads that we walked They no longer look the same As I keep reaching back for one more day Lay me down upon your darkness Lay me down upon your fears Lay me down across the waters that gather all your tears Lay me down Falling so far So far from what I’ve known Falling so far Can I find my way back home? Lay me down upon your darkness Lay me down upon your fears Lay me down across the waters that gather all your tears Lay me down upon your darkness Lay me down upon your fears Lay me down across the waters that gather all your tears Lay me down

Submitted by Morgoth — Apr 25, 2025

You say that you’re damned You say that your life isn’t fair What’s right and what’s wrong You’ve got your needs and you just don’t care On and on we drift Back to where we were before You can welcome me in I will not walk through that door, oh, no, no I may be blind but I’ll find my way Oh yeah, like a lost prayer on stormy day Oh, stormy day You can carry your grudge I’ve severed these ties and I’ve cut you free Keep your war to yourself I buried what was, and my sympathy On and on we drift Back to where we were before You can welcome me in I will not walk through that door, oh, no, no I may be blind but I’ll find my way Oh yeah, like a lost prayer on a stormy day Oh, stormy day Stormy day Well I may be blind... But I’ll find my way I may be blind but I’ll find my way Oh yeah, like a lost prayer on a stormy day I may be blind but I’ll find my way Oh yeah, like a lost prayer on a stormy day Oh, stormy day

Submitted by Celtic Frost — Apr 25, 2025

Your crossroads have come And as they knock upon your door Choices to be made For this life in which you led Will you leave or will you stay? In your darkest hour Tell me what’s it gonna be? In your darkest hour Will you walk with me? And what was certain becomes unclear As the Doubts of Thomas whisper in your ear And all that you knew And all that you believe Starts to fall away Will you leave or will you stay? In your darkest hour Tell me what’s it gonna be? In your darkest hour Will you walk with me? In your darkest hour Tell me what’s it gonna be? In your darkest hour Tell me what’s it gonna be? In your darkest hour Will you walk with me? In your darkest hour Tell me what’s it gonna be? The crossroads have come And as they knock upon your door...

Submitted by Grave666 — Apr 25, 2025

There was a time when your waters had run still I don’t know where, but those waters have died As you held hands with the hell beneath your feet You turned your back and waved heaven goodbye When the levee fell away For you lost more than yourself that day When the levee fell away Forever is just a word you say For all of the colors in your dreams have gone astray Just like a blind man who’s lost his way As the clock ticks and the end is near You left town, yet your troubles are all still there When the levee fell away For you lost more than yourself that day When the levee fell away Forever is just a word you say This train has run out of track As the engines fade Far, far, far away, you fall And that’s where you’ll stay When the levee fell away For you lost more than yourself that day When the levee fell away Forever is just a word you say

Submitted by BloodShrine — Apr 25, 2025

Years pass and the seasons change Hopes that drown within life’s pouring rain Time weighs on the strands of faith End of days, for you I wait As I cross these oceans of time Just so I can make you mine These eyes of burden I shall make blind Just so I can make you mine Thoughts of you – my world, it smiles The cold embrace of one’s endless mile The snow that falls upon disheartened faith End of days, for you I wait As I cross these oceans of time Just so I can make you mine These eyes of burden I shall make blind Just so I can make you mine ...

Submitted by Immortal — Apr 25, 2025

Now that the storms have come and gone And the wars begun to fade All that the rains have gathered and washed away Farewell to what remains And as the setting sun disappears into the sea And all that meant so much Now it’s nothing more than a forgotten memory The hollow shadow of the clouds So far yet always near Scattering of ashes upon all that’s draped in black Farewells without tears And as the setting sun disappears into the sea And all that meant so much No longer means that much to me Now it’s nothing more, no it’s nothing more than a forgotten memory It’s getting hard, so hard to see For I’ve seen these clouds before And as they pour the rain down on me For I shall carry on, I’ll carry on It’s nothing more than a forgotten memory Farewells without tears And as the setting sun disappears into the sea And all that meant so much No longer means that much to me Now it’s nothing more, no, it’s nothing more than a forgotten memory

Submitted by Sexy Gargoyle — Apr 25, 2025

For here I stand Broken pieces of the memories that fall through my hands Taken for a fool As they sharpen their knives Stab me with my trust once again So many sinners dressed as saints Lies and the half-truths they paint Another day Your memory fades I shall not mourn yesterday’s tears All that is gone and all that once was here I shall not mourn the past The days, the months or the years Yesterday’s tears Saddened and betrayed Yet unbroken, I walk amongst the liars and the thieves Nothing ever lasts It’s been spoken Compassion died, yet no one ever grieved So many sinners dressed as saints Lies and the half-truths they paint Another day Your memory fades I shall not mourn yesterday’s tears All that is gone and all that once was here I shall not mourn the past The days, the months or the years Yesterday’s tears Oh, yesterday’s tears I shall not mourn yesterday’s tears All that is gone and all that once was here I shall not mourn the past The days, the months or the years Yesterday’s tears All that’s gone All that once was here

Submitted by Nargaroth — Apr 25, 2025

Oh... oh... oh... oh... As you sink to the bottom of the silence you embrace The lonesome worry and all it’s replaced Lost within your darkness is where you wish to be The truth stands before you and yet you choose not to see The light that burned Has all but gone away As you drown within your harbors of pity And their lifeless waves Oh... as you drift far, far away Broken dams of resentment with nothing to say Your ship of joy has long disappeared Ceaseless descent upon the weight of one’s tears The light that burned Has all but gone away As you drown in your harbors of pity And their lifeless waves As you drown in your harbors of pity And their lifeless waves The light that burned Has all but gone away As you drown within your harbors of pity And their lifeless waves As you drown within your harbors of pity And their lifeless waves Oh... oh... oh...

As you look back upon the past This tarnished wake which you refuse to see All shall be swept aside As you hide the wounds that shall not set you free This mountain of sadness that can’t be moved The funeral that will not be This anguish that weighs upon All that is, and all that’s to be Take all I’ve got Take all that you need More than I’ve got Take more than you need These crosses you bear And the weight of your world And your sorrowed regrets Hand ‘em all to me So many pages turned These trails of grief shall walk with no return The corners of your eyes The silhouette of the thorns that will not die This mountain of sadness that can’t be moved The funeral that will not be This anguish that weighs upon All that is and all that’s to be Take all I’ve got Take all that you need More than I’ve got Take more than you need These crosses you bear And the weight of the world And your sorrowed regrets Hand ‘em all to me ...

Submitted by The Void — Apr 25, 2025

Your self-made darkness has come and found As the vultures gather and circle around You stole my tomorrows, I buried my todays All I loved – I watched its ashes fly away Gone are my blue skies You’ve painted them all black with useless apologies Some things in life you can’t take back As the sun rise awaits, so much left to see You blinded my happiness, took everything from me You stole my tomorrows, I buried my todays All I love – I watched its ashes fly away Gone are my blue skies You’ve painted them all black with useless apologies Some things in life you can’t take back ...

Submitted by The Void — Apr 25, 2025

You couldn’t find your peace Within the bitterness that burns For the sleeping dogs that lie Forever to return Forever to return Gone but not forgotten You cut me down just to watch me bleed Gone but not forgotten I gave you the last word And that’s the last thing you’ll take from me This injustice that you hold Belief in the story that you sell For the sleeping dogs that lie They’re alive and well Alive and well Gone but not forgotten You cut me down just to watch me bleed Gone but not forgotten I gave you the last word And that’s the last thing you’ll take from me Gone but not forgotten You cut me down just to watch me bleed Gone but not forgotten I gave you the last word And that’s the last thing you’ll take from me Last thing you’ll take from me Last thing you’ll take from me

Submitted by Sexy Gargoyle — Apr 25, 2025

Although I may have faltered I’m just a man For I’ve been broken Time and time again But in your moments of doubt When there’s nowhere left to run Within these tears of darkness I would steal the light from the sun I may not be a king But I’ll carry you through it all Your shelter from the storm To catch you when you fall I may not be a king But I’ll give you my world All and everything Enslaved and condemned By the fears that hold your hand Abandoned and betrayed Time and time again But in your moments of doubt So empty and afraid When it all falls to pieces I will not walk away I may not be a king But I’ll carry you through it all Your shelter from the storm Catch you when you fall I may not be a king But I’ll give you my world All and everything For I may not be a king But I’ll carry you through it all Your shelter from the storm Catch you when you fall I may not be the king But I’ll give you my world All and everything

Submitted by johnmansley — Apr 25, 2025

[Verse 1: Zakk Wylde] You couldn't find your peace Within the bitterness that burns For the sleeping dogs that lie Forever to return, forever to return [Chorus: Zakk Wylde] Gone, but not forgotten You cut me down just to watch me bleed Gone, but not forgotten I gave you the last word an' that's the last thing you'll take from me [Verse 2: Corey Taylor] This injustice that you hold Belief in the story that you sell For the sleeping dogs that lie They're alive and well, alive and well [Chorus: Zakk Wylde] Gone, but not forgotten You cut me down just to watch me bleed Gone, but not forgotten I gave you the last word an' that's the last thing you'll take from me [Guitar Solo] [Chorus: Zakk Wylde, Corey Taylor & Both] Gone, but not forgotten (But not forgotten) You cut me down just to watch me bleed (Cut me down just to watch me bleed) Gone, but not forgotten (But not forgotten) I gave you the last word an' that's the last thing you'll take from me [Outro: Zakk Wylde & Corey Taylor] Last thing you'll take from me Last thing you'll take from me Last thing you'll take from me Last thing you'll take from me

Submitted by Lake of Tears — Apr 25, 2025