Lanterns

Oh! With every dream that has turned to dust Rebuilding loss through elusive trust I crawl with weighted breath Since the end became much less Skyline returns the moon To light up anything left And what do we know now Since the fame had such distaste? Face in the mirror Reflection full, reflection full of shame What comes from below with morning's eye Quickly reminds with reasons why I crawl with weighted breath Since the end became much less Skyline returns the moon To light up anything left And what do we know now Since the fame had such distaste? Face in the mirror Reflection full, reflection full of shame Long walk aftermath, smoke begins to clear Real remain real, fake disappear Head on instead, replace the pain Eyes ahead, demise of those days Head on instead, replace the pain Eyes ahead, demise of those days With every fall begin to eat Death's reminder of eternal sleep Eternal sleep Oh! I crawl with weighted breath Since the end became much less Skyline returns the moon To light up anything left And what do we know now Since the fame had such distaste? Face in the mirror Reflection full, reflection full of shame And what do we know now Since the fame had such distaste? Face in the mirror Reflection full, reflection full of shame

Submitted by BloodShrine — Feb 20, 2026

Left inside of silence With ways to avoid Wish only violence again For ways to destroy Becoming broken, lost and unaware Sinking deeper and deeper Walk away from wars, death below Shadowed by these ghosts I used to know Walk away from wars I used to know Shadowed by these ghosts from death below From death below Right side of dirt, I awake Exit the edge of the blade Distance yourself from the shallow grave And light the way Becoming broken, lost and unaware Sinking deeper and deeper Walk away from wars, death below Shadowed by these ghosts I used to know Walk away from wars I used to know Shadowed by these ghosts from death below From death below Capsized from the heavy skies Tonight the lights go unanswered Taste the storm of a mouthful of mines Clear the slate or just remain... Wars to walk away from, death below Shadowed by these ghosts I used to know Wars to walk away from, I used to know Shadowed by these ghosts from death below Wars to walk away from...

Submitted by BloodShrine — Feb 20, 2026

I tried to cover what mattered most Endless dose from my own ghost Holy wind blowing right on in Things I should have been Coldness of night Inside winters sleep Disturbing what's right Better to burn Better to leave it all in the dirt (In the dirt) Wounds that mend Throwing caution to the wind (To the wind) To the wind of the settled signs On the end of the losing kind In that voice it bleeds again Shadows luck to remind my winds Things I should have been Coldness of night Inside winters sleep Disturbing what's right Better to burn Better to leave it all in the dirt (In the dirt) Wounds that mend Throwing caution to the wind (To the wind) To the wind To the wind Fill my lungs with summers rain Designs of my escape through the endless drain Where I'd rather lose myself to the oceans' waves And swallow the tears of the sun Death's one last claim Better to burn Better to leave it all in the dirt (In the dirt) Wounds that mend Throwing caution to the wind (To the wind) To the wind To the wind

Submitted by BloodShrine — Feb 20, 2026

Footsteps on a thousand stars How lost I'd become Damaged under sun, left burned, undone Don't try to save me I found my faith in faces The ones that would never let you die Thrown to the wolves They're circling me Fell sick from the swallow Life's lessons fall from the sky Darkness the color suits I became the ghost Blackened are the mast, through the waves we crash Alone the savior I found my faith in faces The ones that would never let you die Thrown to the wolves They're circling me Fell sick from the swallow Life's lessons fall from the sky In disguise upsetting Lonesome alive In disguise upsetting Lonesome alive Lonesome alive Alone the savior Become the ghost Thrown to the wolves They're circling me Fell sick from the swallow Life's lessons fall from the sky Thrown to the wolves They're circling me Fell sick from the swallow Life's lessons fall from the sky

Submitted by BloodShrine — Feb 20, 2026

I went ahead and burned the bridges down They lit my way as everything crashed into the ground Settling the dust and scraping back my shaped The weight I carry, flames slowly fade away And I hear the noise Of a thousand voices Screaming from their lungs To get back up And I'll be lucky if I make it out alive From the inside out I felt I'd died And I didn't know that I was sinking Another line in this waking advice Where my senses were telling me true lies And I wanted to bleed dry Bleed dry No sound, just waves The kind that takes the rain away Free fall into dust Many things to say and those to let die Ones to bury and ones to bring to life And I hear the noise Of a thousand voices Screaming from their lungs To get back up And I'll be lucky if I make it out alive From the inside out I felt I'd died And I didn't know that I was sinking Another line in this waking advice Where my senses were telling me true lies And I wanted to bleed dry Bleed dry See through static and I've struggled to let go Thoughts undressed where I'm a mess, into oblivion See through static and I've struggled to let go Thoughts undressed where I'm a mess, into oblivion Buried to stay, I lost my way Into the dirt, alone I lay Buried to stay, I lost my way Into the dirt, alone I lay And I'll be lucky if I make it out alive From the inside out I felt I'd died And I didn't know that I was sinking Another line in this waking advice Where my senses were telling me true lies And I wanted to bleed dry I'll be lucky if I make it out alive Make it our alive And bleed dry Bleed dry

Submitted by BloodShrine — Feb 20, 2026

It reminds me of the dark that I've gone weary So many ways to save the day but it eludes me How did I get here, how did I fall? Such a blur from the memories, plagues that I belong Where revenge ends We lose ourselves tonight Where love lives I find myself asleep If only time goes along cause it gets windy Avalanche of hell, you start to win again The color red becomes, never want to leave Just an ornament to hang inside of me Where revenge ends We lose ourselves tonight Where love lives I find myself asleep Where revenge ends We lose ourselves tonight Where love lives I find myself asleep in the light

Submitted by BloodShrine — Feb 20, 2026

Take time to cut it out of you Blinding scene it's deafening and only cause it's true Words collide and fail at the same time Abandoned by the closest on your side, then left to die Handed your own heart from the outside I never knew the shadow of doubt would leave without And I paint a picture of what it used to be Then set it on fire to rid it out of me Rid it out of me Rid it out of me Taste it down and swallow all the black A reckoning, it's silencing, a finish till the end Words collide and fail at the same time Abandoned by the closest on your side, then left to die Handed your own heart from the outside I never knew the shadow of doubt would leave without And I paint a picture of what it used to be Then set it on fire to rid it out of me Rid it out of me To rid it out Sometimes the glitter, see through and clear Broken vows ring sirens of fear I never meant to kill us like I did If it's over, say it's over, she did I look at my face and what it's done to me Can't live in this space, cause what it's done to me And I paint a picture of what it used to be Then set it on fire to rid it out of me Rid it out of me To rid it out

Submitted by BloodShrine — Feb 20, 2026

Rolling darkness comes to me Lightning in a bottle catches fire From all the hell I seem to need Voice whispers from the halls Pitch black sun returns to fall The colors, they just seem to be Eyes shine from beyond the trees Became the wolf in trade for sleep And I am the damaged done So I understand Shell of a man who lost everything Rain on me Rain down on me Brighter lights and darker shadows Decorate the hearts that stayed so close Bandage for promise bleeds the most There were lines in the sky I couldn't delete to save my life But I knew, yeah I knew Pulled out my teeth, reflect the face Long way out so make your peace And swallow all of your enemies So I understand Shell of a man who lost everything Rain on me Rain down on me Brighter lights and darker shadows Decorate the hearts that stayed so close Bandage for promise bleeds the most It bleeds the most Take as needed for pain Things we lose and we gain What did you learn and in turn Perfect disaster Brighter lights and darker shadows Decorate the hearts that stayed so close Bandage for promise bleeds the most Brighter lights and darker shadows Decorate the hearts that stayed so close Bandage for promise bleeds the most It bleeds the most

Submitted by BloodShrine — Feb 20, 2026

I've been trying to breathe out loud Filling lungs inside out All worn out from going purely straight The less I feel the more I change Pouring black upon my haste Look up from below, eyes awake Hurricane of dreams My hands on throats and those guilty teeth They speak so Speak so sweet Did it need to get me back Some things crack along the way Sank so hard, it wears me well Choking on my long gone farewell Sounds of sleep that only tease Breaking down inside of me Where destruction leads my every vice Only now does it feel Everything slowly heals In turn I'll take my own advice Hurricane of dreams My hands on throats and those guilty teeth They speak so Speak so sweet Did it need to get me back Some things crack along the way Sank so hard, it wears me well Choking on my long gone farewell Hurricane of dreams My hands on throats and those guilty teeth They speak so Speak so sweet Did it need to get me back Some things crack along the way Did it need to get me back Some things crack, some things crack Did it need to get me back Some things crack along the way Some things crack along the way Choking on my long gone farewell

Submitted by BloodShrine — Feb 20, 2026

Underneath I arrive At my ending south of the lights Silence golden, revel in the shine Bloodshot eyes, diversions disguise Still listening, keep it up Mouth of the shadows make your luck Face to face, cowards amongst Given the chance, give a fuck Below the graves, I don't believe I'll ever need to see this depth anyway And honestly I've had dreams Of pulling, of pulling Of pulling your teeth What we've learned, what we've lost All in the same year, such a cost Finding out where the whispers draw near Echoes steal the waves like air Still listening, keep it up Mouth of the shadows make your luck Face to face, cowards amongst Given the chance, give a fuck Below the graves, I don't believe I'll ever need to see this depth anyway And honestly I've had dreams Of pulling, pulling Of pulling your teeth Graves One by one One by one Pulling your teeth Pulling your teeth out of your mouth Where demons sleep, killing the sound Below the graves, I don't believe I'll ever need to see this depth anyway And honestly I've had dreams Of pulling, pulling Of pulling your teeth Below the graves Below the graves Below the graves Below the graves Below the graves Pulling your teeth out

Submitted by BloodShrine — Feb 20, 2026

Holding on to sickness, kept me tied to the road of old What was once a hand of faith turned to rust from gold Weakening position where I place my eyes alone There is loss all around, there is birth again I know Pull me out of the dirt Let the light cleanse me Second chances were mean to Divide the death of our woes Of our woes I'm surfacing again Let the light come clean my bones From the ice and snow below It's buried deep in hope Clean my bones In ice and snow Deep in hope Old gold Violence, the color outweighs lines of magnitude Where a cold brush with death makes it hard enough to chew Poisonous, the bottle that takes shape in solitude Where the numbing outlives hell until the ends just come unglued Pull me out of the dirt Let the light cleanse me Second chances were mean to Divide the death of our woes Of our woes I'm surfacing again Let the light come clean my bones From the ice and snow below It's buried deep in hope Clean my bones (I'm surfacing again) In ice and snow Deep in hope Deep in hope Old gold Empty the tank, leave it all on the floor Empty the tank, leave it all Better to breathe in the sinking of the coast Inside the throats, inside the throes of the bend I'm surfacing again Let the light come clean my bones From the ice and snow below It's buried deep in hope Clean my bones (I'm surfacing again) In ice and snow Deep in hope Deep in hope Clean my bones

Submitted by BloodShrine — Feb 20, 2026

Unused to shield your eyes For the millionth time Diversions cast the veil On all arriving eyes They tried to bury me And damn near succeeded I got pulled out from the deep From the ones I needed Pushing back the sky Before we lose everything tonight Let it lie Slowly we fall asleep To find the things we need to keep alive Then let it die White winter whispered She sang to me How do you take your spirits? Loyalty free? They tried to bury me And damn near succeeded I got pulled out from the deep From the ones I needed Pushing back the sky Before we lose everything tonight Let it lie Slowly we fall asleep To find the things we need to keep alive Then let it die And I was wrong to think That I'd be immune to this And I was wrong to think That I'd be immune to this Immune to this

Submitted by BloodShrine — Feb 20, 2026