The Unknown

The tie that binds those of us who hide away A veil we forge to keep all at bay Behind the smiles hides this creeping deadly weight I smile again In its wake, a walking contradiction strays Like clockwork, our faces bellow different tales Covers judged, silent scream, salvation fails Inside we scream It's what we think and what we feel In toils of despair That drives us to reveal The mask we wear Troubled sleep, wandering mind to darker place The swarm within feeds on the late hours, embraced Hand in hand go the guilt and what dismays I bury again Fed the lives of how we think our lives should be Consume their stories to feel whole, left solitary Unseen foe, highlighted yet thought as weak They never see It's what we think and what we feel In toils of despair That drives us to reveal The mask we wear The mask we wear Snap out of it you say But the veil will stay It's what we think and what we feel In toils of despair That drives us to reveal The mask we wear

Submitted by Finntroll — Apr 26, 2025

Monolith Monolith Monolith Monolith In my dreams it wanders Silhouette of stone in earth be stood As it creeps beyond us Greet the form awake minds never would Dark Nameless and old Void Sinister and cold Monolith Release me from your hold Its lurking goes untold Monolith Infecting day and night It never leaves my sight Praying for awakening Lowered eyes devour perseverance Spilling tales of anguish Dismissing the weight of fear-filled words Same sleep of torment Crow falls to its death at evil's side Paralysed to see thee Monolith appear night after night Dark Nameless and old Void Sinister and cold Monolith Release me from your hold Its lurking goes untold Monolith Infecting day and night It never leaves my sight Monolith Monolith Monolith Monolith It never leaves my sight

Submitted by Celtic Frost — Apr 26, 2025

Wait while I tap a vein A pint of my blood Deal out the perfect poison Victim return, back where you've stood Sip it, taste it Let it occupy and blind Consuming of the fumes You are mine Confess to me a sin Impress me with a lie Exchange your world for the vice you tread I'm grinning through sleepless eyes Witch of the blood-letting Forcing out your tears Spitting out your tales of woe On my weakened, deafened ears The hour of bliss approaches The night of the living dead Empty-eyed staring Make a fool then lay down your head Confess to me a sin Impress me with a lie Exchange your world for a vice you tread I'm grinning through sleepless eyes Sleepless eyes Sleepless eyes Boarding up my kingdom Leave all this behind Spine stretched Crawl back to the grind Dusk walking Into ashes of my home Broken and silenced Abandoned and cold Commencing of the cleansing The stealing of myself Save a life, twist the knife An enemy of my health Confess to me a sin Impress me with a lie Exchange your world for a vice you tread I'm grinning through sleepless eyes

Submitted by Sexy Gargoyle — Apr 26, 2025

End of the line now your true colours have been revealed I always knew those shades were underneath and concealed All it took for you was to accept responsibility Where's your dignity? Never being there for those who need you to be around Always promising the world but you're nowhere to be found Neglecting all the souls you swear you'd never let down Remove your crown Out of sight Out of mind Out of sight Out of mind Out of sight Out of mind Only thinking of yourself, selfishness a breeze You're a coward, wasted hours on your hollow schemes A delusion grasping through the years Hold your tongue, all it spouts is an excuse, frustrate In good time your name will not be known to them, they won't relate Disappointment is all you're able to create Too little too late Out of sight Out of mind Out of sight Out of mind Out of sight Out of mind Out of sight Out of mind Out of sight Out of mind

Submitted by SerpentEve — Apr 26, 2025

Inside of me, will always be The urge to not be seen Hiding the face I can't embrace Crowding my world with falsity Distorting portraits with ease Warped entity, identity Is what they see what I believe? Or am I lying to myself Filling my head with disease? I fall apart At mirror's speech Speak not of my demons Skin, bone, and teeth Dysmorphia lingers enthroned Forever clutching flaws I carved unto the stone Fallacious frame always to blame True image evades, portray me not Reading the room for defamation, fear of plot I catch a face, credence erased Is what they see what I believe? Or am I lying to myself Filling my head with disease? I fall apart At mirror's speech Speak not of my demons Skin, bone, and teeth Seams torn apart At mirror's speech Speak to me of reasons To seek to look at me All my life Always longing for Unaltered echoes in the glass Peace of mind In pieces on the floor Shards tell of the same old past Eisoptrophobia I fall apart At mirror's speech Speak not of my demons Skin, bone, and teeth Seams torn apart At mirror's speech Speak to me of reasons To seek to look at me

Submitted by Immortal — Apr 26, 2025

Old soul enters house of mental demise Splitting from the young soul with whom they're defined Paranoia, fear of pain, theft of what they adore Becoming before No control over body or emotions, helpless They see the dead roam before us speaking comfort, depress Bygone memories, names on tip of the tongue Reverting to young Day by day chapters wilt to dust Play along with their tales, entrust Unseen Out of nowhere, life grinds to a halt Gone are the days of new memories Who will care for the deluded ones? Living conclusion, condemned The beginning of the end Communication breaks down, mania running wild Hysteria through cries from the mind of a child Living death lingers in the halls Familiar face never calls Fleeting glimpse of what's left of the person we seek Grief spills from the window of the soul to the cheek Hallucinations, newborn cradled tight but a doll Final night in these walls Day by day chapters wilt to dust Play along with their tales, entrust Unseen Out of nowhere, life grinds to a halt Gone are the days of new memories Who will care for the deluded ones? Living conclusion, condemned The beginning of the end

Submitted by Celtic Frost — Apr 26, 2025

The path I have chosen Pursuing a light out of reach Responsibilities frozen Empty words I have preached Illusions I preserve To continue in this world Set the stage to speak the page But the thorn in my side turns Strive to be Even through adversity Obstacles I have to climb Searching for the balance of time Guilt when I'm away Guilt when I'm home What's desired, unreal The life of those who roam Dedication, sacrifice It's all taking its toll It's not what it used to be Have to justify this road Strive to be Even through adversity Obstacles I have to climb Searching for the balance of time Balance of time I'm losing my mind Unable to breathe The world I cannot leave Balance of time Strive to be Even through adversity Obstacles I have to climb Searching for the balance of time

Submitted by Sexy Gargoyle — Apr 26, 2025