Return of the Dragon
Cthulhu! Silent for centuries in a moonlit watery crypt Slumbering in the tide deaf and mute Now Cthulhu wakes and he’s the beast that was foretold to kill the kings He’s everything they say, and more Now Cthulhu wakes and he’ll devour anything …. Tentacles replaced with thunderbolts and wires Gaze upon his face and dance with the dead Cthulhu! Tentacles replaced with thunderbolts and wires Gaze upon his face and dance with the dead Now Cthulhu wakes and he’s the beast that was foretold to kill the kings He’s everything they say, and more Now Cthulhu wakes and he’ll devour anything and everything Everything!
Submitted by Nargaroth — Apr 25, 2025
The last ride of the wicked dead Bruised and broken This last ride is a token Found life in death, gold in steel A band of brothers Against all others Who have tried to hold us down The last ride of the wicked dead So sound our final battle cry And raise the skull and cross high They can’t take us alive If we’re already dead The last ride of the wicked dead We were young When we pledged to keep the faith But the fife and drum Are strangers now And the world goes on without us Without us Without us
Submitted by Finntroll — Apr 25, 2025
A world filled with tragic angels and demons Turns to sorcery and magic if it burns the kingdom Darkness is real for those gathered ‘round the fire The dragon rears his head and lights the funeral pyre It’s the return Return of the dragon Flesh will burn And souls will die My life spent chasing Chasing a dream Each moment a brick in this legacy But none so pure as the astral flame No word, no sound, no city, no name It’s the return Return of the dragon Flesh will burn and souls will die Now the hero is face to face with his greatest fear That the legend of his last stand will disappear His courage and his strength are not enough Immortality the universe’s cruelest bluff A man can raise his head and face the sun If he has the confidence of his mother’s son If he believes that he’s the chosen one If he believes that he’s the chosen one Return … It’s the return
Submitted by MetalElf — Apr 25, 2025
You and I intertwined Struggling in the tides of this great illusion There’s strength to be found in youth and ignorance And beauty so rare in purest innocence I stand at the gates And wonder Is it too late for me? Now there’s a crack in my faith I’m lost and alone We believe until we wake And then the daylight comes to break the spell Still we achieved so much in darkness That the dream was heavenly in this hell We stand at the gates And wonder Is it too late for us? Now there are cracks in the tunnels of fate And now we’ve lost our way I don’t believe in anything anymore I can’t believe in the stories you told me I won’t believe in anything anymore A crack in the sky fostering the seeds of doubt I don’t believe in anything anymore I can’t believe in the stories you told me I won’t believe in anything anymore A crack in the sky fostering the seeds of doubt
Submitted by Infernal Flame — Apr 25, 2025
When the curtain falls And we see through Oz Then the Prince of Darkness turns to grey When the metal god Goes to rust in peace Then our way of life it fades away Empires fall No king can save us all By spinning lies and selling faith Oh Empires fall History says it all And now we suffer through our fate We were powerslaves In a dynasty Held fast by the fists of rebellion But in Metallica The first cracks appeared And we wondered who it was that we believed in Empires fall No king can save us all By spinning lies and selling faith Oh Empires fall History says it all And now we suffer through our fate We bought into a dream, we gave our souls Built every temple, went to every show Not even Ancient Greece had gods like ours That sang us battle hymns for hours and hours We worshipped each of them and brought them tithes For all the meaning that they gave our lives We had a brotherhood that spanned across nations We were religious in our dedication Now it’s all gone It’s all gone It’s all gone It’s all gone Empires fall No king can save us all By spinning lies and selling faith Oh Empires fall History says it all And now we suffer through our fate Empires fall
Submitted by VladTheImpaler666 — Apr 25, 2025
Don’t preach to me about my sins Until you’re in the hell I’m in Don’t tell me how to live my life Don’t want to hear no more You tell me that I can’t do right I hear you talking every night I hate the way you shine that light Don’t want to feel, no I can’t live under the hammer of an angry god Drive me like a nail Through the gates of hell No! I can’t live under the hammer of an angry god Making me miserable Robbing me of my will To live (solo Damiano Christian) You got me when I was down And told me “stop fooling around” It hurt me then it hurts me now Don’t want to hurt no more But now I’ve got a debt to pay You took me for a week and a day How long will it go on this way? I’m gonna go insane I can’t live under the hammer of an angry god Drive me like a nail Through the gates of hell No! I can’t live under the hammer of an angry god Making me miserable Robbing me of my will They say you love me That’s why you cry You say you love me And I say I tried (solo Bill Smith) (solo Damiano Christian) (solo Rob Thorne) I can’t live under the hammer of an angry god Drive me like a nail Through the gates of hell No! I can’t live under the hammer of an angry god Making me miserable Robbing me of my will To live
Submitted by Warbringer — Apr 25, 2025
Have we come to the end Of the golden age? Or are we just getting started On the next evolutionary stage? More tech than flesh On 3G mesh Gonna lose the halos For horns on the back of our necks Worship the sun Or wear a cross Tell yourself there’s holiness In every loss What you believe Can keep you down Tell me Who will be the next pharaoh? Swallowed the pill Gave your free will Can’t recognize a Mountain or a mole hill That data stream Is like a dream But when you wake The world will make you Want to scream Slave! Now we’re enslaved Our path is paved With the bones of those Who came before us Had they have known What their deeds had sown … Now we’re building temples for Anubis. Worship the sun Or wear a cross Tell yourself there’s holiness In every loss What you believe Can keep you down Tell me Who will be the next pharaoh? Slave!
Submitted by Cyberwaste — Apr 25, 2025
You know me You feel me Primeval I’m real Count on me And use me I’ve cried out to god And I’ve sharpened steel Try as you might to keep away from me Fascinated by technology I’m the only anchor that’s keeping you human Primeval in the code that birthed a man Primeval the instinct of the clan Primeval nations rise and fall Primeval no god can save us all Primeval in the code that birthed a man Primeval the instinct of the clan Primeval nations rise and fall Primeval no god can save us all Primeval the apple and the tree Primeval what Eve has done to me Primeval once nurtured at the breast Primeval being put to the test
Submitted by Corpse Grinder — Apr 25, 2025
Hours before the dawn In the Land of the Rising Sun Shepherd to Black Sheep One The hero pulls his boots on He’s unencumbered By others’ expectations His kills are numbered As are his days No care for medals Records or recognition To win the war That’s his only mission He’s counting zeros Tracers into flames This one got his number But not his name Dive to the whitecaps And push the throttle Fire in the engine Bullets in the bottle No way around it This ship is gonna sink Pulled from the cockpit And into the drink Dive to the whitecaps And push the throttle Fire in the engine Bullets in the bottle No way around it This ship is gonna sink Pulled from the cockpit And into the drink Bravery can’t always save you But tales of it live on Legends can inspire us To find what we believe in Stand for the truth Fight to the death You may find tomorrow And draw another breath
Submitted by NecroLord — Apr 25, 2025
As I contemplate A world of love and hate Of man against man I wonder if this could be the end Of a planet in decay Is mankind to blame For abusing our freedoms And grafting the root of all evil? Money Power Or animal desire Ego Hatred Some say we’re all born wicked Lazy Crazy In acts of desperation Is greed The creed Of a bankrupt nation? We’re all looking for paradise In the arms of a god But we’re living in the paradigm Of a lightning rod In our epitaph Who will have the last laugh As our bones turn to dust And our apples ripen to a red rust? We live what we believe Our faith too blind to see We gave away all our freedoms And there lies the root of all evil. Root of all evil Root of all evil Envy Anger Depravities of hunger Pride Vainglory All tell the human story Murder For hire Of these tales we never tire We sold Our souls For eternal fire In our epitaph Who will have the last laugh As our bones turn to dust And our apples ripen to a red rust? We lived what we believed Our faith too blind to see We gave away all our freedoms And there lies the root of all evil Root of all evil Root of all evil
Submitted by Warbringer — Apr 25, 2025