The Last Caress of Light

Goddess of war, serpent of doom Destroying all who encounter you But there is one who you won't kill There is one whose blood won't spill Seeker of souls, taker of heads I watch you conjure war among men I will strike each form you take Till you return to me and seal my fate For one last glory I will prevail The Morrigan she calls out my name Guarding the borders of my homeland I slay the warriors of Cruachan With bravery and battle rage I kill them all in my domain She appears to me before my eyes Baying for blood in each disguise Tell me now, how does it end? Whisper to me, prophetess of death A maiden wept as I came to the ford With bloodied shield and broken sword I could see they were my own She stood lamenting this fallen soul She disappeared from my sight I knew I would not return from this fight A black crow waits before I die As I depart, she'll watch my spirit fly

Submitted by MetalElf — Apr 26, 2025

Fires of wonder and secrets untold Burn in the darkness where lost dreams unfold Laid down before me, forsaken memories Mighty and fallen, a graven prophecy Bridges are burning and paths become unclear But my heart is yearning for those I once held dear Their voices compel me as strong winds whip the land With tales of old bloodshed upon its breath To conquer all that fate lays down on me With breaking heart I see The skies they are falling But still I journey on Our eyes bear the flame In our veins an ancient fire burns

Submitted by Dahmers Fridge — Apr 26, 2025

Foul deeds awake and stir within me Visions chasing visions, a dark clairvoyancy Cursed are the phantoms clawing at my mind Bestowed onto me they linger deep inside For when Orion stands towering above And the night grips the land as darkness takes a hold Watching as time uncovers all concealed Countenance of sorrow gently be revealed Lay down your burdens Cast into waters deep So have I wandered So shall I sleep For all that I desire and all that I have done And yet I hunger still for somewhere I belong And if this should be the way of all that is to come Then set the world afire, let the flames rise Above

Submitted by Infernal Flame — Apr 26, 2025

The dead lay strewn across the altars of stone Storm weathered bodies broken on the hungry earth Every fibre of my being burning with the lust With a nightmare reaching from hell Voices of damnation will answer to my sword And the screaming void swallows me hole To a place where trial and tribulation wait Where friend and foe lay below the sodden earth And I feel the storm crashing down on me Sever the chains that bind us here All I ask is for strength to carry me on By the will of the gods may it be The dead are cast to the sea Consumed by the venom that drives my will The fear cast out from my bones The ships on the shoreline burning on the bay The dawning of a new age has come again

Submitted by Immortal — Apr 26, 2025

I walk among these ruins, these ruins of an age When ancient dreams of splendour came alive And our hearts thundered like the sound of a thousand men...bound for war As night unfolds I'm haunted by a sleepless dream Until the flames of the dawn break the sky Once more I long For visions of the dawn Footsteps of the fallen echo round me where I stand We are bound in sorrow and in grief Eternal twilight, under light of an evening star We forerver chase the fading star Troubled are the dreams of those whose days are these When darkness grips us all within its mire And though our hearts may long to return In memories of the past we cannot dwell Wandering ever onward, like those who went before I've tasted all that bitterness has to offer But though our hearts may lie in ruin Strength and Iron will shall see us through

Submitted by SerpentEve — Apr 26, 2025

Alone I sit watching the world unravel before my eyes Waiting for winter sun to sink below as further through shadow I crawl Old ghosts still wander within my mind Old hearts still beating, their blood flows as mine My fate is twisting, my fate is turning Dreams are cast away My fate is twisting, my fate is turning All life fades away And so it is that when I reach through moments past I find no reason, no shard of hope to pierce the dark As I fall victim to her loves decay Black tides are rising to wash the weak away

Submitted by Pestilence — Apr 26, 2025

A sombre sky above your head A lonely path below And hand on heart I cannot see The light to guide me home So sing me songs of love and war Songs of hope and pain For we are lost within a dream Unyielding once again And so it is the end of our days So walk with me till morning breaks We travel down this trodden path A maze of stone and mire Just hold my hand as we pass by A sea of blazing pyres And every thought and every word That's ever come to me Has fallen to the great beyond With hope and memory And so it is the end of our days So walk with me till morning break

Submitted by Finntroll — Apr 26, 2025

A shadow creeps across the land The light begins to weaken On this bitter earth I stand Alone, weary and forsaken Majestic silence of the sea It guides me as I roam Remorseful thoughts sweep through me I've strayed so far from home What curse is this that dwells in me? That holds my heart from beating free The stinging bite of winters call A beauty lost once and for all As the waters lash against my body A siren calls from the deep Echoes of foreboding, pierces through my soul There is no time, no time for turning back What has led me here, to the edge of reason Where weakness haunts the mind and plagues the soul I wither under tongues of fire I never thought this day would ever come The last caress of light before the dark A tempest lures me into the chasm of death Blood roars and ravens soar above me They summon me into a realm of fear Wretched faith clings to my shackled hope The last caress of light before the dark So far I've sought, so long I've fought The land is seared with sorrows past And if I should die upon this day Then let the spirits guide me home The last caress of light before the dark

Submitted by The Void — Apr 26, 2025