Fatalism

I'm staring through the static I'm sensing that we stand on unstable ground My words fail me now Show me what my eyes won't see Show me what my mind won't believe I'm struggling to peer through the fog Do we all have to suffer to see we were born to bleed? I'm picking up the loose ends I'm digging to the roots through the soil To see what is there for me Tell me where the heartsick go Tell me why we all still follow I'm starting to see through it all Do we all have to suffer to see we were born to bleed? (We were born to bleed) Knowing well we're soon to be Just a feast for the crows to dine on For the crows to dine on Just a feast for the crows I'm staring down the barrel I'm cutting to the marrow, right through the bones Of a haven I once called home Take me where the grass won't grow Take me where the trees are hollow I've been digging to the roots of all that I know But it's still not enough to believe in the words we preach (We burned every page of the book) If we all turn our backs to the storm when the walls are breached (And I still cannot bear to look) When our burdens pull us over the edge We'll fall fast enough to feel our lungs give out As we float through the static and sound Dead eyes stare through the veil Pulse weakens, words fail me now Except to say we're a lost cause

Submitted by Celtic Frost — Feb 21, 2026

I saw the signs The signal fires that burned atop the hill Rising tides and violent skies All the while the world was standing still Defenceless as a rat in a cage Living with our backs to the wall From the minute we wake Too sedated to notice We're living in a nightmare A pre-apocalyptic wasteland Is there no one who can save us If we refuse to save ourselves? Our best intentions pave our path to hеll Pave our path to hell What does it mеan to be a captive In the confines of your mind? What does it mean to be a hostage To the enemy inside? We've been here before I guess we learned nothing The signs were all but ignored The planets collide as we all stop and stare Too jaded to notice We're living in a nightmare A pre-apocalyptic wasteland Is there no one who can save us If we refuse to save ourselves? Our best intentions pave our path to hell I see their shadows dance on the walls As voices echo in empty halls It makes my stomach sink As I close my eyes and beg for sleep Chaos kills the calm Fingers through my palms I can't make it stop Somebody kick the chair and fucking wake me up Spare your thoughts and prayers They'll never be enough It only tightens the noose The more we struggle to cut ourselves loose Every cry rings out like a shot The streets run red as the forests wither and rot Declaring with their final breath Eternal fear is a fate worse than death Worse than death But no one's gonna save us If we won't fucking save ourselves Our best intentions pave our path to hell We're living in a nightmare (Never again will we sleep) A pre-apocalyptic wasteland (Until we are weary and weak) And there's no one who can save us If we refuse to save ourselves Our best intentions pave our path to hell And you will see me there when they tighten the noose I deserve this just like the rest of you

Submitted by Celtic Frost — Feb 21, 2026

Speaking only to hear their own voice Empty vessels making so much noise For our sanity's sake, we'll torch the ground And salt the Earth in our wake They rise just to drop like flies I can't watch as they breed and multiply Draw blood, you parasites Flatline, as you pull the splinters from your eye I won't watch you plead your case High up on your soapbox stage As you appoint yourself authority Condemner of youth Not even the truth will set you free (Free) Who put the crown on your head? You're not a king of anything (You'll burn in the eyes of the world) So cast your stones (And close your fists) In a house of glass (You better not miss) Is this the attention you crave? You won't find peace, may you turn in your grave So bury the bones Burn all the evidence and carry on like nobody knows What you've been dragging around The bloodied names and the rise of the body count “Don't dare to break the mold Shut up and do as you're told” I don't remember how the fuck it got so Overcomplicated, the truth is overrated And when the chips are down They'll burn it to the fucking ground For the ones who refuse to admit For the contrarian hypocrites Those who live to provoke As venom spills from your throat I hope you choke Oh, I hope you choke So sink your teeth in 'til you Draw blood Draw blood, you parasites Why don't you show your face? Step into the light (Into the light) Who put the crown on your head? You're not a king of anything (You'll burn in the eyes of the world) So cast your stones (And close your fists) In a house of glass (You better not miss) Is this the attention you crave? You won't find peace, may you turn in your grave As you rise (You drop like flies) I can't watch (You multiply) Why search for the source of a lie? It's easier to deride what you can't deny I won't watch you plead your case High up on your soapbox stage As you appoint yourself authority Condemner of youth, not even the truth will set you free

Submitted by Celtic Frost — Feb 21, 2026

I've been lost, alone in a crowd Can't remember when the silence got so loud We believe, but what do we know? All the things we bottle up will one day start to overflow Where do I shelter when it's raining inside? No peace and quiet from the noise in my mind I don't bend, I break, I can't go on this way It kills to hear you say "I can't stand to see you like this" We took a chance, a shot in the dark Let it echo like the rattle of a hollow heart I thought I had everything that meant something to me I wasn't ready to face what I want, what I need Now I need to escape The grass is greener, they told me, if you wait I feel the lifeblood freezing in my veins The antidote is just the poison by another name Where do I shelter when it's raining inside? No peace and quiet from the noise in my mind I don't bend, I break, I can't go on this way It kills to hear you say "I can't stand to see you like this 'Cause it's more than I can take" The earth is spinning much too fast for me The air is thick and it makes me sick to breathe I never had the clarity of mind To recognize that time was never on my side (I am not what I think, I am not what I feel) I'm addicted, afflicted and I'm dying to heal, I said I lost years to future fears (This can't happen again, it cannot happen again) Now I'm fearing the worst I'll break my habits if they don't break me first But still I just can't seem to catch my breath And the things I love, I hold so tight I strangle them to death Where do I shelter when it's raining inside? No peace and quiet from the noise in my mind I don't bend, I break, I can't go on this way It kills to hear you say "I can't stand to see you like this 'Cause it's more than I can take"

Submitted by Celtic Frost — Feb 21, 2026

Far away, I pray this letter finds you well and safe I hope to god I wrote it not too late I'll never understand the things you've faced The path you had to take You were the parts of me I kept concealed and contained A relic of the way you were raised A product of rage, of passion, and pain The last one to shoulder the blame Did you expect me to try to look you straight in the eye And drag you back down to Earth? I watched you walk down a road I could not condone And fеll to my knees as it took you so Far away, I pray this letter finds you well and safе I hope to god I wrote it not too late I'll never understand the things you've faced The path you had to take Was it your choice to break the promises you made In a voice that quaked with apprehension? I thought I knew you, I thought you knew me too The grave that you dug is not deep enough for two It's not deep enough for two And I don't owe shit to you I'm running out of reasons not to keep you so Far away, I pray this letter finds you well and safe I hope to god I wrote it not too late I'll never understand the things you've faced The path you had to take Time won't slow If you could see these words before you go I swear I'll never sleep until I know That you have finally found a place to rest And the weight is off your chest As you waste away You're a ghost You're a ghost to me You fucking let me down Why can't you let me be? (Why can't you let me be?) I went through hell to find a way in But you made the bed you laid in Convinced that no one would care Cut every tie you could rely on But you chose this hill to die on And I won't follow you there Far away, I pray this letter finds you well and safe I hope to god I wrote it not too late I'll never understand the things you've faced The path you had to take Can't you see? (Some things cannot be concealed) Please know I never wanted you to leave (We will succumb to the wounds we never heal) I'll bleed from every pore just to believe (I hope you find a place to rest) That you got what you sought in your last breath Some dignity in death (In your death)

Submitted by Celtic Frost — Feb 21, 2026

When we have nothing to say When we have nothing to offer Our lives become a waiting game If there was ever a way It only leads me to wonder If it's as simple as you say (If it's as simple as you say) If it's as simple as... When we have nothing to say When we have nothing to offer We'll curse the names of those that led us here Where blood once stained the earth From homеs reduced to ash and dust The only known survivors lеft to burn For all our sins, scapegoats to the cause Charred remains in unmarked graves Biding time 'til karma takes its course (Takes its course) It only leads me to wonder If it's as simple as you say You promised us a better tomorrow (Tomorrow) I don't know if I believe it this time (I don't believe it this time) If our only hope is to beg and to borrow We'll cut our losses There's nothing left to leave behind (There's nothing left to leave behind) How dare you ask me to stand alone Against this onslaught, the oncoming hordes When I have watched as history reaps and sows Only bloodshed, a symphony of restless souls (Restless souls, restless souls, restless souls) The mind's eye is a terrible liar We lowered our guard, now we're caught in the crossfire Battered, broken and bruised Tattered and torn, we refuse to expire We're caught in the crossfire When we have nothing to say When we have nothing to offer We'll curse the names of those that led us here You promised us a better tomorrow (A better tomorrow) I don't know if I believe it this time (I don't believe it this time) If our only hope is to beg and to borrow We'll cut our losses There's nothing left to leave behind A god's hand has a will of its own But still, you ask me to stand alone (Stand alone) I'm not equipped to face this on my own

Submitted by Celtic Frost — Feb 21, 2026

I never asked for this burden I never asked for this cross that I bear on my back But like an ulcer scratching against my tongue I can't leave it alone So you can find me down at the bottom With a stomach full of stones I can't outrun my fate, it follows like a shadow I put all of my faith in a saint without a halo But I won't die pretending I'm not intending To see this through until I too become invisible to you So pull me under, be sure to leave no trace Never wonder, I see it on your face What do I have to do to demonstrate (Have to do to demonstratе) The way it makes me feel and think? I feel likе I could fucking suffocate (I could suffocate) And you would barely blink I could suffocate and you would barely blink (Blink) So I'll sink, searching for an answer With a stomach full of stones These thoughts are like a cancer Growing in my bones I've made this hell my home Never again, sever the sin from within my soul (Soul) The darker half that makes me whole I was only dreaming I was never here I was only dreaming Of how I'll disappear I can't outrun my fate, it follows like a shadow I put all of my faith in a saint without a halo But I won't die pretending I'm not intending To see this through until I too become invisible to you (I was only dreaming) Invisible to you (I was never here) But I won't die pretending I'm not intending to see this through Until I too become invisible to you (Become invisible to you) I long to leave Leave the past behind And tear out the thorn that's in my side Tear out Tear out the thorn Tear out Tear out the thorn that's in my side

Submitted by Celtic Frost — Feb 21, 2026

There are days we seem to speak in different tongues If you're the air I breathe, then I'm the water in your lungs I've tried to give you every reason not to stay 'Cause I know it's harder to watch and wait As I fall away (I fall away) I fall away (I fall away, I fall away) I fall away (I fall away, I fall away) I fall away And every night, I learn the meaning of alone I can hardly face your warm embrace And so I brave the cold We both know it hurts to swallow All the words, the blood, the pills So I clamber for a hand to hold And still, I fall away (I fall away) I fall away (I fall away, I fall away) I fall away (I fall away, I fall away) I fall away (I fall away, I fall away) 'Cause I've been sitting herе in silence 'Til my wounds are stitchеd and sealed And I've waited all my life, to feel what you once made me feel But when everything collapsed, there was no way to make you stay (Stay) It's all that I can do to catch the pieces until I fall away Until I fall away Test me (Test me) Dismember me (Dismember me) I'm begging for a way to be Out of body Out of mind Let this poison make me ill Push me to the brink until I fall away the same I never said I'd be there If the rain became the only thing we see And if we both can't say we're sorry Can we ever meet halfway? It's all that I can do to catch the pieces Until I fall away (Away, away) I fall away

Submitted by Celtic Frost — Feb 21, 2026

We tread the water just to keep our bodies warm They say it's darkest just before the break of dawn Raised on bedtime tales of the leviathan below (Below) Unholy enemies, so faceless, dark and cold Every second leaves us guessing Stepping backward and regressing Cracks will form and show How far we are from what we think we know Taloned claws will tear me open Sharpened knivеs will cut the rope Let us fall, lеt us see that we deserved it all We're holding tighter to every moment (Every moment) But it's only just a matter of time Say a prayer, before you run out of air We're heading straight for a fault line (Fault line) If only we could open our eyes I won't die for this, I won't die for you 'Cause I'd kill to be anywhere but here with you (Here with you) And I take no solace (Solace) In the knowledge that we're doomed Bound from birth to tomb We found a hole in the armor, found a break in the chain And we promised ourselves it wouldn't happen again (So Heaven help me now) We built a temple to the clouds (Keep my feet aground) Too self-obsessed to guess We'd watch it all come crashing down I didn't climb this high to watch us stoop so low (So low) (We tied the loop at the end of the rope) We're holding tighter to every moment (Every moment) But it's only just a matter of time Say a prayer, before you run out of air We're heading straight for a fault line (Fault line) If only we could open our eyes So keep on treading water 'til your blood runs cold And when the void opens up beneath you You're better off to face it alone Black hole Ambition, extinction, we're all bound to repeat Contrition, perdition, until again we meet Until again we meet If this is all we are, the flickers of a dying star We never stood a chance So if you see me leaving, just give me one good reason To wait around, stand beside you as the sky falls down If this is all we are, the flickers of a dying star We never stood a chance We're holding tighter to every moment (Every moment) But it's only just a matter of time Say a prayer, before you run out of air We're heading straight for a fault line (Fault line) If only we could open our eyes

Submitted by Celtic Frost — Feb 21, 2026

My heart is testing me Taking the best of me Too weak to go on So take the time you need Nothing is guaranteed Even idols may drown There is a price to pay All we desire can be taken away Here we lay down our resolve A heavy moon surrenders its glow Illuminating the blood on new-fallen snow I watched them wait in line Blank faces frozen in time Never to thaw, yet they beg for more I have opened up the veins of the Earth I have drunk from the sky and the sea Is this all worth dying for? Our lives are not much more than a metaphor A fool's pursuit Burn the roots before the fruit is rotten Burn the roots Let us germinate and start anew If indeed there is more to see Then let the truth reveal itself to me (To me) I have opened up the veins of the Earth I have drunk from the sky and sea I have opened up the veins of the Earth And there is nothing there for me Ever pessimistic, nihilistic state of mind Fatally hedonistic, watch as we slip into decline Frozen in time My heart is testing me Taking the best of me Too weak to go on So take the time you need Nothing is guaranteed Even idols may drown We all deserve to be Held like a memory But some will never know Is this all worth dying for? Our lives are not much more than a metaphor A fool's pursuit Burn the roots before the fruit is rotten Take back all you've said before Our lives are not much more than a metaphor A fool's pursuit Burn the roots before the fruit is rotten Burn the roots, the fruit is rotten

Submitted by Celtic Frost — Feb 21, 2026