Old Eyes, New Heart
Coming from the dark, we are ghosts, we are shadows in the world Silent in our craft, in our art, we are not there to be seen Underneath it all, we have eyes They are shining but invisible Hidden in the souls, on the inside, like all else that is real All of our goals will be met Coming from the dark, we are hands We are instruments of work Hanging from our arms, by our sides, they are not there to be held Underneath the arms we have hearts They are beautiful and innocent Hidden in their beat, in our blood, there is mercy, there is love All of our goals will be met (All we know is how to go on) But we bleed, we bleed We bleed and we hurt like the living Screaming through invisible veils We know no one will come Coming from the dark, we are mouths We are instruments of sound Grinding in our teeth, on our tongues, words not passing over lips Underneath the words, there is truth, there is passion, there is tenderness Hidden from the world, from the light, where we never can belong All of our goals will be met But we dream, we dream We dream and we yearn like the living Turning our faces to the light We know no one will come
Submitted by johnmansley — Apr 26, 2025
There’s a black hole at the window howling at any change in the air If you forget to lock your smile in, don’t you worry. The sorrow will be there So I remain on guard Old habits dig their roots in Dark slivers of past everywhere I remember I’ve been hiding something But seems I forgot how to share So I remain on guard And I hope you will not hurt me That what you don’t say is also true You know, I want so much to trust you To hand over my heart like it’s new But I remain on guard
Submitted by Sexy Gargoyle — Apr 26, 2025
True proficient, Master Tongue Your mistakes were never wrong What should be stone is only sand What should be soul is just a brand These are the bitter streaks you wove through my life This is the innocence you cleared from my mind Now I know your face, Master Tongue True enchanter, Master Voice In your mouth the words are toys What should be touch is just a hand What should be truth is just a plan These are the bitter streaks you wove through my life This is the innocence you cleared from my mind Now I know your face, Master Tongue I’ve been watching you try to escape from yourself You chose the one game that there’s no way to win, you know You thought a sip from a stream could do you no harm Well, this is the river, clear and cruel as love And your last breath carries my name in sorrow These are the bitter streaks you wove through my life This is the innocence you cleared from my mind Now I know your face, Master Tongue
Submitted by NecroGod — Apr 26, 2025
Cold rain and grey skies. Short, numbing days that slowly dissolve into lines on your face Losing your way if your feet hit the ground Small hopes that vanish when you turn around A weight in the low light muffles all sound There’s a crack in the world where the colours drain out Endless doubt spins a web that you can’t pull apart And your thoughts take the shape of the hole in your heart And the cold, hard rain just keeps on coming down Nothing to hold on to No point in going on Locked in your heartbeat, heavy and strained Stealing your seconds and wasting your days Longing for something you’re not sure can be Waiting for something to force you to feel Hour by hour, the rain coming down You sit frozen in time while the world rushes on Breathing in, breathing out, as you wait for a change In that torrent of nothing, no tenderness remains Only cold, hard rain that keeps on coming down Nothing to hold on to No point in going on But there’s hope in the dark, and you’re not all alone You’ve been sinking for years. Now I’m breaking you out. I have patience and strength enough to wear down the stone, and a blazing, ruthless love. I won’t leave you to drown. So now I call you by your name Speak the words that burn in you Let the pain go in my hands Let my warm blood comfort you I’ll burn in you Let it loose I’ll be with you
Submitted by Finntroll — Apr 26, 2025
You set your steps so close to mine Keep falling in and out of pace Flaunt your distance like a deadbolt Then tumble right back into place So near me now that I can sing for no other A here-and-now that overturns the balance of my world You braid your thoughts right into mine Then you lean back just out of reach Push me away when you really need me closer Pull me close and ask me to leave So near me now that I can sing for no other A here-and-now that overturns the balance of my world When you lock your eyes in mine like that There's something broken and soft there you can't bring yourself to say And I stand frozen there in those headlights Can't fight or run, can't turn away So near you now that I can sing for no other A here-and-now that overturns the balance of my world Here and now you come so close So near me now And then my heart will break (There will be nothing I can do) But here and now I can sing for no other Here and now you are at the centre of my world
Submitted by Dahmers Fridge — Apr 26, 2025
Of all the things I’ll never do These were the ones I wanted the most: To hold my heart out without thought To know for once that I was not lost But these are things I’ll never do Lovely things I’ll never share Distant dragonflies of frost that melt away when I come near Mind the heart It's much too weak to last beneath the snow Mind the heart Its follies haunt you everywhere you go The soft defenseless hidden words The faint pathetic flickerings of hope Those gentle things are not for you and nothing in this world can make it so Of all the things I’ll never do These were the ones I wanted the most: To find a haven in your arms To fall and know that I would be caught But these are things I’ll never do Warm, sweet things I’ll never know Stinging seeds that came to fall on fallow soil where nothing grows Mind the heart inside Mind the heart inside It wore itself out carrying the load of all the things that will not be and nothing in this world can make it whole Be the slow river's flow and yield to the waters that sang my childhood's sleep Kneel, breathe out and let go A moment of courage is all it takes All I am, all I know Dissolving in red swirls Of all the things I’ll never do These were the ones I wanted the most: To fill my words and days with joy To feel the love consuming the void But these are things I’ll never do Just useless dreams that lingered on They couldn’t live here in the cold And they won’t matter when I’m gone
Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Apr 26, 2025
It’s been a long, slow road, but we’re finally home It’s been a hard few years, but we’re out of it now The weight on our hearts is lifted off at last as the long, slow road sinks into the past So I open my heart to you now, you should know that I’m scared I’m bruised and I’m broken, but healing fast under your care ‘Cause the roar of the emptiness dwindles away when you’re there And that’s a rare thing There have been cold, cruel days when my spirit was gone There have been dark, dark nights when I thought I was done But somehow your voice could always break through to the part of me that knows what is true So open your arms to me now. There is room for that here I’ll hold you as long as it takes you to know that it’s real ‘Cause the roar of the emptiness dwindles away when it’s shared If we should dare to hold on to this It’s been a long, slow road It’s been a hard few years Maybe there’s hope of peace at the end of the long slow road
Submitted by NecroGod — Apr 26, 2025