The Doomed Ones

You Caught Me Dreaming

2011-04-24T12:09:00.000-04:00

It feels so unreal
like watching the doom
of a world I've imagined
only to bring to it's ruin

And this part that I've played
all to well, so superbly
I cast myself in
now I beg for your mercy
*
I wanted time
and you wanted meaning
I sought a fortune
yeah, but you caught me dreaming
*
I gave it all away
for a chance at redemption
I was a fool to believe
I was hardly worth a mention
*
And now that it's lost
and now that it's gone
I realize it meant nothing
it's not what I wanted at all
*
Now me and The Devil
share a drink, just two friends
he'll never find salvation
and I'll never know your love again
*
I wanted time
and you wanted meaning
I sought a fortune
yeah, but you caught me dreaming
*
I wanted time
and you wanted meaning
I sought a fortune
yeah, but you caught me dreaming...

YOU CAUGHT ME DREAMING copyright David E. Arhar 2011

ETERNITIY'S ENDING

2009-06-17T18:01:00.002-04:00

Free to wander now
I'm free
I plot this course
and turn to steal
Away with problems
and destinies
unwanted
or not clear to me
*
Free to scatter every seed
of doubt in flames
with devils dreams
that die with him
and die in me
*
Kings of Earth
no crown have thee
just a soul to search
and a past between
*
From the womb to the worm,
destiny's out of turns
*
and eternity's ending
*
It spills the sun into our sleep
It rains above the open fields
It takes our strength until we're weak
*
(It takes the best of us)
*
It fills the ship through every hole
It burns escape at every door
-takes the journey for us
there's no shore
*
(it takes the best of us)
*
(break/solo)
*
Do you Devil, dream of Death?
No fortune can reward your debt
alone among men, your hunger feeds
you drink, just to spit
not out of need
*
You wished for knowledge
but those who see
are helpless to change
what is fated to be
*
Not the Devil of your dreams?
Yet just the same,
your in the league
*
Kings of Earth
no crown have thee
just a soul to search
and a past between
*
From the womb to the worm,
destiny's out of turns
*
and eternity's ending
*
It spills the sun into our sleep
It rains above the open fields
It takes our strength until we're weak
*
(It takes the best of us)
*
It fills the ship through every hole
It burns escape at every door
-takes the journey for us
there's no shore
*
(it takes the best of us)
*
Do you Devil, dream of Death?

Do you Devil, dream of Death?

Do you Devil, dream of Death?

(repeat to fade)

ASHES TO DUST

2009-02-19T10:04:00.002-05:00

The sun has come

and departed us,

winds of change

batter us,

Along our way

eternal strain,

the pain is gone

yet thoughts remain

The darkness has come on,

bid fond farewell,

to the creatures of night,

and mortal Hell

We live on,
We give on,
but it's not enough
Banners we stand,
Ashes to dust

Voices willl call you,

ignore what you hear,

find shelter in romance,

blanket the ear

We're not so young, that we don't understand,

who you are,

and what you command

The ministers calling,

no time to pretend,

that fate is not given,

and death is the end

We live on,
We give on,
but it's not enough,
Banners we stand,
Ashes to dust

Mountain's will crumble,

but it's not enough

Banners we stand

BOUNTY WITHOUT A NAME

2009-02-19T09:52:00.002-05:00

Madmen on your trail

Your life is up for sale

None may know your tale

You see them everywhere

know them by the stare

Tremors in the air

Much to your acclaim

Your the renegade

A bounty without a name

Much to your surprise

it's your life or mine

and it's your time to die

Underneath the mask

shadows haunt your past

haunt you to the last

There will be an end

to your secret suffering

The ghosts that you attend

Much like you I see

The Dark Eventually

The dark for all must be

Much to your acclaim

Your the renegade

A bounty without a name

Much to your surprise

it's your life or mine

And it's your time to die...

LIFE ETERNAL

2009-02-19T09:34:00.003-05:00

There's only moments

no bitter end

life goes on

and suffering

There's only motion

no calm or still

I can feel it coming

I know it will

Is it time to self-destruct?

Give it time

we'll self-destruct

Is it time to self-destruct?

Given time

we'll self- destruct

Is it time to self-destruct?

There's only notions

no absolutes

no solutions

nothing proved

There is no sustenance

no quarter for thirst

You can treat the sickness

but there is no cure

Is it time to self-destruct?

Give it time

we'll self-destruct

Is it time to self-destruct?

Given time

we'll self-destruct

Is it time to self destruct?

THE GRAVEWORMS

2009-02-05T09:09:00.003-05:00

Why do we fear the flesh and hide our eyes

warm above the earth

in which they writhe

More like them it seems

each passing day

We can feel the light but cannot find our way

They will have their time out in the sun

'till then they'll hold the door for everyone

Take the meaning out of all these words

Make the world safe for the graveworms

The horror was an angel before death

The guru kills beneath the bladed grass

Just about the time I got ready to run

I saw myself inside a pine wood box

They will have their time out in the sun

'till then they'll hold the door for everyone

Take the meaning out of all these words

Make the world safe for the graveworms

SUNDAY'S ALWAYS DEAD

2009-01-14T10:43:00.001-05:00

You always loved the poets
though you never understood them
in the fraction of an instance
the meaning leaves you for good then
*
I wish I had a yearbook
to frame your porcelain face
Planned a perfect rebellion
to make our escape
*
But you never really loved me
more than a friend
And friend somethings are forever
Sunday's always dead
*
No one stays at all
in this abandoned place
they only ask for directions
back to where they came
*
It's so unworthy
Who am I to say?
But since I am the author
this to you, I dedicate
*
A fraction of a turn or
the stitch from a thread
I might have been
other than
*
Now no one comes to the store
And no one walks in the streets
And no one laughs for anything
but humility and defeat
*
They think it's really cool
to watch the suffering dead
who haunt these streets with valentines
Sunday's always dead

STAY

2009-01-14T10:31:00.003-05:00

Hold me once more
before you leave
I think you should know
what secrets keep
*
Close the door
it won't take long
to reveal the truth
denied you so long
*
Hold me once more
one last embrace
I'll show you all the things
words can't say
*
I'll show you everything
just close the door
Are we alone?
There's so much in store
*
They've asked me again if you want them to stay
you can hide behind your hands, but they won't go away
*
They've asked me again if you want them to stay
you can hide behind your hands, but they won't go away
*
Hold me once more
before I sleep
to wake again
where dreams hide
and seek
*
They've returned again
from the secret place
imprisoned no more
inside the mirrors face
*
They've asked me again if you want them to stay
you can hide behind your hands, but they won't go away
*
They've asked me again if you want them to stay
you can hide behind your hands, but they won't go away
*
Stay copyright 2000 David E. Arhar

THE DOOMED ONES

2009-01-12T13:14:00.004-05:00

Through the pitch black and a thousand suns
with our wheels on fire, shot from a gun
*
Come into the night
Take a ride with us
*
Under the glow of the Devils Moon
We'll challenge the gods for the world to rule
*
Come into the night
take a ride with us
*
We're a spectrum of light that dwarfs The Sun
We're a cannon fire of bone and blood
*
Come into the night
Take a ride with us
*
The Doomed Ones
*
Condemned to relive this constant tale
There's no escape for the damned today
*
We know we're ghosts inside our guts
to Hell and back
as I make my cut
*
Come into the night
Take a ride with us
*
Come into the night
Take a ride with us
*
Come into the night
Take a ride with us
*
The Doomed Ones
*

REMNANT

2009-01-04T14:32:00.002-05:00

There's a shadow that seems to follow me,

a scar I can't erase,

like wounds through the skin of

some ancient armor,

I have worn with other names

AUTUMN ETERNAL

2009-01-04T14:09:00.002-05:00

The death of the green has begun

our world moves away from the sun

and you may regret that it's come

but for me it's the place I belong

Night brings the cold of our birth

Day brings the promise of hearth

She's never more beautiful love

Autumn Eternal has come

Oh, let me die in her arms

where frozen and fire can't harm

For this is the place I belong

Colors that burst and then burn

crumble and fall to the Earth

Winds that bellow the calm

crisp and cool on my arms

Born to the Winter I was

But die in the Autumn I will

And when my time is gone

I'll go into darkness fulfilled

The death of the green has begun

Our world moves away from the sun

and you ay regret that it's come

but for me it's the place I belong

Night brings the cold of our birth

Day brings the promise of hearth

She's never more beautiful love

Autumn Eternal has come

ELECTRIC DREAMS

2008-12-31T18:33:00.002-05:00

I can't seem to find the time

to get myself out of this funk

It's late in the hour

but we've just begun

And you never really get there-

you're always on the cusp

Heroes play out revolution

fuel electric dreams like blood

Music is The Presence

absolved inside the sound

Formless for a moment-

Was it real at all?

And you fight so hard to get there

you're never certain that it's come

Heroes play out revolution

fuel electric dreams like blood

I can't seem to find the time

to get myself out of this funk

The hour's gettting late

but we've just begun

And you never really get there

you're always just on the cusp-

Heroes play out revolution

fuel electric dreams like blood

THE KILLER OF THE FLESHLINGS

2008-12-31T18:03:00.002-05:00

This has taken / to the form /

In our image /

it is born /

It is living

/ for a cause

/ for the death of

/ all of us

This has tasted /

mortal wounds /

bled our children /

of their youth /

This has hunger

/ none appease

/ fed by liars

/ and deceit

Can you see It /

through the clear?

What temptation /

brought It here?

Can you see It? /

Watch It lear

/ from the shadows

The Killer of the Fleshlings

This is spoken /

in the words /

of our leaders /

through their wars /

This has blinded

/ all who see

/ bringing madness

/ to the real

Can you see It/

through the clear?

What temptation /

brought It here?

Can you see It? /

Angels sing

/ at the hour

of The Killer of the Fleshlings

It has taken / to the womb /

of Creation /

and consumed /

human nature

/ This killing brood

/ this sickening monster

we've exhumed

Can you see It /

through the clear /

What temptation /

brought It here?

Can you see It /

spread its wings?

/ It is The Hour /

The Killer of the Fleshlings...

SUNSET EUPHORIA

2008-12-24T12:10:00.003-05:00

Walk with me

faded shadow of the evening sun

Your open wound

held from healing

left alone too long

They're still here

beneath the stairway of the Autumn clouds

They're still here

between the crossing of these worlds somehow

They're still trying to hunt me down

make me a ghost just like this town

They're still growing

I can feel their death inside

Now it's time

to prepare

to put the past behind

Now it's time

to haunt these hills

where only memories lie

They're still here

beneath the stairway of the Autumn clouds

They're still here

Never to wither

in the forever-now

They're still trying to hunt me down

make me a ghost

just like this town

They're still growing

I can feel their death

Sunset

sunset

I can't escape your eye

Oh, sweet sunset

bury me with you inside

Sunset

sunset

My family beside

Oh, my sweet sunset

bury me with you inside

ROYAL BLUE

2008-12-23T11:42:00.002-05:00

Born of cobalt
and silver rain
liquid lights
and aquamarine
*
Something borrowed
and something new
and forget a stitch?
did you?
*
What do you think I think you know?
What were you doing there
inside a shadow?
*
Did you see us together?
Tell the truth
Did you see us there
my Royal Blue?

Born of cobalt
and silver rain
liquid lights
and aquamarine
*
Something borrowed
and something new

and bring a key?

did you bother to?

What do you think I think you know?
What were you doing there
inside a shadow?
*
Did you see us together?
Tell the truth
Did you see us there
my Royal Blue?

VENUS IN FLAMES

2008-12-19T16:55:00.006-05:00

Lashing out from the sun

Mercury is overrun

A flash of light

before its doom

in the tidal flames

The God's consumed

Through the void

The Goddess waits

a Harbinger at Heavens Gate

The Golden Calf of

Gods conspire

Venus in flames

at The Altar of Fire

Spreading through

the burning sky

piercing clouds

with molten eyes

Pillar of Fire

The Flaming Sword

The Locusts scorch

two thirds of Earth

Alchemy of natures love

Venus in flames

Twilight has come

Her spirit lost

her body torn

Venus in flames

and is no more