The Consumed Self
I see true colors in this soft violet light Morning plumes of rust stain me like wine My body shakes at the softest sound I walk with poise for the slightest noise brings the vultures down
Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 15, 2026
A theater before my eyes My stage my screen a world of complacency Find the weak Will of the strong subdued Sickening lowly creatures enslave my sight Walls with no end a tomb in the abyss Push the numbers and wither in time alone A constant nuisance in my life A gifted mind my bane a curse Once again her name rings aloud through the shroud of this blackened room Send her to me the obstinate one What drives this crеature An unchallenged mind Thе droning days drive the actions of this child Further from my grasp Bring her to me to stand before my Incandescent clarity of a man’s own respite Through the glass doors i can already see My forboding path flickering towards me ‘ Swallowed by the dark a lonely gaunt silhouette stands Crippled by the lack of colors used for this man Awaiting me the scowl of sunken corroded eyes I see their claws peel the frail and soulless skin The life behind their eyes goes black and swallows them Hold your tongue, fight the tears, pain within My conscience shines a light the darkness sees my sin
Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 15, 2026
(<em>Instrumental</em>)
Submitted by Celtic Frost — Jun 18, 2026
Depart from my thoughts ill memories Lost days and forgotten times Let history show that i too once was blind My creation they chewed through the earth Minerals we found then synthesized My drug the great hollower of minds I at the time the lead of the group for this was my discovery One pull of this gas your limbs become numb and a loss for hope finds serenity Way deep in the mines Our work finally approaches completion My gift to this world Was far less noble act then The sands of time do change Further into the chasm following whispers eluding me Relentlessly the walls they glimmer a labyrinth of constant reflection The voices they grow Joined by a breeze from a world unknown A natural scent expands my lungs At the end of the mine a portal awaits And new teachers who extend their hands Rolling hills and blinding blue skies My sanity internally i doubt Why are we misled Pulled straight from the ground and cast in a blissful ascension The eldest of the group a man of wisdom and faith Beneath my eyes he placed A world of mindful wealth Begins to form A hole is torn Within the sheet Above the sky The cradle of air Aligns my life With yours It is my choice Life and death creates My breath and takes hold The color of angels change the mold How have i not seen the place i have been Air out the monsters living within
Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 15, 2026
I Often wonder Am i Going under You seem to notice To much Of their movements There is something inside you Its buried so deep You walk in the moonlight Without it you'll sleep But it will Drag through and tear You've ignored it for years now I give to you the sunlight I see So clearly The echo speaks And answers me The air feels The way life seldom sees Your heaven has clouds While mine has trees Please (why won’t you help me) Find comfort (outside myself) In knowing (clawing for help) Where i am (whеre am i) I’ve broke through thе other side
Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 15, 2026
My time is running So am i One last measure moves forward Efforts of a tortured mind Put an end to the torment Knowing what i’ve done But i cannot stop here For the future has just begun I will tend to my children Feed them well and show them love The world will be A canvas to inspire me My machines are ready Close the latch and run away To the caves Through the streets of debauchery City of lost reflection reveal your Sickness have hope hold fast Have faith in me I know you're suffering Within me i house your pain Breathe iron rusted lungs songs unsung A place of pleasure left behind to melt beneath the sun Becon me Chosen one I know everything (use my back to hold your weight i’ll carry you to the touch of the morning sun) Parchments of people Constructs of this disease (solidified in a life of misery lavender clouds of agony) Find a way out Promise there’s air here to breathe Fall and grieve Push My crumbling muscles they scream in agony Fires grow and tendons tear I push my body beyond its human limits I push my soul Remember what the winds here bring Labyrinth Your hallways scream of a painful past I’ve led the ghosts Echoes from the ossuary They call to me Just from what is it you run It is fear? Build your ladder breathe again One last time on the surface From the dirt i receive my faith One last time and it’s over A final chance before i seal my fate I walk alone One last time on the surface From the dirt i receive my faith One last time and it’s over Within these walls he will bury me I can see My time to join the stars and be Everything You and me Faint red eyes once again glaring through the dust Within the swells flung from razor wings The lone one joins the front, as the dirt sets My day concludes but fear not be my face Hear me Hollower Hear me Keeper of the lost A victor of this war has just been claimed
Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 15, 2026