Way of Negation
The funeral bell begins to toll The old man he loved is dead The stink of death creeps through the cell And wretched thoughts seep into his head Where now the living word from his mouth? Where now the gentle smile on his face? Where now the sweet smell of heaven? Only the rotting stench of death and decay. “And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee”. There the bride and groom, and who is this that he sees? The old man shining with eyes like the sun “Yes, I’m here, too!“ he says, “Do not fear, my dear one.” Fall down and kiss the earth Water it with your tears Forgive all and be forgiven Become wiser than your years
Submitted by Corpse Grinder — Aug 14, 2026
Fifteen years on the side of a mountain Sleepless nights and sightless days Only one glimpse of the vision glorious Tortured by the demons but still he stays Keep your mind in hell V2 Like a bereft child outside a garden Like a sightless beggar begging eyes to see Like a long-lost lover longing for his beloved Like a holy virgin wanting to conceive Keep your mind in hell And despair not
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V1 Take the pictures off the walls Take the statues from the halls Pull the pages from the books Imagination is a crook V2 Cast away the rind Purify the mind To find eternal rhyme Dark poetry sublime Chorus 1 Our health is this disease Our naked, cold striptease Our sickness must grow worse Lest the world become our hearse V3 Shadows in the cave Gyrating in our grave Transfixed by our screens Our gods these small machines V4 The seers say it’s not And to wait without thought In ignorance and night Dark passage to the light Chorus 2 Cast your idols in the sea All you thought you knew All you hoped you’d be Past the threshold of the dark Ever ancient, ever new Ever slave ever free
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Stand at the river’s bank Stretching toward the sea Liquid shades and swimming ghosts Drown in mortality Chorus Will we find the sacred grove? Taste the living tree? How to drink the brimming cup Immortality? World of shades and symbols Shadows passing into night Where the beauty of timeless forms The dream of living light
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Darkest night Moonless sky Black water Ocean below In the cave Mountain side The hermit sits He turns the rope Rocky crag Holy Mountain A ladder Straight up to the sky Still turns the rope So slow Calloused fingers The needles’ eye Chorus Luminous darkness Unfading light Glory of Tabor Illumine his eyes His mind in hell But no despair The demons yell Still déeper he dives Flaming tears Years and years He’s dust and ash Dead and alive Earthly angel Celestial man Ancient child Foolish and wise The paradox The only way The ancient path The dead arise Chorus 2 Beyond the void Out past the dark Above is below now Infinite heart
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Write the name on the skull Cast the bones on the heap Lay the body down to sleep Pray to the Lord his soul to keep Chorus Weepers of the holy tears Keepers of the sacred bones Let me wake before I die Let me sing before I sleep Let me pray while it is night Let me turn and let me weep Make a relic of this flesh Make this body a shrine Make this heart a golden chalice Make a Seraph of my mind Write the name on the skull Cast the bones on the heap Lay the body down to sleep Pray to the Lord his soul to keep Chorus 2 Keeper of the holy tears Keeper of the sacred bones
Submitted by Corpse Grinder — Aug 14, 2026
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Submitted by Corpse Grinder — Aug 14, 2026