Of Malice and the Magnum Heart
How could I justify this? I can make anything alright But what do you know about sacrifice? You are no lamb Any man a creep Any man deserving Any man a victim, a target A victim, a target
Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 22, 2026
It was the last time (Last time) We lost a fight without you And finally now you understand This was the dream and answer Never stop this All I wanted was you by my side Those were true days, I watched them fall away These boards will break These boards will break against my ribs We've shown ourselves with our pride atrophied A virtue burns hot enough to cauterize These boards will break, these were true days I watched them fall away I don't blame the last step in the sequence It was your way So many times we cursed your name And I do not say I hold no regrets when I close my eyes Just think of the things we could have done I've shown myself with my pride atrophied I hope you know we always loved you Forgive me for all things Even though I watched us fall, fall away With determination we could carry on And with determination we all must live on We've all learned things from those days I know that we all have grown Even I now feel a calm like I have never known Like I have never known
Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 22, 2026
This time it was our summer It was something no one could take from us Sometimes that night seems so close Like I could hold it You said "alright, we'll be fine" But how could we have known? Do you remember? Roll down the window, let in night air I always thought we'd be together You said, you said You said that we've never gone this way before I must not let you die, your memory survives I hope that tonight things are fine as I lay awake The light cuts the southern sky and that glass stings my lungs These scars, they will, they will always remind me of you And how you're always with me And how You're with me You're with me You are with me, always with me Nothing, won't you stay and be with me tonight, tonight? Don't you know I tried to find those pictures with no light? I lost them as I lost you I lost them as I lost you Wanting Wanting to see and be with you again, with you again Wishing the best for you, my lost friend, my lost friend To hear you laugh one last time I hope you know I tried to find those pictures, Jordo Of us that night in Detroit with the Preshure Point And I, I now feel the need to fly and hide inside And I, I now feel the need to hide inside your loving arms Man, I swear I'd give the whole thing up for you
Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 22, 2026
I am peripheral movement I am a figure without form I am a person seen from a distance Rebirth to a new life transcribed in wires Growing to hate decisive moments The only thing within a breath of real So now I fall to my knees and beg in earnest To what powers may govern the sky Just let me sleep one night, one night without these dreams These dreams that always haunt me Nothing No Life gets longer the day I realize I can't breathe deeply enough to fill me with every disappointment Nothing happens and the man I might have been Nothing ever happens and all the great things that I will never do Growing to hate decisive lows All I can do is watch it pass I resonate at the pitch of discontent I am peripheral movement Life gets longer, today I realize I can't breathe deeply enough to fill me with every disappointment And break my heart the way it deserves Nothing happens and the man I might have been Nothing ever happens and all the great things that I will never do Nothing happens and the man I might have been Nothing ever happens and all the great things that I will never do
Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 22, 2026
Gentle were the words that set her free She became the stinging rain She became the hurricane Hurricane A drumming in my sleep Must I breathe your name always? The last of silence as it tears away at me All tied in knots 'Cause the simple moments they add up Awaken Smash it apart Awaken Smash it apart, be free Gentle were the words that set her free She became the stinging rain She became the hurricane No love lost Purge you animose, that serpent coiled within my stomach Temperance fell from her without weight, gone with the storm We are not meant to contain the sadness of this world I whispered in her ear and drew her close Of calm and quiet walls I drew her close Of triangles and bleeding wrists I drew her close The drumming in my sleep, return and be free always The last of silence always tears away at me Still tied in knots 'Cause those simple moments they always add up This will be the end of silence and the very last time I can promise you that Awaken and destroy these dreams Smash it apart, be free Awaken and destroy these dreams Awaken and be free Awaken and be free Awaken and be free
Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 22, 2026
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Submitted by The Void — Apr 18, 2026
You're breaking all hearts but your own You suffocate me, I cannot lie I cannot hide that my heart falls when I see you Something in me turns to murder You're, you're faking I start to see My heart falls when I see you Open your eyes and see right through After all this time Now run, run with one Run, run with one With one less by your side I believe in promises Do you believe in trust? Run, run with one With one less by your side Side, by your side You'll burn this bridge (I hope you die) Every time (Living that lie) You'll burn this bridge Every time I thought you meant the words you said I thought you cared for me Why can't you see, why can't you see? How could it have been so easy to turn your back And fuck all your friends? All your tears are not going to wash this one away Wash this one away (The whispering of lies) All your tears are not going to wash this one away Wash this one away (The whispering of lies) But will you still reflect on what we had And all of the potential?
Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 22, 2026
Hope you're not looking down on me today I've tried to do my best carrying this weight I remember about vengeance upon thee I have never forgotten for one second, but this was hard You must know I regret that morning more than anything And I'd give my life to get it back That is not, not to say I don't love this But there is not one day I can forget There is not one day There is not one day Sometimes I feel I'm waiting biding time Waiting for something that may never come Still, everything is different All was changed Everything, everything All that we live for, all that we dreamed of, taken away Sometimes I swear that I'm waiting for something to jump out at me Where can you go when they come calling? Where can you hide when they come for you? For you Times like this when the walls close in and I, I can't breathe I call your name, I
Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 22, 2026
I've seen it in your eyes Looks like you're stinking and of your lies (Your lies) They did catch up to you this time (This time) I swear I heard you say (I swear I heard you say) Blood is forever, love is forever And I can fool myself all that I want But I saw the room, I heard your voice I saw your eyes The truth will always get the best of you Inside or out It took me two years to find that I've wasted five years of my life Felt the truth within you And I saw red I guess we are, we offer our goodbyes What wasted time I always hoped somehow it'd never happen to us But it is something that did and something I can't forget And after all of our times, you fucking did what you did This was days and weeks, days and weeks of deceit It was days and weeks of deceit You turned and walked away You say you'd be back tomorrow Well, tomorrow has come and gone, no You say you'd be back tomorrow Well, tomorrow has come and gone, no, oh Looks like you're choking on all those lies (Those lies) They did catch up to you this time (This time) I swear I heard you say "blood is forever" Well, it seems "forever" meant nothing to you It meant nothing "Forever" meant nothing to you, it meant nothing But I swear I heard you say "blood is forever"
Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 22, 2026
As this landing illuminates, cold and pushed away Where are we? Wrapping ourselves in one hundred years of poison Awaiting winter old Before you I am pending what could be This will be the change This will be the song to right the wrongs And it's already done so forever It is written It's been a long time, I feel it too But I have pushed for so long to see this through In the middle now, this song With melody that transcends measure and time Written on pages of purity I was always waiting for you and your struggle I've seen the fall I've been there before but I never fell, I never fell This will be the change, this will be the song to right the wrongs And in the end what I want Is a song, is a song And it's already done so forever It is written It's been a long time, I feel it too But I have pushed for so long to see this And in the end what I want (And in the end what I want) Is a song that means what it says (Is a song that means what it says) And I'll show up in your life (And I'll show up in your life) Singing the answers I wish I could find (Singing the answers I wish I could find) Forever this will be the song To right the wrongs Forever it is written This will be
Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 22, 2026