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Nothing ever changes Traps that aim to foil Ease into your leisure Blood begins to boil Eyes in every corner Spy the bombs you lay Fortune weighs empty Explodes now every day Cracks in the mirror Sevens in a row Luck needs no comfort If chaos steals the show He who is clever Builds toys electrified Others lie waiting Conscience, no guide Ask me the reason Trust me, I lied Poisoned by the venom And daily, I've died

Submitted by SerpentEve — Apr 26, 2025

I used to be just like you I'd sit here everyday Mock suicide, your wounded pride Kept getting in the way You know that I can't tell you You know I'd never lie Your enemies are ill at ease The moon is in their sky Alright Can anybody tell me The difference right or wrong Put games aside the second time This joker's played too long Don't say I didn't warn you Don't say I wasn't fair With open eyes, to your surprise You'll find I wasn't there And you say you could never read me That cards never play in my eyes But the pieces are moving, the game's an illusion And the hand you've been dealt is mine And you say you could never read me That cards never play in my eyes But the pieces are moving, the game's an illusion And the hand you've been dealt is mine Destiny's answer to everyone else Seems empty as far as you've gone Expect the surprises, don't ever ask why You're facing this world on your own Promises broken and promises made The sooner you know, you can try The best you can hope for is knowing someday All winners and losers must die

Submitted by Sexy Gargoyle — Apr 26, 2025

Take your memories, the things you've seen Close your eyes and watch it like a dream Green with envy and colored with lies The universe inside you slowly dies See the difference Between you and me I'm not the only one Dancing with demons who die in the setting sun Trusting in yesterday, the first time by Leave your heart and be the last to try Promising everything and dying to live The lesson's learned and still you can't forgive See the difference Between you and me I'm not the only one Dancing with demons who die in the setting sun Tempted by fortune, what comes and goes Open your eyes, I fear the curtain's closed Turning the pages and trying to find The words that tell you what you left behind See the difference Between you and me I'm not the only one Dancing with demons who die in the setting sun

Submitted by johnmansley — Apr 26, 2025

Alright, heard somebody say The secret to living is looking away Nothing, nothing's ever real The pieces you keep are the moments you steal Come on, ask yourself why The system is broken, it's useless to try Too late, my child in time You can't change the future by living a lie Why am I a pawn in a game I can't master Why am I alone in a world made just for me Loving the silence, tired and alone Slave to the darkness you call your home Trusting in no one, tears in disguise Dreams of tomorrow reflect in your eyes Visions of yesterday, fate only knows The truth's never far from the cards that you show They tell you one thing, you tell them how There's no place in hell like the place you are now Don't let me stand at the edge of the world It's too late for me The sooner or later, it always arrives Why does it have to be Don't let me stay, isn't time at the end Far from me and you The silence is broke, love always survives There's nothing left to do

Submitted by Cyberwaste — Apr 26, 2025

It's just a picture of what might have been But now it's everything you see Just leave it hanging on the wall that way It lets you live it all again Feel it coming Chances are The silver blade will leave a scar See it running Down the spine The day you said revenge is mine Still can't remember where it all began Those who were five, now only three Forget the shadows and the memories there It's just a place where things went wrong Feel it coming Chances are The silver blade will leave a scar See it running Down the spine The day you said revenge is mine Wasted anger turned inside The pain is all you see Eyes are closing, darker now It's all you'll ever be Now every day is one you hope to see What's in the past, forever gone You'll know the faces in the shadows fear The ones who live to see them fall Feel it coming Chances are The silver blade will leave a scar See it running Down the spine The day you said revenge is mine

Submitted by The Void — Apr 26, 2025

Nobody's calling Asking myself why Voices from nowhere Just tempting me to try Now I don't even know you Or why I even care Bizarre tales and mysteries Keep asking why you're there Somebody's leaving Desert eyes enraged Too busy watching While nothing stays the same Now you don't even know me Or why I really care Looking through the windows Seeing sand blown in despair Everybody's saying Something's gone wrong Enemies surround you It's been silent for so long Now I can't even see you It's better left this way Fading fast in memories I knew you'd never stay

Submitted by Infernal Flame — Apr 26, 2025

Just when you think you can face it alone Just when you think you've seen it all Echoes of confusion keep hiding the illusion Wasted hours and years go on and on Some say the night is betrayed by the sun Some say the world is never fair Time is unforgiving and you know you've been living In the shadows of a man who never was Now seeing is believing Some things will never change The question is the answer The words get rearranged Now yesterday's a memory What will you do today If pieces of tomorrow Are things you throw away Not every sinner finds comfort in hell Not every saint loves the angels they sell Sometimes I wonder if the spell that I'm under Leads me to the things I'll never find

Submitted by Infernal Flame — Apr 26, 2025

Destiny's a cold, dead hand, tempting me with nowhere Rise and fall, but after all, today is dying somewhere Possibly a part of me still believes I can There was a time when only my mind said where it all began Say, can you show me What should I believe Walking in shadows 'Til the day I step into my grave A messenger, an empty page written by a dead man Wake to find, but can't deny, the book's never been opened Possibly a part of me still believes I care Welcome the time when nothing inside says, "here's the line you fear" Say, can you tell me Who should I believe Hiding in shadows 'Til the day I step into my grave Say, can you tell me Who should I believe Hiding in shadows 'Til the day I step into my grave Can't you see the part of me burning in the fire Darker now than anything, temptation fuels desire Love the soul and hate the man, nothing new, you say I'd believe in stories too if I knew no other way Say, can you show me What should I believe Walking in shadows 'Til the day I step into my grave A eulogy, a silent psalm spoken by a deaf man Try to hide, but can't decide, the spell's never been broken Could it be a part of me still believes I can Cursing the time when something inside said, "here's the life you planned" Say, can you tell me Who should I believe Hiding in shadows 'Til the day I step into my grave

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Who am I deceiving when I place my trust Devotion saved by mysteries, two thousand years of rust If evil is the enemy, dish it out in spades Crucified, now you decide just how this world was made Meditation on the death of all I think and feel Behind a wall of solitude, who can see what's real Vanity's a poison pill, you fail at every turn Glorified, you can't decide, and now you'll never learn I can feel the desolation, chaos in my soul Promising a new beginning, still I lose control So they say that my reflection pales next to you How can I trust myself to see it through with you Everyday, a new temptation, something I can't say Trusting my imagination, blind in every way Would you say that I'm a thief for imitating you Why would you even trust me if I do, should you

Submitted by NecroLord — Apr 26, 2025

Walking in circles, wondering what might Turn into, come back to, who knows what's right Take every moment, you'll see it's true Some laughing, some crying, what else can I do Victims of choices, only one life Paste tenses, last chances, fading into night Losers and winners feeling the same No ending, no denying, tell me who's to blame No time for me to say No time for you Whatever sense it made Won't be the same again You'll turn away and find it's gone Born to live and die the same as everyone Read the lines they carve below your name Will it say the past is just where you belong Or will they live forever in your song No time for me to say No time for you Whatever sense it made Won't be the same again You'll turn away and find it's gone Now the demons you can leave behind Fall along the way Scattered on a world of dreams See it everyday Now they're gone Yeah, they're gone Now they're gone Yeah, they're gone If it's you and me, then who decides Why the voices come On and on, the echo flies Burning in the sun Now it's done Yeah, it's done Now it's done Yeah, it's done

Submitted by johnmansley — Apr 26, 2025