The Beauty and the Beast

Call of the Wicked Out in the cold, ahead in the dark A lamp is flickering bright Hungry and tired you're wandering around Lonely through the night Greedy looks cling to your body Fever's rising in your blood Call of the Wicked, facing the evil eye Secret desires, the dreams of the past Are promised to come true The touch of the sin is tasting so sweet Hear it calling you If you like to play with fire Never ever get too close Call of the Wicked . . .

Submitted by Lake of Tears — Apr 26, 2025

Just for one Night So you're a stranger in our town we've got an offer Please sit down, listen close to the words Down by the river there's a mill, a haunted place Where evil fills every rafter and stone You just have to be strong one night long Break the spell, you really got the might You need to stay just for one night A chest of silver will be yours if you dry up The voodoo source, you got no time to lose The haunting starts at twelve o'clock when every wall Will start to rock to the yells and the screams Yellow smoke from the beams, oh it seems You're a toy in the hand of devil's breed You need to stay just for one night They scratch your face, they pull your hair, they sting and bite But you've to dare the unending attack The fainter moonlight's shining in the more They make the welkin ring, at dawn they are gone You just have to be strong one night long . . . You need to stay just for one night

Submitted by Celtic Frost — Apr 26, 2025

The Beauty and the Beast She's hungry, hungry for life Every bound and ban cuts like a knife She's willing to break down the walls When the night-time falls Blue moonlight, she's wide awake Every breath of the dark makes her shake In silence she's slipping away on a moonlight's ray Hot night, there's loving and spite In the lanes and in the alleys, darkness and light Hot night, the good and bad's so close together The Beauty and the Beast, saints and demons--kisses and bites The Beauty and the Beast in the dead of the night He's longing, longing to stray Leaving back all the yesterday's clay Right down where the streets have no names The winds were never tamed Together they're taking to flight Hand in hand through the maze of the night Don't follow the Will-o'-the-wisp in the shadow's mist Hot night, there's loving. . . The Beauty and the Beast. . .

Submitted by Cyberwaste — Apr 26, 2025

Emerald Eye We've sailed across the ocean, through the storm and rain We've come to find the jewel, we believe it was not in vain Through dusty plains and deserts, we have searched so long We feel the quest will end in the cold of this tropic dawn Look the island is in sight, veiled in mist and golden light Row the boat, let's go ashore, row more and more The emerald eye, crystal fire's power takes me high The emerald eye, like a torch in the night Turning darkness to light, I'm reaching out for the sky The emerald eye Eternal youth and fortune, so the legends tell Will be the finder's pay, let us start digging at a spell Since forty hours we're working, without sleep and rest But suddenly our spades strike the planks of a wooden chest Pick the padlock, break the seal, let me be the first to feel The almighty crystal stone, I wanna touch it alone The emerald eye . . . It is mine! Storm and rain, now I know--I know it was not in vain Crystal stone, I'm the one to rule--all alone I will fight, get away or my bullet takes your life I'm divine, it is mine!

Submitted by Nargaroth — Apr 26, 2025

Tears by the Firelight Tears by the firelight, he won't be home tonight The Royal order reached him now to fight for the land Eyes at the window-pane, staring through pouring rain All the room is cold and grey, the fire burns bright Every night there is no one beside She's counting the hours, the memories burn Day after day all her thoughts slip away She waits for the one to return Almost a year has gone, the battles are raging on She has got no sign of life, no news at all She wants to know his stand far in the foreign land For King and Country he has left, the King's sleeping tight Every night there is no one beside . . . Tears by the firelight, he won't be home tonight Sparks of hope begin to glow, the end of the war Church-bells proclaim the peace, they welcome the returnees "The victory is ours!" but she thinks, "What's mine?" Every night there is no one beside . . . Tears by the light, the fire burns down Words black as grave's ground, seals red as blood By the light, life's found an end The parchment is still in her hand.

Submitted by Pestilence — Apr 26, 2025

Tigers of the Sea Message from the masthead: "Spanish galleon, straight ahead!" Up the shrouds, hoist all the canvas It is worth the plunder, coming from down under Filled with spicery and treasures Out on the sea, the power is ours Spitting on order and law of the king Banished we are, outlawed forever We never care what tomorrow may bring Tigers of the sea, chasing the gold of her Royal Majesty Tigers of the sea, sentenced to death at the black gallows tree All men to the cannons, let them shiver, make them dance Casks of ruin for everyone, let's go When the rigging's falling, boarding party's crawling Up the rail, we will prevail We never know the habits and fashion Of England's and Netherland's nobility We only know the king is no poor man A few diamonds less won't make him weep Tigers of the sea . . . Gentry, take care of your jewelry Sire, beware of the tiger Black pyre, sails on fire Tigers of the sea . . .

Submitted by Finntroll — Apr 26, 2025

Russia's on Fire Four hundred miles from Moscow, Beresina's the river's name I'm longing for some warmness, scarlet cold runs in my veins Each step's a dance with darkness on the edge of the icy jaw I've seen my comrades falling killed by the winter desert's law Every yard one victim, every inch is soaked with blood Through the endless frozen land Leaving back the Moscow brand Frozen land--flaming brand, will this nightmare never end? Russia's on fire We've came to see our banner flying over the eastern crown But there was no surrender, no one laid the sabre down Taking up our quarters they set fire to the town Through the endless . . . Will I stand the torture, hunger, cannon balls and cold Through the endless . . .

Submitted by SerpentEve — Apr 26, 2025

Cheyenne (Where the Eagles Retreat) The sun is awaking, the fires glow down The spirit has spoken, the token was found Dance to the rhythm, the beat of the drum Is shaking the mountain, the war-song is sung Down on the barren plain, the dust clouds rise again Just like the locusts they're raiding our land Down on the road of thieves, we watch our enemies Hate in our hearts and guns in our hands As long the winds are free, the white man shall bleed The Red Man's destiny is up where the eagles retreat They've broken the treaties, the papers were lies With finery and whiskey, they've stolen our pride Plundering our holy hills, the game was almost killed Buffaloes' thunder will never return Smoke signals rise and sail over the iron trail Prior to the sunset the tables will turn As long the winds are free . . . Fast as the falcon we will ride down the hills to the place of the holy fight, Soldier Blue in the arrows' hail Great spirit told us, we won't fail, wreaking vengeance On everyone who came and tried to make the Red Man run Woe betide the flood of whites that turned our days To deepest nights, you tremble and you cry for help When I draw my blade and take your scalp Just before the set of sun the battle's won The bloody work is done--Yeah Down on the barren plain, the killing starts again Many have followed, too many to stand Our tribes are doomed to death, just like the freedom's breath Wires and stakes in the heart of our land As long the winds are free . . .

Submitted by Finntroll — Apr 26, 2025

Welcome to Bedlam Don't be afraid, when we're knocking at your door Don't need to ask, what the irons may be for Why do you hesitate, come on and don't be late We'll be no longer patient You really got the choice, just between chains or toys So be a pleasant patient--now Aunts and uncles dressed in white They all like to wish you Welcome--Welcome to Bedlam Make yourself at home, you're at home Nice how the grated moon shines in your padded room The outer world's so malice Drugs will improve your dreams, laughter will drown your screams You got a serious illness--now Hot injections in your veins We insure that you are Welcome--Welcome to Bedlam Everyone wants your best, lie down and take a rest Forget the pain and sorrow Everyone wants your best, all your kin do attest Your mind is full of shadows--now Mental disease, insanity We all like to wish you Welcome--Welcome to Bedlam . . .

Submitted by MetalElf — Apr 26, 2025