The Old Man and the Spirit
[Old Man:] Hear the voice They're calling and haunting me Never heard such questions Won't let me free I've never felt so insecure My peace of mind disturbed by the urge to know I try to see, but I am blind I try to see the truth behind Please come to me, awareness! I keep on yearning for mysteries of this world But hands are turning as the ages decay Existence crashes and everything that I've changed Is dust to ashes as it passes away I can feel my duty To find the key Missing rules No order, no sanity I've never heard about this before My peace of mind disturbed by the urge to know I try to see, but I am blind I try to see the truth behind Please come to me, awareness! I keep on yearning for mysteries of this world But hands are turning as the ages decay Existence crashes and everything that I've changed Is dust to ashes as it passes away I wish my life would disappear Or merge within a dream No questions, suffering or fear A clear, indifferent stream I wish my light would cease to burn But yet, my soul is torn And lets me face my last concern Why I was even born
Submitted by Lake of Tears — Apr 26, 2025
[Old Man:] How can a single drop perceive The whole surrounding sea? For being part it will receive A higher cause to be How can a simple man reveal The world before he dies? True spirits, come, hear my appeal Sever the bonds of lies! [Spirit:] I heard your call I'm a spirit of ancient days I know you crawl In the dust on your hopeless ways I am your guide And the answer to your demand I see the light See the reasons you know you [Spirit:] Can't find awareness? Then why don't you speak up and ask? [Old Man:] I - I want to know Where I come from, where I go What I will be able to know [Choir:] Hail to thee! Certainty! Thou art crystal Tyranny! Raise thy hands Esperance! Thou hast shown We shall crush down Chance! [Old Man:] Open my eyes and let gnosis arise And then show me the lines in the sand What walks away and leaves Signs at the bay of faith Show me the moment when Light filled the night Took on its might Chased off the fright Give me a sign! Is there good or divine Or is random creation the cause? And say, are we fooled by religion And ruled by fate? Show me the moment when Light won the strife Nurtured to thrive Breathed and it was life [Choir:] Come and dance Ignorance! Show thy ugly Countenance! Be my guest and Dance! [Old Man:] Why don't you speak and respond? [Choir:] How can you be sure That there is more than you know? What if you had lost? Lost your way? [Old Man:] Reveal it, unseal it Untie the bonds! Come show me and take me there! [Spirit:] Trust me, I will show That there is more than you know Trust me, I will teach you how! [Choir:] Hail to thee! Thou art cruelest uncertainty! Not to be Pain and grief begone Relief me! [Spirit:] Leave your eyes and leave your ears (My reason) All your senses leave them shut (My feelings) Trust your ever faithful fears (My voices) And don't yield to reasons smut (My heartbeat) [Spirit:] If you want to face it You must know I will be your eyes And if you trace it You won't go before I advise [Old Man:] No! I want to be where I can feel the truth on my own So let me flee there And reveal the answers alone [Old Man:] If there's a place where I will be aware Lead me There is a place where I will be aware Lead me [Spirit:] Where do you believe Will you be able to perceive? Dare how could it be In this reality how? [Old Man:] I keep on yearning for mysteries of this world But hands are turning as the ages decay Existence crashes and everything that I've changed Is dust to ashes [Old Man:] I keep on yearning for mysteries of this world But hands are turning as the ages decay Existence crashes and everything that I've changed Is dust to ashes as it passes by Show me the place And I triumph for irreality [Spirit:] Trust me, you will see If you blindly follow me Trust me, you will feel What your senses conceal Trust me, I will show Where you come from, where you go What you will be able to know...
Submitted by BloodShrine — Apr 26, 2025
[Spirit:] Confined to my reality I sensed the hidden scheme Accepted this divinity A clear indifferent stream All doubts dissolved Opaque turned clear No questions, suffering or fear No blemish but infinity Confined to my reality
Submitted by Lake of Tears — Apr 26, 2025
[Spirit:] There is no place Where men could trace The spring of it all All you could find lies here The worlds combined in a grain It is all a matter of knowing When the wind is sprung up and blowing When the sky is gleaming Rivers streaming It's a matter of knowing [Old Man:] There is no chance No single glance At the spring of it all This paradise Be it! All men could rise, but they fall [Spirit & Old Man:] It is all a matter of knowing When the wind is sprung up and blowing When the sky is gleaming Rivers streaming It's a matter of knowing [Old Man:] When the sky is gleaming Rivers streaming It's a reason to wonder...
Submitted by Corpse Defiler — Apr 26, 2025
[Spirit:] Don't you know it's a world of wonders That you live? There's a strength that can pull you under And forgive And it lives in a sky of thunder And it breathes light in your soul And the trees and the wind are stroking And they scream And beneath you, the earth is soaking Of this dream Every raindrop is telling stories And they whisper words in your ears Hey, don't you see the light? Don't you feel its might? Tell me, don't you see? Don't you feel it? There's a strength in your veins of glory And it breathes light in your soul Hey, don't you see the light? Don't you feel its might? Tell me, don't you see? Don't you feel it? There's a strength in your veins of glory And it breathes light in your soul Hey, don't you see the light? Don't you feel its might? Tell me, don't you see? Don't you feel it? There's a strength in your veins of glory And it breathes light in your soul Hey, don't you see the light? Don't you feel its might? Tell me, don't you see? Don't you feel it? There's a strength in your veins of glory And it breathes light in your soul Breathes light in your soul Breathes light in your soul
Submitted by Sexy Gargoyle — Apr 26, 2025
[Old Man:] How can a single drop perceive The whole surrounding sea? How can a single drop perceive The whole surrounding sea? How can a single drop perceive The whole surrounding sea? How can a single drop perceive The whole surrounding sea? How can a single drop perceive The whole surrounding sea? How can a single drop perceive The whole surrounding sea?
Submitted by Warbringer — Apr 26, 2025
[Spirit:] Your sad lit candle is guttering But still won't seize to burn: Enough to seethe Enough to cry The cause to breathe The cause to die If I should handle your muttering Iʼll call for in return: Enough to seethe Enough to cry The cause to breathe The cause to die [Old Man:] A child A dream A womenʼs embrace A thought A scream A comforting face Two blinks Three steps Four words of a phrase One reason to go on remembering [Spirit:] It might seem much (It might seem much) But don't condemn me Just break the crutch (Just break the crutch) That you call memory [Old Man:] Finally, there’s a doorway to salvation Should I trust and yield to this temptation? If I lost my memory All of my life Will I still be human? Curious and free [Spirit:] Doubts are shading As the lights are fading Go lift the curtain Now be certain And see [Spirit:] I will be righteous And measure the price you have to pay: Enough to seethe Enough to cry The cause to breathe The cause to die So I am claiming Your treasure of fortune and dismay: Enough to seethe Enough to cry The cause to breathe The cause to die [Old Man:] A kiss A smile A cold chill inside A song A dance A word and a fight Two hearts Three lies Four eyes - how they cried One reason to wipe out and wash away [Spirit:] It might seem much (It might seem much) But don't condemn me Just break the crutch (Just break the crutch) That you call memory [Old Man:] Doubts are shading As the lights are fading Go lift the curtain Now be certain And see [Spirit:] Finally, there's a doorway to salvation Let him trust and yield to this temptation If I will have gained What once was his life I will be like mankind Curious and free [Old Man:] A tear A touch A black tie and shirt A book A speech A shovel of dirt Two stones Three names Four cries of a bird One reason to live and to die at last [Old Man:] Finally, there's a doorway to salvation It's the trust we take from contemplation It's the strength of memory And of wondering Finally there's a doorway Curious and free [Spirit:] Doubts are shading As the lights are fading Go lift the curtain Now be certain And consign your life to me!
Submitted by Sexy Gargoyle — Apr 26, 2025
[Old Man:] Do you really want me to lose my virtues? Do you really want me to lose my faults? And do you really want me to lose my weakness? Do you really want me to lose my strength? And do you really want me to lose my sorrow? Do you really want me to lose my joy? And do you really want me to lose my falsehood? Do you really want me to lose my truth? And do you really want me to lose my fears? And do you really want me to lose my hopes? Do you really want me to lose my faith? And do you really want me to lose my soul? Do you really want me to lose my honor? Do you really want me to lose my shame? Do you really want me to lose my freedom? Everything you strife for is me [Spirit:] Open up your weary eyes Halt your never-ending and sigh-swollʼn cries All you've never flouted You won't owe All you've never doubted You wonʼt know You're crying out in deep despair As the fair is foul and the foul is fair You will drown in madness once again And roll up in sadness, tug you in [Spirit:] Always yearning Never earning Always trying Never flying [Choir:] See the light Feel its might See the light Feel its might See the light Feel its might See the light Feel its might See the light Feel its might See the light Feel its might See the light Feel its might See the light Feel its might [Spirit:] You'd leave this sorrow If you would follow [Old Man:] Do you really want me to trade my heart? And do you really want me to trade my soul? And do you really want me to trade in life for light? [Spirit:] Do you really think that your life is worth it? [Old Man:] Beauty and bliss In the grace of a kiss and love Lie in the transience of life Memories retain All the moments remain with me Why should I trade? Tell me! Do you really want me to lose my memory? [Spirit:] Death comes fast and breaks apart All the words and pictures in your heart You will find your pain in once shed tears For what is a grain in endless spheres [Choir:] Always yearning Never earning Always trying Never flying [Old Man:] Do you really want me to lose my virtues? Do you really want me to lose my faults? And do you really want me to lose my weakness? Do you really want me to lose my strength? And do you really want me to lose my sorrow? Do you really want me to lose my joy? And do you really want me to lose my falsehood? Do you really want me to lose my truth? And do you really want me to lose my fears? And do you really want me to lose my hopes? Do you really want me to lose my faith? And do you really want me to lose my soul? And do you really want me to lose my heart? And do you really want me to lose my deeds? Do you really want me to lose my life? And do you really want me to lose my memory? Do you really want me to lose my virtues? Do you really want me to lose my faults? And do you really want me to lose my weakness? Do you really want me to lose my strength? And do you really want me to lose my sorrow? Do you really want me to lose my joy? And do you really want me to lose my falsehood? Do you really want me to lose my truth? And do you really want me to lose my fears? And do you really want me to lose my hopes? Do you really want me to lose my faith? And do you really want me to lose my soul? And do you really want me to lose my heart? And do you really want me to lose my deeds? Do you really want me to lose my life? And do you really want me to lose my memory? [Spirit:] Endless spheres You will find your pain in once shed tears Don't turn your back on your human destiny You will die and face eternity Don't turn your back on your All wrong divine conception As you're striving for perfection Won't you feel just like a traitor Who has tricked his own creator? Strong with words, you draw a curtain Keeping early scenes uncertain Now itʼs time to take my guidance I will show the primal silence Consign your life to me! Take my gift and rule your destiny Don't turn your back on your worthless entity Don't you see your useless way to be? Now take my hand and Consign your life to me! Take my gift and rule your destiny Don't turn your back on your worthless entity Don't you see your useless way to be? Don't turn my back on [Old Man:] Life! [Spirit:] Light!
Submitted by Finntroll — Apr 26, 2025
[Old Man:] My heart is a ponderer My soul is a wanderer To touch, to be To feel, to see The edge of the knife The difference is human Is life [Spirit:] Now that you're close to the key, tell me Would you halt and send the called away? [Old Man:] All my memories of life can't die All my memories of truth can't lie And my memories of trust deny That to know is to see Hear the pulse of my veins at night Let my will and my thoughts ignite Why should I seek the truth in light When the truth is in me? [Choir:] Tide is turning No more yearning! [Old Man:] All my memories of hope All my memories of youth All my memories of cheer All my memories of truth All my memories of fear All my memories of trust All my memories of lust [Spirit:] Never, ever will you see I will know what you will be [Spirit:] It is all a matter of knowing When the wind is sprung up and blowing When the sky is gleaming Rivers streaming It's a matter of knowing There is so much reason to wonder So much reason to wonder There is so much reason to wonder So much reason to ask [Old Man:] Stop your fraud! Let it be Stop your lies! Your deceit! Let it be Your disguise and I Thank God I ripped off your mask! [Spirit:] Then, pitiful human You won't spy the forces inside And thank your acumen You will die, as many have died Now, pitiful human Say goodbye "How can a single drop perceive? How can a single drop perceive? How can a single drop perceive The whole surrounding sea?" Now, pitiful human Say goodbye Never, ever will you see I will know what you will be You will weep, you will cry You will be, you will stay ever blinded You will weep, you will cry You will be, you will stay just a man You will weep, you will cry You will be, you will stay ever blinded You will weep, you will cry You will be, you will stay just a man You will turn into dust And so it ends You will turn into dust And so it ends [Old Man:] All my memories of faith All my memories of strife All my memories of hope All my memories of life Show it's true What I always knew: My heart is a ponderer My soul is a wanderer My heart is a ponderer It's the edge of the knife The difference is life My heart is a ponderer My soul is a wanderer It's the edge of the knife The difference is life All my memory of joy is her All my memory of sense is her All my memory of life is her So I'm wondering How could I trade whom I love...?
Submitted by VladTheImpaler666 — Apr 26, 2025
[Old Man:] At the break of dawn She knocked on my door I was shocked She seemed so tired and sore And she said it's been time For a change for so long All I know I have to I have to move on And I stood on the porch Where we used to dance And the world, somehow Didn't make any sense And so I tried to smile Though I didn't know why Watched her go And waved her And waved her goodbye Someday I'll meet you, someplace I'll greet you Somehow it'll lead you back to me It may take a lifetime and be where the stars shine It may be the place where the earth and sky meet Someday I'll meet you, someplace I'll greet you Somehow it'll lead you back to me It may take a lifetime and be where the stars shine It may be the place where the earth and sky meet And the years went by But I did not forget Her touch, her lips The words that she said Suddenly just a glimpse And a warm well-known smile Clear to see What kept her What kept her alive Someday I'll meet you, someplace I'll greet you Somehow it'll lead you back to me It may take a lifetime and be where the stars shine It may be the place where the earth and sky meet Someday I'll meet you, someplace I'll greet you Somehow it'll lead you back to me It may take a lifetime and be where the stars shine It may be the place where the earth and sky meet [Choir:] Someday I'll meet you Someplace I'll greet you Somehow it'll lead you Lead back to me [Old Man:] Why should I seek? Why should I ask? What should I strive for If not you? [Choir:] Someday I'll meet you Someplace I'll greet you Somehow it'll lead you Lead back to me [Old Man:] Why should I seek? Why should I ask? Why should I strive? I am a man [Choir:] Someday I'll meet you Someplace I'll greet you Somehow it'll lead you Lead back to me [Old Man:] I am the word I am the deed I am the heart Thank God I'm a man [Choir:] Someday I'll meet you Someplace I'll greet you Somehow it'll lead you Lead back to me [Old Man:] I felt the cold I felt the heat I felt the love Thank God I'm a man [Choir:] Why should I strive What should I seek if not you Why should I ask What should I seek, if not you? Why, what should I strive for if not you?
Submitted by Infernal Flame — Apr 26, 2025
[Old Man:] Tinker, tailor... Hush, can't you hear? Words of judgement Wise and sincere Every single winter has its spring I don't care Everlasting continual ring I don't care I'm so grateful I fell and rose and tried Won and laughed and cried Lost and swore and lied Now I have to confide: I loved I lived [Choir:] ...that is all a man can do ...that is all a man can do ...that is all a man can do ...that is all a man can do [Old Man:] Soldier, sailor Hush, can't you hear? Words of wisdom As it draws near Have you seen the truth a man can see? I don't care Have you been the best a man could be? I don't care I'm so grateful I fell and rose and tried Won and laughed and cried Lost and swore and lied Now I have to confide: I lived It was me [Choir:] ...that is all a man can do ...that is all a man can do ...that is all a man can do ...that is all a man can do [Old Man:] Those dire grins of mere cognition I gave my tears to superstition Those higher spheres, I can't adore them I save my sins, I can't abhor them Fell and rose and tried Won and laughed and cried Lost and swore and lied Last eternal pride To love To live [Choir:] ...that is all a man can do ...that is all a man can do ...that is all a man can do ...that is all a man can do [Old Man:] Fell and rose and tried Won and laughed and cried Lost and swore and lied Last eternal pride To love To live [Choir:] Show me pain that is not true Show me a sense that's not in you Show me joy that is not true Show me a sense that's not in you Show me pain that is not true Show me a sense that's not in you Show me life that is not true Show me a sense to love to live [Old Man:] Fell and rose and tried Won and laughed and cried Lost and swore and lied Last eternal pride To love To live [Choir:] Show me pain that is not true Show me a sense that's not in you Show me joy that is not true Show me a sense that's not in you Show me pain that is not true Show me a sense that's not in you Show me life that is not true Show me a sense to love to live [Old Man:] Fell and rose and tried Won and laughed and cried Lost and swore and lied Last eternal pride To love To live [Choir:] Show me pain that is not true Show me a sense that's not in you Show me joy that is not true Show me a sense that's not in you Show me pain that is not true Show me a sense that's not in you Show me life that is not true Show me a sense to love to live [Old Man:] Hear the voice They're haunting me Never heard Won't let me free Never felt So insecure Hear that voice Stop and let me breathe! Finally peace and silence All around me Made them hush and killed The source inside me Drowned in madness By the force inside me Finally peace and silence All around my grave...
Submitted by Corpse Grinder — Apr 26, 2025