Ghost at the Gallows

We are not prisoners Bound by form alone We must find freedom from our suffering We must transcend our flesh and bone In the fire we transform In the water be reborn I am growing old and weary now Burdened by the weight of time It’s clear that you are still around I still feel so left behind In the fire we transform In the water be reborn Soul remains Flow away And every mystery disintegrates Swallowed by the void again All my memories reintegrate Unleashing energy of galaxies within In the fire we transform Beyond infinity reborn Soul remains Flow away

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Apr 26, 2025

Where do I begin At what point does all of this end How long will you pretend That any one of us is free from sin Another body for the fire Soon the world will be a funeral pyre You bought and sold the greatest lie No one left to crucify Light your torches Just remember You’ll be the next to burn Go ahead and light your torches Just remember You’ll be the next to burn Burn

Submitted by Lake of Tears — Apr 26, 2025

Led to the slaughter Slave to the authors of fate A human pendulum Boiling over with hate Tormented victim Trapped at the mercy of time Crippled and blinded Torn from the prime of his life Open the gates of hell Never to return The hanged man will have his revenge Bloodthirsty animal Breaking free from his cage Aeons of silence Taught him to master his rage Death meditation Violent elation arise Generations forsaken They hanged him But he is alive Open the gates of hell Never to return The hanged man will have his revenge Spoken to death himself Lessons that we learned The hanged man will have his revenge

Submitted by Finntroll — Apr 26, 2025

The past came back and whispered in my ear Suspended in time, the hour draws near The future can’t remember where it leads The light in your eyes begins to leave These two hands Carried you out of this life Every day I wake up paralyzed We did all we could to keep you alive Learn to live without you by my side Wishing I’d been the one who died My hands and my heart Are empty Missing this vital force Within me All that I am Changed forever I have to believe It gets better

Submitted by BloodShrine — Apr 26, 2025

I’ve seen the ages come and go Through all I have prevailed Outlived those who would stop me Many tried and many failed My power never wavers Like the rising of the sun Longing to embrace my death But death won’t ever come I know that I will never be at peace I bid farewell to everything I know Swore I’d never feel again Every name I carved into the stone Lay to rest what could have been There is an ancient calling that I must obey Death won’t stop me There is an anger that will never go away Death won’t stop me Sentenced to forever Only memories of pain The end and the beginning tied together When the stars have fallen, I will still remain I know that I shall never be released I bid farewell to everything I know Swore I’d never feel again Every name I carved into the stone Lay to rest what could have been There is an ancient calling that I must obey Death won’t stop me There is an anger that will never go away Death won’t stop me There is an ancient calling that I must obey Death won’t stop me This curse I carry with me never goes away

Submitted by NecroLord — Apr 26, 2025

Onward The mountain is the way Following the eagle I carry the flame Fire Night turns into day Spent my whole life just trying To find somewhere to stay Onward Life demands to be Silence slowly giving way A river running free Water Carving out its fate My past eroding now My future taking shape If I leave, I shall return No need to grieve, I shall return Giving back my body to the earth If I leave, I shall return Haunted Trying to forgive Forgetting how to die Learning how to live Driven Riding on the wind Everything that’s flying high One day will descend And if you’re trying to go home You have to find it on your own

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Apr 26, 2025

Hard to believe What she means to me We live and breathe In the flowing streams The atmosphere is heavy here Feels like a waking dream Eyes open wide Songs taking flight She speaks through me Trying to get to you She lives in everything we do Try and lose your mind Slower moving time Sinking low She won’t let you leave Never really free Dying slow

Submitted by SerpentEve — Apr 26, 2025

God I feel like nothing but a ghost Haunting my own life God help me, I am totally alone Lost in the fading light Let go Rope around my throat Dying to breathe My soul Dragged away from hope I’ll never break free God, I swear I felt it in my bones Now I can’t feel at all Father time has a mind all his own A lifetime I can’t recall Raindrops form a river River flows into the sea You dammed the stream Of everything that I could ever be A synchronistic frequency Connecting everything that breathes This unifying energy Forever torn away from me

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Apr 26, 2025