From Ruin… We Rise

Newcomers dance and sing Relieved by the passing of spring They feel the grace of the sun Their misfortune has not yet begun Where the men used to come for their drinks Where the children would play endlessly They have taken our everything They know not what tomorrow shall bring On the opposite side of the field A vengeance that shall never yield Fathers weep for their sons Their suffering cannot be undone Why cry? From squalor and ruin we rise They reap what they've sown Arise, arise Past the horizon lay paradise But here the rivers run red Dregs of the world seen through their eyes Less than the dung below the flies Fields of the dead bake in the light Children, women and men, their bodies lie Piled in the streets stacked six feet high Tell me why, oh why Limbs contorted Anatomical morbid distortions At a biblical limit the purging In our hearts is a rage ever burning Come the next morning We attack with a thousand scornings Look upon us like death is emerging Beginning the righteous charge, disparaging Now it's our turn for the scourging With a hatred relentlessly swarming Skies wail as rockets are hurling Falling down to earth screaming and bursting Miles, miles and miles of corpses They bear witness to vindictive forces As far as the eyes can see If you saw it you wouldn't believe it When will these fucking wars end? Why cry? From squalor and ruin we rise They reap what they've sown From squalor and ruin we rise Arise, arise Past the horizon lay paradise But here the rivers run red

Submitted by johnmansley — Nov 09, 2025

The schism has succumbed to militant decadence Boundaries perverted, the populous ravenous Their rights have been compromised Forced into battle to keep what they own Plotting the new reign, the parliament ponders Seizing the motherland after disbandment Caught in between these brutal objectives Resorting to violence they're eaten alive Death This civil division has far surpassed humility Defiling the dissident, their lack is evident They have completely descended to murder Children play day and night with severed heads Inhuman execution Slashing of throats Mass despoliations Death in vain Frenzied grabbing for the closest weapon Kill or be killed becomes the new way Keep plunging down the rabbit hole Resolution through cruelty Internal strife Newborns have been torn away from wailing mothers The future of a nation mutilated, smothered Displayed as a warning Bodies left uncovered And to this day, it can be seen Unreconciled divide This dark path was placed by politician hands Residents now fear the once coveted moonlight Luscious sculpture, who's glory once had gushed Supplanted by such beauty and disgust Species of savages Persistent penitence Evident lack of a shred of humanity Macabre obsession Removal of men keeps on fueling the passion Stalking the rooftops they gaze down with penance They'll be the ones who take care of the menace Harder and harder, these two sides collide Intensified genocide Eaten alive Civil division has far surpassed humility Their lack is evident as they defile the dissident They have completely descended to murder Children play day and night with severed heads Inhuman executions Slashing of throats Mass despoliations Death in vain Frenzied grabbing for the closest weapon Kill or be killed becomes the new way Keep plunging down the rabbit hole They've beaten this dead horse to mush They cannot stop these ferocious urges They plunge the knife deeper into the throat of democracy Slowly carving the head from the neck This dark path was placed by politician hands Residents now fear the once coveted moonlight Luscious sculpture, whose glory once had gushed Supplanted by such beauty and disgust Shrouded foulness, the soul inside observed Shrieks of anguish Cremation will be served Bathe in the blood The blade unjust lost control Into the furnace, Into the hole They bathe in the blood The blade unjust lost control Into the furnace, Into the hole

Submitted by NecroLord — Nov 09, 2025