The Ordeal

Corrupt, what have we let them do? They tore our world into pieces Corrupt, was the cause of the wicked They will be put to death for their treason in the name of mankind Down falls the hammer You can't but your way out of this one You can't buy your way You can't buy your way You cannot buy your way! Damned to meet the mask The guillotine descends as we all stand behind the glass Our tears of anguish have run dry Let go of the life you thought you knew and let the hate run through your veins This is the last time they let us down Breaking the chains that once had our hands shackled and bound At last, the heroes of the overturn will now be immortalized Tears of anguish have run dry Blackened skies Open eyes Time to rise to our feet again! Let go of the life you thought you knew and let the hate run through your veins This is the last time they let us down Breaking the chains that once had our hands shackled and bound Black flags by the will of the masses and now will turn to ash Ironically, what have we become? We tore our world into pieces Unjust was the cause of the wicked But our greed has destroyed us and crippled all of mankind Down falls the hammer We can't buy our way out of this one We can't buy our way We can't buy our way We can't buy our way out! Falling easily, knocking down your house of cards Simple, it is to turn on your brother We defile ourselves with greed We defile ourselves with greed

Submitted by Finntroll — Apr 18, 2026

Welcome one, welcome all To the black bazaar we go The price of admission is the same price as your soul

Submitted by Lake of Tears — Apr 18, 2026

Welcome one and come all – our show has just begun! A masquerade, comprised of the shunned of humanity My fortune's a faint glimpse into my horrific act Crowds stare in awe What a jaw-dropping display Mental acrobatics that leads their minds astray Welcome one and all, to the show that's now your home The lights go dark and all eyes are fixed on you Watching the curtains come down, please take your seats You're seeing things that you can't believe You want to leave, but you have already become a part of the black bazaar Mothers and fathers scream at the sight of the hollowed out eyes of their young It's too late, can't change your fate A grotesque attraction you cannot and won't ever escape Running for my life from the elephants The elephants of the black bazaar Running for my life from the circus lions I see my death in the hungry beast's eyes Watching the curtains come down, please take your seats You're seeing things that you can't believe You want to leave, but you have already become a part of the black bazaar Upon the stage, 'till the end of days They take your life, but that alone is not enough Flesh rots away, we're face to face with death, but he turns away The sun sets, we're lifeless Not a soul is at rest We are condemned and possessed There's no beating heart in this chest Watching the curtains come down, please take your seats You're seeing things that you can't believe You want to leave, but you have already become a permanent part of us We are now lost, our future is bleak They cut out your tongue and force you to speak The lies we've been fed are the sins we now reap Welcome one and come all, please take your seats

Submitted by SerpentEve — Apr 18, 2026

Tumbling stars fall down Punishment from the heavens They tear holes into the fabric of our existence As the energies of other dimensions creep in Oceans dry as the bones that litter our cities Still my mind dreams of you Spinning like the sands that have eroded our lives Can you grant me my one last wish? Everyone we know is dead and buried For one thousand years I travel the stars Searching for something Something that I will probably never find One million years trapped inside one soul Infinite systems crash and spin out of control Living in a wake of sorrow I forever roam in this endless sea of my inner emotions It is hard to tell, but from what I know, one day we will be whole again Jupiter has come to swallow us Be not be frightened, this was all foretold in our blood But we were blinded by love (of ourselves) Everyone we know is dead and buried For one thousand years I travel the stars Searching for something Something that I will probably never find Jupiter has come to swallow us Be not be frightened, this was foretold in our blood But we were blinded by love (of ourselves) The sun expands scorching all she knows Sterilized by the mother I was made Temping time to remain a rock in forever drift Everyone we know Everyone we know Everyone we know Everyone that we know is dead

Submitted by Immortal — Apr 18, 2026

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Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Apr 18, 2026

There is a tyrant within Concealed by our skull Constantly fixated Duality in its distress Here I face the voice, a voice that's not my own Am I alone? Are we the same? Confined by internal judgment Were we always the same? The obsession in this disrupted mind on the edge of control Has now come to reign Inner turmoil The absence of virtue is now claimed by despair The tyrant confined in my mind Lures us to live life in rewind A voice divided from inside Inside (We are one) Push me over the edge so that we can collapse into its depths Never to engage what the world has Never to engage the world inside this mind Inside this mind In the absence of virtue now claimed by despair Gives way to this creation Free me Sever the voice of the tyrant (There is a tyrant within) Lures me deeper inside Is this our end as I know it? Are we the same? Mend the separation between control and submission Here I face this voice that's not my own Are we the same? Sever the voice from its source Mute the relentless screams Sever the voice from its source This is the end as we've known it Because we're the same The presence of virtue Unearthed by suffering The tyrant defined by my mind Lures to live life in rewind Upon reflection now I know that we are one We are one! And now we're the same And now we're the same We're the same And now we're the same.

Submitted by Nargaroth — Apr 18, 2026

Yeah, you know the beat 250 They say you dudes is dead, but we keep it filthy You on the internet talkin' shit, you're creepy 'Cause we the motherfuckers that you wish you could be And we ain't ever gonna stop, Hoes sit on my face and on my crotch, then wash my socks And I'm fox on the hunt for some box Bad bitches in high tops wearing my band shirt, take off your damn skirt Hang around me for too long, you run the risk of getting burnt Like a dab hit, speaking my mind over some odd-time slam shit Handle it She loves the dick You'll get slapped mad quick for talking shit Your pride is gone and now you're left for dead

Submitted by Dahmers Fridge — Apr 18, 2026

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Submitted by VladTheImpaler666 — Apr 18, 2026

These people waiting for something that will never come These people paying for nothing with their sweat and blood My keeper, the man who spits lies straight to my face as they feast on their strife The light in my eyes tells me that that must be a better place than this, but now I cannot leave They expect me to stay just for their faith This act of betrayal to myself is a choice that I have to make I've been waiting a long time for this holding it in for years But I must do this for myself and to let you know That something else exist than the life you knew Together our eyes have shown us home We have no choice now Focusing on the pain of the punishment If they find us here it will be as if hell was sent To bring us back as slaves to the offering I'd rather die than utter the words "I repent" I hope you can accept this life you must live 'Till we are old running from memories that we are trying to rid BETRAYER is the name that we now bare If time catches us, our hearts will be one in the depths of the crypts A millennium past the peace shattered by unholy chants Taken our souls from the gates to be brought to the darkest of hands

Submitted by Corpse Grinder — Apr 18, 2026

[Instrumental] Thanks to maudette99, jkrichman for sending these lyrics. Submits, comments, corrections are welcomed at webmaster@darklyrics.com PAINTED IN EXILE LYRICS

Submitted by The Void — Apr 18, 2026