A Burnt Offering for the Bone Idol
This track is instrumental.
See the red "messiah" high upon a soap-box pulpit Agitating his apostles with the gospels in his hand While apprentice hitlers gather down in inner city subways To immortalise their ignorance with aerosol spray cans. Life is the lesson - History our tutor Learn from the past - preserve us a future. So many causes I could die for - but I don't know which is right In this millenia of martyrs and injustices to fight Why must brother kill his brother - when united they should stand? Men by swords and words divided in our broken promised land. These tattered battle standards fly - their colours do not run Unlike our tears that trickle down the decades soon to come. You promised us a "Golden Age" - we couldn't wait to try it But never told us of the blood we'd have to shed to buy it! [Chorus:] We are brought forth with nothing we struggle for nothing And then unto nothing return. Though their words have no meaning - to question them: "Treason!" Look back - watch the pages of history burn Our Devil has two wings (both left wing and right) They carry him far on this anarchic flight 'Til the fools of all nations now at his commmand Bring darkness to once green (now unpleasant) lands. The voices on your TV are like whispers in a dream Someone else's nightmares in a place you've never been But the streets run red round Tianneman Square - and the blood won't wash away You don't recognise their faces - so young and dead they stay. You've never had to answer to the barrel of a gun So how could you expect... (expect what was to come?) In the troubled streets of Moscow - and in tenements in Moss Side There are people using silver tongues to turn dissenting worms How can the dissatisfaction of some left or right wing faction Hope to justify the bombs that burst - the innocents that burn. We move in vicious circles as we fan the fires of hate And laugh as the 'Four Horsemen' clamour at the starter's gate. (Repeat chorus) Preserve us a future.
Submitted by Morgoth — Apr 24, 2025
She came down from the Western Hills when we were not prepared I turned deaf ears to words of warning now I'm running scared. Casting caution to the wind now that the cat's away I say my grace - fill my face (then for forgiveness pray). God knows I was an honest man - the same as any other Who loved his wife - worked all his life to keep his family Until the 'beast' that never sleeps beneath my silken covers Reared its head and bit its thumb at my morality. [Chorus:] Her passion for passion - it will devour Cruel are the thorns of this delicate flower Her lust for lust - it will consume A siren song summons all men to their doom. She whispered of her innocence - (a plea I must contest) While baptising helpless sinners with a missionary zest She will exorcise your demons - then exercise your thighs Await your 'second-coming' with a hunger in her eyes. Her sweetmeats are the souls of men - she'll gorge herself to bursting And for yours her heart is thirsting - as a spider craves a fly No mortal man could ever hope to suit her as a suitor She'll rewrite the Kama Sutra if you'd care to watch her try. [Repeat Chorus] I reach for heaven - desire drags me down When fools choose their king I'll be heir to that crown A strange kind of madness I cannot condone If you are without sin come cast the first stone.
Submitted by Warbringer — Apr 24, 2025
Out of the East a prince shall rise To summon fire from the skies. I'm lord of this wasteland - where my word is law My bedfellows pestilence, famine and war Turn children to orphans - make wives into widows Then laugh at your plight behind bullet-proof windows With swords made of "Black Gold" the world is my whore I've all you could wish for yet still I want more. Out of the East the prince shall rise. They are the victims (the ones who survived) To bury their families along with their pride Forgotten, forsaken, defenceless and lost They count their blessings whilst counting the cost. All they can do is pray that his greed shall destroy him But meanwhile they choke on another man's poison. Should we turn our cheeks so the mad and the twisted May strike us again 'cus we never resisted? They'll slaughter our allies - invade all our neighbours Then when they come here there'll be none left to save us... Then we'll be the victims - the ones who must fight Bury our families and our human rights To the hands of a madman all liberty lost He'll reap the rewards while The Earth pays the cost Spill oil on troubled waters - believe yourself divine By calling it an "act of war" you cover up the crime.
Submitted by Corpse Defiler — Apr 24, 2025
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Awake at the "Souls Midnight" I seek that I may find An amicable separation from this state of mind My sins so unoriginal they cannot be forgiven An overwhelming sense of doubt from me all hope has driven. Ships at night we pass each other by one stormy crossing Now in dry-dock solitude we reminisce and wait For "trade-winds" that will guide us 'cross the ocean that divides us Pray that time and tide unite us not one moment too late. With all my coins cast in your fountain I have wished on falling stars Remembered times together when the minutes seemed like 'ours. The strangest things can happen on the way to paradise Where the grass is always greener on the other side of life. Forever held in this dilemma - I see no escape When misery awaits me down whichever path I take No "prima-donnas" are allowed in this "menage-a-trois" So will someone please accept us for the naive fools we are. Caught between the Devil and the deep blue sea I'm not waving - I am drowning (someone rescue me!) Life's tides drag me always deeper down - I'm sinking fast The question is no longer whether I will die - but how long will I last. I scream out to the brooding stormclouds heavy with despair Yet know they hold no answers - there's no silver hiding there. Destiny has turned the key and locked the gates of heaven But Kismet is the combination to my Karmageddon. Contemplation on my isolation - immolation by my desolation. I spiral down the cortex vortex - though to live this live I shan't be forced I'll break my vow of silence - race towards the holocaust Absence makes the heart grow fonder (where the heart lies - there is home) But I am lost and have no shelter - nothing I can call my own. This soul consumed by inside outrage never had a choice An anger cloaked (choked into silence) seeks an estranged voice To excommunicate my conscience - reprieve the condemned And summon courage to admit that all good things must end.
Submitted by Immortal — Apr 24, 2025
An apple in the eye of the storm that's coming When winds of change sweep 'cross the land These "old grey men" have braved the weather Watched kingdoms fall while they still stand. Walk with me down moonlit ley-lines Farther than the eye can see Where each breath lasts a thousand lifetimes That is where I long to be. Down at Ring Stone Round (together) Down at Ring Stone Round Down at Ring Stone Round (together) Down at Ring Stone Round Am I a fool - am I a dreamer? Well ask me if I really care And when your hearts and eyes have opened I will meet you there. Down at Ring Stone Round (come follow) Down at Ring Stone Round Down at Ring Stone Round (tomorrow maybe?) Down at Ring Stone Round
Submitted by johnmansley — Apr 24, 2025
I pray that soon the blessed meek their world shall inherit When all of these bastards are judged by their merits And called to account for the acts they've commited The jury their victims - no sins are omitted. I'd gladly burn these men of straw who beat the weakest hardest They sow the seeds of misery - let children reap the harvest The "lowest of the low" are they - not fit to share our planet They are not men but beasts indeed, so take this beast and hang it. Suffer the children - unseen and unheard Who live in the dark closets where skeletons stirred Behind mental parapets feelings lay hidden They cried out for nothing - and nothing were given. Why is it so hard to comprehend They should not be released to re-offend? I think instead that they should take the place Of the animals dissected by this so called "Human Race." The time has come to take these scum and set a fine example The only problem is - I fear no punishment is ample Now I am not a violent man - but it would give me pleasure To watch these vermin crucified (then kill them at my leisure). They rob the young of innocence and then show no repentance We should relieve them of their lives - the crime befits the sentence Instead set free to hurt again for reasons I can't figure Just line them all against the wall and let me pull the trigger.
Submitted by Dahmers Fridge — Apr 24, 2025
I still hear the screams of my lover torn from me Still taste the salt of her tears on my face As they left me for dying my shattered corpse writhed On a pyre of anger - I choked on the stench of disgrace. Flint and bone are all we wield Against the might of Roman steel While eagles stare with mocking eyes Their legions cut us down to size. R'Vannith, R'Vannith, R'Vannith she cried As the last of her kinsmen fell dead by her side Oh why could I not stand with my warrior queen There to share sweet release in a death swift and clean? From out of the wildwood they came down upon us These olive-skinned butchers that shone like the sun With hate in their dark eyes they robbed us of our lives But left me to weep when the slaughter was done. Invaders came to violate - to subjugate and legislate Put our homes and farms to fire to feed the greed of their Empire R'Vannith, R'Vannith, R'Vannith I cried As I grieved for the fallen - and wished I had died I heard ravens laugh - stripping the flesh from her bones Well fed by the Senate and People of Rome. Two thousand years pass by - yet still they hold sway here Their Empire is holy (its motives the same) They have traded their spears for the cross that man fears Those who nailed Him up high now rule in his name. Invaders come to violate To subjugate and legislate Believing their forefather's crimes Give them the right to twist our minds R'Vannith, R'Vannith, R'Vannith we'll cry When the last of our freedom is crushed by a lie New legions of pious hypocrisy ride To baptise us in blood (an unstoppable tide).
Submitted by Finntroll — Apr 24, 2025
There's a "Fat Cat" sitting in a Caddilac Riding ten feet off the floor Who says "I used to do a little, but I couldn't get enough And so a little got more and more." Well I've nothing to show for all these years - But it still makes me smile That the ones you always hear the most Say nothing that's worthwhile. No gold, no frankincense or myrrh we bring Just faith and this "burnt offering" So raise your voice with mine and sing A hymn to long lost causes. [CHORUS:] Pledge allegiance to pretence The white flag of indifference You sought a grail forged of fools gold And on the quest your souls were sold. Living the life of milk and honey I bet it tastes real sweet Now the "chicks" are queueing cus They all want screwing down on Institution street. Does it feel so cool when you act The fool with "Charlie", "H" and "E"? Well to my way of thinking there's A whole lot of nothing where your Brains should be. This planet burns and you couldn't really care That your head (unlike the Earth) is full of air If there's anybody in there - time has come to face the real world [Chorus] They're walking tall yet heading nowhere Shouting loud but saying nothing So empty-headed, hollow hearted Tell me how this farce got started If there's anybody in there - time has come to face the real world. [Chorus]
Submitted by Grave666 — Apr 24, 2025
Carnal gladiators lie restless awaiting the dawn Slaves to their passion - so eager its will to perform They wrestle the "Double Backed Beast" face their foe hand to hand The arena was life but alone in deaths shadow they stand. You brand the social leper - then spare no second thought Too scared to give this kiss of life - "Come rise my son and walk." On these streets of damnation the destitute huddle once more Can we pass them by just like all who have been there before? Are you so cold and heartless you can feel no shame That we allow a human life to become a death in vein. A fear that's bred of ignorance perpetuates the lie Well there but for the mercy and the grace of God go I. Prisoners in a sterile vacuum - hearts that feel but dare not touch The freak show in this callous circus - on parade so all may look Those who gaze upon the outcasts to taste how bitter life can be Can't comprehend the pain you feel - their blinkered eyes will never see.
Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Apr 24, 2025