The Mountain

This life is a dream, a gift we receive and to live and to love we forge the path. Our nightmare in birth, our struggle for worth, in vain we carry on, our mission to become. Adapt to this world, it's a chance we must take, we'll sing our song, we'll play our hand.

Submitted by Dahmers Fridge — Apr 26, 2025

Hearts will burn, come what may, with lessons learned along the way. And to free myself I make a choice, just to be heard I lose my voice. Finding strength in solitude, I fight to fly with much to prove. Is this the way it's meant to be, I risk it all, I will not fall! Carry the weight of the world on my shoulders, rise to the challenge, I set myself. Salvation waits without reprieve, I'm on a razor's edge and it cuts my feet. And as good as life will ever get, I wish that I could give it up and go home. The blood drawn from the Atlas Stone, it draws a path from Hell to home. Fight to survive, succumb to the path, the quest to define this struggle of mine. Conquer the fear and nothing will fail, gravity defied and I climb beyond heights. The quest to define this struggle of mine, fight to survive, succumb to the path. Gravity defied and I climb beyond heights, conquer the fear and nothing will fail. Carry the weight of the world on my shoulders, rise to the challenge, I set myself. Shadows of doubt creep into the light, a glimmer of hope never out of sight. And paralyzed under suppressive fire, holding firm against a thin red line. Out of sight, out of mind! Shadows of doubt creep into the light, a glimmer of hope never out of sight. And paralyzed under suppressive fire, holding firm against a thin red line. Out of sight, out of mind! Carry the weight of the world, rise to the challenge, I set myself. Carry the weight of the world on my shoulders, rise to the challenge. I set myself!

Submitted by The Void — Apr 26, 2025

Tantalized by the cockroach and its promise and I fantasized about soaring with golden wings. Hypnotized by the cockroach and its promise, I was compromised by a treasure that was fit for fools. Blinded by a fickle fortune, diamonds in my eyes. Blinded by the grand illusion, golden wings to fly. Flying with golden wings, lured by a fool's gold. The hunter draws closer to its prey! Vacantly I was gazing at the mirage, I yearned to be an apostle of the self-made man. Hopelessly I bathed in my ignorance and desperately choking on the roach of irony. My fickle fortune beckoned a treasure fit for fools. And the hunter draws closer to its prey! I blindly wandered down the golden path in pursuit of a misbegotten dream. The Great Gatsby whispered in my ear, road from rags to riches leads nowhere. The grand illusion beckoned with promises of deceit. Cockroach king sits on his throne with the Midas touch and a heart of stone. An empire built on guile and greed, a bleeding ground for those who heed. And the grand illusions faded, the hunter snares its prey. I fear and loathe the cockroach, the mirage melts away. Cockroach king sits on his throne with the Midas touch and a heart of stone. An empire built on guile and greed, a bleeding ground for those who heed. Lured by a treasure that was fit for fools, searching for the truth. Lost in this labyrinth in search of the truth with your promises of deceit. Trapped in your kingdom built on greed and guile, built on greed and guile, only to find the insects have multiplied. Cockroach king of guile and greed, with a broken crown he's left to bleed. An empire falling to its knees, a bleeding ground for those who heed. I longed to be a disciple of the cockroach, I was hopelessly choking on the roach of fallacy. Thankfully when the mirage finally melted, the impurity of the cockroach was revealed to me. Blinded by the grand illusion, blackened wings to fly. Burning ashes of the hunter scattered in the sky. The roach of irony!

Submitted by Pestilence — Apr 26, 2025

Take a step, put one foot in the grave, catch a breath submerged in holy water. Watch a moving scene of former days and shed a tear as memory starts to falter. And familiar faces try to hide the pain, medicate to alleviate the pressure. Make amends with the ones I used to hate, feel the agony give way to pleasure. Tearing down the walls of eternity, all in my loving memory. Final scene humility! I succumb to universal law, another system's energy disperses. Mother Nature red in tooth and claw, it's the game that everybody loses. Show your cards and accept what you've been dealt, guardian or harbringer of sorrow? Pour a drink and raise a glass and toast to health, is the truth too hard for us to swallow? Tearing down the walls of eternity, all in my loving memory. Master of creation lead us from temptation, father of invention please guide my ascension. So much left unspoken, life leaving heartbroken, a sense of acceptance, one final repentance. Read these words upon my stone: "In piam memoriam." Tearing down the walls of eternity, all in my loving memory.

This life is a dream, a gift we receive and to live and to love we forge the path. Our nightmare in birth, our struggle for worth, in vain we carry on, our mission to become. Dream this life, forge a path, please take this gift to live, to love. Adapt to this world, this chance we must take. And we'll sing our song, we'll play our hand. Why allow this crooked fate, broken world retaliate. The tunnel's light is unmoving, accept defeat! Don't be afraid, it burns your eyes but you persevere. Obscures the path, you must adapt because it's there. Climb, find your way. Scale high, don't look back. And with hope you will find the life you seek. Judgement from birth will criticize our worth. We struggled to uphold, struck down will we fold? Climb, find your way. Scale high, don't look back. And with hope you will find the life you seek. And I wish I could be someone, be the moon and be the sun. Ambition burned my wings ablaze, shed a tear in these dark days. Tearing down the walls of love and soaring through the fire above. Pride exists to be reclaimed, roll the dice, don't lose the game. Carry the weight of the world, the summit says I'll prove my worth. And so let me claim what is rightfully yours to take and mine to keep. Stars begin to swarm around, the path of fate, this tired ground. Challenge met but all the while a mountain built on greed and guile.

Submitted by NecroGod — Apr 26, 2025

I. Rise Save me now, set me free, if you could only show me how. Show me how to live my dream, living the dream, I will die. Aiming high, shooting low to raise the bar or take the fall. You won't be laughing when I'm climbing the mountain! Someone rescue me, help me please, against all odds I long to be free. Will no one listen to my plea, the sky is falling in on me! Intervention now, I will defeat all the peoplewho stepped on me! Save me now, set me free, show me how, live a dream. Aiming high, shooting low, raise the bar, take the fall. Rescue me, help me please, how I long to be free. Intervene, I'll defeat all those who stepped on me. You have been standing in my way and you won't believe it When my name becomes tomorrow's news and on top of the mountain I cannot be moved. I scale the summit like an unstoppable force, with iron wings I will prove my worth to you all. I will be dancing on your grave and you won't be laughing when I'm soaring through the sky, free from your burden. Say your last goodbyes, I won't be back again. Too close to the flame ambition has burned me, with my wings ablaze I'm falling back to earth. II. Fall Now that my feathers are broken, crestfallen my head is bowed. Splashing down into the ocean, something seems different now. The world I once knew has eroded, humanity's fossilised and the beasts have become the new masters. Is reality compromised? Advanced technological breakthroughs and superior firepower. The frontiers of war and resistance seem abstract and vacant now. For countless years I have been longing to apologise, apologise. A world without end is upon us but time is in short supply. Soaring through the sky, free from your burden, say your last goodbyes, I won't be back again. Too close to the flame ambition has burned me, with my wings ablaze I'm falling back to earth.

Submitted by VladTheImpaler666 — Apr 26, 2025

Forgive my daily sins, seal them under my skin. For once I watched you fly, leaving your wings behind. The path of fate has gone astray, the brightest skies have turned to grey.

Submitted by NecroLord — Apr 26, 2025

All my kingdom's gone, it's burned to the ground. Reason leaves me! As future sits upon a solitary throne, a treasure is sinking, seems now long gone. The desert takes away our fears and dreams but they always will return. Be the moon and sun, be the wind and cross the storm, see the stars begin to swarm, read the writings in the stone. Be the moon and sun, be the wind and cross the storm, see the stars begin to swarm, read the writings in the stone. Seeking patterns, envisaging pictures of a dying dream. Fallen prison, the façade of wisdom in old scars. Be the moon and sun, be the wind and cross the storm, see the stars begin to swarm, read the writings in the stone. Be the moon and sun, be the wind and cross the storm, see the stars begin to swarm, read the writings in the stone. Breathe in the air, breathe deeper, don't lose the stars, keep sinking. The old spirit ware's, perceiving, speaking within, conceiving. Show me the way, old spirits, uncertainty, deceiving. Feelings arise, believing, take what is mine, retrieving. Breathe in the air, breathe deeper, don't lose the stars, keep sinking. The old spirit ware's, perceiving, speaking within, conceiving. Show me the way, old spirits, uncertainty, deceiving. Feelings arise, believing, take what is mine, retrieving. As I've been forsaken my veins feel unshaken. In the skies a secret lies, well disguised before my eyes. In the skies a secret lies, well disguised before my eyes. The universe is all around us kept in motion, alleviate our pain and fear, test our devotion. The universe is all around us kept in motion, alleviate our pain and fear, test our devotion. Breathe in the pain, you won't break these chains, keep breathing, keep digging. For what you have foreseen was only a dream, believing, deceiving. Give me what's yours, you've dug your own tomb, retrieving, keep digging. Your kingdom is gone, it's burned to the ground, keep grieving, defeated. All my fears have drowned, all my fears have drowned, seems now long gone! The ocean took away my fears and dreams but they never returned. Be the moon and sun, be the wind and cross the storm, see the stars begin to swarm, read the writings in the stone. Be the moon and sun, be the wind and cross the storm, see the stars begin to swarm, read the writings in the stone. The universe is all around us, read the writings in the stone. The universe is all around us, read the writings in the stone.

Submitted by The Void — Apr 26, 2025

Amd still I feel the pain from that day when you stepped in to take my dreams away. The stage was set for what would be my night but you called time and threw my fight. Still I'm yearning to claim back what's mine, and still I'm clinging to dreams that won't die. Still I'm dreaming of one more chance but you still tell me my time has passed. Give me back my right to prove that I can fight. Let me show them all, tonight can be my night. Still you think that it's ok for you to state the rules of play but if you could know the lengths to which I crawl to reclaim my pride and break down your walls. You'll never know the lengths to which I will crawl 'cause tonight is my night, you will not tear down my wall! Still I'm yearning to claim back what's mine, and still I'm clinging to dreams that won't die. Still I'm dreaming of one more chance but you still tell me my time has passed. Give me back my right to prove that I can fight. Let me show them all, tonight can be my night. I wish I could have been somebody, I wish I could have been somebody. I wish I could have been somebody, I wish I could have been somebody. Just as a bird was meant to fly, unbind these wings or let me die. Give me back my right to prove that I can fight, let me show them all tonight, this is my night. Give me back my right to prove that I can fight, let me show them all tonight, this is my night.

Submitted by Morgoth — Apr 26, 2025

This track is instrumental.

Is this song not instrumental?

Still I feel the pain from that day When you stepped in to take my dreams away The stage was set for what would be my night But you called time and threw my fight Still I'm yearning To claim back what's mine Still I'm clinging To dreams that won't die Still I'm dreaming Of one more chance But you still tell me My time has passed Give me back my right To prove that I can fight Let me show them all Tonight can be my night Still you think that it's okay For you to state the rules of play But if you could know the length to which I've come To reclaim my pride and break down your world Still I'm yearning To claim back what's mine Still I'm clinging To dreams that won't die Still I'm dreaming Of one more chance One more chance But you still tell me My time has passed Give me back my right To prove that I can fight Let me show them all Tonight will be my night

Submitted by Morgoth — Apr 26, 2025