Vida - The Play of Change

Inside the ambulance. The sound of sirens. I feel cold and heavy sleep. The sirens sound distant. I shut my eyes closed, reopening them beside the margins of a river, through which one balsa slowly approaches. I think I know the man that leads the balsa, so I walk to the margin. Then I see dead men emerging from the waters. The choir of Drowned Men: Let it drown Let it drown I step into the balsa. Charon, the Coriphaeus: Understand that rivers flow to the Ocean So will this one that now we sail Understand the beauty in the need of these winds to come Beautiful ship so fragile See this fish that feeds the man that will feed the worm Then to the salmon feed again Does the fish ask why to die or to be born? Why the worm, the hook, the man? Let the Long River run Drowned Men: We all gonna drown Let the Long River run... Charon: Life is short, friend, there’s no time, you must realize Till death takes you by the hand Understand that to us all death is no surprise So be prepared, my dying friend Let the Long River run Drowned Men: We all gonna drown Let the Long River run... Charon & Drowned Men: Waters go by beneath the skies Running from my eyes As long I sail, my will prevail When wind ceases I will die Charon: Understand you have to let the Long River run Understand you have to let the Long River run Let the Long River run... I fall from the balsa, sinking into the deep icy waters. Charon: Let the Long River run Inaction is action Now you know the way Let the Long River run... Run over lover and mother Possessions and mind distractions Run over pushing too far Run over family, enemies, Religion, friendly prisons, Boring days and my guitar I drown.

Submitted by Nargaroth — Nov 17, 2025

I open my eyes. I’m inside a hospital room. Me: What happened? I think I fell asleep I feel so cold I’m all alone I feel so weak I can’t move on But I tried I wonder What happened? I think I’m still asleep They took my clothes They took my name They took my home They took my pain As I turned Into a number White walls, gray door White pills, gray jar White moon, black floor White cell, gray bars What happened? I see faded colors Fated colors... I wonder

Submitted by Warbringer — Nov 17, 2025

3 PARCHÆ Enter three persons, each one dressed in White, Gray and Black. One by one, they recite their terrible speech and leave. Me: White one said to me how thin my life supposed to be Gray one called it delusion White one said that I suffer from a doomed disease Black one called it salvation and sin White Gray Black spinners of this vulgar fate The thread of life is not broken yet I defy you to rewrite your lines Redefine my part, rearrange all this play Why me? Why me? Why? Beautiful enough, Moon arises. Me: Why, sister Moon? Why do paint my fate so gray? Why, Three-in-one? Do reduce me to this play? Moon invites witches. Me: Vida! Vida Trágica! Witchat: Mítica Lógica Quântica Trágica Pérfida Sórdida Pútrida Trágica Mágica Cética Cínica Trágica Lépida Lívida Lúdica Trágica Germinal Terminal

Submitted by Cyberwaste — Nov 17, 2025

I wake up in terrible suffering. I’m alone. I cry for help. Me: I don’t need more flowers I don’t need more sympathy I don’t need more integration Treatment, I don’t need I don’t need more pain I don’t need more pain I don’t need more pain This hunger in my veins Give me what I need Give me what I need I don’t need more candies I don’t need more self-esteem I don’t need more conversation Advisory, I don’t need I don’t need more pain I don’t need more pain I don’t need more pain I’m starving inside my brain Give me what I need Give me what I need Enter Endorphine. Want to ride the tiger Want you even more now Want to climb the spider Want you my desire Want you getting higher Want to read the Times now Want to hear a song then Want you my desire I need it I need it

Submitted by MetalElf — Nov 17, 2025

Boring morning. Staring at the window, I see people walking by, so far away from me. Me: It makes me feel so bad when I see you glad It makes me feel so evil, ask me no reasons All I’ve got left is wretched, dying or dead How can lips bear to smile when tasting this poison? Tell me Teach me Can’t you? Then I’ll show you I’ll show you what is like to be buried alive And how uneasy can be decomposition Beware of my eye stalking, sucking you dry One gaze of mine may bring out death as reflection My eye becomes a cold gun. Hush! Time to die I’ve laid my eye on you But it feels like Death-row instead of gardens Raping instead of candy Hatred instead of kissing God take away this envy Guilty!

Submitted by NecroGod — Nov 17, 2025

Guilty strikes me like a heavy metal thunder. I am scared. I better pray. Me: Dear father In heaven Make peace at my true heart I suffer Dear father Feels like one missing part Dear father Forgive me If I ever forgot you or done you wrong Including this song I’m not used to Praise the love for you What I feel is greater than a pray Now I’m begging you I’m down on my knee But my soul don’t knows what to say Let me try again I’ll resume my pain Dear father, show me that you hear Cause I feel you so near Give one more chance to me Give one more chance to me I know that I’m no saint My freedom wrongly spent But my sin was to love the life you gave to me Dear father, will you hear? I’m bursting into tears I have suffered enough, father, can’t you see? If you have love for me If you do care for me Dear father, I beg you, don’t fail me If you just listen to me Give one more chance to me Give one more chance to me God: Do you understand me now? You don’t understand at all Do you really know me now? Look at yourself See what I mean That’s what I want you to do for me now Me: Give one more chance to me Give one more chance to me

Submitted by Cyberwaste — Nov 17, 2025

Exhausted, I fall into crimson slumbers and dream about the devil. Devil: Yes, I am... Me: ...the Silent King! Devil, speak to me Oh, as a friend I depend on you Please take my hand You devil tell me What can I do? Devil: Do what you will... Me: That's not an answer I want the truth I know you can bring something new I want to be just like you wanted me to Like a Silent King Devil: Yes, I am... Me: Devil, understand Oh, it's all right You can take my soul For one night stand I know, in devil's lies May lie some truth Devil: In the silence... Me: Since I've been my own god I've changed my rules Evil is just one silly name To what in me demands to my own demand Like a Silent King Look out! Devil: Yes, I am the Silent King. The hangman's lucky lack Can you tell me what is like My teeth right on your neck? Yes, I am the Silent King. The mirror from the past What is like to pay your bill When just one minute is last?

Submitted by NecroLord — Nov 17, 2025

Darkest night finds me cold and awake in my deserted room. Me: To sleep To die... that’s all No more To sleep To die Perchance to dream I shall no longer close my eyes until it’s dawn To see how lifetime dreams may die when light is gone No bitter sadness blurs my sight, tears I’ll refrain Now is the winter of my pain: it was all in vain This night I woke up from some tragic, dazed dream To which I, forceless, could resist but never win Poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage The lights are off, the crowd is gone, the show now wants to die of age I shall keep my eyes awake I shall keep my eyes awake I shall be strong Carry on Keep my eyes awake I shall no longer close my eyes until it’s done To see how lifetime dreams may die with flesh and bones Good bye old dreams, good night sunlight, tears I’ll refrain I need no reasons for my pain: it was all insane

Submitted by Corpse Grinder — Nov 17, 2025

I need to rest. I am tired. Me: Take this bitter wine away, My Lord, Thy love is gall to me Thy hand crushes my soul and makes me be The man I must betray Soon I will die That’s all consummate My heart now is blind So let be my fate Afraid All I see is fear and loss, My Lord, my soul is sad till death Why should I know how to choose my own path, My Lord? Each way leads to the cross... Soon I will die Shall I still remain? To save all mankind Would I die again? Afraid I’m so afraid Crucify me Sacrifice me

Submitted by NecroGod — Nov 17, 2025

I sleep. Me: So, this is the end.

Submitted by Infernal Flame — Nov 17, 2025

After funeral. You: Triste parto Sonho de um sonho que se desfaz Dormir, talvez, e não ser mais Vida que jaz num retrato De onde me vês, não mais estás

Submitted by SerpentEve — Nov 17, 2025