Eclipse of the Soul
by Donald D. Dienst
with the help of chatGPT and suno.ai. Background image is by Runesnow on Pixabay.

I created this song as we traveled to see the 2024 eclipse in the path of totality. I hope you like it as much as I do.

Bathed in darkness, the moon embraces the sun
A celestial dance, an eclipse has begun
Mysteries unveiled as shadows intertwine
In this cosmic moment, a union so divine

The veil of shadows taints the sky in black
As souls entangled, they yearn to interact
and In this sacred passage, light and darkness merge
A dance of duality, a divine surge

Oh, Great Unknown, guide us through the night
We journey through the depths, seeking your light
Oh, Veil of Shadows, reveal what lies beneath
Illuminate our souls, grant us eternal peace

In the shadows of the night, the moon she weeps
A silent eclipse, her secrets she keeps
Her gentle touch, a caress upon my soul
Unveiling the darkness, making me whole

A celestial dance, a symphony of grace
Light and darkness intertwined in embrace
As the moon hides her face, the stars start to shine

Lunar eclipse, your beauty calls to me
Revealing the mysteries, a glimpse of eternity
In the depths of the night, our souls entwined
Under the watchful eye, of a god – undefined

Notice: no attempt was made to sound like any particular band or singer. And similarities to artists living or dead is purly coincidental.

In the Starless Sky
by Donald D. Dienst
with the help of chatGPT, PixVerse and suno.ai.

In the hush of ancient tomes, where shadows play,
our tale unfolds, in the twilight fray,
A man of faith, in the darkest night,
Battling trials, in the fading light.

Oh, in the starless sky, stand so tall,
In the theater of divine, through the trials call,
With a heart of fire, and an unyielding light,
In the gothic night, you fight the fight.
you fight the fight.

Silent heavens watch with eyes that gleam,
As he walks through the nightmare of a dream,
His flesh and soul, the battlegrounds of fate,
In the echo of his steps, the silent wait.

(Oh the star)
Oh, in the starless sky, stand so tall,
In the theater of divine, through the trials call,
With a heart of fire, and an unyielding light,
In the gothic night, you fight the fight.
you fight the fight.

Spires of pain pierce the twilight, stark and grim,
Yet in his heart, a light that never dims,
Through every trial, through every tear that falls,
his spirit echoes, in the ancient halls.

Chorus:
Oh, in the starless sky, stand so tall,
In the theater of divine, through the trials call,
With a heart of fire, and an unyielding light,
In the gothic night, you fight the fight.
you fight the fight.

In the silent night, where faith and fate entwine,
he stands a testament, through his stance


Notice: no attempt was made to sound like any particular band or singer. And similarities to artists living or dead is purly coincidental.

In the Light No One Walks Alone
By Donald D. Dienst

In the twilight's ghostly whisper
Shadows cast their sacred plea
A lone figure walks shrouded in mist
Under the moon's cold decree.
Silver flashes divine intervention
In sacred spaces secrets laid bare
Light touches a celestial connection
Marking a path where souls dare.

Light pierces the dark the unknown
In forests where dreams and shadows are grown.
A heartbeat echoes a relentless tone
In the light no one walks alone.

Deep in the moon's embrace
Souls converse truths untold
Each glimmer a haunting chase
Awakening the brave and bold.
Heart syncing with the night's rhythm
Starlight composing the cosmic flows
A dance with the divine a spectral prism
Where light over darkness forever glows.

Light pierces the dark the unknown
In forests where dreams and shadows are grown.
A heartbeat echoes a relentless tone
In the light no one walks alone.

Light pierces the dark the unknown
In forests where dreams and shadows are grown.
A heartbeat echoes a relentless tone
In the light no one walks alone.

Silence breaks dawn's early hue
A profound change quietly wrought
From one light another anew
A reflection of battles fought.
Two coins lie on the dampened ground
Emblems of journeys through night's seam
Echoes of a light profound
Fueling the pulse of a shared dream.

Light pierces the dark the unknown
In forests where dreams and shadows are grown.
A heartbeat echoes a relentless tone
In the light no one walks alone.

From the journey's echo truths are sown
On forest floors a new light shown
In every heart that sees that owns
The light expands eternally known.
Eternally known.
Eternally known.
Known.
I'm known.

Almost Home
By Donald D Dienst


On this quiet road where echoes speak of grace
Through fields where shadows trace
Lanterns sway in the gentle night
Seeking the solace I yearn to find

Each step I take a plea in the silence of fear
The winds carry whispers; my haven is near

Almost home
Almost home
We're traveling on
We're almost home
Traveled a far far way alone
Now we are
Almost home

Through the fair valley where the cool waters bless
Dark woods around where souls confess
One last bend round the sacred stone
Lights of our sanctuary shine
We're almost home

Echoes of my heartbeat fading in the dark
Drawn to a promise a divine spark

Almost home
Almost home
Traveling so far
And we're almost home
Soon we'll see that house and home
Traveling so far
And we're
Almost home

Across the bridge o'er the river of fate
The heart holds a whisper of my front gate
Each weary step tells my story untold
Blending with the promise of arms to hold

Past the far valley where shadows conspire
Every step I take kindles my fire
One last curve in my journey's long roam
Lights of eternity now beckon me home

The journey's whisper in the calm of the night
With each breath I'm drawn closer to the light
Almost there at the edge of the dawn
Just one more step and we'll see the morn
We'll see the morn
We'll see the morn
See the morn

In the heart of the night
Lyrics by Donald D. Dienst
Goth worship

gothic rock, post-punk, and new wave with lush and atmospheric guitar melodies

I sang the majority of this song originally during a period of free worship decades ago when I was a part of Resurrection Fellowship. I wrote the lyrics down after church and now it has been put to music for everyone to enjoy

In the depths of the darkness,
In the depths of the night,
I seek you like the morning light.
In the midst of my troubles,
In the heart of the night,
I seek your peace, your guiding sight.

Lord, we have come to bend our knees,
Lord, we have come to praise your name,
Lord, we have come to bow our heads,
Lord, we have come to praise your name.
Lord, we have come to bow our heads,
Lord, we have come to praise your name.

You purchased me with a price,
You purchased my peace in the darkness,
I'll seek you till the morning light,
In the midst of my troubles,
In the heart of the night,
Your presence makes everything right.

Lord, we have come to bend our knees,
Lord, we have come to praise your name,
Lord, we have come to bow our heads,
Lord, we have come to praise your name.
Lord, we have come to bow our heads,
Lord, we have come to praise your name.

In shadows deep, your light we find,
In darkest hours, your love binds,
Through trials fierce, our faith remains,
In every storm, your peace sustains.

Lord, we have come to give our lives,
Lord, we have come to give our hearts,
In the silence of the night,
We feel your love, a sacred art.

Lord, we have come to bend our knees,
Lord, we have come to praise your name,
Lord, we have come to bow our heads,
Lord, we have come to praise your name.

In the depths of the darkness,
In the heart of the night,
We seek your peace, your guiding light.
Lord, we have come,
Lord, we have come.

Lord, in the quiet, we hear your call,
Your love surrounds, lifts our fall.
In every prayer, in every sigh,
We find your grace, you are always nigh.

Buring Flame
By Donald D. Dienst
ISRC: QZNWU2406867


In this darkened place, a candle burns,
Against these cold grey walls it turns.
Brightly shining, light the way,
A beacon, flickering, showing the way.

Always threatening to go away
Yet you stay, with me you stay,

Give me sight in this domain,
Warming the stone that spells my name.
With you, my guide, through halls I stride,
Draw me on oh burning flame

Aura bright about your flame,
Stays my heart in this domain
The dark corners where echoes play,
Draw me on, oh burning flame.

Grow and burn and heat the night
Keep my mind from pointless flight

Give me sight in this domain,
Warming the stone that spells my name.
With you, my guide, through halls I stride,
Draw me on oh burning flame

Oh the burning heat the night
Keep my mind from pointless flight

Give me sight in this domain,
Warming the stone that spells my name.
With you, my guide, through halls I stride,
Draw me on oh burning flame

Shine your light on these cold stone walls,
A path revealed through the dark that calls.
Let me see the way to go,
Assure me that you’ll never go.

Give me sight in this domain,
Warming the stone that spells my name.
With you, my guide, through halls I stride,
Draw me on oh burning flame

Light my way through these dark halls,
In your glow, my fear just falls.
Always threatening to fade away
Yet you stay, with me you stay,
Let me see along my way
That you shall never go away.
Holy Spirit light my heart
Let me see that we'll never part
Guide me through these darkened lands
Holy Spirit take my hands

Let me see along my way
That you shall never go away.
Holy Spirit light my heart
Let me see that we'll never part
Guide me through these darkened lands
Holy Spirit take my hands

Rise of the Abyss
By Donald D. Dienst
ISRC: QZNWQ2404928
goth EBM industrial with violin
song clear vocals

Watch the skies as a star falls
Unleash the abyss
Darkness descends
A black kiss

Abyss unlocked
Darkness like a furnace
Shadows the sun
Apocalypse dawns
No place to run

Locusts rise! (locusts rise!)
Locusts rise! (locusts rise!)
Locusts rise! (locusts rise!)
Sting of scorpions, terror in their eyes
Seal of torment, pain they bring
Five months of hell, the locusts sing

Save the marked, ignore the green
Only the damned hear the screams
Pain like fire, scorpion's embrace

locusts rise! (locusts rise!)
locusts rise! (locusts rise!)
Sting of scorpions, terror in their eyes
Seal of torment, pain they bring
Five months of hell, the locusts sing

Death will flee, (death flees)
Agony’s grip, (no pause)
They long to die, but life clings tight
In the reign of locusts, eternal night

locusts rise! (locusts rise!)
Sting of scorpions, terror in their eyes
Seal of torment, pain they bring
Five months of hell, the locusts sing

No death to find
no death is found
In the embrace of the abyss
No peace or joy is found
weep. (weep)

The first woe is past
Two other woes are yet to come

Bound by Fate
By Donald D. Dienst
ISRC: QZNWU2406868
post punk gothic rock industral edm


From golden altars, a trumpet's cry,
A voice resounds beneath the sky,
"Unchain the four by Euphrates' flow,
To wreak the doom the world must know."

Fiery steeds in sulfur hue,
Lions' heads in shadows grew,
Smoke and flame, the end's decree,
A third shall fall in prophecy.

Ten thousand times ten thousand ride,
With crimson, cobalt, and sulfur astride,
Out of their mouths, destruction's breath,
Fire, smoke, and sulfur, harbingers of death.

Fiery steeds in sulfur hue,
Lions' heads in shadows grew,
Smoke and flame, the end's decree,
A third shall fall in prophecy.

Fire, smoke, and sulfur, harbingers of death.
Fire, smoke, and sulfur, harbingers of death.


In serpent tails, their power lies,
With venomous strikes, humanity dies,
No turning back, no hearts repent,
To idols, their devotion spent.

Unyielding hearts, they bow to stone,
To demons, darkness, blood, and bone,
Magic arts and thievery,
In the dark, they find liberty.

Fiery steeds in sulfur hue,
Lions' heads in shadows grew,
Smoke and flame, the end's decree,
A third shall fall in prophecy.

In serpent tails, their power lies,
With venomous strikes, humanity dies,
No turning back, no hearts repent,
To idols, their devotion spent.

The sixth angel's call, a haunting hymn,
The end of days begins with him,
Bound by fate, now set free,
In darkness, we embrace destiny.


Fiery steeds in sulfur hue,
Lions' heads in shadows grew,
Smoke and flame, the end's decree,
A third shall fall in prophecy.

Through the veil of midnight air,
Four angels spread despair,
Euphrates whispers secrets old,
Of times foretold, of human hearts turned cold.

Mounted troops, a fearsome sight,
In crimson flame, they ride the night,
Fiery breath and sulfur screams,
Unleashing nightmares from our dreams.

Fiery steeds in sulfur hue,
Lions' heads in shadows grew,
Smoke and flame, the end's decree,
A third shall fall in prophecy.

Idols of gold and silver gleam,
In darkness, they fulfill the dream,
Murders, magic, sins untold,
In shadows, hearts grow cold.


Fiery steeds in sulfur hue,
Lions' heads in shadows grew,
Smoke and flame, the end's decree,
A third shall fall in prophecy.

The angel's call, a haunting hymn,
The end of days begins with him,
Bound by fate, were now set free,
In darkness, we embrace destiny.

The angel's call, a haunting hymn,
The end of days begins with him,
Bound by fate, were now set free,
In darkness, we embrace destiny.

The Final Woe
By Donald D. Dienst
ISRC: QZNWU2406869


I walk alone, my soul in chains
Bound by sorrow, lost in pain
The trumpet's call, the final blow
Marks the beginning of my final woe

A mighty angel from the skies
Brings forth a scroll with sorrow's ties
In the midst of darkness, my heart grows cold
Fate entwined as secrets unfold

In the final woe, I wander lost
Paying now the highest cost
In the depths of night, no light to show
I face the end, the final woe

Lightning strikes and thunder roars
The earth beneath me cracks and sores
The seventh trumpet sounds its cry
God’s kingdom reigns, and so I die

Witnesses in sackcloth, they speak the truth
Their words of fire burn through my youth
Beast arises, their bodies fall
Three days later, they stand tall

In the final woe, I wander lost
Paying now the highest cost
In the depths of night, no light to show
I face the end, the final woe

Temple opens, the Ark revealed
Thunder, hail, my fate is sealed
Heaven’s wrath and judgment strong
In darkness deep, where I belong

Twenty-four elders on their knees
Praise the Lord above the seas
Nations tremble, anger swells
I’m left alone, alone in hell

In dreams of power, I placed my trust
Now facing death, my dreams are dust
The final woe, a path of dread
With every step, my hope has bled

In the final woe, I wander lost
Paying now the highest cost
In the depths of night, no light to show
I face the end, the final woe

Verse 7:]
With every breath, regret I find
For all my sins, my heart was blind
The final woe has sealed my fate
Too late to turn, too late to wait

I see the light I could have known
In agony deep, my fate is sown
With heavy heart, I face the day
In misery lost, I've gone astray

In the final woe, I wander lost
Paying now the highest cost
In the depths of night, no light to show
I face the end, the final woe

Outro:]
For in the pain, I pay the toll
The final woe, forever mine
In endless grief, I see no sign

Song 88
By Donald D. Dienst
ISRC: QZNWU2406870

O Lord, God of my salvation,
I cry to You by night and day.
Let my prayer reach Your station,
Incline Your ear, hear what I say.

But to You, O Lord, I cry,
In the morning, my prayer rises high.
Why, O Lord, do You pass by?
Why hide Your face, why not reply?

My soul is full of troubles deep,
My life draws near the edge of death.
Counted with those who sleep,
I feel no strength, no hope, no breath.

[Verse 2:
Free among the dead, like those in graves,
Whom You remember now no more.
Cut off from Your hand that saves,
In darkness deep, in depths so sore.

But to You, O Lord, I cry,
In the morning, my prayer rises high.
Why, O Lord, do You pass by?
Why hide Your face, why not reply?

Your wrath lies heavy upon me,
And all Your waves afflict my soul.
You've sent my friends far away from me,
Made me a horror, no longer whole.

Bridge 1:]
My eyes are clouded with grief and strain,
Lord, I call to You amidst the pain.
I stretch my hands out to the skies,
Will You show wonders to the dead?
Shall the dead sing Your praise, and arise

Will Your love be declared in the grave?
Or Your faithfulness in dark decay?
Shall Your wonders save,
And Your righteousness in lands of dismay?

But to You, O Lord, I cry,
In the morning, my prayer rises high.
Why, O Lord, do You pass by?
Why hide Your face, why not reply?

Afflicted and near death since youth,
Your terrors overwhelm my mind.
Your fierce wrath sweeps over me,
Your terrors have cut and confined.

They surround me daily like the flood,
Engulfing me from every side.
You've taken from me friend and love
In this darkness, I confide.

O Lord, God of my salvation,
I cry to You by night and day.
Let my prayer reach Your station,
Incline Your ear, hear what I say.

The Griffin Chained Within
By Donald D. Dienst
ISRC: QZNWU2406871

Darkness dawns upon my days,
My anguish, chained within its mud.
In solitude, in solitude,
In dark dawns of still, sweet nights,
Quiet as the sounds of thought,
And as loud as solitude.

Lord, give me something to hold on to,
Lord, give me something to hold on to.
Lord, I can’t fall again,
Lord, I won’t fall again.
Lord, I – fell again.

I am condemned and rightly so –
The griffin chained within my soul.
Here I go again, slipping, falling, stumbling in,
No hope for me, I fall so easily,
Like a puppet on a string, here I go tumbling.

Give me something real –
Something that I can feel.
I search your word but I can’t see,
How this power applies to me.
I fall so easily,
Where’s the answer I can’t see?

Lord, give me something to hold on to,
Lord, give me something to hold on to.
Lord, I can’t fall again,
Lord, I won’t fall again.
Lord, I – fell again.

I am condemned and rightly so –
The griffin chained within my soul.
Here I go again, slipping, falling, stumbling in,
No hope for me, I fall so easily,
Like a puppet on a string, here I go tumbling.

Holy Spirit, can’t you see,
What this is doing to me?
Save me from myself;
Because I can’t seem to help myself.

I am condemned and rightly so –
The griffin chained within my soul.
Here I go again, slipping, falling, stumbling in,
No hope for me, I fall so easily,
Like a puppet on a string, here I go tumbling.

Holy Spirit, can’t you see,
What this is doing to me?
Save me from myself;
Because I can’t seem to help myself.

Lord, give me something to hold on to,
Lord, give me something to hold on to.
Lord, I can’t fall again,
Lord, I won’t fall again.
Lord, I – fell again.

I am condemned and rightly so –
The griffin chained within my soul.
Here I go again, slipping, falling, stumbling in,
No hope for me, I fall so easily,
Like a puppet on a string, here I go tumbling.

Lord, I come to you straight from the enemy,
Lord, remove the wounds the others cannot see.
Kinks in my armor where the arrows are piercing me.
Oh Lord, give me refuge from the enemy.

You have given me your refuge,
Protected by your mighty wings.
You have given your inheritance
To those who fear your name.
Glory to my Father, glory to my King.
I give the glory to my God who gives me everything.

Lord, give me something to hold on to,
Lord, give me something to hold on to.
Lord, I can’t fall again,
Lord, I won’t fall again.
Lord, I – fell again.

I am condemned and rightly so –
The griffin chained within my soul.
Here I go again, slipping, falling, stumbling in,
No hope for me, I fall so easily,
Like a puppet on a string, here I go tumbling.

Lord, give me something to hold on to,
Lord, give me something to hold on to.
Lord, I can’t fall again,
Lord, I won’t fall again.
Lord, I – fell again.

I am condemned and rightly so –
The griffin chained within my soul.
Here I go again, slipping, falling, stumbling in,
No hope for me, I fall so easily,
Like a puppet on a string, here I go tumbling.

Glory to my Father, glory to my King,
I give the glory to my God who gives me everything.
Protected by your mighty wings,
I give the glory to my God who gives me everything.