The Makeshift Conqueror

The Makeshift Conqueror Pt. I Verse 1: Silently brushing the dust off my memories Finding the words complementing my melodies I’m rebuilding a man That I once knew first hand Crackpot ideas to prevent a catastrophe Some of them turn out to be just a fallacy But still I hold on Till these demons are gone Chorus: May I break away from hanging on to yesteryear May I seize the day shooting for the stratosphere A makeshift conqueror am I Strophe 2: Mistakes that I made are reflecting right back on me Hindering the process of becoming who I wanna be Still the clouds must soon fade No more rainy parade Making up provisional solutions that tend to fail Some of them may end up chasing a ghost away No curtain call Till I’ve exorcized them all Chorus: May I break away from hanging on to yesteryear May I seize the day shooting for the stratosphere A makeshift conqueror am I Leads: Kötterl/Schafberger

Submitted by Finntroll — Apr 26, 2025

Goddess Of The River Verse 1: Silently waiting for the curtain to finally fall For the door to be locked For the writings on the wall All the while you are standing with rope well in hand The key is safely tucked away The bricks look so blank and bland Prechorus: The beauty and the bard Try a step or two within my mind Oblivious to the anguish and confusion They will leave behind I'm begging you to let me go Let me go Chorus: Eyes open wide Behold your stars This never-ending spell Turning tides To heal my scars For I can't sustain it all See me fall Verse 2: I don't even know why I'm biding my time Draining my stamina and wasting my prime Still not even 800 miles in between Could manage to finally wipe this slate clean Tabula Rasa Bridge: Will you call on me again When dead leaves are covering my path Goddess of the river Sweep me away Goddess of the river Take me away Lead: Schafberger Verse 3: Still I keep waiting for the curtain to fall The door's still unlocked No letters on the wall All the while I'm bound to my abject routine Painting blurred pictures of what could have been I still keep on biding and wasting my time Gazing at a mountain impossible to climb Still not even 25 months full of shit Could make me admit could make you commit Prechorus: The beauty and the bard Try a step or two within my mind Oblivious to the anguish and confusion They will leave behind I'm begging you to let me go Let me go Chorus: Eyes open wide Behold your stars This never-ending spell Turning tides To heal my scars For I can't sustain it all See me fall Fall see me Fall

Submitted by NecroLord — Apr 26, 2025

Anthem Of The Unbeloved Verse 1: This is the anthem of the unbeloved United voices meant to soar above The wretched hearts of everyone Are destined to rejoice Our guiding light will bear a brand-new day Illuminate and chase the night away The silent souls in all of us Are meant to raise their voice Chorus: Guardian spirit of the unwanted Of the lone wolves we may be Lead us on our way until kingdom come Everlastingly Verse 2: Their boastful malice cannot separate The solidarity we demonstrate The sleeping giant we all conceal Wake up! Chorus: Guardian spirit of the unwanted Of the lone wolves we may be Lead us on our way until kingdom come Everlastingly Leads: Guggenberger/Bodarwé Interlude: Halos will split in half you’ll see Above those who preach uniformity Bridge: The shadows don’t suit the light you radiate Step out of the dark and reevaluate I can see I believe Chorus: Guardian spirit of the unwanted Lead me on my way until kingdom come

Submitted by MetalElf — Apr 26, 2025

Sealing Our Fate Verse 1: We tried running a changing system While the world was spinning in the wrong direction Everyone around is breathing fire and brimstone With the world already going up in flames Up in flames Chorus: See the once so arrogant pray for mercy The once so careless care for once Your apprehension’s obsolete The overdue goodbye so bittersweet Verse 2: I never claimed to be a saint But at least I didn’t doom any unborn to die Awaiting the apocalypse I am on my own Withering family tree I’m all alone Chorus: See the once so arrogant pray for mercy The once so careless care for once Your apprehension’s obsolete The overdue goodbye so bittersweet Her Highness will not miss you when you’re gone She’s suffered your exploiting for too long Verse 3: Time’s not on our side but extinction is Acceptance and ignorance both are bliss Chorus: See the once so ignorant beg for forgiveness The once so fearless fear for once Your trepidation’s useless now It is too late to disavow Another dance around the graves of our fathers Another shovelful of earth out the graves of our sons This is the generation sealing the fate It is time to deteriorate Lead: Schafberger Chorus: See the once so arrogant pray for mercy The once so careless care for once Your apprehension’s obsolete The overdue goodbye so bittersweet Another dance around the graves of our fathers Another shovelful of earth out the graves of our sons This is the generation sealing the fate It is time to deteriorate Deteriorate

Submitted by BloodShrine — Apr 26, 2025

Pisces Verse 1: From when our lives were intertwined To the moment we were forced to give in Through the days this common bond declined We never knew if we ever could win Now I look at you and I see a friend See an ally till the end of the road No bad blood resentment or loose end No enigmas to decode Prechorus: Now mother’s words prove to be true There’s more than one way to love someone like you Chorus: As long as we can swim beneath the sky Resounding oceans all around us The fervor deep within won’t let us die Pisces will strive against the tide Verse 2: Now will our lives stay intertwined? Will our worlds never be apart? Even if they are from time to time There’ll be a haven within my heart Prechorus: Now mother’s words prove to be true, There’s more than one way to love someone like you Chorus: As long as we can swim beneath the sky Resounding oceans all around us The fervor deep within won’t let us die Pisces will strive against the tide Bridge: We are weathering the tempest As the storms keep raging on and on Lead: Kötterl Time healed all these wounds Even reinforced the bond once declined May it take a million full moons For our lives not to be intertwined Chorus: As long as we can swim beneath the sky Resounding oceans all around us The fervor deep within won’t let us die The passion we possess won’t let us die As long as we can swim beneath the sky Pisces will strive against the tide

Submitted by Grave666 — Apr 26, 2025

Regression (Goddess‘ Return) Prechorus: Never should I have allowed myself to regress To re-award you with this prestigious throne Turn new-found order into yet another mess Hitting rock bottom with a Sisyphean stone Verse: Reclaimed my independence Escaped this fateful sentence For more than half a year We kept our distance dear I overestimated The willpower I’d cultivated The higher we climb the deeper we fall The longer the time the louder the call Prechorus: Never should I have allowed myself to regress To re-award you with this prestigious throne Now I drown once again in this star-crossed affair In the beauty of your eyes and the scent of your hair Sweep away what’s left of me now Chorus: In the end I live my life in fear Praying for your shine to disappear Chorus: In the end I live my life in fear Praying for your shine to disappear Interlude: Only with your guard drunk and down I am offered a place Only worth your affection far from reason and grace Only now do I understand the resurgence of our catch 22 Only now do I realize this circle always leads me back to you Lead:Kötterl The harder we fight the further the sky The darker the night the louder we cry The higher we climb the deeper we fall The longer the time the louder the call The darker the night the louder we cry The harder we fight the further the sky The longer the time the louder the call The higher we climb the deeper we fall Chorus: In the end I live my life in fear Praying for your shine to disappear Please let me end this life in fear Praying for your shine to disappear Outro: The sicker you are the less I let go The dimmer your star the more I will know The sicker you are the more I will know The less I let go

Submitted by Sexy Gargoyle — Apr 26, 2025

The Makeshift Conqueror Pt. II Verse 1: Another struggle with the enemy within Eager to teach with my patience wearing thin Unarmed I charge right into another defeat The same old patterns emerge once more With the same old holes and cracks in the floor No need to repair the incomplete Chorus: Makeshift conqueror Blindfolded enlightenment Aimless wanderer Try to scale the mountain with one hand Verse 2: I did not necessarily think this through But it’ll keep me afloat for a minute or two Step by step with some steps missing in between According to the plan I won’t stick to the plan According to the plan I know better in the end Misguided conviction the like you’ve never seen Chorus: Makeshift conqueror Blindfolded enlightenment Aimless wanderer Try to scale the mountain with one hand Makeshift conqueror Indiscretion evident Aimless wanderer Try to weather the current with one hand Interlude: Wit has found its end My wit has finally found its end No need to pretend I failed no need to pretend House of cards collapsed My makeshift house of cards collapsed Time display elapsed My makeshift time display elapsed Am I doomed to live like this? Self-inflicted judas kiss Am I doomed to live like this? Resolving my issues hit or miss Interlude II: Every hole I dig myself into Becomes a well in the end oh I seem to Have found a way to scrape by Have found a way to deny Still I struggle with the enemy within Eager to teach but my patience’s wearing thin Leads: Kötterl/Schafberger Bridge: If there’s chance to leave it all behind Wipe the chaos away and no longer be so blind Would it still be the same the life I’d want to live? Would I still do my best with all I have to give? But the flaws that I carry so deep within Are as much a part of me as the battles that I win And the makeshift nature of the way I prevail Will ensure each battle will become a worthwhile tale Just like this tale Of the makeshift conquerer I am

Submitted by Corpse Grinder — Apr 26, 2025