The Ground Is Rushing Up to Meet Us

feed the machine that eats up our lives churning out product, end result of time processed then sold back to us, and renamed convenience left with the notion of life as commodity hours converted to dollars for the benefit of private interest coerced, to reduce our options there is no freedom within this economy working to buy our time saving devices have we sacrificed more in the name of convenience than we stand to gain? eaten alive our blood greases the axles of an engine that's out of control this defies our nature we will take back what our masters stole they want you to live to work, work until you die marry and reproduce, more resource for them to exploit forget what they'd have you believe our lives are not their playthings we won't be bought and sold

Submitted by BloodShrine — Apr 18, 2026

wake up from the slumber that you've been forced into climb out from the depths of sleep to the waking world asleep with your eyes wide open we stumble from place to place lulled into compliance from the whispers in our ears well it's time to rise up from our beds we've sensed that something's wrong but with eyes closed tight it's hard to see just what it is that sedates us and keeps us from being free we've been programmed to fall into place the rank and file members of a catatonic state washed away and drowning in this mainstream feed the need that burns inside you this desire cannot be satisfied this consumption consumes our very being this consumption consumes you once we finally wake up we will see that the emperor has no clothes or skin upon his face demolish all the signs that hang over our heads burn down everything that bears their messages end your consumption of shallow offerings shake off the effects of this sleep wake up

Submitted by Cyberwaste — Apr 18, 2026

this is a call to notice that which has gone unnoticed that all of us are walking wounded bearing hidden scars and subtle bruises the casualties of a war inside our hearts we submit ourselves to abstract forces ruled by the concept that living is surviving we are suffocating on our own tangled aspirations mired down by the restraints forced on us the fear and doubt that serves to crush we can no longer take satisfaction in our suffering now is the time to arm ourselves with the knowledge that we can achieve a state of independance one of personal anarchy we can end this war see past the darkened veil pulled over our eyes we will make the world at large recognize our cries i will dedicate myself to reclaiming the disputed landscape of my soul i will repel each incursion visited upon my spirit cast light upon the insidious decay of volition surely, i do protest let this be a message that here i stand

Submitted by Morgoth — Apr 18, 2026

when man made the choice that production holds more meaning than life he sentenced our world to a slow and lingering death strip the land of all it holds clear the forests down to the last stone convert the living to the dead and lose your life in the process our civilization can reach no peak it must continue to ravage the landscape consume all the riches it has to offer swallowed down into a stomach that can never be full just like a parasite our industries cripple their host and leave it too weak to stand we can lay no claim to this land where did mankind develop hisentitlement? to rape this earth and sky to leave it choking and waiting to die shows that we have developed a terrible hatred of life our culture is too busy consuming it's dead remains to see the carnage on either side of it's face yes, this is a reality as real as the poisons we eat it's in everything we touch we have all been marked for death as our skies turn grey and our water becomes deadly to drink we will all perish this will be our end our desire for production has doomed us we cannot defend our selfish actions up to this point how can we stop this monster that we've created? it will never rest until it's never-ending hunger has been sated just one more species extinct.

Submitted by Finntroll — Apr 18, 2026

it's so much easier to avert our eyes from all the suffering and injustices that permeate our lives to be in the midst of sickness and pain and always keep our eyes fixed ahead can only be explained away by killing your conscience because we all know that what we can't see is of no consequence there is some truth to the doctrine that ignorance is no excuse by knowing nothing you are a silent partner in their abuse so just close your eyes, so you don't have to see suffering out of sight, is more action out of mind knowing what i know about man's inhumanity to man i could only hate myself if i left these words unsaid don't be paralyzed by you're partnership in these crimes we have the chance to redeem ourselves for those who've died to ignore all the signs that man is so unkind and partake in this culture of death makes all who don't acknowledge just as guilty there's still so much to fight for even though this world seems rotten to it's core i know that life can spring anew from it's remains it's worth all we can do to see it through to better days

Submitted by Lake of Tears — Apr 18, 2026

we are falling down now motion mistaken for flight ambition has betrayed us pursuit of dominance leaves us blind there are few who look below us and see the end of our path they know our world will be broken upon the rocks it will be smashed this culture, this ship of fools it's success, is it's doom we keep striving to stay aloft facing forward as we plummet why won't we listen to the voices of reason? we are all falling we are all falling down we are falling we are falling down we've bent the world to our will made ourselves the new gods of this domain accepted the myth that this is the height of life as it was meant to be lived we are falling down, plunging headfirst we are falling down, straight to the earth we are falling down, rushing headlong we are falling down, straight to the ground to those who cannot see the desolation we are facing, any heart that bleeds for this world must reveal our desperation we must abandon this failed experiment and find a civilization that can fly in the wind take heed of the warnings the pull at work upon our legs, that's gravity screaming at us the news of our end it seems to us that this is all there is no way out of this hole we're in despair grabs hold and we throw up our hands we can fight back with hope and begin again

Submitted by SerpentEve — Apr 18, 2026

separated, compartmentalized these are the dreary days of our lives screened out, and filed away locked into drawers of human decay forced to live wall to wall bodies stacked from floor to ceiling this is not life but subsistence that we are feeling given barely enough so as not to make waves convinced to fight amongst eachother our brothers and sisters just to make wage these scraps of social progress are given to us to fabricate the illusion of success distractions to eat up our time when slavery wasn't so subtle and we didn't have american dreams to keep us from waking the exploitation was more plain to see instead of recognizing the state in which we find ourselves our attention is diverted fingers pointing in the wrong directions blame has shifted focus from the wealthy to those struggling alongside us we are trapped in this cage convinced we're the players when we are the played tell yourself it won't change how much value do values retain when the measure of a person is his willingness to use violence for his own personal gain? we remain trapped in stasis masses fight and struggle vying for small priviledge the rich continue to grow fat as we carry the weight upon our backs there must be a path more fullfilling other than the "choice" we've been given between whether to rule or be ruled give in to the strain and be consumed

Submitted by Immortal — Apr 18, 2026

there is this energy that flows from withing there is this volition that's constantly repressed the ability to connect to live and love without regret exists inside the self before barriers obscure it subdued by artificial means bondage that bites into weak flesh sedatives to tranquilize drain the meaning from our lives a theft, a self imposed sentenced doomed to watch devoid of passion we cannot stand idly by as the years are drained from our lives real truth and interaction obscured by false pretense do you think that you are free? is that really what you believe can you see out past the blinds placed on your perception there is no way not to notice those whose eyes are dull and lifeless succumbed to promises of fullfillment a tragedy of epic proportions there is this energy that flows from withing there is this volition that's constantly repressed the ability to connect to live and love without regret exists inside the self before barriers obscure it don't let numbness replace your spirit don't live in fear of the gifts you've been given we can never exist fully underneath chemical repression

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Apr 18, 2026

we must bend the bars of these cages around our hearts deconstruct the confines of a weary existence smash apart the stones piled high upon our chests and take in our first breaths of freedom there is no waiting for life to come strike us we must seek it out if we are to feel it's touch and i resolve to seize each day and not let go until my hands can't hold we must not separate ourselves from life cherish and prize each breath taken upon this earth this is our only chance one life, and then it's over you've just got to decide if you'll live life on your knees a clear choice between revolution and apathy if the pain is too much, you can look to me i'll be there to help you up, up to your feet we must forge a path straight through to the light raise ourselves up before we fade into the night sinking down we are drowning in a pool of despair watching as our lives are wrenched away from our hands this is the match held to the fuse the spark that will ignite change we'll sift through the wreckage left behind and dance among the ruins of our prisons

Submitted by Nargaroth — Apr 18, 2026

through pure arrogance mankind has staked its claim it's left its mark upon all that surrounds us there is a darkness rising overhead shadows that are converging and closing in we've set forth to conquer every last inch of land burning down and plowing over everything in our path our numbers explode six billion lives that this world can't hold like a plague of locusts we spread from one side of this earth, to the next heedless, of the destruction wrought by our hands we continute to subjugate the land in the name of selfishness in the name of greed we have ignored our impact on this planet's longevity we look to the heavens for the drawing of our paths forsaking all that's present for empty promises never once have we stopped to question the assumption that we have the knowledge to dictate what lives and dies what lives and dies never have we stopped to question the assumption of man's dominion there is a darkness rising overhead enshrouding us shadows that are closing in bearing down the long ignored prices of progress for love , of this world for the future, of mankind we've got to turn back this tide Submits, comments, corrections are welcomed at webmaster@darklyrics.com IF HOPE DIES LYRICS

Submitted by Dahmers Fridge — Apr 18, 2026