Empire

A child alone in daddy's room The gun was hidden here No one home to catch me when I fall A young man now in a private chair I've seen the world through a bitter stare But my dream is still alive I'm going to be the best I can I want to be a busy man I want to see a change in the future I'm gonna make the best of what I have I want to write for a magazine I'm gonna be the best they've ever seen I know I'll win if I give it all I can I won't let go, gotta make the grade No, I won't let it go To be the best man, the best man that I can Back street hoop star you've got it good You were the wonder of the crumbling neighborhood Now taking bids on the next six digit plan Showed me that my will survived The tragedy that came into my life giving me hope and the new start that I have I won't let go, gotta make the grade No, I won't let it go To be the best man, the best man that I can Step by step I dream the plan From my chair to walking man This constant dream is on my mind Chase the light I see ahead Luminate the path I tread I live to be the best I can Now I'm moving forward And I'm never looking back Straight ahead, focused on the big attack On a roll and I'm never slowing down I won't be torn between The man in the chair And the man that's in my dream I'm going to melt the two men into one I won't let go, gotta make the grade I set No, I won't let it go To be the best man, the best man that I can

Submitted by Corpse Defiler — Apr 25, 2025

Another hungry look, In her eyes again. Pacing the floor, The hunt begins. Skin-tight leather provides my pleasure. Wake my fear, surge with the pressure. Walk away and leave forever, do I dare? Raise my eyes, she stands. Holding out healing hands... are you happy now? I walk the Thin Line for you. Do just what you say to, With fear as my friend, I walk the Thin Line one more time for you. Addictive face pretending, don't speak the Word. Forbidden sin relenting, I barely heard... screams of entry blur my vision. Wake my fear of Divine Intervention Crawl away and bleed forever, if you dare. Hand on mouth the game goes on. Love, our stage to play upon. Are you happy now? I walk the Thin Line for you. Do just what you say to. With fear as my friend, I walk the Thin Line one more time for you. I walk the Thin Line for you. Do just what you say to. I walk the Thin Line for you. Do just what you say to, With fear as my friend, I walk the Thin Line one more time for you.

Submitted by SerpentEve — Apr 25, 2025

You've got a cardboard house. Live there all the time. Keep your memories tied with string The face that many once-adored, twenty years gone maybe more. Somewhere you lost your dream. Mama watched your every move, but now you're all alone. She's been gone for awhile. Daddy left some time ago, fading years pass too slow. He's the only one, could make you smile. --oh, you're still crying-- Big city bound. Gonna make your mark. Read your name in the lights. All the ads and people say, beauty lets you get your way. Tried your best to prove them right. But living on the streets ain't bad, sad people make you glad. Pardon me, could you spare some change? --oh, you're still crying-- Street corner girl. Watch the crowd go by, fill your tin can with life. Summer days tend to slip away like your men you couldn't make them stay. Hard to choose, whiskey or a wife. Sometimes you wonder where's the end. Where you goin' where you been? Happiness seems so hard to win. Most never care to find, Della Brown sees it all the time. Looking for that man to make her smile again.

Submitted by Lake of Tears — Apr 25, 2025

Don't slam the door, on your way out Don't leave without saying goodbye. Another long distance night alone, you leave me wanting, always leave me wanting more. Last word today, coming home to stay? Wouldn't that be nice, for a while? But now my take-out food is growing cold, and the candle's burned a hole in the floor. And I'm still waiting for the ring of the phone. I'm all alone It's just another rainy night, without you. Guess I'll leave a light on for you. It's just another rainy night, without you. Listen, there's a foghorn blowing from the coast tonight Remember making love in the rain? Strange how laughter looks like crying with no sound Raindrops taste like tears without the pain. I'm not much without you, can't leave if I wanted to. maybe that's why you stay around But tonight I'll sit here tending the fire and pace the floor one hundred times in an hour. And check the voice-mail for a message you've called. I'm all alone It's just another rainy night, without you. Waiting by the phone. Alone. It's just another rainy night, without you. Guess I'll leave a light on for you. I know I've said it before hate the sound of the closing door and your footsteps walking away. (solo) But now my take-out food is growing cold, and the candle's burned a hole in the floor. And I'm still waiting for the ring of the phone. I'm all alone It's just another rainy night, without you. Waiting by the phone. Alone. And it's another rainy night, without you. Guess I'll leave a light on for you. It's just another rainy night, another rainy night, another rainy night without you.

Submitted by SerpentEve — Apr 25, 2025

“Next message. Saved, Saturday at 9:24 p.m.” "Sorry, I’m just... it’s starting to hit me like a... a... 2 ton heavy thing" Last night the word came down, ten dead in Chinatown. Innocent, their only crime was being in the wrong place, at the wrong time Too bad, people say what's wrong with the kids today Tell you right now they've got nothing to lose They're building EMPIRE! Johnny used to work after school at the cinema show. Gotta hustle if he wants an education he's got a long way to go. Now he's out on the street all day selling Crack to the people who pay. Got an AK-47 for his best friend business the American way. Eastside meets Westside downtown. No time, the walls fall down Can't you feel it coming? EMPIRE! Can't you hear it calling? Black man, trapped again. hold his chain in his hand. Brother killing brother for the profit of another, Game point, nobody wins. Decline, right on time. What happened to the dream sublime? Tear it all down, we'll put it up again. Another EMPIRE? Eastside meets Westside downtown. No time, no line, the walls fall down. Can't you feel it coming? EMPIRE! Can't you hear it coming EMPIRE! Can't someone here stop it...??!! “In the school year 1986 to 87 local state and federal governments spent up to a combined total of 60.6 million dollars on law enforcement. Federal law enforcement expenditures ranked last in absolute dollars, and accounted for only 6% of all federal spending. By way of comparison, the federal government spent 24 million more on space exploration, and 43 times more on national defense and international relations than on law enforcement.” Can’t you feel it coming? EMPIRE! Can’t you hear it calling? EMPIRE! Can’t you feel it coming? EMPIRE! Can’t you hear it calling? EMPIRE! Can’t you feel it coming? EMPIRE! Can’t you hear it calling? EMPIRE! Can’t you feel it coming? EMPIRE! Can’t someone here stop it? EMPIRE!

Submitted by Celtic Frost — Apr 25, 2025

Protests in New York. Listen to the call of the wild. Brother, sisters carrying signs. Breathe deep before it's too late; The sky is falling, burning your eyes. Down in New Orleans river's boiling. Nothing living, nothing to eat. Thank the Lord, daddy's working 8-5. Paying the doctor, baby's got cancer. Give and take. Has all we've learned been wrong? Look around at what we've been given. Maybe we've taken too long. Resistance- shouts the man on the right. Can't solve the problem overnight. Resistance- Listen to the call of the wild. Burning coal. Got to keep the company warm as the rain keeps killing the trees. Cut 'em down quick. Pay the man his wage, he's making paper to fuel the "Information Age". Out in the midwest, hear the roar of the plough, turning grassland into sand. Got to feed the people more every day but the wind keeps blowing the land away. Give and take. Has all we've learned been wrong? Look around at what we've been given. Maybe we've taken too long. Resistance- shouts the man on the right. Can't solve the problem overnight. Resistance- Liberal opposition crying violation. Stop the madness. Resistance- Through the din, one voice we should hear. Resistance- Listen to the call of the wild. There's no easy solution. The price is high, and it's time to pay. Turn of the century vision focused on a better way. Resistance- shouts the man on the right. Can't solve the problem overnight. Resistance- Liberal opposition crying violation. Stop the madness. Resistance- Through the din, one voice we should hear. Resistance- Listen to the call of the wild.

Submitted by NecroLord — Apr 25, 2025

Hush now, don't you cry Wipe away the teardrop from your eye You're lying safe in bed It was all a bad dream Spinning in your head Your mind tricked you to feel the pain Of someone close to you leaving the game of life So here it is, another chance Wide awake you face the day Your dream is over... or has it just begun? There's a place I like to hide A doorway that I run through in the night Relax child, you were there But only didn't realize it and you were scared It's a place where you will learn To face your fears, retrace the years And ride the whims of your mind Commanding in another world Suddenly you hear and see This magic new dimension I- will be watching over you I- am gonna help you see it through I- will protect you in the night I- am smiling next to you, in Silent Lucidity -spoken during solo- [Visualize your dream] [Record it in the present tense] [Put it into a permanent form] [If you persist in your efforts] [You can achieve dream control] [Dream control] [How's that then, better?] [Hug me] If you open your mind for me You won't rely on open eyes to see The walls you built within Come tumbling down, and a new world will begin Living twice at once you learn You're safe from the pain in the dream domain A soul set free to fly A round trip journey in your head Master of illusion, can you realize Your dream's alive, you can be the guide but... I- will be watching over you I- am gonna help to see it through I- will protect you in the night I- am smiling next to you....

Submitted by Finntroll — Apr 25, 2025

All eyes were staring you floated through the room. Armed with your razor smile cutting to the bone. My voice fell useless you flashed a quick "Hello." Feeling the fool, could you tell it showed? But that was "Sometime Ago." A memory vague and fading slow, of somewhere I'd been. Hand On Heart A promise, a word and a voice Hand On Heart A rhythm of hope and choice, will keep us together. I don't know if I, can reach that high. It's a long way to fall Hauntingly holding my fate with a gaze. Like a child, mesmerized by the candle's flame. Oh what lies behind those eyes I could only guess. That certain way you stood apart from the rest. Now where is "Sometime Ago?" When everything moved in slo-motion. Caught by my watering eye Hand On Heart A promise, a word and a voice Hand On Heart A rhythm of hope and a vision of choice Hand On Heart Promising, I'll never go. Hand On Heart For reasons you'll never know. Together through thick and thin lose or win, I'll be there for you. Strange how the mind changes time and time again. Things once important, now pale in comparison. Hand On Heart A promise, a word and a voice Hand On Heart A rhythm of hope and a vision of choice Hand On Heart Promising, I'll never go. Hand On Heart For reasons you'll never know. I promise girl, Hand On Heart.

Submitted by Cyberwaste — Apr 25, 2025

Back in '86 February and a special number I just had to know, is this feeling real? I picked up the phone I was one step closer to the danger zone I knew she'd steal my heart away But I know I couldn't live without her love Live without her love... The first time she looked at me Her smile stayed on my mind I never thought I'd ever meet A woman of her kind Now I'm lost in a lover's daze And I'm not walking out Gonna give my heart away And hope that she will always stay Call for me, run to me Whenever you are lonely Call for me, run to me my lady love Won't you come and show me that precious smile And maybe stay for a little while Close the door, Toss the key Say you will always be my one and only Looking back it seems to me The message in her eyes Left a lasting spell on me A feeling I can't hide Now I'm lost in a lover's daze And I'm not walking out Gonna give my heart away And hope that she will always stay Call for me, run to me Whenever you are lonely Call for me, run to me my lady love Won't you come and show me that precious smile And maybe stay for a little while Treat me to your sense of taste and style And together we can walk the miles Close the door, toss the key Say that you will always be my one and only

Submitted by Grave666 — Apr 25, 2025

You and I long to live like the wind upon the water. If we close our eyes, we'll maybe realize there's more to life than what we have known. And I can't believe I've spent so long living lies I know were wrong inside, I've just begun to see the light. Long ago there was a dream, had to make a choice or two. Leaving all I loved behind, for what nobody knew. Stepped out on the stage, a life under lights and judging eyes. Now the applause has died and I can dream again... Is there anybody listening? Is there anyone that sees what's going on? Read between the lines, criticize the words they're selling. Think for yourself and feel the walls become sand beneath your feet Feel the breeze? Time's so near you can almost taste the freedom. There's a warm wind from the south. Hoist the sail and we'll be gone, by morning this will all seem like a dream. And if you don't return to sing the song, maybe just as well. I've seen the news and there's not much I can do...alone Is there anybody listening? Is there anyone who smiles without a mask? What's behind the words--images they know will please us? I'll take what's real. Bring up the lights. Is there anybody listening? Is there anyone that sees what's going on? Read between the lines, criticize the words they're selling. Think for yourself and feel the walls... become sand beneath your feet.

Submitted by MetalElf — Apr 25, 2025

Last time in Paris was a little strange, Had time to myself, Headed out to see the city sights. Met a little thing on the Champs-Elysees, Stole my heart away, You know I never could pronounce her name. She didn't mind at all. We were sitting there, Seemed like hours Pass the day away, Till they said we had to pay, Or do the dishes or something, I don't know. Living at the plaza Athenee, Got to rest for the show. Man at the front desk knew my face. Said he had a room with a view for two. But he forgot to say, Renovation next door starts today. Can't find another room. All day long they banged, 14 hours. Show time on my mind, And wringing somebody's throat, Last time in Paris Last time in Paris Last time in Paris was strange Last time in Paris Last time in Paris Last time in Paris was strange Overslept, missed the bus to the show Had to find my own ride. Took the metro out to Avignon. Man at the backstage, didn't know my name. Said hey, I'm with the band! You and everyone today. What is this guy new? 15 minutes fly, Someone sees me. Inside let me go (Hey Geoff, we need photos Before the show!) Last time in Paris Last time in Paris Last time in Paris was strange Last time in Paris Last time in Paris Last time in Paris was strange Last time in Paris Last time in Paris Last time in Paris was strange Last time in Paris Last time in Paris Last time in Paris was strange

Submitted by Immortal — Apr 25, 2025

Are you going to Scarborough Fair? Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme. Remember me to one who lives there, she was once a true love of mine. Tell her to make me a cambric shirt (On the side of a hill in the deep forest green). Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme (Tracing a sparrow on snow-crested ground). Without no seams nor needlework (Blankets and bedclothes the child of the mountain). Then she'll be a true love of mine (Sleeps unaware of the clarion call). Tell her to find me an acre of land (On the side of a hill, a sprinkling of leaves). Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme (Washes the ground with so many tears). Between salt water and the sea strand (A soldier cleans and polishes a gun). Then she'll be a true love of mine. Tell her to reap it in a sickle of leather (War bellows, blazing in scarlet battalions). Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme (Generals order their soldiers to kill). And gather it all in a bunch of heather (And to fight for a cause they've long ago forgotten). Then she'll be a true love of mine. Are you going to Scarborough Fair? Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme. Remember me to one who lives there, she was once a true love of mine

Submitted by Warbringer — Nov 08, 2025

Times have changed for the better You like to say Nice house in the country Now you're on your way You took advantage of our possibilities Got your sights set far No time for sympathy Keeping up with the Jones's Smiling at the neighbors Don't let them see your... Dirty, Dirty Little Secret Keep your hands over your eyes and Maybe it will go away Dirty, Dirty little secret Joe McCarthy is alive and well today When you face the mirror Consider this Why judge another when you've got Your own shit to fix There's no solution good enough for everyone And your interpretations don't work In every situation You side with your religion With your interpretation But don't let them see your... Dirty, Dirty Little Secret It seems the most opinionated Are the ones who hide their Dirty, Dirty Little Secret I'll be leaving the status quo behind How can you know someone Until you walk in their shoes? Our parents taught us segregation Now we're singing the blues The dynamic of America is progress for all Well, can't hold us back we're right on the track No wall is too tall By the will of the people We'll take a road to higher ground And don't worry about that... Dirty, Dirty Little Secret Everybody's got one So many you can pass them around Dirty, Dirty Little Secret I'll be leaving the status quo behind

Submitted by Pestilence — Apr 25, 2025

Protests in New York Listen to the call of the wild Brothers, sisters carrying signs Breathe deep before it's too late The sky is falling, burning your eyes Down in New Orleans, river's boiling Nothing living, nothing to eat Thank the Lord, daddy's working 8 to 5 Paying the doctor, baby's got cancer (Give and take) Has all we've learned been wrong? (Look around) At what we've been given Maybe we've taken too long (Resistance) Shouts the man on the right Can't solve the problem overnight (Resistance) Listen to the call of the wild Burning coal Got to keep the company warm As the rain keeps killing the trees Cut 'em down quick, pay the man his wage He's making paper to fuel the Information Age Out in the Midwest Hear the roar of the plough Turning grassland into sand Gotta feed the people more every day But the wind keeps blowing the land away (Give and take) Has all we've learned been wrong? (Look around) At what we've been given Maybe we've taken too long (Resistance) Shouts the man on the right Can't solve the problem overnight (Resistance) Liberal opposition crying, "Violation Stop the madness!" (Resistance) Through the din One voice we should hear (Resistance) Listen to the call of the wild There's no easy solution The price is high and it's time to pay Turn of the century vision Focused on a better way (Resistance) Shouts the man on the right Can't solve the problem overnight (Resistance) Liberal opposition crying, "Violation Stop the madness!" (Resistance) Through the din One voice we should hear (Resistance) Listen to the call of the wild

Submitted by Morgoth — Mar 26, 2026

What you say? You're through with me, I'm not through with you We've had what others might call love You say it's over now, what's done, what's through? You can't stay away You need me, oh, I need you When the fire starts, the pain's too much for your mind You need attention, what's good is only mine I can cure the hunger that burns in your heart So just come to me I'll take you home We'll walk in the shadows By day we'll live in a dream Walk with me We'll walk in the shadows Oh You say you don't feel safe alone tonight 'Cause you feel the pressure building in your head Our secret's safe for one more night But when the morning comes remember I'll be with you We'll walk in the shadows By day we'll live in a dream Walk with me We'll walk in the shadows One day you'll be home with me If only you believe We'll walk in the shadows By day we'll live in a dream Walk with me We'll walk in the shadows Oh, you gotta stay with me Walk with me Oh yeah Walk in the shadows Walk with me Walk in the shadows Walk with me Walk in the shadows Walk with me Walk in the shadows Walk with me Walk in the shadows Walk with me Walk with me

Submitted by Morgoth — Mar 26, 2026

"Don't worry, Dale. He'll never find the gun." A child alone in daddy's room The gun was hidden here No one home to catch me when I fall A young man now in a private chair I've seen the world through a bitter stare But my dream is still alive I'm going to be the best I can I want to be a busy man I want to see a change in the future I'm gonna make the best of what I have I want to write for a magazine I'm gonna be the best they've ever seen I know I'll win if I give it all I can And I won't let go, gotta make the grade No, I won't let it go To be the best man, the best man that I can Back-street hoop star, you've got it good You were the wonder of the crumbling neighborhood Now taking bids on the next six digit plan Showed me that my will survived The tragedy that came into my life Giving me hope and the new start that I have And I won't let go, gotta make the grade No, I won't let it go To be the best man, the best man that I can Step by step I dream the plan From my chair to walking man This constant dream is on my mind Chase the light I see ahead Luminate the path I tread I live to be the best I can Now I'm moving forward and I'm never looking back Straight ahead, focused on the big attack On a roll and I'm never slowing down I won't be torn between The man in the chair and the man that's in my dream I'm going to melt the two men into one And I won't let go, gotta make the grade I set No, I won't let it go To be the best man, the best man that I can The best man that I can The best man that I can

Submitted by Morgoth — Mar 26, 2026

Next message: Saved Saturday at 9:24pm Sorry, I’m just... it’s starting to hit me like a, um... um... two ton heavy thing Last night the word came down Ten dead in Chinatown Innocent, their only crime was Being in the wrong place, at the wrong time Too bad, people say What's wrong with the kids today I tell you right now, they've got nothing to lose They're building empire Johnny used to work after school At the cinema show Gotta hustle if he wants an education Yeah he's got a long way to go Now he's out on the streets all day Selling Crack to the people who pay Got an AK-47 for his best friend Business the American way East side meets West side downtown No time, the walls fall down Can't you feel it coming? (Empire) Can't you hear it calling? Black man, trapped again Holds his chain in his hand Brother killing brother for the profit of another Game point, nobody wins Declines, right on time What happened to the dream sublime? Tear it all down, we'll put it up again Another empire East side meets West side downtown No time, the walls fall down Can't you feel it coming? (Empire) Can't you hear it calling? (Empire) Can't someone here stop it? In fiscal year 1986 to '87, local, state and federal governments spent a combined total of 16.6 billion dollars on law enforcement. Federal law enforcement expenditures ranked last in absolute dollars and accounted for only 6% of all federal spending. By way of comparison, the federal government spent 24 million more on space exploration, and 43 times more on national defense and international relations, than law enforcement Can't you feel it coming? (Empire) Can't you hear it calling? (Empire) Can't you feel it coming? (Empire) Can't you hear it calling? (Empire) Can't you feel it coming? (Empire) Can't you hear it calling? (Empire) Can't you feel it coming? (Empire) Can't someone here stop it?

Submitted by Morgoth — Mar 26, 2026

Another hungry look, in her eyes again Pacing the floor, the hunt begins Skin-tight leather provides my pleasure Wake my fear, surge with the pressure Walk away and leave forever Do I dare? Raise my eyes, she stands Holding out healing hands... Are you happy now? I walk the Thin Line for you Do just what you say to With fear as my friend I walk the Thin Line one more time for you Addictive face pretending, don't speak the Word Forbidden sin relenting, I barely heard... Screams of entry blur my vision Wake my fear of Divine Intervention Crawl away and bleed forever, if you dare Hand on mouth the game goes on Love, our stage to play upon Are you happy now? I walk the Thin Line for you Do just what you say to With fear as my friend I walk the Thin Line one more time for you I walk the Thin Line for you Do just what you say to I walk the Thin Line for you Do just what you say to With fear as my friend I walk the Thin Line one more time for you

Submitted by Morgoth — Mar 26, 2026

Every time I leave, you say you won't be there And you're always there Every time I cry your name at night You pull close and say it's alright I look in your eyes, just like the rain Washing me, rain wash over me Touching your face, I feel the heat Of your heartbeat echo in my head like a scream What you do to me Waited so long I can't wait another day without you Jet City woman It's a long way, home to my Jet City woman I see her face everywhere, can't get her out of my mind Whenever I'm alone, I'm thinking there's a part missing from my life Wonder where I'd be without your love Holding me together, now I'm Watching the time tick, tick away Face grows longer every day Fortunes are lost on the women I've seen But without you, I can't breathe You're the air to me Waited so long I'm all alone thinking about you Jet City woman Gotta find my way home to her Jet City woman I see her face everywhere I look Jet City woman Just a thousand miles and I'll be there Jet City woman To make the clouds go away Time for some blue sky Waited so long now the plane's delayed an hour Reminds me of all our days apart Hold on just a little longer Jet City woman Wonder where I'd be, you're the air to me Jet City woman Eyes like the rain, rain down on me Jet City woman No more nights alone I'm almost home now Jet City woman Close my eyes, I'm there in my Jet City Jet City

Submitted by Morgoth — Mar 26, 2026

Most of this is memory now I've gone too far to turn back now I'm not quite what I thought I was But then again, I may be more The blood-words promised, I've spoken Releasing the names from the circle Maybe I can leave here now and Oh, transcend the boundaries For now, I'm standing here I'm awaiting this grand transition The future is but past forgotten When you're on the road to madness Times measure rusts as it crawls I see its face in the looking glass, stop This screaming laughter hides the pain Of its reality Black, the door was, was locked, I opened Oh, now I've paid that price tenfold over Knowledge, was it worth such torment Oh, to see the far side of shadow? And still I'm standing here I'm awaiting this grand transition I'm a fool in search of wisdom And I'm on the road to madness Yes, I'm on the road to madness I'm awaiting endlessly Pounding rhythms echo me Won't you take me somewhere far beyond the void? And still I'm standing here I'm awaiting this grand transition Well, maybe one day, oh, I'll meet you and we'll We'll walk the roads to madness Yes, we're on the road to madness Oh, I think they've come to take me I hear the voice but there's no one to see I can't scream, too late, it's time Shh, believe me My conscience is shackled by its thoughts Is this the end? Why has this thing gone unnoticed, the obvious step to the door? Listen, you'd better have something tying you down Or come unshackled from the shadow of your existence Who knows the name of he who is king, except his soldiers? We're living, we're living in the past, the present, the future We're wise now and forever Stay on the course to pass, you'll never find the answer To a place where darkened angels seemed lost but never found Scream to see the light of forming figures fast behind you Lay the past in the wind to spin And your fate will sail beyond the open plains, yeah Sail with angels onward, live or die for the chosen one said Saber sights cast a spell behind you, they lock in all around Free the scene insider, you're never looking back to find why Ride a horse till the end of time and you'll stand atop the gate Laying waste in the path recited A fighting force won't avenge the guided black wing Oh, electric might poses fright inside me Seeing light at the end of sight reminds me I've passed away

Submitted by Morgoth — Mar 26, 2026

Hush now, don't you cry Wipe away the teardrop from your eye You're lying safe in bed It was all a bad dream spinning (Spinning) In your head (Spinning, spinning, spinning) Your mind tricked you to feel the pain Of someone close to you leaving the game of life So here it is, another chance Wide awake, you face the day Your dream is over Or has it just begun? There's a place I like to hide A doorway that I run through in the night Relax child, you were there But only didn't realize and you were scared It's a place where you will learn To face your fears, retrace the years And ride the whims of your mind Commanding in another world Suddenly, you hear and see This magic new dimension (I) will be watching over you (I) am gonna help you see it through (I) will protect you in the night (I) I'm smiling next to you in silent lucidity "Visualize your dream Record it in the present tense Put it into a permanent form If you persist in your efforts You can achieve dream control (Help me) Dream control How are we feeling today, better? Dream control (Help me) Dream control (Help me) Dream control (Help me) Dream control (Help me)" If you open your mind for me You won't rely on open eyes to see The walls you built within come tumbling down And a new world will begin Living twice at once, you learn You're safe from pain in the dream domain A soul set free to fly A round trip journey in your head, master of illusion Can you realize your dream's alive? You can be the guide, but (I) will be watching over you (I) am gonna help you see it through (I) will protect you in the night (I) I'm smiling next to you

Submitted by Morgoth — Mar 26, 2026

All eyes were staring You floated through the room Armed with your razor smile Cutting to the bone My voice fell useless You flashed a quick "Hello." Feeling the fool Could you tell it showed? But that was "Sometime Ago." A memory vague and fading slow Of somewhere I'd been Hand on heart A promise, a word and a voice Hand on heart A rhythm of hope and choice, will keep us together I don't know if I Can reach that high It's a long way to fall Hauntingly holding My fate with a gaze Like a child, mesmerized By the candle's flame Oh what lies behind those eyes I could only guess That certain way you stood Apart from the rest Now where is "Sometime Ago?" When everything moved in slow-motion Caught by my watering eye Hand on heart A promise, a word and a voice Hand on heart A rhythm of hope and a vision of choice Hand on heart Promising, I'll never go Hand on heart For reasons you'll never know Together through thick and thin Lose or win, I'll be there for you Strange how the mind changes Time and time again Things once important, now Pale in comparison Hand on heart A promise, a word and a voice Hand on heart A rhythm of hope and a vision of choice Hand on heart Promising, I'll never go Hand on heart For reasons you'll never know I promise girl, hand on heart Hand on heart Hand on heart Hand on heart Hand on heart Hand on heart Hand on heart

Submitted by Morgoth — Mar 26, 2026

We see the light of those who find the world has passed them by Too late to save a dream that's growing cold We realize that fate must hide its face From those who try To see the distant signs of unforetold Oh Oh, take hold From a haze came a rage of thunder Distant signs of darkness on the way Fading cries scream of pain and hunger But in the night, the light will guide your way Away So take hold of the flame (Take hold) Don't you see life's a game? (Take hold) So take hold of the flame (Take hold) You've got nothing to lose, but everything to gain (Take hold) Ride, to a place beyond our time Reach, for the edges of your mind and you're there See, that the light will find its way Back, to a place where it will stay, make it stay Ow Throw down the chains of oppression that bind you With the air of freedom, the flame grows bright We are the strong, the youth united We are one, we are children of the light Yeah, yeah So take hold of the flame (Take hold) Don't you see life's a game? (Take hold) So take hold of the flame (Take hold) You've got nothing to lose, but everything to gain (Take hold) (Take hold) Mmmm (Take hold) Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, take hold, yeah (Take hold) (Take hold) Yeah, nothing to lose (Take hold) Take hold (Take hold) Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, you've got nothing to lose (Take hold) Take hold Yeah, take hold of the flame Yeah, take hold

Submitted by Morgoth — Mar 26, 2026