Empire of Light

This is all too much to deal with, there is no clear path As we fall to pieces everything erodes And I won't just stand here for nothing My hands hold on to the rags that we have left Maybe I'm just scared of the distance from everyone I love It's not easy, but then nothing good never is Seven of the longest years have lead to the greatest moments of my life I'm not falling apart, I'm not falling apart Appreciate the moments that are bad, because they will show everything else for what it really is Truth be told I love this so fucking much Honestly, I cannot think anywhere that I would rather be I know there'll be hard times, but together we can pull through the darkest sky Moving forwards we will hold on and we will never lose our grip Even if I've fallen I will get up and unbroken I will say I'm not falling apart, I'm not falling apart We're not falling apart Hold my arms, never look back, I won't forget And I hardly feel the stress around me, but it's not the end But then all this time I never saw the light And I will never look back and regret a single moment of this amazing thing

Submitted by Cyberwaste — Feb 12, 2026

I will take this moment with me to the end, to the withered light And I won't break like you hoped I would A lost cause to want out Fractured breathing won't last Always hoping for the best Your intentions were never as good as our dream I want everyone to know just how hard this is to keep on through the rain And I won't be, be reminded of the blackest nights and bleakest days I know Fractured breathing won't last Always hoping for the best Your intentions were never as good as our dream The darkest nights don't break our cause The pride we hold to lose will not fall The darkest nights don't change our hearts Are we holding our breath? We're not breaking our hold Withered heart to break through the dark, x2 (Give me strength to fight back, to carry on)

Submitted by Cyberwaste — Feb 12, 2026

I can't be open if you are in the way Another chance has passed us by If you can't take on the role How can you expect us to move? Your mistakes are too great to count But I won't fall for any of your vows You're falling apart And I won't break for any of your tears You're falling apart I won't be able to scream louder If I could I'd be able to say You're not capable of progress You cannot illuminate the path Mistakes surrounding you Mistakes engulfing us We cannot make this alone Pull out defences and let it in The water's crashing down But I won't fall for any of your vows You're falling apart And I won't break for any of your tears You're falling apart I won't be able to scream louder If I could I'd be able to say You're not capable of progress You cannot illuminate the path Thread bare Things won't move Will you even care? This bad dispute You can only fall down

Submitted by Cyberwaste — Feb 12, 2026

I once thought that I would know the time just to give it up You hold more than you think you do But you're letting go the best thing you have But you don't hold on And breaking hold doesn't last If all the times we let it drop we didn't die just a little bit The things we love the most But you break once it settles down You hurt and you hate the thought of never again You said you wouldn't break But you hold onto the light that's left It rains down But you take the chance or you just regret that you gave it up So you just hold on And I won't be able to let this die I can't just forgot this moment in my life And I won't be made to lose the light I don't want to forget To live with regret Lost You couldn't change how the morals fail You couldn't change how we fall I hate to be the one to watch if we fade away

Submitted by Cyberwaste — Feb 12, 2026

Taking back what we couldn't see through the smoke as the edges fall But we never have a clear route to choose And now we have only one Broken light filters through the cracks It's all the future has ever offered us But we don't need faith As we fall from the sun we collide All paths lead to the grave This won't be the end We're stuck in this lonely abyss Where's the other side? And we don't hold back As we push through the waves and the seas Never good enough for them It was never as hard for them all But if only we could push through these waves We fall from the sun We collide Fate fortunes the brave The harder you fight Less to regret Hopeless and shaking Take my hand You don't take sides It's frozen A lasting abyss The winds pull down a faultless clear sky You can't take the glow and beauty away The direction is ablaze You don't dont take sides It's frozen A lasting abyss With the clarity of moments passed We can take the mountains as they come Take my hand Fate holds fortune for the brave

Submitted by Cyberwaste — Feb 12, 2026

For the ones that reach out not to fall It will tear them apart to know how the light fades We'll lose our grasp But the worthless are saved The reasons crumble to the floor Ash to ash Dust to dust No perspective on life We lose our grasp We lose our grasp Just hanging by a thread We'll take our chances Even though I'm a wreck I'll keep on fighting until the end I cannot say a word I am left breathless How can we live when knowing we lose the ones that we love? Walking the Divided lines that lead us through They cross through our hearts Life is so cruel when it knocks us down I don't see what you live for You are taking the best part of your life and just throwing it away I don't think that you're drifting apart I don't think I've been hiding away There's something to live for There's no promises kept Dig deeper into our hearts The loss is hard The truth is sharper Sorrow breaks down the highest star It moves our lives It makes us stronger Dig deeper into our hearts The loss is hard The truth is sharper I don't care if the odds are bleak You take the chance or live in remorse You're breaking off The pain too much You're hiding the fragile parts of your life There's no shame in sharing your pain We all hide the fragile parts of our lives SORROW LIVES inside our hearts SORROW PLAGUES a terrified life SORROW LIVES inside our hearts SORROW BREAKS the depths of our weakened souls

Submitted by Cyberwaste — Feb 12, 2026

The passing of our time We borrowed out own fate You hurt for nothing in your own mind The walls are closing in and I can hardly breathe You cannot hold onto my soul Bearing down My heart grows darker My arms grows weak And I won't be able to see No matter what they say They can't explain They cannot see my eyes While hiding what I have left You'll be my light My arms grow weak My arms grow weak Lost My heart grows darker I set my sights too high How can you think with the truth ablaze? Making up an excuse to rationale The wrong Your lack of thought will not break me down But you don't even realize the cost You take my arms You take my light You don't know how this feels to be so alone You take too long to see that this is wrong Just ignore all the sleepless nights We'll break them all

Submitted by Cyberwaste — Feb 12, 2026

A barren lining in the darkness A weakness in our lives The shade of dusk can make us feel alone Hopeless shaking in the dark clouds You open up my eyes You hold me up to understand You say hold on /hold on Your open arms will shield the winter You open up my eyes Without despair we hold the path You say hold on Hold on But I can hardly see the vacant expression in their eyes I'm not losing all the things that ever mattered to me Hopeful moving through the cold light You've opened my eyes The mist will be clearing and the light will shine through

Submitted by Cyberwaste — Feb 12, 2026

Hate The only thing that moved inside of you A blind crusade that we all knew would fall apart You do not think You only resist You're losing the ones that once stood by your side You're losing your friends You're losing your trust You're losing the ones who ever cared for you I will not forget the past Because it hurt It made me stronger You will just avoid the truth Before you know it all will collapse You take control No thought Chasing a war Can't say we all played a part in this You have yourself You don't take in a thing we say Believing that we're all fine The truth is that you're losing ground Because the higher you climb The further you fall And I'll be able to see a fountain of my memories unfold You said you won't But I don't believe I will not go Until we search through our own souls Open the door to yourself To us all If we hold the weight of all our mistakes we'd hide inside ourselves and Be alone You did it before And we've borrowed time that's fallen from the outer sides of our thoughts And we've burnt all our ties With your life ablaze you won | concede A product of the same decay of your world But you've never tried to see And I'll be able to see a fountain of my memories unfold You said you won't But I don | believe While all time that you've spent on all the bad times that you have lived But I hope you'll see Believe this was for the best

Submitted by Cyberwaste — Feb 12, 2026

I won't feel the rain The falling sorrow that guides our lives Hope will only take you so far Through the darkness and into the light Our intentions eroding But what is the point of all this caring If all the roads are broken If all the paths lead to one place The problem isn't what we could have done But what we do now I won't feel the rain The falling sorrow that guides our lives Hope will only take you so far Through the darkness and into the light Into the light Paths - restraining me Hope - forever Light - show me the way

Submitted by Cyberwaste — Feb 12, 2026

The broken rules to wipe this from us You're taking our souls You're killing our dreams You're telling me how hard it's for you You haven't a clue We did this all ourselves The morning sun brings nothing but cold An empty gesture to a hopeless man Try living our lives What could you know of progress? You barely even think Our dreams are a shattered curse What's changed now? You'll take it from me You'll pull me down A hand held out You'll never leave us alone So what's changed now? You never listen You never try You sink your joys You're making my prospect so bleak The loneliest sun The loneliest day The loneliest life The loneliest life All I see is an open grave with our names on the stone You're moving the dirt You're burying the hopeful What | changed now? You'll take it from me You'll pull me down A hand held out You'll never leave us alone So what's changed now? You never listen You never try You sink your joys You're making my prospect so bleak I will never escape from your grasp You're leaving us to the sharks You're sitting in silence to watch us fall A moment of promise lost for good You're sitting in silence to watch us fall We're all going to sink The end of days approach faster than we would have hoped You're arms are folded A last reminder Living in a ghost town What can I do? A mocking blow to floor us We won't forget The problem is you Rain pours down What can I do? I'm not giving up I'm not breaking our promise I'm not alone The rain pours down But what can I do? I'm not giving up I'm not falling apart I'm not letting go The rain pours down But what can I do? I'm not giving up I'm not letting this hurt me I won't run The rain pours down But what can I do? We will never resent this Even if we were to fail this was all worth every second /Light shines down In every moment Even when we're knocked down The journey is not a lost cause Light shines down in every moment Pulling your hopes and dreams kicking and screaming You'll never regret/not even a second Light shines down in every moment

Submitted by Cyberwaste — Feb 12, 2026