Corrupting Influence

Compelled to consume A need to satisfy the urge Desire to meet A translucent expectation Hooked into the grid A stream of never-ending images Convincing the world The way they want us to all be Breaking you down With messages designed to feed into Subconscious fears and insecurities We got what you need To fill the never-ending void The hole in your soul That you're unable to avoid Compelled to consume Driven to obey Haunted by desire Staggering in dismay Compelled to consume Driven to obey Haunted by desire Staggering in dismay Staggering in dismay Flashing images of perfection Something you can never achieve Desperate emptiness burns inside of you Searching Endless agony Deaf, dumb, dead, and blind Years of reception have programmed your mind Buying, selling, begging for time Searching for happiness you cannot Buy Succumb to daily pressures To meet the status quo Resources exhausted Plugged in, tuned out, turned on, switched off We are Your overseers The unseen masters Of every want Desire Born And then you die And in between You live the life of a lie Thrown Into a sea Of discontent Left to drown Compelled to consume Driven to obey Haunted by desire Staggering in dismay Compelled to consume Driven to obey Haunted by desire Staggering in dismay

Submitted by johnmansley — Apr 26, 2025

Born into A dystopian world A network of nefarious lies Wired Conspired Molded and formed Thrust onto a path on which humanity dies Self denied Corrupting influence A product of the times War Famine Poverty Greed As far as the eyes can see Used Abused Beaten and bruised Suspended in an alternate reality Blank is your mind Expressionless Programmed to serve The invisible master Stolen at birth No identity Depleted soul Feeds the draw of the battery A corrupting influence Subverts your innocence Hiding the terrible truth A corrupting influence Living your life anointed in servitude Born into A dystopian world A network of nefarious lies Wired Conspired Molded and formed Thrust onto a path on which humanity dies Self denied Corrupting influence A product of the times Corrupting influence Disembodied Disconnected Individuality denied Intercepted And dissected Living a reality of lies Disembodied Disconnected Individuality denied Intercepted And dissected Living in a network of nefarious lies Born into A dystopian world A network of nefarious lies Wired Conspired Molded and formed Thrust onto a path on which humanity dies Self denied Corrupting influence A product of the times

Desperately searching To find your next fix The serpent is whispering You are transfixed Calling your name Relentlessly beckons you Searching in vain To quiet your mind Pulling at your strings Chemical dependency Preying on your mind Nothing left to lose Staring darkness in the eyes has left you blind Playing your last card Chips cashed in Chamber your last round The sickness is settling in Agony of death will now begin Psychosis has taken hold The end game will now unfold Fatal dependency A life lost to misery Skin is dripping from your limbs Sunken eyes Lost in a sea of longing Wait to die The pain of death Unrelenting flows through you In anguish you cry Searching for a way to end your grief and suffering Wasted the chance you were given Everything could have been yours For you there is no tomorrow Now in the end You amount to nothing Fatal dependency A life lost to misery Fatal dependency A life lost to misery Fatal dependency A life lost to misery Fatal dependency Now in the end You amount to Nothing

It's a sad thing to look at your life So many years of potential wasted Look at what you've become It's terrible to be alive Lacking in purpose Drifting in the void Complacent, shiftless and lazy With no direction Waiting for the end Don't ever compromise yourself and Rise up Take what is yours Seize the moment The minute The hour Focus your eyes and see Born to be free What lies ahead is destiny Stand tall Deliver Make it happen Exert your power Focus Relentless drive Focus Time to be Alive A stranglehold on the pain Bleeding the poison Right out of your veins Purging the inhibitions Out of your brain Watching your adversaries Growing insane A stranglehold on the pain Bleeding the poison Right out of your veins Purging the inhibitions Out of your brain Watching your adversaries Growing insane Focus now relentlessly Own your destiny Focus now relentlessly Focus now relentlessly Own your destiny Focus now relentlessly

Submitted by Pestilence — Apr 26, 2025

Oceans of blood Flow from the serpentine labyrinth Enemy waves Crashing into the front lines Tides begin to turn Under overwhelming pressure Pulverizing force Beat into submission Immeasurable loss Catastrophic collapse Surrounded from the inside Whittled down to nothing Only few remain Strengthening of resolve At the tightening of the noose Instincts hyper-focused Sharpening of the mind Surrounded from the inside Surrounded from the inside This is the moment That defines your constitution Testing your mettle Make your final resolution Defining moment Will you fight or will you die? Charging headlong into death Against the odds you shall defy Charging headlong into death Against the odds you shall defy Oceans of blood Flow from the serpentine labyrinth Hacking and slashing Plunging death into flesh Adrenaline flowing Cast into the melee Cry of battle echoes Through the final moment Surrounded from the Inside Pain of war Stench of death Turn the tide Surrounded from the inside Pain of war Stench of death Turn the tide Surrounded from the inside Pain of war Stench of death Turn the tide Surrounded from the inside Pain of war Stench of death Turn the tide Surrounded from the inside

Submitted by Infernal Flame — Apr 26, 2025

Floating in a void Suspended unreality Feeling paranoid What have I become? Lost in time and space Yesterday's tomorrow Time Inconceivable Minutes, hours, days A lifetime Incomplete fragments Flashes like a memory State of confusion Pick up the pieces Put them together The picture now is clear to me Shapeless non-existence Absolute nothing A formless shade of black Images of mourning The final moments Time to accept the fact Unreality Living or dead? Unreality Is it all in my head? Unreality I need to know the truth Overcome by the burden of Proof Unreality Living or dead? Unreality Is it all in my head? Unreality I need to know the truth Overcome by the burden of Proof Unreality Living or dead? Unreality Is it all in my head? Unreality I need to know the truth Overcome by the burden of Proof Unreality Living or dead? Unreality Is it all in my head? Unreality I need to know the truth Overcome by the burden of Proof The highest high The lowest low A saint or a sinner When you're dead You're dead Best of the best Worst of the worst Loser or winner The final words have been said

Submitted by BloodShrine — Apr 26, 2025

Disingenuous actions A carbon copy of what's come before Feigning your passions Looking for the next open door Sincerity compromised Pull the sheet over their eyes A career built on lies Cloaking yourself in the latest disguise So far removed from original form A cast A clone A counterfeit So far removed from original form Misleading the masses into buying it So far removed from original form A cast A clone A counterfeit So far removed from original form Tomorrow you'll be changing it Shape-shifter Constantly shedding your skin Chameleon Colors change just to fit in You're no pioneer No shepherd The ones who walk with you are weak The standard is set much lower The structure crumbles as we speak Follow the herd Riding the wave Faking your way Pushing a lie Selling a myth Flying by night for dollar Of the day Disingenuous actions A carbon copy of what's come before Feigning your passions Looking for the next open door Sincerity compromised Pull the sheet over their eyes A career built on lies Cloaking yourself in the latest disguise Whoring yourself out to the masses Separating self From the classes Following trends And the norm Motherfuckers you Don't belong Mirage of truth Spineless fiend Litany of insincerity Litany of insincerity

Submitted by Morgoth — Apr 26, 2025

Haunting screams Fill my mind Relentless hate That makes me blind Tasting my rage Submit to fate Accepting the fact That it's too late Your worst fears have come to pass Just no telling if you'll last Tension builds with every breath Open arms and welcome Death I am your god now Master of life and death I hold your life in my hands Restrained, injected Poison courses through your veins Distorted perception Your world goes black My revenge exacted Justice served with deadly skill Unforgivable acts Life erased No light to call you Martyr of redemption I send you straight to hell I am justice Vengeance personified Swift and sure to those I shall vilify I am justice Architect of fate Born of fire Righteousness And hate I am justice Vengeance personified Swift and sure to those I shall vilify I am justice Architect of fate Born of fire Righteousness And hate Innocent victims avenged The world will soon be cleansed Of the bottom feeders and refuse The progenitors of sorrow and abuse The progenitors of sorrow and abuse Twist the knife Feel the steel piercing your flesh Writhe in pain A cleansing fire that purifies Suffer and die For you there'll be no afterlife For I am god, smiting all those who stray Many of those who reach out for justice Cast aside by system so vile I tip the scales now in their favor Offering reprisal at the point of My blade Final justice Now is served Judge Jury Executioner Final justice Gavel falls Sentence given Vengeance for all Final justice Now is served Judge Jury Executioner Final justice Gavel falls Sentence given Vengeance for all

Submitted by The Void — Apr 26, 2025

All my days in preparation for this Time Stands still at my day of reckoning Put to the test It's all or nothing now Endless possibilities One outcome Rolling the dice like so many times before Any roll could be my last Landscapes burning Ash and cinder Crying, screaming Burns my eyes Day in, day out Routine chaos Daily view of blackened skies Screaming, fleeing Pushing past me Plant my feet And stand my ground Once again I'm called upon To face the terror Duty bound Eye of the storm is where you'll find me My conscience binds me Sworn to an oath My brother's decree Honor defines me Front of the line is where you'll find me My conscience binds me Sworn to an oath My brother's decree Supreme sacrifice Supreme sacrifice Supreme sacrifice The highest price that one can pay With your life An immortal currency This was your path Chosen of your own free will Those left behind Have grown stronger through your bravery Supreme sacrifice Supreme sacrifice Silence Of your absence Echoes louder Into a deafening roar Impact Of your actions Felt by thousands Beyond the concrete empire Eye of the storm is where you'll find me My conscience binds me Sworn to an oath My brother's decree Honor defines me Front of the line is where you'll find me My conscience binds me Sworn to an oath My brother's decree

Submitted by Corpse Defiler — Apr 26, 2025