Forbidden Art
Music: Boon / Lyrics: McLennan Place me in a corner as black as all the deeds I've done A need to feed on paranoia to create the scars I've worn You seek to look inside my mind and trace the path I chose I'm still safely hidden within the brittle ghost of old CHORUS: The one thing you'll never truly know is why You'll never have the courage to really look inside For within lies your greatest fears a reflection of your past I am what you once were, before you donned this mask Fighting the beast within by destroying the taint of others You've taken your first step towards my domain's darkness The further you look inside my mind the easier it is to stay The more comfortable you become now you join the decay CHORUS 2: You've created an image of me in your head and now I'm here to stay An apprentice of your own demise, revelling in your decay Trapped within your darkest mind I struggle to escape Mend a broken spirit I forge onwards with all my fucking hate
Submitted by Nargaroth — Jun 21, 2026
Music: Boon/McLennan / Lyrics: McLennan Cradling indecision, I writhe awake at night Craving definition, of the spectres in my life I view all of you with contempt, without knowing why The way you slide into nothingness defies a stable mind CHORUS: Evolve in thought or perish in mind I resist the change you force upon me The last of a proud and ancient race What's left of my past is but a dream Evolve in thought or perish in mind Desire... the inner thread that tears me apart Stable mind within design Awakened feelings I've longed to ignore I'm falling through a spiral of placid razor thoughts Longing for substance I cascade down tortured steps Memories dragging across my mind spill doubts onto my flesh An innocence spent and lost, I cling to what is left Evolve in thought or perish in mind I resist the change you force upon me The last of a proud and ancient race What's left of my past is but a dream Evolve in thought or perish in mind Desire... the inner thread that tears me apart Stable mind within design Set me free A hope of reliving better times though I know the moments lost The lesson learnt long ago, at such a vicious cost Striving to redefine myself and retain some purity Never did I desire to cheat my destiny Reaching out I find nothing There's a circle of fear around me Ostracised through being true I didn't want this decision
Submitted by Nargaroth — Jun 21, 2026
Music: Boon / Lyrics: McLennan A tentative strike leads to an all-important juncture The focal point where minds collide and drift away View the sublime qualities of all who stand opposed Then tear it all down to no avail Systems are in place to close and contain Sealing the world within from entropy Crippled by the weight of expectation I slowly strive to continue my craft PRE-CHORUS: By taking this path Tension is my way Powers that taint me As I drink from the depths CHORUS: Fragments slide, slow and stutter, trying to grasp what I can't perceive Clutching at what is intangible, a fleeting instant, a broken oath The shadow grows darker still; only pieces remain of the whole Broken fragments are all I have to work with, bleeding inside my mind Crawling through the crumbling chaos Tranquillity is merely an illusion Imprisoned by my own talents I can no longer stop myself From summoning the eternal
Submitted by Nargaroth — Jun 21, 2026
Music: Boon / Lyrics: McLennan Synthesised, your way is ours and it's a liquid vision of a crystalline world Within a tube your world is formed, a chrysalis that shapes your thought Spawned into being a scientists dream, a recipe for human torment Why you were born you'll never know, pity they forgot to remove the soul CHORUS: Caged in nothing but an empty void To keep us safe from ourselves An awakening truth they tried to ignore The madness of those reborn Engineered as a tool of conformity, instinctively knowing when to bow Your father, the master, the mentor, all synthetic proteins without a choice An automaton with a hidden past, soon to rise and take the day A creature whose soul survives, Father, Master, Mentor, Slave The weak will always serve the strong, as we breed our armies of death You tried to play creator and got it wrong, when we are finished there will be nothing left In your haste towards perfection it became impossible for us to be killed Irony is the law of reality for the strong will always rule
Submitted by Nargaroth — Jun 21, 2026
Music: Boon / Lyrics: McLennan A turmoil of emotion rages within all voyages on the fair road travelled Alone in the wilderness I wonder why I've collected nothing but regrets Discarding all hopes of peers I've stumbled my own way In bitterness I find my strength the resentment of my past CHORUS: There's comfort within betrayal The lashing winds of judgment scrape All innocence from my skin Strike another chord of dissent That's all that it will take There's majesty within this dark bliss Elsewhere within a mystic's dreams is the man I wish I was The one that took the chances offered despite what could be lost In a way he is my enemy as he's achieved all that I've dreamt If only I could reach the heights of the me you've never met
Submitted by Nargaroth — Jun 21, 2026
Music: Boon / Lyrics: McLennan Crawling towards the leper I ask him for forgiveness for I am the source of all decay Life within me a shattered wasteland I now despise myself in every way The supreme achievement of the blackest science I stand as a tribute to all who have past What would they think if the truth was revealed if they got to see behind the mask CHORUS: I return to my realm, my sanctuary, Where I reign with fear My home a temple within my mind Always to be alone I return to my realm, my sanctuary, Creating threads of decay Darkness growing closer still, Hiding behind my eyes A temple I adorn to suit my needs, who knows what each day will bring? A challenge is all I seek, but be warned I play by my own rules A temple I have desecrated another scar is what I choose To suit the twisted mind inside, try and you'll see I don't play to lose Today I go back to my domain
Submitted by Nargaroth — Jun 21, 2026
(<em>Instrumental</em>) Music: McLennan
Submitted by Nargaroth — Jun 21, 2026
Music: Boon / Lyrics: McLennan Rending flesh, waste, and carnage Dissolving the weaknesses within me Gaining wisdom through ritual slaughter Only the brave go forth Existing on a demon whim Aspects of my victim Taking life to fuel my soul Within dreams of tortured flesh CHORUS: Striving to writhe among a myriad of lies Bow to the judgements of my ancestors Consuming the strength of all my foes Wisdom from the flesh of the fallen A pyramid of dreams lost in fire The way of prevailing destiny Floating void of conscious thought Lead my darkness back to me Whispering skies forging fires Drawn within from without Consume or perish fast Into the world of the absolute
Submitted by Nargaroth — Jun 21, 2026