To Speak, To Listen

Once again, here I am on the precipice of breathlessness My lungs collapse I can't escape the act If I live in a city where they hunt me down How long do you expect me to stay and wait to calibrate? If I bribe the committee with an offering Will they offer me commitment or calcify the magistrate? Because when I give in I hope that I can be a better man in the end and carry on But when you give up Then everything we've ever shared will self-destruct and tip the scales Choose to prevail If I live in a country where they propagate the wealth In corporate raids, then who am I to speak? They forgive you of nothing and they breed And they breed, and they breed until they overstimulate the earth and feed upon the weak Because when I give in I hope that I can be a better man in the end and carry on But when you give up (You give up) Then everything we've ever shared will self-destruct and tip the scales Choose to prevail If I live in a world where a consciousness exists Outside the walls of pain, ignorance, and habitual waste Then I will stand on the edge of the earth as a monument to the greater good of man To be born again

Submitted by BloodShrine — Feb 25, 2026

Pull yourself together You're the only one that's left Getting blood from stone I'm afraid that everyone listens in tongues But I won't give up, I won't turn back And I can't turn back I love until it hurts and every blessing feels just like a curse What's subtle burns so slow and evolves in circles Why are you afraid? The wind is your reprieve to endure When you give yourself away They will choose to believe the words you say Don't turn back If you stay and help me cope, you'll see me fly into the sun Into their vacant minds to seal their fate, time after time So, say that we're not the same And watch me prove you wrong again We live with his answers and still defyThe truth is he left the work unfinished the day he died (You let me in) Longing for rescue when push comes to shove I frame a space reflected by his love Between the lines When you hide yourself away They won't believe a word you say I am here to bring you closure I won't rest until you know yourself I am here to bring you closure I won't rest until you know yourself I won't turn back I won't give this up You can't turn back You can't give me up But if you remember divine sequence, I will return

Submitted by BloodShrine — Feb 25, 2026

Open your mind, accept the friction All of our lives are an addiction Deep within the earth is where we're birthed Genetics in decline It's all in how you survive I know that every time I try I lose myself at the bottom line (Reduction, expansion, engage the transaction) And this fear of destruction is the nature of my design (Breakthroughs from broken backs) I know that one day I'll be bitter (Our will is deserving, our pockets still burning) And the only one to blame, but you can rest assured (Conviction's what you lack) I'll show you all there is to see Fabricate slander, to live is to pander With dismay empower; Consumer devour (Like you never wanted this) Misuse of talent divided the planet (Because I never wanted this ) Corrupted the balance, and left us in the filth I'm in the enterprise of versatility Calculate the weights and measures Fate exceeds probability I take no investment lightly As you stack your greed from wall to wall You let your wealth devolve It's all in how you survive I know that every time I try I lose myself at the bottom line (Reduction, expansion, engage the transaction) And this fear of destruction is the nature of my design (Breakthroughs from broken backs) I know that one day I'll be bitter (Our will is deserving, our pockets still burning) And the only one to blame, but you can rest assured (Conviction's what you lack) I'll show you all there is to see No Break down the walls of my mistakes We dug our graves for none but us to lay Oh you depraved; have you no couth? An eons wrath of hell to pay We built our homes so we could run away To what end will you go to cover up the lies you've sewn? I can't stand the thought of becoming everything I'm not And pretending all my problems come from somewhere That's outside of my own head I'd rather be fed to the pigs Let my bones be a vestige of excess, of secrets, of flames and fear, of progress, of sequence, of less is fair

Submitted by BloodShrine — Feb 25, 2026

I talk to myself in my sleep Lucid walk through the doorway to watch her dance along the tapestries Cascade dreams But the man who dreamt the dreamer isn't me Manifest and create Now, everything I ever wanted lies behind the gate Locked shut and glistening with gold I've yet to find a path that isn't coal 'Cause I've been waking up just to see the sun glisten (Just to see the sun) For the hierophant and fall away I've waited my whole life and given up my selfish hands (My selfish hands) That built this all, to hear you say you know my name I give my mind to leave you with something more More than psalms and antiquated anecdotes (Oh-oh-oh-oh) I give my body to the bedlam of this schema we call transition To find the origin of our past transgressions 'Cause I've been waking up just to see the sun glisten (Just to see the sun) For the hierophant and fall away I've waited my whole life and given up my selfish hands (My selfish hands) That built this all, to hear you say you know my name There's wisdom in the water when you drink it from the grail The magician's blessed with providence No, a fool can never fail Your fate can be adjusted if you have a soul to sell If the world is an illusion, then the empress hides the veil When elation takes its toll on me Liberation allows my soul to plant a seed I've been waking up just to help the chariot (Chariot) Carve a way for every age who plays this game This game I still choose to play, -ay But I'm not waiting my whole life for someone to save me When I've already saved my self from the dark I seek the light to find you again

Submitted by BloodShrine — Feb 25, 2026

Anomaly, conformity Entheat decode the great machine Departure from consistency of dogmatic assimilation They're lost in misology And I can't relate to the nescient train of thought So, omnierudite, are you here to watch the world burn In compurgation or contrition? And I've seen it so many times before No love, just careless communication To reprocess counterfeit meaning In who we are when all is one All that's ours is what you want Inclination, a conscious separation (It is non-existent) So controlling, it pulls me closer (The path I choose to walk) Circumstances, ends that take no chances (It is self-consistent) Adaptation, human fabrication (Until I see the end) They've taken away our eyes and our ability to separate what's real Of all the lies and false beliefs The machines have taken all I've ever known They've taken away our lives and our ability to think and feel alive I feel all of my thoughts devolve The machines have taken all I've ever known Breathe in Bring me close and watch my eyes Concentrate Don’t turn away Breath out This could be our way out now Normality, incongruity Entheat decode the great machine Convergence of variation of singularity assimilation Free yourself in constant motion No surprises, no devotion Awake, protest the monolith or let this be the end

Submitted by BloodShrine — Feb 25, 2026

In my youth, I felt the earth move underneath my feet I knew my place and kept time blissfully out of harm's reach But time takes us all and makes fools of the beggars Hardens all hearts with desired endeavors Shell games, all routine in repose (Shell games) I grew tired of hiding in this shelter I built Of small empty promises and traces of silt I built it all up for so long It was only a matter of when I'd find out I was wrong And learn to let go, and learn to let go I was told I could be anything I wanted to be But conflicting opinions have led me to see I was born to be everything you've seen in your dreams A catalyst of providence, a glitch in the seam It's not right but it's what you need It's not right but it's what you need Now my past is not the residence I choose to reside And my future's just a context, ephemeral, implied It's not you, it's not me (It's not you, it's not me) It's now and everything in between And that's why I've harbored the will to keep moving my feet And that's why these calloused lungs are the only way I know how to speak So where are you now? And where were you when you were me? Have I proven anything or traveled full circle again? Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh 'Cause I know how much I've grown And the world is not a bitter place, despite what you've shown I will become everything that you said I could not And be there for everyone that you forgot I will lead the way back home I will lead the way back home The way back home

Submitted by BloodShrine — Feb 25, 2026

Do you seek out a teacher? A vagrant man who roams the Danxia in search of ancient eyes? Well, don't be surprised if that affair proves to be nothing more than vaticide Do you see yourself as a preacher? A man who doles out consequence for a God fit to be tied as the path intwined grows cold and dim (Path, intwined) Inside the labyrinth of the mind (Mind) Take a step back Breathe in the golden air and let your notions go Tracing lineage through the wrists of kings To find room to expand on how we came to be (To find) A history through the rings of trees Now I've heard you need a savior Just tell me that it's anyone but me The greatest divide has never been kind to anyone who tries to conquer pride Destroy, rebuild, destroy, rebuild Destroy, rebuild, destroy, rebuild Destroy, rebuild, destroy, rebuild Destroy, rebuild, destroy, rebuild Every city, every culture, every monument Until we're constant and loved And loved Like a child in the arms of impermanence Like Siddhartha handing you the torch And I see your faith in us Do you see my faith in us? When patience defies your art (You lit the flame) Take root in our hallowed souls (Fate flows through me) Kings of kings and ghosts of man (Tell me your name) Whisper softly When patience defies your art (You lit the flame) Take root in our hallowed souls (Fate flows through me) Kings of kings and ghosts of man (Tell me your name) Whisper softly Tell me your name Whisper softly Tell me your name Whisper softly

Submitted by BloodShrine — Feb 25, 2026

Starved for the light Sleepless dream of mine Conjure me, cast a circle Rouse my soul, say my name I don't want this grace if the meaning is empty I only want to sing if it wakes your mind I don't want to hurt if the pain yields no progress I only want to grow if it means I'll be whole But if I'm just as lost, strike my name from the books Burn the sage, tear out the page Let history remind us of everything that I've done Wear this devil on my back Erase the blame, forget the shame It keeps me intact Conjure me, cast a circle Rouse my soul, say my name Conjure me, cast a circle Rouse my soul, say my name Conjure me, cast a circle Rouse my soul, say my name Conjure me, cast a circle Rouse my soul, say my name I could die with my fears exposed or I could change the way I think The way that I perceive Be honest with my honesty Learn a lesson through a different system Reincarnate, post-optimistic Oh I sold my soul for a sense of self control Heaven and Hell, both what we make of them If I have a heart If it's God sent, then take it Or be taken aback But if I'm just as lost, strike my name from the books Burn the sage, tear out the page Let history remind us of everything that I've done Wear this devil on my back Erase the blame, forget the shame Am I closer now than I have ever been?

Submitted by BloodShrine — Feb 25, 2026

One sacrifice for another Or were we made to suffer and work our hands to bone? The vultures will circle my thoughts above Inferno Gate keeper, have I paid my penance and sacrificed enough for you to help me ascend? Or will you seal my fate in your father’s blood? Break the seal Blasphemy Codex Gigas, lead me to my venerable devices Alchemy Wormhole through a time once witless and unrefined To labor endlessly in the holy womb Birth after rebirth Doubt is failure's most clever disguise but I'm no stranger to deceit When the substrate is disgraced, then our time has come to exalt the maker I'm starting to believe the path is flawed, a paradigm I'm starting to believe we're on our own

Submitted by BloodShrine — Feb 25, 2026

Blessed and graceful Like a copacetic art connected from the start By the meek and faithful That comprise our counterparts and set us, set us apart Awake Find your faith or supplicate your God what you lack A ten fold collapse I will cast aside a thousand times the meek and the poor Is it all done? Before it's begun? If death comes to take me before I deserve Let it be known that I loved and I searched for a way to be holy A reason to be kind A place for us to live in the hearts of mankind I was weak, I was humble, I was human But I grew formidable and became impregnable I wanted everything So I took all the weight I could carry on my shoulders to build you a home A place where you're never alone Brick by brick, a house made together, a place in forever Wall to wall, here through it all I'm blessed to recall A place where you're never alone Wake up. We've always known how things have to be. Your mind is steady with resolve and yet your hands are still shaking. Can you see how we ended up here? You never shuddered at the idea of protecting what you love but I didn't consider the means to the end. Can you still see the path laid before you? We've been fathers and thieves, killers and kings, yet my faith still waivers at the thought of choosing to become what you know I must. When the difference between a murderer and a savior is in the eye of the beholder, will you be able to see the blood on your hands? We all know who's to blame. Can you see how this is all the same? We've seen this act play out through a thousand different eyes and every time I've been sure you're in the right. When you close your eyes, do you dream of a place where you can finally sleep again? Can you still see the blood on my hands? Wait. Speak. Listen. You'll know we've been here before. Wake up And I've lived in every voice that permeates stillness and resonates calm in the face of every choice I imbue clarity and I've died; I've been reborn I've seen many pious men give their lives for idol wars If there's one thing that I know for sure I'll make my way from this grave

Submitted by BloodShrine — Feb 25, 2026

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When you become me, you'll finally see These people are blind to the greater disease We're both tempting time with our souls on demand You can't erase a weathered past You can't maintain the master's hand Lay your eyes on these things your fathers have built These bridges and buildings connecting Their mothers before them exempered from the guilt of generations intersecting Will we find a way to get it right this time? I've spent my nights awake expecting you to come and help me find my way back home To the center intertwined To the answer I can't find To the Pharaoh, the Pariah sings again When you become me, you'll finally see These people are blind to the greater disease We're both tempting time with our souls on demand You can't erase a weathered past You can't maintain the master's hand How do we heal with the Alchemists in such a cynic state of mind this time? What do we build when the Architects have slaved themselves away for greed or God? How do we grow? One for the lost and zealous One for the blind who don’t believe One for the dharma of mankind Sahasrana, I need you now Say, say that you've brought the rain to end this drought Sift through the lies, see through the doubt Sahasrana, I need you now Say, say that you brought the rain to end my pain Cancel my eyes See through the clouds as the first drop falls from your grace to the ground I need you now

Submitted by BloodShrine — Feb 25, 2026