Fragments of a Withered Dream

Why, oh why, why are you so cruel? Your vengeful soul is draining my lust I want to fulfil but am constantly punished So I ask why, oh why? I watch the light as it fades into black Turning day into night I am filled with the deepest eternal sorrow For the life that has decayed You embrace us all, but why? You drain my lust Is it a game that you play? Is our existence merely a joke? Why can't you face our reality? You took my dreams and drained out the fantasy You've got my reality Reminiscence of a lost faith And I see your soaking wet hands - Wet from all the blood that you have taken - As they reach for another innocent You took my dreams and drained out the fantasy You've got my reality

Submitted by Nargaroth — Apr 26, 2025

Cast among the waves of an ocean of hate, his mind is like a storm torrents of thoughts drift aimlessly around yet they only focus on one thing The moon embraces him with her cold light as he is swallowed up by the clear and frosty night Darkness flows through his quivering body and intensifies his burning hate caused by Temptation, projection - you become my scapegoat Temptation, projection - I can't resist The steel flashes proudly in the moonlight as he flings himself on the dark silhouette. Her frightened eyes open up wide with fear while the knife penetrates the flesh. I dream of her with another I think of her with another I see her with another If I can't have her no one will Temptation, projection - you become my scapegoat Temptation, projection - I can't resist Red flowers come out around the body While her life slowly fades away. All they ever had is ruined within seconds Love is a sin

Submitted by Pestilence — Apr 26, 2025

As I scrutinize my inner self I see what I really am I understand that evil is a part of me I don't know what to do All my life it has been suppressed Now I can't hold it back Abrupt outbursts of rage keep confusing me And I have lost control I don't know why everything has been taken from me There's nothing left but an utter loss of hope Lingering behind my innocent facade It feeds on my weakness Heal me The beast inside must be who I really am It lies beneath my skin Help me As I look upon the changes I see what I've become But now I've learned to accept this new identity And I know what I want I understand the great joy of solitude All my life I'll stay alone A constant flow of pure rage delights me Now I'm in control Now I realize why everything is gone I have unchained the beast that I am - and I've been born again Traces of atrocity follow me Chaos leads the way Hate me The beast inside must be who I really am It lies beneath my skin Fear me

Submitted by Celtic Frost — Apr 26, 2025

I was born to fulfil a terrible destiny The greatest punishment of all Punished for what I didn't do and what I couldn't change Every attempt to avoid just lead me closer to the inevitable I committed the biggest sin of them all towards myself How could I avoid it, why did I deserve it? I hold out my hands that blackened my eyes And see my destiny as the stream of blood that it is With blinded eyes I shed a tear Thinking about the destiny that I passed along Take away all my senses so I can't feel the pain Let me never know your thoughts At the peak of my life I realise that everything is false And all that I have done has only been harmful towards myself I have inherited the sins of my forefathers My life is dead and I'm in pain The greatness of my life has withered Leaving me with no desires of life or death If only time would stop and leave me with nothing Let me be the one you hate

As I look into the mirror all I see is a shadow of what I used to be This is I - strangled in conformity Somewhere deep within, I know the embers glow but the flames refuse to burn This is I - dying while trying to live All I want is to spread the wings of passion And break free Unfold my leaves like a rose in spring And be free Stripped of every dream, every vision Emptiness walks with me I've looked on my life as a detached spectator Watched the passion die away A weakened creature is what's left of me, my existence is merely tragedy I tremble as I realise that none of my dreams were fulfilled Locked up, fucked up... I fear the end is near I hate myself for what I have done I want to spread my forgotten wings of passion And break free Unfold my leaves like a rose in spring But this is I - dead among the dead

Submitted by Morgoth — Apr 26, 2025

We're all trapped in diabolical madness battles are fought all around us We just don't know it yet but if you listen carefully you will hear them cry out this two thousand-year-old prophecy Roar again, my friend, the timing is now right darkness is upon us once more and now we enter the final battle gather your soldiers and let the unholy army of the night roam the streets So let us all prepare for this moment of truth this moment of pure darkness and let us laugh out loud when even the holiest of the holy ones, those who have been spared are thrown to the ground and forced to submit to the learning of a new universal monarch: The third Antichrist. But remember: At the great feast we will all be fed the remains of the holy ones And our consciousness will reach the final level Those who question the victories of the darkened souls won't be forgiven like in the old ages but instead they will be used as slaves working in the master's cave so beware even you who live as the darkest demon Prophecies don't always come true... Roar again, my friend, the timing is now right darkness is upon us once more and now we enter the final battle gather your soldiers and let the unholy army of the night roam the streets

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Apr 26, 2025

Black clouds gather Small drops are born and whirled down They splash against the cold ground perplexed and ignorant of what to come Engulfed by a stream and carried away by the current All attempts to get away are in vain And the stream just keeps going, keeps growing A chaotic ride in the torrent of life The moment we are born we begin to die Mortal souls longing for salvation A carnival of mindless and blind forms the world Lying, drying, dying Crushing against sharp rocks the drops are shattered And cast up in the blue sky Struck by rays of light they evaporate and disappear Nothing ever changes Small drops drown among millions of others In their search for an explanation Thousands of archaic lies disguised as solutions Save from absurdity Searching for meaning Striving for innocence Following the prescribed The only thing that gives strength The moment we are born we begin to die Mortal souls yearning for salvation A carnival of mindless and blind forms the world Lying, drying, dying Black clouds gather...

Chaos surrounds me, my world has crumbled up Only fragments left of what I believed in Leaves me with a broken soul, bewildered I yearn for the times that were Hate flows through my body as I realise Years were wasted, I based my life on a lie Subjects of an illusory god inveigle into hypocrisy Leading puppets into self-deception A phenomenon created to anaesthetize With a slumbering world as the aim White clouds of coma descend from above It's called religion But I'm the only God now Now there are no rules Unleashed power surges through my veins I'm reborn as the ruler of the world Leaving the weak masses to fear me In their imaginary innocence I have reached the highest state of self-control Nevermore shall I be told what to do A phenomenon created to anaesthetize With a slumbering world as the aim White clouds of coma descend from above It's called religion But I'm the only God now Now I make my own rules Divinity is innate

Submitted by Dahmers Fridge — Apr 26, 2025