The Forever Endeavor

[Words by Steven Sagala, Music by Steve Stell and Joe DeGroot.] [Lead: Stell] The illusion in us all - a social parasite Manipulating circumstance or a judgment stigmatized? The inner revolution, the ruins of the heart These are tales of bitterness let me take you to the start I feel it coming down And waiting at my door My God so far away Does he need me anymore? We travel in this rapid form Unable to fulfill our dreams The fleeting thoughts of yesteryear Impossible for you to breed Songs of a shattered lifetime - modern day dramatics Another contradiction is rising through the conflicts Nothing lasts forever Nothing stays the same We are magnificent material exposed to decay At the farthest reaches of my sight You're not there Where are you now? As I cry for my reprieve Where are you now? As I become who I am supposed to be Tear my heart Ease my pain Further below us yet so up high This paradise will never survive The wrath of mankind means nothing here The hands of the liar will seal my fate I am burning alive As the angels weep, the prophet decrees "Withered wings shall befall the kings" [Lead: Stell] [Lead: DeGroot] The illusion in us all - a social parasite Manipulating circumstance or a judgment stigmatized? The inner revolution, the ruins of the heart These are tales of bitterness let me take you to the start I feel it coming down And waiting at my door My God so far away Does he need me anymore? We travel in this rapid form Unable to fulfill our dreams The fleeting thoughts of yesteryear Impossible for you to breed

Submitted by Warbringer — Apr 26, 2025

[Words by Steven Sagala, Music by Joe DeGroot.] Born upon lies Deception and strife Poised to be art This lifeless heart Where will we be? What does it mean for me? Follow the truth then take it with you Further and further away To save humanity Beyond the realm of time In my eyes A reason's demise This moment of truth Shall cut all the ties Say goodbye Leave it all behind Curse the word Let it be heard Witness the fall I want it all Reach for the promise Hold back the tears Down on the inside Nothing left to fear Behold the mystery On this endeavor that will last forever Make a believer in me On this endeavor that will last forever [Lead: DeGroot] Feel the air as two wills collide Send me away as you look towards the sky Perpetual existence - a place where nobody goes The path of least resistance - a place that nobody knows [Lead: DeGroot] Born upon lies Poised to be art In my eyes A reason?s demise This moment of truth Shall cut all the ties Where will we be? Say goodbye

Submitted by Immortal — Apr 26, 2025

[Words by Steven Sagala, Music by Steve Stell.] Screaming for mercy Why can't they hear me? These nights are filled with heartache These nights are filled with an empty glass Just turn us up and step aside We know you very well We know what dwells down deep inside Come see this from the past 'cause the cynics said it would not last Now watch them disappear The truth will begin right here These streets will burn behind you As tradition breaks tonight Go forth and tell the world We have arrived Our spirits clad in black This color runs down my back and leads me to your home The channel never has it Shift to automatic It?s how the cycle goes Then see what they really know [Lead: DeGroot] These are the signs of our times Take what you want and leave all the rest Hearken back to reclaim your creation and break this tradition [Lead: Stell] [Lead: DeGroot] For years we have wandered in dismay Now here we stand as one Stronger than you?ve ever known The loss of innocence became your saving grace What can we do right now? What more can we say? Fuel the rage Echo salvation They'll never run us out We're martyrs in the making Look deep into their eyes They're ripe for the taking Erase all the lines and get back in the fold This is the day and age Of monumental growth and change These streets will burn behind you As tradition breaks tonight Go forth and tell the world You have arrived

Submitted by Cyberwaste — Apr 26, 2025

[Words and Music By Joe DeGroot.] Spiraling universal spectrum Cosmic active sonar mind We are on a quest for equilibrium Through caverns that intertwine Faded-stellar resonance A sudden flash of delirium Surrounded by lightless clouds Castaway into obscurity Dismal awakening A diversion from this vertigo Maze of confinement Every turn leading back again In the winding hours In a manic wave hysteria The solar storm awaits Implode to explode Recycled existence breathes Dawn under the timeless sun [Lead: DeGroot] Spiraling universal spectrum Cosmic active sonar mind We are on a quest for equilibrium Through caverns that intertwine Faded-stellar resonance A sudden flash of delirium Surrounded by lightless clouds Castaway into obscurity Dismal awakening A diversion from this vertigo Maze of confinement Every turn leading back again [Lead: DeGroot]

Submitted by The Void — Apr 26, 2025

[Words by Steven Sagala, Music by Joe DeGroot.] Hear me now and die with me later..... There is no truth but the end of forever To solemnly swear to have and to hold and until tomorrow, the word shall bleed old (As the heart now grows cold) For I am one and one in you An eternity begotten from the earth anew You sow the seeds, I reap the harvest and rape the sanctity's gaze Awakened from this sleepless night without a soul to bear Please tell me how the story ends before I lose it all... make it disappear Tranquility and futility, two words stifled in stability Oh how I am praying for that day... will the nightmare ever end? Dead Light, Dead Night Impurity and spiritual bliss in heaven's chambers by a mere mortal kiss Dead Light, Dead Night Loathe me and love me, love me and leave me As you fall from grace your lord is with thee I was not trying to make it different I just wanted control Don't even try to make me believe The pain will go right through you [Lead: DeGroot] Deterioration, elimination - of our destination Inferior will in a virtual thrill - as time stands still No, I won't let you in Meet me at the turning point as there?s no turning back The silence is deafening...go in for the kill Dead Light, Dead Night Impurity and spiritual bliss in heaven's chambers by a mere mortal kiss Dead Light, Dead Night Loathe me and love me, love me and leave me As you fall from grace your lord is with thee I was not trying to make it different I just wanted control Don't even try to make me believe The pain will go right through you

[Words By Steven Sagala. Music By Joe DeGroot] Once alive - deep inside Now staring through unforgiving eyes Guilt in my heart My fate in your hands I ask for forgiveness Now tell me your plans You speak to your mirror Speak to your lies Do you like what you hear? No cares or worries it's all now behind you Move on now move on, but let me continue As you cling to those objects - the ones you hold dear There will be nobody near -Unleasing the fury inside- Watch me now bleed as I stand here before you In mercy, in love - I'll show everyone here what you do This is the way the deal has been made I swallow my pride, get back on my feet While waiting for you and your life cloaked in need Feel the cold of a black-hearted soul So deadly a force that alone it cannot run its course Silence replaces your once changing faces Wretched and reckless - a sorrow now endless Sick with self-pity you are now growing weary I laugh as you cry Take me away from this place you've created Do you not see I am striving for change? My hands tied behind me with no ground beneath me [Lead: DeGroot] Gather your weapons and gather your friends Celebrate losing at life once again Grieve by the bottle Laugh at the past Flash us a smile and see if it lasts The pictures are fading as life takes its toll Now there is nothing left to show Take a look and you will see I did what was best You did all the rest!

Submitted by Immortal — Apr 26, 2025

[Words by Steven Sagala, Music by Steve Stell.] Walking through the shallow-filled escape As we have seen it many times before Right on towards the resolution We fall within the tides of evolution To mock the tyrants - it's the essence of man And to conquer it within our hands Right on towards the resolution We fall within the tides of evolution We await the day For another time where we can fall in line We are the ones who are in control It's the reality within the role All these faces like you've never seen The acting parts within you and me Now we are waiting for the sign It's the truth within the line All these faces like you've never seen The acting parts within you and me Narrow minded the feverish stance The pseudo-blind romance Holding on in desperation We fall within the halls of desolation Deviate the means until the end Reverse the sequence and take a stand Holding on in desperation We fall within the halls of desolation The lucid design of a dying race Tell me where you stand in this great big space Scripted and obscure with words unbound Within these words the secrets shall be found Defy the darkness here Defy the darkness as it draws near The struggle now unfolds as the millions in death await Let's break the silence [Lead: Stell] We are the ones who are in control It's the reality within the role All these faces like you've never seen The acting parts within you and me Now we are waiting for the sign It's the truth within the line All these faces like you've never seen The acting parts within you and me We await the day The acting parts within you and me

Submitted by Dahmers Fridge — Apr 26, 2025

[Words by Steven Sagala, Music by Steve Stell and Joe DeGroot.] Call my name Call my name without regret And I'll be on my way What are we doing here? Why are you asking me? This red color from the line A strange sense of sympathy? I cannot be one with them Ao I'm standing by your side Torn between what's real and binding As those scenes keep rewinding All I can say and do is surrender to the guilt That it puts me through I am the poison fountain I am the poison seed I love to poison you You love the poison me Beware this twilight creature This demon of the night Feed off its energy Breathe in its frightening dream Now I am one with them No longer by your side Sit back and hold on tight Get ready for the ride All I can say and do is surrender to this misery that it puts me through I am the poison fountain I am the poison seed I love to poison you You love the poison me A carnal desire - my life is now at stake For all that I know, how much more can I take The battles, the rages, the infinite stages Where we become the dead At the hour of my grief Please tell me what I need 'Cause no one seems to understand My place in life or who I am How can I go on like this? We have faltered again Beneath the saddest shade of life [Lead: DeGroot] [Lead: Stell] Bring me all your hell What are we doing here? Are you still asking me? Just look right down the line You will find no sympathy See me, hear me, know who I am I am the one with contemptuous hands This is the name that you wish you could forget This is the name that you now regret Tell me what to say and do Tell me what to say to you But now it's too late

Submitted by Cyberwaste — Apr 26, 2025

[Words by Steven Sagala, Music By Steve Stell and Eric Kava.] The lines have been drawn Mark the ground with ashes Forget me not I am the icon of the masses The tables will turn, another will burn The blindness now revealing In darkness defiled, a work in denial The leper is so appealing Redemption - crawling in the depths of a thousand scars Is this what you're dying for? Redemption - crawling in the depths of a thousand scars To become the savior [Lead: Stell] [Lead: DeGroot] Cowards! Cowards! They hide behind their salient walls Lash out towards the ignorant No mercy for the innocent Autocratic? Democratic? Or a population overkill? One by one The image that will fade away I stalk you in the night Without warning and out of sight I don?t care what?s wrong or right 'Cause it all ends here tonight Your blood is as good as gold Another victim waiting to be sold Watch out, you may be next Down at my feet just like all of the rest [Lead: DeGroot] [Lead: Stell] Fists in the air march with me Rebels heed the call Patron saints of ill-borne sin I told you once, now for the last time Give us a chance, give us a choice Here is the plan to reverse the voice Redemption - crawling in the depths of a thousand scars Is this what you're dying for? Redemption - crawling in the depths of a thousand scars To become the savior

Submitted by Morgoth — Apr 26, 2025

[Words and music by Steven Stell] I've had enough Of these worthless words you speak And it's become too much for me to take Can you reach inside of my dead heart And restore my faith, because it's lost Lost in your hopeless, empty eyes Eyes so blind to all that's real It's a shame that you will never see See what you've left inside of me Take the time to do it right And cleanse yourself within this light Disconnect to re-invent what is it that you lack that holds you back somehow? Break me down just once again You'll find no answers within One false move unlocks the truth Who is it that once said "The past repeats itself" Who fucking cares! And so it has to end There's no reason to pretend And as the seasons change We find there's no one left to blame So when all is said and done I find I'm not the only one This lovely misery we shared Was all for nothing Love gone wrong But was it ever really truly right Who's to know and who's to say There's no reason to stay true in vain Say what you will to ease your pain And I should've seen it from the start A fake that hides behind a fragile smile Can you truly build a perfect life With designs custom made to suit a whore Take the time to do it wrong and see what's been missed all along Talk is cheap and so are you Whatever will this poor girl do to free herself? And if you ever do decide To take hold of your makeshift life Wipe away all of your tears And realize that no one cares you've failed again You're on your own And so it has to end There's no reason to pretend And as the seasons change We find there's no one left to blame So when all is said and done I find I'm not the only one This lovely misery we shared Was all for nothing Rise....And soar above the rest And realize you've passed their test To turn back now would surely crush all you've gained and that would be quite a shame So swallow it as it comes beacause too much is not enough And if our paths cross again don't dare speak a word I've heard it all before save your dying breath I don't care anymore There's no more you and me but please don't fail to see That everything we had still lives in memories... [Lead: James Murphy] And so the cycle continues Outstretched arms won't you warm me with your cold embrace and fuel my hate just once again Deep inside there's still a part of me That longs for your faithless, bitter touch But these feelings never really last no longer slave to your foul kiss I have washed my hands of all of this I've regained my life, you're dead to me Take the time to do it right and cleanse yourself within this light Disconnect to re-invent What is it that we lack, that holds us back somehow? And If you ever do decide to take hold of your makeshift life wipe away all of your tears And Realize that no one cares we've failed again you're on your own And so it has to end There's no reason to pretend And as the seasons change We find there's no one left to blame So when all is said and done I find I'm not the only one This lovely misery we shared Was all for nothing...

Submitted by Dahmers Fridge — Apr 26, 2025