Olden Tales & Deathly Trails

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Night is nearing its closure The earth is yearning for the light But the skies have frozen over The sun of my heart cannot pierce the dark To catch the whisper of the heavens The black mountain pass must be sought Where the beast of seelusion awaits We won't endure the cold and neither will the dawn The bitter despair of their starving eyes Has paved the road that I fear In the greenest grove Their savoir will never appear Nothing I've learned holds its meaning When the soul id cast out of its home And the scars of my strength never deeping The stars turn their heads from the tears I have shed The key had always been my treasure While the lock was the greater prize The forest looks straight through the lies I've kept inside Open your eyes and feel no hate Towards the darkness you hold It will not be your fate The sun may be far away from your crasp But its flames will remain Illusions of light never last An oath I will make to the depths of my core To die for those who cannot fight this war To shatter the ice destroying our land I'll return the gold in hand or I'll not return at all Embrace the shadow For its path you must follow I close my eyes and I feel such hate Will the darkness I hold become my fate? The sun is so far away from my grasp Will its flames still remain, when illusions of light fade so fast? Will the dawn show its face? Or will its life I'll forever chase? The darkest path Converge where the light will meet the ground I hear no sound And see no sign of fortune's hidden rhyme How strange it seems the at the edge of life I could find my way Cause for today, the road of frozon starlight I've begun

Submitted by Sexy Gargoyle — Apr 24, 2025

How stands the glass around? For shame you take no care, my boys How stands the glass around? Let wine and mirth abound The trumpet sounds The colors they do fly, my boys To fight, kill or wound As you would be found Connected with hard fare, my boys On the cold ground Why, soldiers, why? Must we be melancholy boys Why, soldiers, why? Whose business is to die What sighing? Fye! Drink on. drown fear, be jolly, boys Tis he, you or I Wet, hot, cold or dry We're always bound to follow, boys And scorn to fly Tis but vain I mean not to upbraid you boys Tis but vain For a soldier to complain Should next campaign Send us to him that made us boys We're free from pain But should we remain A bottle and kind landlady Cures all again

Submitted by SerpentEve — Apr 24, 2025

Stormie's gone, the good old man To my aye storm along Oh, Stormie's gone, the good old man Aye aye Mister Storm along They dug his grave with a silver spade To my aye storm along The shroud of finest silk was made Aye aye Mister Storm along He's moored at least and furled his sail To my aye storm along No danger now from wreck or gale Aye aye Storm along Of captain brave, he was the best To my aye storm along But now he's gone and is at rest Aye aye Mister Storm along Old Storm has heard the angel call To my aye storm along So sing his dirge, now one and all I recall the day the hurricane Engulfed a hundred ships Fate was stripped from our hands Waves of the size of mountainsides bludgeoned us one by one Stormie saved so many under the veil of the blackened sun As the wind came to a calm The bright sun awakened the dawn We stood in silence endlessly And gazed to the edge of the sea As we turned our heads And looked back towards the shore Our hearts sunk ever low For our captain was no more Still his body lay At the breaking of the day We lowered him with a golden chain Our eyes dim with more than rain He lies in an earthen bed Our hearts are sore, our eyes are red Storm along, we must now venture on Into the beauty of the open sea Our will must not become undone Journey onwards far as our eyes can see O do not mourn for long Let our words ring on in his memory The vast horizon draws us near Journey onwards

Submitted by Dahmers Fridge — Apr 24, 2025

Carve the fire into your skin Stitch the wounds revealing the sin Waiting in the sky is the wisdom of the ages Freedom's ignorant realm Clear the thoughts addressing your heart While rage and honor tear your apart Look beyond the clouds With your troubles left behind you I can lead you Charging, bloody Crimson red Hollow, shameful Leave them dead Nightfall draws ever near In the silence all you can hear Is pride's heartless whimper As your purpose falls away But hold your ground and wait Shadows creep in forest below The sun has set, no light left to show The memory to bridge This purpose to your home The cracking glow unknown At the sound of war, when blood boils to a flame Does your spirit die? When the frost of your truth has melted away Vaunting veins will redden the night Your ghost charges forth Vaunting veins will redden the night Your heart still breathes in the north You long to see this enemy As a mirror into your soul A worthy adversary wearing the badge Of his strength for all to know But his heart is buried deep in his eyes His purpose locked within his mind You fear the power his clarity can find Fall to your knees You bored and reckless man Why have you taken the lifes of Those who choose to walk the path of light Men - But can you tell which is your foe Blood - It flows in rivers on the ground below Wind - The wind is howling past your ear Now - Your final battle drawing near The despair of the voices from my home Fills the air Was love not enough? Were they not enough? Screams of sorrow, longing for my land Sanguine pride flows down my hand Wounds to guide my way eternally My fire stains the earth

Submitted by Pestilence — Apr 24, 2025

Look ahead, look a stern Look the weather in the lee Blow high! Blow low! And so sailed we I see a wreck to the windward And a lofty ship to lee A sailing down along The coasts of High Barbaree Oh, are you a pirate Or a man-o-war? cried we Blow high! Blow low! And so sailed we Oh no! I'm not a pirate But a man-o-war, cried he A sailing down along The coasts of High Barbaree So back up your topsails And heave your vessel to For we have got some letters To be carried home by you We'll back up your topsails And heave your vessel to But only in some harbor And along the side of you For broadside, for broadside They fought all on the main Blow high! Blow low! And so sailed we Until at last the frigate Shot the pirate's mast away A sailing down along the coasts of High Barbaree For quarters! For quarters! The saucy pirates cried Blow high! Blow low! And so sailed we The quarters that we showed them Was to sink them in the tide Oh, it was a cruel sight And it grieved us full sore To see them all drownin' As they tried to swim to shore With cutlass and gun Oh we fought for hours three Blow high! Blow low! And so sailed we The ship it was their coffin And their grave it was the sea Blow high! Blow low! And so sailed we!

Submitted by Immortal — Apr 24, 2025

Lay up nearer, brother, nearer For my limbs are growing old And thy presence seemeth nearer When thine arms around me fold I am dying, brother, dying Soon you'll miss me in your berth For my form will soon be lying 'Neath the oceans briny surf Tell my father when you see him That in death I prayed for him Prayed that I might only meet him In a world that's free of sin Tell my mother, God assist her Now that she is growing old That her child would glad have kissed her When his lips grew pale and cold Will you gain what I've lost? On this broken journey of trust Carry my soul back home Paint me the land of our childhood Tell me of love in their hearts Show me the strength of our fathers As you linger while I depart And if death does not shine behind the white clouds Harness my one final breath Let it sweep cross the plains of their memories And give wind to their sails as they venture into the dark Can you grasp it my loyal brother? Oh please help me. I can't find the way Will the wind whisper of glory's road? Or will the skies shiver as this tales tragedy unfolds? As the seas fall away, I hear A child's voice led astray Father, the legends you passed down to me They have not saved me the fate I've met I've gathered your spark for their eyes to see Can they light the candles we've left? Sillhouette stained in their minds Cursed figure leaves them blind Let go of this pain She will still remain Hear them speak your name Listen brother, catch each whisper Tis my wife I speak of now Tell oh tell her how I missed her When the fever burned my brow Tell her she must kiss my children Like the kiss I last impressed Hold them as when last I held them Held them closely to my chest Drown my pride with the blood I've given My selfish fear has despairful, tired eyes If you catch them the flames forbidden I can let the haunting storm subside Through the beckoning, frozon horizon A golden beam casts its life 'cross the earth It was for them I crossed the ocean What my hopes were I will not tell But they gained an orphan's portion Yet he doeth all things well Tell them I have reached the haven Where I sought the precious dust And I gained a port called Heaven Where the gold will never rust

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Apr 24, 2025