Summer of Darkness

You've got a lot of nerve, and I've got a lot of fingers to point While you were busy building knowledge, I was already right I know a voice like yours is not a weapon at all And even mine is not a chisel for a thickened skull Chant your anthems to the deaf And we can sit here and cry until there's nothing left Or we can take our voices with our hands We'll make like knives and make demands We'll take our voices with our hands We'll make like knives, we'll make demands I'm burning bridges for the last time I'm breaking habits for the first time I saw my future today, it said I'm going away And I still haven't sung the last line On my way down I'm not ready to lay, I'm not ready to fade I'm not ready to die Not ready to lay, I'm not ready to fade I'm not ready to die And every day of my life, I can feel it getting harder to breathe With every minute ticking by, I'm getting ready to leave I know a life like mine is not a reason to fret But I've been busy building scars that you will never forget If only thirty-three years can save my life I've had twenty-four more to make things right So when I'm taken to the sky, and you're still here You can clear your mind and dry your tears We'll take our voices with our hands We'll make like knives, we'll make demands I'm burning bridges for the last time I'm breaking habits for the first time I saw my future today, it said I'm going away And I still haven't sung the last line On my way down I'm not ready to lay, I'm not ready to fade I'm not ready to die Not ready to lay, I'm not ready to fade I'm not ready to die When I'm taken home, and you're still here Just clear your mind, dry your tears We'll take our voices with our hands We'll make like knives, we'll make demands I'm not ready to lay, I'm not ready to fade I'm not ready to die Not ready to lay, I'm not ready to fade I'm not ready to die I'm not ready to lay, I'm not ready to fade I'm not ready to die Not ready to lay, I'm not ready to fade I'm not ready to die I'm not ready to die!

Submitted by Infernal Flame — Feb 21, 2026

Fall Into the flood of your awakening Drown You're just a trace of what I used to be Waging the battle for appreciation you'll never win Behold the army that will harken with open souls A tiny voice of pester softer than the drop of a pin And so naive in thinking you were the source you told I was composing the beginning before you had begun Where did you sharpen such a tongue for the sound you spill? I want the honor for the favor that I've already won Without the ignorant deduction that you reveal Give me the pain of something real No empty notion, I want to see the pressure rising Give in a way that I can feel When you disgrace me, I want to see your eyes burn Fall Into the flood of your awakening You wrote the words you couldn't stomach, manifesting with breath I read the thoughts you never questioned would show your face If confrontation were to wake and rear its ugly head I get the feeling you'd be wanting it all erased This simple gossip is your only definition in life And what a vacant purpose taking it to your grave There is no threat of loss in hearing the slant you cry Oh, what a fool to think you fell on the mass you crave Give me the pain of something real No empty notion, I want to see the pressure rising Give in a way that I can feel When you disgrace me, I want to see your eyes burn Fall Into the flood of your awakening Drown You're just a trace of what I used to be Awaken from the delusion of validity Awaken into the truth of how it used to be Wake up Awaken from the delusion of validity Awaken into the truth of how it used to be Wake up Awaken from the delusion of validity Awaken into the truth of how it used to be Awaken from the delusion of validity Awaken into the truth of how it used to be Wake up Fall Into the flood of your awakening Drown You're just a trace of what I used to be Awaken Awaken Awaken Awaken

Submitted by Infernal Flame — Feb 21, 2026

In the never-ending circle where the powerless meet There grows a struggle from the burden of sustaining defeat In the face of every coward lies the blindest of hate And in the eyes a sharpened image of the damage they made You look at me to bear the burden of the suffering past It wasn't me behind the veil of a heartless mask And where were you the day that everybody cursed your name? You were the distant voice of pride that never stood the shame The weak of the mind will use fist And the fist of the frail will bring gun The loudest of guns provoke bombs And in wrath, he will chase until it's done Your history is dead, dead wrong Dead, dead wrong Philosophy is dead, dead wrong Dead, dead wrong Your history is dead, dead wrong Dead, dead wrong Philosophy is dead, dead wrong Dead, dead wrong Within the mind of modern culture, there's an idle cog It is the section of humanity that never forgot And in the midst of moving forward, we have given the right To let the wolves attack the sheep and bury guilt inside I won't forget the twisted picture of the filth that we were Or disregard the faded voices of the people we hurt But I was never pulling triggers or degrading your face Don't look at me to give the reason for the pain that you trace The weak of the mind will use fist And the fist of the frail will bring gun The loudest of guns provoke bombs And in wrath, he will chase until it's done Your history is dead, dead wrong Dead, dead wrong Philosophy is dead, dead wrong Dead, dead wrong Your history is dead, dead wrong Dead, dead wrong Philosophy is dead, dead wrong Dead, dead wrong The scars outlive the pain Reflections will remain The scars outlive the pain Reflections will remain The scars outlive the pain Reflections will remain The scars outlive the pain Your sickness will remain Dead, dead wrong Dead, dead wrong Dead, dead wrong Dead, dead wrong Dead, dead wrong Dead, dead wrong Dead, dead wrong Dead, dead wrong

Submitted by Infernal Flame — Feb 21, 2026

It's buried deep within the past, and I hope it doesn't last (It's something I already chase, I already chase) I try to give it all away, but it's never going to fade (It's something I don't want to face, I don't want to face) I know you feel it's all the same, but I promise that I'll change (It's something I already chase, I already chase) You know I'm trying to believe that you're never going to leave (It's something I don't want to face, I don't want to face) There's nothing left The fear is gone And when my heartstrings come undone I will wait for you, pray for you Before I make my final run I will stay with you, decay with you I know I'm not the perfect one, and this pain has just begun (It's something I already chase, I already chase) You bring me to a better path, and it's everything I lack (It's something I don't want to face, I don't want to face) There's nothing left The fear is gone There's nothing left The fear is gone And when my heartstrings come undone I will wait for you, pray for you Before I make my final run I will stay with you, decay with you If you fade out without me Will you know all about me? If you fade out without me Will you know all? And when my heartstrings come undone I will wait for you, pray for you Before I make my final run I will stay with you, decay with you And when my heartstrings come undone I will wait for you, pray for you Before I make my final run I will stay with you, decay with you

Submitted by Infernal Flame — Feb 21, 2026

Where is the inception of digression in a human life? When is the answer just a bright light? Who am I in shamelessly defining all the wrong and right? What is the difference if we all die? I am not the first, the last, the absolute You will find no clarity in me I am the deceased, the least, the solitude Failing every face I try to be I'm not your progress, the pay of your pains I'm stabbing the questions for answers I can't face I'm losing the battle and finding no life to retrace I built this anguish with my own hands I felt the burn inside my heart I built this anguish with my own hands I watched our faces fall apart I felt the tears of all your angels, so cold I saw the fall of all your children, I'm so cold We are just a fraction of the poison living in this place How can we answer with a straight face? Who are you in gauging every standard you would have us chase? Are we alone to run the last race? We are all the weak, the meek, the innocent Kissing every fault that we disgrace We are of the worst, the cursed, the desolate Leaving every hope that we embrace I'm not your progress, the pay of your pains I'm stabbing the questions for answers I can't face I'm losing the battle and finding no life to retrace I built this anguish with my own hands I felt the burn inside my heart I built this anguish with my own hands I watched our faces fall apart I felt the tears of all your angels, so cold I saw the fall of all your children, I'm so cold You turn your eyes to me in hope of my decline Pointing your blame as I faltered on that line We saw your slander when you pulled it off the shelf If you want justice, you'll point it at yourself Face your fears Trace your tears Kill that blind assumption that you know how I react inside I am not so hollow, you can't see what grows inside my mind Straight-faced Straight-faced I built this anguish with my own hands I felt the burn inside my heart I built this anguish with my own hands I watched our faces fall apart I felt the tears of all your angels, so cold I saw the fall of all your children, I'm so cold

Submitted by Infernal Flame — Feb 21, 2026

I suffocate (Suffocate) Reality is tearing my life away All in vain (All in vain) I'm taking my pride into the grave What a fine line we walk with our eyes closed Giving our worst as first like we don't know Burning my way through life with a vengeance Giving my weight in hate until the neck bends Tearing out every trace of emotion Falling into this cell that you've opened Hollow as all these faces around me Feeling your fatal infection surround me We all live in fear of something We all disappear like nothing We all live in fear of something We all equal less than nothing I suffocate (Suffocate) I'm taking my life from first to last All this hate (All this hate) Is dragging my face through broken glass How can we be so blind in the same light? Covering all these scars that we can't hide Feeling my way through thorns of rejection Bleeding out all this filth of infection We all live in fear of something We all disappear like nothing We all live in fear of something We all equal less than nothing Nothing Nothing We're nothing Nothing

Submitted by Infernal Flame — Feb 21, 2026

This is not my life This is not our life Every day I die This is not my life I'll be the one last breath before this death I'll be the final glimpse of truth when there's none left And if I shame your face, degrade your faith I'll be the first to hide behind disgrace Blood-loss, on account of my failing aim Treason, at the root of my shameful name I found my way to fall I never meant to break your heart Breathing in this pain (Rejecting all I am) I hear you cry again (Is this my final stand?) Before I go (Before I lose it all) You should know (I hate myself for hurting you) I see the burn of the light from within my grave I feel the pain of contradiction despite decay And if the shadow of doubt will betray this gain Then put an end to me now while the hope remains Blood-loss, on account of my failing aim Treason, at the root of my shameful name I found my way to fall I never meant to break your heart Breathing in this pain (Rejecting all I am) I hear you cry again (Is this my final stand?) Before I go (Before I lose it all) You should know (I hate myself for hurting you) This is not my life This is not our life Every day I die This is not my life This is not my life This is not our life Every day I die This is not my life

Submitted by Infernal Flame — Feb 21, 2026

I'm not the only one who can't see why it crossed your mind I see your life and death reduce into a product line It's not enough to see you speaking through the blindest of eyes The same dead, cold breath is reducing mine I can't see why, why You're not a saint, you're a thief You can't deny, deny It's all a ploy underneath All I've seen (You better learn to keep your face under the dark) All I need (Wake up and feel the blood escape your heart) Your disease (For every word that you devalue and mistake) I can't breathe (For every soul you nauseate with what you say) You've brought this verdict on yourself (Before we ever had a chance) I hope you cry for the ones you've lost You built this burden when you fell (You know we never took a glance) I hope it's worth all the blood it cost It's been a long way back from the dissipated path Only halfway through, say goodbye and take a breath And when the end shines new with the burn of nothing left I'll give you one last chance to say you're done and give it back I won't agree, agree Your remedy is a joke I can't believe, believe That you can breathe and not choke All I've seen (You better learn to keep your face under the dark) All I need (Wake up and feel the blood escape your heart) Your disease (For every word that you devalue and mistake) I can't breathe (For every soul you nauseate with what you say) You've brought this verdict on yourself (Before we ever had a chance) I hope you cry for the ones you've lost You built this burden when you fell (You know we never took a glance) I hope it's worth all the blood it cost Peddle your faith to the blind And cheapen the love that you feel so painful Pushing the guilt through your spine And suffer the mold of a prime example Peddle your faith to the blind And cheapen the love that you feel so painful Pushing the guilt through your spine And suffer the mold of a prime example You've brought this verdict on yourself (Before we ever had a chance) I hope you cry for the ones you've lost You built this burden when you fell (You know we never took a glance) I hope it's worth all the blood it cost You've brought this verdict on yourself (Before we ever had a chance) I hope you cry for the ones you've lost You built this burden when you fell (You know we never took a glance) I hope it's worth all the blood it cost I feel my lungs beginning to burn With every foolish word that you spit Another nail you'll get With every foolish word that you spit Another nail you'll get With every foolish word that you spit Another nail you'll get With every foolish word that you spit Another nail you'll get With every foolish word that you spit (You spit) Another nail (Another Nail) You'll get (You'll get) With every foolish word that you spit (You spit) Another nail (Another Nail) You'll get (You'll get) With every foolish word that you spit (You spit) Another nail (Another Nail) You'll get (You'll get) With every foolish word that you spit (You spit) Another nail (Another Nail) You'll get (You'll get) With every foolish word that you spit (You spit) Another nail (Another Nail) You'll get (You'll get) With every foolish word that you spit Another nail you'll get

Submitted by Infernal Flame — Feb 21, 2026

Behind the eyes of my compassion lies a suffering soul And in my blood, a bitter darkness slowly taking its toll I feel the death of our connection and the fading of light Between the shards of sudden panic from choking on my life I see the scars of your addiction and the feeling you hide A blackened heart from all the hatred you will never rewind Within the depths of your depression hear you pleading for help You're just a shell of vacant ruin, a portrait of myself I can't breathe alone You can guide me home I am the face of your affliction Feeding new life through the cracks in your skull Beneath the skin of your aggression is a thickening fear A swelling plague from every devastating voice that you hear You feel the throes of contradiction in the word that you left Another day in your delusion, the never-ending death I can't breathe alone You can guide me home I can feel you here You can draw me near I am the face of your affliction Feeding new life through the cracks in your skull I am the pain of your conviction Stabbing you right through the back of your soul This is life This is love I am the face of your affliction Stabbing you right through the back of your soul I am the face of your affliction Feeding new life through the cracks in your skull I am the pain of your conviction Stabbing you right through the back of your soul I can feel you here You can draw me near

Submitted by Infernal Flame — Feb 21, 2026

Play dead again, it just might stop before the end If I pretend, you may not see the pain I'm in So close to me, can't tell what I'm supposed to be Don't stop to breathe, can't bear to think what you might see This tourniquet, these blessed hands around my head So I can keep from… Bleeding I've got to find a way to stop before it starts Finding its way through my veins right to my heart I never thought it something everyone could see And it kills within me Bleeding I've got to find a way to stop before it starts Finding its way through my veins right to my heart I never thought it something everyone could see And it kills I won't, I won't leave without a trace I won't be erased I won't, I won't leave without a trace I won't be erased It's in my head, I can't forget what you once said The words I read, the fractured soul that I can't mend Right here with me, killing the void I used to be Remembering through fading sparks of memory Two broken hands lift seven wounds and fight to stand To keep the lungs from… Caving I've got to find a way to stop before it starts Finding its way through my veins right to my heart I never thought it something everyone could see And it kills within me Caving I've got to find a way to stop before it starts Finding its way through my veins right to my heart I never thought it something everyone could see And it kills I won't, I won't leave without a trace I won't be erased I won't, I won't leave without a trace I won't be erased Turning, it's moving Escaping right through me I care not, I bleed not For you, I believe not I play dead I play dead I play dead I play dead I won't, I won't leave without a trace I won't be erased I won't, I won't leave without a trace I won't be erased I won't I won't

Submitted by Infernal Flame — Feb 21, 2026

As I clear my mind enough to see Decaying pieces of my being that have fallen on me I find the one clean cut that has given the wrath Beneath the deep and cleansing fire that is shaping the path I've had all my life to fall in place I watch all my past in right decay And with every step that shames my face I see all my pieces catch ablaze The pain is fading Now you're leaving me alone I can't stop bleeding I'm depleting on my own I can't bury every form I've seen The hollow pieces of perfection are embedded in me And with every step the walls give way And in the shadow of deceit, I can see you fade I've seen all those dreams we try to hide And the sound of honesty's reply But I'm not that man you've seen inside He was born so pure but then he died The pain is fading Now you're leaving me alone I can't stop bleeding I'm depleting on my own With every word I breathe out I feel it escaping from my soul With every thought created Omission leaving me so cold I've seen inside the downward fall Remember all the filth I saw I've seen inside the downward fall Remember everything I saw I've seen inside the downward fall Remember all the filth I saw I've seen inside the downward fall Remember everything I saw The pain is fading Now you're leaving me alone I can't stop bleeding I'm depleting on my own With every word I breathe out I feel it escaping from my soul With every thought created Omission leaving me so cold

Submitted by Infernal Flame — Feb 21, 2026

My fall Draws near My life fell out of my hands And into this hole where everything's cold I lost the feeling of guilt There's nothing inside, my innocence died And now the emptiness grows It's bringing me down and taking my crown I've seen where everything's dark It's here in my soul, I'm losing control Have mercy on me Have mercy on me Have mercy on me For every thorn I've driven in Have mercy on me Have mercy on me Have mercy on me For every thorn I've driven in, yeah Within these walls, you'll see Alone in here, the end Before my very last day I'm making it stop, I'm turning it off I'll fight the feeling I have 'Til everything's gone, resistance has won Now time is healing these wounds And you are still here, releasing my fear My life fell out of my hands They took it away, I'm taking it back Have mercy on me Have mercy on me Have mercy on me For every thorn I've driven in Have mercy on me Have mercy on me Have mercy on me For every thorn I've driven in, yeah And every day I feel Like this weight's constantly dragging me down Broken for the last time (Never get the best of me, won't get the best of me) I've got a heart of steel But your words are constantly bringing me down I'm open for the first time (Never get the best of me, won't get the best of me) Have mercy on me Have mercy on me Have mercy on me For every thorn I've driven in Have mercy on me Have mercy on me Have mercy on me For every thorn I've driven in, yeah Within these walls, you'll see Alone in here, the end My fall Draws near

Submitted by Infernal Flame — Feb 21, 2026

Words of high cost (You spit a curse at my name) When thoughts of hate cross (I can't devour your blame) This is your choice (This is your hammer to crush) I have no voice (You're not the hand that I trust) Throw it down on me Throw it down on me Before you break your silence Before we tear this open We'll count the dead and hopeless For every word unspoken Thoughts, like blood, run (Forever staining our hands) Mouth like cold gun (Before the barrel we stand) The latest and last (You put a price on my head) The latest and last (The worst is already said) Throw it down on me Throw it down on me Before you break your silence Before we tear this open We'll count the dead and hopeless For every word unspoken Before you break your silence Before we tear this open We'll count the dead and hopeless For every word unspoken Spilling through your teeth You're sick of what you've seen You point your guilt at every step we took in loyalty Spilling through your teeth You're sick of what you've seen You point your guilt at every step we took in loyalty Before you break your silence Before we tear this open We'll count the dead and hopeless For every word unspoken Before you break your silence Before we tear this open We'll count the dead and hopeless For every word unspoken Throw it down on me Throw it down on me Throw it down on me Throw it down on me Throw it down on me Throw it down on me Throw it down on me Throw it down

Submitted by Infernal Flame — Feb 21, 2026