Favorite Metal Lyrics?

[Perdition's Light]

Carcass - Heartwork uses probably the most intellectual lyrics which show a good understanding of linguistic concepts.

Without emotion, your heartstrings played
Strummed and severed to the tune of a tragic serenade
(a tragic chorus)
Without emotion, your heartstrings break
Snapped and severed to the tune a tragic, sad cliche

That album has some good ones.

 

[Caelis]

Almost anything by Primordial or Ancient Rites...
both bands have quality lyrics

 

[Astral_Dominion]

Tool lyrics. Not being totally metal but anyway...

 

[Edgecrusher]

The moonlight caresses a lonely hill
with the calmness of a whisper.......

 

[The_Evil_Gentleman]

Both from Stratovarius

Visions (Southern Cross)


I have seen the future of mankind
The wisdom of my prophecies you´ll find
Follow the truth and be careful, are we the last?
Hundred years has passed what have we done
Inconceivable damage under the sun
I think it´s too late to change the man - we are the last

The World keeps turning while people yearn for more
Mother nature is crying for a change
The time will come when we all must pay for what
We have done are you prepared for that?

As we are reaching the end
Of the century there´s message we can send
Be strong and bold and never lose your mind
Cause we are the last

Signs of the end I see
Let them hear my voice in every corner of the world
Take heed of the warnings that I give
I have seen the southern cross forming in the sky
"There shall be heard in the air the noise of weapons
And in the same year the divines shall be enemies
They shall unjustly put down the holy laws
And by thunder and war true believers shall die"
Nostradamus: Century IV:43

"For forty years the rainbow shall not appear
For forty years it shall be seen every day
The parched earth shall wax drier every day
And a great flood when it shall appear"
Nostradamus: Century I:17

After us the road goes on forever
Many changes lie along the path
That´s the price we pay for our selfishness
We are headed for the end

"From the skies shall come the powerful kind
Before and after the Mars reigns at will
Not far from the great age of Millenium
Buried ones shall come out of their graves"
Nostradamus: Century X:72,74

When the comet tears out the sky
You and I must die
After all this the time will come for the chosen ones
To rise from their graves to be free again

The beast is gone forever there´s no more pain
Instead so many things for us to attain
The sun is shining brightly after the rain
The land is green and full of life again

The sorrows wiped away now
It´s time to smile
And learn from the past
Together we will try

Twenty years of reign of the moon having past
Seven thousand years another shall hold his monarchy
When the sun shall resume his days past
Then is fulfilled and ends my prophecy
Nostradamus: Century I:48

Season Of Change

Season of change life feels so strange
Look into my eyes do you see the truth
I´m lost and alone feelings unknown
Come to me stronger than before

On winds of time my soul will fly
The angels are knocking at my door
Oh now I need to be free
From all this hatred I feel inside

Let it be my dreams
Let it be my thoughs
All those things in my heart
One too many days
One too many years
I wasted for nothing

I never realized
The truth is inside
Of every man for all to see
Listen to me now
I´m so close to you
Never felt like this before

The carousel is spinning fast
better enjoy while it lasts
Every moment is like gold
you´ll remember when you´re old
And the meaning of this life
is to live and is to die
Make the best out of your dreams
they´re the world where you are free
All the sorrow and the pain
will be washed away by rain
An eternal joy will come
it can be found by everyone
Though the end is drawing near
I´m not feeling any fear
I have found the truth inside
after all the tears I´ve cried

Season of Change...

 

[~metal_maiden~]

Megadeth: Loved to Deth, Black Friday, My Last Words, Dread and the Fugitive Mind

Iron Maiden: Powerslave, Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Iron Maiden, Dance of Death, The Evil that Men Do

Nevermore: Cenotaph, Matricide, The Sorrowed Man, Deconstruction, Forever