The Dragon's Year
Darkness is killing the light Fading to the veil of night Silence begins to fall You watch the shadows growing tall Pandemonium inside your head You might be on your dying bed But something breaks your fear Heartbreaking crying, so real You forgot the battle of your own The saddest thing you've ever heard Hand on heart I swear I'll stay strong for you I can feel your pain Hand on heart I swear Fingers crossed I pray for someone Spare those souls newborn Their lives have just begun Soul intruders burn in fire Screaming and dying on barb wire Snakes have crawled back to their holes Leaving a mess in your soul The cries have faded with rising dawn A new day to carry on Hand on heart I swear I'll stay strong for you I can feel your pain Hand on heart I swear Fingers crossed I pray for someone Spare those souls newborn Their lives have just begun The minions of the dark will rise Singing no lullabies Crawling beneath your skin Enslaving in the name of the king Hand on heart I swear I'll stay strong for you I can feel your pain Hand on heart I swear Fingers crossed I pray for someone Spare those souls newborn Their lives have just begun Their lives have just begun Their lives have just begun Their lives have just begun Their lives have just begun
Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 03, 2026
So cold was the winter night When the rails led us to the East Uncertain thoughts in shimmering light The silence scared us both, I saw it in your eyes Still we were full of hope On a journey to unknown So ignorant of what kind Of hell we had gotten into Sorrows have a name I'm screaming out of pain I always return Return to those days In the hands of fate We struggled like insane And you took the shot The bullet with my name We were young, life ahead Into the center of the sea of flames we're led They let the sky rain upon us All the noise of the world, they let it rain You got shot in your heart By cruelty of a man So that was the day When the guns fell silent for you Sorrows have a name I'm screaming out of pain I always return Return to those days In the hands of fate We struggled like insane And you took the shot The bullet with my name I looked death in the eye In a trench, in mud, under rapid fire Suddenly, you came out of nowhere A bloody tomb, godforsaken There you saw the end of the war Sorrows have a name I'm screaming out of pain I always return Return to those days In the hands of fate We struggled like insane And you took the shot The bullet with my name Sorrows have a name I'm screaming out of pain I always return Return to those days In the hands of fate We struggled like insane And you took the shot The bullet with my name
Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 03, 2026
So far away but still so near The waves of freedom still remember his name The haven's gone shattered to oblivion And when the tide rolls in It won't take him away This is the game between love and hate Spinning in the dark passion play The winds are calling from the seven seas In the heart and soul Deep in the marrow Closing the door to resist the winds But the rain as a rhythm in his heart The sailor's will stronger than any storm But when the tide rolls in It won't take him away This is the game between love and hate Spinning in the dark passion play The winds are calling from the seven seas In the heart and soul Deep in the marrow Believe in the symphony of the roaring waves Rolling in like drums of an orchestra Taking away Take a leap of faith Let them wash you away Let them wash you away Wash you away When the tide rolls in This is the game between love and hate Spinning in the dark passion play The winds are calling from the seven seas In the heart and soul Deep in the marrow This is the game between love and hate Spinning in the dark passion play The winds are calling from the seven seas In the heart and soul Deep in the marrow In the heart and soul Deep in the marrow
Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 03, 2026
How deep this river can be Filled up with tears of men I know you bleed for me I have to take the step over the edge Next in line to dance with death Pray for me - I'm not a believer Time is defined for all of us We all bow down to the reaper Train of thoughts ends up black Giving rise to confusion and fear Send me to hell - I will come back I'll find a way back home I keep the flame When my soul is searching the sun I'll stay out of the rain When my soul is searching the sun I keep the flame Dreaming of standing in the sun Waking up in the night in sweat What have I done to deserve all this? Is this the price I have to pay and for what? Yes, I know! Life's not a dance on roses Sometimes so cruel Unmerciful It beats you down But I will keep the flame When my soul is searching the sun I'll stay out of the rain When my soul is searching the sun I keep the flame When my soul is searching the sun I'll stay out of the rain When my soul is searching the sun I keep the flame, I keep the flame, I keep the flame Take my hand and pull me back If I'll vanish to shadows Take my hand - reach into the black Reach into the black I know you're there for me if I'm about to fall Holding a hand on my shoulder if I can't stand tall The snake slithers around my spine to end this all It's death in the core in a different form But this is my fight My fate but not my destiny Please, stay close to me to drag me out from the dark I know, I'm not alone if I fall apart I'll keep the flame I'll keep the flame I'll keep the flame
Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 03, 2026
Standing at the crossroads but without choises You've written your past But the future is not in your hands Take a leap to the unknown Over the line never crossed before Believe in your steps 'cause they will carry you on Passing through many roads But this is not the end It's up to you, is it a way to a new beginning The things we do echo in eternity But the only thing you can do now Keep the faith and stand your ground Face the storm When life hits you down to your knees Your fear has a name High in the dark another day Your life may be hard But always could be harder Just fight fire with fire Your barricades won't fall In the center of the cyclone Remember what you stand for The only thing you can do now Stand your ground Face the storm When life hits you down to your knees Your fear has a name High in the dark another day Your life may be hard But always could be harder Just fight fire with fire Your barricades won't fall Woah The barricades won't fall Woah The barricades won't fall Woah The barricades won't fall Woah The barricades won't fall
Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 03, 2026
Nature's white overwhelming all But I'm on the side of the shadows The world spins around where the world is white On the other side So many stories written to an end The battles all lost, voices fading in the wind Defeats and victories on the open ground We'll rise or we'll fall In the vale of tears Rivers running deep Tears of agony and gratitude The vale of tears Back against the wall Adjust to the storm My winter war Waiting for the sun A spark for my soul At the moment of the wolf I'm without a shelter Fight for the new world From the ashes of the old On the open ground We'll rise or we'll fall In the vale of tears Rivers running deep Tears of agony and gratitude The vale of tears Back against the wall Adjust to the storm To the storm of your life There is no remorse A revolution in silence We rise or we fall But when we learn what we live for Gathering the shattered remains of faith Rise against the fire In the vale of tears Rivers running deep Tears of agony and gratitude The vale of tears Back against the wall Adjust to the storm My winter war The vale of tears Rivers running deep Tears of agony and gratitude The vale of tears Back against the wall Adjust to the storm My winter war My winter war My winter war
Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 03, 2026
A soul in solitude Waiting for the system to go down So he could rise again Without the serpent in veins Burned and broken But these ashes are of someone else He's got pieces of blood red skin Bound under his feet Rise my friend, born again You have tasted the tear of the phoenix Spread your wings, fly again You have tasted the tear of the phoenix Ashes to ashes Dust to dust, some other day Ready to return Back from the ashes of life Poison and gamma rays Incarnation after all On a journey unknown To chemical hell and back again Rise my friend, born again You have tasted the tear of the phoenix Spread your wings, fly again You have tasted the tear of the phoenix Ashes to ashes Dust to dust, some other day Write your future without the ghost Keep the light behind your eyes You won't lose this fight Rise my friend, born again You have tasted the tear of the phoenix Spread your wings, fly again You have tasted the tear of the phoenix Rise my friend, born again Spread your wings, fly again
Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 03, 2026
Back against the wind So I could breath A cold winter's kiss No chance to retreat I'm drowning myself So I could feel something Anything Closer and closer To losing control My breaking heart In the year of the dragon A long black tunnel The light at the end The wind from the south Awakens my heart From dormant sleep I step into the sun But the darkness drags Me down again Into the empire of fear Screaming out from the depths Where day is dark as night Inside the empire of fear Screaming out for attention For my carnal remains But no one hears
Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 03, 2026