Ephemerality
As the sun's power wanes The heavenly light doth slowly fade As the night sky falls Dusk returns all to a wintry grave Against thee, ancient stone walls A candle flame dance unto the shade Harkening - the shadows lengthening Faltering - casting ever unto the gloom Flickering dimly; to darkness enveloping A deep foreboding of thy doom Amidst the coming of death's freezing mists From untold depths of nothingness Arise - Nightmare realm of non-existence Towards the pantheon of emptiness Within this domain of neverness Nothing is or shall ever be Infinite void; nihilistic abyss All corporeal vanish into obscurity Thou failing light extinguished Icy winds ravage desolate barren wastes While all is veiled in endless darkness Awaiting a never coming day
Submitted by Celtic Frost — Jun 21, 2026
(<em>Instrumental</em>)
Submitted by Celtic Frost — Jun 21, 2026
Standing at the cemetery gates Unaware thy coming fate A foreboding darkness from deep within Deathly silence echoing My presence here Ritual summoning These wraith-tree limbs Are now whispering Awaiting Eerie, unseen, that harkens near Resounding Deathly silence all I hear Enshrouded Embracing bleak twilight sublime I decay Enraptured unto a coming night Entombment profound - in stone I lay Ensnared to hallowed ground to wither and decay Enchanted within skeletal embrace Forever enslaved unto this place Within the graveyard I shall stay Bound by the dead Whom guard the gates
Submitted by Celtic Frost — Jun 21, 2026
I feel the glare of untold eyes From the shades I am espied Upon thy abode, in stealth approach With fleet of foot these wraiths encroach Upon thy bed, I am now bound Yet no restraints are to be found Around this room their presence nears My heart doth sink in mortal fear Temperature drops to an icy cold A gruesome visage from the shadow evolves I try to cry out, yet no sound is heard Now all but thee, nothing hath stirred A gathering darkness Slowly envelops me Losing all threads Of my sanity Their piercing eyes And shrieking gaze Paralyzed with fear In tortured pain My twisted body - Wracked in agony Silently pleading - For release As if in sleep - Though unable to wake This horror revealed - As my soul is raped Of all this - I hath asked for none Yet to thy dwelling, foul spirits hath come
Submitted by Celtic Frost — Jun 21, 2026
Entering thy shadows In claustrophobia reside To despair envelopment Feeling the perishing gaze of solemn eyes Exposure to their cravings Cravings of life force, the essence of thy being The maddening It is beginning to be felt upon the fabric of sanity Piercing and peeling away Thy frail sanity forsaken An incision into the deep bleakness Endless nothingness awaken The crevices of untold fathoms unmasked To darkest recesses of human nature caress All hope of normality torn From beneath silent footsteps Bequeathing knowledge of my loss I have thought for so long Containing my darkest desires In solitude led astray In despair and suffering I find solemn enlightenment Enraptured in vileness - It doth manifest forth In submission, this must be repressed I fear I cannot hold it for long To unleash the inner demon Emotions pushed aside with the eruption forth Self-loathing that is uncontrollable I have tried, unsuccessfully still The anger is consuming me entirely Utterly consumed - A cleansing disease The force which is unleashed is awe inspiring A frenzy of malicious hate - A mastery of decease A physical manifestation of my darkest will The form it takes is so beautiful And yet I am content Dark purity Transgression states I have let loose a foulness that cannot be undone The murky waters of bitterness run A physical manifestation of the purest evils The form it takes is so beautiful And yet I am content
Submitted by Celtic Frost — Jun 21, 2026
Inquisitional decree Your life now bound to me In blasphemy contrived - To immolating flames Thou art purified Forced unto confession Canonized obsession Infidel oppression Brutalized puritanical suppression Excruciating medieval technique Divergent statement which I seek Archaic devices to torture are employed Any faith you once held hath now been destroyed Purity through pain Corrupted by my lies - Never will you be saved Purity through pain Destined to die - Bound in chains Purity through pain To be impaled upon the stake To the pit enslaved The heretic consumed in pious flame Flagellation Sado-masochistic perversion Spiritual enlightenment Purified in defilement Crucifixion Hung drawn and quartered To drowning, rack, or gorging tools This contract shall be taken from you Immolation Martyrdom befoulment To summon spiritual apostasy Defiler of thou sanctuary Purity through pain By thine torturous method - A thousand score slain In purifying flames The divine gate - Forever unattained
Submitted by Celtic Frost — Jun 21, 2026
Fear I am all that you fear In despair I am given form In nightmare I will reside Archaic rumor deep inside My sublime whisperings - you hear Thou who dwelleth in the shadows Draws ever near Fright My hateful chanting I decry I am sought in the darkest places Feel my icy breath And unloving caress I hath awaken Thy malevolent shadow presence Draws ever near Terror I am summoned hither Hark The foulness of thy form disgusts you Yet thy art craved for still Lustful Become one with my domain The taste of my passing will forever remain Eternal night Undying pain I am the unspoken names Of the shadows I am part Your soul I shall rend apart
Submitted by Celtic Frost — Jun 21, 2026
Encased within my pale shell I now lay Destined slowly to wither and decay Familiar faces I can see - A vigil by my side Unable to converse as I drift deeper inside In recent times, in pain I had to withdraw Sinking deeper within myself Accepting soon I shall be no more Deterioration, despair In solitude confined In grief I hold no resentment Held captive within my mind Although I wish to tell you - I cannot speak Yet my enduring love will forever be My screams go unheard - My body wracked with pain In agonizing stasis I must now remain Slowly consumed from within myself Incurable comatose state yet fully awake Do not endure my restless sleep Fond memories of old I wish you to keep Reduced to a ghost by the onset of disease Yet this image of me is not wanton to be seen Distorted beyond recognition I shall be In my twilight hours - Be glad I shall soon be free I beseech you now to remember the person I once was The life I have lived before all hope was lost What I became in all my years For these moments I have left - Please shed me no tears My legacy will prevail when I'm finally gone Now as my time ends arrives - Peace will finally come To be free from the anguish and despair I shall suffer no more, as my body doth perish Hold tight your grief I must henceforth depart Keep always a place for me Deep within your heart Know I will look over you From wherever I reside My memory will live on After this body has died
Submitted by Celtic Frost — Jun 21, 2026