The Anatomy of Melancholy

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I've seen the evil so many hands have done I've seen the beauty of the earth and of the setting sun And on my knees I've begged for battles to be won But when we bleed no more, what do we become? And when at last we breathe our final precious breath I hope there's something more What are we hoping for? (What are we yearning for?) Without a guiding hand we wander endlessly Am I a fool to seek release from all that's killing me? When time has passed for once held cetainties A need remains: a refuge from your misery And when at last we breathe our final precious breath And when at last we're summoned unto death Is there an open door? Will there be any more? What will remain from all these dying things we're living for? I've seen the evil so many hands have done I've seen the beauty of the earth and of the setting sun And on my knees I've cried to you for battles to be won Will you be standing there when the dying is done?

Submitted by Morgoth — Apr 25, 2025

Do you hear me when I cry out? Do you see me in my darkest hour? And as I passed through the years Joy become tainted with sorrow So dark, the way I could no longer follow Where doubt and fear reside Killing dreams, casting beauty aside Can you reach me? Through these walls that I hide behind I could feel you in the stillness And your morning lit my darkest hour And I need you Must I carry this weight forever? Have I grieved you? Have I severed my hope forever? As we fall through the void of our broken dreams Crying out to the only one left to hear When the weight of our burdens, becomes too great Can we lift up our eyes, I belive that it's not too late And as we wish for hope that transcends the vanity of men Deep down - inside, we yearn to begin again Leave your fears behind Cast your sorrow aside Come close to me As the walls fall away as the gates open wide

Submitted by VladTheImpaler666 — Apr 25, 2025

As I feel the warming sun upon the earth I stand outside the gates of my birth Wise men know th answers, see them raise their stones i stand here alone Inside of the city gates, they gather round Too enthralled by their designs to hear the sound Voices of the dispossessed; they cry for hope But they cry alone Where is the voice inside to comfort me? I plead. I cry for you I'm lost within the fields of emptiness So blind, paralysed Don't leave me here to die We're lost within the fields of emptiness So blind, paralysed Have we been left to die? I have seen the morning sun aai have lived under the glow of life Am I lost? A darker path I walk alone Too weary to return; too weak to carry on There must be a way to see you I shy away as the hypocrites' whips crack Their words, their wisdom, mean nothing to me anymore My hope torn like rags on this beggar's back They lead you up the hill as one accused of blasphemy Observe you coldly, as they tie your body to the cross And as you bleed they search their souls and find no guilt within Self righteous killers- never knowing what they've lost Still I want to stand before you Still I'm locked within this cage I want to see beyond their cities To the place where only you remain Still I falter when I run from you I see an image of your pain I want to see beyond their cities To the place where only you remain I see Your pain Look beyond their cities To this place I bleed I cry, I plead for you

Submitted by BloodShrine — Apr 25, 2025

Did you get a glimpse of how it's meant to be? As a child in a perfect world, lost within your dreams And did you wake one day to find you've lost it all? Take refuge in your memories Time keeps moving on Yesterday is lost forever Those precious dreams forgone It leaves you cold inside Now the hour has passed from us Into silence So is this how life's supposed to be? Do you remember now, how you used to feel? And do you weep alone and grieve for passing years? Take refuge, my friend, in your memories Time keeps moving on Yesterday is lost forever Those precious dreams forgone Still we yearn for something more The prison of lifeless apathy Creeping slowly, endless entropy This burden-our mortality All our fears, all our vanity Rise above this numbing agony While there's something left to feel No refuge in my memories Today, tomorrow is everything Today we make a path to walk upon Tomorrow to wake, and then to journey on For the hour is now upon us

Submitted by Corpse Defiler — Apr 25, 2025

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Night falls swiftly upon this sullen earth Nothing lasts Tomorow all is gone Tomorow all is one Again All around I see rebirth, decay It cannot last Tomorow all is gone Tomorow all is one Again Nothing lasts Tomorow all is gone Time passed us slowly long ago Within the woods and fields we roamed Our joyful voices carried far away To echo around the trees and stones And in the end return us home The glow of summer evenings falling on our way But childhood ends, the wars begin We chase our dreams-we break, we mend Then wonder what became of yesterday We make decisions through our pain And bow our heads to run through flames As revolution finds us once again We know we each must walk - as all must walk We each must walk alone And we all must stand, blindly with our outstretched hands To face this worls alone Where is the life we longed for? What happened to the dreams we dreamed together? Where is the hope we longed for? What happened to those dreams now lost forever? All alone in mourning Is there any more? See the leaves are falling Lost forevermore As the fires are burning Only ash remains Today as always Dust to dust again Again Take me away Take me so far away When I lie in the earth, I so loved to roam As it takes to itself my broken form I'm falling away Falling so far away As I sink ever deeper I cry to you Lift me out of the depths of this sullen earth

Submitted by Warbringer — Apr 25, 2025

Come now to me From this hell you've seen Lost to the sea I have seen you grieve Your tears have torn Shot down in your wars Weather the storm I've lived through them all The broken, the poor Have been given more They see the dawn As their masters mourn They bleed they fall So few hear my call I am the door I would gather all

Submitted by NecroLord — Apr 25, 2025

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You hope one day to feel less of this confusion To find that lasting peace is more than an illusion But then you wake to face another revolution And as the world keeps turning You feel you're left behind Is there another world beyond this cold existence Can hope return to us despite our own resistance I wish the light would come and filter through this distance I hope one day to feel less of this confusion To find that lasting peace is more than an illusion But as I wake each day it is to revolution

Submitted by Sexy Gargoyle — Apr 25, 2025

In the glow of the autumn sun We walk again in fallen leaves And as I draw you near I hear the sound of the bells from faraway Carried on the breeze Bringing with it all this yearning To be at peace again In the chill of the winter wind I walk again in solitude And as I bow my head I hear the echoes of things long passed away Carried on the air Bringing with them all this yearning To be at peace again

Submitted by Finntroll — Apr 25, 2025

We see the sin before the saint We see the curse before the blessing We shake the little that remains Until we are left with nothing Look beyond the flesh, look beyond the mind We see the freak before the person We see the scars before the healing We hear the lie before the reason We crave the answer not it's meaning We seek the judgement and not the understanding We see the house and not the place we shared We look past the story to the ending We see the tears and not the soul you bared

Submitted by Corpse Grinder — Apr 25, 2025

Dying from the fear of death Could this be my final breath? Hold my head up to the light Darker now my fading sight Carried on the turning tide Further ever from your side I have felt the longing grow All my deeds lie wasted now I am longing to be free I am calling out to thee But your voice is gone from me Now your voice has gone from me...

Submitted by Sexy Gargoyle — Apr 25, 2025

Shadows will fall soon on all we have loved Leaving forever We are swept away Lost on oceans of time Seems like some other heart beating When you look back on all we have lost As tears fall Are we just swept away Children running from time Seems like some other heart beating Whatever happened to mine?

Submitted by VladTheImpaler666 — Apr 25, 2025

On the mantelpiece stands a photograph Soldier and his bride One of many who had to leave To march, to fight, to die She will always remember you and the look in your eyes One of many who had to leave And they pushed you to the limit Fighting man, a frightened child And you saw her on the battlefield The closing moments of your life They will always remember you and the look in your eyes One of many who had to leave She is old now, she has lived long, and not a day goes by Without a thought of you An unspoken hope To walk with you beyond the skies

Submitted by Immortal — Apr 25, 2025

Too soon, you slipped away Those doors opened once again My friend I miss you so But you left something here below Today, through meadows of our minds We remember your dear life Goodbye - and though we weep Painless now you sleep Gathered here Each to relay The love, words fail We all try in our way To bid farewell (Dedicated to Timothy Cooper 1969-2006)

Submitted by BloodShrine — Apr 25, 2025

Come now to me From this hell you've seen Lost to the sea I have seen you grieve Your tears have torn Shot down in your wars Weather the storm I've lived through them all They bleed they fall So few hear my call I am the door I would gather all Do you hear my call I have lived through the storm Shot down in all your wars I have bled and given all

Submitted by Nargaroth — Apr 25, 2025