Clockwork

The clock works against you Time keeper for the reaper Eats away a life that I can never renew Deeds you can never undo You have learned to accept what you have become You've created a costume, forever trapped inside A disguise you can never remove How long will you be able to Remember who you are? The father of time peers through your soul eternally He's sitting and laughing at your attempted masquerade Every midnight like clockwork He will sing his haunting serenade And will you be afraid? The clock works against you Time keeper for the reaper Eats away a life that I can never renew Deeds you can never undo You have learned to accept what you have become You've created a costume, forever trapped inside A disguise you can never remove How long will you be able to Remember who you are? Try as you may, there is no way to escape the clockwork Try as you may, there is no way to escape the clockwork Try as you may, there is no way to escape the clockwork Try as you may, there is no way to escape the clockwork My demise, and you won't survive

From my dreams I'm torn Awoken by the sound of screams So I spring forth Smoke covered the ceiling Scorching my lungs So I crawled along the floor Leaving behind all I own Only once realized I was safe I also realized that I was alone It was now too late To go back in I felt helpless as I watched my room burn My companion did not make it outside the shelter Hiding under my bed I know in his final moments he was terrified The moment that I realized I had failed him Will forever haunt me I had lost everything But those things did not matter to me Self-preservation Became my priority You never know how you'll think Until the moment comes when you must decide And weight the value of your life Against their life How will you decide? I'm alive and alone I put myself before the ones that I love And now I'm standing in the cold on my own I've gotten my wish You never know how you'll think Until the moment comes when you must decide And weigh the value of your life Against their life How will you decide? I'm alive and alone I put myself before the ones that I love And now I'm standing in the cold on my own I've gotten my wish I can see the faces of the dead inside the fire Only for a moment and they hastily dissipate A million messages all forced into my brain A million voices screaming in pain I had lost everything But those things did not matter to me Self-preservation Became my priority You never know how you'll think Until the moment comes when you must decide And weight the value of your life Against their life How will you decide? How will you decide when the moment has arrived? You never know how you'll think Until the moment comes when you must decide And weight the value of your life Against their life How will you decide? How will you decide when the moment has arrived? From my dreams I'm torn Awoken by the sound of screams So I spring forth Forever haunted by the nightmares Their souls screaming out to me From in my sleep Do they live on in the flame? Or are the embodiments a creation of apophenia?

Submitted by SerpentEve — Apr 26, 2025

They want to hate and they jump at the chance To exile the innocent without remorse Pointing the finger So that they don't have to look at themselves in the mirror They want to hate because it brings them together And because it leaves them feeling secure Some of those who i thought to be friends I now know never really knew who I was I return to solitude And once again I contemplate What my purpose is Who is it for? Or is it only for myself? Will I ever be Free of the need To achieve contentment? Will I ever find Another state, a peace of mind? I return to solitude Where once again I contemplate What my purpose is inside this burdensome reality I return to solitude Where once again I contemplate What is my purpose? They point the finger So they don't have to look at themselves Banding together deep inside their own hatred They point the finger So they don't have to look at themselves Banding together deep inside their own hatred Banding together deep inside their own hatred Banding together deep inside their own hatred

Submitted by Pestilence — Apr 26, 2025

It grows from deep within you Unbeknownst, crawling deeper and deeper This disease burrows into you Though it never shows until the day comes When the man in white gives you his diagnosis Doomed to die You thought you had time How much longer will you need? Doomed to die When will you be the one? You thought you had time Accept that which you've become How much, how much longer will you need? The tempo of time is ever flowing And with every second, it ticks away De-accelerating your cognition When you know your time is nigh The diagnosis The tempo of time is ever flowing And with every second, it ticks away De-accelerating your cognition When you know your time is nigh The diagnosis The pendulum is swinging, forever it shall ring The grandfather clock will always sing again The end of an era, the coming of age For you, time does not wait Doomed to die You thought you had time How much longer will you need? Doomed to die When will you be the one? You thought you had time Accept that which you've become How much, how much longer will you need?

Submitted by Nargaroth — Apr 26, 2025

A day will come Long after I have left the Earth In which my name Will never be spoken again And only then Am I truly dead I float away Into nothingness Gazing upon The realm I have transcended Although I am not truly gone Until the last time my name is ever spoken I am not truly dead Until they forget me I am liberated From the pain of living in a world Governed by time The clock is laughing A constant reminder Of my finite life I am liberated I am liberated I am now free From all that I feared And all the pain That I have endured throughout the voyage I am free from all that I have feared Goodbye to all the ones That were there for me in life I promise that I will meet you again On the other side of the hill Goodbye to all the ones That remember me in death I promise that I will meet you again On the other side

Submitted by Corpse Grinder — Apr 26, 2025