An Empire

I left a thing in the sun Now it’s burned, it is ash, it is done It’s a thing I can't tell anyone It’s the death of the words, of the sound And the end isn’t far, isn’t long And this place, it’s too bright, it’s wrong It’s a cage in the mouth of the flame I will burn all the words again

Submitted by Infernal Flame — Feb 22, 2026

Breathe in the light Breathe in the smoke and fire Breathe in to break the night This is for no one's eyes Hold in

Submitted by Infernal Flame — Feb 22, 2026

I am escaping In the silence, the waiting The way I stay inside They all are seeing It’s the walls I am raising And I won’t show them how All of this is Leaving me breathless It takes all the air in the sky Moves the stars with their Promise of faraway Places where I don’t hide It leaves me inside this Inside this silence, in this empty place Leaves me to suffocate It's violent, it's violently feeding The fire, the building The burning, the pyre It’s the end of faith Oh, it’s the end of days The death of grace, of the breathing I stay here, and keep this I stay here to hide this To kill this, and make them all stay away It's not their way, they can’t see this You can't know this

Submitted by Infernal Flame — Feb 22, 2026

Free from it all The love is the wall The freedom lives in The silence within For the love is the wall I’m free to leave it all The things I need to be Stay inside here The walls that I build And the freedom from the will All desire and the guilt It’s all in here still And all I never say And all I never show I never share And all I never do For the love is the wall The love is all you know The love is all you know It’s all you know

Submitted by Infernal Flame — Feb 22, 2026

I know I fail you I know that I run The silence is drowning It’s drowning the sound I hide my empire And bury the ground I raise my hands and I reach for the sun I know this is true It's all that I know The light of life can shine To bring down the wall This has taken a lifetime To finally grow To free me from breathing in And bring this to you

Submitted by Infernal Flame — Feb 22, 2026

I sing this for the day I sing this for the day When all of this is pure When all of this is yours I sing this to be true I sing this into you For love is in the sound The love is in the sound I sing this from a cage A songbird sings the day I sing this to be free I sing for you and me I sing across the sky To find a place of life Where all of this is true I bring this into you

Submitted by Infernal Flame — Feb 22, 2026