The Bloodwater Rebellion

what are we gonna do? scratch a living off the rocks if it were up to you can’t be right in the head to throw away all we have earned and leave our kids for dead how do we make our way in a world of dirty tricks where filthy riches rule? where they all need the fuel, the provider will prevail and outlive the fool burn the black gold love it, love it, love it, love it the smell of our bones I'm all smiles running the million dollar mile chasing the billion dollar high it's mine we have it all worked out the perpetual machine rolls on beyond doubt we see right through your lies if the engine sputters you jump in with blazing eyes what would you have us be? not the leaders of the pack but animals at bay it’s not for you to say keep hysteria to yourself and stay out of the way drink the black gold yummy, yummy, yummy, yummy the taste of our souls I'm all smiles running the million dollar mile chasing the billion dollar high it's mine I’m all smiles sporting the million dollar style kissing the billion dollar sky it's mine shoot the black gold the carbon, our blood I'm all smiles running the million dollar mile chasing the billion dollar high it's mine I’m all smiles sporting the million dollar style kissing the billion dollar sky it’s mine

Submitted by MetalElf — Apr 26, 2025

day in, day out punch in, punch out unthinking routine automated set out at dusk come in at dawn unblinking rhythm integrated robotic in trance of the taker's tune chugging along on the taker's track convinced of the right in the wrong I do hiding behind how I give it back devour the world a tale of the harvest a song of the sunset we take the light in your life away stock up on their lifeblood we suck their wellspring dry but a flicker in my soul asks me "who am I?" keep them under our heel monopolize supply but a devil on my shoulder asks me "who am I?" we take the light in your life away a lake of poison ashes a river running dry but a flicker in my soul asks me "who am I?" hold every drop of water monopolize supply but a devil on my shoulder asks me "who am I?" devour the world a tale of the harvest a song of the nightfall we take the light in your life away robotic in trance of the taker's tune chugging along on the taker's track In the dead of the night I pay my dues believing the lie that I give it back out on the swell here at the desk I am the same man in the same game day in, day out within, without I am the drain, I am the taker

Submitted by Sexy Gargoyle — Apr 26, 2025

the blanket of the long winter fell upon my soul locked away inside, what did I do to end up here? and in the numbness of my state, the approaching dawn but I am still so far away, so far away In the rage of a mountain's memory like a dream of eternal fury, tundra you can try but you cannot reach me for my heart is buried deep in the tundra the chill of the endless night pierced into my mind locked away outside, what did I do to deserve this? and in the darkness of my thoughts, the aurora lights but I am still so far away, so far away In the rage of a mountain's memory like a dream of eternal fury, tundra you can try but you cannot reach me for my heart is buried deep in the tundra all my life I have felt the longing for the touch when the ice is breaking, tundra for the sound when the ground is shaking and my heart is coming loose from the tundra there's a light on the faint horizon coming through to the bones in prison, tundra to the edge of the frozen daybreak at the end of the world there's no more tundra

Submitted by Dahmers Fridge — Apr 26, 2025

I saw the lighthouse on fire and I still ran the ship ashore I never heeded any warning and I don't count the seventh time I am the watcher in the tower I hope the failure isn't mine they say I've scared them off their bearings too much light confuses the eye come and keep us through the seas uncertain lead us safely back to shore come and heal us of the lighthouse burden what we saw we could not know I felt the danger in my cold bones but I had never seen the beast I thought I knew these wicked waters master of the treacherous sea I am a guide through the dark places from distant stars to crushing rock follow my light upon the skyline don't let your mind confuse the eye come and keep us through the seas uncertain lead us safely back to shore come and free us from the lighthouse burden through the darkness we must go

Submitted by Morgoth — Apr 26, 2025

late one night they caught me, as my boat came into harbor I was put in prison to await the sentenced horror one chance of escaping, one chance out through doors to nothing wounded, blinded, crawling, I hear deathly voices taunting me voices of the dead speak voices of the dead speak on my journey, wandering, I could never avoid blaming ills of not belonging on the change I knew was coming but then what of them who never made it to diminish? wounded, blinded, crawling, I hear deathly voices calling me voices of the dead speak voices of the dead speak voices of the dead speak voices of the dead speak out here in the desert of the dry and lonely winter I can find no comfort in my dogged explanations I'm confronted day by day, I can't escape their judgment wounded, blinded, crawling, I hear deathly voices cursing me voices of the dead speak voices of the dead speak voices of the dead speak voices of the dead speak voices of the dead speak (genocide, genocide) voices of the dead speak (genocide, genocide) voices of the dead speak (genocide, genocide) voices of the dead speak (genocide, genocide) no, you are gone voices of the dead speak no, you are gone voices of the dead speak: genocide

Submitted by BloodShrine — Apr 26, 2025

once outside the city walls I headed for the hills no laconic wit could help me now trudging through the desolation, in the swirling mist all was suddenly clear... adrift in the wind I have a ghost to kill following the river, step by step I upped the pace failing to outrun the haunting guilt lies of all these men of honor ringing in my ears, I could never return... adrift in the wind I have a ghost to kill passing over mountains, icy rock under my feet never saw a soul or heard a sound down into the gloomy valley, to the silent fjord, there a specter appeared... adrift in the wind I have a ghost to kill afloat on the waves I have a promise to keep the north sea has come home empty barrels, the future's gone the arctic ocean has been sown we're reapers of the whirlwind blown adrift in the wind we have a ghost to kill afloat on the waves we have a promise to keep all that went before we have a ghost to kill what never came to be a ghost to kill and a promise to keep the north sea has come home

Submitted by NecroLord — Apr 26, 2025

by our blood the water is yours a rusty rig of creaking steel the splendor of her prime long gone when all their eyes were turned her way to marvel at her majesty, the royalty of energy the first of their crimes: they took the land away they have, we have not grey fingers grabbed ahold, empire of the grave the last of their crimes: they took the water deceit, perfect doom we drink the deadly rain, and breathe the cold dust by our blood the water is yours they brought the progress death by death then hid behind their walls of gold and all their eyes were turned away while horror took its hold outside, denial put down roots inside the first of their crimes: they took the land away they have, we have not grey fingers grabbed ahold, empire of the grave the last of their crimes: they took the water deceit, perfect doom we drink the deadly rain, and breathe the cold dust the sum of their crimes: they took the future blood spilled, the bloodwater born and unborn, we are rebellion the first of their crimes: they took the land away they have, we have not grey fingers grabbed ahold, empire of the grave the last of their crimes: they took the water deceit, perfect doom we drink the deadly rain, and breathe the cold dust the sum of their crimes: they took the future blood spilled, the bloodwater born and unborn, we are rebellion the bloodwater born and unborn, we are rebellion

Submitted by Immortal — Apr 26, 2025

now I cannot dream anymore I cannot feel anymore and I cannot take anymore I cannot hope anymore from fathers to sons mothers, daughters long gone our home is our legacy from fathers to sons mothers, daughters long gone our home is our legacy no, never again I'll never return I'll never forget you gave this to me I'll never pretend I'll never deceive I've come to the end no, never again

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Apr 26, 2025

put your nose to the wind, smell a change in the air storm is coming when the thunderclap hits, and you huddle inside we are coming as the rain lashes down, on the countryside hills change is coming and you scramble for cover, from the lightning and gales storm is coming raise us up and lead the way we come rolling, roaring, now face the lightning a flash across the northern sky feel the hammer the drum of ages long gone by hail Sky Father, raise us up and lead the way run for cover we come rolling, roaring, die! rise up in rage thunderstorm of the century dawn of our age we take back the rivers and underground lakes all over soon live or die by the deeds you do we’re on the move thunderstorm of the century raise us up and lead the way we come rolling, roaring, now face the lightning a flash across the northern sky feel the hammer the drum of ages long gone by hail Sky Father, raise us up and lead the way run for cover we come rolling, roaring, die! turn of the tide thunderstorm of the century you choose your side your city will rot in a cesspool of bile all over soon live or die by the deeds you do we're on the move thunderstorm of the century

Submitted by The Void — Apr 26, 2025