To the Death

To defy or tranquilize Pretense to assimilate Normalized till accepted Caution falls to attrition Keep my head, above the surface Holding on, against the current Raise the glass to crown the heights, to accelerate Inhale the easy answer, the burning embers wait Traverse the gateway, in a haze of smoke Hits to pills until, no other way to, cope Rendered lifeless Keep my head, above the surface Holding on, against the current Rivers of toxins, dragged under and down Caught in a torrent until they disappear Warnings fall on deaf ears, fractured lives slowly break Wounds and scars last for life, ruins left in their wake Repulsed by all that I see Waves break over me Everlasting loyalty, straight edge in contrast To the conscious corpses that drift lifeless past Keep my head, above the surface Straight edge, against the current Keep my head, above the surface Straight edge, against the current

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 25, 2026

Deterioration accelerates My kin a prisoner Now the reaper awaits A demon encased Inside of human skin A profiteer that feeds A plague of addiction There's no option, there's no recourse There's no other way Every meth lab burned To ashes Every meth lab burned Crimson flames Against the darkened sky The ultimate act of intervention No other option left to retaliate Drawn to attack the source The origin eradicated Confronted with reptilian coldness If not from me Then someone else will sell this Never accept that this Is just an act of fate The anger's boiling down Into absolute hate Crimson flames Against the darkened sky The ultimate act of intervention No other option but to retaliate Drawn to attack the source The origin eradicated Doused and set ablaze Scales of justice raised Doused and set ablaze Scales of justice raised Every meth lab burned Every meth lab burned Every meth lab burned Every meth lab burned Crimson flames Against the darkened sky The ultimate act of intervention No other option but to retaliate Drawn to attack the source The origin eradicated

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 25, 2026

Demented technology Devised for the slaughter Sentient beings' blood Spills in frigid water Harpoons pierce flesh and bone Explosives detonate Senseless killings continue A sickening fate Trivial excuses can't justify The sane filled with rage No reasons for these creatures to die Waning numbers fade in seas Clouded with pollution Pursued to the earth's end To near extinction Wailing fleet confronted In harm's way at risk The daring intervene Courage passes its test Trivial excuses can't justify The sane filled with rage No reasons for these creatures to die The last line of defense to save a species Shepherd's safety forfeit So others live Shepherd's safety forfeit So that others may Shepherd's safety forfeit So others live Shepherd's safety forfeit So that others may live Now the carnage Now the carnage is challenged Demented technology Devised for the slaughter Sentient beings' blood Spills in frigid water Harpoons pierce flesh and bone Explosives detonate Senseless killings continue A sickening fate

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 25, 2026

The weapons and drugs of dealers kill more in months and weeks than all of Al-Qaeda's victims for the cartel's greed The weapons and drugs of dealers kill more in months and weeks than all of Al-Qaeda's victims for the cartel's greed Their numbers equivalent to an invading force Violent drug gangs are terrorists, track the chaos to its source Terror tactics, bribery, torture, and murder Forced into a fearful silence in a one-sided war Security threat number one Security threat number one Collaborators betray, till the system fails Tally up the death toll, on a global scale The body count rises, overdoses and accidents Bullets kill both innocents and law enforcement Security threat number one Security threat number one Don't tell me it's just a choice Don't tell me it expands minds Don't tell me it doesn't harm Don't tell me anyone else Security threat number one Security threat number one Don't tell me it's just a choice Don't tell me it expands minds Don't tell me it doesn't harm Don't tell me anyone else

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 25, 2026

They betrayed us all They betrayed us all Lambs that weep for the release Of murderous wolves Lunatics extort from us To placate parasites Loyal to nothing Just as they Were programmed to be Mindlessness lost to excess in their vanity The heel is bearing down on our throats This is when slaves are Forced to revolt A lethal threat Has been imposed Now must defend Fight back With steel in my hand History distorted, every triumph defeated The flaws magnified until The ideal is left weakened The heel is bearing down on our throats This is when slaves are Forced to revolt A lethal threat Has been imposed Now must defend Fight back With steel in my hand Trapped in the ruins of A failed experiment Discard their illusions Break out of the ruins of A failed experiment Discard their illusions The heel is bearing down on our throats This is when slaves are Forced to revolt A lethal threat Has been imposed Now must defend Fight back With steel in my hand Fight back With steel in my hand Fight back Fight back With steel in my hand Fight back

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 25, 2026

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Control throught fear Let the chaos reign Agents of disorder Plague bearers' swarm Marionettes at Unseen masters' hands Sledgehammers crack the pillars Till they barely stand Link by link The chains constrict Over time Shackles slowly tighten Alterers of perception Lead down a darkened path Clouds of smoke sent up to Obliterate the past Control through fear Let the chaos reign Agents of disorder Plague bearers' swarm Link by link The chains constrict Over time Shackles slowly tighten Alterers of perception Lead down a darkened path Clouds of smoke sent up to Obliterate the past They're victims of subconscious suicide They're enablers of the crime Poison against creative vision Drive the wedge, fragment cohesion A nightmare brought into reality Can't turn back, ruins are all I see Control through fear Let the chaos reign Agents of disorder Plague bearers' swarm Marionettes at Unseen masters hands Sledgehammers crack the pillars Now they fall

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 25, 2026

The hand of death is lifted Across the land The blight exterminates None able to withstand Demonic misanthropes Unseen killing wins Intentionally set Upon humanity Airborne agents infect From the contagions inhaled The particles transmit Till immune systems fail Lives taken slowly As the sickness spreads No cure to defend No cure to reverse One by one, struck down Nations end, cities fall With the silent dead Nations end, cities fill With the silent dead Man's creations collapse Under the elements Buildings slowly crumble Away in the stillness Lives taken slowly As the sickness spreads No cure to defend No cure to reverse One by one, struck down Nations end, cities fall With the silent dead Nations end, cities fill With the silent dead The skyline decays Now nature reclaims the earth The skyline decays Now nature reclaims the earth Vegetation returns Civilization fades Birds above, beasts below Urbanscape unrecognizable Through broken canyons Streams flow free Fractured streets are filled with trees Moss covered concrete In ruins In the absence of humans Their lives taken slowly As the sickness spreads No cure to defend No cure to reverse One by one, struck down Nations end, cities fall With the silent dead Nations end, cities fill With the silent dead

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 25, 2026

Projected from the eye of Babylon Disseminate the vileness Till every psyche is scarred Virtue mocked and cut down History falsified Traditions assaulted That once unified Do as thou will In the world without God Now the earth's a hell Humans a fallen race Do as thou will In the world without God Now the earth's a hell Humans a fallen race Cast the smashed remains Of the moral compass away Not brave or new A hi-tech lapse into The arcane and the cruel Do as thou will In the world without God Now the earth's a hell Humans a fallen race Do as thou will In the world without God Now the earth's a hell Humans a fallen race What crimes of geneticists await Now god's creations are twisted Alterations tempt destruction Crops that can't regenerate Animals modified for profit Humans for slavery or war Do as thou will In the world without God Now the earth's a hell Humans a fallen race Do as thou will In the world without God Now the earth's a hell Humans a fallen race

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 25, 2026

The recklessness The senselessness It's insidious This is what horrifies Thirty-six hundred pounds of steel, accelerates Victims lost, intoxicated, all his mistake Crushed to death or left paralyzed The recklessness The senselessness It's insidious This is what horrifies A mother's instincts Overpowered by the ferocity of addiction Carcinogens inhaled leave her baby poisoned When what is done is done, it affects everyone When what is done is done, it affects everyone Addict's live crumbles, can't function or care Abandons his family, caught in a snare Others dragged down, as they're pulled in A tangled mess of disasters The recklessness The senselessness It's insidious This is what horrifies

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 25, 2026

Beneath the glare Days of agony are spent, caged, chained, or penned Above a floor of wire fence Every basic right denied even the freedom of movement Inescapable insanity dominates every moment Enslaved and entombed Enslaved and entombed Enslaved and entombed, I disengage the death machine Enslaved and entombed, I disengage the death machine Species torn from nature, individuals decreased From living beings no nothing more than mechanized protein machines Calves seized from their mothers, confined in veal crates Meat, dairy industries connect to end with the same fate Enslaved and entombed Enslaved and entombed Enslaved and entombed, I disengage the death machine Enslaved and entombed, I disengage the death machine Boxcars, stockyards, the killing floor Decapitated in the abattoir Partake suffer the consequence, anthropocentric arrogance Boxcars, stockyards, the killing floor Decapitated in the abattoir Partake suffer the consequence, anthropocentric arrogance Beneath the glare Days of agony are spent, caged, chained, or penned Above a floor of wire fence Every basic right denied even the freedom of movement Inescapable insanity dominates every moment Vegan, for life Vegan, for life Vegan, for life Vegan, to the death

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 25, 2026