A Blueprint of the World

There's a man who is lonely This could change if he'd only Take a chance and risk stepping outside himself There's a girl he's been seeing From afar he's been dreaming He could have her if he were someone else So he silently awaits A major change in fate A change that comes too late And you're reaching for a star But can you reach that far Standing where you are? The wanting was too much You're longing for her touch It's not within your clutch There's a man who's been thinking To himself he's been dreaming How to build a skyscraper to the stars Now he starts to go to it He's so sure he can do it Though he's lacking the knowledge of design Now his dream comes crashing around him And tumbles to the sea Along with all he wanted to be A realization strikes him A harsh reality He doesn't know everything When the student tries to teach The knowledge that you seek Lies just outside your reach There's a thirst you have to learn A hunger inside burns Time for the page to turn It's the wanting It's the hoping It's the longing There's a flame within your soul To strive to reach your goal But dreaming takes its toll It's nature's own device To grab and roll the dice But each toss has its price Emotions starts to flow Your heart takes control And steers you down the road Your destination is no concern The impulsive never learn Just another bridge to burn (x2) It's the wanting It's the hoping It's the longing

Submitted by The Void — Apr 26, 2025

I've been a hungry and a holy man Trapped between what I am and want to be I disowned my mind and denied my heart Inspiration set me free Rekindle the fire of what'll be I see the fixed mark in the mirror The North Star, no need to fear Stop, I'm not time's fool Just a nomad Searching for life Should I kill what gives me life? No, I've got to feel this I've got to win this fight She sanctions my right I'm down on my knees She refuted the meek She offers the world The world I seek I see the fixed mark in the mirror The North Star, no need to fear Stop, I'm not time's fool Just a nomad Searching for life You know the heart fuels the mind Alleviates the grind Gives reason to strive Drawing strength from the sky Knowing nothing is wrong How sublime a thing it is To suffer and be strong

Submitted by Grave666 — Apr 26, 2025

My destination is unknown And I've lost my way But I still have water With my rations running low I am so fatigued Can I go much further? Lost and all alone In the blazing heat And it just gets hotter Sweat drips down my skin And strings my eyes As I look toward the distance Blistered hands block the sun That blinds my sight And dances on the horizon Is there something up ahead? Or just a mirage Fooling me again Another dried up waterhole Lacking nourishment Quench my thirst and feed my mind The place that I seek is so far away And I don't know which way to go The vision I see is a holy place That is tranquil to the soul Just a nomad sailing across this earthly sea Searching on and on for sanctuary Weary from the chase of life's eluding dream Strive to reach that goal but it's never ending Raise my canteen to parched lips Taste the water so sweet Take one last swallow So many miles I have come So many more to go Down the path I follow Funny how we lose our way Through this desolate land Lives are grains of sand Which way will the wind blow? Sifting through our hands To fall wherever they may The place that I seek is so far away And I don't know which way to go The vision I see is a holy place That is tranquil to the soul

Submitted by Nargaroth — Apr 26, 2025

When I spoke with you today I didn't know what to say It's been so long, so long I said I'm doing fine But what haunts my troubled mind Is where it all went wrong, so wrong I did not suspect That we would not connect And end up strangers I could dance with you all night Make love by candlelight We could talk and talk but it's all in spite Because you'll never be my friend I could walk with you through the rain We could share each other's pain We could do all this but it's all in vain Because you'll never be my friend As time goes flying by I have to wonder why I don't see you anymore They call it chemistry What will or will not be What's missing between you and me I could dance with you all night Make love by candlelight We could talk and talk but it's all in spite Because you'll never be my friend I could walk with you through the rain We could share each other's pain We could do all this but it's all in vain Because you'll never be my friend When I spoke with you today I didn't know what to say Maybe so long, so long If you chance on me some night Underneath some lone streetlight Just wave and say, "So long, so long" I do not regret The chance I shan't forget And we're no longer strangers You could dance with me all night Make love by candlelight We could talk and talk but it's all in spite Because I'll never be your friend You could walk with me through the rain We could share each other's pain We could do all this but it's all in vain Because I'll never be your friend Never be my friend, my friend You wouldn't be my friend And I couldn't be your friend So long, so long...

Submitted by Corpse Grinder — Apr 26, 2025

This track is instrumental.

Is this song not instrumental?

I run my desperate trembling hands Along the floor where you once walked Fighting tears that come from loss I brave the rooms where we once talked You took a part of me I never can reclaim Your spirit's in my heart But you know it's not the same Straining to beat this blur of tears Swollen eyes beg for my dead friend Reminiscing with a photograph Drives home what was won't be again I will to guarantee my reason will prevail Pain breeds the need for make believe To soothe a heart that's frail Like a wind-up clock left in the rain Like a candle burns away its light We all suffer at death's door As surely as day turns into night I drop down to my knees And plead with the sky Of course it does no good But I'll give anything a try Gazing, thinking, standing on a cliff That guards the blue-green of the sea I accept the blueprint of the world That all must pass away that's come to be You meant so much to me That's why there's all this pain So much improved from our exchange It will never be same Like a wind-up clock left in the rain Like a candle burns away its light We all suffer at death's door As surely as day turns into night Like a wind-up clock left in the rain Like a candle burns away its light We all suffer loss at death's door We all suffer loss...surely as day changes into night

Submitted by Finntroll — Apr 26, 2025

I'll soon use my hands To carve paths through this caged world Locked up by them I must hold my courage Whether their kind will ever give Whether in life they'll ever live Flaming eyes burn far above A candle's glow Naked to myself Chained to change One day see the light As I grasp for this My world My joy Purged of its life They will seek their reward Leading them on... They'll bleed their own hearts Steal my world Asserting that I must sanction worse Flaming eyes burn far above A candle's glow Naked to myself Chained to change

Submitted by Celtic Frost — Apr 26, 2025

I arise from sleeplessness invited by the wind It lifts me up from loneliness and greets me as a friend It beckons me to walk alone beneath the nighttime sky An altar of frozen light to worship with my eyes As you're lost within the view Something reaches out and finds you As you leave the sight behind The feelings that remain, remind you With the wind in my hair, and heart in hand Nature and I become one She understands and speaks to me Call to mind these images that surface from the deep Ghosts of sights that I have seen when sight was lost in sleep I've looked across both time and space and haven't blinked an eye Fused with the things I've seen beneath the nighttime sky (x2) As you're lost within the view Something reaches out and finds you As you leave the sight behind The feelings that remain, reminds you As you're lost within the view Something reaches out to form you And when you leave the flames behind The embers that remain will warm you

Submitted by Corpse Defiler — Apr 26, 2025

There's an aura around you I'm captivated by your eyes I can't believe that I've found you Why am I so starry eyed? I once lived with honor Followed codes of chivalry But I can't help but falter Under the spell of Annowree Oh - This love's not for real The emotions I feel Oh - stronger than tempered steel Can't you see how I feel? Where did you come from? What's your name? Is it all a game? You ignite men's hearts aflame To burn for you in vain Like a magnet you draw me Like a spider to the fly An empty heart is so easy To seduce and hypnotize Oh - is this my destiny? A lock without a key No - this nightmare is no dream Have I lost Reality? Where did I come from? What's my name? Nothing seems the same You ignite my heart aflame To burn for you in vain And the ones who let their hearts Rule their minds Will burn their bridges When they've crossed And leave the world behind... Leave it all behind (x2) No - this love's not for real The emotions I feel No - can I break this spell? Only time will tell

Submitted by SerpentEve — Apr 26, 2025