The Cicada Tree

You mustn't cry for me This is how it's meant to be What I must do won't be forgotten A million miles away We're isolated by the space between The Map of the Creator We must inscribe the way Hieroglyphic life contained The more I learn The more that I know nothing Now you wait in the wings The dynasty of all beautiful things Designed by the Maker My mind attempts to wane and wander All of my thoughts in vain Detachment washes over me It's never over I won't return unscathed from this Astounding futility Isolation takes its toll, subtly Mother Earth has earned her challenge Never to emerge the same Cradling humanity It's never over I am tempted by thoughts of death To crack the serenity Contact has broken away This is my reward

Submitted by Morgoth — Apr 26, 2025

I lie alone in silence Of what will never be A cry alone, empty silence Dead as autumn leaves We'll weave the truth Crawling through rubble and combing The wreckage for lies Binding those you've victimized All behold the hollow vacant eyes When the dawn of the morning comes I lie alone in silence Of what will never be A cry alone, empty silence Dead as autumn leaves Resent what you became We seek the truth Pausing the cower I lay bare your unblemished guise When the fire engulfs And light wind blows Stoking the pain consumed to purify When the dawn of the morning comes I lie alone in silence Of what will never be A cry alone, empty silence Dead as autumn leaves Resent what you became I lie alone in silence Of what will never be A cry alone, empty silence Dead as autumn leaves Pretend that you could change

Submitted by Morgoth — Apr 26, 2025

We've come prepared Suspending all benevolence You've bathed in arrogance Our retribution we will bring She flies on unforgiving wings Your children in Heaven shall weep and grieve As holy gates open and nothing leaves So down the cattle chute you will move And die for him who's died for you Blinded by our pride we've missed the signs We now beg of you, Lord, hear our cries The scars you've made altered the plan Our end will never be ushered by man So down the cattle chute you will move And the burden of Earth will be removed You are quarantined to the abyss With all life forms deleterious You have lost all that you will ever lose Your request to be saved by God, refused Blinded by our pride we've missed the signs We now beg of you, Lord, hear our cries

Submitted by Pestilence — Apr 26, 2025

The lessons are severe The pains of growth are needed I do not posses the knowledge By shielding myself from the rain We bloom above the thorns we need From the onset we ripen and rot We know the bitterness of the soil From intertwining long ago The sign of things to come The pleasure inside the suffering Now guide the broken compass Back to the point where you most learned We bloom above the thorns we need From the onset we ripen and rot We know the soil's bitterness From intertwining long ago No more shall the weeds choke me In increments I expand my horizon

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Apr 26, 2025

A calendar underground A life of slumber we won't be found So new to wings and to flight Our stuttered song a proof of life to be Overwhelmed by the instinct of the chime Death is near and we waste no time We are the prophets of Spring Sound of the drums we lull to sleep We magnify under trees Our chorus hangs upon the breeze to hear A calendar underground A life of slumber we won't be found We magnify under trees Our chorus hangs upon the breeze to hear

Submitted by Finntroll — Apr 26, 2025

I never thought of you a friend On whom my trust depends You are a snake in all the tales Where men went wrong I never swallowed the lies Or need them by my side I can anticipate the darkness in the light We never benefit from silence It drags us down And now our bearings are unknown We'll never understand Verses of violence Dragging us down And I run forever From the glory and the praise And I run forever Till the end of my days As we retrace where we went wrong Gazed with wayward eyes for far too long And now I look deep inside To find words for the wise We must eliminate the veil to see the face And now we live in frightened times With hearts ablaze As we navigate this never-ending maze We never benefit from silence It drags us down And now our bearings are unknown We'll never understand Verses of violence Dragging us down And I run forever From the glory and the praise And I run forever Till the end of my days As we retrace where we went wrong Gazed with wayward eyes for far too long My coffin dripping black With pitch sealed by the sun Dead flowers grip the outside Weighing me down by the ton The wisdom laid down At my feet I will never receive I'm pulled down by the body Of my own machinery

Submitted by Corpse Defiler — Apr 26, 2025

[Verse 1] Life's the same, I'm moving in stereo Life's the same except for my shoes Life's the same, you're shaking like tremolo Life's the same, it's all inside you [Verse 2] It's so easy to blow up your problems It's so easy to play up your breakdown It's so easy to fly through a window It's so easy to fool with the sound [Verse 3] It's so tough to get up It's so tough It's so tough to live up It's so tough on you [Verse 4] Life's the same, I'm moving in stereo Life's the same except for my shoes Life's the same, you're shaking like tremolo Life's the same, it's all inside you [Instrumental Break] [Outro] Life's the same, I'm moving in stereo Life's the same except for my shoes Life's the same, you're shaking like tremolo Life's the same, it's all inside you

Submitted by NecroGod — Nov 10, 2025

Who, who do you serve? For whose empire and for whose whims? Is your honor judged by men? Will you lie? Will you lie if they say it's their will? Will you die or continue to kill? Until the generals all have their fill Craven cowards Armchair warriors You will serve them well What, what will you write? For whose pleasure, for whose delight? Will your readers see your light? Will you say that the singer can't blow you away That we hate people just 'cause they're gay Women and children all stay away To whom, whom do you pray? Do dollars wash your sins away Does God love cold hard cash? Do you say, if we all just continue to pay All our ailments will go away And our souls all will be saved God's not with you "Holy Roller" Your heart dwells in hell Why, why do you run? Our awareness has spoiled your fun Our eyes see you too clear Will you hide from the joy of expressing our pride For the leaders and people who've died While combating your genocide Chains are breaking Minds are waking Soon we'll serve no more

Submitted by Finntroll — Nov 10, 2025