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  They brought this apocalypse themselves

  Lust and greed consumed their minds

  The thirst for money shattered their souls

  And the world drowned in the sea of tears and blood

  Scars

  What are these scars on me

  Who covered me with them

  Was it me or something within

  I cannot remember a thing

  Each day a new one appears

  And with each day pain increases

  What madness drives me to do this

  Why am I ruining the armor of my soul

  Mists of Transylvania

  In the desolate forests

  Under the gentle mists

  Live the creatures of dread

  And those who witnessed them are long dead

  Through the mists they walk

  With the dead they talk

  With their souls they dance

  These creatures without conscience

  And there comes a wanderer so weary

  Enters these forests so dreary

  In the mists he disappears

  Where his soul will wander for endless years

  The lonely musician

  This lonely musician drowned in sorrow

  He lived from day to day thinking about tomorrow

  He didn't have any reason to live

  But he had so much love to give

  This love he collected inside himself for years

  He didn't even want to shed his tears

  Afraid it would escape from his soul

  And into this world so foul

  He collected all this love to give it to the one and only

  A woman from his dreams that would make him no more lonely

  But as he collected his love he also collected his fury

  All this loneliness and sorrow made him so weary

  He couldn't even create music anymore

  He could only smash things and roar

  And so his threw out his piano through the window

  And freed one girl from her misery and sorrow

  Dancing with shadows

  I dance with the shadows

  On the pale moonlight

  On this cemetery that is my home

  For all eternity and beyond

  I dance with them

  For that is all we can do

  On this cemetery that is our home

  For all eternity and beyond

  Cries of Carpathia

  In the desolate region of Carpathia

  Lived a woman by the name Mystia

  Renowned for her beauty and intelligence

  But they didn't know she was worse than pestilence

  In her castle she performed rituals so wicked

  By which many would be sickened

  She took young women from their homes

  And to their families she returned only their bones

  During the misty nights echoed the cries

  Of young women seduced by Mystia's lies

  She used those women as a sacrifice

  That woman's soul was made out of pure ice

  Whispers in the dark

  I sit in the dark

  I can hear them whisper

  Their words corrupt my mind

  As they wish of me things so grotesque

  I sit in the dark

  I can hear them whisper

  Their words corrupt my soul

  As they wish of me things so dreadful

  Whispers in the dark

  Slowly consume my tiresome mind

  Whispers in the dark

  Slowly consume my tiresome soul

  Beauty in darkness and morbidity

  I have found the beauty in morbidity

  In death I have found such tranquility

  I have found the beauty in darkness

  It hides me from the world's madness

  A shy girl

  Such a shy girl walked down the street

  She was all alone and always was

  She never felt the touch of a man

  Because she was always so shy

  And down the street she walked

  When all of a sudden she fell dead

  A lonely musician's piano fell on her

  And she died without ever feeling the earthly pleasures

  Falling feathers

  On that day the world stood still

  Entire humanity lost its will

  Under the dark sky they stood

  Mindless and stiff like they were some wood

  Thunder shattered throughout the sky

  As they stood not caring if they would die

  Throughout the world echoed screeches

  And the world became covered in ashes

  Feathers began to fall like rain

  Covering humanity in pain

  The age of darkness came

  Were the sins of humanity for it to blame

  Living in the darkness

  In the depths of darkness

  One man lives

  Alone and sad

  Too close to become mad

  Darkness is his life

  It cuts his soul like a knife

  This lonely man wants to die

  Anymore he cannot cry

  Love letter

  I am on the brink

  It’s not easy to think

  As I write this letter to you

  My love is nothing but true

  The only one

  My soul is in prison

  For which you are the reason

  Your love created these bars

  I can’t love anyone else under these stars

  I like to stare at your magical eyes

  Without them my caged soul slowly dies

  I like to touch your pale skin

  Without it my day wouldn’t truly begin

  And as I touch your dark hair

  As we make love inside our lair

  Know that you are the only one

  Even after this short life is done

  The woman on the painting

  I remember that woman from the painting

  And I remember her beauty so mesmerizing

  But she was wicked and completely evil

  So much that of her was afraid even the Devil

  With her emerald eyes and beautiful voice

  She conquered men and they had no choice

  But to serve her and give her everything

  And they complied and they would do for her anything

  And once she dried them completely

  She sent into death these men so weakly

  And so they killed her to protect everything they hold dear

  But this woman on the painting many still fear

  Dance around my tombstone

  She dances around my tombstone

  The one who put me in here is a crone

  This is the punishment for my past crimes

  To live buried inside this coffin until the world dies

  Howls in the night

  I am sitting inside my wooden house

  The only light in it comes from the full moon outside

  The winter wind blows creating dreadful sounds

  And among those sounds I hear them howl

  Such fear grips my already weak heart

  Made weak by living in fear for years

  Because of those creatures craving for human flesh

  The ones that killed my family so long ago

  And now they have come for me

  They want to tear me apart

  Creatures that were once my family

  Now nothing but beasts under the full moon

  Those eyes

  Those eyes I saw made me shiver

  Those eyes I saw gave me fever

  In the darkness they glimmered

  In the darkness they disappeared

  Praying and dying

  I've been praying all day

  My sweet love for your sake

  Why did
you have to pay

  When it was clearly my mistake

  But God punished you instead

  To drown in this disease

  And forced me to go mad

  Oh God spare her please

  For you I've been praying

  Pleading God to give you a quick death

  For days you've been slowly dying

  I was beside you until your last breath

  You and me

  You are mine

  I am yours

  Under this dreary sky

  Our love with each day grows

  You and me

  Please each other

  As this wicked planet

  Slowly falls into abyss

  Our love will give us wings

  Of a demon and an angel

  And through the universe unknown

  We shall fly until we die

  November rains

  On this beautiful month of November

  I always dearly remember

  Of you and me under the falling leaves

  Of days so wonderful for which this lonely man grieves

  Since you died on the last day of November

  The first day I met you I still clearly remember

  I constantly cry on these November rains

  In hopes it will wash away all of my pains

  Never cry when I die

  Never cry

  When I die

  We shall meet again

  And you will see then

  Never cry

  When I die

  Better world awaits us

  After this one so blasphemous

  Crying widows

  On the serpentine meadows

  Gathered a choir of widows

  Their cries awoke the ghosts of the dead

  On these serpentine meadows from which many fled

  Their cries were a song for their weary ears

  The water for the grass were their hollow tears

  They cried until the world went dark

  On these serpentine meadows they left their mark

  That woman

  I loved that woman with all my heart

  I loved her yet she never loved me back

  That woman wasn't meant for me

  That woman that I loved with all my soul

  She was that woman that all talked about

  The one everyone adored and worshiped

  The one I loved and worshiped

  I stared at her but she never stared back at me

  How I wish I met that woman while she was still alive

  She was probably a thousand times more beautiful than on her obituary

  That woman that left this dreary world a century ago

  That woman that captured the hearts of all

  Souls of ice

  They are the men from a world I'm afraid to speak

  They are the men that prey upon the weak

  Their faces are always covered in darkness

  Their corrupted bodies are heartless

  I've seen the things they did to the human race

  How most of them vanished without a trace

  They took them away to their world of dread

  Where all... no I do not dare speak about the world that turned me mad

  They are the men with souls of ice

  Let me give you one good advice

  If you see those men with eyes full of hatred

  You better run from those men most feared

  Sheer terror

  Sheer terror runs through my veins

  It increases when it rains

  The music of the rain reminds me

  Of a world where red is the sea

  Sheer terror runs through my veins

  It increases all of my pains

  When I die I will go to that world

  Where there are no brave and the bold

  Pale of the night

  It was yet another dreary and wicked night

  And I found myself walking under the moon's pale light

  I was walking through the abandoned cemetery

  The one many considered to be too scary

  There was a legend passed around

  That many men disappeared here and were never found

  And those who escaped these wicked grounds

  Talked about a pale woman whose beauty bounds

  And so I ventured into the night that gave me shivers

  In the shoes that gave me blisters

  To find this beautiful pale woman shrouded in mystery

  To find her in the night most dreary

  I walked and walked what seemed like centuries

  To see if she was real or those stories were all lies

  And I wanted for those stories to be real

  Because I wanted this woman to reveal

  And suddenly I saw her standing on the moon's pale light

  And I stopped and froze in place because of this sudden sight

  She just stood there and didn't move at all

  And I just stared at this woman that looked so small

  Suddenly she appeared right in front me

  And on the pale moonlight I saw her beauty

  I saw her pale skin and dark hair

  And felt sickened by the smell in the air

  I began to feel the stench of death

  I could feel it in her breath

  She placed her hand on me and whispered

  Nah I don't want to write the words so twisted

  I don't know how I survived her wrath

  I don't know how I escaped from certain death

  But I warn you not to go looking for this monster

  Or you too will feel the wrath of this soul eater

  My princess

  Oh my sweet princess

  You who dance beneath the moonlight

  Can't you see how much I love you

  Can't you see it like I can see your soul

  I always look at you from this cold castle

  I and these heartless monster of stone

  We watch you as you dance to the music of the moon

  And it makes me sad because I can't touch you

  Oh how much I want to escape this dungeon of mine

  But I can't because I'm cursed

  I'm cursed to live within these cold walls

  For eternity with monsters of stone

  The Dark horseman

  They spoke of him in terror

  And I write this in terror

  They spoke about the Dark horseman

  The deliverer of death

  The villagers said he would knock three times on your door

  And the next morning one of your family would be dead

  With a look on their face that expressed sheer terror

  And the cause of death always remained unknown

  They saw him many times riding through the night

  This horseman always shrouded in darkness

  And no matter how much they locked their doors and windows

  Death always found a way into their houses

  I saw him too

  He knocked on the door of the house

  The house in which I slept

  And the next day the owner was found dead

  I saw the expression on his face

  I don't know what he saw

  But whatever it was it had to be terrifying

  And it made me escape from that village

  And just an hour ago I heard three knocks on my door

  I saw him through the window as he rode out into the night

  I'm afraid to go to sleep

  Death is coming for me and I can't stop it at all

  Candles in the night

  I light them in this beautiful night

  I light them to guide you out of it

  I stare at your picture on your tombstone

  And gently touch the dirt under which you lie

  I hope your soul finds a way to me

  You only need to follow the
candles in the night

  And I will light them every night

  In hopes we finally meet again

  An angel in Hell

  She was a girl beautiful and young

  Of sadness and death she always sang

  While she was cleaning the house

  Afraid of the returning spouse

  She was trapped within those wicked walls

  Finding peace in listening to the rain as it falls

  Praying he wouldn't hurt her so bad

  Trying not to go completely mad

  Sheer terror passed through her every time

  He returned home to do his crime

  To hurt this girl for his own pleasure

  To show her she was just a failure

  She was an angel and in Hell she was trapped

  Every day she was humiliated and raped

  By this demon who had no soul

  With heart that was most foul

  The lighthouse

  It was his curse

  It was his damnation

  For a century now

  He spent in the lighthouse

  The guardian of the flame he was

  The guider for the ships carrying the lost

  The souls of men seeking the afterlife

  In the vast world beyond

  In the solitude lighthouse on the solitude rock

  Surrounded by a pool without bottom

  He kept the flame alive

  It was his one and only mission

  The cries he heard from the wooden ships

  Never allowed him to sleep

  The screams he heard from the pool without bottom

  Always made him shiver

  In this lighthouse he was trapped

  In the vast world beyond

  To keep the flame alive

  And guide those who were lost

  Sirens

  I heard them echoing in the distance