Iconoclast

Crimson tears summon me to the eclipse of my death For the reckoning of my sins I shall pledge A black veil of emotionless silence begs to clothe me Through the halls of spiritual existence I crawl on this journey again On wings of fire, the call of judgement rides In the chalice of eternal void I seek to hide Into the infinite abyss of darkness I am to sleep In mourning for the last straws of life, I weep Desolate, I pray for the drawing sun The throne of light remains concealed Alone, tied in these chains of solitude I cannot feel Chorus: Where angels have fallen My wailing soul is laid to rest The tombstone is chosen A cauldron for my new quest What is this empty shell withered by the winter rains? Not one drop of drying blood, nor the pleasure of pain Beyond my grave I hear the dying fall To their lifeless souls I call I wait for agonized centuries to no avail An infernal sleep that revives my claim In death, I died, where no white saviour came Betrayed by the thousand year faith Embalmed in this forbidden dream Solitary I shudder in the chill of stillness My body still yearns for its bloodstream ... And yet I call His name this last time Repeat chorus

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Apr 26, 2025

I walk through barren corridors glistening With the stench of a promised salvation This sultry wilderness mourns The grieving of a mother's supplication Seraphic overtures inebriated By the suffering of aeons of compromise Here he is legion, heir-apparent to Apollyon's throne Breathing the progeny of all lies Chorus: Via Crucis (The way of the cross) My kingdom has come Arcana lucis (arcane light) Thy will be done A ressurection conjured on altars of impunity Scars of betrayal shrouded in a sanctimonious reliquary Wine-made-incarnate in a chalice of iniquity Graven effigies accolade a deception Enshrined in consanguinity As the twilight sleeps, I hear the resuscitation of a withering womb Christendom weeps, for the child of a virginal prostitution Ascetic icons seep with the blood of dismal martyrdom Subjugator of the meek, the spirit of man fades in the eyes of the distant kingdom Serpent hordes summon the cinnamon king Venerating the vestiges of the lonesome crown Babylon whores writhing in ecstasy Procreating the seven seals of prophecy Chorus

This is my body; this is my blood From these dying whispers of a dying life I weave the Redeemer's darkest dream, A wish to conceal the promise of fate Shall I ever escape what is deemed? Father, spare me from the harshness of reality Shall a crown of thorns be my cruel destiny? Chorus: A pilgrimage through the dawn of creation A blessed sojourn for the meaning of salvation I gaze through the face of death For they shall know me - the Redeemer They say I hold the key of the eternal presence A prophet that defies the world's futile essence I am the offering that mankind shall forever bequeath A karmic fortune that cannot ever be retrieved The words of wisdom shall be forged From the bones of my weakened body I long to rebuke the blood spilled through The ages of humanity's story Father forgive them, For they do not know what they are doing My God why have you forsaken me? Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit Chorus

Submitted by Nargaroth — Apr 26, 2025

This resurrected withering pain Deafening my silence A haunting re-visited Weakening my resilience Maelstroms of indignity Forged in hate Tribal steel Carving your fate (carve your fate) ... Wither the Hour Instinctual attrition A path through the sublime Caress your slumber Savour the taste of the pilgrim's grime Sacrificial masque Twilight of the virginal dawn Blood enthroned Anonymity, forever forlorn (Blood enthroned) Chorus: A vortex so impure Slowly murdering my inner sanctum Dreams so obscure Brandishing the end of my Elysium The wounds of my nemesis A testimony to a lasting hunger I awaken alone in the cusp of the untamed primal hunter Ceremonies of impulse Re-birth of a deafening humanity This art of retribution Reprisal for lost aeons of subtlety Lost aeons of subtlety Chorus

Submitted by Dahmers Fridge — Apr 26, 2025