WALKING WOUNDED

We were the walking wounded
There was no dream, no hope
Trapped and lost
By our own misery
The dead will walk
And they do cry
Their only purpose- to kill
Kill away the pain
The streets run red
Floods of tears
It is their destiny
To bring the rain
But we have escaped
The reaper's clutch
We have siezed our fate
Crafted it with our own hands
We who have walked the path of destruction
We who have cried a thousand tears
We who bled the seas of saddness
We are stronger now
Stronger than you who know not
It is we who know the shadows
Who know how black the heart decay
We know the frightend faces
The cries of anguish
The loss of hope
The death of will
We were the walkiing wounded
The mass of fiendesh gouls
We played in mounts of bones
We wrote graffiti in blood
We consumed the souls of men
Simply by showing our torn faces
We burried your children alive
We torched your petty sheep
We hung your wives bare in the trees
and played pinata for treats
All your lost pets were in our basements
All your soldiers were under our sheds
And when the torch gets too hot
You must pass it on down the line
To the young demons of pain
Who dwell in the places
You wouldn't dare go
And we who have defied the cycle
Unshackled our minds and spread our wings
We now sieze the world
For we know what lies beyond
We who know
We who have been there
We who have defied decay
We who are mightier than death herself
We have drown in sorrow
And surfaced in passion
The war blaze on
Battlefields aflame
You can't stop us now
We reach above your throne
Higher than your gods
Victory shall be ours

=THESAGE=

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CASTLE ON THE MOUNT

The clouds are grey, the fog is thick
The beasts of prey come rushing quick
Lightning flashes and thunder roars
Close the drapes, open those doors
Awaken the dead, who rise and moan
Minds decayed but bodies grown
The eerie glow and howling wolves
Wisdom floats to he who knows
Awaken all who wield the flame
Who prowl and chant, and teach to tame
Awaken the kings of men, who grin and obey
Who know by night and deny by day
The secret murmur of the wild abyss
What wonders wander, you won't dare miss
Awaken the warriors of living light
Who dance and rejoice all through the night
Awaken now the children of lust
Who build and create but you dare not trust
Come one, come all, to the castle on the mount
Where misfits matter and matters count
Where are my children who deny the call?
Their self-deceit can't stop us all!
What of those deaf to the drum?
It matters not, my beloved come!
But what does wait in that dark castle
Vampires, demons, a barker's hassle?
Where is that gate and what’s that humming?
It matters not, for we are coming!
Enter the realm of carnal pleasure
For what you feel you cannot measure
There be no limit, no abstract cage
So come my brothers, release your rage
No man's law shall hold you down
Rise above and snatch his crown
Find his wall and smash it down
Then you shall enter my castle town
Where giant men are free to roam
And drifting gypsies call it home
Where faeries fly their own way
And long lost souls can run and play
For now you ascend upon my palace
To raise the sword and drink the chalice
Walk with me, my friends of earth
No man shall take your right of birth
You are my brothers and sisters of night
In the mind, yet out of sight
Enter my castle with an open mind
I think you’ll like just what you find

=THESAGE=