Second Skin of Harlequin

And there was light And the darkness that followed blinded my eyes The night made we trustworthy and hid all my lies I called the seventh of the eight and gave him my offer So cold were the feelings I bore inside after I'd lost her Sometimes I still can hear His voices calling, calling me from everywhere And now and then I feel my soul slowly slipping out of myself into his... Hell claws at my window amd makes me forget To tell her of the deal and the conditions I met and now It's far too late to tell her what's going on here Somehow I'm almost looking forward to when this is over "I felt my ghost cross over, and knew he was near And across the river I could see him standing there" And there was light And the blackness that followed blinded her eyes The night drew her to me and we met in the dark And this "why am I here?" where the words she said A kiss told her responsible for her being dead She cried in silence and I wiped away her tears She felt my cold hand amplifying her fear She knew where she was and cursed her beloved And all of a sudden it all was over... Sometimes I still can hear His voices calling, calling me from everywhere And now and then I feel my soul slowly slipping out of myself into his hell "I know he's waiting there for me In his limbo between destination and reality"

Submitted by Morgoth — Apr 26, 2025

Behold, he stands before you all Upon the tower, fit to fall See the beauty of the never-ending Hear his creatures call Say then, say then: Lay no eye upon my eye, lay no voice upon my crying Set no truth above my lie, shed no tear upon my dying An orphan is your child to be And like you took my child from me The likes of this, my vengeance Jave my hell bred creatures yet to see I've never known such naked pain As if I'm naked in the rain I've searched each world for virgin soil Fit for my slaughtered child's remains Say then, say then: For an eye you take an eye, take my voice for all your crying Upon your infants grave I lie, upon it's death I do my dying For his eye you take an eye, shattered was he when we found him Stone and cut and crucify, leave his killer's heart unpounding Men and angels hide in vain For he who hath my firstborn slain Shall die before the sun has set He took my child, he will regret Say then, say then: Lay no eye upon my eye, lay no voice upon my crying Set no truth above my lie, shed no tear upon my dying Poised the strike in the slumberous sword Of the dark and childless lord "This machete of mine will get thee in time We're alone in a room with no door" Yes, I recall the death of one Older and more holy son I see the irony, but that won't render This one deed undone Say then, say then: For his eye you paid an eye, a law you find is self-fulfilling In your place your child did die Death is all you gain from killing

Submitted by Immortal — Apr 26, 2025

Your smile so dim, your eyes alive A gesture hides a vicious lie Your face so clean, but deep inside I know you're hiding something A trace so faint, a chisel's scar Carved piece by piece who you are His head held high, but deep inside I know you're hiding something Pieta, you're the one and only truly holy sculpture So now... sentenced by the divine tool I wheel he falls down A crack and crackle, a thin black sear Upon the surface pale and raw Frozen for now, neatly carved Deep in silence, clutching at straws I crush the face, the crumbling lines An expanding maze that seems alive Again alone, you're face is gone Still I see no confession coming from Your soul, your core, your hand, your son Still I know you're hiding something I sit and wait, then un-create My mind confused and filled with hate I marvel at our common fate Still I know you're hiding something Pieta, you're the one and only truly holy sculpture So now... sentenced by the divine tool I wheel he falls down Another crack upon the marble Disfigurement I don't even enjoy I see it now, though in vain I see how perfect art is pain And as I make you dissolve I see the secret that I have destroyed

Submitted by NecroGod — Apr 26, 2025

A granted wish for a demon's kiss Drew lust for more and mental twists Across the simple minds of men And no one here was watching them As they broke into their certain doom By craving more that they deserved to So crowned and claimed by satan's eye Is a book of truth that doesn't speak lies Written words in well-inked shapes In demon-blood as he rapes The book of destiny Claimed by the damend who wants To stain his soul, but more can't be For the one who seeks and will find me Sought by the fallen one Sought by the fallen one And I can never leave Forever bound in here An everlasting dream In an everlasting nightmare And even though I still Have my mortal soul to sell In here I've found My own personal hell Sought by the fallen one Recreating tortures down Inflicted deep by the foulest demons Children of the second son Sought by the fallen one Damnation for a battle one There's nowhere left to hide my guilt And nowhere left to run My confessions were to grave That no living priest was brave enough To hear my spoken word be said Corrupted by my pain Slowly driving me insane With oblivion due, I'd rather be dead Seraphims sing their hymns in disgust! "You cannot run from what isn't hunting", he said "It cannot kill what was never meant to be dead" Seraphims sing their hymns in disgust!

Submitted by Immortal — Apr 26, 2025

She sweeps the doorstep, a well-used broom Bring diseases and plague, the ultimate doom By witchcraft of trolls she casts her spells With curses from heaven and blessing from hell With the unholy rain and the northern breeze She curses the land with her broom-sweeps of disease While beasts obey her commanding word She sweeps mankind from the face of the earth A damp air surround what's left A faint touch of decay A vast wreck yard is all that's left Ruins of yesterday Cultural monuments scattered Broken, crushed, betrayed As the survivors rise and start again Trying to find a way Plague! The devil is amongst us Plague! Demise! Plague! Run and hide the youngsters Plague! Sacrifice! "I'll kill you all as winter is coming and summer starts to crawl" She comes to town at the raven-dark night time When everyone lies restlessly inside Like a lonesome ghost she walks out there With red glowing eyes and pitch black hair Bubonic plague, we're rotting alive We are all bleeding so deep inside Run to the forest, hide in there Let not this demon come you near, my dear! And all that's left is ashes All that's left is dust But we rise and live again Because we know we must And all that's left is broken dreams All that's left is death But we rise and live again Living with every breath

Submitted by Warbringer — Apr 26, 2025

The last days soon comes, the signs are shown In the blood washed streets of a manmade Babylon Feeding on everything our fathers left behind Abasing her grace since the beginning of time The rotten flesh of mother earth Pleads in sincere desperation her longing wish for Armageddon Deep inside a diabolical birth Prepare the grim invasion of the twisted demons soon unleashed "The worms shall seek the light, homeless children seek the night Their minds in loveless bright, and dying sirens shall call Angels walk the ground, no longer shall they be heaven-bound Thunder's distant roar shall sound and feathers shall fall" Pulling at her blood stained sleeve Closing our eyes in disbelief A starless sky in purple shades Shine upon the landscape of am apocalyptical metropoolis It's a vast wound in her face Decaying since the coming of man like god's leprous kiss "The worms shall seek the light, homeless children seek the night Their minds in loveless bright, and dying sirens shall call Angels walk the ground, no longer shall they be heaven-bound Thunder's distant roar shall sound and feathers shall fall" Feeding on everything our fathers left behind Abasing her grace since the beginning of time Gnawing at her empty breasts Tearing at her heartless chest Rip the veil and sacrecy away Expose the truth, her deepest secrets in the name of progress Bend the rules and break the chains Binding us to the only touchable and certain god or goddess "The worms shall seek the light, homeless children seek the night Their minds in loveless bright, and dying sirens shall call Angels walk the ground, no longer shall they be heaven-bound Thunder's distant roar shall sound and feathers shall fall The worms shall seek the light, homeless children seek the night Their minds in loveless bright, and dying sirens shall call ...and feathers shall fall ...and feathers shall fall"

Submitted by Lake of Tears — Apr 26, 2025

I see no hope where hope should be A courtroom drama in major aspect Mortal laws for those who see Beyond extorted discipline and respect I see no hope where hope should be I see no seven, six nor three Faith has vanished, they are banished And gods fall furthers that you and me Fall! The clockwork of time is no oonger divine Shattered glass will guide the way, the path that leads To judgement day Pale and unmoving like golems of ashes Away from the wind and the rain that slashes Their powerful limbs to dust Nothing left to loose, but no one left to trust The ornamented entrance, the gate of pearls The lack of maintenance hurts And shivering is your empty hand Pointing way to the promised land Nothing is there but sun and sand Nothing more than whenee we are banned The shivering hand is loosing it's grip Promises lamenting from your lips As they're falling brick by brick Falling brick by brick Fall! The clockwork of time is no oonger divine Shattered glass will guide the way, the path that leads To judgement day Stored in a space untouched by man Praying for deliverance like only gods can Do when they are alone No churches nor shrines to call "home"

Submitted by Nargaroth — Apr 26, 2025

Descending rapidly down the spiral Not quite sure what I have embarked Thoughts don't make any sense at all In the shifting, liquid dark The words my eyes read on the sheet Pull my gaze along the lines Devour facts my comprehension meet In the words, between and behind Pulling my fate along in the book of sand (what does it make to make out this enigma?) Secrets of eternity's at hand (everything here is a reason to fear the book of sand) The paper crackles perfectly as I slowly turn the pages The letters once more greet the light, the first time now in ages A careful, calligraphic handwriting of a magus And I crawl deep into his knowledge's pitch black mines Dig deep and read the breed of the deed! Dust swirl out of reach of my dim candle light Little fragments of ink and paper freed of fearless fright What word were you, my little one why fly into the night? A death, a tear, a philtre or poison flowing in the wine? To read and search so deep inside Behind, beyond, between the lines What wonders are there I shall learn Behind, beyond, between the words? Between the pages like sand... Time has slipped my memory for long I tumble past page fourteen hundred and seven In a reverie out of my control Wrapped in a world of lore and legends Suddenly page six hundred and eleven Flash across my wet and weary eyes The previous page is unfamiliar And there yet another secret hides Pulling my fate along in the book of sand (what does it make to make out this enigma?) Secrets of eternity's at hand (everything here is a reason to fear the book of sand) Dig deep and read the breed of the deed! And I so close the book again, leave the words all rest To ascend before I dive too deep is always for the best Close the tome and the session, at least until the next And let my eyes unwillingly forget the text To read and search so deep inside Behind, beyond, between the lines What wonders are there I shall learn Behind, beyond, between the words? Between the pages like sand Time has slipped my memory for long...

Submitted by Celtic Frost — Apr 26, 2025