As promised, Taking Cover will now publish some guest editions. This one's from Devvart Poddar, a friend of mine. Have a great read! :)
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Hell on Earth
A light is extinguished and darkness all around,
A light - extinguished, and chaos all around,
In this dark do I stand looking for a way,
Out of this hell which on earth has been made.
We are an old race, as old as time,
Yet we suffer at the hands of evil and of grime,
Thought and passion have vanished from the minds of men,
And have left behind them, on Earth, a hell.
In this hell no-one will rejoice, everyone is doomed to die,
Die a horrible death, Die a thousand times,
Their souls will be tortured beyond redemption, beyond any scion of light,
And darkness will cover this God forsaken earth, Forever and for time.
This hell will be the ruin of man, a son of his own creed,
Created out of jealousy and greed, out of pain and misery,
This hell will see a panorama of ruin set to be around,
And chaos will engulf this darkened earth, this replica of God's crown.
Madness will weigh all around, fiery torture and pain,
And humankind will scream and shout with the ecstasy of the slain,
Nothing will remain living, no-one will be dead,
Everyone will be trapped for eternity in this hell.
Countries will tumbles from their post into abyss of war,
Death and destruction will be all around, carcasses and gore,
In this bloody rampage the devil will shine outright,
While God's mighty crown will be drenched in a red dye.
Humans will lose their will, we will perish in this fate,
The last human stand will never upheaval this pain,
Torture and pain are sure shots in their future,
And the devil will bask in our bloody rampage.
In this hell am I alone and waiting for help,
Drenched in the blood of my family and friends,
In this chaos am I alone to sway,
But on either side their death and madness all the way.
This world is doomed and so am I to lose my way forever,
This world is doomed and so am I to see the light never,
Clouds of war have gathered on the horizon and I must make my way,
To a safe place in this hell to mourn and cry for the dead.
I have seen countless deaths, have seen them all fall,
Fall and then rise again, only to again fall down,
Their destiny is to die a thousand times, to die and yet awake,
Awake to another day, awake and die again.
Daybreak is on its way to light the misery around,
but the sun is shying from my eyes, never again to renown,
Into the void have I passed mourning for the dead,
And no one is left alive for the man who lost his head.
A light is extinguished and darkness all around,
A light - extinguished, and chaos all around,
In this dark do I stand looking for a way,
Out of this hell which on earth has been made.
We are an old race, as old as time,
Yet we suffer at the hands of evil and of grime,
Thought and passion have vanished from the minds of men,
And have left behind them, on Earth, a hell.
In this hell no-one will rejoice, everyone is doomed to die,
Die a horrible death, Die a thousand times,
Their souls will be tortured beyond redemption, beyond any scion of light,
And darkness will cover this God forsaken earth, Forever and for time.
This hell will be the ruin of man, a son of his own creed,
Created out of jealousy and greed, out of pain and misery,
This hell will see a panorama of ruin set to be around,
And chaos will engulf this darkened earth, this replica of God's crown.
Madness will weigh all around, fiery torture and pain,
And humankind will scream and shout with the ecstasy of the slain,
Nothing will remain living, no-one will be dead,
Everyone will be trapped for eternity in this hell.
Countries will tumbles from their post into abyss of war,
Death and destruction will be all around, carcasses and gore,
In this bloody rampage the devil will shine outright,
While God's mighty crown will be drenched in a red dye.
Humans will lose their will, we will perish in this fate,
The last human stand will never upheaval this pain,
Torture and pain are sure shots in their future,
And the devil will bask in our bloody rampage.
In this hell am I alone and waiting for help,
Drenched in the blood of my family and friends,
In this chaos am I alone to sway,
But on either side their death and madness all the way.
This world is doomed and so am I to lose my way forever,
This world is doomed and so am I to see the light never,
Clouds of war have gathered on the horizon and I must make my way,
To a safe place in this hell to mourn and cry for the dead.
I have seen countless deaths, have seen them all fall,
Fall and then rise again, only to again fall down,
Their destiny is to die a thousand times, to die and yet awake,
Awake to another day, awake and die again.
Daybreak is on its way to light the misery around,
but the sun is shying from my eyes, never again to renown,
Into the void have I passed mourning for the dead,
And no one is left alive for the man who lost his head.
(- Arthur Pendragon)
