Shadows of a Broken Past

She came on a mighty steed across the desert sand She came with a blade of steel and a burning in her hand And oh, she sought revenge, from he who did her wrong And oh she would not rest for all the souls gone She rode for a thousand days, she rode without fatigue So driven by her hate and former master's greed And oh she hated him that king of blind deceit That man of no regrets in death they would meet But as with all who are wounded, the cut is so unkind She loves him still though he hurt her, his body on her mind And like all men who fall, though he had love and rule He would betray it all for the King's ruin And through her love was true and a real love he knew He would betray it all for the King's ruin She came like a Valkyrie, a fury in her womb To spill that traitor's blood, to see hint in his tomb She rode through the desert sand, his kingdom in her view She wanted nothing more than what she came to do And oh she hated him and oh her blood was high And oh her heart was keen She tasted his lie

Submitted by Sexy Gargoyle — Apr 25, 2025

There is a sword beneath the sea that can hold back war's misery Within a kingdom lost in time, inside a child's mind It holds the key to endless peace, and so our search can never cease Our only hope for happiness and end to distress One fine day we will be saved Sword of destiny I feel the beating of your heart Sword of destiny It's time to show yourself Sword of destiny I feel the beating of your heart We've left so many dead behind, we left them hurt, been so unkind We've travelled roads to find a door but we have one law Been cruel in killing and in shame because we thought to try again But we are slaves to bloody war, and we know no more Help us find our saving grace The road is long but I am able to set you free Metal in my hand, my heart grows stronger I can stand my ground for that much longer There is a dream we must fulfil, in every single iron will We cannot live our lives at war, we beg for no more We have to try and try again, and we will search until the end Until we find the magic blade and we are all saved Hear me begging on my knees

Submitted by Dahmers Fridge — Apr 25, 2025

You were the one that I ran to when I was child You gave me sunshine and laughter and hope for a while Always beside me, a shoulder to cry on But you were a spider creeping inside of me Watching my every move, saying you know me well I learned to fear you and your strange devotional We grew in hate and despair Every concealing emotion was spent Your words were poisonous air And I recoiled from the love that was meant But there was a time, when I could have loved you The moon on the mountain shone only for you There was a time, when I could have loved you I could have been true, the moon on the mountain for you You were the thorn in my side, my ribbon of red You said you'd leave me alone but you stayed in my head You said that you'd kill me if I ever let you down But you were trading my secrets all over town Tried to forgive you and see things in your domain But you were subtle and ruthless in your cold game I could not have been more trusting Oh I loved you, I could not take anymore But like any moon I wax and wane I'm fickle when I choose to rise into the sky Yes there was a time, when I could have loved you The moon on the mountain shone only for you There was a time, when I could have loved you I could have been true, the moon on the mountain for you

Submitted by Cyberwaste — Apr 25, 2025

You sour everything you do Your memory is torn in two They came into a broken home and all your love was made of stone They think that God will let it go Their selfish dreams of violence They think their people do not know The legacy they've given There's a broken ring, for the girl who would be queen For the girl who is a child of war games There's a fallen star for the boy who would be king For the boy who is a child of your war games They disregard the common tool, and play their country like fool Of Mother Nature's good intent they toy with balance and with sense You think their bruises will prevail But every day you push them back Your strength and purpose will not fail You will persist There's no shame in wanting to live life in beauty and in harmony We cannot go on in bloodshed with our integrity

Submitted by Corpse Defiler — Apr 25, 2025

(Extracts from the poem by Alfred Noyes) The wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor And the highwayman came riding up to the old inn-door His love had died a year ago, a bullet in her breast The deadly shot a warning that he soon would be next And so they found him on the road and they killed him like a dog But still he keeps on riding in moonlight and in fog Plaiting a dark red love knot into her long black hair She waits to see him only, singing in her despair After the sunlight, there comes the rain Never to see my true love again After the bullet I still remain Never to see my true love again Two lovers that were parted shall never meet once more Although he keeps on knocking at the old inn door His horse shall gallop nightly since she met her death And the inn was burned down years ago with her final breath And I wander this world and I mourn for my loss All the gold and silver could 'nair pay the cost After kisses in darkness a river of blood Now the Highwayman rides, whilst the moon shines above Moon shine brightly o'er the heather Don't deny my iron will

Submitted by Dahmers Fridge — Apr 25, 2025

Walk a little faster baby, you know I love to hunt you Love to feel your body breaking and every sinew shaking Move a little slower maybe and I'll forget to need you Never stray from the path like I said The skin which I live in burns every moment I will not give in though I must go On and on, this world keeps pushing me It won't be long before I break inside of you You can throw me away You can beg me on your knees to stay You can leave on your own But I know you want your love to bring me home You can dance on my grave You can say that I am just your slave You can break every bone But I know you want your love to bring me home Think a little quicker baby and I'll forgive you for it Love your heartless selfishness how you don't give a shit Cut a little deeper darling, the blood will surely drown us Never stray from the path like I said Who are you to say we're through? Who gets the last laugh? Who will rise anew? Who are you to say we're through? Who gets the last laugh? Baby it's not you On and on and on and on I know you want your love to bring me home

Submitted by Corpse Defiler — Apr 25, 2025

Spring time, that's the way it goes Don't forget we stole everything and nothing from the earth Winter, came to us in time Shadows and thought crimes Don't display the colours of your birth Didn't they tear you down my yellow rose? Didn't they baby? Didn't they poison everything that grows? Didn't they baby? And when the summer ends, I feel you next to me I sense your tethered limbs still longing to be free My yellow rose I could say it's not like that but memory betrays Everyone who dares to speak too soon I would tell you about it but I can't reason with The tiny child within my past And when the summer ends, I feel you next to me I sense your tethered limbs still longing to be free And with each winter's breath I see you in my dreams I know without your death I never can be free Hold it down and keep it together Hold it down, it can't be forever Memory betrays anyone who dares to speak too soon

Submitted by SerpentEve — Apr 25, 2025

I thought I knew what pain was for I thought it opened every door for you I thought you understood me more Another love another chore to do Haven't I been your only daughter? Haven't I been your only friend? Haven't I always tried to love you? Haven't I been there 'til the end? Haven't you been the only one Who ever wounded me? Haven't I tried to heal your madness? Haven't I been your eternity? All the webs that spiders weave Could never match the treacheries All the stars up in the skies Could not outshine the sacrifice Now you've changed the rules again Another chance to wield the pen, for you Didn't I always keep your secrets? Didn't I trust you with my life? Didn't I hope to free your sorrow? Didn't you cut me like a knife? Didn't you laugh when everybody turned their backs on me? Didn't I stand for something better? Didn't you kill your eternity? Wasn't I weight enough to shoulder? Wasn’t I hungry for the lie? Wasn’t I praying for your armies When they came for me? I learned everything about a bleeding heart And how to play for time, in your hungry eyes And oh I was the perfect child I know that now I've mine And he is so much more than any better parts And oh given all I know and what I've come to find I only find it's sad that you've been so tied And oh I was the perfect child But I can be no more, the defender of your cause And in the night there is the truth, I cannot be lost Wasn't I your eternity? And now it's time to change the path of my life And behold to my deeds And believe in myself for all time

Submitted by Grave666 — Apr 25, 2025

Push, pull, you're the fool You're the one who knows it all Every day you walk away Just to find you're here to stay You're up, down, going round Never find some middle ground Live your life inside a cage Only you had time to make There's a door inside this lonely room That should it be denied becomes a tomb Look inside your beating heart There's the key to set you free Shadows of a broken past Let it be and you will find the key Tall tale, full of lies Never find you're satisfied Dancing on the thinnest ice Naughty now and then so nice You're here, there, everywhere Never time to stop and stare Live your life a broken queen Kingdom built inside a dream Look inside your beating heart There's the key to set you free Shadows of a broken past Let it be and you will find the key There's a path of yellow gold Leading to a better place Take my hand it holds the key Hold it tight the secret is in me Bitter is the heart that wanders Locked inside an empty room You will never find salvation Lost inside a lonely tomb

Submitted by SerpentEve — Apr 25, 2025

I would dance around the world with you If you would only stay I would dance around the world with you And die another day Quicken the tale, make it complete There's just no way out of here Straighten your back stand of two feet Still there's no way out of here My blood is only for you My love is granted I can hear you My heart feels you inside nee My blood is granted and I can hear you sing Somebody get me out of here Somebody save me from this broken paradise I can feel you Mother I can't always explain It's not my fault, I was born this way Mother I know, you bore the pain I wanted life, to begin again Quicken your heart, dance to the beat I thought that I heard you cry Give me a kiss, a trick or a treat I know that you never lie Sorry my love, I. know you're complete There's so much I have to fear You by my side, on your tiny feet There's just no way out of here I'm dancing around the world with you Here in my arms But there's no hope, no prayer No guidance just despair And when the children dream I am a queen who must be free Under the bridge they are lost to the word of the king They have a wager to win, for his god is a sin Under the river he condemns each first born to die For he is lost in his greed and his cruel alibi Broken Paradise There he is condemned to suffer the deeds he has done Rivers of blood flow before him but he finds not the one Broken Paradise There in his tower of evil sleeps Herald the king Bringing a plague to the city, and death to his kin Demons and spirits revile him and drag him to hell So he is dead to his daughter and all ring the bell Broken Paradise I would dance around the world with you And die another day

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Apr 25, 2025