A Garland of Tears

From the open fields they beckon us Tunnels As the rains fall down they cover us I knew my time had come to run where I had never run Without the warmth of the sun Circle of light to lead me on And the light at the end never gets any nearer Alone in a dream where you know it's too late How can I ever feel the sun again? Never ending the walls of fear and decay Far behind I can still hear the rain Circle of light still draws me away I think I'm lost forever within this cursed place Damned to search in darkness for the light I can't embrace Haunted by the silence of the words I never spoke Forced to face the violence of the madness we invoke Is this real...is this just a dream? Open fields - I remember you Blue skies - I still yearn for you One light shines within these walls I walk where the circle falls Are you real.....Are you just a dream?

Submitted by Morgoth — Apr 25, 2025

Cruel grey skies - Run for cover In her eyes see her lover Fear the falling rain as you shelter Your world drowned, lost forevermore Reaping a harvest of ruin Nothing remains Leave it behind as your ships sail away He has reaped where he did not sow And keeps what he did not own In her arms he lies, where you used to be Her chains broken - merciful release Nothing remains Searching for yesterdays dream Reaping in vain Long ago you were standing there No-one knows, no-one can prepare He beholds your world, now your eyes are blind You let it slip away, now you're left behind Let your ships sail away Leave behind all your tears All your hate All this desolation Drift upon open seas Distant shores rise for thee For you, for your salvation.

Submitted by Nargaroth — Apr 25, 2025

This track is instrumental.

Is this song not instrumental?

As I lay down My aching flesh embraced the wasted ground The fading day retreats again The fearless night will follow Consuming life-like shadows There's nothing more to see The hollow world That lies beyond my reach Within the other sad souls dwell Without a place for me Consuming life-like shadows There's nothing more to see The braided web beneath my skin The fragile veil that holds me in And when it's lifted from my eyes No more illusion, no disguise And in the shroud of my despair No hope, no light, no prayer. I see the strangers stand and stare The secrets of my heart laid bare Their cold hard hands concede no care And now I see I am alone For all but one a faceless man Who whispers softly in my ear Confides in me the hollow truth As empty as my broken form Left as my soul prepares to flee And now I see I am alone I lie alone My sallow flesh no longer can I call my own A fate enthrals those gathered round By my own hand, by my own hand And as oblivion, once welcome Now unfurls before me An endless void, a fallen pride From here there's but one road And as the snow begins to fall like ash around me To conceal my mortal shame My instinct screams to pull myself back From the point of no return My frozen limbs lie at my side My weakened heart is almost still The dimming of my troubled thoughts The raging of an iron will Raging for a life soon cast aside No resolution with it's end Weeping for the lives they lived in vain No choice in death, no chance to mend And through the burning tears that never fall I find my sight slowly restored What once seemed a desperate flight Morphs into a fate abhorred And then I find a calm resolve Heavy eyes stung by the hungry cold Faltering I walk away By my own hand

Submitted by NecroLord — Apr 25, 2025

Crimson drops on the scarred white sand, Blood spilled in an unknown land. Contours of hills In the distance like bone Shrouded in mist they remind me of home. The singer forgiven for you loved his song, Choking on words that froze on your tongue. The waves rush in, As my footsteps fall, Flightless I leap, silent I fall. So many tears, Cried at night. Distort the past, Deny my sight. Dissolution of envy. Vanity was always on your side. Blinded by the giving sun, I close my eyes and see what I've become. Unspoken words can never lie, But in your eyes the fascination fades. Hold my gaze and look away, The changing stars that lead me astray. So many tears Fill my dreams Follow the tide Defy the sea (Defy my dreams) Flightless I leap. Silent I fall. Falling from grace, I can wait no more.

Submitted by johnmansley — Apr 25, 2025

See the shadows you leave behind As your final share of time Draws nearer Who is standing by your side Grieving as you cling to life Growing weaker So all these years come and pass us by Fallen leaves that feed the earth From which another tree grows From seeds we have sown And none of us knows when the cycle will end See the light you leave behind As your final share of time Draws nearer see their faces by your side They bid farewell to a precious life Growing weaker So all these years come and pass us by Fallen dead leaves feed the earth From which no other trees grow though seeds have been sown The living must know now The cycle has ended But what have we sown?

Submitted by Cyberwaste — Apr 25, 2025

In this wilderness of thorns All you offer me Is a garland of tears And to suffer alone Bleeding my hope I am brought down All you promise me Is the agony to come My existence is crushed Dead since birth I fed on your hope, At your feast of comfort Weary of life i cried out to you But all you offered me Was the agony to come Alone again In these desert lands I breathe the fire Of your wrath I have suffered Too many days Under these harsh skies Now I walk, With fire burnt skin And I scream For healing to come Forty days That never end No bread but these stones The agony to come Memory of nails Tearing my flesh I hang before you In the wilderness of thorns I am parched, I have nothing I am broken In the wilderness of thorns

Submitted by Grave666 — Apr 25, 2025