A Fortress Called Home

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Meet me where the sand meets the sea My home is atop that crumbling cliff Follow me up the steep path, you may come in More a fortress, less of a home It's the only place I call my own And the tall ship on the grey seas when they flash emerald green Foolish though it may be To indulge in all that we've been We'll uncork the spirits of our past And welcome them in Oh, the laughter flushed in your cheeks Your legato half-rhymes Echo down tapestried halls I'm almost alive Songs upon wine-stained tongues Stories over hearty soup Let me remind you of all you forgot you knew Down the hall, up the stairs Most nights I spiral down, down, down But would you like a vista of a starlit town? Higher still, been so long No one dared visit in eons Look just there, breathe the night air Beneath the stars Our hands are like ice Should have known that you're like me If you have time, I'd like to hear All about the things you've seen Those spectres in your eyes The seabreeze in your hair What dark voyage left you soulfully scarred? They shunned me, a fatherless boy With only one friend, who taught me the words of men Then I wove them in melodies and garnered acclaim I sang for my fortune, for all that was lost I saw every kingdom but never forgot The one who brought me from silence to serenade The way was rough, the sea took my life To a decadent hell in eternal night With a demon who dealt in souls and granted dreams It called me Darling, gave me its years I live on borrowed time with tears Long-run dry, so I weep them in songs of memories I know that one, minor IV and back home? The deep-rooted ache, to be seen, to be known Our hands like ice, but comfort glows Like embers fanned by songs on wine-stained tongues Yeah! We laugh, I cry, the night goes on The shadows of old friends long-gone Somehow doesn't frighten you away Cinnamon smoke, candlelight on your face Fingers entwined in the night's embrace Our eyes shut, but you've seen me, and I've seen you Comfort in company, and songs we both knew I've seen you, you've seen me If our demons dance, so can we I live for the days when your fangs lay bare Your stormy oceans and starlight stare To hell with it all I love you now and forever

Submitted by Celtic Frost — Apr 26, 2025

I walk these corridors alone Fingertips trailing along worn stone Cold beneath starlight and crisp air Speckled moonlight in the alcoves Yesterdays rot through the old bones Of these spires built on grief and despair Masterless, ravenous I see no daylight, feel no cold Honourless, lonesome reign Every soul may know my face I'm without friend, without foe No one can grant forgiveness when you're your own god No one can grant forgiveness when you're your own god You can only learn to live, and forgive your demons Forfeit intention to survive Hoped through lies, led to demise Humanity seeped away, as a dream Slips from consciousness at first light Terrors prowl just out of sight Through lofty arches and echoes of memories Masterless, ravenous I see no daylight, feel no cold Honourless, lonesome reign Every soul may know my face I'm without friend, without foe No one can grant forgiveness when you're your own god No one can grant forgiveness when you're your own god Masterless, ravenous I see no daylight, feel no cold Honourless, lonesome reign Every soul may know my face I'm without friend, without foe No one can grant forgiveness when you're your own god No one can grant forgiveness when you're your own god You can only learn to live, and forgive your demons

Submitted by Corpse Defiler — Apr 26, 2025

Behold the gallery of love's souvenirs Behold the proof it wasn't just a dream My mind is a museum of things held dear My bones, a mausoleum for my grief Somehow I lived a decade each passing year A child chasing love through high esteem No resting on my laurels, there's just die or win Sequestered in the dark, afraid to be So bury me There is no poetry In rotting away in bed Rotting in my regrets I wish I knew what came before these castle walls I wish I could remember how to be But in the winding darkness of those chasmal halls There's not a single echo left of me So bury me There is no poetry In rotting away in bed Rotting in my regrets Define the line Where loathing and longing lie Where I flinch from touch Where I crave too much Paralysed in crumbling foundations Captured by ghosts of speculations Trapped in time cadavers keep the score Ashamed in desperation In throes of trepidation A flight of preservation A blight upon my heart Love's souvenir Contritus es ultra determinatio Numquan satris erit Mundus melius sine Bury me There is no poetry In rotting away in bed Rotting in my regrets Define the line Where loathing and longing lie Where I flinch from touch Where I crave too much

Submitted by Celtic Frost — Apr 26, 2025

She sheds a million tears on rainy bay windows Your love like silent winters piled on evergreens Your care, the cold stone in the fortress we called home When autumn bleeds malted memories You named me in my darkness A prophecy unfolds Now we’re cowards far apart All you ever let me know Love is angry Love is cold Love is absent Never told (Am I your carbon copy? Am I your unborn son?) Love is judgement Love is wordless Grudgingly accepts the worthless (All that your lessons taught me Life is to be won) It was you who named me in my darkness Raised me to perfection Just remember pain and blame and fondness Are stored in your reflection I am a portrait of us With lacquered claws, I beckon Grand, sweeping gestures And fanged expressions For I am the villain in every story All I ever wanted was to be more than Cracked clean slates and tear-stained Midnight confessions Forgive me in all my Failed perfections Love is angry Love is cold Love is absent Never told (Am I your carbon copy? Am I your unborn son?) Love is judgement Love is wordless Grudgingly accepts the worthless (All that your lessons taught me Life is to be won) It was you who named me in my darkness Raised me to perfection Just remember pain and blame and fondness Are stored in your reflection I am a portrait of you, me, and Her eyes sparkle in illustrated firelight While yours are wide in apprehension Our colours faded in the gradient of time What happened to those years? Love is angry Love is cold Love is absent Never told (Am I your carbon copy? Am I your unborn son?) Love is judgement Love is wordless Grudgingly accepts the worthless (All that your lessons taught me Life is to be won) It was you who named me in my darkness Raised me to perfection Just remember pain and blame and fondness Are stored in your reflection Father, forgive me if I’m your carbon copy If I’m your unborn son All that your lessons taught me Life is to be won I am a portrait of us

Submitted by Corpse Grinder — Apr 26, 2025

Never cared much for religion You're the one that I believed in I don’t know if I believe in gods or afterlives But if there's a heaven, then wait for me there By the sea, in perpetual Autumn We'll walk with our arms linked, and warm drinks in hand And smile at our dreams, ’cause we got 'em Around us, the red-golds of October hues And the decades of I-love-yous And arm-in-arm walks through the Emerald Necklace of Boston With some luck, we'll know our true love Cherish them before they leave us Will you know me when we meet beyond this fleeting life? What if there's no heaven? What if that's another lie? Our melody will live forever Never die I don't care what you believe, If it's gods or afterlives 'Cause if there’s a heaven, you’ll wait for me there By the sea, in perpetual Autumn We'll walk with our arms linked, and warm drinks in hand And smile at our dreams, ’cause we got 'em Around us, the red-golds of October hues And the decades of I-love-yous And arm-in-arm walks through the Emerald Necklace of Boston

Submitted by Infernal Flame — Apr 26, 2025

(Hail the sovereign darkness) (O ferryman, o keeper of our souls) (Hail the dark one) (Hear our conflagrant reverence) (Hail the dark one) Sweet November whispers through Autumn's crown Through unbenighted castle grounds Silent cells house my shame Below the surface, locked away There lies the truth, the villain's reign Where sorrows bear my name What is it to be known, to be seen, to forgive? Unbound by conditions, to live Without aching for home Crumbling within Fearing the demons beneath my skin? Sing through lonesome winters Disguise the sound of unrequited beaten-downs Secrecy breeds disgrace What was lost can't be replaced The chains of truth you never faced Tomorrow never came What is it to be known, to be seen, to forgive? Unbound by conditions To live without aching for home Crumbling within Fearing the demons beneath my skin? What is it to feel safe, both in body and in mind? Unburdened by your guilt? Surviving the aching for home Not knowing why Searching for something you may never find? What is it to be known, to be seen, to forgive? Unbound by conditions To live without aching for home Crumbling within Fearing the demons beneath my skin? Silent cells house my shame Below the surface, locked away There lies the truth, the villain's reign Where sorrows bear my name (Hail the sovereign darkness) (O ferryman, o keeper of our souls) (Hail the dark one) Where sorrows bear my name (Hear our conflagrant reverence) Where sorrows bear my name (Hail the dark one)

Submitted by NecroLord — Apr 26, 2025

Stop Cool your temper It's you and me, together, in the light Tell me, what can you see? What can you hear? Take a long breath, and remember How once we swore forever, in the night It has been the way of the sun To sink and rise again It is not to blame for the night Nor should we discount the beauty of stars For eons past, and eons to come In dark and in light, we are one I'll find you in every life Again and again No No more pretending You're safe to bе with me as you are Stop You're rеpenting Move on and let the whole be greater Than the sum of parts It has been the way of the sun To sink and rise again It is not to blame for the night Nor should we discount the beauty of stars For eons past, and eons to come In dark and in light, we are one I'll find you in every life Again and again There may be no place for us If the world is unkind and uncaring But when all is told We're past declaring I'll always be your home There may be no time for us So don't waste your time on despairing Lay the past to rest Give your best And know you can always come home

Submitted by MetalElf — Apr 26, 2025

I know a place where dreams have died Buried beneath a house of lies Here in the darkness, we survive Chanting the lessons learned in life Home's where you grow You don’t feel alone How does it feel? Well how should I know? All I Know Home doesn't hurt Deep in the dark where pain resides Beneath a life of compromise Oh, some things we barely dare to dream Someplace we're sure, we’re safe, we're seen Does it hurt? Does it hurt? Forgiving and accepting all we've yearned for? Home Someplace you belong Were loved all along There's no relief The day that you're gone That's where you grow You don't feel alone How does it feel? Hope one day we'll know They tell me, home doesn’t hurt I know a place where dreams have died Buried beneath a house of lies That’s where you grow You don't feel alone How does it feel? I want you to know You’ve always belonged Were loved all along There's no relief The day that you're gone You speak and you're heard It’s what you deserve You get what you need And you own your worth When you are home, does it hurt? Forgive, but don't forget all that you've learned

Submitted by Grave666 — Apr 26, 2025