Nocturne

Inching nearer each and every moment Feel the rhythm of our drums Searching, seeking Forward thinking A dawning of mind that we create A border breaking for the taking Words that remind us to awake I don't need a bold commandment I've got one of my own Stand alone Let's watch Babylon fall, our captivity Vices of the kingdom, exile in luxury You'll hear the darkest voice say Bow before, crawl beneath Dance around my altar If you grovel long enough Someday I will let you be as pure I don't need a bold commandment I've got one of my own Stand alone Let's watch Babylon fall, our captivity Vices of the kingdom, exile in luxury

Submitted by johnmansley — Apr 26, 2025

By burden of blood we saw reflections of who we are As the knowledge that burns in our hearts takes charge Blessings made at a house in the distance An unworthy authority looking to find a worthy culprit Accounting lost, stranded hindsight, words were not enough Repeat the cycle with devils in your veins More than simply shaken, a line divides Blood ties are forsaken, grudges still are found In kindred we are bound By burden of blood we saw reflections of who we are As the knowledge that burns in our hearts takes charge So deep in our blood, ages come, ages go, never freed Never That's what you told me Time and again we have them down on their knees Beg for mercy, beg, time and again How many times will I be called to feel this rage? How many times will I be taken to that place? No peace of mind until the seas run dry By burden of blood we saw reflections of who we are As the knowledge that burns in our hearts takes charge Forced to inflict these scars, reflections of who we are A legacy carried on too long

Submitted by NecroLord — Apr 26, 2025

Hollow self indulgence leading the way In the wake of intent that day At the fault line, at the fault line we were Searching for answers Filthy crimes, power play Grasping for our lessons overthrown What you've gone and done now... It's hard to get over Events of the past have carried A lasting grudge toward a pure heart I'm calling out a false hero Lay your plans I'll play Rome, false martyr, take a stand Lay your plans With broken heart, I've finally become a man Past the sights and the sound Cloak and dagger are found No wonder here, just an echo resounding Hardship owns all that remains Red queen, a fallen Knight on the way that day At the fault line, at the fault line we were Searching for answers Filthy crimes, power play Grasping for our lessons overthrown Caught in the act, right in our midst A snake in the grass. No honor As night fell on my soul

Submitted by Morgoth — Apr 26, 2025

Of all the times I've been disrespected You'd think it'd be no surprise Learning lessons, all the precious treasures Take all that you've got I'll take your ready hand with a ready blade I'm dead-set to make you lie in the bed you've made Paid in full, Take it from your pride I don't know just what you thought But you've gone past the line And you've got me wrong The time has come, your song has long been sung Brought down, brought down; you won't have long to go I'm not cutting a loss again, you won't have long to go An hourglass of sand And I'll be on time, inform the rest So run as fast as you can Hell's coming for you Try to strike and then slip away But I won't let you leave without feeling an equal pain You'll see, because I'll make you see Left in my council you'll know what it means to respect me Once I've caught you alone, teach you all you need to know Pray, once I've caught you alone Teach you all you need to know The time has come, your song has long been sung Brought down, brought down; you won't have long to go I'm not cutting a loss again, you won't have long to go I wish I held desire solely to right this wrong Take careful tones urging the dawn to come Make every word worth what it takes in turn I can't go on, with my faith interrupted I can't go on, with my faith interrupted How can I look the other way? My faith interrupted You've shown me there is no other way Out Other way out

Submitted by Pestilence — Apr 26, 2025

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We shared a common trade of reasoning out the years Of failed affections and faces to forget You should have told me That the ties that made it all worth the while Were quickly becoming a race to the blame I tried to gain the advantage over you It's plain to see there’s nothing I could do or say I tried to gain the advantage over you A sad parade with nothing left to lose or gain I could feel it coming Like a train wreck, rumbling off the tracks With every ounce of strength I strained to pay back that dirty money And the fortune abstract, but there’s no feeling left intact For the victim is now a god Doling out judgment, strike with divining rod I don't want to get involved, looks like You're doing fine But when I Lay up at night I Can feel your eyes And I Can see your eyes And I Go rushing in to a world inside Where there's none in between, and nothing can be denied Struck down and stripped of pride That I Could forgive you for once in our lives But I Failed, and I Don't know why I'll Never know why I Failed and I Don't know why I tried to gain the advantage over you It's plain to see there’s nothing I could do or say I tried to gain the advantage over you A sad parade with nothing left to lose or gain

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Apr 26, 2025

Pressure, pressure is all we've got The less you know the more you strain to reach out to see In the balance there's nothing free It took the best of them down with a single blow Brace yourself for the challenge ahead Don't waste your breath on what you know Brace yourself for the challenge ahead You've got to pace yourself, the last to go I journeyed to the edge of all my tears and counted Every night I fought alone/bartered I pray that you could feel like I do, never to remain a martyr The less you know, you're getting shadowed by vanity Somehow rage becomes clarity You'll find it deep in my family It took the best of us down I journeyed to the edge of all my tears and counted Avery night I fought alone/bartered I pray that you could feel like I do, never to endure a heart of stone All of your enemies are out to change you The greatest weapon of etiquette I traded serenity To realize the struggle of knowing what I could get I took part in a dream Where nobody told me where to go, or who to be It opened my eyes Never will I know of peace again It opened my eyes Never will I know of peace again It opened my eyes Never will I know It opened my eyes Never will I know It opened my eyes Never will I know It opened my eyes Never will I know It opened my eyes Never will I know of peace again Pressure is building to no end Pressure is all we've got Pressure is all we've got This won't end in failure

Submitted by johnmansley — Apr 26, 2025

Don't fight it, look at it Another setback to slow you Another day in vain Passing on, move along Another dream is gone You see that's how it goes In the game We play Only to learn and train For our next mistake To heal and break Growing strong in the wake Seems like in no one I can rely Don't you tell me I won't survive Thousands tell you that you won't survive I'll survive Seems like in no one I can rely Don't you tell me I won't survive Thousands tell you that you won't survive I'll survive I've become my fears You want my surrender? You'll find no surrender here Just loss and gain, look around Losses impossible You've got to pay the cost impossible To make the impossible possible You can't just throw it away Fading one day to the next Tamed by a siren song, tempted to belong To an ordinary life... Ask yourself, Why? Don't you let them pave your way Don't you play their game Don't you pray for rain Look inside Don't you let them pave your way Don't you play their game Don't you pray for rain Look inside At what you'll find it's all in your mind Regain an honor disappearing It's a power, a birthright disappearing It's a call to save What remains Fools regret until they die Forgive yourself Fools regret until they die Forgive yourself back to life Fools regret until they die Forgive yourself Fools regret until they die Forgive yourself back to life Fools regret until they die Forgive yourself Fools regret until they die Forgive yourself back to life

Submitted by The Void — Apr 26, 2025

Face the change I'm not ashamed To say I take Pleasure in burning all of my epitaphs Search with out-stretched arms, a torch to hold on to Turning the sands of time into glass Push through here and beyond Endure every trial, breaking in from the outside Back to the struggle to then find strength in a starting over I vowed not to spend my life comforted by enclosure Better to cry out in pain than be uninvolved Silent and lame to the life that beckons us Sirens calling me over the hills and trails There to wander so restlessly, bold and tireless Seeking to broaden the lines dividing identity Push through here and beyond Endure every trial, breaking in from the outside Back to the struggle to then find strength in a starting over I vowed not to spend my life comforted by enclosure Better to cry out in pain than be uninvolved Silent and lame to the life that beckons us The task at hand To unleash the bondage Of endless lives, pressures, actions, questions Answers giving birth to questions Unfolding like the petals of a lotus Eternal longing until we die no more Because you never hold on to the spoils you've won All your triumphs in vain if you can't embrace a change All the paths I've been down, I still have never found Something lasting through the years But all these worthless fears that mean nothing Compare your life, your loves To the vastness of the endless stars above

Submitted by johnmansley — Apr 26, 2025

Standing, strong and tall Outside hear their call Tear down the wall, upper echelon, blackest of them all Tear down the wall, sold us into sorrow Don't pity our cause, for the laws you've disowned Pagan prophecy has come to be Thrown molotovs mark the fall of a throne And dead philosophy, we're not to be owned Paid slaves heed to the masters voice The scales offset without a choice Debts of the spirit Tear down the wall, upper echelon, blackest of them all Tear down the wall, sold us into sorrow Tear down the wall, you love to watch the weaker ones crawl No chance of your own conscience turning the tide

Submitted by Celtic Frost — Apr 26, 2025

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A story without a name A desert journey that we became Another test of our power overcoming on a black day Appalling how they're running for the honor like a campaign To rise against the leaders of a phony dead scene in a magazine I always figured there was something more Gone, so many friends and lovers So far, nothing to show in turn They'll take it all back, all those empty words I'll show the dregs where all their slander has led If it takes my whole life, for all the tears that I have shed They'll take it back, I'm making a pact They'll take it back, I'm making a promise I'm eager to the task, exposing all who wear a mask It must be done Binds as one, through it all So pry, you won't be finding a faker Nor will an opportune moment arise Gone, so many friends and lovers So far, nothing to show in turn Gone, so many friends and lovers So far, nothing to show in turn Gone, so many friends and lovers So far, nothing to show in turn

Submitted by Grave666 — Apr 26, 2025