Dark Parade

Stretch your soul upon the rack Flaming whips across your back Look around, a tragic illusion Look around, the grim conclusion, just where you are How on earth can this be real Sold your soul, took the deal Did your best to do your worst A lake of fire but an endless thirst are all that's all left for you Looking down the rings of Hell are stretching far below Endless pain and anguish there's so many more to go Everything to please your master All you touched, disaster Wanton greed your one temptation Your craven life of subjugation, never set you free Looking down the rings of Hell are stretching far below Endless pain and anguish there's so many more to go Crying out, it's all in vain Every night it's always the same Pluck out your eyes, refusing to see The cruel precision and velocity, were always meant for you How on earth can this be real Sold your soul, took the deal Look around, no illusion Look around, one conclusion, just where you are As you fall the rings of Hell are churning down below Endless pain and pleasure, there's so many more to go

Submitted by Dahmers Fridge — Apr 26, 2025

The realms of eternity calling The hellhounds on the attack Nothing to gain but endless pain Relentless, primeval, and black Relentless, the end is near A lesson that we'll never learn Relentless, you join them there At misery's chaotic churn Your prayers amounted to nothing Your fealty nothing to show Give us this day, our daily death While spiraling further below Relentless, the only fear The lesson that we'll never learn Relentless, a deathly stare At misery's chaotic churn You know the future leads nowhere You know there's no going back These visions are deadly Relentless, eternal, and black Relentless, the end is near The lesson that we'll never learn Relentless, come join us there At misery's chaotic churn

Submitted by Cyberwaste — Apr 26, 2025

On and on and on On into forever On and on and on Sailor on the seas of fate In a world of no tomorrows, where no hope could ever be To claim a final respite from this bane of bitter dreams We turn our vision downward, then outward towards the sea Set our course, set our sights, set out to be free On and on and on On into forever On and on and on Sailor on the seas of fate So we cast aside our kingdom, cast aside the ruby throne Let the winds of fortune guide us to a peace we've never known Will we find a land of struggle filled with darkness, fear, and hate Or will we finally end this journey and realize our fate? On and on and on On into forever On and on and on Sailor on the seas of fate Turning, gazing one last time, a future unforeseen Pushing from the shore, pushing on toward destiny Wipe the tears of sorrow, of the choices that we've made All we have is chaos, and our rune encrusted blade On and on and on On into forever On and on and on Sailor on the seas of fate

Submitted by NecroLord — Apr 26, 2025

Sow your seeds upon the night, cast your tales of sorrow Through the lands of nevermore and the children of tomorrow Lay the curse upon their heads, sacred visions now fulfilled Begin the tragic journey towards the fate their gods have willed A symphony of evil, begin their judgment day Suffer in their madness, nowhere left to pray A symphony of darkness, enter the light of day Suffering their madness, another judgment day A cold and brutal sacrifice to appease the empty skies As they build a reign of terror and their pantheon of lies A morbid congregation, their end has just begun Along the never ending fade, and evils will be done Beating hearts upon the alter, blood and dreams upon the sand Another shining moment for our brotherhood of man Penance for the innocent, the dark parade of fear A sacrifice to madness, judgment day is here

A crack between the twilight The graveyard in my head Wander through the broken dream Where the hollow thoughts have fled Another waking nightmare Climb the gallows stairs Gaze into the looking glass Gaze into despair Despair Chase among the temples The pillars made of salt Through the ruins of creation Where the ancient battles fought Stare into the darkness Gaze into the gloom Stare into forever Gaze into your doom Running from the shadows Or is it just a dream Smash the laughing mirror And all the fragments scream Gather up the pieces Hold them to the light Brave against the darkness And return them to the night Stare into the darkness Gaze into the light Stare into forever Gaze into the night Another waking nightmare Climb the gallows stairs Gaze into the looking glass Gaze into despair

Submitted by SerpentEve — Apr 26, 2025

The silent echoes fill my head Beyond the living, past the dead The siren song I always hear L'appel du vide, unbroken fear From long ago the voices call Before the lash, before the fall A requiem of where we've been Endless lies and boundless sin As we join the dark parade of broken dead Is this Hell on Earth or in my head? The faded glow of darkened skies Shattered dreams and last goodbyes The deadly gleam behind the tomb The call of death, the call of doom As we join the dark parade of broken dead Is this Hell on Earth or only in my head? Nothing ever changes, the tears we cry in vain No rift between our nightmares And daylight's cold remains The neverending payment For the choices that we've made A suicide of reason as we join that dark parade

Submitted by The Void — Apr 26, 2025

Passing through eternity to where we all begin Tearing down the legacy, a tragedy of sin Searching for the age-old truth beyond our mortal scars The past, a distant shadow, and the future, just as far Distant shadows hide the truth Corruption and decay Sing another melody, black Another dying day Mired in our Calvary, an emptiness of place We shamble ever forward as we mock that cold embrace Stark between the remnants of the living Hell we made A destiny of darkness, and a past of deeper shade Distant shadows hide the truth Corruption and decay Sing another melody, black Another dying day We hurtle toward a future that can never be remade To hang our heads in mourning as we join the dark parade Beginning of the ending as we shed our final tears And tread the grim horizon of our never-ending fears Distant shadows hide the truth Corruption and decay Sing another melody, black Another dying day Another dying day

Submitted by Sexy Gargoyle — Apr 26, 2025

I see, I see them falling I hear, I hear them calling All alone, once again All alone with all my sins down below Maybe if I close my eyes, I won't see the faces All the living, all the dead, the dark unholy places All those many years ago when paradise was lost We never heard the warning, and we never knew the cost Redeem us from this nightmare Deliver us from pain Deliver us from evil So they'll never rise again from down below Don't listen to the voices as they tell me what to do The twisted schemes of evil that they've hidden from our view Ignore the pounding Hell-rain and their crucible of fear Ignore the silent screaming that the end will soon be here Immortal choirs sound the call, malignant in my head The only way for silence in this land of broken dead Take their sunken dream, forever trap them in my mind And fight the endless battle for the souls of all mankind Redeem us from this nightmare Deliver us from pain Deliver us from evil So they'll never rise again from down below

Submitted by Infernal Flame — Apr 26, 2025