Tales of Tragedy

I think back to my darker past, where hope would almost fade* Figures, shadows seemed to pass me, faces, voices felt the same I heard the laughter all around me, but only rain dripped from my eyes I had to change the tide that drowned me, this was the time for me to rise I reach out to humanity, but beasts are what remain We live inside a world of lies and devastating hate I fear I cannot cope with this, the days of truth have died They only dwell in fantasies behind corrupted minds I raise my head and gaze beyond to a world that seems unknown A place that once was fond of me, a place I once called home Soon reality had caught up with me and time was racing by I knew that one day it would desolate, the good things in my life They call you a fool if you're a dreamer Their ironic smiles make you sick within But remember when I tell you The fools are those who don't have dreams World of lies - LIES! LIES! World of lies - LIES! LIES!

Submitted by Lake of Tears — Feb 14, 2026

Back then when I was still young, many a fullmoon ago* I was the greatest in the land, a soother of the soul My fingers touched a violin and magic filled the air Your spirit was then purified, and leave you would not dare All was well until one day, a new face came to hear me play He stood and watched "the fool" he said, he laughed at me then turned and left Tear my heart, I have lost my passion Emptiness is was roams inside Fear and pain, are all that guide me My past, a thought, it's all that's left I stopped to play and watched him go, the end had come, my gift was gone I walked alone the fateful night, what will I do now with my life? Thirty years before this day, I still remember how I played Now an old man near his death I pray to play just once again Before this night will come to pass I have the need to relive my past I found a case beneath the dust, within lay my one true love I held it up and closed my eyes, that's when I felt the endless lust Heart and soul played through the night Strings and man, become one If only once this wish could happen in the old man's lifetime He'd close his eyes before the dawn would come

Submitted by Lake of Tears — Feb 14, 2026

I stood there unblessed, for I wish I could taste death* My glory... I'm sorry She rose from her bed, now a child of the dead She'd become The man cried his dear, more rushed in froze in fear A coward I was once again I ran to the shadows, fled back to my barrows Of mourning Tonight they would burn her alive In the centre of town I watched from afar, her screams filled the dark They've woken the beast in my mind I swear revenge I accept what I am, eternally damned I swear revenge With the dark as my strength, a child of the dead Revenge This was unfair, more than I could just bear I'm forsaken I'm punished from guilt, from the fear I would wilt I repent I should have fought back A craven I am I watched as the flames took her life This will not go on I swear I won't fall I'll kill them before the sunrise Before the sun wakens Your souls will be taken You gave me this sinister right Beware of my evil 'Fore I am deceitful Your blood will fill rivers tonight

Submitted by Lake of Tears — Feb 14, 2026

So, "life will end and once we'll live"* That is what some believe Live your dreams until they fade Every second, every day And then when someone close will die We cherish all their memories inside Forever will our hearts be carved With pain for those that we have loved Raise your hands For the ones who are gone Tonight they will hear us From the great beyond Close your eyes, free your souls, do not cry, do not mourn... So, "life goes on and we'll return" That is what some people yearn A better life from that they lived Away from all of mankind's filth And then when all is said and done And someone loved is dead and gone They will be back, they'll live again A better life a different end Remember them and honor them Respect them for their lives Believe in them and cherish them Forever Deep in side

Submitted by Lake of Tears — Feb 14, 2026

Tired and sleepless, my crewmen and I* Have sailed for a year, the new land to find We fought with the sea, we came close to die We prayed just to breathe, for that longing night Today Mother Nature has answered our call The thunder and lightning has died down and gone And just when the mist was clearing away We saw the black sails, now just coming our way And so this is my final log, I stand with her alone, our very darkest hour My endless passion for the sea, has brought this end for me, and now I die a captain proud The black sails are gaining on us, they have speed "All hands on deck, cut and run, sail east" But fate didn't smile to us on that day The wind was against us, we had hell to pay The first cannon fire had shattered our bow The second then smashed the deck of the boat The shot that destroyed us cracked the starboard My hope then was flying with the men overboard Raiders, carnage, face me from all sides I plead for mercy, let me die in pride I beg you please, just let me die in pride Now, as death ascends, here I stand I do not fear this end, and now as time, just fades away I bid farewell, these are my final words My spirit will not die, I sail beyond this earth To new seas, horizons, a captain once again

Submitted by Lake of Tears — Feb 14, 2026

High in the mountains deep in the woods,* A legend grew stronger with time A hotel that once was the jewel of the forest Now stands deserted to find A story so tragic It's "father" that brought it to life One day, a dark day He jumped of a bridge, suicide Once a love, from the heart it grew But what would come, they never ever knew Now it stands in vain, just a crying shame In the ash of jealousy it stays His children would take it, divide it in two And manage to keep it alive But soon one would want, what the other could have And envy would alter their minds Thoughts of deception Their greed corrupted their souls The money, the madness Each brother wanted it all, common goal Now just another story In the tales of the old and sorry They will tell you that ghosts haunt the hotel The dark is now the owner With the dust in every corner We await for the glory days to return

Submitted by Lake of Tears — Feb 14, 2026

In the old part of town, there's a house from the past,* That lies like a dark rested soul And up in the attic, where the spiders are kings Sits a bookshelf of silver and gold A book stands within it, as black as the night And it's pages are not filled with lies The stories it holds were written in pain From lost and unfortunate lives Entry by entry, page by page A soul is taken away Into the blackness, cursed to the darkness A diary of hero's betrayed This book is a diary given to few Who their country they served and obeyed The ones who their statues stand high and remind Of an act that forever will stay They'd seal their own page and smile with a grin Thinking that they will be great But they did not know that by signing in blood It meant that they signed off their fate Only a few have seen this book In silence the scramble through life They dare not to speak of the nightmares they've seen And the horror that creeps in their minds

Submitted by Lake of Tears — Feb 14, 2026

Whispers of a name, make me open my eyes,* I try to shut them out, but then your face just comes to mind I've seen you in my past, maybe I knew you long ago? A beauty from my dreams? No, the truth I think I know I remember An angel now you are I wish well wherever, wherever you are my love Spirits shall whisper stories about you, again tonight The stars will yield, your soul will shine so bright Spirits shall whisper stories about you, again tonight Your name will carve the essence of the night As time will pass I feel, the pain will die away I might even forget, a memory will stay I wish that I was free, and part this tyranny We never should have met, this love I must regret An illusion I never will forget I'll keep you, hold you, worship, your love once more I'll have Call it a sickness, call it what you will My love will never die, a way to bring you back I'll find You are my obsession, your spirit I will confiscate You'll my bidding; we'll never be apart again

Submitted by Lake of Tears — Feb 14, 2026

Down by the river where the sand meets the shore Lies a stone that they say, it was brought long ago They know not where it comes from And a myth is born from it, and the power it holds 'Once every time when the moon hides the sun It glows with a fire, that the eye cannot stand A man then is born from the ash of the flames Like a phoenix he rises, but cursed for a day.' Aged as the oldest element on earth He'll walk for a day, to break his curse A life he must take, and add to his own And then only then, will his tomorrow dawn For so many years has he tried to survive He walked through the town like a beggar disguised He knows not how to break free No memories reside him, of his earlier deeds This man with one purpose For freedom he dreams To live for one lifetime Or die, Left in piece Aged as the oldest element on earth He'll walk for a day, to break his curse A life he must take, and add to his own And then only then, will his tomorrow dawn "What would take for me to see The sunrise tomorrow and not through a dream? I wish to be mortal, to live through my will To thrive from my memories and do as I feel" Aged as the oldest element on earth He'll walk for a day, to break his curse A life he must take, and add to his own And then only then And then only then, will his tomorrow dawn

Submitted by Lake of Tears — Feb 14, 2026

There she stood alone* Bathed by the moonlight Inside her dwelling she has stayed For all she can recall The mirrors that surround her To which her image now is bound Tell her lies about her beauty And reality is unfound The house that which she stays in Was old and made of stone The walls commence to crumble And the mirrors start to fall Then the Glass begins to shatter And the truth will now unveil "Why has my beauty vanished?" "Why has the room all changed?" "The walls are full of cobwebs And the air is choked by dust" Now all that she remembers Are reflections of the past... Now a broken room All is ruined But one, a mirror stands alone And this one does not lie Reflections of her past life Had been enslaved between the light And the image that she witnessed Was a tragic shameless lie Her awareness at this moment That the world had crumbled down Made her glance upon the mirror But it quickly cracks and hits the ground Why? Was the truth concealed from me? This is just a nightmare, this it cannot be! Life has played it's tricks and now it mocks me Now I'm just a monster, a sick and dreadful being Fare only in my heart, but I feel that's now diseased Death is all that wakes me, from my only mirror dreams

Submitted by Lake of Tears — Feb 14, 2026

I open the chest of time and look deep inside* A world of hate and suffering emerges to my eyes Wars and blood spilling a planet of death They crawl and claw to reach the top whoever reaches first Time curses everything for all of mankind A better future nonsense exists in our minds Years will pass and suffering evolves through our lives None can stand the endless curse of time The vision changes suddenly pitch black is all I see A darkness creeps inside of me my dream is now reality The desert of time has reached the chest And now it's caught up with me, Am I the soul that's next?

Submitted by Lake of Tears — Feb 14, 2026