Hymns for the Broken

We've crowned a king with no soul When all doors are closed, we walk alone We know you've seen us, you always did And every time you close your eyes You make us fade Don't you ever wonder if we sleep at night? If we sit in silence, you think you're right In the end, you were never right (You were never right)

Submitted by BloodShrine — Apr 26, 2025

Brought into this world Met by open arms See, I was born as a hero But deep inside this kingdom I know that that’s untrue Given too many reasons Lost my faith in you (Civitas) (Civitas Diablo) On and on we rise we fall On and on we rise we fall This king is crowned by errors Lost right to the throne So place your crown of errors Your king – no soul! All that we ever wanted Was just to feel like you But we’re locked inside this prison of empty echoes (On and on) we rise we fall On and on we rise we fall On and on we rise we fall On and on we rise we fall I need to see, see the inside of me Straight into the depths to unlock it all to set all free I know you feel the same I know you’re trapped too inside this hollow of mine ????

Submitted by MetalElf — Apr 26, 2025

Today I lost my way Today I lost my will to say what I have known as truth Becoming numb must wake a change I used to live to stray I used to choose the easy way Becoming numb must wake a change (ah...) Becoming numb must wake a change (ah...) Must wake a change (ah...) Must rise to wake a change (ah...) ‘Cause no one knows our hearts Not as well as us, that’s what keeps us apart (Distant...) But we’ll conquer anything Defeat this world that makes us slave (ah...) Becoming numb must wake a change (ah...) Must wake a change (ah...) Must rise to wake a change (ah...) So if we’re not keeping silent If we just let it surface Something surely comes to set us free (We’re not keeping silent) Must defeat the words that make us slave Leave this world that make us hurt Believe the sun will rise to greet a brand new day (Ah...) Becoming numb must wake a change (ah...) Becoming numb must wake a change (ah...) Must wake a change (ah...) (Ah...) (Ah...) (Ah...) (Ah...)

Submitted by Cyberwaste — Apr 26, 2025

Deep down inside of me Deep into infinity Here it lies the birth of me And here it dies ‘cause you’re hurting me And you just keep breathing me And I just keep bleeding through You rule no longer The kingdom’s ours and growing stronger We rise... ‘cause nothing’s the same Nothing’s the same You hide when no one’s to blame No one’s to blame We rise from ashes and stone ‘Cause who I am to you does not reflect the truth The steamy mist in the hollows Makes it tougher to see who to follow And at the altars of days forgotten The sacrifice is to separate the rotten These shells have lost the capacity Both to suffer, to hope and to breathe free There’s no remedy... There’s no remedy... We rise... ‘cause nothing’s the same Nothing’s the same You hide when no one’s to blame No one’s to blame We rise from ashes and stone ‘Cause who we are to you does not reflect the truth We’re the shells that have lost the capacity Both to suffer, to breathe and to bleed free (There’s no remedy...) There’s no remedy... (You are not alone?) (You will never want to spent alone) (There are thousands and thousands and thousands of beings just like you) (Just like your spirit, just like you) (Who will never let you walk this path alone) (So raise your fist) (Believe in this, ‘cause we are the remedy) We rise ‘cause nothing’s the same You hide when no one’s to blame We rise from ashes and stone But who we are doesn’t matter ‘cause we’re not alone No one is alone We rise ‘cause nothing’s the same Nothing’s the same You hide when no one’s to blame And no one’s to blame We rise from ashes and stone ‘Cause who I am to you does not conflict the truth

Submitted by SerpentEve — Apr 26, 2025

Do you ever think it’s over? That we already lost We’ll never be convinced to change Do you ever feel it’s over? We are the ones with too fast beating hearts The ones who won’t say that we are lost But we have been fighting for much too long We’re getting tired ‘Cause we have been watching our comrades fall So we throw ourselves with open arms These open wounds and open palms You watched and left us all to bleed Drained these veins for all to see But we’re not falling, no We are the ones with too fast beating hearts The ones who won’t say that we are lost I threw myself at heaven’s arms And wore my open wounds to see You swore yourself to me You swore yourself to me But we have been fighting for much too long We’re getting tired ‘Cause we have been watching our comrades fall... And we have been fighting for much too long We’re getting tired We’re longing to see the barricades fall...

Submitted by Pestilence — Apr 26, 2025

Only breathe in the darkness Feels like a black undertow Only breathe in the darkness Let what is left just unfold Black undertow Freedom unfold Feels like a black undertow Free Unfold like a black undertow The morning mist chase the night away But inside this heart it never strays, it stays And how solitude understands me, it could never change I know the swings how he tumbles, how he sways Freedom at last Feels like a black undertow Free on hold Like a black undertow We're still in this together Still in this together Still in this together On hold Freedom on hold Feels like a black undertow Free Unfold like a black undertow Free unfold (unfold) Like a black undertow Freedom at last Like a black undertow

Submitted by Warbringer — Apr 26, 2025

I came with the harvest I flew with the flames We are the same The black seeds of autumn And cold winter rain We are the same (Come... come tear us open) (Always felt that it was us, not you) (I... am broken in two) Come... come tear me open Always felt that it was me, not you I... now that I’m broken (I’m broken, not broken, not spoken to) Come... come tear me open Always felt that it was me, not you I... now that I’m broken (Not spoken to) Six months have passed now We’re weary, we’re cold Are the fires the same? Still burning the same? Is the fire the same? Is the fire the same? So we came during autumn And left with the snow Our hearts had grown weary We were wounded and cold So I took my comrade’s hand I stared him in the eyes and said “We’ll come back in spring” But then the bomb sirens bled Come... come tear me open Always felt that it was me, not you I... now that I’m broken (I’m broken, not broken, not spoken to) Come... come tear me open Always felt that it was me, not you I... now that I’m broken (I’m broken, not broken, not spoken to)

Submitted by Dahmers Fridge — Apr 26, 2025

I need to disappear Devoured and forgotten Gotta hurry, these lands Before it is too dark to see I have to disappear Reach out – show me how you feel the same Scream loud – these hymns are for the broken Reach out – show me how you feel the same Scream loud – these hymns are for the broken Hey, you know me, my every turn Hey, you see me, in front of you I’ll never hurt Hey, hear me, it is time I left Hey, I know you’re watching me Sending fires to the sea winds of Earth Reach out – show me how you feel the same Scream loud – these hymns are for the broken Reach out – show me how you feel the same Scream loud – these hymns are for the broken I need to disappear Devoured and forgotten Gotta hurry, these lands Before it is too dark to see I have to disappear Reach out – show me how you feel the same Scream loud – these hymns are for the broken Reach out – show me how you feel the same Scream loud – these hymns are for the broken

Submitted by Warbringer — Apr 26, 2025

I missed you since forever I longed for you when I was hurt Longed so long I can't remember Were there ever days of heaven? Replace this pain with something new Magic thoughts of white turned blue I'm clinging to what seems a tale Searching for the Holy Grail And I've been missing you forever And I've been missing you forever Grand brushes of white and blue Where one is Me and one is You Hopes of highs soon joined by lows And thoughts of why last sung by bows The fire arrows that lands in snow Wake up hollow Replace this pain with something new Magic thoughts of white turned blue I'm clinging to what seems a tale Searching for the Holy Grail And I've been missing you forever And I've been missing you forever And I’ve been missing you forever... And I’ve been missing you forever

Submitted by VladTheImpaler666 — Apr 26, 2025

We wanted to be caught in dreams that never ends I want to travel to a place where I feel less insecure But I will never ever feel like you Came so close you, I Came so close you, I Came so close you, I Came so close you, I Oh... Oh... We fall like feathers We fall forever And we know you see us all But do you really see the fall? The grand of I collapse (????) To contradict the past (????) Oh... Oh... Oh... Oh... Oh... Oh... Oh... Oh... Oh... Oh... Oh... Oh... Oh...

Submitted by Celtic Frost — Apr 26, 2025

So I’m sad Time does not heal And I wait and I drink while I bleed I understand that we must leave And I wait while I bleed No... Time to leave So we set sail on open seas Where no one’s known and no one’s seen We cruised forever Without a lead of how to steer a ship that bleeds I one day hope the sun gives way To rid the clouds that hide our way If we could only strand on shores Where I am safe but still so sore And I remember the winds of autumn breeze Still remember the days when we played kings And now the embers give light to hopes and dreams It’s December You can’t silence the screams And I remember a light to darkness change And I remember the days when we played kings

Submitted by Corpse Defiler — Apr 26, 2025