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And Wilt Thou Weep When I Am Low?
And wilt thou weep when I am low?
Sweet lady! Speak those words again:
Yet if they grieve thee, say not so
I would not give that bosom pain.
My heart is sad, my hopes are gone,
My blood runs coldly through my breast;
And when I perish, thou alone
Wilt sigh above my place of rest.
And yet, methinks, a gleam of peace
Doth through my cloud of anguish shine:
And for a while my sorrows cease,
To know thy heart hath felt for mine.
Oh lady! Blessed be that tear
It falls for one who cannot weep;
Such precious drops are doubly dear
To those whose eyes no tear may steep.
Sweet lady! Once my heart was warm
With every feeling soft as thine;
But Beauty's self hath ceased to charm
A wretch created to repine.
Yet wilt thou weep when I am low?
Sweet lady! Speak those words again:
Yet if they grieve thee, say not so
I would not give that bosom pain.
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When The World’s Gone Cold
Where am I now?
Tell me how
I can breathe?
As I close my eyes I know
that a dreadful sleep will come
And the fog upon me grows
Shadows fall to make us numb
When the world’s gone cold
And the sun’s turned black
Frozen realms will unfold
The divercities of wreck
What’s my path?
The journey to
The forlorn places
As I close my eyes I know
when a dreadful sleep will come
Gray fog upon me grows
Shadows fall to make us numb
When the world’s gone cold
And the sun’s turned black
Frozen realms will unfold
The divercities of wreck
My illusions
My delusions
Visions of decay
My perpetual desires
Bringing only pain
As I close my eyes I know
that a dreadful sleep has come
Gray fog upon me grows
Shadows fall to make me numb
When the world’s gone cold
And the sun’s turned black
Frozen realms will unfold
The divercities of wreck
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A Father I Never Had
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A Father I Never Had
I remember all the nightmares
You brought into my life
That will never be forgiven
Unsleeping hatred
Undying scorn
Refuge in shame
The anger’s born
Abuser, betrayer
Accuser, forsaker
Dissembler, miscreant
Reprobate, opponent
I turn my back on you
And clean my thoughts
For all the tragedies
Can you be cursed?
Unsleeping hatred
Undying scorn
Refuge in shame
The anger’s born
Abuser, betrayer
Accuser, forsaker
Dissembler, miscreant
Reprobate, opponent
Father that I never had
For me you were always dead
Liar, lie to me again
Gone forever…
Father that I never had
For me you were always dead
Liar, would you lie to me?
Gone forever…
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Weep On, Weep On
Weep on, weep on, your hour is past,
Your dreams of pride are o'er;
The fatal chain is round you cast,
And you are men no more.
In vain the hero's heart hath bled;
The sage's tongue hath warn'd in vain;
Oh, Freedom! Once thy flame hath fled,
It never lights again!
Weep on – perhaps in after days,
They'll learn to love your name,
When many a deed may wake in praise
That long hath slept in blame.
And when they tread the ruin'd isle,
Where rest, at length, the lord and slave,
They'll wondering ask, how hands so vile
Could conquer hearts so brave?
"'Twas fate," they'll say, "A wayward fate
Your web of discord wove;
And while your tyrants join'd in hate,
You never join'd in love.
But hearts fell off that ought to twine,
And man profaned what God had given;
Till some were heard to curse the shrine
Where others knelt in heaven!"
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I Am the Only Being Whose Doom
I am the only being whose doom
No tongue would ask, no eye would mourn;
I never caused a thought of gloom,
A smile of joy, since I was born.
In secret pleasure, secret tears,
This changeful life has slipped away,
As friendless after eighteen years,
As lone as on my natal day.
There have been times I cannot hide,
There have been times when this was drear,
When my sad soul forgot its pride
And longed for one to love me here.
But those were in the early glow
Of feelings since subdued by care;
And they have died so long ago,
I hardly now believe they were.
First melted off the hope of youth,
Then fancy’s rainbow fast withdrew;
And then experience told me truth
In mortal bosoms never grew.
’Twas grief enough to think mankind
All hollow, servile, insincere;
But worse to trust to my own mind
And find the same corruption there
There have been times I cannot hide,
There have been times when this was drear,
But worse to trust to my own mind
And find the same corruption there
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The Kingdom Of Nothingness
Try to make a step
On this desolate ground
Where cold winds prevail
Their howling resound
Thу monopoly of suffering
The dreaming of decay
Corrosion lasts forever
In neverending prey
Cold are the veins, lifeless structure
Rusted are chains, lead to a rupture
Kingdom of loss; depriviation
Carry your cross; desintegration
Blind are the weak, crawling near
They try to infect you with the fear
Light disappeared – kingdom of darkness
Night overwhelms kingdom of dreamless
Watch your own footsteps
Drowned in the mud
To this ageless tower
Covered with the blood
The monopoly of suffering
The dreaming of decay
Stagnation lasts forever
In neverending prey
Cold are the veins, lifeless structure
Rusted are chains, lead to a rupture
Kingdom of loss; depriviation
Carry your cross; desintegration
Blind are the weak, crawling near
They try to infect you with the fear
Light disappeared – kingdom of darkness
Night overwhelms kingdom of dreamless
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Sorrowful Land Kharkiv, Ukraine
Ukrainian one-man band the creation of Maks Molodtsov, who leads the gothic/doom band Edenian.
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