Bells of Awakening

(Lead: Campana) Beware the dark, for it may take you When silence comes, don't let it break you Draconic days, a distant age Shiftless in their endless gray Trees like towers standing sentinel and cold Then from the dark, like blazing scythes Came fire cutting through the night An age of lords was forged in warfare and disparity of light (Chorus) Ashen one, this world is dying Embrace the sun, the time has come, your flame is rising Ashen one, the dark is howling Push ever on, raise your sword, become the bane of the abyss Death will come in endless waves As distant fire guides your way It is your curse to seek its light until the end The fear of gods has always been The sentencing of doom for men And so the pillars of this tragedy are set in hollow stone (Chorus) Go forth, awaken now Strike the ancient bells Your soul will shape this world You are the tolling knell So claim the souls of lords Throned and fire-crowned Rage with humanity Once hollow, now unbound (Chorus)

Submitted by Warbringer — Apr 26, 2025

In the dark there lurks a shadowed truth Far beneath the ancient stones The soul of primeval man has been profaned No fiend or foe could ever match my skill My blade is feared throughout the land The black heart of the abyss will die by my hand It is my solemn charge to guard the flame Into aphotic depths I ride to meet my fate Ancient fire, fill my raging heart As I charge into the endless dark Steel my will against what hell may come I will not turn back, I know what must be done With a battle-wolf proudly at my side And a greatsword in my hand We know what our duty demands But nothing could have prepared us for this The primal force that lurks within the dark Is twisted by sorrow and rage I know it will cost me my life, but I must help my companion escape It is my solemn charge to guard the flame In those aphotic depths I met my storied fate Ancient fire, fill my raging heart As I charge into the endless dark Steel my will against what hell may come I will not turn back, I know what must be done (Lead: Palmer) I feel the claws of darkness sink into my soul And as they begin to change me, I know that I must let go Ashen one, in combat come and take my life from me Forgive me, all of you, for I have availed you nothing Ancient fire, fill my raging heart As I charge into the endless dark Steel my will against what hell may come I will not turn back, I know what must be done Dying fire filled my anguished heart As I fought against the endless dark I broke my will against the hell that came Relieve me of my charge Carry on the flame

Submitted by Corpse Grinder — Apr 26, 2025