The System Has Failed
“This is breaking news, it appears that Air Force One was shot down somewhere over the Middle East this morning by a sleeper cell of rogue terrorists firing a Stinger Missile The Pilot and all passengers are unaccounted for The President’s where abouts are presently unknown and he is presumed missing The Vice President, Secretary of State and principals of the military are assembling, our nation stands at DEFCON 3” The greatest crisis, will someone come for me? I, red, white and blew it Unleashed revenge, my body is detained How could anybody do this? Betrayal, I peel away the days Medals are useless, Uncle Sam’s forgotten me I’m not important, no one will ever come I’ll never be found, God get me out of this hell Nuclear battlefields energized Cold wars are heating up again The tensions mounting People lift up your fists in revenge The stage is set Who will be the first to blink? We can’t go to war Remember that “Vietnam thing” A peace at any price With a gun to your head bang, bang Weakness runs in your family Oh what runs in mine is death This is your five minute warning Burn all of your classified documents And if cooler heads don’t prevail First strike from a political dead man Appeasement only makes the aggressor more aggressive He understands only one language, action and he respects only one word, force No sign of them stopping, no time for back channel communiques We need all the help we can get, air strikes and invasions, retaliate, I say The will of good men can not counter the terrible strain of war Blackmail the universe with the greatest of calamities Awaken those sleeping giants in the dust of the ground With their skin destroyed, unjust to innocence Lawful possessor of the world’s last twenty-four hours Terror and ugliness reveal what death really means And in hatred you’ll see men as they really are If chosen over heaven, earth will have been for them All along, only another region of hell
Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Apr 24, 2025
It’s twilight and I wake up hot My body’s soaked in a cold, cold sweat I reenact the lurid scenes And clawed engravings in my head Uoh, I can’t punch hard enough (and I run) I can’t kick high enough (and I run) I can’t shoot straight enough (and I run) I can’t hold on enough (and I run) Uoh, I can’t stay down enough (and I run) I can’t take pain enough (and I run) I can’t bleed fast enough I can’t die dead enough The air is thick, but the oxygen’s thin My heart is beating like a drum And ice is flowing through my veins Explosives on my lips and in my lungs Uoh, I can’t punch hard enough (and I run) I can’t kick high enough (and I run) I can’t shoot straight enough (and I run) I can’t hold on enough (and I run) Uoh, I can’t stay down enough (and I run) I can’t take pain enough (and I run) I can’t bleed fast enough I can’t die dead enough I don’t know what I’m running from and I don’t know where I’m running to? There’s something deep and strange inside of me I see I don’t know what I’m running from and I don’t know where I’m running to? Something’s compelling me to run into the dark And now I am more driven than before And now I live just to settle score And now I feel the nearness of your breath Now I introduce you to your death I, I, I am more driven than before I, I, I live just to settle score I, I, I feel the nearness of your breath I, I, I introduce you to your death I can’t punch hard enough I can’t kick high enough I can’t shoot straight enough I can’t hold on enough I can’t stay down enough (die dead enough) I can’t take pain enough (die dead enough) I can’t bleed fast enough (die dead enough) I can’t die dead enough (die dead enough)
Submitted by Warbringer — Apr 24, 2025
Dawn breaks evenly today On the truth and the lie All rise, court’s in session We’re hanging someone high Justice means nothing today Now that the courts are for sale Pick a crime from the menu, pick a sentence and defend you and pay the down payment called bail The system’s for sale Kick the chair, the rope’s tight Just like one quick wrench, the tooth is out Friend or foe, I gotta hang ‘em dead Or they’ll come back around Kick it, the court’s wrong when it keeps track Of victories and defeats yeah The press that never rest just waits For somebody’s soul they can eat, uah Justice means nothing today Now that the jury’s for sale Guilty or not, the verdict’s a lie, you’re going to jail The system has failed Kick the chair, the rope’s tight Just like one quick wrench, the tooth is out Friend or foe, ya gotta hang ‘em dead Or they’ll come back
Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Apr 24, 2025
My life is everything, that feeds my thirst that causes sin My wants are all I care, no shame and guilt, there’s nothing there Look deep into my face, I sell deceit without a trace Fear not what I can do, unless you want it done to you, uoh As I climb onto your back, I will promise not to sting I will tell you what you want to hear, and not mean anything And then I treat you like a dog, as I shoot my venom in You pretend you didn’t know, that I am a Scorpion, oh Myself, I’m centered in, there’s nothing else, there’s never been And I dream, to be left alone, with the sadness, the madness of my own Look deep into my soul, it’s black as coal, like a bullet hole Fear not, get off your knees, there’s no defense, you’ll do what I please, oh As I climb onto your back, I will promise not to sting I will tell you what you want to hear, and not mean anything And then I treat you like a dog, as I shoot my venom in You pretend you didn’t know, that I am a Scorpion, oh As I climb onto your back, I will promise not to sting I will tell you what you want to hear, and not mean anything I will treat you like a dog, as I shoot my venom in ‘Cause you knew all along, I am a Scorpion, yeah My lies to reach the shore, I aggrandize and nothing more My hopes, to steal away, all that you love, I’ll soon betray Look deep into my past, the pain I deal is unsurpassed I’m not a lowly Scorpion, I’m so much worse, I’m the fall of man -Fighting broke out overnight between rival factions along the Israeli/Syrian border. Initial reports say Israeli jet fighters bombed the guerrilla base killing at least 49 soldiers and 13 civilians. -A 49 year old unidentified man went beserk last night opening fire with a 12 gauge shotgun in a crowded downtown restaurant, 14 people are dead including 3 children. -A crackdown on labratory experients on animals is expected to become law today. Animal rights activists have been pushing for the bill for 9 years and have taken part in mass demonstrations. -Police have smashed a multi million dollar drug smugglingring. 22 punds of heroin was seized along with a small amount of cocaine, marijuana, and hashish. 25 people have been arrested and face charges ranging from smuggling to possession for the purpose of traficking.
Submitted by Pestilence — Apr 24, 2025
This may seem all too confusing How I could walk away, from something so weird But you see it all got too demanding, yeah And I just didn’t care, I just didn’t care, if I cared, if I cared Lately, I’ve been left wanting, but not wanting you Attraction that once was no longer there Uh, and it sucks to be taken for granted When the veil is drawn and there’s only air I had to walk away Give up something I loved For what I loved even more And saved my tears for you Everything has lost its meaning, I have to let it go Define myself, myself, it starts something new, brand new Forced too deep in a mirror, to face who I really am Now it’s just me ‘cause I can afford you I had to walk away Give up something I loved For what I loved even more And saved my tears for you I gave up something I loved For what I loved even more And I saved my tears for you in a vial And I walked away Ah! You were so beautiful to look upon I could see the light in your smile Your eyes were the windows into your soul Your body was heavenly just like the sky Uh, until all your good looks betrayed you, which ain’t much Counted on your, count of the smiles are too long Your eyes are empty, windows broken The body may be here but the soul is gone I’ll save my tears for you in a vial For every wicked thing that you did, that you said But to sit and wait, I’m buried with your love So many tears in a vial, now that you’re gone and now that you’re dead
Submitted by VladTheImpaler666 — Apr 24, 2025
I served with Jack Kennedy I knew Jack Kennedy Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine Senator, you’re no Jack Kennedy
Submitted by NecroGod — Apr 24, 2025
Where were you when it happened, where could you be found? Were you at the front of the stage or in the underground? From S.F out to Old Brit, New York to L.A The world of metal changed forever, back in the day Well, that was back in the day and if you weren’t there It doesn’t matter anyway because you wouldn’t understand Live to die and die to play, every day and place Leave a path of metal across, a world from stage to stage Well, that was back in the day and if you weren’t there It doesn’t matter anyway because you wouldn’t understand In denim and leather, we were a one for all all for one force Knocked rock ’n’ roll on it’s ass and put metal on the course Higher! Higher! Higher! Higher! Ah! Back in the day If you weren’t there It doesn’t matter ‘Cause you wouldn’t understand This is our way of life, a life that was born free To follow orders how to live was never meant to be Ah ah oh oh oh Hints of thunder, seeds of lightning, the power hits the stage The music was exciting, the mania raged Ah ah oh oh oh We all had a fever, our ears started to ring Feeding this wildfire, consuming everything Ah ah oh oh oh Metal’s king back then and still is to this day Others imitate or challenge, but it never goes away Ah ah oh oh
Submitted by BloodShrine — Apr 24, 2025
Your mind tells you that you’ve lost your confidence You’re drifting and you don’t believe in anyone To lose what little you have left to be proud of Afraid you can’t do this again, auh! You said that nothing comes in between us And the way of getting things we wanted done Then enissophobia helps you under it’s influence Until you compromise your style Everything about you has been one big charade What will you do now, that the well’s run dry (Cry?) To sell-out all your friends and stab them in the back It’s something that you are, it’s something that I’m not When you forced me into doing what you love Mark my words, no one loves you very much (yeah mark ‘em) And when you tried to change me and tried to replace me I, I couldn’t help but end the stay with you hmm Being in the front can only last so long (you should know) To watch you sit, stare as a child returns (you little baby) To choke out the voice that told you money and the fame Would fill the grave that you dug for yourself Unlike you, I’m no vision to myself, lest you forget You didn’t ever make metal, buddy, metal made you To crush and roll over everyone along the way It’s something that you are, it’s something that I’m not A stranger to yourself, ha, you’ve pissed me off again I won’t be driven by your needs anymore What you’ve become to do or be is clear to see for me It’s something that you are, it’s something I’m not It makes me sick to hear you say you love me I know you only love what I can do for you If you were the one that was leading a charge Would you notice if I missed a day or two (But that’s impossible!) We all laughed at the parodies that you’ve become Now you’re paid, slowly payback has begun So I send my resignation or in your words, betrayal Before it gets much worse in your self-sabotage Something I’m not Something that you are Something I’m not Something I’m not Something that you are Ah something I’m not Something that you are Something I’m not, yet
Submitted by NecroGod — Apr 24, 2025
This is the first tale of death in the world When Cain struck down Abel, a family broken Since then mankind’s dominated his own kind To insult and injured there’s no such thing as peace, till death do us part Till the last (Truth be told) Sin lies at the doorway (Truth be told) Hell’s open for business now (Truth be told) The soil cries out for revenge (Truth be told) And death is upon the ground, all around The battle ain’t over without spoils of war Just ‘cause it is written does not make it so When you dance with the Devil wait till the song’s over I ask myself how bad do I want you to live, my anger is near Till the last (Truth be told) Sin lies at the doorway (Truth be told) Hell’s open for business now (Truth be told) The soil cries out for revenge (Truth be told) And death is upon the ground (Truth be told) Sin lies at the doorway (Truth be told) Hell’s open for business now (Truth be told) The soil cries out for revenge (Truth be told) And death is upon the ground, all around Tribulation strikes and we’re hit hard Still you just go on your way Head in the sand, ignoring the rain Just like the flood in Noah’s day, in his day Can’t punish those for ruining the earth It’s suicide so don’t worry Because we are all guilty, guilty as sin There’ll be no peace, never for you and me Before Al Qaeda and Bin Laden Long before Hitler and Hussein Ever since the first murder was committed The verdict’s always been the same, been the same, wrong Because the future just repeats the past There’s hell to pay, the stone’s been cast So there’ll be no peace, never be peace Till the last truth be told for you and me
Submitted by SerpentEve — Apr 24, 2025
The fire burns on And all that drives me on Till all is gone except The simple plans of mice and men Back when I was just seventeen I thought that I knew everything I could make it in this scene To be a rising star that only gleamed When all the answers disagreed With the questions held for me I was legal now at twenty-one I knew the way the world should run My God, just look what I had done Simply drunk and having fun Looked for friends but I found none All alone at twenty-one The fire burns on And all that drives me on Till all is gone except The simple plans of mice and men The fire burns on And all that drives me on Till all is gone except The simple plans of mice and men At twenty-five I was surprised That I was even half alive Somehow I managed to survive I felt my body’s doing time In my back a hundred knives All from my friends at twenty-five And now as Gabriel sounds my warning bell I’d buy your life if you’d sell And you would too if less compelled So live your life and live it well Theres not much left of me to tell I just got back up each time I fell The fire burns on And all that drives me on Till all is gone except The simple plans of mice and men The fire burns on And all that drives me on Till all is gone except The simple plans of mice and men The fire burns on And all that drives me on Till all is gone except The simple plans of mice and men The fire burns on And all that drives me on Till all is gone except The simple plans of mice and men The fire burns on And all that drives me on Till all is gone except The simple plans of mice and men The fire burns on And all that drives me on Till all is gone except The simple plans of mice and men
Submitted by Infernal Flame — Apr 24, 2025
Auxilium meum a Domino The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want He maketh me to lie down in green pastures He leadeth me beside the still waters He restoreth my soul He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake Yeah, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil: for thou art with me Thy rod and thy staff they comfort me Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies Thou anointest my head with oil, my cup runneth over Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life And I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever
Submitted by MetalElf — Apr 24, 2025
The flag that I once planted as a King, I abandoned And now I reclaim this banner by God, my sword and my name In a truce sealed by blood within this metal skin and all that I own Blood, bone and courage in my veins and the heart that pumps it, ah Drink from the chalice and be reborn And the land with me, it will change and transform A fighting man sworn to the quest, it is the doom of man that they forgot I have awoken a dragon and all around me the mist of his breath Good and evil, they’re never ain’t one without the other, his brother Always there where I least expect it, it will burn me to cinders The future’s taken root in the present sun Don’t look into my heart, least of all your own No man who is false can win in combat against the truth, when he lies He murders some part of the world, we must find what was lost His hearth and home, wife and child were not for me, I was not yet done I never knew how empty my soul was until it was refilled Mad distemper strikes both beggars and kings The Necromancer’s hard teachings of war and quest Well, I am given the right to bear arms and the power to meet justice I have lived through others far too long and carried my guilt, my causes, my sins I hope in the hereafter when I owe no more to the future that I can be just a man
Submitted by Cyberwaste — Apr 24, 2025