To know the future
Is to know the horror to come
To know what stalks us
Calling from the darkness inside
How do I explain
The forces that words can’t describe?
Who can believe me
And stop them before it’s too late?
These words I speak, these things I feel
I want you to understand, and see it is real
My will grows weary, strained is my breath
All that’s left now is to wait for…
Your puppet strings I pull like reins
I suck the life that flows through your veins
I poison your mind with confusion and hate
Ever-present, I alone control your fate
Open your eyes and see that I am master
Running from me will only bring you faster
With lies, I drug you, deceive you and taunt you
You’ll not find truth for only I know what is true
You think you know me, when you don’t even know yourself
You try to hide from me behind your science, religion and wealth
Yet these are my weapons, and mine alone to deploy
Using hate of race, hate of place, hate of face, I only destroy
For at the end of it all, at a time you will not see
There will be nothing left, only death, only me!
© All Rights Reserved Andrew Drage
From the forthcoming album The Calling
It isn’t me or what I planned
I’m victim to a force that takes command
They rule my thoughts and force my hand
Why does no one understand?
Save me I pray, from this fate
I did not want and did not create
My prayers go unanswered, what can I do?
They will destroy me and destroy you
Nobody sees, nobody knows
Where anger feeds and malice grows
Hate in my heart, fire in my brain
What is fantasy and what is sane?
They will destroy me and destroy you
How can I live, when this is true?
All hope is lost, I want to die
To end it all, but fear to try
Helpless, abandoned, victim am I
Night has fallen, dark is the sky
Darkness through which I cannot see
Darkness corrupts inside of me
Malignant, eternal, a hidden blight
Casting life into deepest night
Black in mind, black in heart
Slowly tearing our souls apart
There’s no escape that I can see
The Dark Horde are, will always be
They come for me, they come for you
The Dark Horde are, their time is due
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From the forthcoming album The Calling
Take my hand, render me blind
Hide from me the fear that grips my mind
I want to live, I want to be
No longer want to know nor want to see
For now my world’s a dark void where no hope exists
And despite my efforts, only the dark persists
The Dark Horde will soon be victorious, that I clearly see
And then these words shall be all, all that’s left of me
I wish to erase from my mind all I now know
Delude myself and forever dwell in truth’s shadow
But I know it’s useless, for our souls they’ve already won
So let these words be a warning of what’s to come…
© All Rights Reserved Andrew Drage
From the forthcoming album The Calling
Dark Poetry set to music. (It’s also the book trailer for the related work “The Dark Horde”)
Come Dark Horde remember, your journey with me,
A journey of spirals, turning to infinity.
Spiralling through all that was, and ever will be,
Come Dark Horde remember, as one are we.
Great is your power, great was your reign,
Great is your age, yet great is your pain.
Held in contempt and abandoned in shame.
Hunted and tortured and put to the flame.
But no more shall this be, I release you to create.
All paths are open now, you are free to control your fate,
To inherit the earth, to inherit eternity.
Come Dark Horde, remember, and once more be!
© All Rights Reserved Andrew Drage
From the book The Dark Horde
Darkening room… Growing darker.
Light fades… Shadows merge.
Evil lurks… Creeping closer.
A sudden chill… Grips my soul.
Am I conscious? All is dizzy.
Where is body? Mind is bending.
Something’s calling… Overwhelming.
Falling into darkness… Never-ending.
© All Rights Reserved Andrew Drage
From the book The Dark Horde
Kintsugi Poets Society 