The IVth Crusade

Mortified by the lack of conscience Our sanctity bears no relevance Insignificance is our existence Hear the litany of life's persistence Our pleas for mercy fall upon unhearing ears Take my life, my soul, and wipe away these bitter tears Vanquished in the name of your god One of the same to whom we all pray To him now pray Vanquished in the name of your god One of the same to whom we once prayed Try to close my mind - from the screams I hear Repentance is denied, the conformation of my fear

Submitted by Corpse Grinder — Apr 23, 2025

No escape, there is no way out Of this constructed existence A created image of untrue conception You cannot find the real you Manipulated a hyped invention Who is this false identity? The ideal person, perfect role model Beneath you can feel the cracks Now your nerves begin to break You're losing your grip, now it's too late Perceive this - no fallacy This icon faces insanity On the verge of mental breakdown Forgotten realms of madness are found Now you face the final curtain Your future life is now uncertain

Submitted by Corpse Grinder — Apr 23, 2025

From the glowing fragments of what remains The soul shall rise from amongst the flames From smouldering ruins the power grows Feel the pulse of fear as we regain control From the ashes of a million dead The children of tomorrow now are led Into the darkness as emotions slowly fade Memories of the past cannot be saved Bowing down to face your new-found life There is no escape, you must comply This resurrected hate can't be denied Asking for redemption - we laugh and look away There shall be no exception - revenge on man begins today You thought that it was all over, but it's only just begun For your life is mortal, look to what fate will become Learn to live afraid of what may be For we possess this world - all that you see Your life is no more than a game to me Visions of the future reflected in the past Existing in the present which cannot surely last From the void terror takes its hold Face the wrath as history unfolds

Submitted by Celtic Frost — Apr 23, 2025

Lost on a voyage with no destiny Forgotten original ideology Generations born and died Their intentions misplaced through time Another world falls to its knees With vast contempt your hatred breeds There's nothing left for us to slaughter Annihilation achieved Where next to conquer? Civilisations of the past Faced attrition now ripped apart Moving onwards to another war Into battle to die once more An endless spiral of depravity Mankind's journey throughout infinity Where next to conquer?

Submitted by VladTheImpaler666 — Apr 23, 2025

Turn around and shield your eyes Don't look back as the earth dies No tomorrow for eternity The apocalyptic prophecy Few shall survive the final war Our futile lives shall be no more Innocent victims of the nuclear glare Are torn apart as they stand unaware The whole world is radioactive What's left of man now unproductive None shall escape the fallout rain Our future life shall be steeped in pain Feel the chill of the nuclear winds Our planet's downfall shall now begin No excuses for the vast destruction Caused by man with no comprehension Life expectancy now decreases As atomic warfare rapidly increases Our foolish games, what have we learnt? No time for sorrow as the world burns

Submitted by Corpse Grinder — Apr 23, 2025

Intimidation - you can't take much more No compromise - this time it's war Take none alive - their battle cry roars Nowhere to hide - this time it's war Face the fear that grips your mind The final conflict - the end of mankind Read the hatred deep within their eyes It's your time to die you now realise What has occurred to man Just isn't how you planned Enslaved by machinery Submit to technology Our future lives - mankind's entity Lies in our hands - together we must face reality A ruined world of lost identity Technological supremacy

Submitted by MetalElf — Apr 23, 2025

Remembering promises Once made but now unspoken Born of child like minds These shadows of the past are now forsaken From the dawn of your first day To this death bed on which you lay To survive we must comply With the ritual of your life Can you remember things we said The dreams our expectations Like ashes scattered in the wind There is no recollection Throughout the passing years Faith will allay your fears Follow the holy rites In the ritual of your life Life - an endless ritual Continuation perpetual Throughout the passing years Faith will allay your fears Follow the holy rites In the ritual of your life Try to remember if you can The pacts we made most solemn Hands of time have brought decay Those memories are forgotten Now as you reach the end All pain you must transcend When you die you can't deny The ritual of your life

Submitted by NecroGod — Apr 23, 2025

Spearhead Spearhead marching onward Take my soul - sacrificial offering Your initial strike taken by surprise Now left alone, condemned by my pride Drained of all emotion - body now an empty shell There's nothing left - you've taken all away Adrenaline flows Now filled with anger Just what will be the outcome Mass confusion, tears my mind Spearhead - no victory sublime Another fallen victim - I will not beg to you Spearhead - to which I cannot hold With clear perception my destiny unfolds I look to the reflection, fail to recognise what's seen A figure clothed in hatred, I pray that this cannot be Faced by this total stranger - aware of your creation No vision of the former self - controlled by your instruction Onward you advance, left in a mindless trance Hypnotised by your will, desire is now instilled Now staring face to face, your eyes filled with hate Held by your contempt, both by weakness and by strength Adrenaline flows Now filled with anger Just what will be the outcome Mass confusion, tears my mind My mind

Submitted by NecroLord — Apr 23, 2025

As the sky turns black And the earth sleeps in peace Roaming the clouds In search of a sacred place Spirits soar higher, to a land where they are king Mortals shells left with you, within shadows they dwell Take me far away - deep within the dream There I can be free from life's misery Blood rushes through my veins I can feel exhilaration The freedom of my mind can take me far beyond Take me far away - deep within the dream There clearly seen - life's unreality Sanctuary Take me far away - deep within the dream There I can be free from life's misery Each night I await the call of my silent quest To run through the wind alive in the darkness Take me far away - deep within the dream There clearly seen - life's unreality As the dawn gets closer - to my body I shall return To live amongst you all, for nightfall I yearn

Submitted by johnmansley — Apr 23, 2025

From the Roman conquest of Britain In the year 43 AD to 61 AD To the Saxon raids between 205 and 577 AD Followed by Viking raids, 793 to around 1016 The Norman conquest of 1066 Including the Battle of Hastings Leading to the crusades, which persisted Throughout the 11th, 12th and 13th centuries The Anglo-French Wars of the 12th, 13th and 14th centuries Culminating in the Massacre of Agincourt The first English civil war of 1215 to 1217 The first of many The Hundred Years' War from 1337 to 1457 The War of the Roses from 1455 to 1485 The War of the Holy League from 1510 to 1514 Another war created in the name of god The Eighty Years' War of 1568 to 1648 Followed by the great English Civil War of 1642 to 1651 The American Revolution of 1792 lasting through to 1802 Followed by the Napoleonic Wars of 1803 to 1815 Ending in the Battle of Waterloo The wars on both the Zulus and Boers through around 1879 to 1902 World War I 1914 to 1918 The so-called 'War of All Wars' The Great War Millions slaughtered in the mud of France World War II 1939 to 1945 The war that should never have happened A prime example of man's inhumanity Concluding in the bombing of Japan Vietnam from 1956 to 1975 The war that America will never forget More recently, the Falklands War in 1982 The Gulf War of 1991 Mankind's destructive nature Throughout the ages

Submitted by Finntroll — Apr 23, 2025