Wake
The weak, justify the actions of the weak. There is no answer, in the cancer you speak. Sickness in the selfishness A wolf in disguise hiding a bitter fire Too afraid to look into his lifeless eyes Lost inside a world built upon deception The coward in the mirror is his own reflection No truth, no sacrifice This world has grown content with compromise No truth, no sacrifice This world has grown content with compromise Helplessness is just an illusion There's a hole in our hearts that overflows, and stains the earth with sin There's a hole in our hearts That will not close, unless we face what lies within Helplessness is just an illusion The adversary that threatens to kill us all Paralyzed by our own confusion Our selfishness will be our downfall No truth, no sacrifice This world has grown content with compromise Know truth, know sacrifice This world has grown content with compromise There's a hole in our hearts that overflows, and stains the earth with sin There's a hole in our hearts That will not close, unless we face the lies within. The weak, justify the actions of the weak. There is no answer, in cancer you speak. The weak, justify the actions of the weak. There is no answer, in cancer you speak. Sickness in the selfishness
Submitted by Cyberwaste — Apr 26, 2025
Blurring the lines we define Between the wrong and the right, We're on the other side of the divide And it makes me sick to watch us die inside. Inside out. Tear me open. Tear me open from the inside out. Fix this broken lens. Tear me open from the inside out. Fix this broken lens. On the verge of collapse, Look through the cracks at world in decay. Disoriented state where black and white turn to grey Hanging by a thread. Blurring the lines we define Between the wrong and the right, We're on the other side of the divide, And it makes me sick to watch us die inside. Inside out. Tear me open. Tear me open from the inside out. Fix this broken lens Tear me open from the inside out. Fix this broken lens. When will this end? Losing all perspective, Can't read between the lines When will this end? To see a world that needs the truth We buried deep inside When will this end? We are blind men in a glass prison. Were not the image that you envisioned. We are blind men in a glass prison. Where is your hope? Where is your vision? Broken lens Where is your vision?
Submitted by johnmansley — Apr 26, 2025
Life or death Open your eyes before there's nothing left Life or death I fear we are facing our final breath Life or death Open your eyes before there's nothing left Life or death I fear we are facing our final breath Living on borrowed time Dwelling in despair The weight of our malevolence Is more than we can bear Forced into fire Purify A world rotting to the core Forced into fire We can't revive A world forever at war In the midst of desolation There is a call to a new life (call to a new life) Take the scars from my soul Draw out the parasite The heavens cry Tears of blood For the fallen world Where is the standard of Man Within the lawless plague? The heavens cry Tears of blood For the fallen world Where is the standard of Man? Distorted by hatred Hatred and rage Forced (forced) Into fire Forced (forced) Into fire Life or Death Open your eyes before there's nothing left Life or death I feel we're facing our final breath Life or death Open your eyes Life or death I feel we're facing our final breath The heavens cry tears of blood For the fallen world The heavens cry tears of blood Tears of blood for the fallen world The heavens cry tears of blood Tears of blood for the fallen world
Help me light the way for the brothers we have lost, their silence on the pain is still replayed for all that we are not. Across the plains of everything, I see wreckage standing where revival used to be. No sadder sight than the work their hands abandoned, leaving vacant towers to crumble in the sand. Fear brings out the worst in men, they go where there is nothing but destruction, and they thrive in it. Fear brings out the worst in men, they turn away from anything their prideful heart resists. Light a candle for the lost, the ones who wander in the dark, seeking help from helpless hearts. Light a candle for the lost, I still remember, I still remember who you are. (I still remember who you are) Help me light the way for the brothers we have lost, their silence on the pain is still replayed for all that we are not. I walk the same path my brothers once began, but it's much lonelier tonight than it was back then. Wearied by the storms and subtle songs of discontent, I watched heroes fall along the way where angels fear to tread. Deserter, your truth is left unsaid. Deserter, there's a war, there's a war inside your head. Deserter, I remember you; There was a dream in your heart, I could see from the start, and it never came true. Deserter, I remember you; I see the pain in your eyes and the fear that you hide from the brothers you once knew. So light a candle for the lost, the ones who wander in the dark, seeking help from helpless hearts. So light a candle for the lost, the ones who wander in the dark, seeking help from helpless hearts. Light a candle for the lost, I still remember, I still remember...
Submitted by Finntroll — Apr 26, 2025
Bitter roots I can't remove The poison inside you Bitter roots Sorrow runs deeper Than I ever knew This thorn in my side Was once so easy to hide Beneath the surface I tried To reach deeper inside (inside) But I just can't deny These bitter roots I can't remove The pain you held on to Oh these bitter roots Feed the disease Spoil all the fruit My bitter roots This thorn in my side Was once so easy to hide Beneath the surface I try To reach deeper inside (inside) But I just can't deny Reach deeper down inside (Release me) Consume the pain I cannot hide (Let me go) Reach deeper down inside (Release me) Consume the pain I cannot hide Let me go Take it all away My skin is stronger than soil My heart won't be pierced by these thorns Let me go Take it all away My skin is stronger than soil My heart won't be pierced by these thorns Tear out the bitter roots
Submitted by Corpse Grinder — Apr 26, 2025
This place is a wasteland In isolation, we will fall Never forsaken if we can fight the flame That burns within us all This place is a wasteland In isolation, we will fall Never forsaken if we can fight the flame That burns within us all Isolated, broken down to the ground Like a castle in the sand Scarred by betrayal There's a darkness that creeps into everything I am I never asked to be an outcast Promises turn to tragedy I wasn't meant to be alone Severed ties turn to broken dreams Broken dreams Only memories of the peace I once felt Broken dreams Desperation is all that I have left This place is a wasteland In isolation, we will fall Never forsaken if we can fight the flame That burns within us all This place is a wasteland In isolation, we will fall Never forsaken if we can fight The flame that burns with us all Face down in the dirt With vultures surrounding me Praying for my death Have I been betrayed? Or the mother betrayer Save me before there's nothing left I'm not hopeless, I'm just abandoned I'm not dead, I'm just dead to you I'm not hopeless, I'm just abandoned I'm not dead, I'm just dead to you I'm not hopeless, I'm just abandoned I'm not dead, I'm just dead to you
Submitted by johnmansley — Apr 26, 2025
Watch me as I self destruct Under the weight of everything I wanted Watch me as I self destruct I gained the world, but it was not enough Our idols are why we're broken Please show us that hope is A hopeless ambition So we turned away From the gods we'd made And we made to break So only truth remains All our heroes will fail us Everyone will fall All our heroes will fail us We'll forget them all All our heroes will fail us Everyone will fall All our heroes will fail us We'll forget them all Like a crown on a dead man All our praises are wasted on fame Like a crown on a dead man Every king takes his throne for granted The one who flies the highest Is doomed to fall the hardest The one who flies the highest Is doomed to fall the hardest Our idols are why we're broken Please show us that hope is A hopeless ambition So we turned away From the gods we'd made And we made to break So only truth remains All our heroes will fail us Everyone will fall All our heroes will fail us We'll forget them all All our heroes will fail us Everyone will fall All our heroes will fail us We'll forget them all Watch me as I self destruct Under the weight of everything I wanted Watch me as I self destruct I gained the world, but it was not enough
Submitted by Lake of Tears — Apr 26, 2025
This is sacrifice No surrender, no compromise Pain is the price you pay Destined to try Carrying courage like a fire in side We walk the path of determination Destined to try Through the flames, you'll see conviction rise We walk the path of determination Time will tell Show me devotion, 'cause talk is cheap Time will tell We won't be broken - this is destiny Our position will come Press on! Press on! The pain is the price you pay To be stronger tomorrow than you are today The pain is the price you pay To be stronger tomorrow than you are today Make no mistake This is the price you pay Count the cost, count the cost Let nothing stand in your way Make no mistake This is the price you pay Count the cost, count the cost Let nothing stand in your way Give it all, this is sacrifice No surrender, no weakness, no compromise Step up! Count the cost and pay the price Give it all, give it all This is sacrifice Destined to try Carrying courage like a fire inside We walk the path of determination Destined to try Through the flames, we'll see conviction rise We walk the path of determination No surrender! No compromise! Go! No surrender! Press on! No compromise! No surrender! Press on! No compromise! Time will tell Show me devotion, 'cause talk is cheap Time will tell We won't be broken - this is destiny Our position will come Press on! Press on! The pain is the price you pay To be stronger tomorrow than you are today The pain is the price you pay To be stronger tomorrow than you are today Make no mistake, this is the price you pay Count the cost, count the cost Let nothing stand in your way Make no mistake, this is the price you pay Count the cost, count the cost Let nothing stand in your way Press on!
Submitted by Corpse Grinder — Apr 26, 2025
Like a drowning man to a sinking ship I cling to the things that I know will kill me Is this all I am? Is this really it? It's time to sink or swim Like a drowning man to a sinking ship I cling to the things I know will kill me Is this all I am? Is this really it? It's time to sink or swim Neck deep in desperation It's pulling me under Neck deep in desperation It's pulling me under I know the ocean wasn't put into place To swallow a man who simply lost his way But all false ambition sinks like a stone In the pit of our souls I won't carry this anchor anymore I won't carry this anchor anymore My wandering heart cries out For anything I could hold onto To pull me from the waves All around me My heart is pounding, and I Am begging you to pull me, pull me Like a drowning man to a sinking ship I cling to the things that I know will kill me Is this all I am? Is this really it? It's time to sink or swim Like a drowning man to a sinking ship I cling to the things that I know will kill me Is this all I am? Is this really it? It's time to sink or swim Rise above this flooded Earth Rise above this flooded Earth The water still rushes to fill my lungs I fight for the surface to see the Sun I still believe Pull me from the waves All around me My heart is pounding, and I Am begging you to pull me Pull me from the waves All around me My heart is pounding, and I Am begging you to pull me Pull me out
Submitted by MetalElf — Apr 26, 2025
Tell me it's not too late Tell me it's not too late Time slips away just like water through my fingers The past lies in differential, fibbish decay Can I fix fractured wings before they whither away? Rescue me! Tell me it's not too late Tell me we'll be OK Tell me it's not too late To rescue me, rescue me Turn it around, turn it around Wasted years will never come back around Let them go, and Turn it around, turn it around All the pain that made us strong Faded long ago Can you take me back, can you take me back? Trapped in this grace, I just can't forget the past Can you take me back, can you take me back? I can't live in misery I will not let regret break me I found strength through suffering Strength through suffering Strength, strength through suffering Time slips away like the breath from my lungs Blinded and deaf, come carry this soul So broken and desperate, in search of its home Rescue me! Tell me it's not too late Tell me we'll be OK Tell me it's not too late To rescue me, rescue me Tell me it's not too late Tell me we'll be OK Tell me it's not too late To rescue me, rescue me Oh!
Submitted by Celtic Frost — Apr 26, 2025
Father forgive me, I confess I know exactly what I've done While reaching out in my selfishness Have I become a wayward son? What more do you have for me? I threw it all away while my brother stayed My life's been in misery As he defends the home that I betrayed So disgusted with the life I've built Overcome by the burden of shame So disgusted with the life I've built I'm afraid there's no one left to blame Lying face down, covered in the filth of my own failure I became, in desperation, what I swore I'd never be Father forgive me, I confess I know exactly what I've done While reaching out in my selfishness Have I become a wayward son? What more could you want from me? I watched my brother leave, but I stayed faithful My life's been in misery So I could make you see that I am able Never moved and never conquered I gave my heart and soul to Defend this home Heart and soul Defend this home Heart and soul Defend this home Two brothers, far from home One in heart and one alone Two brothers are done with grace Father forgive us of our disgrace Two brothers, far from home One in heart and alone Two brothers are done with grace Father forgive us of our disgrace Two brothers, far from home One in heart and one alone Two brothers are done with grace Father forgive us of our disgrace Two brothers, far from home One in heart and one alone Two brothers are done with grace Father forgive us of our disgrace
Submitted by Celtic Frost — Apr 26, 2025
Without you I'm barely hanging on Was there something more that I could have said? They say tomorrow's Sun will rise But it won't shine here Without you I'm barely hanging on Was there something more that I could have done? They say tomorrow's Sun will rise But it won't shine here Without you Death came into my life When the blood stood still in your face In that moment of weakness, You changed my life forever And I had no say The Sun has set on the time we had together Pain took you away Oh! Pain took you away Death came into my life When the blood stood still in your face Oh, since that day I'm not so fearless anymore I have to find a way To be stronger than before Left here Without you I'm barely hanging on Was there something more that I could have said? They say tomorrow's Sun will rise But it won't shine here Without you I'm barely hanging on Was there something more that I could have done? They say tomorrow's Sun will rise But it won't shine here Without you You took the easy way out And you left me to pick up the pieces I keep saying I don't hold it against you But I'm not sure if I really believe it I have to be stronger I have to be stronger I have to be stronger than surrender I have to be stronger than surrender I have to be stronger than surrender Stronger, stronger than surrender Stronger, stronger than surrender I have to be stronger
Submitted by Dahmers Fridge — Apr 26, 2025