DeEvolution

Please Gods, do not let them forget me Seasons have changed and now have forced me to find a will and a way to go home As I lie in the cold, I am dying, I lift my head and begin crying out to someone, to something, to anything To anyone at all The horrors return and churn in my memories Those bodies that burned There was beauty and grace in that place that we lived for Never a trace of a face we didn't care for, but no more Now some pray to the moon and some stare blankly into the eyes of the doomed They place their hands gently on those who had gone too soon, and plead to me intensely, "Godspeed be on your way, go on..." So please Gods, do not forget me as I lie at the gates of this city Find me the will and the way to return

Submitted by NecroLord — Apr 26, 2025

Dark figures gather around, astounded at what they've found outside their city walls Something profound With his translucent skin, they can see a light within Glowing, not one knowing his plight or his origin Taken deep within the city walls and shuffled through twisting halls Deaf to the imprisoned calls To a viewing room to be inspected Machines descend overhead in a hope to revive the dead, but he was always the one really alive while they were only just living While they were only just living They pierce that body bright and release a light It hovers and blinds their sight, illuminating the night And then one steps aside and screams, "If we conquer his mind, we can use him again and again to fulfill the plan!" What we have, what is here will suit our deeds Harvest grief, clear their lands, sow the seeds Now that we stuck the needle in, he'll forget from where he began Erase the thought, the idea that he is free The time is right, the time is now: he's awake The blade will cut and slice to bring change For all to be born again, we'll influence every man We can get what we want, all we need Is it over? It's over Does the end welcome me? Is it over? It's over Then who will succeed? Prop him up, apply the chains, let him bleed The blood of saints, the words of kings they will heed Some think we are evil men, but weren't we all born of sin? Come to truth that came from us, so may it be Is it over? It's over Does the end welcome me? Is it over? It's over Then who will succeed? I feel as if I'm back in the snow again Then I believe I'm in a sterile room. I flash back to the journey I had to make Now I'm back into my waiting tomb Sleep now, sleep now our brother Dream deep eternal bliss Recount, remember your future Open hands will turn to fists

Submitted by Corpse Defiler — Apr 26, 2025

I awaken in the night, but it just might be the dawn or the day Humming machines sound I've seemed to have drowned in a sea of change Can I really perceive, can I really believe in this newborn dream? Here they come again to implement, to implant me with their scheme Lies, lies, lies, lies! Clouding eyes with "holy" water to render blind To defend, defeat and to conquer I'm your life, I am your savior, always now and forever I'm your life, I am your savior Do not think that you were never more than you were ever shown So come in, don't go out alone Follow me and you will see I'll release the deity Lies, lies, lies, lies! Too many ties to so-called fathers to loosen and unbind To rip, to shred, to tear asunder I'm your life, I am your savior, always now and forever I'm your life, I am your savior Do not think that you were never more than you were ever shown So come in, don't go out alone Follow me and you will see I'll release the deity Deny your maker Deny your maker Define your maker I am your maker (x5) Now they see the window, the way they must go to wipe away the shadows and the dust too To leave in ashes, forgive the present too, and through that window I will guide them through

Submitted by NecroLord — Apr 26, 2025

They are human beings, but they are not humane Illusion is the solution in this magicians' game I show them only shadows to make it appear that the truth is so simple, benign and sincere To pacify, to occupy, to gentrify, to solidify This is all we've ever meant you to be Just look in amazement at the flickering screens The commands are listed here for all to see Camera's eye everywhere, still you think you are free In status and in state To anyone, to any fate (x2) Stay right in line, don't you ever step aside Never think for yourselves, for I will abide You are not alone, you'll never be alone, for I am here beside, watching the minds decline We'll keep your attracted to all our distractions, erasing any doubts and crushing all factions So become a heathen within our new heaven No need to ever think as to what it all may mean

Submitted by Corpse Grinder — Apr 26, 2025

Your lack of self will drain you, so you will consume anything From a "have not" to a "must have" The comfort that some things bring We make you feel alone, just another drone, anonymous unknown Like everyone else, you treasure your wealth Sin now and pay later From manufactured insecurities to silver, to rings of gold Your image is all that you are, all you are is what you've been told So by and by, you will buy into a slow-motion suicide Obsessed with your possessions, addicted to your pretensions Would you trade your life for just one dime? And so you will bleed, drowned by the endless need And so it will feed the great green God known as greed You beg for more for all you adore All is here, but beware The awe lasts for only a minute Awfully still in your despair So by and by, you will buy into a slow-motion suicide Obsessed with your possessions, addicted to your pretensions Would you trade your life for just one dime? Filling every room over-filled with your pride You want to take it all, still more lacks inside Don't think that we need to fool the weak They do it to themselves, believe "it's part of me" Don't think that we need to fool the weak They do it for themselves, believe their enemy Filling every room over-filled with your pride You want to take it all, still more lacks inside Filling every room over-filled with pride You want to take it all, still more to satisfy Don't think that we need to fool the weak They do it to themselves, believe "it's part of me" Don't think that we need to fool the weak They do it for themselves, believe their enemy Don't think that we need to fool the weak They do it to themselves, believe "it's part of me" Don't think that we need to fool the weak They do it to themselves, believe their enemy

Submitted by Cyberwaste — Apr 26, 2025

We must gain more power Our ends are our means We need more among us to elevate me If we venture outside, bring them into our maze, they will listen to me and be amazed Taken from their lands, brought into the fold Sell them a freedom, now they've been sold Out! (x3) A cloak conceals a dagger, a smile hides malaise Solidify our future, shrouded in a haze (x2) Come now my brethren, leave no stone unturned They are only children Teach them to learn Recruit the destitute, this is what they're for A militant religion, brutal to the core The gods and I have spoken, so lend me your ears Provide me your bodies, I'll supply the fears With mine! (x3) A cloak conceals a dagger, a smile hides malaise Solidify our future, shrouded in a haze (x2) While we stand upon a higher ground, we watch your ship go sinking Demigods are what we are We make you weak, but we are really weaker Providing the problem and the solution Once they've served their usefulness, we will quickly discard, dealing them a losing hand while we held the winning card All men are not created equal Some are less...some are less and some are more They look to me as if I know everything, when all I know...all I know is how to take them into war Taken from their lands, brought into the fold Sell them a freedom, now they've been sold Out! (x3)

Submitted by Lake of Tears — Apr 26, 2025

This track is instrumental.

Is this song not instrumental?

Just like the phoenix, I stand before my fall I'm wrapped in wings of torment, feeling all Just like the phoenix, I stand before my fall I'm tossed in waves and torrents, seeing all So why did I lie to me, lie to me? And why, I cannot say In this failing light, something bright Your distant beacons shine and beckon me, beckon me They beckon to me I came to take you all back to the city, but now there's a sense unlike before All these lives leave me so sentimental The sensation shakes me to the core Just like the phoenix that rose from it all, I regret with grief and horror that I came to harvest souls Why do you care for me, care for me? And why do I feel the same? We can't stay here, not even a day The price you've paid must be reckoned while the moon ascends in silver and blue The world still turned, but not for me Still, I won't look back bitterly Life went on, I forgot just why Our promised land now stands a haven of lies This home of ours now lies in sorrow If there are no todays, then there's no tomorrows Our people will surely die if we do not take our turn and learn to fly! Fly! (x3) So sing out into the night, ring out sublime divine So sing out, the time is nigh, for I am home again, home again (x2) I came to enslave them, came to enslave them all, but I felt my voice uncertain, then heard the elders call We now stand together, our mission takes its form I hear the winds unfolding The calm before the storm

Submitted by MetalElf — Apr 26, 2025