The Death of Day

My eyes open up A sea of faces without names fills the room And we'll swallow God Our bread, his body, left to rot If it's all the same we'll stay the same Now hollower eyes allow us to see Our complacent bodies And if sight is opinion then how Can it be grounds for belief And we'll blame it on providence Slipped through fingertips Stretched out to the splitting And we'll accuse the thrones of greater men If pride is a kingly crown Then on my head it's overturned I hear the simple swells of grace Falling down like rain

Submitted by MetalElf — Feb 23, 2026

A slip of tongue, these words fall like an avalanche And I won't be ignored My lungs expire, the waters getting deeper And I can't hold in my breath So hear me now, this distance is quite simply Too much to take in at once My lungs expire the waters getting deeper And I can't hold in my breath With malice on your breath Your trembling hands speak of severed ties In language that not even God could divide So lay your weary burdened head upon my side Sleep will bring you close to God It will bring you close Swallow them down it burns like fire Your words are the devils machine Keep your breath, you're leaking lies Wait now on approaching sleep The death of day, the great release Where words cannot breed like disease From lepers' rotting hands and feet Swallow them down it burns like fire Your words are the devils machine Keep your breath, you're leaking lies Like the cracks in the teeth of the beast Swallow them down it burns like fire Your words are the devils machine So watch closer now as I slip and I swallow my tongue

Submitted by MetalElf — Feb 23, 2026

We sat in silence, I spoke of leaving And from the floor I tried to crawl away With my arms all but succeeding I'll water your grave, and watch it grow Into a bed of lies you sewed in life They live on long after you are gone All in all we're dust and bone, so we'll dig our graves before we're old enough to lie in them We'll spread our ash amongst the dirt To soil the seed that breeds the earth So we can live again So wait for me to bloom Wait for me to bloom Stay. We're a garden fed From the blood left in your veins So stay with me or I'll shrivel and dry out And wait, for me to bloom Stay. Stay. Stay

Submitted by MetalElf — Feb 23, 2026

Your head, scented of blood, it's blurring your eyes As some strange light slowly sinks in And there he stood, with teeth like knives (Your heartbeat racing) If I could, scream to wake my mind I'd still be alive Let me out of this stolen sleep I have fallen short of the peace I seek I'm slipping further away So sleep, sleep, on the edge of the knife Where you will wait to divide You'll leave your body where it lies and wait to slip away

Submitted by MetalElf — Feb 23, 2026

Slip in this certain knot of peace, I'm keeping silent, Keeping silent, 'til in turn it keeps me Won't you remain with me Oh come blissful sleep Won't you be my release Oh charitable thief Come take me away Oh vessel of grace whisper in my ear Some melodious sonnet of forgiveness Sweet seraphim won't you sing me to peace I'll be waiting I'll keep my ear to the earth I'll keep my head to the ground I'll keep my hands from shaking I'll keep listening for the sound I'll keep my eyes to the sea I'll keep these words in my heart I'll keep your name on my lips Until it tears me apart

Submitted by MetalElf — Feb 23, 2026