The Predator VS The Protector

The Predator
Turn the key and step through the portal
I am the one who awaits in the glorious darkness
Holding the knife and ready to strike
Drunk off of the blood of angels and saints
I live in the sin that is kept in the back of your mind
I damn the sun and call on the rain
Pour down pain and self loathing on this king
Feed me with your regret and hate
This dog is off his chain and is on the hunt
A haunt for everything the moderator despises
So as the light of day begins to turn grey
I raise on black wings and sing with the sirens of murder
Give me your soul so I may drag it to hell

The Protector
I know where I stand
And I know who I am
I am the immortal one
The one promised and prophesied about
Holder of truth and champion of faith
Taking the pulpit out past the steeple
I was brought to life to defend
To crush darkness and remove its head
Knowing full well the consequence
That there would be plenty of bloodshed
All in exchange for glory
Sitting at the right hand of majesty
The moderator would always be safe in my hands

The Predator
Draw the battle lines and prepare to siege
Swing from the rafters and fire poison arrows
Set fire to the host and crush his heart
There will be no rescuing and no retreat
I will not let up until the moderator is dead
And you still push through the barrier in order to see
How can you see what is in us all
That thing that you all wish to deny
To forget that I even exist
You don't want to see me
You don't want to look death in the eye
You've yet to meet a creature like me
The devil made manifest in singular omnipotence
I am a paradox that sucks the life from the celestial
And the boy thinks that he has an inner savior
I am here to pull him away from that mental messiah 
All that remains is me
The better and perfect resemblance of the formerly weak
Everyone else is dead and he will soon join their lot

The Protector
You think by hate you gain
But it is only in freedom that one is at his peek
I will never stop breathing
I will never give up
I hear Him speaking to me
And my strength is in His breath that fills me
Your attack will soon end as you are consumed
As fire falls and light penetrates the hidden things
Come forth and prepare for your time is gone
I am no longer afraid of what a good life can be
The moderator is planted and the roots will be unveiled
And he will mount up on noble stead with mace and malice
To destroy the hands that cover eternal eyes
I will come from beneath his skin and you will all see
That there is good in this man
And he will never be what you want him to be
A monster from the realm of the dead
Just know that what is now won't remain
For one is coming to make all things new
Predator will become prey
And your lot will be with the harlots and sorcerers
Cast head long into oblivion eternally

The Predator
You think so highly yet I know every crack in the wall
Every chink in the armor
Every broken barrier and every desire that will catch him on fire
Oh you try so hard protector
Yet you've forgotten the most important thing
There will never be one to catch me
I've been here forever waiting for the moment
And that time is now
Time for the final battle
I dream of a world without the sun
Where your light that blinds fades into nothing
When nihilism becomes the fate of the monotheistic
I will show no mercy or restraint
My rage is at the breaking point
And the weapons of my warfare sharpened
My lusts will become the future
The dream I have where you both sit in torture
There is no one that can stop me now
Because even now you are all my casualties
Wounded and disfigured
Decapitated and down trodden
Bowels cut through and blood drained by dirty fangs
Oh how quickly you forget protector
I will always have the last word 

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The Moderator
I march to the order given
BRING OUT THE DEAD, BRING OUT THE DEAD!
I am the flesh
The ensnared one caught between a snake and a viper
Poisoned and imprisoned
I look forward to a world reborn from suffering
Yet at the same time I speak with tainted lips
Conditioned to believe that I will never be free
Though this war wages within me
Between a devil and a refiner
A part of my still clings to life
As the rest of me has already joined the world of the dead
I fear nothing for am at the brink of nothing
Point the sword at my neck
And cut out my heart
You will see that it is only shriveled and black
Beating in hope unseen
That the war with the machine will end
Oh how I seek rest you will never know
To know life without pain
The pipe dream of a child fractured by a dragons curse
Sent from Sheol to devour me
Please save me before it is too late
Carry me off this broken base
So I may build on a foundation locked behind iron gates
I've become an end-seeker and a defiler 
How will it end and how will I know?
My flesh is breaking and the carnage of an internal battle's falling out
I scream without a voice and prepare to give up my ghost
The offspring of a broken heart and a suicide rope
You can't know what it's like to live like this
To stare at the mirror to see dead eyes glaring back
I'm so confused
I hear a kingdom call and the horn of the damned
Who am I?
Come and find out
You will never take me out of this alive
For the losers of every war are the children caught in the crossfire
How can you hold the hand of a dead boy?
With all the sparks that fly I see that I am just barely alive
Two sides want me uncaring if it's alive or as a breathing corpse
But I never asked for any of this
I never wanted to be conquered by anyone but myself