The Mandrake Project

I am your very soul The one you do not know I am the truth that's playing hide and seek And I will not be free I cannot choose to be Till my creator takes the chains off me All has come to nothing All will burn in hell Now the bridge has broken All is overcome I crossed the shining seas Eyes of creatures follow me Moonlight guides us on a steady course Afterglow of Ragnarok Becomes the shadow of the dawn From the night the sun will rise again, again From me there’s no escape No opening of the gate Incarnate freedom just a hopeless dream I read your silent mind I feel your hate refine And the burning will begin in the circle of lust All has come to nothing Saved but you can't run Now the bridge has broken All is overcome I crossed the shining seas Eyes of creatures follow me Moonlight guides us on a steady course Afterglow of Ragnarok Becomes the shadow of the dawn From the night the sun will rise again, again All has come to nothing The world is only dust Now the bridge is broken There's a fire in the ice All has come to nothing All has burned in hell Now the bridge has broken I crossed the shining seas Eyes of creatures follow me Moonlight guides us on a steady course Afterglow of Ragnarok Becomes the shadow of the dawn From the night the sun will rise again, again Afterglow of Ragnarok Afterglow Afterglow of Ragnarok

Submitted by Corpse Defiler — Apr 26, 2025

All things of love and beauty Lost in clouds of fiery dust Beneath the blood red sky The shifting sands will cover us We drink the cup of secrets Dreaming of the afterlife The sun begins its journey Taking us from day to night So where was god When I needed him the most? What salvation is a holy ghost? For what I've done you can't blame me I lived across the centuries When the sun goes down I wear my thorny crown I know them oh so well The many opening doors to hell I drink the cup of starlight Dreaming of the day to come My fingers turn the pages Of the book of life that's yet to come My blood is thin, my body aches To lie in earth is still my fate Eclipse will come to set me free And for that moment I can't wait I'm telling you now I will come again With the knowledge from my secret realm Share my treasure with humankind Drink of me lose your mind When the sun goes down I wear my thorny crown I know them oh so well The many opening doors to hell Prometheus unbound Tears of desolation found Believe the tales I tell The many opening doors to hell Our life will leave us With wounds so grievous Human deceivers I'm your soul retriever When the sun goes down I wear my thorny crown I know them oh so well The many opening doors to hell Prometheus unbound Tears of desolation found Believe the tales I tell The many opening doors to hell The many opening doors to hell The many opening doors to hell

Submitted by Cyberwaste — Apr 26, 2025

In a country churchyard I came across a man He smiled and slowly beckoned me With a trembling hand Did you come to gamble Or did you come to pray What’s the meaning of your business here On a stormy day The raindrops spattered on the tomb From grey and leaden Skies Deny me once, deny me twice But don’t look in my eyes... There is rain on the graves There is rain on the graves There is rain on the graves It’s just rain, rain, rain There is rain on the graves But you came to be saved There is rain on the graves Let it wash your soul of dying Faithless, he denied the truth That he had come to steal To kneel before the poet Not the altar or the priest He’s washed himself in misery Before he came to pray He’d hoped in his false penitence Some sympathy he’d sway There is rain on the graves There is rain on the graves There is rain on the graves It’s just rain, rain, rain There is rain on the graves But you came to be saved There is rain on the graves It’s just rain, rain, rain I am the God of sinners You are what I have made You’re talking to your likeness And my shadow is your shade Stand up and face the mirror It’s the image that you crave But i’ll be here when you’re long gone I’ll see you in that grave Ha, ha, ha There is rain on the graves There is rain on the graves There is rain on the graves It’s just rain, rain, rain There is rain on the graves Rain on the graves There is rain on the graves

Submitted by SerpentEve — Apr 26, 2025

In the ascension come We're poles apart I am the wizard of your heart Clear cell and a slice of blue On a different earth to be with you We are starseed, our respirator Breathing cosmic incubator Innocent, translucent white We are the children of the night We're resurrection men At the point of death We take you to the end Resurrection men Eternity has failed you Once again Resurrection men You've done the deal And so the story ends Resurrection men I rise from slumber You call my name Recall my number My day of shame Is death my future My only life Some deadly marriage A barren wife So rise you demons, I live in hell I am connected to you as well Some say we rob graves In truth - we dig My name is Lazarus I raise the dead So rise, you spirits rise Show yourselves in the glass Legion, tighten my grip on your soul Summon your demons outside... We're resurrection men At the point of death We take you to the end Resurrection men Eternity has failed you Once again Resurrection men You've done the deal And so the story ends Resurrection men, Resurrection men Resurrection men

Submitted by NecroGod — Apr 26, 2025

It just takes a hero You stand in his shadow You walk in his shoes With feet made of clay So who is the sinner And who is the prophet The rules of the game That you're gonna play So put your fingers in the wounds And pray that he's god A roll of the dice For a piece of his cloth It just takes a hero For a nickel or a dime Take a pearl from an oyster And feed it to swine We all want to be you For a glimmer of hope There's not enough gold At the end of your rope And no one can hear you Your life is a zero You only can be What the people, they see So put your fingers in the wounds And pray that he's god A roll of the dice For a piece of his cloth It just takes a hero For a nickel or a dime Take a pearl from an oyster And feed it to swine Over and over, over and over So put your fingers in the wounds And pray that he's god A roll of the dice For a piece of his cloth It just takes a hero For a nickel or a dime Take a pearl from an oyster And feed it to swine So put your fingers in the wounds And pray that he's god A roll of the dice For a piece of his cloth It just takes a hero For a nickel or a dime Take a pearl from an oyster And feed it to swine

Submitted by Pestilence — Apr 26, 2025

Here is the soul of a man Here in this place for the taking Clothen in white Stand in the light Here is the soul of a man Time to speak with the shaman again Conjure the jester again Black dog in the ruins Is howling my name So here is the soul of a man When the world was virgin Before the coming of men Just a solar witness The beginning of the end From a world of magma To a cold rockface The ascent of madness And a human race There are strange believers in all of us There are stranger truths Immortal lust The dark redeemer...he takes your hand You sign the contract And lose your mind... Lose your mind Keep in the sail At the edge of the world 'Cos eternity has failed You were waiting in line For the ending of time But eternity has failed We are building a bridge So you people can live 'Cos eternity has failed Just a matter of time For my partner in crime And eternity has failed Keep in your sails At the edge of the world 'Cos eternity has failed You were waiting in line For the ending of time But eternity has failed We are building a bridge So you people can live 'Cos eternity has failed Just a matter of time For my partner in crime And eternity has failed Keep in your sails At the edge of the world 'Cos eternity has failed We were waiting in line For the ending of time But eternity has failed Eternity has failed Eternity has failed Good day, my name is necropolis I am formed of the dead

Give me my freedom, release me from pain Mistress of mercy, come thrill me again Time to return to the womb whence I came No more tomorrows No judgement or blame I can be what I never was Skeletons of fury 'cos my mind was lost Far...from the old ways Sleepers all awake Lost in the harmony The majesty, the ecstasy Hunting the souls Of the blackened and damned Bound for the future Who knows where I land Have to believe There's a god in this world For I can become one My science has learned I can be what I never was Now that I am ready 'Cos my mind is lost Far from the old ways Sleepers all awake Lost in the harmony The majesty, the ecstasy I can be what I never was Now that I am ready 'Cos my mind lost Far from the old ways Sleepers all awake Lost in the harmony The majesty, the ecstasy Another world, another life An afterlife...again Lost in the ecstasy The harmony, the majesty

Submitted by Celtic Frost — Apr 26, 2025

I can read between the lines When people singalong I can see the inner signs The spirits in their heart I drink to ease the pain to dull this maddening roar Oblivion again In a house that has no door Face in the mirror It's a waiting game Look at your face in the mirror Does it look the same Look at your face in the mirror It's a crying shame Look at your face in the mirror A waiting game There are people all around They're standing in a crowd They are all looking down... At the fool on the ground So welcome to my world To the bottom of a glass When I hold it I see through you To the future and the past Face in the mirror It's a waiting game Look at your face in the mirror Does it look the same Look at your face in the mirror It's a crying shame Look at your face... Look at your face... Look at your face... I can see paradise Even though I live in hell So don't look in my mirror you might see yourself as well It's a face in the mirror It's a waiting game Look at your face in the mirror Does it look the same When you stare into your eyes It's a crying shame Take a look at your face Look at your face Look at your face Face in the mirror It's a waiting game Look at your face in the mirror Does it look the same Take a look at that face in the mirror It's a crying shame Look at your face... Look at your face... Look at your face...

Submitted by Immortal — Apr 26, 2025

And so we lay under the moon The stars have crossed our paths tonight So journey on our wandering souls Let our tears fall on our own Against the sun There are shapes in the fire Around the stars Are blue and grey Halos... Forever into the light A pathway silvered and untold A frozen river, a river souls Let your tears fall on the ice In the shadow of the gods Somewhere there is hope In this heartless world together To come again On this new earth once more Forever, evermore Journey on beyond the stars Our weary souls,t he road is long We live in shadows of the gods The sunlit homeland is not far In absolute night, in absolute zero The universe stops, a foetus in vitro And I have a river souls underfoot One drop creates the light One drop will fill the night I need a necromancer That science has no use I need your skill to raise the veil Sanctify release A sacrifice at midnight Do what must be done I need your help to save them all Save my only son This is my world, world of the dead This is my life, world of the dead Before a body had grown cold You were there to steal its soul The son is dead, he told me so I gave him peace, he is let go So now a double threat unfolds And purgatory awaits The treble headed hellhound barks And opens up the gates This is my world, world of the dead This is my life, world of the dead You have no life, world of the dead World of the dead We open up the temple gates Light the crucible again We watch the phoenix rise in fire Burning by the ritual flame So lay me down In the shadow of the gods

Submitted by Corpse Defiler — Apr 26, 2025

Here in this dark forest Where nothing will live I see the frozen eyes Maybe something...can be heard... Frozen raindrops hanging on the trees Here int he dark forest Where angels live and angels sleep Herein my heart is raging again...again Save me now, save me now, save me now Save me now, save me from this pain... Save me now, save me now... Let me live again... I walk into the halls of ice and thorns Decaying frozen walls I blame myself I was not here... For this king could have lost his crown... But still is your heartbeat your breath hands frozen in the air Some poisoned enchantment... Your beauty...it will not last... You say save me now...save me now... Save me now...save me now Save me from this pain... Save me now...bring me back... Save me now and help me live again The king returned and all was silent... The body of this frozen queen...tragic The acolytes around here... Expressions of horror Make me whole again... Bring back my queen... Make me whole again And free the ice queen now Come back to me...come back to me... Save me now, save me now, save me now Save me now, save me from my grave... Save me now...save me now Help me...help me live again He kissed her on the lips, and his tears They melted stiff unyielding flesh... As his lips touched Her last frozen breath... A strange light...illumined her eyes... And the shadow of the valley of death... He kissed her on the lips, and his tears They melted the stiff unyielding flesh... As his lips touched Her last frozen breath... A strange light...illumined her eyes... And the shadow of The valley of death approached... And the king cried... For I am damned what have I done And the ice queen shrieked As the angel of death appeared Who pays the price he laughed For love has brought you here And love will tear you apart For love has brought you here And love will tear you apart For love has brought you here And love will tear you apart For love has brought you here And love will tear you apart I'll take you back Let me take you back I will take you back

Submitted by johnmansley — Apr 26, 2025