THE WRECKAGE OF MY FLESH from Songs of Darkness, Words of Light(2004)

Loathsome I've become.
Acreature so undome.
Wretched and broken.
Cannot find my faith.

Any God will do.
Nothing said is new
Nothing said is true.
Fly away my hope.

The embrace of shade holds me dear.
Eats me away.
Loose the dogs of disgrace upon me.
Ihave no faith.
Raise the poor outcast I have become.
I am undone.
Calm is the air. Still is the sea.
The valley of death keeps calling me.

Rest my eyes from the world.
This dying place, it's so absurd.
Oh, Christ above, whom I love.
Lost to me. My snow white dove.
Make this day like the night.
Song of darkness. Words of light.
Pulling down my heart.
I won't forget my lovers heart.

With utter loathing and scorn,
I was somehow born.
Strewn in black decay.
None shall I obey.
The wreckage of my flesh.
The nakedness of my death.

Doom from USA

MEMORIAL EMBERS from Chronicles of Dysphoria(2000)

Where once a naive child learnt the ropes of life and pain
An ashen path has forged to view those remnants with disdain
As leaves descending earthward are a seasonal display
Within those trees and subtle breeze I fell to grace today
Where once a sheltered boy had learnt the sadness of his past
An ashen path has forged to burn the memories at last
As snakes discard their fettered skin and carry on the same
Without that flesh the life is fresh, as though reborn again
Shadows of a candle once adorned
With ambiance beneath a dying flame
Unending is the grief so long alone
The crying light to death reborn again
Reborn again
Reborn again
Today the snakes lie naked
And the land's adorned with leaves
And I rest upon the sunset
With a soul that's learnt to breathe
Today I fell to grace
Amongst a thousand rising embers
Beneath the sky they fade and die
At last... lest I remember

AUTUMN ELEGY from Tears of Mortal Solitude(2002)

I open Heart for my eyes to see
The skyline is so sad
This morning it finds me cry
With tears of uncrowned King...

SHADOWED DREAMS from Shades Of.." (2000)

In here, every shadow in the ground passes
me by... slow... flickering above me. And
silently they (like in a dream) growl over
me... be-witched I do follow their beautiful
ways, beside tis wintry frozen palace. Take
me to another world, to another conscious-
ness... away of this time. And they do arose
me... and I do watch... with broken eyes
how this weather... forever will stay...
in my frozen heart...

O SOLITUDE from O Solitude(2003)

O, how it hurts
The sting of solitude!
I'm quenching on my own
My solitude is going to kill me

O, how they tighten
The ropes around my neck!
What have I done to myself?
From this self-made hell
Who is going to save me?

As I'm laying here
With my eyes closed
I can see you smiling, drowning in joy
I reach out my arms; beg to touch your face
But you stand there motionless
Waving from the other side

Childhood memories: tears of happiness in my eyes
Sitting in the middle of a crowded room
Around me joyous faces -those who loved me
They are all here for me -I'm the pride of the room
Beautiful paintings on the walls
Someone throws a match into the fireside...

Where are they now? Please, tell me!
As this pain cuts me in two
And nobody is here to heal my open wounds
Alone I am dying, alone I am crying
I pray for time to come and take
The remains of what seems to have been me...

Even the shadows of time have abandoned me
They left terrified by the empty look
On my scarred face
Time has forgotten me
I'm getting older every day but I never die

"The time has come to end your life:say a last goodbye to the world"
"I can't do such a thing"
"What are you waiting for? The world doesn't need you. Die like a honourable man"
"NEVER! I shall live and learn to bear this damned pain!"

THE JEALOUS SIN from Of Sculptured Ivy And Stone Flowers(1997)

Awaken my soul and open my eyes. Show me the journey and feed my
mind. Take me away to lands of green. Forever falling through Gods
black veil. Darker spirits than this, have fallen past my eyes.
Even through this twilight, my smile lies to me. I can smell the
scent of dark and cold winters frost. Deeper in the void we look
searching for a golden glance. The jealous Sun is burning for me.
So many years my heaven has wept. 25 winters of mourn. In darkness
I reach out for light Sighs from above rain down on me. Pitiful
heart always alon.e Face down I lay, I'm forced to lick the earth.
Cold rain drops far, covering me, soothing my pain. Swelling eyes,
fill with blood, blinding me, visions of red. Bitter sweet, taste
of life, broken man, I spit on your gift.

Formerly known as Elysium

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VERITAS from The Secret Kingdom(2001)

Wounded by pleasure in flower of youth,
Measure for measure, tortue for truth.

Passion is my highest good.
Flesh and blood am I, my lord.

Lost to plan now, lost to purpose,
Won for better or for worse,
Lady-in-waiting for you am I,
Watching moments of glory pass us by.

Passion is my highest good
Flesh and blood am I, my lord.

EMPTY HANDED from Martyre(2000)

She's the wind that shatters
neverending tears
She's the pain within thy heart
Nothingness as I fall

And I'm falling behind empty handed
behind these eyes inflamed
inflamed by darkeness
And empty smiles

She's the tempter of the night
the wildstare in my eye
she's the lie i live by
the shadow in my eyes

And I'm falling god abandoned
Empty handen
with a smile upon my face
And the happiness erased

THE DROWNING YEARS from Of Empires Forlorn(2003)

These empty years, in sadness repose
What once were joys
Now have become sorrows

I drank them all away

Once, I held hopes, loves, and dreams...
Now they're sunken into the sea
And I've no one left to save me
From drowning eternally

I drank them all away
I drank myself away