Reticence: The Musical
We've compensated our days We've gone and done it our way Don't fear what’s to come of us We've done it plenty of times before Such a road ahead We're weighing the impossible at hand With a break in the passage taken A comprehension of choice to make With a silent reserve we ponder The lasting effects of our ways We're stuck in this state of ecstasy through debris Unfortunate times have fallen upon our feet But we're leading you on to no end We're only saying what we want you to know Give us your attention Taking us so far away She said the pain is only temporary We play, and pay her gain Believe me when I say We took the simple route towards an honest mistake Returning the path we fell down almost seems too far We'll make the most of this Under the lights the world is ours We're only straying from ourselves when we break our word Don't repress it, just embrace the chance to hold on to what’s left We're only staying until we've taken care of unfinished business Away, Away she said They have placed these ambitions on our hands
Submitted by SerpentEve — Feb 27, 2026
Blissful ignorance, such a shame that we can't enjoy Tune our minds back in to the stream, and together we'll flow "Pardon me my dear, you are mistaken There is nothing here to find a claim with Please file to the back You're interrupting Smooth transition helps to hide disruption" There's a vacancy unknown, only those who fill the void return intact, I'm told Such a mystery to those who haven't Oh no, tell me; what am I supposed to do as everything in front of me unfolds Calm but concerning, search these worlds, so preoccupied When you find yourself shaking It's just the medication that's withdrawn from haunting you It's no concern of ours, just know we're saving the best part Remind yourself that you're expendable A perfect symmetry that lies beyond comprehension Don't be so bold to call out towards the sky Did you ask yourself why? So proud to reveal deception but so unprepared to find what lies beneath Now you're bound by restless fear, uncovered all the pieces that provided shelter Understand there is no turning back this time Because you've gone too far, you've gone too far Understand this is not negotiable I fear you've gone too far, you've gone too far this time
Submitted by SerpentEve — Feb 27, 2026
Under the circumstances we were bound to Find a new ambition, letting go of this trend Without a fascination there is always unrest Take it as a privilege, you'll find your existence Undermining what they built is your escape Take it and run while you can before too late I have misinformed you I demand your best intentions And there's no telling what’s been done It’s just a state of mindless I've been around this story too long Can't we find another way to move on? They're only following tradition Follow me And I'm doing the best I know I can But they're taking the most from me again I'm setting the course ahead Few and far and between are etched in stone But I'll be the first to take a leap of faith We played the best of fools, the best of fools And we had time to spare We played the best of fools, the best of fools Regressing to the meme
Submitted by SerpentEve — Feb 27, 2026
Don't be so certain of what’s left at hand I'm tearing up every page So eloquently put but misconstrued We never stood a chance Waiting on others to finally discover It’s just an empty space that binds us To the world, to everything we've ever asked for ourselves Our promises best unkept have already found us And all the while we still claimed sanity These lasting words took the best of us and tore our lives apart My final fear was the first of every choice that I regret Life takes away all the rest of what had given clarity Too late, never replace what’s left, it’s all taken for granted I won't underestimate the damage So far, everything is unappealing And all I feel is that the worst to come is right around the bend My only hope is to reverse what’s done and suffer consequence This is more than a just reward This is more than I bargained for This is more than what I thought was in store
Submitted by SerpentEve — Feb 27, 2026
Wide eyed and waiting arms are at my side there is no time for wasting You've got to be kidding me you're always beating on my back You're always pushing me to be more than I am On and on once more with my eye on the prize Looking at the mirror with no obvious place to hide inside And I'll prevail, with the slightest of hands these ships will set sail And under my command we divided, and conquer raised flags will fill the sky 'til we reach comfort coming across us near by And we are nothing, but relegated men at bay brave harsh seas and Follow me find glory in the wind Be cunning, be clever and let it show A thief at heart from the start cause its all I'll ever know If things weren't so dark waiting here in the after glow for you I am trading black for blue waiting in the after glow for you Never found a reason to go on alone never took the time to clear my mind We are only relegated men and we'll find glory Still caught in the perfect place at the worst of times, thinking twice But now it's the perfect time to adjust the line and reverse your thoughts of old Remember the motions before you carry yourself away You're now in the perfect place, but you're out of time Don't give up, you're not the only one
Submitted by SerpentEve — Feb 27, 2026
I've finally got something to say, but I buried it alive Now it’s too too late for me to deny it The rules are only in play When consequence is unnamed And everybody else has reason to walk away You gotta know somebody to know that things are gonna be okay So I left a note pertaining to all the details left unsaid The good deeds got erased but I left the bad ones on her bed And when the list is read out loud, you'll know exactly where I've been It's not about the things I've done, it's only a matter of where I'm goin' I know exactly what your thinkin' You're worlds apart from me, don't be mistaken You know that I can't be part of this, but maybe I'll stick around for a while Little did you know, that I was unstable Wondering out about a world of strangers Under false pretenses, I made amends Shaking the hand of a lasting endeavor I've been falling so long that I can't feel the breeze But now that I've found a release, I am free
Submitted by SerpentEve — Feb 27, 2026
When the stars align we cannot hold ourselves responsible It's just a meeting of fates, please don't hold your breath As the sun expires on our time don't fear the letting go Memories have passed this tale of growing old We are falling in circles...
Submitted by SerpentEve — Feb 27, 2026
Starting over with no hope for turning back Still it’s calling me Saturated with a vigorous routine I hear it calling me, still calling me again Under this stress it’s a mess I cannot avoid entirely Trapped in distraction, again I fall the victim to Fighting thoughts with focus This paradox will be the end of me Wired head to toe, the rest must go No need for an alibi I can't recall what’s next Unless I learn of a past demise This scattered recollection fails My mind is pacing back and forth Through walls of a restless daze And consciousness is fading What breaks inside is not the world to me But will I ever make my way back safe inside this remedy If I had an ounce of strength left I could assure myself that I'm alright The fall of a battling man is unstoppable Watch your step
Submitted by SerpentEve — Feb 27, 2026
Be cast aside For crimes that were pure Only to find You're empty handed Once more and I I'll be a believer Of the truth in wine You can't tell me anymore These understatements will Surround me with With ivory and lore I'm fixed Ready to stand surrounded Breath in these flames We'll rise from the ground and… Once more my crimes were pure We all end up empty handed Once more and I'll be a believer still empty handed No more Ridiculed for always asking why No more Ridiculed for always asking why We appose every right Can we ingest the night and hang it on our hopes Why hang it on everything? Why waste it on anything? Why hang it on everything? Just watch we're both becoming empty handed
Submitted by SerpentEve — Feb 27, 2026
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Submitted by Infernal Flame — Apr 18, 2026
Fortune smiled and took him by the hand You'll never have to worry You'll never reach an end...she said Times stretching you thin but the answers just around the bend Now patiently waits his turn to discover a truth Behind doors newly opened to him It seems that nothings promised Another act yet still the same page he finds himself Right back where he began Only now with pockets worth of empty promises in his hands Pin it all on your scapegoats Oh how misleading They're surely the ones who cost you Now that your dues are paid Let complacency be the fire for your regret Retrospect seems so familiar With a feeling of despair Holding on to the ground Until the feeling you're bound to Falling off the surface disappears Retrospect seems so familiar With a feeling of despair Holding on to the ground Until the feeling you're bound to Falling off the surface disappears Traces leading us To an ends that did not justify the means When your losses are cut Is it more than skin deep? We've created a way out now When your losses are cut Is it more than skin deep? We've created a way out now Retrospect seems so familiar with a feeling of despair Holding on to the ground Until the feeling you're bound to Falling off the surface disappears He counted each and every grain that trickled down But long since overdue was the accounting of his own Wasted wishing a past could be undone
Submitted by SerpentEve — Feb 27, 2026
Carry me Up across the atlas Let it be Wash my hands or find me in open sea On and on Surely there's an end to this I've been left out I realize I've landed on the other side Considering all I've heard Confiding in what I know Wondering why I'd ever wait so long You know I can see further than I should But will I hesitate Ending up alone Will you add to my persistence? With the details that I'm shown Ambient lights behind the skies Burning everything that I recall You reveal my true disguise When you are breaking down these walls I am reciting all alone and on my own Can you be more than I will know? Are you whispering to me? Leaving marks for me to find Will you leave me on my own? I can see it now and it's I'll ever know Insecurity as we sway in situation And we'll let it be As we're testing our foundation I can see it now and it's all I'll ever know Insecurity as we sway in situation...
Submitted by SerpentEve — Feb 27, 2026