Demons
The right of protest by stealth was suppressed Self-censorship, denial And in spite of reason, all bow to treason False rhetoric, mistrial These walls we build won't stem the tide The righteous rule the air But I know they don’t care In outrage feign despair The virtue seekers dare And if truth is abstract, your thoughts will contract To replicate, conform So cry in silence, words can't be violent Just get a grip, reform These walls we build won't stem the tide The righteous rule the air But I know they don’t care In outrage feign despair The virtue seekers dare With every word released Slick forgery repeats Entitled in defeat The virtue seekers preach These walls we build won't stem the tide The righteous rule the air But I know they don't care The righteous rule the air But I know they don't care In outrage feign despair The virtue seekers dare With every word released Slick forgery repeats Entitled in defeat The virtue seekers preach The righteous rule the air But I know they don't care In outrage feign despair The virtue seekers dare
Submitted by johnmansley — Apr 26, 2025
What is a test of virtue? The standards we must find Instead the shackles hurt you But never dealt in kind Dealt in kind Stern are the eyes that search you To measure your design Alone with jackals turn to The depths you'll search inside Search inside Down and Out No small mercy found It's like life conspires to confound Down and Out Just the worthy crowned But for those outsiders no rebound You'll stay Down and Out No rules the flock desert you With slander always primed It's like they never heard you Your status is declined Now declined Down and Out No small mercy found It's like life conspires to confound Down and Out Just the worthy crowned But for those outsiders no rebound You'll be Down and Out Down and Out No small mercy found It's like life conspires to confound Down and Out Just the worthy crowned But for those outsiders no rebound Only Down and Out
Submitted by The Void — Apr 26, 2025
un towards the light again And seek the comfort of a friend Let it be Heaven could never be heaven without you Lost in me Heaven could never be heaven without you Failures plague me What I should have given No worthless values Let this hell be our heaven Sometimes when you win, you lose What's true in our minds is true It's so unjust, these lives undone In sleep of death what dreams may come So onwards you may pursue The chase of closure driving you Set it free Heaven could never be heaven without you Here with me Heaven could never be heaven without you Saviors scold me From depths I have risen A human life is just a heartbeat in heaven Sometimes when you win, you lose What's true in our minds is true It's so unjust, these lives undone In sleep of death what dreams may come
Submitted by Pestilence — Apr 26, 2025
Taste a glimpse of triumph And trap the innocent desire If you're in, there's no return Face the odds defiant Reach for the virulence required Without a guide, which way to turn? The clock it ticks on this parade The gauntlets down this is no game I still see it in my dreams Still I'm falling up As I find my way Yet it's all the same I am Under no illusions I've waited for the tide to turn Fought a path through these delusions Let it slide to find my way Find my way Rise to break the silence Crash through the dissonant veneer Search within, the lesson learnt The will to fight on this crusade No shortcuts found no one to blame I still feed it with these schemes Are you stalling yet Like you fall astray But it's all the same I am Under no illusions I've waited for the tide to turn Fought a path through these delusions Let it slide to find my way Find my way All Now Must See The game serves rigged decision Walls Stand Unseen Must make a bold incision Fall Down For Me I'll aim with clear precision Steal Victory Stay true to honest vision I am Under no illusions I've waited for the tide to turn Fought a path through these delusions Let it slide to find my way Find my way
Submitted by SerpentEve — Apr 26, 2025
We're born in killing fields Long perished of ideals And left to wallow in denial You'll vow to speak no evil Instead there's no reprieval So this is how my fate unfurled A heretic in the modern world I stood alone and took the threats they hurled Like a heretic in the modern world You're taught to reap the yields With all the exits sealed Arrest the sorrow in decay The ends will seek primeval Mislead beyond retrieval So this is how my fate unfurled A heretic in the modern world I stood alone and took the threats they hurled Like a heretic in the modern world No feelings, you're kneeling False dealing, life stealing So this is how my fate unfurled A heretic in the modern world I stood alone and took the threats they hurled Like a heretic in the modern world In crimson flow the hate returned A heretic in the modern world We stood alone as the mute observed Just a heretic in the modern world
Submitted by NecroLord — Apr 26, 2025
Streetlights along the highway Throwing shadows in the dark And the memories keep on turning To the rhythm of a broken heart You only need a roof when it's raining You only need a fire when it’s cold You only need a drink when the whiskey Is the only thing that you have left to hold Sun comes up and goes back down And falling feels like flying till you hit the ground Say the word and I'll be there for you Oh, maybe I will be your parachute Parachute There's a song that I remember I never learned to play And a lifetime of forgotten words I never got to say You only need a roof when it’s raining You only need a fire when it's cold You only need a drink when the whiskey Is the only thing that you have left to hold Sun comes up and goes back down And falling feels like flying till you hit the ground Say the word and I'll be there for you Oh, maybe I will be your parachute Parachute That's right If you think you're going down Just know I will be around You only need a roof when it's raining You only need a fire when it's cold You only need a drink when the whiskey Is the only thing that you have left to hold Sun comes up and goes back down And falling feels like flying till you hit the ground Say the word and I'll be there for you Oh, maybe I will be your Oh, maybe I will be your parachute Parachute
Submitted by Warbringer — Feb 09, 2026
Brought upon a blessing or curse The soldiers prevailed And have long dispersed Far off echoes carry their weight Hold to conviction but devoured the same Hard truths are seldom spoken... The longer you breathe The more that you'll fear The lights are going out round here Which way to run When obstacles hide The lights are going out inside Once we could see The warnings were clear The lights are going out round here Why do we wait When sealed is our fate The lights are going out too late Vexed instead the graceless emerge The generals remembered But had been mpaired Cries of laughter hasten their fate Told to be silent as the elders debate Hard truths are seldom spoken... Prophets awake The message appears The lights are going out round here Which way to run When barriers guide The lights are going out inside Once we could see The warnings were clear The lights are going out round here Why do we wait When sealed is our fate The lights are going out too late
Submitted by MetalElf — Apr 26, 2025
Look, I found the answer Now there is no transfer It was right before my eyes I've got to share this knowledge Just got to fight this prophage I never once stepped out of line Out of line No Looking back But in the end it brings you down It's the bitter truth For your thoughts unused Struggle to accept But these things you cannot change It's the bitter truth So don't mourn the fools The bitter truth See, No one will listen Destroy your position Find it hard to see the signs You see you've just embodied Battered, beat and bloodied It's better if left out of sight Out of sight Can't turn away So in denial you struggle on It's the bitter truth But it's all confused Tried every cause But some minds are cast in stone It's the bitter truth Only time you'll lose The bitter truth I never once stepped out of line Out of line No Looking back But in the end it brings you down It's the bitter truth For your thoughts unused Struggle to accept But these things you cannot change It's the bitter truth So don't mourn the fools The bitter truth
Submitted by johnmansley — Apr 26, 2025
In days now spent Time still laments The things that we thought we'd represent Forsaken this life had given to me Promise of loss unto misery If I could only see the way But now it feels I am Falling, I can't hold on The loss carries on Until the shadows fall Until there'll be no Crawling, bury me now In silence somehow Until the shadows fall Until there's no remorse In days still left it feels like theft To drive our lives into ruin and distress Mistaken I knew not hidden in me Solace of fear unto sympathy If I could only see they way Or had the words to say But I am surely free to stay But now it feels I am Falling, I can't hold on The loss carries on Until the shadows fall Until there'll be no Crawling, bury me now In silence somehow Until the shadows fall Until there's no remorse Falling, I can't hold on The loss carries on Until the shadows fall Until there'll be no Crawling, bury me now In silence somehow Until the shadows fall Until there's no remorse
Submitted by Corpse Defiler — Apr 26, 2025
The search is on, it never ends Calls to you With reach beyond to fake amends Pouring through The callous minds grow day by day Painting your desires Whatever malice comes my way Dressed up in denial They rise then fall Too much, too soon Can't conquer all Of the time They rise then fall Too short, too late None will recall It's your mistake Nowhere facade, it only trends Follows you If I respond the light transcends End dispute The shallow time found in your way Reaching those required Forever shut out what you say Sentient transpires They rise then fall Too much, too soon Can't conquer all Of the time They rise then fall Too short, too late None will recall It's your mistake They rise then fall Too much, too soon Can't conquer all Of the time They rise then fall Too short, too late None will recall It's your mistake They rise then fall Too short, too late None will recall It's your mistake
Submitted by Finntroll — Apr 26, 2025
Long winters fall It is the edge of deliverance The edge of us all These are the days of surrender and flight The futile forever with vengeance in sight Steal the faith in me My mind goes blank Deal the blame for real It turns to black And seasons wain To stretch the arm of forgiveness This pledge to remain Freed are the slaves to render and fight This longing agenda With ascendance and might Steal the faith in me My mind goes blank Deal the blame for real It turns to black Steal the faith in me My conscience calls Real the hate in deep I turn my back On and on the sirens rage Fear is our best hope now The stage is set the final bow Steal the faith in me My mind goes blank Deal the blame for real It turns to black Steal the faith in me My conscience calls Real the hate in deep I turn my back
Submitted by Cyberwaste — Apr 26, 2025
As hatreds rise again The time will come to defend against the storm that grows in sight Sailing straight into disaster No more no here after Caught in the cross fire unaware We were hit by stray bullets No one saw, no one heard, no one spoke out of turn Hit by stray bullets No one left, no one cared, no one dared to fight back Translated lies un-end, then sign the bill to amend Dispensed with scorn in all plain sight Smashing those dismissed with laughter No more no here after Caught in the cross fire unaware We were hit by stray bullets No one saw, no one heard, no one spoke out of turn Hit by stray bullets No one left, no one cared, no one dared to fight back Sailing straight into disaster No more no here after Caught in the cross fire unaware We were hit by stray bullets No one saw, no one heard, no one spoke out of turn Hit by stray bullets No one left, no one cared, no one dared to fight back
Submitted by Sexy Gargoyle — Apr 26, 2025