Look Behind the Mask

Situation's out of hand Violence is dominant Intent to kill is evident Escalation's imminent Commiting force shows no repent Authorities don't lend a hand To the victims who depend On jurisdiction in this land Too far, so soon Old scars, new wounds Same fear, same pain Their cries, our shame There's silent consent in the minds of the blind Who watch without seeing the danger behind Fertile but toxic, the seed's found a soil The weed's growing quickly we thought we destroyed Their personal failure craves a scapegoat at once To let loose their anger and hatred upon Fake ideology is what they are taught And simple solutions requiere no thought Familiar pictures on TV Half forgotten scenery Evoking hidden memory Of unspeakable savagery Burn their homes and burn their hopes Their children in flames and smoke Kill their visions, kill their dreams 'Cause they don't fit into your schemes

Submitted by MetalElf — Jun 22, 2026

Instrumental

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 06, 2026

Do you know what it's like To feel a dream inside you die? Do you know what it's like To see that time is rushing by? Do you know what it's like To cling to fading memories? Do you know what it's like To count missed opportunities? Traces of what might have been Lay withered all around The magic of once cherished days Has died without a sound Do you know what it's like To hunt for visions endlessly? Do you know what it's like To see aims turn to fantasy? Do you know what it's like To leave ambitions crucified? Do you know what it's like To find all my beliefs denied? Face the facts and clear your mind The truth is hard to take Stand up to reality The faith you keep is fake Do you know what it's like?

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 06, 2026

Blackened is the window I'm opening for you To let you take a look at my soul I don't remember when i left reality No escape from my room with four walls Falling eyer downwards, never seem to stop In the bottomless pits of my mind Somewhere in this maze, y lost my sanity This life leaves me deaf, dumb and blind Who put me in this state of mind I fought for what they said was right Now i'm lost and i cannot find My way out of this hazy night A highly honoured hero i came home from that hell No one saw that blood on my hands With waving flags and cheers we paraded into town Killers became true sons of the land True sons of the land we didn't stay for long less educated you won't get no work Alcohol and drugs, unable to forget A hero of war turned into just a jerk Killing and raping at war made us heroes So what else should doing the same make us here No one can blame you for doing your job So i'll go out and work, there's nothing to fear Why did they arrest me for doing my job? Charged for the chair but plead insanity They now charge me for what they once honoured me for I'm not sentenced to death but what's lobotomy?

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 06, 2026

I was called to judge but still I'm confused Only two eyes but so many points of view Somehow I was to stop Somehow, yet at all costs Asked to put an end to this abuse As I gazed at both the frontiers Being built up during that year Refusing to join a side I searched a compromise Now I'm crushed by what I never feared I have suffered Long enough Don't you bother I am asking Now for justice Look behind the mask Who's to judge another one? I maintained my tolerance But the gossip spread without an end So i chose to stand by my friend Now times have changed And I am left alone on this side I considered right Yanus again and again This love then did end And the enemy offered his hand I discovered In the end I was to suffer Enemy sheltered Now I see We all hide behind our mask

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 06, 2026

Sitting here, once again Wondering why I'm listening You're meaning well, but i can't see What's good for you is good for me Times have changed, don't you see What you preach is history I don't really need to knw What happened thirty years ago Same old words, all heard before Scratch the surface but miss the core You tell me we help you through Only want the best for you Will I ever have the chance For my own experience Your blame spinning in my head Motionless I'm rather dead As free to act as in a grave Don't you treat me like a slave Same old words, all heard before Scratch the surface but miss the core Your lack of understanding leads to my lack of friendly words For your repeating stories I long ago refused to learn Different views like hot and cold Different ways of growing old Some other train that I'm on My own life though I'm your son

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 06, 2026

It's quite a long time now Since i once believed There are people around who care Those dreams have died somehow 'Been cheated and deceived And still laughter is the answer to despair Understanding seems to be a legend So listen to my words My superficial friend All of this will soon be memory Ignorance hurts Unanswered letters sent My patience for your chat is history Understanding seems to be a legend So why should I still speak? When you're living in a dark and dusky valley And everyone you see is just a shade Your own voices' echo is the only answer All the chattering silence makes you suffocate Living in a cell Built by apathy And we all suffer from the same disease All alone you dwell Gone is sympathy Yet feelings and emotions decrease Understanding seems to be a legend So why should I still speak? When you're living in a dark and dusky valley And everyone you see is just a shade Your own voices' echo is the only answer All the chattering silence makes you suffocate None of your habits matter anymore I won't be sad when you - Leave me alone! It's my pleasure now To stop talking to you I'll pay that burned bridge toll If you should tell me how You're trying to reach through I say this creature has no soul So why should I still speak?

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 06, 2026

Alone I stand on shreline and listen to the sea Why does its heartbeat give me this longing to be free? The sun melts the horizon and makes the water gleam The seagulls sadly cry out, but don't disturb my dream The world behind is silent as if it'd stopped to be Will all our days be over or will they just for me? In visions I see happiness and love and peace of mind For real are just the pieces, there's nothing else to find Behind my hopes lie shattered and buried in cold ground And everything important is gone without a sound The ocean's endless breathing brings calm bu sadness, too Must I always see the ruins or someday something new? Will the light return to this world, shine on us again? Or will the weight of our fault provide us only pain? With all the thoughts and memories spinning round my head I'm robbed of my tranquility, say, why can't I be dead? Now that the world grows darker the distant stars come out They make my sadness deeper but also clear my doubt We say what we were doing and did not recognize The fragile and importante things invisible for our eyes

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 06, 2026

Here comes "Mr. got the answer" Infinite wisdom his own Knowledge is his middle name Please don't leave us alone Hello "Mr. seen it all" Please show me the way All my foolish little life I've been waiting for this day You like listening to yourself The sound of your own voice No one dares to contradict Your speech as you rejoice Oh my "Mr. can't be wrong" I'll never doubt your word And grow up toe be just like you Forget everything I've learned You like listening to yourself The sound of your own voice No one dares to contradict Your speech as you rejoice Every word that you say causes only sympathy Save your breath, shut your mouth Just don't talk and stay away Dear "Mr. heal the world" Have you got the cure? You descend just in time To save my soul impure You like listening to yourself The sound of your own voice No one dares to contradict Your speech as you rejoice

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 06, 2026

Say your prayers little one don't forget, my son to include everyone tuck you in, warm within keep you free from sin till the sandman he comes sleep with one eye open gripping your pillow tight exit light enter night take my hand off to never never land something's wrong, shut the light heavy thoughts tonight and they aren't of snow white dreams of war, dreams of liars dreams of dragon's fire and of things that will bite sleep with one eye open gripping your pillow tight exit light enter night take my hand off to never never land now I lay me down to sleep pray the lord my soul to keep if I die before I wake pray the lord my soul to take hush little baby, don't say a word and never mind that noise you heard it's just the beast under your bed, in your closet, in your head exit light enter night grain of sand exit light enter night take my hand we're off to never never land

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 06, 2026