This Present Wasteland

Domination everywhere laid upon your feet Kill the rich and feed the poor, prepare to take your seat Your crown of thorns you wear so well fits you like a glove Your reign of terror wreaks of hell, you're the evil one Burning and burning you can't resist the fire Temptation is dangerous, watch the flames grow higher The time will come for you to die, you'll think you've left your mark The tragedy of your whole life is that of your black heart Of your heart Tossing and turning beneath this troubled night No rest for the wicked when hiding from the light Conjuring his wayward spells to unleash upon the earth Wallowing in deep despair trying to find his worth Blinded by his awful rage he fails to see the light Falling to an early death, hope is not in sight And in the end you'll be, for all eyes to see In the company of sorrow The hidden sins of ill repute have brought you to this point The brighter side of death you’ll find is not yours to anoint The messages you've tried to send Have all been for naught The words they fall on deafened ears And cease the wayward thought

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Apr 24, 2025

In the mind’s eye we commit the perfect crime We are drawing nearer, we're only one step away When we visualize the destruction from inside We tear ourselves apart and we are to blame Too far and never near the ending will appear To pose another question of what we hold dear Our sanity reveals what is false and what is real The grays that seem to haunt this unforgiving hell We think we've fooled all of mankind We have created the perfect crime The answers intertwined, we often cross the line We make our own reality and think life is fine Life through a clouded lens, our judgment cloaked in sin We fall from the highest point just to get up again We think we've fooled all of mankind We have created the perfect crime The perfect crime

Submitted by Nargaroth — Apr 24, 2025

A mystery of the universe a tale of the dead Far into the psyche and far until the end The mind it often wonders about the few and far between But in these lines I think you'll find that you will believe Oh far beyond the violent skies you can see a watchful eye His presence always shifting like the empty hands of time On broken wings he tries to sing his hateful lullaby Nobody is listening to this dull pathetic cry His death is mourned by no one, he is the shadowed one Now he plots from below these deeds of a dead soul Whispers in a wind storm carry through the night Helpless victims everywhere, all have felt his plight The scars he's left are memorable, he waits until they heal Then he comes back again, to seal the final deal Oh far beyond the violent skies you can see a watchful eye His presence always shifting like the empty hands of time On broken wings he tries to sing his hateful lullaby Nobody is listening to this dull pathetic cry His death is mourned by no one, he is the shadowed one Now he plots from below these deeds of a dead soul

Submitted by johnmansley — Apr 24, 2025

As you stand on the edge of your life what are your last thoughts Do you remember when you were full of life Your judgment has been clouded oh for so many years There is a lake you have created oh from all of the tears Now meet your maker, thou shall repent Now meet your maker Rebuilding the bridges we've burned from ashes and bone The weight has been lifted, the weight of a stone Beyond all repair we need to be free from the torture, no life will be spared We need to beware of the future Now meet your maker, thou shall repent Now meet your maker We’re walking this earth on borrowed time A gift from heaven, a gift divine Out of the shadows but far from the light We’re walking this earth on borrowed time All we've got are memories, why change the past for naught Live inside those memories not soon to be forgot The sands of time are fleeting the hours pass by quickly Take a hold of every moment and savor it intently And when you reach the great beyond you stand and count your blessings You’ve lived a life full of pride, didn't let life break your stride You carried on through think and thin, and now is not your time So fight for every breath and live the grand design

Submitted by Celtic Frost — Apr 24, 2025

Tomorrow is here today, ones and zeros pave the way Nothing’s real but looks the same The future’s looking far too bright and I can never sleep at night New creations just a click away Interaction from your chair, a social life not really there No one is who they say they are Files and folders gone too far, pull the wire from your arm Disconnection makes you lose your mind We've created a monster, it’s taking us down We’ve created a monster, and we don't know how We’ve created a monster, no will to be found We’ve created a monster Never will you leave your home, never knowing you're alone Shut in has become a way of life Business at the speed of light, a fast connection will change your life Have I lost it, have I gone too far I'm on the run, I'm on the take, but I bought into it, and it is all fake I lost myself, now who am I I am just a screen name and a new profile I never dreamed that this would be the path I was meant to follow I am in a trance, I am in a race I am going nowhere in cyberspace I lost myself, now who am I I am now addicted to a life on the inside

Submitted by SerpentEve — Apr 24, 2025

The blind will lead the blind again down a lonely path to hell The fires await in the fading moon of another realm The key is turned, it unlocks the grave, it awaits the dead All casualties of a major plague under their command Call out to them and they will follow They are the rats that will beg and borrow We’re crawling to extinction The whole human race, we're crawling to extinction Punks on parade as they play their games They’re all one in the same Lepers, tyrants, kings of disease Send them to an early grave Call out to them and they will follow They are the rats that will beg and borrow We’re crawling to extinction The whole human race, we're crawling to extinction I just can't take anymore All the lies and the spies with their tricks and their whores We’re lost in a world of greed, all that you have is all that we need, All that you have is all that we need

Submitted by Pestilence — Apr 24, 2025

A permanent disguise hid within the eyes Paint a vivid picture of our lives We look into the future and kneel to one knee We plea for absolution and judgment to be It's not the cross you bear, of some you should beware And I can see that you don't really care We’ve turned up every stone and we've swam through every sea We’ve shattered all our hopes and what they mean With a loaded gun You'll wonder what you've done It’s a war never won, it's a war never won Look outside yourself, you're not an empty shell You’ll find that you're not like anyone else And the portrait turns to dust and your faith begins to rust Everything you've sought has been of lust I'm not your savior, I'm not your saint I'm just the liar that fills your heart with hate Do you hide in the darkness, do you live for the rain Wash away our sins and stop the endless pain Do we pray to the heavens do we pray to the gods There’s no resolution to a war never won War never won

Submitted by Corpse Grinder — Apr 24, 2025

One foot within the grave, your life has been enslaved Your soul can not be saved, nor the penance that you gave You put the fear on a grown man's face You shake the ground with all that you create You are a god amongst all mortal men You are the reason that we're living in This moral panic, mass hysteria Cryptic verses won't ease your pain Not even when you speak his name From the depths he will arise It's the end it's your demise You put the fear on a grown man's face You shake the ground with all that you create You are a god amongst all mortal men You are the reason that we're living in This moral panic, mass hysteria When you dip into the well of souls is it cold unto the touch It’s illusions from your life of lust You see your life is fading fast it's turning into dust The hands of time are what you fear so much

Submitted by Corpse Defiler — Apr 24, 2025

We come into this world to give and not to take We stray the path intended further from the gates We play with fire and we're always getting burned When you walk unholy ground another lesson learned Free again, free again I know I can breathe again I can breathe again We're not alone, we're guided by a hand We walk with angels, left footprints in the sand My time is fading as I try to understand The way I'm feeling, I bow to his command I can breathe again, I can breathe again Oh I can breathe again The heart will mend with a touch upon the shoulder Saying I'm alright now that I've crossed over Memories now that I am older Saying I'm alright now that I've crossed over

Submitted by Corpse Defiler — Apr 24, 2025

From way across the world, to right here where we are The screams can still be heard in the silence of the night The disciples spread the word and spare the non-believers A message has been burned into the minds of all Throughout the years some come and some have gone You have the ears that tell the right from wrong This is the reason why we have gone on so long This is the reason why we still belong Congregation These walls that we have built hold many tales inside The secrets of our lives are for all to read The workings of our mind, both brilliant and insane Only you can understand we don't do it for the fame Throughout the years some come and some have gone You have the ears that tell the right from wrong This is the reason why we have gone on so long This is the reason why we still belong Our eyes have seen a lot of things, our eyes have seen the world Our thoughts have moved the masses and left them wanting more Our life our own reality, and we live it as we please Spread the word to all that haven't heard and take our place in history

Submitted by Celtic Frost — Apr 24, 2025