1. TESTIMONIAL

Upon the parchment, it is written
One soul shall guide them
Not by choice, not by birth
Ordained by need, this soul it mourns

A legacy delivered to me
In solidarity we demand
I see the raven haunt
Ever so graceful she flies
Enduring terms fixed against us
Untouched by inauspicious commands
I hear the somber cries
Symphonic anthems of grief

Searching, eyes to the sky, blind to what you seek

You walk with angels
Innocent with eyes wide open
The chosen one
Your life has begun
Forever with me
In every memory
So pure yet so refined
Sheltered from the world, unkind
You give your love with no conditions
Your presence always brings me warmth
Our spirits as one
Your life has just begun

We'll rule on fortress of long
My arms are where you belong

Precious angel, fly
She will guide you, up high
Like the raven, you soar
She'll embrace you
Let death set you free


2. FOR CRIMSON LUST

Countess, she lurk in shadows
Nocturnal blasphemies

Moonlight waxing somber
Twilights glow it wakens thee
In erotic rapture
Savor the eclipse of day

Ageless, this mistress weeps
She covets the soulless breed

Countess I now bleed for thee
Drench my lips with mortal wine
Beside wolves, beneath the stars
For crimson lust and carnal need

I command the setting sun
With dusk at bay
Here, I hunt until the end of time
In vengeful bliss
And now I search for her
She waits for you

In midwinter's solstice
Chilling frost bears witness
Rituals of bloodlust
From this cold abyss arise

Thirsting through time she seeks
Ambient choirs they sing
On deaf ears they fall

I renounce this godless life
Upon her throne
Take this crown of eternal plight
So black with hate
And now we starve for love


3. ESTRANGED

Sickened with sanity
Slowly withdraw
Scattered and torn
Traces of apathy
Silence of thought

Screaming deep inside
Reprehension, thoughts of you
I entomb this dormant rage
Estranged, hide myself from you

Find myself wanting no more
Embracing
Lies falling from your lips
Betraying
Why must I live in this hell
Disgrace you
Hating all that you are

Drowning voices
Your regression pleading you
In self-loathing you appeal
Resistance it's been
Bleeding you

Captive here, dying inside
Containing
Why can't I escape
Restraining
Without you I can be free
Erase you
Aching heart turns to stone

Mournful of idle love

Now my dear
Shed no tears
Cry no more
Feel estranged

I've sought many passages
Leading me now to
Ambiguous fortresses
To ghostly towns buried
In anxious labyrinths
Now I pillage the darkness for
Golden grain which was born
From beneath ancient graves

Nevermore to return my love
Entwined in despair
And false hope
Wicked winds they carry
Whispered tales
Misery and heartache
Melt the mortal soul
Your soul


4. LINGERING DREAM

Nightfall lurks
Enter the arms of Morpheus
Fantasy or phantasm
A lingering dream

Darkness hovers like a phantom
The voices calling me
Echoes whisper in my mind
Of tortured souls that bleed

Souls that bleed

Faceless wanderers commence
They gather all around
Lifeless creatures drawing nigh
A silent cry I scream

Can't run away
No where to hide
There's a door, look back
And then it's gone somewhere.
Mystified
Then all the walls
Start closing in
Run back to bed and then
It starts again, now a mirage

Now you see me, open your eyes
I will tell you
All you need to know
Left alone here in a lingering
Dream with no promise
You will never wake
Hear the angels as they sing a
Song like the birds gathered
On a summer day
Feel a warm breeze comforting
You as time slowly slips away

Time slowly slips away

Renew, clouds release the sun
Solacing pillows of warmth
Embrace us
Weightless on air
Peer through the mist of snow
An ebony stallion
Emerges before us
To canter away through time
Following the chancel
A passage to our destiny
Illusion devised

Now you see me, open your eyes
I will tell you
All you need to know
Left alone here in a lingering
Dream with no promise
You will never wake
Hear the angels as they sing a
Song like the birds gathered
On a summer day
Feel a warm breeze comforting
You as time slowly slips away

In space and time
No end is near
Awaken from the dreams that
Haunt my mind
I'm trapped alive
There's no escape
Can't find my way
When I look back again
Their faces change
Aluminized


5. COUNTING SHADOWS

In the moonlight see them dance
Counting shadows

I'm by myself although I feel I'm not alone.
Search for the secret door that leads me to my home.
I hear their tainted laughter ringing in my ear.
Reflect on past intentions, they have led me here.

Blackened clouds, the night is falling.
Destiny, I hear it calling out.
Will I find my way?

Choose... Tortured angels and broken thorns
Hanging needles and a flame so warm
Allow this night to pass me by
And future years to cleanse my eyes
My eyes

I feel the tortured souls of generations gone.
To wake each night and feel the emptiness I know.

Enticing cries they plead me.
Knowing not what they will bring me.
This is the only way.

Blending in surroundings to expect all I've become.
Giving up resistance to this darkness I belong.
I feel the dampened tears of those I steal away.
Shadows all around me screaming.


6. INTIMATE PORTRAIT

Gaze within
Reflection stares back
Lost, in a dark shade of grey
Clear, just like a picture in glass

You awakened me from a dream I had.
Visions and words you say, you please me and hide away.
But I want to know who you are.
I feel our unity. we've come together.
This picture that I paint intrigues me I can't explain
But I need to know who you are.

Look to the mirror and find
Portrait of a goddess whose sins are unveiled
Tears flow no recorse
Painting blessed visions dreamt only by fools
Chilling thoughts, past lives relived
Intimacy lost, time slowly slips by
Revelations painted in dreams
Poetic end to a tale never told

I've been through any transient affairs.
I can't foretell what this will bring.
I'm hopeful of this encounter will rival all I've known.
Anticipate with hunger for I starve.
I recognize this difference afraid and shy away.
Sabotage the feeling and fill with guilt, alone.
Waiting but impatient. frustration, oh I know.
Bear with me my sweet one, I'll make it give me time.

Life, intimate portrait in time
Clear, just like a picture in glass


7. INSATIABLE

Fear not, what awaits you in the dark
Trust and you will see

They've finally left me alone
Hear me screaming
Are you out there
Can anyone hear me
I'm struggling here in the dark
I can't get out on my own
Someone help me
Are you out there

Stifled cries of tortured souls
Passion breeds such bittersweet remorse

My spirit's left from flesh
Barely breathing
Are you out there
Can anyone hear me
I'm slowly fading away
I'm fearing from the unknown
This soul they've taken
Are you out there

Tainted thoughts of forbidden lust
Temptress weeps, tears fall like rain

Think of better times
And put the present out of my mind
I'd feed on adoration
Praising all I am
I began
To take for granted
The countless gifts they give
Except in no one
They would all forgive
Think of better times
I hear footsteps come from behind


8. REVELATIONS

"O god of earth and altar,
Bow down and hear our cry,
Our earthly rulers falter,
Our people drift and die,
The walls of gold entomb us,
The swords of scorn divide,
Take not thy thunder from us,
Take away our pride."
[G.K. Chesterton: English Hymnal]

Just a babe in a black abyss,
No reason for a place like this,
The walls are cold and souls cry out in pain,
An easy way for the blind to go,
A clever path for the fools who know
The secret of the hanged man, the smile of his lips.

The light of the blind, you'll see,
The venom tears my spine,
The eyes of the Nile are opening, you'll see.

She came to me with a serpent's kiss,
As the eye of the sun rose on her lips,
Moonlight catches silver tears I cry,
So we lay in a black embrace,
And the seed is sown in a holy place
And I watched, and I waited for the dawn.

The light of the blind, you'll see,
The venom that tears my spine,
The eyes of the Nile are opening, you'll see.

Go

Bind all of us together,
Ablaze with hope and free,
No storm or heavy weather
Will rock the boat you'll see.
The time has come to close your eyes
And still the wind and rain,
For the one who will be king
Is the watcher in the ring.
It is you.
It is you.


9. PORTAL TO AN EMPTINESS

I never thought that I'd be taken before my time
Without you, without your hand to hold
Don't let your time slip by
All I know has now passed
I can't feel the past

Portal to an emptiness divine
Sorrow fades away like the melting snow

I don't feel alone
I'm losing all my senses
My memories of you
Are slowly fading

Alone, dormant in a dream
Stillness, silent tranquility

I feel no emptiness
I know I'll never hold you
Hold tight, fly with me
My soul has been swept away

Portal to an emptiness divine
Sorrow blocks the sun like a silken cloud

Growing distance
I know you will stay strong
Blackened tyrants
Keep me moving on

Alone, sadness, empty void
Stillness, love lost, grieving heart

You must let me go
Feel a chill drawing near
Cuts like a knife through my soul
Embrace the warmth of day
Cast away these pains I feel
Take me now, and bring to pass dignity in death


10. BROKEN PROMISES

Dark horizons guide me
Through these tears.
Whispers softly through each hour.
Broken promises,
Don't wanna hear it any more.
But now I know yours is the voice I hear.
Burns through silence,
Can't take it any more.

Searching back in time for
Glory I have known.
Faint reminders of once what was.
Faith keeps pulling me,
Can't seem to move ahead.
Need to trust in who I am.
But now I kow, yours is the voice I hear.
Burns through silence,
Won't take it no more... no

You filled my heart with lies
And broken promises.
You walked out on me
And then you asked for more.
I won't be your tragedy oh no, get out
With all your lies and broken promises
Who are you fooling?
You fed me all those lies
And broken promises.
I am over you but you can't do the same
I'm not turning back because I know. get out
With all your lies and broken promises.

You came back to rescue me
I need to turn you away
Each time I take you in
You hurt me so, it's time I go

Shh, don't say a word, jealousy's no good
You've never done what you should.
You make mistakes
Then you make them over again.
I won't give up, won't give in.
This lesson I have learned,
All given nothing earned.
I filled the pot but the bowl is empty
And so am I can't help but wonder why.
You play around with life it seems,
With hers and mine.
You say you gotta go.
After everything you know.
I'm drowning in your empathy,
Your sympathy, no room for me.

You left for reasons that you can't explain.
All those tears you cry, I feel your pain
But I'm not turning back because I know.

Get out with all your lies
And broken promises.
You walked out on me
And then you asked for more.
I am over you but you can't get it straight.
I'm not coming back because I know.


11. TRUE BELIEVER

Angels wings of glistening
Flowing through you
Beguiling flurry haunting
An apparition untrue

Then hear the angels calling your name
Peaceful spirits guide you through
Wears disguises, laughing tears of pain
Something's different, so familiar to you

How can this be
Hear choirs of angels singing
Just look past my tears
Look beneath the truth
What question's still remaining
Blinded by lies
Illusions deceiving

I feel despair of long dead
Haunting my every thought
Be immortal, unforgiving
No emotion seeps through

Bring forth cold kisses of night
Ask not for my sympathy
Purge from my soul
This dark bitter fear

You've seen my tears like melting snow
The frost it blankets covering you
Enchanting sounds of winter winds embrace
Nothing's different, so familiar to you

Feel a blast of winter chill
So cold


12. ALONE

When you're lost inside and won't let go
Let the past take hold of you
You're not alone

Fear and trembling you keep holding on
Feel safe inside the walls you climb
You're not alone

I'll hold on
Just take my hand
And join me in the promised land

Desperation on your soul you internalize
Taking comfort in your lonely sighs
Let the gray skies clear away you've been victimized
All alone is where you'll stay

In a crossroad to your mind
You choose to be on the dark side
Where the light cannot pass through
Sinking deeper in loneliness
Take hold of the hand reaching out to you
It's there to guide you
Come in to the light
Where sadness is left behind
I'll lead the way
You'll never again be alone