The Dust of Years

I have seen the shadows falling on the fields Endless march of progress Endless march of greed In the midst of turmoil Frozen still or running scared From the hands of chaos Tearing down the world we shared (Lost in moments, lost forever) Did you see a world endless, vast and free? Was it ever real? Can it ever be? In the midst of turmoil Frozen still or running scared From the hands of chaos Tearing down the world we shared Close your eyes and dream of things that were not as they seemed Again the time has come to learn that nothing lasts (x2) In the midst of turmoil Frozen still or running scared From the hands of chaos Tearing down the world we shared Lost in moments, lost forever

Submitted by Corpse Defiler — Apr 25, 2025

The turning tide - Will we survive? The drowning of our former lives The waves that flood our weary minds And all the promise left behind The tide spares no-one Time cares for no-one In creeping cold I walked alone Forever searching for a passage home The freezing wind on broken skin Hoping somewhere a pulse still beats within The tide spares no-one Time cares for no-one No more looking back Life will not wait for us This well-beaten track unfolds again So follow on, traveler Follow on The ticking clocks will never wait Searching for answers that come too late The wasted moments in the dark The tears, the scars, the broken hearts The tide spares no-one Time cares for no-one Was it just an empty promise? You would be waiting for us

Submitted by VladTheImpaler666 — Apr 25, 2025

Here at the beginning Betrothed to one another Ravaged by the beauty The euphony of whispers Here at The Unveiling Antiquity of empires Jaded by affliction We wake to see the dawn We thirst, turn us not away In tears, the taste of you remains In the beginning, at the end of all things I am In the beginning, at the end of all things I am suffering I am broken Cast me not away from you Forgotten Wake me from this sleep of death Your heart reveals my pain Your heart reveals my pain Here at The Unveiling Antiquity of empires Jaded by affliction We wake to see the dawn

Submitted by Celtic Frost — Apr 25, 2025

I am weak, I am strong I am anything that will make me belong I am proud, I'm ashamed I am looking for someone to carry the blame Weep not for us We rest in peace Our charred remains Eternity (x2) I will sleep, I will wake I will offer my soul for someone to take I will hate, I will crave I will promise to lay down my life once again Weep not for us We rest in peace Our charred remains Eternity (x2) Mercy, laughter Gallows that whisper Jaded garlands we wear Twilight, faithful Silent in circles Candles flicker and fade I recall we were young When our lives had just begun I remember we would dream Slow engulf serenity Mercy, laughter Gallows that whisper Jaded garlands we wear Twilight, faithful Silent in circles Candles flicker and fade I recall we were young When our lives had just begun I remember we would dream Slow engulf serenity Weep not for us We rest in peace Our charred remains Eternity (x2)

Submitted by Immortal — Apr 25, 2025

[Abelard] “I remove to a distance from your person with an intention of avoiding you as an enemy; and yet I incessantly seek for you in my mind; I recall your image in my memory, and in different disquietudes I betray and contradict myself. I hate you! I love you!” [Heloise] "But if I lose you, what have I left to hope for? Why continue on life's pilgrimage, for which I have no support but you, and none in you save the knowledge that you are alive, now that I am forbidden all other pleasures in you, and denied even the joy of your presence which from time to time could restore me to myself?" [Abelard] “I am at this moment afraid I should seem more indifferent than you fare, and yet I am ashamed to discover my trouble. Ah, Heloise, how far are we from such a happy temper? Your heart still burns with that fatal fire you cannot extinguish, and mine is full of trouble and unrest. Think not, Heloise, that I here enjoy a perfect peace; I will for the last time open my heart to you; I am not yet disengaged from you, and though I fight against my excessive tenderness for you, in spite of all my endeavours I remain but too sensible of your sorrows and long to share in them.” The hollow bell rings The cloistered hearts yearn to forget These mournful but dear remembrances Sought solace never met I promise myself that I will forget, yet I cannot Your words that burn within my heart my bitter tears shall blot The tree from which I tasted fruit displays now naught but leaves This history of misfortunes made my heart bleed within me My heart is pierced with your sorrows, pierced with mine own With my face pressed I mix my tears with earth, the earth my home When all is finished, you'll be near, cold ashes need not fear My tomb shall be the richer for them, lover ever near The violent motion of my heart Our sufferings and revolutions Though time aught to have closed my wounds, they open up and bleed afresh Your words sufficient, they bleed afresh Cold ashes need not fill our sufferings and revolutions (x4)

Submitted by Grave666 — Apr 25, 2025

Dwelling in ruins Swallowing poison Carving out wounds on the hands that held you Spitting hate on the fools who cared Have they broken you? There is no reason to live in this prison Proudly display all your chains and your tears Run away when the pain tears your life apart Abusing and cursing - you are betrayed Blame is never on your shoulders Always pulling further away All that could have been - so distant Entering again and again into your self-created nightmare Erasing all that remains Waking again to yourself and your hatred and pain Entering again and again into your self-created nightmare Run away once again Never see the damage you have done Dwelling in ruins Drowning in poison Dwelling in ruins Drowning in poison Have you broken them? Leaving your ruins Spreading new poison Carving old wounds on all who defy you Spitting hate as they disappear

Submitted by Corpse Defiler — Apr 25, 2025

Did you leave me here all alone? Crown my head with tears, love unknown Climb these narrow stairs, walk with me We shall cast our cares into the sea Break the chains that seek to bind us Speak the Word to free us all Break the chains that seek to bind us Speak the Word to free us all Brittle hands that long to hold Guard my flesh in bitter cold We abide beneath this veil Will we ever be? Sun and moon and stars hide away Blood pour, spirit wound, Agnus Dei If I lose my way, mourn my birth If we are but clay, lament the earth Brittle hands that long to hold Guard my flesh in bitter cold Fractured limbs that try to heal Will we ever be? Sun and moon and stars hide away Blood pour, spirit wound, Agnus Dei If I lose my way, mourn my birth If we are but clay, lament the earth Twilight embraces this world Languid, bejeweled so frail Autumn, daughter of spring Farewell fainthearted one Laughter, transient sleep Hallowed, shining of fire Treasure candlelight dear Night falls, heaven draws near Laughter, transient sleep Hallowed, shining of fire Did you leave me here all alone? Crown my head with tears, love unknown Climb these narrow stairs, walk with me We shall cast our cares into the sea Break the chains that seek to bind us Speak the Word to free us all Break the chains that seek to bind us Speak the Word to free us all

Submitted by VladTheImpaler666 — Apr 25, 2025

This blood flows thick with the dust of years This vain catharsis of bitter tears This inner sanctum of human hands Can't give me shelter, it will not stand Velvet walls conceal the crown of thorns from me Rise, faint heart and lift your eyes to see the light has come This burden carried, too great to bear This flesh decaying borne of despair This cruel affliction: the raven sky Bring me salvation or watch me die Velvet walls conceal the crown of thorns from me Rise, faint heart and lift your eyes to see the light has come (x2) Quell the river's flow, bury me below Take this cup from me, filled with memories Can this life be saved from the silent grave? Tear the raven sky, bring light to these eyes Quell the river's flow, bury me below all that once I desired Take this cup from me, filled with memories reaching out from the fire Can this life be saved from the silent grave yearning for me to come to the end? Tear the raven sky, bring light to these eyes Searching for a way out of this hell This blood flows thick with the dust of years This vain catharsis of bitter tears This cruel affliction: the raven sky Bring me salvation or watch me die (x2] Velvet walls conceal the crown of thorns from me Rise, faint heart and lift your eyes to see the light has come

Submitted by The Void — Apr 25, 2025

I will not forget your name I will not forget what happened to you I will not forget a sky without birds Graves without earth Tears without words I will not forget your name I will not forget what happened to you I will not forget what happened to you

Submitted by Finntroll — Nov 14, 2025