Night Castle
HERE BELIEVE A NIGHT ENCHANTED SEEN HERE THE HOPES OF GODS ARE PLANTED DREAM REMEMBER REMEMBER ALL WE DO NOT SEE SURRENDERED SURRENDERED ALL WE WISHED TO BE LOST AND FORGOTTEN LIKE OUR ACHANATEN BODY AND SPIRIT NO ONE CAN HEAR IT LOST IN ETERNITY FOREVER HEAR US FOREVER HEAR US FOREVER HEAR US FOREVER WHERE OUR HOPES HAVE NEVER CEASED TO BE DEATH WILL EMBRACE US HOLD AND ENCASE US TIME MAY DEFACE US WILL GOD RETRACE US TIME SPEAKS THROUGH SEASONS GOD SPEAKS THROUGH REASON KINDNESS COMPASION NOT RANDOM FASHIONS HEAR YET TO BE HEAR YET TO BE HEAR YET TO CHILD OF THE NIGHT DREAMS DARE ALIGHT ANYWHERE YOUR HEART DOES WANDER KNOW THAT THEY WILL WALK WITH THEE EACH GRAIN OF SAND FALLS AS WAS PLANNED AND WITH IN EACH PRECIOUS MOMENT ARE THE THINGS STILL YET TO BE NIGHTS IN ITS VESPERS DREAMS ARE ITS’ GESTURES STARS FEAR NO DISTANCE FEAR NO DISTANCE FOR THEY WILL ALWAYS GUIDE YOU THROUGH OUT ETERNITY HERE BELIEVE A NIGHT ENCHANTED SEEN HERE THE HOPES OF GODS ARE PLANTED DREAM REMEMBER REMEMBER ALL WE DO NOT SEE SURRENDERED SURRENDERED ALL WE WISHED TO BE LOST AND FORGOTTEN LIKE OUR ACHANATEN BODY AND SPIRIT NO ONE CAN HEAR IT LOST IN ETERNITY FOREVER HEAR US FOREVER HEAR US FOREVER HEAR US FOREVER WHERE OUR HOPES HAVE NEVER CEASED TO BE DEATH WILL EMBRACE US HOLD AND ENCASE US TIME MAY DEFACE US WILL GOD RETRACE US TIME SPEAKS THROUGH SEASONS GOD SPEAKS THROUGH REASON KINDNESS COMPASION NOT RANDOM FASHIONS HEAR YET TO BE HEAR YET TO BE HEAR YET TO BE
(Erasmus) LATE IN SUMMER STARING OUT THE WINDOW ONLY SEVEN TELL ME WHAT COULD SHE KNOW THE WORLD WOULD NEVER UNDERSTAND BUT THEY DON’T SEE WHAT SHE STILL CAN WHAT DOES SHE SEE WHAT DOES SHE KNOW AND MUST SHE EVER JUST LET GO AS CHILDHOOD DREAMS CHILDHOOD DREAMS WHAT IS CHILDHOOD SOMETHING WE REMEMBER RARELY BARELY SOMETIMES IN DECEMBERS BUT THEN IT’S KNOWN TO CATCH OUR EYE AND DARE US ALL TO ONCE MORE TRY AND WITH A CHILDHOOD FAITH BELIEVE AND THAT MAGIC TO RETRIEVE AS CHILDHOOD DREAMS CHILDHOOD DREAMS CHILDHOOD CHILDHOOD CHILDHOOD CHILDHOOD CHILDHOOD CHILDHOOD CHILDHOOD CHILDHOOD CHILDHOOD CHILDHOOD DREAMS SOFTLY FADING TELL ME WHERE THE YEARS GO I AM AGING BUT SHE DOES NOT THINK SO HER WORLD OF POSSIBILITIES AS FAR AS CHILDHOOD EYES CAN SEE AND MUST ONE DAY SHE JUST DECIDE TO STEP OFF OF THIS CHILDHOOD RIDE AS CHILDHOOD DREAMS CHILDHOOD DREAMS ONLY SEVEN AS SHE SITS AND WONDERS LATE AT NIGHT AS THE WORLD IT SLUMBERS BUT SUDDENLY INSIDE THE DARK SHE SEES THE MAGIC OF THE SPARKS AND SO SHE KNOWS SHE MUST GO DOWN TO SEE THIS WORLD THAT SHE HAS FOUND AS CHILDHOOD DREAMS CHILDHOOD DREAMS CHILDHOOD CHILDHOOD CHILDHOOD CHILDHOOD CHILDHOOD CHILDHOOD CHILDHOOD CHILDHOOD CHILDHOOD CHILDHOOD DREAMS
Submitted by Warbringer — Apr 25, 2025
LINES OF A TALE CUT IN THE FACE OF A CROWD SENTENCED NO BAIL THERE IN THE NIGHT DEEP IN THE BACK THROUGH THE BLACK BECKONS A LIFE TIME MOVING IN A STRAIGHT LINE BUT THEN AT A WHIM A CHANGE IN THE WIND A STORY BEGINS IN ITS MIND FOR DEEP IN HER EYES BENEATH THE LIES OF THE DARK LEAVING MARKS SPARKS SHE HAS BEEN STEELED STANDING THERE LOOKING SO TIGHT TAUT AND HIGH-HEELED ONE OF A KIND THE KIND OF A GIRL THAT ONLY A DREAM COULD DESIGN TIME SEEN THROUGH GLASSES OF WINE NEVER REVEALS THE WHY OR THE WHEN HOW THIS STORY WILL END AS YOU FIND THAT DEEP IN HER EYES BENEATH THE LIES OF THE DARK LEAVING MARKS SPARKS COME ON CONJURE UP A REASON FOR LIVING TAKE ME ROUND AND AROUND AND AROUND AND AROUND AND AGAIN COME ON DO IT IN THE NAME OF LIVING FOR IF NOT TONIGHT TELL ME WHEN FOR IF NOT TONIGHT TELL ME WHEN AHHHHH HEARTS CAN CONFUSE THAT MESSED UP BUNDLE OF NERVES THAT TENDS TO BRUISE STILL LAY IT BARE IT’S BETTER TO BLEED THAN TO NEED AND NEVER HAVE DARED CHANCE A MOVE BASED ON A GLANCE A MOVE BASED ON NO MORE THAN FEEL IN THIS UNREAL CIRCUMSTANCE FOR DEEP IN HER EYES BENEATH THE LIES OF THE DARK LEAVING MARKS SPARKS
Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Apr 25, 2025
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(Lieutenant) I HAVE BEEN THIS WAY BEFORE CHECK EACH WINDOW EVERY DOOR FOR A PASSAGE THROUGH THIS NIGHT THIS NIGHT BUT EACH HALLWAY ENDS THE SAME EVERY DOOR’S BEEN CHECKED IN VAIN FOR A WAY TO REACH THAT LIGHT THAT LIGHT AS I MOVE IN DEEPER TOWARDS THIS CASTLE’S KEEPER EVERY STAIR SEEMS STEEPER AM I RISKING MY OWN LIFE MY LIFE THEN A FALCON IN THE AIR LOOKING DOWN RETURNS MY STARE WHILE SHE’S CIRCLING AROUND AROUND THEN SHE DIVES STRAIGHT TOWARDS A WALL THEN SHE ISN’T THERE AT ALL AND IS GONE WITHOUT A SOUND NO SOUND I HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO FOLLOW WHAT WAS SOLID NOW IS HOLLOW STAIRWAYS HIDDEN BEHIND CURTAINS REALIZING NOTHING IS CERTAIN SUDDENLY UP STAIRS I’M CLIMBING THEN THROUGH HALLWAYS TWISTED, WINDING THIS FALCON ON HER ENDEAVOR DO THESE STAIRS JUST GO FOREVER ON AND IN THAT ROOM AN OLD MAN SITTING THERE HE’S WRITING NOTES AND DROPS THEM IN THE AIR SOMEWHERE OUTSIDE UPON AN OCEAN BREEZE WHICH TAKES THEM OUT PAST WHERE THE EYE CAN SEE
Submitted by The Void — Apr 25, 2025
(Erasmus) SLEEP DON’T TURN AWAY YOU ARE THE SAFEST WAY INTO TOMORROW DREAMS IF YOU WILL STAY OR AT LEAST THE BEST PARTS LET US BORROW DAYS ARE COUNTED ‘TIL THEY’RE GONE NIGHTS ARE MEANT TO CARRY ON MORPHEUS IS AT YOUR SIDE OFFERING THE WINGS TO FLY AND BE THERE FREE FROM EARTH TO SAIL ACROSS THIS NIGHT WHERE STARS ARE ALL ETERNAL AND THE MIND DARES THE EVENING SIGHS SO CLOSE YOUR EYES AND TELL ME WHAT YOU SEE SLEEP DON’T TURN AWAY YOU ARE THE SAFEST WAY INTO TOMORROW DREAMS IF YOU WILL STAY AND CAREFULLY ERASE THE SORROWS LETTING SLEEP EMBRACE ITS TASK PLACING SADNESS IN THE PAST MORPHEUS IS AT YOUR SIDE OFFERING THE WINGS TO FLY AND BE THERE FREE FROM EARTH TO SAIL ACROSS THIS NIGHT WHERE STARS ARE ALL ETERNAL AND THE MIND DARES THE EVENING SIGHS SO CLOSE YOUR EYES AND TELL ME WHAT YOU SEE BE THERE BE THERE BE THERE BE THERE NOW THE EVENING SIGHS SO CLOSE YOUR EYES AND TELL ME WHAT YOU SEE
Submitted by Grave666 — Apr 25, 2025
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SO YOU’RE CAUGHT IN THE NIGHT OF A NEW FIREFIGHT IN A JUNGLE THAT’S SO HOT THAT IT STEAMS AN EXPLOSION JUST AHEAD DOES ANNOUNCE THE NEWLY DEAD IS IT RIGHT TO CALL A NIGHTMARE A DREAM AND THE TRACERS PROBE ON ‘TIL A CLOSE FRIEND IS GONE AND YOU FIND YOURSELF EMBRACING GROUND AND YOUR FOE IS AS NEAR AS THE SILENCE YOU HEAR AS HE STOPS TO LOAD IN ANOTHER ROUND BATTLES RAGING IT’S ALL STAGING ‘TIL YOU REALIZE… ANOTHER WAY YOU CAN DIE STILL YOU KNOW THEY’RE OUT THERE FEEL THEIR EYES, FEEL THEIR STARES THOUGH THERE’S NOT A SINGLE LIFE CAN SEE BUT YOU NOW FIRE BACK FOR THEIR TRACERS LEAVE TRACKS POINTING OUT THE PLACES WHERE THEY MUST BE THOUGH A GUN IS TAKEN OUT THERE’S ANOTHER HAVE NO DOUBT AND SO YOU MUST CONTINUE THE GAME AND YOU KNOW IN THIS FIGHT THAT THE VALUE OF LIFE ON THE OTHER SIDE IS NOT QUITE THE SAME BATTLES RAGING IT’S ALL STAGING AS YOUR MIND DENIES ANOTHER WAY YOU CAN... I SEE A FIGURE IN MY RIFLE SIGHT WHO DOES NOT KNOW THAT HE’S THERE AND AS I HESITATE TO TAKE HIS LIFE THE GROUND EXPLODES MY BLOOD IT FLOWS MY HEART IS RACING TIMES ESCAPING AS I FEEL IT SLOWLY SCRAPING BY
Submitted by Celtic Frost — Apr 25, 2025
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IN A CITY AFTER MIDNIGHT NEATH THE HALO OF STREET LIGHT WHERE THE DREAMS DIE AS THE BLOOD DRIES ON THE WOUNDS WE KEEP HIDDEN FROM VIEW IN THE SAFETY OF THIS DARKNESS AS IT HIDES ALL TIME HAS TARNISHED THE FORBIDDEN UNFORGIVEN ARE SECURE HERE WHERE NO-ONE PURSUES BUT THE NIGHT FADES AWAY AND GIVES WAY TO THE DAY FOR WHAT ELSE IS THE NIGHT TO DO AS THE DARK STEPS ASIDE WITH THE HOPES WE CONFIDE AND NEVER BELIEVES THAT THE DREAMS WE CONCEIVED WOULD EVER NOT EVER COME TRUE IS LIFE DIFFERENT AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH ITS NEW DAWN AND ITS NEW LIGHT INCONSISTENT AND INDIFFERENT TO THE THINGS WE WERE SO SURE WE KNEW AS YOU STOOD THERE IN THE NIGHT AIR WITH SUCH BEAUTY THAT THE STARS STARED FROM THEIR DISTANCE YOU WERE DIFFERENT LIKE A DREAM THAT NO-ONE COULD REFUSE BUT THE NIGHT FADES AWAY AND GIVES WAY TO THE DAY FOR WHAT ELSE IS THE NIGHT TO DO AS THE DARK STEPS ASIDE WITH THE HOPES WE CONFIDE AND NEVER BELIEVES THAT THE DREAMS WE CONCEIVED WOULD EVER NOT EVER COME TRUE AS YOU STAND ALL ALONE AT YOUR STATION WHAT IF GOD DOESN’T KNOW WHERE YOU ARE AS YOU SEND OUT YOUR PRAYERS FOR SALVATION BUT AFRAID THAT THEY DON’T GO THAT FAR SO YOU WAIT ALL ALONE IN YOUR DARKNESS THERE’S A TRAIN THAT DRIVES ON THROUGH THE NIGHT AND IF EVERYONE’S ON IT EXCEPT US WOULD IT RETURN FOR THAT SINGLE LIFE IN A CITY AFTER MIDNIGHT NEATH THE HALO OF A STREET LIGHT
Submitted by Corpse Grinder — Apr 25, 2025
(Mother) REMEMBER WHAT CONFUCIUS TAUGHT, ALWAYS BE KIND. (Son) YES, MOTHER. (Mother) ALWAYS HELP THE WEAK AND THE OLD. (Son) YES, MOTHER. I UNDERSTAND. (Mother) AND ALWAYS HELP THOSE LESS FORTUNATE THAN YOURSELF. (Son) YES, MOTHER. ALWAYS. (Son) HOW DID I BECOME YOU?
Submitted by Immortal — Apr 25, 2025
(Tran-Do) THERE WAS A LIFE WAS THERE BEFORE BUT SOMEHOW HERE UPON THIS NIGHT IT NOW MEANS MORE AND ALL THOSE WORDS SHE TRIED TO SAY I’VE NOW FORGOTTEN OR THEY’VE SOMEHOW SLIPPED AWAY AND IN THIS DARKNESS IS THERE SALVATION IS THERE FORGIVENESS FOR HESITATION CAN SOMEONE TELL ME CAN SOMEONE SAY WHEN THE WRITER OF THIS STORY WILL JUST TELL US HOW IT ALL WILL END AND SOMEWHERE ON THIS NIGHT THERE’S A WAVE ON THE OCEAN THAT CRASHES ON SHORES WHERE NO ONE CAN SEE THE TIDES AND THE CURRENTS DECIDE EVERY MOTION FROM WHERE THEY ARE NOW TO WHERE THEY WILL BE IT CRADLES THEM ALL FOR THEY ALL ARE ITS CHILDREN IF ONE DROP DISAPPEARS IT IS INSTANTLY MISSED AND AFTER EACH WAVE HAS JOINED UP WITH THE SHORELINE IT RETURNS TO THE SEA FOR THAT IS ITS ONE WISH THERE WAS A LIGHT WAS THERE BEFORE BUT IN THE DARKNESS OF THIS NIGHT IT NOW MEANS MORE TO BE SO CLOSE TO BE SO NEAR TO SEE THE WATER THERE WITHIN A YOUNG CHILD’S TEAR AND IN OUR BLINDNESS DO WE MOVE ONWARD AND CLING TO THE LIES THAT WE HAVE HARBORED WE COULD NOT ADMIT WE WERE MISTAKEN BUT IF WE DON’T DO IT NOW DEAR GOD COULD YOU PLEASE COME DOWN HERE AND TELL ME WHEN AND SOMEWHERE ON THIS NIGHT THERE’S A WAVE ON THE OCEAN THAT CRASHES ON SHORES WHERE NO ONE CAN SEE THE TIDES AND THE CURRENTS DECIDE EVERY MOTION FROM WHERE THEY ARE NOW TO WHERE THEY WILL BE IT CRADLES THEM ALL FOR THEY ALL ARE ITS CHILDREN IF ONE DROP DISAPPEARS IT IS INSTANTLY MISSED AND AFTER EACH WAVE HAS JOINED UP WITH THE SHORE LINE IT RETURNS TO THE SEA FOR THAT IS ITS ONE WISH IN THE DEAD OF THE NIGHT TELL ME WHAT DO YOU SEE WILL YOU CLOSE YOUR EYES CHILD AND JUST LISTEN TO ME AND REMEMBER THIS NOW HEAR THESE WORDS THAT I SAY AS YOUR STORY APPEARS AT THE END OF THE DAY FOR MY MEETING WITH DEATH THOUGH IT HAS BEEN DELAYED I HAVE RUN MY HANDS OVER THE END OF HIS BLADE THOUGH THE CUT WASN’T FATAL EVEN THOUGH IT WAS DEEP WELL THAT WOUND’S NEVER HEALED AND THE BLOOD IT STILL SEEPS ARE YOU SCARED OF YOUR LIFE ARE YOU SCARED OF YOUR DEATH THOUGH THAT DAY WILL ARRIVE WELL IT HASN’T COME YET FOR THE DAYS TURN TO MONTHS AND THE MONTHS TURN TO YEARS AS I SEE THEM ALL NOW THROUGH A PRISM OF TEARS BUT DON’T FEAR TOMORROW AND DON’T FEAR THE NIGHT IT’S WHERE GOD REPAIRS SORROWS THAT ENTER YOUR LIFE THE REMAINS OF YOUR LIFE THE REMAINS OF THE DAY WELL PROTECT EVERY HOUR DON’T GIVE THEM AWAY FOR EACH EVENING WE SLEEP AND EACH MORNING WE ARISE BUT YOU’RE NOT THE SAME MAN THAT’S THE WAY IT’S DEVISED FOR THERE’RE PARTS OF YOURSELF THE SOUL DECIDES TO KEEP AND THERE’RE PARTS OF YOURSELF THAT THE SOUL DOES RELEASE WITH SOME CHANGES SO SMALL THAT THEY CANNOT BE SEEN BUT DEATH IS LIKE SLEEP WITH A LONGER DREAM ARE YOU SCARED OF YOUR LIFE ARE YOU SCARED OF YOUR DEATH THOUGH THAT DAY WILL ARRIVE WELL IT HASN’T COME YET AS FOR ALL THOSE MISTAKES THAT YOU’VE MADE IN YOUR LIFE MUST THEY STAY AS THEY ARE OR CAN WE MAKE THEM RIGHT ON THIS NIGHT TAKE MY HAND KEEP ME NEAR KEEP ME CLOSE AND IF I SHOULD DIE FIRST COULD I NOT BE YOUR GHOST BUT IF LATER IN LIFE WE SHOULD HAPPEN TO MEET WOULD YOU KEEP ME SO NEAR YOU COULD HERE MY HEARTBEAT THERE ARE REASONS TO LIVE THERE ARE REASONS TO DIE BUT THE END’S NOT THE END WHILE YOU’RE STILL ALIVE ALIVE ALIVE WHILE YOU’RE STILL A… THERE WAS A LIFE WAS THERE BEFORE
Submitted by The Void — Apr 25, 2025
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(Lieutenant) WHAT CHILD THIS NIGHT WHOSE DREAMS TAKE FLIGHT? WHAT CHILD SOMEWHERE SLEEPS UNAWARE? WHAT LIFE THAT YET HAS NO REGRETS? WHAT CHILD WHO KNOWS WHAT DREAMS I’VE CLOSED? TIME FLOATS ON AS I WRITE THESE LETTERS THAT YOU’LL NEVER SEE STILL EACH ONE’S GONE PLACED IN A BOTTLE SO TIDES THEY MIGHT FOLLOW AND SOMEHOW FIND THEIR WAY TO THEE WHAT CHILD THIS NIGHT WHOSE WINGS TAKE FLIGHT? ON EVENING WINDS WHAT DREAMS BEGINS? EACH DAY BEGETS ITS OWN REGRETS DO I DARE WAIT OR JOUST WITH FATE? TIME FLOATS ON AS I WRITE THESE LETTERS THAT YOU’LL NEVER SEE STILL EACH ONE’S GONE PLACED IN A BOTTLE SO THE TIDES THEY MIGHT FOLLOW AND SOMEHOW FIND THEIR WAY TO THEE
Submitted by Dahmers Fridge — Apr 25, 2025
(Tran-Do) THE SILENCE (In Khmer) DON’T GO DOES IT HAVE TO BE THIS WAY? CAN’T WE HAVE JUST ONE MORE CHANCE? THOSE WHO KNOW THEY WILL NOT SAY MUST THIS BE THE FINAL… DANCE IN OUR LIVES? AS TIME JUST MOVES ON YESTERDAY’S YEARS ARE TOO QUICKLY GONE ALL VISIONS FADE AS WORLDS FALL APART DECISIONS ARE MADE BUT THERE IN THIS DARK NOW THERE IN THIS DARK NOW SOMEWHERE ON THIS NIGHT A LIFE IS OUT THERE AND CAN SOMEONE TELL ME HOW HERE ON THIS NIGHT SO FAR AWAY BITS OF STARLIGHT FALL WHERE THEY MAY I NEVER WANTED TO GO I NEVER WANTED TO STAY I NEVER WANTED TO BE AFRAID BUT STILL CHILDHOOD SEES WHAT CHILDHOOD WILL BUT NOTHING EVER STAYS THE SAME I FEAR THE NIGHT I FEAR THE DARK I NEED THIS LIGHT THAT DISTANT SPARK I KNOW THAT… SOMEWHERE SOMEONE’S LOOKING TO DECEIVE AND SOMEWHERE YOUNG MEN DIE AND CHILDREN BLEED AND SOMEWHERE SOME HAVE TOO MUCH WHILE OTHERS NEED AND SOMEWHERE SOMEONE’S LOOKING TO BELIEVE AND… SOMEWHERE SOMEWHERE SOMEWHERE SOMEWHERE AND THE NIGHT AND THE DARK AND THE HOPES AND THE DREAMS AS WE ALL PLAY OUR PARTS WHILE IGNORING THE SCREAMS SO WE LIE TO OURSELVES AND WE JUST CARRY ON NEVER STOP, NEVER TURN DON’T ADMIT WHAT IS … GONE IN TO THIS TWISTED STORY ALL THESE THINGS SO CLEAR BEFORE ME EVERY PATH WE’VE EVER TAKEN CAN’T ADMIT WE WERE MISTAKEN IN THIS NIGHT OF MY DEVISING NEVER LIVE AND NEVER DYING EACH ESCAPE I’VE NEVER TAKEN NEVER DREAM AND NEVER WAKEN… SOMEWHERE SOMEONE’S LOOKING TO DECEIVE AND SOMEWHERE YOUNG MEN DIE AND CHILDREN BLEED AND SOMEWHERE SOME HAVE TOO MUCH WHILE OTHERS NEED AND SOMEWHERE SOMEONE’S LOOKING TO BELIEVE AND… (Tran-Do sees himself as a snake oil salesman selling the same lies that he was sold in a carnival barker’s voice.) COME ONE COME ALL WELCOME TO THE WORLD’S GREATEST ENTERTAINMENT SINCE THE FALL OF ROME LIFE, DEATH VICTIMS, VOYEURS THE BEST OF SOCIETY THE LOWEST OF PLEBEIANS AND TO KEEP IT ALL IN EXTREMELY INTERESTING, TODAY’S PATRONS COULD VERY EASILY BE TOMORROW’S ENTERTAINMENT ALL COMPLIMENTS OF THE ULTIMATE SHOWMAN FATE ALL THAT’S MISSING IS THE COLISEUM (Tran-Do turns away from the apparition of himself as a snake oil salesman, and once more looks into the abyss.) DID YOU EVER WALK UP TO THE EDGE OF A CLIFF STARE INTO THE ABYSS AS YOUR MIND WONDERS IF YOU SHOULD TAKE ONE MORE STEP FURTHER INTO THAT NIGHT WELL YOUR MIND SAYS YOU WON’T BUT YOUR HEART SAYS YOU MIGHT WOULD YOU FALL THROUGH THE DARK FEEL THE WIND IN YOUR HAIR WOULD YOU EMBRACE THE GROUND AND END YOUR LIFE RIGHT THERE OR WOULD GOD REACH HIS HAND AND THAT MOMENT YOU FLY OR IF HE CHANCED TO BLINK AND THEN, THAT MOMENT YOU DIE YOU DIE YOU DIE YOU DIE ... STARE INTO THE DARK AS THE ABYSS KEEPS CALLING TRY TO TAKE A STEP BUT THEN THE MIND KEEPS STALLING CAN A SINGLE QUESTION JUST GO ON FOREVER AS A SINGLE THOUGHT GOES ON IT’S NOW OR NEVER STARE INTO THE DARK AS THE ABYSS KEEPS CALLING TRY TO TAKE A STEP BUT THEN THE MIND KEEPS STALLING CAN A SINGLE QUESTION JUST GO ON FOREVER AS A SINGLE THOUGHT GOES ON IT’S NOW OR NEVER NEVER REALLY TOOK MUCH NEVER REALLY HAD TO ONLY HAD A SMALL CRUSH PROBLEM WAS THAT IT GREW NEVER REALLY TOOK MUCH NEVER REALLY HAD TO ONLY HAD A SMALL CRUSH PROBLEM WAS THAT IT GREW BE WHO YOU ARE WHAT YOU WERE WHAT THEY SEE FROM ETERNITY’S VIEW TELL ME WHICH ONE IS ME CAN YOU… BE WHO YOU ARE WHAT YOU WERE WHAT THEY SEE FROM ETERNITY’S VIEW TELL ME WHICH ONE IS ME ON THIS NIGHT KEEP ME CLOSE ON THIS NIGHT BREATHE MY AIR ON THIS NIGHT HOLD ME TIGHT FEEL MY HEART BEATING THERE ON THIS NIGHT KEEP ME CLOSE ON THIS NIGHT BREATHE MY AIR ON THIS NIGHT HOLD ME TIGHT FEEL MY HEART BEATING THERE ON THIS NIGHT KEEP ME CLOSE ON THIS NIGHT BREATHE MY AIR ON THIS NIGHT HOLD ME TIGHT FEEL MY HEART BEATING THERE… DID YOU EVER WALK UP TO THE EDGE OF A CLIFF STARE INTO THE ABYSS AS YOUR MIND WONDERS IF YOU SHOULD TAKE ONE MORE STEP FURTHER INTO THAT NIGHT WELL YOUR MIND SAYS YOU WON’T BUT THEN THIS ALL IS YOUR LIFE YOUR LIFE YOUR LIFE THIS ALL IS YOUR LIFE YOUR LIFE YOUR LIFE THIS ALL IS YOUR LIFE YOUR LIFE YOUR LIFE THIS ALL IS YOUR LIFE YOUR LIFE YOUR LIFE THIS ALL IS YOUR… IS YOUR LIFE IS YOUR LIFE IS YOUR LIFE IS YOUR...LIFE
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(Mrs. Cozier) YOU WERE THE DREAM THAT SURVIVED LOST IN THE DARKNESS OF ETERNITY YOU WERE THE HOPE KEPT ALIVE EMBRACED BY TOMORROWS THAT WE ALL COULD NEVER QUITE SEE YOU HAD A BEAUTY DENIED YOU WERE THE MOMENT BUT HERE IN THIS NIGHT WHERE YOUR DREAM CARRIES ON NEVER QUITE THERE BUT IT’S NEVER QUITE GONE YOU ARE THE STAR THAT IS WISHED UPON FOREVER YOU WERE THE ONE THAT BELIEVED LONG PAST WHEN BELIEF WAS A MEMORY THE CHILD TIME WOULD NEVER CONCEDE FAITH AND TOMORROW AND ALL OF THE THINGS THAT MIGHT BE YOU HAD A BEAUTY DENIED A GLITTERING MOMENT BUT HERE IN THIS NIGHT WHERE YOUR DREAM CARRIES ON NEVER QUITE THERE BUT IT’S NEVER QUITE GONE YOU ARE THE STAR THAT IS WISHED UPON FOREVER (Then in a sudden, unexpected, visceral voice, she raged against all those citizens of apathy and willful ignorance who lived behind the sacrifices of others.) WE THOUGHT EVIL DEAD KILLED BY OUR OWN SWORD BUT EVIL IS PATIENT ‘TIL THE FUTURE GROWS BORED DO YOU BELIEVE IN NIGHT DOES IT HOLD YOU CLOSE WHEN YOU’RE AT YOUR LAST CARD PRAY HARD, FATHER, SON & HOLY GHOST STILL THE NIGHT ROLLS ON BRINGS YOU TO YOUR KNEES WHEN YOU LOOK BACK THAT FAR EACH SCAR, SUDDENLY JUST STARTS TO BLEED THE NIGHT IT KEEPS BURNING WHILE TWISTING AND TURNING ITS WAY TO TOMORROW ITS JOYS AND ITS SORROWS OUR SECRETS BENEATH HER WE DRIVE EACH STAKE DEEPER THEN OFFER TO BARTER BUT EACH DEAL IS HARDER THE CLOAKS WE KEEP CHANGING WHILE GLIDING THROUGH WEDDINGS OF NIGHTS TO THEIR MORNING OF DREAMS TO THEIR DAWNING WHILE REACHING FOR MOMENTS THE WORLD HAS FORBIDDEN THE KINDNESS INSIDE THEM SO CAREFULLY HIDDEN THE PAGES KEEP TURNING BUT NO-ONE IS LEARNING THEY FEED THEM TO PYRES TO STOKE UP THEIR FIRES OF IGNORANCE, APATHY FORBIDDING CHARITY THE FLAMES THEY GROW HIGHER COULD SUCH BE DESIRED AND CHRIST AND CONFUCIUS ARE ALL THEIR WORDS USELESS WE QUOTE THEM IN FRACTIONS BUT NOT IN OUR ACTIONS AURELIUS, AND HUGO AUDEN AND GIBRAN THE WORDS THEY HAVE WRITTEN SEEM SO QUICKLY GONE FOR SOMEWHERE THERE’S DIRT THAT WAS ONCE REDDISH MUD FROM SOAKING UP LIQUID THAT WAS A MAN’S BLOOD BUT BOTH EARTH AND GOD THEY HAVE DEEMED TO FORGIVE SO EACH YEAR IN THE SPRING NEW FLOWERS DO LIVE AND OF ALL THE AUTHORS YOUR FAVORITE WAS WILDE WITH EACH TIMELESS STORY ALL PENNED WITH SUCH STYLE OF FAIRYTALE KINGDOMS WHERE OGRES SAVE CHILDREN AND NO GARDENS HAVE WALLS SO ALL CHILDREN MIGHT USE THEM AND SINCE THAT’S THE ENDING YOU VALUED THE MOST YOU CLING TO THAT CARD FATHER, SON & HOLY GHOST FATHER, SON & HOLY GHOST FATHER, SON & HOLY GHOST FATHER, SON & HOLY GHOST FATHER, SON & HOLY... BUT HERE IN THIS NIGHT WHERE YOUR DREAM CARRIES ON NEVER QUITE THERE BUT IT’S NEVER QUITE GONE YOU ARE THE STAR THAT IS WISHED UPON FOREVER
Submitted by Warbringer — Apr 25, 2025
(Mrs. Cozier) THERE WAS A TIME NOW FAR AWAY THAT NOW BELONGS TO YESTERDAY BUT LATE AT NIGHT IF YOU BELIEVE THERE ARE STILL PARTS YOU CAN RETRIEVE BEYOND OUR MEMORIES PAST WHERE THE EYES CAN SEE WELL DISGUISED WAITING THERE DREAM DEVISED SAFE FROM TIME’S ENDLESS REACH EVERYTHING A CHILD CAN TEACH WHAT TO KEEP WHAT TO SAVE WHEN TO DARE AN OCEAN’S WAVE THERE AMONG LIFE’S MEMORIES REMNANTS OF A LULLABYE AND THEE THERE WAS A TIME NOW LONG BEFORE WE FOUND A WAY TO CLOSE EACH DOOR BUT IN OUR MINDS THROUGH LABYRINTHS DEEP LATE IN OUR LIVES THOSE DOORS WE SEEK AND IN OUR FANTASIES WE TRY TO, FIND THE KEYS REACH THE STAIRS FOLLOW THEM EACH TO WHERE SCATTERED THERE ON THE GROUND EVERYTHING LOST IS FOUND WISHED ON COINS CHILDHOOD WINGS CAROUSELS STILL TURNING WAITING THERE PATIENTLY REMNANTS OF A LULLABYE AND THEE
Submitted by Corpse Defiler — Apr 25, 2025
(Lieutenant William Cozier) SLEEP DON’T TURN AWAY YOU ARE THE SAFEST WAY INTO TOMORROW DREAMS IF YOU WILL STAY OR AT LEAST THE BEST PARTS LETS US BORROW DAYS ARE COUNTED ‘TIL THEY’RE GONE NIGHTS ARE MEANT TO CARRY ON MORPHEUS IS AT YOUR SIDE OFFERING THE WINGS TO FLY AND BE THERE FREE FROM EARTH TO SAIL ACROSS THIS NIGHT WHERE STARS ARE ALL ETERNAL AND THE MIND DARES THE EVENING SIGHS SO CLOSE YOUR EYES AND SPEND THIS NIGHT WITH ME
Submitted by Pestilence — Apr 25, 2025
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CHILD OF THE NIGHT DREAMS DARE ALIGHT ANYWHERE YOUR HEART DOES WANDER KNOW THAT THEY WILL WALK WITH THEE EACH GRAIN OF SAND FALLS AS WAS PLANNED AND WITHIN EACH PRECIOUS MOMENT ARE THE THINGS STILL YET TO BE NIGHT IN ITS VESPERS DREAMS ARE ITS GESTURES STARS FEAR NO DISTANCE FEAR NO DISTANCE FOR THEY WILL GUARD YOU THROUGHOUT YOUR LIFE FOR THEY WILL GUARD YOU BEYOND THIS NIGHT THERE AS THEIR OWN AS THEIR OWN AND FOREVER MORE FOREVERMORE THEIR CHILD OF THE NIGHT DREAMS DARE ALIGHT NEVER FEAR AND NEVER FALTER FOR THE STARS CAN ALWAYS SEE DREAMS THAT ARE SENT WITH THE INTENT TO CAREFULLY BE BROUGHT TO LIFE FOR SUCH IS CHILDHOOD’S ALCHEMY PRECIOUS AS STARDUST SUCH IS A CHILD’S TRUST AND IN ITS SEASONS IN ITS SEASONS FOR THEY WILL GUARD YOU THROUGHOUT YOUR LIFE FOR THEY WILL GUARD YOU BEYOND THIS NIGHT THERE AS THEIR OWN AS THEIR OWN AND FOREVER MORE FOREVERMORE THEIR CHILD OF THE NIGHT DREAMS DARE ALIGHT ANYWHERE YOUR HEART DOES WANDER KNOW THAT THEY WILL WALK WITH THEE
Submitted by Immortal — Apr 25, 2025
SO AFTER ALL THOSE ONE NIGHT STANDS YOU’VE ENDED UP WITH HEART IN HAND A CHILD ALONE ON YOUR OWN RETREATING REGRETFUL FOR THE THINGS YOU’RE NOT AND ALL THE THINGS YOU HAVEN’T GOT WITHOUT A HOME A HEART OF STONE LIES BLEEDING AND FOR ALL THE ROADS YOU FOLLOWED AND FOR ALL YOU DID NOT FIND AND FOR ALL THE DREAMS YOU HAD TO LEAVE BEHIND I AM THE WAY I AM THE LIGHT I AM THE DARK INSIDE THE NIGHT I HEAR YOUR HOPES I FEEL YOUR DREAMS AND IN THE DARK I HEAR YOUR SCREAMS DON’T TURN AWAY JUST TAKE MY HAND AND WHEN YOU MAKE YOUR FINAL STAND I’LL BE RIGHT THERE I’LL NEVER LEAVE AND ALL I ASK OF YOU BELIEVE YOUR CHILDHOOD EYES WERE SO INTENSE WHILE BARTERING YOUR INNOCENCE FOR BITS OF STRING THE GROWN-UP WINGS YOU NEEDED BUT WHEN YOU HAD TO ADD THEM UP YOU FOUND THAT THEY WERE NOT ENOUGH TO GET YOU IN AND PAY FOR SINS REPEATED AND FOR ALL THE YEARS YOU BORROWED AND FOR ALL THE TEARS YOU HIDE AND FOR ALL THE FEARS YOU HAD TO KEEP INSIDE I AM THE WAY I AM THE LIGHT I AM THE DARK INSIDE THE NIGHT I HEAR YOUR HOPES I FEEL YOUR DREAMS AND IN THE DARK I HEAR YOUR SCREAMS DON’T TURN AWAY JUST TAKE MY HAND AND WHEN YOU MAKE YOUR FINAL STAND I’LL BE RIGHT THERE I’LL NEVER LEAVE AND ALL I ASK OF YOU BELIEVE I NEVER WANTED TO KNOW NEVER WANTED TO SEE I WASTED MY TIME ‘TIL TIME WASTED ME I NEVER WANTED TO GO ALWAYS WANTED TO STAY ‘CAUSE THE PERSON I AM ARE THE PARTS THAT I PLAY SO I PLOT AND I PLAN HOPE AND I SCHEME TO THE LURE OF A NIGHT FILLED WITH UNFINISHED DREAMS AND I’M HOLDING ON TIGHT TO A WORLD GONE ASTRAY AS THEY CHARGE ME FOR YEARS I CAN’T PAY YEAH I AM THE WAY I AM THE LIGHT I AM THE DARK INSIDE THE NIGHT I HEAR YOUR HOPES I FEEL YOUR DREAMS AND IN THE DARK I HEAR YOUR SCREAMS DON’T TURN AWAY JUST TAKE MY HAND AND WHEN YOU MAKE YOUR FINAL STAND I’LL BE RIGHT THERE I’LL NEVER LEAVE AND ALL I ASK OF YOU BELIEVE
Submitted by MetalElf — Nov 08, 2025
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O fortuna velut luna statu variabilis... Semper crescis Aut decrescis Vita detestabilis Nunc obdurat Et tunc curat Ludo mentis aciem, Egestatem, Potestatem Dissolvit ut glaciem Sors immanis Et inanis, Rota tu volubilis, Status malus, Vana salus Semper dissolubilis, Obumbrata Et velata Michi quoque niteris Nunc per ludum Dorsum nudum Fero tui sceleris Sors salutis Et virtutis Michi nunc contraria, Est affectus Et defectus Semper in angaria Hac in hora Sine mora Corde pulsum tangite Quod per sortem Sternit fortem, Mecum omnes plangite!
Submitted by Immortal — Apr 25, 2025
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