The Mortal Coil

All out of exits, all out of enemies You built this prison and buried the key I’ve given up on giving in Temptation mocks me from a distance But I won’t let it, win This thin façade could never last Like a snake that sheds its skin Illusions shatter like glass The sceptic inside me believes what he knows Cynically silent but with nothing to show The devil beside me is whispering doubt in my ear I’ll keep pretending not to hear So here I am for what it’s worth I spilled my blood against the earth Just to see the world in colour (the world in colour) Dead; left for dead and left to rot A tainted memory, an empty afterthought I’d lay my whole life on the line just to see this through If it consumes me, let the script upon my tomb read: I found my love and let it kill me I found my love and let it, kill, me “Beg and plead, your own ambition brought you to your knees Beg and plead, you built this prison, and buried the key” A momentary lapse, the colours fade to grey... As if the world we knew was never meant to be... I know I’ll pay for my mistakes Just promise me you’ll take Take my word and take my everything So here I am for what it’s worth I spilled my blood against the earth Just to see the world in colour (the world in colour) So give me all you came here for Give me hell and give me war I’ll be waiting for an answer I found my love and let it kill, me

Submitted by Celtic Frost — Feb 21, 2026

Heavy hangs the air Heavy lies the beating heart Bloodshot, staring with a blank gaze Deadbeat, carrying a dead weight Dead-set on living like tomorrow was to blame And through these holes you'd see the blackest soul inside of me One foot stuck in the past, one planted in my grave Running circles, old habits die hard Each lesson learned never seemed to get too far Call me reckless, call me stuck in my ways I'm torn between the remedies for everything Bloodshot, staring with a blank gaze Deadbeat, carrying a dead weight Dry mouth, taste it like a cut vein Blackout, it all ends the same So stay away, stay away Can you tell when I lie right through my teeth? No escape, no escape Like a chain, in a way we are all bound to our fate Don't let it bury me, me We call this therapy Running circles, old habits die hard Each lesson learned never seemed to get too far Call me reckless, call me stuck in my ways I'm torn between the remedies for everything Heavy hangs the air Heavy lies the beating heart Burden breeds remorse Black clouds hover low like a curse Like a curse Running circles, old habits die hard (running circles) Each lesson learned never seemed to get too far (never seemed to get too far) Call me reckless, call me stuck in my ways (call me reckless) I'm torn between the remedies for everything (the remedies for everything) I'm torn between the remedies for everything I'm torn between the remedies for everything

Submitted by Celtic Frost — Feb 21, 2026

I could sit and watch in silence As the space grows in between Returns me to a grim serenity But every breath I breathe I crave it The solemn slow surrender The bitter pill to medicate me, sedate me But the days are getting longer I can feel it slip away (Feel it slip away) The poison in my head's become the poison in my veins Wake me when it's over, I'm dying to believe (Dying to believe) I've never felt as lonely as I do when you're here with me The vultures hover: persistent disease Nine circles deep, we try to sleep Eyes opened wide in disbelief I'm nothing more than a sedentary waste of space and air A disappointment to myself, to you and everybody else Too strung out to ever face How I long to fucking leave this place I know you'll be there beside me If I could tear down the walls between us Tear down the walls between us There could be something here to hold Something that's worth salvaging, that I could not let go I know, this chemical delay Can't be the only thing that brings me clarity But the days are getting longer I can feel it slip away (Feel it slip away) The poison in my head's become the poison in my veins Wake me when it's over, I'm dying to believe (Dying to believe) I've never felt as lonely as I do when you're here with me Would you still be there beside me? If I could tear down the walls between us Tear down the walls between us

Submitted by Celtic Frost — Feb 21, 2026

I know I said i'm not worth saving, I know you tried before I always knew you grew to hate the parts of me I hated more Just cut me up, stitch me back together Rearrange the pieces, build me up to tear me down (You look at me like a stranger) You look at me like a stranger You look at me like a long lost son Oh dearest mother, you gave me my name I asked for nothing, you asked for me to change With imperfection we're already stained And when it's all over, we'll never be the same I feel their hands around my neck Contorting, moulding all the thoughts in my head I'm not a man you can mend But rest assured, you'll see me break before I bend What does it matter in the end? Build me up to tear me down You look at me like a stranger I'm only trying to be someone Oh holy father, I'm calling your name I don't deserve this, You don't deserve me to change This self-indulgence, this sick selfish game Serves a constant reminder, we'll never be the same Oh fallen brother, you swore that you'd stay I guess it's over, I guess that's the price we pay And in the darkness, I still hear you say "If we ever survive this, we'll never be the same"

Submitted by Celtic Frost — Feb 21, 2026

How these times have changed us How they make us question "Why?" We were born and bred and taught we need to be led Just to keep us paralyzed But if it's all just some kind of illusion Then to what do we owe this life? And when the skies collapse, upon us all Will our worst fears be allayed Or justified?

Submitted by Celtic Frost — Feb 21, 2026

I waited for the dawn I waited for the edge of daybreak This sinking feeling is keeping me awake (Is keeping me awake) I know what lies beneath this waking dream And what becomes of all our demons I know I'm suffering in vain It's just this ordinary life All the ordinary stress and strain But when it rains, it fucking pours all over me No time, no time for anything No time, no time for anyone Nights spent staring down the barrel defiantly Self-destructive, self-contradicting Every waking moment begins again Endlessly, my mind is slowly wandering and I'm Far away, I found my way right back to here in time Restlessly await the dawn and shut out all the light Drift away; it's only you tonight (Every waking moment) Watch the clock hands count down from dusk to day Overwhelming, over analyzing me Endlessly, my mind is slowly wondering and I'm Far away, I found my way right back to here in time Restlessly await the dawn and shut out all the light Drift away; it's only you tonight (It's only you tonight)

Submitted by Celtic Frost — Feb 21, 2026

They broke our backs against the pavement They ground our teeth down to the bone The hung us high and bled us dry Left to die here, defenseless and alone In the dark Like a forest fire waiting for a hint of spark Take up your arms, sharpen your knives They gave their very last chance when they gave Our lives away Words betray us in the native tongues we speak When power corrupts the strong, false hope Contends all weak Break the confines, brace us for the flood Raining from the heavens with the force of seven gods On us all (We were all fixated on ego) All our lives, just a drop in the ocean One more nail in the coffin, straight into the dirt Born to die, it's the final debt that we pay The stain on your hands that can't be washed away (Can't be washed away) A permanent solution, a moral absolution The guilty many, the new disorder The bloody hand leads the lam to the slaughter I heard them laugh as their eyes rolled back Raising a glass as their hearts turned black Drowning the guilt Tyrant, how can you stand by their graves? Not all can be saved A wasted chance to set things straight A change of heart that came too late Out of sight and out of mind We are the ones you left behind Can you hear the sound (A wasted chance to set things straight) Piercing the silence ringing out (A change of heart that came too late) As we feed the ground (Out of sight and out of mind) We are the ones you left behind All our lives, just a drop in the ocean One more nail in the coffin, straight into the dirt Born to die, it's the final debt that we pay The stain on your hands that can't be washed away We are the ones you left behind (We are the ones you left behind)

Submitted by Celtic Frost — Feb 21, 2026

Where do we go now? I'm still trying to find the words A quarter lifetime on As if a pen and paper could restore The greatest loss I've known Every outline of you lingers in the door Every cigarette a silhouette in ash Drawn upon the floor Remember how they told me "You're too young to understand You will shift just like the weather As you grow into a man" This I know My life has flashed before my eyes And the days all seemed to pass me by All the pain I earned and the love I lost Was the only truth This all will someday soon return to dust Return to dust And if we all go to hell I'll find some peace where I dwell I never thought there was more to this than met the eye When I have no more to give Surrender my right to live We're only killing time 'til time kills us and we Decay together We're not built to live forever Content to shed my blissful ignorance No fire, no light, an insignificant mistake And if we all go to hell I'll find some peace where I dwell I never thought there was more to this than met the eye When I have no more to give Surrender my right to live We're only killing time 'til time kills us My life has flashed before my eyes And the days all seemed to pass me by All the pain I earned and the love I lost Was the only truth This all will someday soon return to dust

Submitted by Celtic Frost — Feb 21, 2026

When we were young and indifferent We could not have known This world will chew you up and spit you out on your own (believe me) I know it hurts, it hurts me To just to watch you sinking I can't help thinking Was there something holding you back? What's the weight of the world on your back? So long, you're sick of the gravity? Is there someone telling you no? Do you wander with nowhere to go? What are you waiting, oh, what are you waiting for? I'm reaching out please take my hand The water is getting higher and I can't understand Why I can't pull you in Do you even care, do you even want me there? We are the victims Just like our parents taught us to be Roots planted firmly but we fell so far from the tree And still we cling to the past with an iron grip As we all fall fast asleep Dreaming of security The chance to redefine The years we wasted living on borrowed time My will is spent, I used the very last drop Trying to keep my head on straight enough I know it hurts, it hurts to feel it all slip right past you I just want to ask you Was there something holding you back? Have you had to cover your tracks So long, you lost your identity? Is there something dragging you down Crippled under the weight of the crown What are you waiting, oh, what are you waiting for What are you waiting for? I'm reaching out please take my hand The water is getting higher and I can't understand Why I can't pull you in Do you even care, do you even want me there? For all of our differences I always said I'd be there if you should come undone It took all I had in me Do you even care, do you even want me there? (Do you even want me there?) There are ghosts in every window And they'll follow you back home But if you stay a moment I can tell you all I know Of how these times have changed us How they bring us to our knees How they send us down the crooked path Divide us temporarily I'm reaching out please take my hand The water is getting higher and I can't understand Why I can't pull you in Do you even care, do you even want me there? I swear I'm sorry, I swear I'll do better I never thought we'd have to carry this weight together This is contagion, a plague that I bear And it kills me to say that I really need you here

Submitted by Celtic Frost — Feb 21, 2026

Look at yourself Narrow of mind, shallow of breath So far removed from the plight So far removed from the death of your kin, down-trodden and ill Oh so high as you stood, how heavy you fell As so many will fall for the bait Compassion too little, too late For some small peace of mind How can you walk on the bones of your brothers' broken homes Knowing how karma's cold hand grips at your throat? I've been trapped beneath the soil and the dirt Do I close my eyes? Do I close my eyes? Lying still beneath the burden and the hurt Am I dead inside? Did I make it right? Left in the dark, in blackest oblivion Only forced me to learn that light comes from within And only fades where fear prevails Where is your heart? Does it grow weaker each time you think of those you scorned from afar? Their voices rise from the wreck to call you by name The blood that tarnished the brush will mark us the same What have we done? What have we done? Can you fight this, can you fight this alone and abandoned? Look where we've landed and know This must all have a consequence Nothing, nothing will make sense again You'll never rest peacefully You'll never rest peacefully You'll never rest peacefully You cowards, you cowards, you left them for dead Left them out in the cold, they said You liars, backstabbers, sold out your own kind I can't turn a blind eye, can't rewind

Submitted by Celtic Frost — Feb 21, 2026