The Autumn Years

When I close my eyes what do I see? My life is a day, which day is my last? A thousand days but one I choose to go... When I close my eyes I realize The years have gone and things have changed But the mirror shows the picture of a child The twilight that I'm in denies a sight The time has shown what a friend you are If only I could know what we are living for Momentary thoughts come over me Memories have taken shape Picturing the past into my mind The colors of this world have strained my eyes And what I have done was it all in vain? If only I could know what we are dying for I wished I had the ghost of a stone One with the time wherever I go They seem to outlast the dreams of the past Feeding my soul with eternity My heart will change into a grain of sand A story fortress to defend If only I could know where all the souls will go I wished I had the ghost of a stone One with the time wherever I go They seem to outlast the dreams of the past Feeding my soul with eternity

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Feb 14, 2026

Face the day, seize a way I'm the one who makes my day Just look around and see the future As a chance of time Oh, fortune, don't let it go down with the wind It's got to be alright I've driven all of my time In the shadows of a broken man I can see myself I'll go where the land is my friend This time I'll make the start again I won't need anyone's help forever I feel the world is turning The room around me is beginning to grow Too long a leaf in stormy nights You tossed and blew me for the longest time I gather ground each time when I try to make my day I have got the future in my hands I was too scared to run And just too weak to fight You can take me for a fool There's nothing that could Change my mind A promise like a leap in the dark I'm always dreamt of sunshine When the days were filled with rain of sorrows Second chances seem to arise on their own This time I'll try to start again I won't need anyone's help forever I feel the world is turning You tossed and blew me for the longest time Too long a leaf in stormy nights I have got the future in my hands That's the game, what's my stake I still belong to where I am Don't turn around - remember Nothing ventured nothing gained I'll go where the land is my friend I have got the future in my hands O won't be tossed and blown forever

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Feb 14, 2026

Oh, my hands are tied rain has filled my mind I feel like frozen food because I've been running for miles and miles Every single drop on my window pane Is running down my spine And rotating around my head Life needs the light to get well again We all long for the sun Stop hoping – just stand this rain This rain of gods this rain of tears The world outside – full of autumn lights In mystic ways the water flows To wash away the colored scenery You say this rain is just a phase Who is this lazy face, walking through the haze? Searching for the sun Another angel on a hopeless mission Staring at the wall shows a leaking hole The tide is rising high I am drowning in a liquid misery Life needs the light to get well again We all long for a hearty lighter... Just stand this rain! Seasons come, seasons go Who makes the rules, who could be so cruel? With demons eyes you hypnotize And obscure the way But we don't know which way to go My hands are tied – aimless running It kills my smile, it takes my mind On autumn days and in autumn nights You say this rain is just a phase But I refuse to believe This rain of gods, this rain of tears The world outside – ordinary It kills my smile, it takes my mind On all those days and in all those nights

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Feb 14, 2026

The eyes of an old man, the mist in his sight A mindless surrender to the pain deep inside He waits for the sunrise, but I know he won't see He forgot is was hopeless with the tubes in his veins I could feel the same! I fear the pain in my brain And I don't know how it will end My life will change into a darker place But I don't care I'll beat i when it hurts I know where I'm going this way isn't new to me But will I get a strange mind Will I still remember my name?

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Feb 14, 2026

It's the end of the road And someone had sold all of my gold I'm so tired of walking in the sun There'll be no race to run But maybe one game to win The long empty road and I walk alone Because the winter is near I'm searching for a place I can hide Under favor of night Would you fail me in need? Because the days come and go When it's dark there's still a candle in my room When it's cold I feel something keeps me warm Leave the cold outside be with me when I die This time I'm reaching outer lines I'll be where I can reach the sky In a land where the blind have sight And I don't need to fight, I want to know If there will be an endless summer? How long will the moon shine on and cover the sun? How far will the night extend into my life? Don't be afraid in there's no tomorrow When it's dark there's still a candle in my room When it's cold I feel something keeps me warm Look at me I'm still a prisoner in chains Now my time is running through the open hands Until now I wasn't able to break free Leave the cold outside be with me when I die This time I'm reaching outer lines It's the end of the road And someone had sold all of my gold

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Feb 14, 2026

You waste your minutes Knowing it's time from your life The time is your guidance Leads you away from the child And it will be with you anywhere Looking back into the past Shows me the days I was wrong Even moments of pleasure Were taken away by the hands of time But there always arose a new day for me I can't deny... Time after time we return Out of darkness into light Day by day people astray They're watching how the world sheds a tear We are dancing on a tight-rope Sowing the seeds of a venomous game But there's not even time For a little handshake I know that we can't go on as we want Even earth has changed it's way around the sun But the seconds still run Soon they will be lost forever Time, what have you done to me? You slow down this turning wheel I know the years are getting colder now Trying to get the speed again You slow down this turning wheel And a mountain you throw in my way There's a place I've never seen Lend me some time from your life It seems to be an acceptable A lot of your dreams won't come true to you As sure as this game will go on and on I can't deny... Night after night we're used to the hope That the morning brings us gold...

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Feb 14, 2026

Is there a god beneath the sun? If not don't worry! I'm reading the sentence inside my mind And I won't be afraid of anything That grows within, that grows apart That grows somewhere out in the dark I know it sounds to absurd Ending my life with your helping hand is criminal But I don't understand I guess we all play to pretend But leaving the stage when you have played Your final part is the best you can do Lead me to the door See the truth – it's nothing cruel Blame it on the age Lead me to the door That's all I want from you Staring at the door, there's nobody Easing my pain, they just leave me alone But tell me where is humanity? In a battle you kill your children While you don't let an old man go, to see that light A light that can shine so bright as the sun Lead me to the door See the truth – it's nothing cruel Blame it on the age Like a dream that won't come true Lead me to the door That's all I want from you How could I just believe in medicine When they promised my time Would be prolonged with tubes & cables Now there's no way out Stranded in a state, in a godless heaven He opens a million doors to that light A light that can shine so bright as the sun Lead me to the door See the truth – it's nothing cruel Blame it on the age Like a dream that won't come true Lead me to the door That's all I want from you

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Feb 14, 2026

My inner sanity is slipping through the chains Answers of the night are shadowing my mind When do I have to follow, the tension thrills my guide Now the spirit leads my sight to a land without a light Enter Nowhereland, enter Nowhereland This time I need to know, each time I've wondered When they told me about the lonely man Sitting in his wonderland Could it be the man in the streets just begging for a smile? Why do I have to be afraid when even angels die? Enter Nowhereland, enter no-mans-land Hope is my devotion, trust is my belief So the stories for the child still living in my mind Could it be a land without light, a silent misery A kingdom of infinity, this time I need to know Enter Nowhereland, enter no-mans-land

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Feb 14, 2026

My inner sanity is slipping through the chains Answers of the night are shadowing my mind When do I have to follow, the tension thrills my guide Now the spirit leads my sight to a land without a light Enter Nowhereland, enter Nowhereland This time I need to know, each time I've wondered When they told me about the lonely man Sitting in his wonderland Could it be the man in the streets just begging for a smile? Why do I have to be afraid when even angels die? Enter Nowhereland, enter no-mans-land Hope is my devotion, trust is my belief So the stories for the child still living in my mind Could it be a land without light, a silent misery A kingdom of infinity, this time I need to know Enter Nowhereland, enter no-mans-land

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Feb 14, 2026