Breath of Thanatos

O, ungrateful existence Which chains the illusion of me To a cell of defective flesh The guests in my soulroom Dwell the horizons no more The weary light of silence Dims into darkness The still landscape of desolation blurs Haunted by a dark soul The wanderer of noise, a hermit Creature lurking in the mist Howling in hopelessness Which turns into blunt anger Evoke, my inner friend The lonesome daughter of death O, how I love your dead, blind eyes Set my heart ablaze And cast it where it belongs Ease my woe in this meaningless stride The paradise is already collapsing There is no place else to be grasped The death shall liberate all Through the forests and mountains Until we reach the doorsteps Of a gate, leading into oblivion "The insignificance is all and none"

Submitted by Corpse Defiler — Apr 26, 2025

I've been to this place before I've seen this sight of shame No matter where the turn leads The outcome remains the same And here I am again The nexus of the spiral The same cursed sign Smiles at me There's nothing behind the horizon A river with no source Come, take a walk with me And see the gallery of fate What you see is what you will reap Within your sight, there already lies The essence of your timid life O, eternal snake Break the hopeless loops of our fates The day you swell Straight along the rivers of Hell Will be the day when we will be free

Submitted by Lake of Tears — Apr 26, 2025

O Father Sun, have mercy upon us Solar dust, fragile and mortal The fire burns my flesh alive Spare our souls, let us survive

Submitted by Warbringer — Apr 26, 2025

Blessed is the man That endures the trials For when he's tried He shall receive the crown Blessed is the man That endures temptation For when he's tried He shall receive the crown of life --- If only we could sow Without the need to plow If only thoughts could flow Like crops, plentiful, grow Empirical machine Which lashes all illusions Your gears still grind my effort Maintaining in confusion "Be patient and tough Some day all this pain will be useful Be patient and strong One day you will understand" Your teaching feels like drowning In lakes of liquid fire We're frowning as you're preaching To all those, who aspire Remind me I am nothing And lighten my perception For I am blind like love And bound to imperfection

Submitted by Morgoth — Apr 26, 2025

In the hall of mourning Gathered around your ghastly shrine Kneeling in front of your vain hands Drinking your poisoned wine All their faces on me Distant, cold, befittingly quell But my fingers twist the knife Would they mourn you as well? Death knells, the orchestra plays A dirge for all broken dreams The way you dance, leering at me Blade's flashed, your scream... Now their contempt for me... As I stabbed the sorrow's queen They cannot see beside you Mourning dies, mourned by thee I will never love you I will never be with you I will never mourn you I will continue to kill you Your empty eyes now blacken Your vile stare dispels Your body on a catafalque Shall sleep exposed in Hell --- As lady death emerges With flowers in my pockets I slowly raise the torn veil Her eyes are bleeding sockets O, death, you fragile maiden How lonely thou must art When everything you touch dies Come, touch my marble heart I sense your cold, pale fingers Still milder than rejection You cannot kill what's withered We match our desolation You stop my tears from falling I shalt become your dream Just lay upon my bleeding Our blood will form one stream

Submitted by Infernal Flame — Apr 26, 2025

He, who wanders free shall grasp The mystery of seven seas My chains have been unlinked And all misery relieved Into the kingdom the blind will swarm And see for the first time, for the first time Exiled from the withering realm of the dead Which fades behind the curtains of dread One day you will see Repeat after me We will be free --- A letter to a widowed engraver The last one from his beloved Wherever is your body Our spirits walk together Whatever dies you care for The memories live forever Please carve it on my tombstone Then paint it fluorescent An epitaph, eternal And shining moon, in crescent "There always is more beauty Awaiting to be grasped As long you dare to breathe Embrace it, as it lasts" He carved these words in stone two times The first time on the grave The second time... --- At the bottom of his heart Screams nothing but affection Awashed by an inner rain Which alters her reflection On the paths of a nether world The sun is black and grounds are wet He strays for home and kicks the stones It rains, the skies have bled O, miserable soul, your angel is calling Raise your feeble hand towards the sky For your time is yet to come Your time is yet to come To come...

Submitted by Infernal Flame — Apr 26, 2025