I Feel the Everblack Festering Within Me
We are alive I watch the shadows Fall on horizons we echo We are the difference A congregation of like minded hues and separation An introversion of life Am I broken, lost, battered and tossed I was the one on the outside Searching for peace I would never find Black roses loom in the dark Never to fall apart We were perfectly sewn ovеr imperfect bones Wе made a home in the shadow of madness We live in darkness In darkness We come to life In darkness we won't die We will survive Beneath the valleys of darkness Between mountains of deliverance We found a home buried below The shadows in between the rabble we let go We're not misplaced, naught, cursed and rot We are the ones burning inside This is how it feels to be alive Moonflowers bloom in the dark Never to fall apart We live in darkness In darkness In darkness rave Exalt the fight In this emptiness we come to life In darkness we are alive We were perfectly sewn over imperfect bones We made a home in the shadow of madness We live In darkness In darkness In darkness rave Exalt the fight In this emptiness we come to life In darkness we are alive We will survive In darkness we are alive
Submitted by johnmansley — Jul 05, 2026
Can we go back Can we go back Can we go back To how it used to be Can we go back It'll never be the same for me Walking through memories These fading photographs tell stories of another time Forgotten elegies These tinsel dreams paved the moments that made up my life Where do they go? What do we seek? As we grow older so do the trees This aging oak never felt so cold It rots within looking back on what could've been The leaves begin to fall all around me Take me home This pain is all I know I see your face in a broken home We couldn't see the forest lies within the trees Where did it go Where did it go We can't go back To how it used to be We can't go back It'll never be the same for me 'Cause things are different now It's not the same All these empty rooms Now only bring me pain As it all turns to dust We're slowly taken by time Let's rewind Where did it go? When did it leave? You cut me down and I ran away You were the tree from which I grew I was the branch you never knew Take me home This pain is all I know I see your face in a broken home We couldn't see the forest lies within the trees Where did it go Where did it go Are we too far gone From where we began All the time we lost The years we spent Running away - we hide I guess we could say our pride Got in the way We've been lost in the wrong moment Take me home This pain is all I know I see your face in a broken home We couldn't see the forest lies within the trees Where did it go Where did it go
Submitted by johnmansley — Jul 05, 2026
Beyond darkness Beyond pain We are what is left of the world We are free This is something worth fighting for Over the horizon we see our ascension If we push through the storm and lightning strike We can find a way out We can see the sunrise beyond us Beyond us We are free to see a brand new dawn Something worth fighting for This is something worth fighting for We were hardened by pressure Diamonds come together Can't you see This flood is nothing but a test A bitter respite These are the trials that define our every rite beyond us Beyond us We are free To see a brand new dawn Something worth fighting for This world is ours This world is ours for the taking Free to decide our own fate Our future now falls upon us all We will emerge No longer slaves No longer wasted Beyond the horizon We are free to see a brand new dawn Something worth fighting for This world is ours This world is ours for the taking We've seen through broken skies We've been through crashing waves We've bathed in bloody rivers And it will never be the same So they can try to tame our futures Erase the past of war and bleeding They can try to take our lives But they'll never take our freedom now We see beyond us - a brand new dawn Beyond us We are free
Submitted by johnmansley — Jul 05, 2026
If this is my crown I am its slave This is my kingdom I built upon a sandy shore It's sinking deeper Still they're knocking at my door Watching, waiting for me to break Upon a throne of snakes I won't let them in I won't let them in How the hell could I know I was their scapegoat Misdirection and woe One day I know I'll die alone How cruel it is To suffer in silence Undiscovered My 11th hour Is this what it takes To wear the crown of the king Is this living I'm starting to feel The more we weep The lesser suffer And cower The less they see The greater power A king on the ivory tower I will decide With so much power comes veering eyes Under the spotlight we're devoured The greatest lie is the lie we tell ourselves As a means to an end No one else can understand How numbing it is to hide What makes us human A throne of needles and blame All for me You only see what you want to believe No Blinded by faith Until it all crumbles In a moment So I bare the burden This is what it takes To rule a kingdom of snakes Is this living I'm starting to feel The more we weep The lesser suffer And cower The less they see The greater power A king on the ivory tower Death can take me I don't want it The weight of the fucking world Watch as I crash down from the ivory tower Pedestals crumble before the overwhelming judgement of the masses Now watch me hit the ground Now watch me hit the Ground I'm fucking sick of it Masking, it's taxing me You want to watch me fall I pray I hit the ground Hard enough so you can watch me die here
Submitted by johnmansley — Jul 05, 2026
When do you draw the fucking line? I have become a monster you created to die No more, you've darkened the door There's no escape from what you're due You've bitten off more than you could chew This time I'll take the bait I've come to play Violence is only the name of the game You call the signal, I'll decide your fate I am unfurled My turn to bite back at thе world I am now life and death God of man Come to еnd A war machine I am now life and death In the flesh No repenting Face the eternal flame Feel the burn Now it's your turn Call my name Shit out of luck Now your life is fucked This time you'll pay the price For everything you put me through You've bitten off more than you could chew Now I'm the hand that feeds My turn to bite My turn to bite My turn to bite back at the world I am now life and death God of man Come to end A war machine I am now life and death In the flesh No repenting Face the eternal flame Feel the burn Now it's your turn Call my name Shit out of luck Now your life is fucked You left me out in the valley Beneath the shadow of death Wasting away in mud I'm out for blood So if you pray for rain Then I'll give you the flood Drenched in sorrow One by one you will reap what you sow Bathing in the ashes of your fucking bones
Submitted by johnmansley — Jul 05, 2026
We are the damned We are the damned We are the damned We are the damned We are the damned We are the damned We are the damned Cut down and bled I'm the one that you left for dead We are the damned We are the damned We are the damned You left for dead In the twilight we are the damned I let conviction heal the wounds befallen me I gave my world at cost of my sanity's balance The scale leans toward hypocrisy I've no humility in my pious soul But where did you go Empyria Where did you go Empyria I need you now Scraping by of the soot of decay (We are the damned) Left to writhe in the hole we were digging (We are forsaken) Still we look to the light for catharsis (We are the damned) Have I become just a voice you forgotten A nameless hymn Damned I am forsaken I sold my soul For depravity Is this damnation I reap I've sacrificed as we atrophied With nowhere to go from here Is this as I feared Empyria Where did you go Empyria I need you now Scraping by of the soot of decay (We are the damned) Left to writhe in the hole we were digging (We are forsaken) Still we look to the light for catharsis (We are the damned) Have I become just a voice you forgotten A nameless hymn I lay here dying slowly waiting to be taken to light I'm just a penitent lamb to the slaughter I am the voice you've forgotten This life has been a fucking living hell No, I gave you everything Suffering to justify a fucking book It can't purify me I fall deeper into madness Where light can't reach me I am the voice you forgotten We are the damned We are the damned We are the damned Cut down and bled I'm the one that you left for dead We are the damned We are the damned We are the damned You left for dead In the twilight we are the damned We are the damned We are the damned We are the damned You left for dead In the twilight we are the damned
Submitted by johnmansley — Jul 05, 2026
How did you hear the ravens cry Calling us out in the distance Waiting for someone or something To come within reach The place you left will never be more than empty space You still remain alive in the flower bed The most painful goodbyes are never said Our souls are shaken Our hearts bleed the same Our fires burn in each other We will never end Oh death's еmbrace A chilling cold A wretched fatе Now etched in stone Through fires rage We pass the torch We live on forevermore Together forever reborn We live on forevermore This is a tragedy You left us far too soon Everything changes in moments Our garden decays This hole in the ground is but one of many Fuck Once a fabled sign now a solemn breath The most painful goodbyes are never said Our fires burn in each other We will never end Oh death's embrace A chilling cold A wretched fate Now etched in stone Through fires rage We pass the torch We live on forevermore Together forever reborn We live on forevermore Remember this day Death is the debt we repay I know this isn't goodbye We'll meet again on the other side Oh death's embrace A chilling cold A wretched fate Now etched in stone Through fires rage We pass the torch We live on forevermore Together forever reborn We live on forevermore
Submitted by johnmansley — Jul 05, 2026