The Great Divide

Round and round and round we go And where we stop, nobody knows The ocean of life, it ebbs and flows And so the story goes... I need a new direction I need a fast way out of here I need a course correction Circles...they lead me nowhere Circles...I'm going nowhere Back and forth and back again Sometimes you lose, sometimes you win Where you go and where you've been All ends where you begin... I need a new intention I need to find a higher gear I need an intervention Circles...they lead me nowhere Circles...I'm going nowhere Like a dog chasing his tail Like a snake eating itself Like a rat stuck in a cage Like a blind man reading a page Like a tree trying to leave Like a dead man straining to breathe Like a mute man having no say The sun always sets at the end of the day A spherical object, a perfect shape An infinite prison no one escapes A change of direction can't change your fate The sum you can't equate I need a new invention I need someone else to steer I need some comprehension Circles...they lead me nowhere Circles...I'm going nowhere Circles...they lead me nowhere Circles...I'm going nowhere

Submitted by Corpse Defiler — Apr 26, 2025

No one to the left of me, no one to the right Meeting with destiny, not a soul in sight Coming 'round, not far from going down Faster than what's good for me, a pounding in my head Common sense has mutinied, I'm hanging by a thread Back it down, no time to turn around Never seen it coming How was I to know? Death was looming Cry out Can you hear me? Can you help me? Can you heal me? Feels like I'm dying...I'm dying A chain reaction, catapulted through the air The main attraction, flesh and bone begin to tear Pressure mounts like three tons bearing down Just shy of darkness, like a candle burning out Warmth spreading through me, what's this feeling all about? Can't break free of the weight that's pinning me Nothing could save me Except the hand of God He came and gave me Mercy Can you hear me? Can you help me? Can you heal me? Feels like I'm dying...I'm dying My heart starts slowing Can't seem to catch my breath Nothing but the knowing of being close to death Don't take me now, I've got more to give I promise to seize the moments and really live I want to see my children grow I'm so scared and right now I'm all alone Give me breath, give me strength to rise Give me clarity to see through Your eyes To see people beyond their disguise Let this cup pass, give me life Can you hear me? Can you help me? Can you heal me? Feels like I'm dying...I'm dying

Submitted by Cyberwaste — Apr 26, 2025

Twisting and turning, always yearning for something that is better than this State of grace has left this place and I'm longing for the feeling of bliss Can a man know love, or is it just a fairy tale, like those in books told to a child? Can his heart be filled with something more than broken dreams and tragedy? Bridge the great divide So this is what's called life? You scratch and scrape and barely escape all of the struggles and strife And yet we all still dream of greater things You have to lose to win Round and round until we fall down then do it all over again Gluttons for punishment, is this time well spent? The great divide Clawing and biting, all this fighting amounting to a big waste of time Scaling the mountain to drink from the fountain is nothing more than an endless climb Can a man know peace, or is it just a pipe dream? Yell and scream and bleed just to know you're alive Can his life be filled with something more than uncertainty and anxiety? Bridge the great divide Travel to the other side and not be terrified of what he might find Somehow be purified and not be mystified by what he may find So this is how it ends? The travesty of serenity is it's over before it begins And still we just get by with our hopes held high And with this final test The good and the bad, the happy, the sad get put to an endless rest Can you close your eyes knowing you did your best? Can a man know God, or is he just a fantasy for you and me, one great big lie? Can his mind be filled with something more than evidence and common sense? Bridge the great divide Travel to the other side and be sanctified by what he may find The great divide The great divide

Submitted by Immortal — Apr 26, 2025

All mixed up On my mind I can't depend All mixed up Nothing left to pretend Change my mind and back again In through the out door again Nothing firm in my foundation Rock and something hard again And I've got nothing good to give And what I give no one should take I'm breaking things that I should bend And bending things I should break All mixed up On my mind I can't depend All mixed up Nothing left to pretend Change of heart and back again Can't reflect on my own reflection Thoughts that shift just like the wind That never blows in one direction And I've got nothing good to give Just pick a path for goodness sake I'm breaking things that I should bend And bending things I should break And I've got nothing left to give There's not much more that I can take I'm breaking things that I should bend And bending things I should break (x3) All mixed up On my mind I can't depend All mixed up Nothing left to pretend

Submitted by NecroGod — Apr 26, 2025

Woke up to a grey sky morning Another day the rain is pouring Take two pills and call it boring without you Since you left it's all too roomy The forecast calls for dark and gloomy I called your name you looked right through me, didn't you? You run when I crawl, don't see me at all I bleed to just need you to catch me when I fail Here I am, but I'm still miles away from you Transparent man, only you can look right through I retrace all the steps I've taken Your love for me completely shaken Apparently I was mistaken Is that true? I thought that we could last forever A bond so tight nothing could sever But this storm we cannot weather Send rescue I'm brought to the brink, this ship's about to sink My bailing is failing and it's more than I can drink Here I am, but I'm still miles away from you Transparent man, only you can look right through You control me... And I wonder if anyone even sees me at all Or was it all a dream? Was it love we were making? My will is breaking I give, you're taking Was I mistaken? Here I am, but I'm still miles away from you Transparent man, only you can look right through Here I am, but I'm still miles away from you Transparent man, only you can look right through You control me... Control me...

Submitted by SerpentEve — Apr 26, 2025

I can't recall your voice, I can't recall a word Was not given the choice to have my life altered I never saw you go, I never saw the signs Now God he only knows, just why you faltered What held you at bay? What got in the way? Are you looking back on everything now? What you didn't say? What cruel twist of fate? That you turned your back on everything? I've labored most of my life in the shadow of the memory of your love Now I just have to find my way out of the shadow of your memory Life cast you in the role you never cared to play And you've been typecast ever since in repeating daydreams But your understudy stole the lines you were meant to say And I recite them all the time, from the script you threw away And now that you're dead, you're back in my head Are you looking back on everything now? What else would you do? It should have been you But you turned your back on everything I've labored most of my life in the shadow of the memory of your love Now I just have to find my way out of the shadow of your memory Somebody cracked open the door and you just walked right through it Now you're gone and never said goodbye So I'll have to do it What held you at bay? What got in the way? Are you looking back on everything now? What else would you do? It should have been you Are you looking back on anything? (x2) I've labored most of my life in the shadow of the memory of your love Now I just have to find my way out of the shadow of your memory Can't find my way out I can't find my way out Can't find my way out I can't find my way out

Submitted by VladTheImpaler666 — Apr 26, 2025

Was a place to tread, clean the soil off your feet Needle in the red, and the song set to repeat To the hills I fled, from the brown into the green Had a skin to shed, to get out by any means Not a stone left unturned, not a bridge I didn't burn Not a choice I had to find my way See the parting sky, see the light that stings your eye See the veil lift, all revealed Feel the thunder roll, seems seismic in your soul What we all deserve to feel Had my lot in life, thought "it is just what it is" A twist of the knife was as comfortable as this This is my own plate, this is what I get to eat Cut off at the knees, now I'm back up on my feet All at once. I don't know how, a ray of sun the fates allowed I squint my eyes to bear the light of day See the parting sky, see the light that stings your eye See the veil lift, all revealed Feel the thunder roll, seems seismic in your soul What we all deserve to feel Thought it was my fate, thought it was forever Thought it was too late, hands were bound Guess I should have known never to say never A diamond in the rough is what I found I'm not a child, I won't behave or fall in line I'm not your slave I'm no place to tread, I'm no place to wipe your feet Call it lesson learned, and I'm not doomed to repeat Not a stone left unturned, not a bridge I didn't burn No regrets, I finally found my way See the parting sky, see the light that stings your eye See the veil lift, all revealed Feel the thunder roll, seems seismic in your soul What we all deserve to feel

Submitted by Immortal — Apr 26, 2025

Where did all the time go? Only seems like yesterday We'd sit and talk for hours, we'd watch our children play Now we're just left with haunted memories Flashes of faces, moments that used to be What are you going to say when Father Time has his way? At the end of the day will you shed a tear? Oh where did the time go? Each passing day melts away and it's too late once they disappear Where have the days gone? They must have came and went I should've paid attention, I should have saved instead of spent Now I'm just left with what is and what should be A pain in my chest, a hole where my heart should be What are you going to say when Father Time has his way? At the end of the day will you shed a tear? Oh where did the time go? Each passing day melts away and it's too late once they disappear You have to say you're gonna fight it You have to live with no regrets You have to savor every moment Appreciate the time you get You have to soak up all the memories You have to make the seconds last You've got to live in the here and now Our time ticks by so fast Here and now Here and now Here and now Here and now What are you going to say when Father Time has his way? At the end of the day will you shed a tear? Oh where did the time go? Each passing day melts away and it's too late once they disappear I forgot to say I love you I forgot to say I care I thought we had tomorrow But life can be unfair Our time is oh so fleeting Our time is just so brief How I long for yesterday Instead of all this grief Here and now

Submitted by Immortal — Apr 26, 2025