The Eldritch Dark

Black magic has risen in Witchwood Their devilry takes place within our lonely woods Such strange words & stranger visions Forbidden hymns to summon things one never should Our children leave to hear their song Rituals to which they now belong Black magic rites Black magic, so long forgotten What mysteries lay hidden in the piper's song? Ancient world, ever-nearing It's much too late, there's no escape; we're far too gone A woman stood at Witchwood Cross And spoke to me, although a stranger Of eldritch worlds once thought lost And blasphemies that once were whispered She said: you'll welcome us into your homes We'll linger in your blood Our ways are in your bones From the Witchwood we rise and greet you at your door The old ways remain and the ancient gods they live on

Submitted by johnmansley — Apr 26, 2025

Will you follow me into another world? Where shadowed images are forming They take the shape of minstrels in a void To play for us a song of mourning It's quite a scene These lords of Carnaby Oh, they've so many folks adoring Their joyous rites to the sun Their endless revelries - yet; Their tea parties do get boring Goodbye Gemini, now sleep - your dreams, my sorcery Goodbye Gemini, now sleep - and forget all you see Goodbye Gemini, now sleep - I'll bind you close to me Goodbye Gemini now sleep

Submitted by Cyberwaste — Apr 26, 2025

Oh, how now? Harvest seeds in summer drown The first of May on the 'morrow's light Yet Gods on high bring ancient night Autumn's frost and winter's balm Have come and gone with arid sun Will they dance with us this night? The answer lies with Summerisle We'll sing to those whom we hold dear Of orchard tombs where death lies near Of barren earth and orphaned sun Of crop-yields promised; still to come Will they dance with us this night? The answer lies with Summerisle

Submitted by BloodShrine — Apr 26, 2025

Outside the city walls Where the darkest thickets grow Returning home from foreign lands We dreamt of our near homes When at once we heard a-hissing - was it a devil or a snake? Had we heard the sounds of laughter That dangerous women make? Three hags our way stood staring They beckoned us their way We followed them along a hidden path Towards their dwelling place Inside a fire was burning And a table had been laid They offered us a strange brew With a devil of a taste My friend and I we had great thirst We drank our cups bone dry But stranger yet was the drink's effect "It's witchery!" I cried Eye of newt and mandrake root The devil's foot in brine A fever-dream took hold of me Souls danced before my eyes My treachery, my wicked lusts The many stolen wives The souls of those whom I had wronged Shared tales of my past crimes Indeed, I was not all alone To hear their strangled cries My fellow and these sisters Through this my guild surmised And lo, I saw what must be done For the gallows called my name I'd cut its tongue under a demon sun Yea, in good health I'd remain In a flash I drew my dagger And my fellow screamed with pain Then I turned upon the sisters To them I did the same At once the room it filled with blood And the horror of their cries This night a murder banquet A feast of ruined lives Possessed were they with fortune's gift And yet they were surprised Three sisters should have better known Than to let this devil inside

Submitted by MetalElf — Apr 26, 2025

Within dark wooded hills Strange witchery's at play It's long past The time for Recanting wicked ways Hear the whisper of her blood She's pleading for her life Enchanting Her body The sacrificial knife We send this spirit forth Into the eldritch night Ancient world Forgotten Alive through pagan rites Now our hymns fill the air Our prayers without light Upon Candlemas Eve We will an ever-night This Candlemas Eve Mid-winter witchery On Candlemas Eve This sacrifice receive

Submitted by Nargaroth — Apr 26, 2025

Walk through this garden Of unearthly delights Star of the goddess Demoniac inside Soon you'll discover What it means to reel in light When all things are considered There's not much to leave behind Come ye to the Sabbat Hecate drawn from lunar womb Our witch cult unties you As you're drawing down the moon We welcome you to the Sabbat With a knowledge of hellfire And those who've gathered here among us Know of this and so very many things besides

Submitted by Warbringer — Apr 26, 2025

This track is instrumental.

Is this song not instrumental?

Who are you? What is your name? You wish to leave; yet you'll remain This night we play a most dangerous game There is both rhyme and reason And passion in my crimes My name is Haddo, indeed the pleasure's mine And I have come, to take what's mine To possess this house, and all inside Thoughts of the grave - drive them from your mind You'll find your will is leaving, your life is now quite mine Tonight, my dear, you'll be the devil's bride Crimson-altar concubine My name is Haddo and my will remains To see this world away Before another day Beyond this world, we soon shall see All that I've wrought with devilry Yet what we call will not come willingly Things of another season Truths of another time Tonight, my dear, you'll be the devil's bride Crimson-altar concubine

Submitted by Sexy Gargoyle — Apr 26, 2025