Inside Out

staring, silent, naked and cold outside looking in peeling away this fragile shell to face the fear within and the man in the mirror looks on as the cuts begin outside looking in getting over my fears and under my skin tearing myself apart to feel whole again, outside looking in running, tired, tortured and torn outside looking in clawing away these open scars to heal the wounds within and the man in the mirror looks out as he reaches in outside looking in getting over my fears and under my skin tearing myself apart to feel whole again, outside looking in too many things left undone too late to turn back i could change course before the end but when all is said and done all i really want is a chance to start again staring, silent, naked and cold outside looking in feeling my way through this wilderness for a place to begin and the man in the mirror reaches out to the man within

Submitted by Finntroll — Apr 24, 2025

Walking through a wasteland of words and memories looking for the person I used to be. Thoughts I don't recognize make me realize times have changed and so have I and a familiar fear comes back to me. Pale fire, dry land getting drier, nothing can grow in the ashes of desire. Pale fire burned out on the desire. no one can grow with nothing to inspire. The bitter harvest of a barren land, I'm painting pictures you don't understand. Dust blinds my eyes, makes me realize I'm choking life with living lies. Pale fire, dry land getting drier, nothing can grow in the ashes of desire. Pale fire burned out on the desire. no one can grow with nothing to inspire. And a familiar fear claims another day, wondering have I said all I have to say? Pale fire, dry land getting drier, nothing can grow in the ashes of desire. Pale fire burned out on the desire. no one can grow with nothing to inspire.

Submitted by Corpse Grinder — Apr 24, 2025

the more i try the more i feel i'm missing the more i run the more my feet keep slipping the more i think the more i tend to worry the more i look i see my thoughts before me and i dream of a strand as i struggle on the waves and i see the end of a passing day as i see the strand in the corners of my mind windows offer the view of a coming day the more i stretch the more these walls confine me the more i beg the less it all seems likely the more i mind the matter that surrounds me the more i find my thoughts before me drifting on an open sea shipwrecked clinging to broken beams waters to my neck i strain to catch my breath drifting in the boundaries i've built up deep within me waters to my neck i strain to catch my breath i'm tired of treading again i'm swimming to the strand

Submitted by Celtic Frost — Apr 24, 2025

Talk, talk to me, tell me your secrets speak, speak the words I need to hear help to conquer this growing fear and when the winds of change come blowing through and all the things I thought i needed go sailing out of view . . . Shelter, shelter me when I need someone to turn to I turn and I lie within the light of you shelter, shelter me when I need somewhere to run to I run and I hide within the shelter of you Walk, walk with me through this darkness teach, teach me to find the light help me to see beyond this night and when the sunset hides sea from shore and all the things I thought I needed don't mean much anymore . . . Shelter, shelter me when i need someone to turn to I turn and I lie within the light of you shelter, shelter me when I need somewhere to run to I run and I hide within the shelter of you With this darkness all around tomorrow is hard to see but I will face this night if you'll shelter, shelter, me

Submitted by The Void — Apr 24, 2025

have you stood at the edge of the world where the sea and sky collide looked out to a distant horizon and dreamed of drifting away have you stood beneath a troubled sky and watched the dark clouds gathering closed your eyes to the threatening tide and woke to another day feel the cold winds all around you let the night circle and surround you breath deep the darkness that drowns you let your imagination take you to where your sleepless mind rests to where your thoughts all run free to your island in the stream where you can dream at the edge of the world to where your restless minds will sleep to where our hearts will run free to our island in the stream where we can dream at the edge of the world

Submitted by Sexy Gargoyle — Apr 24, 2025

has it been so long i can't remember what we last talked about my friend, forgive me do you think of me as i think of you i owe my life to ... i hold on clutching to the hope that i'll be strong when it comes down to the wire i'll hold on to with every ounce of strength within me when it comes down to the wire don't think i've not thought of what you mean to me, i do constantly my friend, forgive me do you think of me as i think of you i owe my life to . . . i hold on clutching to the hope that i'll be strong when it comes down to the wire i'll hold on to with every ounce of strength within me when it comes down to the wire my friend, forgive me do you think of me as i think of you i wish it were different i wish i could take your pain and now that i've found you i feel like i've lost you again

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Apr 24, 2025

here i am looking out looking in my eyes are open my mind's closed tight i believe i know i need to let go and i know i'm wrong but i think i'm right so i shut you out and hear what i want to hear and hide in my opinions afraid to face my fear face the fear there you are reaching in reaching out your arms are open, your heart's closed tight you believe you know you have to let go and you think you won't but you know you might so you close your eyes and pretend you're no here and hide in your secrets afraid to face your fear face the fear and you close your eyes i hear what i want to hear and we hide in our suspicions afraid to face the fear face the fear and i shut you out you pretend you're not here and we hide in our loneliness afraid to face the fear face the fear here we are looking in reaching out together and alone facing the fear we're afraid to show facing the fear of letting go

Submitted by Corpse Defiler — Apr 24, 2025

This track is instrumental.

Is this song not instrumental?

there's a blind desire there's a drive there's a need to leave some lasting feat something to hold, something to keep a monument to complete there's a written page there's a book there's a search for something to say something to share, something to speak a monument to convey is it fiction, is it confession is it passion or just a profession is it performance, is it expression is it passion or just an obsession there's a photograph there's a frame there's a time, a moment to confine something to save, something to see a monument to enshrine is it performance, is it expression is it passion or just a profession is it fiction, is it confession is it passion or just an obsession there's an empty room there's a blank page there's a picture left incomplete something is lost, something remains a monument to defeat is it fiction, is it confession is it passion or just a profession is it performance, is it expression is it passion or just an obsession

Submitted by NecroLord — Apr 24, 2025

twilight and i lie awake afterglow is all around me i lie awake, in this light and i wonder where you are tonight voices turn to silence echoes never fade away twilight and i lie awake afterglow is all around me voices turn to silence echoes never fade away i lie awake listening wondering where you are today

Submitted by Warbringer — Apr 24, 2025