The Solace of Ancient Earth

She knew right from the very start She was destined for his love A weaver of peace Between the warring factions of her heart Still her hopes had turned to ash As brother turned against brother in a foreign land Though he'd sworn to be there always Death stole his love from her In the darkness she'll stay Far from home lies her fate Such a desperate lament she cries 'Neath the wooded grove The ancient earth-hall With a curse on her lips, and a sigh Judgment came, though she'd done no wrong But be truthful to her heart Still the people cried That she'd brought war and death upon them Destined to dwell beneath the dirt Trapped in endless halls of stone until her dying day Though he swore to show her honor He cast her into the dust So she swore to haunt his nightmares Torment him until the end

Submitted by Grave666 — Apr 25, 2025

Ethereal forest Feel the ground moving under my bare feet Unbroken in the silence As the sun beats down And the light seems to settle in my soul Through the doors of my mind Here in my dreams, safe in the hour of the storm A wood sanctuary, away from the breaking of the dawn Still the wheel turns 'round I'm drawn ever to the light As I move through the gaps of time I'll take your hand And we'll find a way through the dream Until we touch the spirits of the trees The sounds of the sky Echo down to play amongst the leaves An open chord twist of wonder And my voice breaks loose Soaring sighs are the substance of my soul And the forest eternal Please let me stay inside this world of golden {air?} Don't cast me away, reality's too much to bear Take me to the woods Where I am safe from the fear of my own mind {?}, see them as I Lay them down, sigh and resolve my thoughts White face, eyes wide - she's here, alive Tormenting me with her poison Overwhelming {response?} haunts me Take me back to the {ghost of spring?} Jolted awake into a world of broken dreams Please take me back to the {?}

Submitted by Finntroll — Apr 25, 2025

Sleep takes my hand, drags me down Beneath the golden lake Pulling me deeper into darkest night The sting of salt clouds my eyes Filling my ears and lungs Oh let me have eternal rest Lantern light fails to guide my way Blackness is suffocating Walk through the cavern to the light Hold me and set my heart to fright Across horizon all aglow I fight my way through salt-tinged air In desperate hope I'll find you there And you can stir my ancient soul Now through the dark comes the light A shining glimpse of hope I feel the earth upon my hands and knees I stumble forth through the gloom Towards the silver starlight Beckoning me to come back home Walking this path I've walked before Watching the storm come rolling in Illuminate the only door The morning bells are tolling I feel the fire burning in my veins As a soar towards the sun Depths below me, blackened gapin eyes Threaten me to pull me down My fledding heart in your hands I bathe in morning sunlight And now I know I'll find my way Fall into fields of sunlit snow Tear off the mask and see me

Beneath the scalding desert sun Marches an army clinging on to life To life with nothing left but hope He leads them through the scorching sand Raven of hair and skilled of hand Up to the city gates he leads them onward Then comes betrayal from above No warriors march to join his cause The walls are silent as the grave Advancing soldiers flank each side Outnumbered all, no where to hide And on the golden scratches comes the slaughter And the birds they scatter to the sky Black wings, his spirit soaring high Now the blood is soaking through the twine Let your arrow of mercy fly And as they lift him to the sky The wheeling crows won't let him die Black vessels for the purest soul But there's enchantment in the air The birds are falling, growing scarce No more salvation and no journey onward Watch his soul begin to die Tears in every open eye Save the spirit, leave the life Knock the arrow, don't despair See it fly through blood-drenched air Such a dark burden to bear And the arrow hits its target true Head shimped, the sand a sanguine hue Now the birds will take his soul from view And one day he'll be born anew

Submitted by MetalElf — Apr 25, 2025

With the final dregs of summer Your fell spirit reared its head God-like in manipulation Here to fill our life with dread I don't know why no-one stopped you So I will try to see it through Gaining acolytes to guide you Poisoning their hearts and minds So they could not see the truth, you Stole and murdered, fought and lied We'll raise up an army Of the lost and scorned Make you pay your penance And we'll be reborn We'll take you down Level your empire Cast you away We'll search the skies Stealing the thunder And we'll make you pay Thicken my blood, take no mercy Destroy all that's kind within me We will burn all that you hold dear We'll redress your evil lies So that all your followers see The truth behind your disguise We'll burn all your castles Down the ground We'll escape these shackles That have kept us bound We'll take you down Level your empire Cast you away We'll search the skies Stealing the thunder And we'll make you pay We'll raise a world Where we can prosper Free from your pain And we'll spread hope Throughout the silence And end your dark reign Turn my heart to steel Until I can heal Our long search for justice Ss starting tonight The wrath of the broken Has come to unite Choke on all your lies Gives us back our lives See the pain you've caused Recognize the cost

Submitted by The Void — Apr 25, 2025

The light is dying in the sky I walk through the sands of bloodshed old And I steel myself this night Hold me near you I don't fear you Feel my fire Come closer my love and we'll drink to madness Through the red and gold you're blind to the dagger in my hand Decked in gold, I wander through the halls One thought: vengeance for my murdered kin A word guides my faithful hand Hands entwining Stars aligning You're in my grasp Come closer my love and we'll drink to madness Through the red and gold you're blind to the dagger in my hand Like a serpent you will writhe in the flames As I send you to the hell from whence you came Take my hand Breathe your desires Know your lust Will be your pyre Blood and wine Staining white lace Feel the hate In our embrace Fever rises Blood baptizes Cold steel biting Walk triumphant from the darkness And the dawn will come again In the end... dawn will come... Dawn will come

Submitted by johnmansley — Apr 25, 2025

I feel it in the air Shadowed figures stalking me through the tunnels of my heart We've lived so long in spring time only for the winter to come again Shattered dreams, haunting me Longings for a distant time line Venoms runs through memories Clouding everything I perceive Ancient times and cruel lies Don't know what's real anymore But I see you in my dreams Silently waiting for me Constant screaming in my head I fall to my knees and I beg Rip this demon from my soul And make me whole Through suffocating silence Together we will wander and bring life into this place Crushing hold of winter's cold Drains the world of life and colour Arcane voices fill my head Drowning out the blissful quiet Thorns digging into my skin My black blood or deep red roses Stifled by the ocean spray As the current drags me away Through the vast and empty spaces I will follow any signal Listening, feeling, hoping, dreaming Give me a sign that you're near me Deeperd down through fire and flame Clawing for a taste of wonder Desperately screaming your name Please stop me from going under In the smoke a shining form Takes my hand and pulls me nearer We've gone down this road before You guide me to hope again Hold me in your arms and say You'll take all my pain away Help me see the light again Through the rain Through the vast and empty spaces I will follow any signal Listening, feeling, hoping, dreaming Give me a sign that you're near me Through the vast and empty spaces I will follow any signal Listening, feeling, hoping, dreaming Give me a sign that you're near me

Submitted by NecroGod — Apr 25, 2025

I thought I saw the whole world Smouldering in your eyes But from this love came a curse That befored long left me blind Oh it stole my fire So now it has come to this My hopes are turning to ash Destroying all I held dear Forever holding me back Taking all I had I thought my tell-tale would save me from this ever-winding road But now I'm a ghost in the woods, lost and unsure which way to turn I stand and scan the skies, hoping for an answer in the stars Where has my freedom gone? Where have all the birds flown? I want to hide you away To cut you out of my mind But I see you everywhere Your face carved from the moonlight Never left behind Your voice whispers in wind A festering memory long dead Like a familiar stranger Cursed with forbidden knowledge Born from the snow and starlight Now cast to dust and decay Your greatest weapon is truth You wield it with bitterness I stand and scan the skies, hoping for an answer in the stars Where has my freedom gone? Where have all the birds flown? You stand in front of me now Your eyes a desolate grey I pray that I’ll have the strength To turn my face away These empty words from your lips Bright smoke that stifles my breath The very strands of my life Entwined in your fingertips I see the spark of our past But I lament what you've become

We said that life would find a way Through this echoing decay Falling into time Slow, you'll take my hand in yours Sunk in linen's soft embrace We'll lie here and watch the raging fires come closer every day Skin caresses silk We're bound in endless love Anointed in everlasting sleep A thousand eyes watching our fate Enshrouding us with dead leaves The connection slips away Drunk on the feel of crushing silence As I strain for the fading whispers of my soul Ash rises from the ancient earth And the fire keeps on blazing out of all control Dancing in the void Errant space between Travelling through time to worlds unseen Whirling purple fire Entwined in cosmic lust And we will slowly crumble to Dust scatters all around Now enveloping a world of steam and feathers And the wind that whips up from the ocean tide Atmospheric ignites We'll watch the deepest blue arising And strangling ancient roots Time fades away and crumbles to the sea Into the blackest depths of the gaping abyss Smoke fills my chest and gently gathers us As we stand to begin the rites of endless bliss Darkness descends Musky and warm Heavy as wine Sweet as the dawn Ash falls like rain Coating our lips Bleaching our eyes And fingertips We said that life would find a way But we're faded into grey...

Submitted by NecroLord — Apr 25, 2025

I give my soul to the sea tonight So that my love can be saved Dream-like in this citadel of light I will give all my lifeblood back To the earth Softly, he sleeps beside me, lost in a world of dreams Knowing, soon comes a day when he will be forced to leave O'er the sea, searching for something, a light in unending dark To protect him on the way, a prayer is not enough So I'll make my final journey in his name Let him steel his heart with all that's left of me I give my soul to the sea tonight So that my love can be saved From the deep Nightfall will see me walking silently to the shore Through the trees, branches entwining, witness my fateful thoughts The ocean will be the altar where I lay down my life So in the name of love I make this sacrifice I will calm the waves and make his passage safe He will feel my lifeforce in the briny spray Ooh, in the still water Crystalline, ice enfolding me As my life drains away My spirit soars I know my shade lives on Entwined in yours When he wakes, he'll know I'm lost yet with him forevermore He'll feel me, guiding him gently onto a foreign shore As he reaches land, his heart will be strong Though my form is lifeless, my soul lingers on